CHAPTER XVII. NITRO-GLYCERINE IN THIS 383-406 Explosives as Aids to the Production of Oil—The Roberts Torpedo Monopoly and Its Leaders—Unprecedented Litigation—Moonlighters at Work—Fatalities from the Deadly Compound—Portraits and Sketches of Victims—Men Blown to Fragments—Strange Escapes—The Loaded Porker—Stories to Accept or Reject. CHAPTER XVIII. THE STANDARD OIL-COMPANY 409-426 Growth of a Great Corporation—Misunderstood and Misrepresented—Improvements in Treating and Transporting Petroleum—Why Many Refineries Collapsed—Real Meaning of the Trust—What a Combination of Brains and Capital has Accomplished—Men Who Built Up a Vast Enterprise that has no Equal in the World. CHAPTER XIX. JUST ODDS AND ENDS 429-452 How Natural Gas Played Its Part—Fire and Water Much in Evidence—Changes in Methods and Appliances—Deserted Towns—Peculiar Coincidences and Fatalities—Railroad Episodes—Reminiscences of Bygone Scenes—Practical Jokers—Sad Tragedies—Lights and Shadows Intermingle and the Curtain Falls Forever. PORTRAITS. _Name_ _Page_ Abbott, William H. 320 Adams, Rev. Clarence A. 112 Albee, J. P. 187 Allen, Col. M. N. 344 Ames, Gov. Oliver 46 Anderson, George K. 116 Andrews, Charles J. 388 Andrews, Frank W. 116 Andrews, William H. 389 Angell, Cyrus D. 111 Archbold, John D. 420 Armor, William C. 374