THE LOADED CHINAMAN 108 LIVING BOMBS 110 SHIPS THAT PASSED IN THE NIGHT 112 A WILD PROJECTILE 114 THE BOMB AND THE TRAIN 115 THE MISSING VESSEL 117 THE DRUNKEN MESSENGER 118 NITROGLYCERIN BY AUTOMOBILE 122 THE JETS OF BLUE 127 THE WISDOM OF RETREAT 129 THE RACE WITH DEATH 131 THE INDOMITABLE POET 134 SCATTERED 136 A LIVELY DEAD ONE 138 INCIDENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTORITE 139 THE MULE GUN 152 HOW GUSSIE GOT LOADED 154 DYNAMITE'S FREAK 155 EXPLOSIVE VAGARIES 157 THE TURKEY THAT WENT TO BED 160 BILL BENNETT, DETECTIVE 162 WINNING THE OX 164 A DUEL TO THE DEATH 166 THE BEWITCHED FLINTLOCK 168 WHEN HE SHIRKED 171 THE ELEVATION OF WOMANHOOD 173 DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED 178 THE WRONG TAP 180 "WHENCE ALL BUT HIM HAD FLED" 182 BREAKING HIS NERVE 184 THE GRIZZLY CANNON BALL 186 THE JOKE WAS NOT ON THE CHINAMEN 188 CHINESE FIREWORKS 190 BROWN, THE GUNNER 193 THE HAPPENING OF THE UNEXPECTED 195 WHEN THE WASH VANISHED 207 THE FRIGHTENED FISHERMAN 211 THE COLONEL WAS PROVOKED 213 WHEN THE DARKIES TURNED PALE 215 THE DOG THAT WAS A REAL MASCOT 218 WEARY WILLIE'S DISCOMFITURE 220 LO, THE POOR INDIAN! 224 DYNAMITE STORIES INTRODUCTION SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT EXPLOSIVES An explosive material consists of a combustible and of an oxidizing agent for burning the combustible. Hence it contains within its own substance the necessary oxygen for its combustion, so that it will burn without atmospheric air and therefore in a confined space. There are two main kinds of explosive materials--high explosives and gunpowder. There are also two main kinds of high explosives--dynamites and military high explosives. Lastly there are two main kinds of gunpowders--black, smoky gunpowder and smokeless gunpowder.