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HE MADE JAPAN'S POWDER.
The Remarkable Career of Dr. Gian
Shimose.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Dr. Gian Shimose, termed "the
Gunpowder Wizard of Japan," has
perhaps done as much, if not more,
than ony other one man to aid the
Flower Empire in its successful ef
forts to annihilate the forces of Rus
sia. both at sea and on land. The
world has heard much of the activity
of the soldier, of the accuracy of the
firing of the Japanese gunners, but
little has been printed of the man
who supplied the ammunition which
has caried the missiles of destruction.
The United States has her Krag
and her Springfield: Germany swears
by her Mauser and England has her
Lee-Endiieid. Likewise every nation
has a high explosive, the British
cordite. he French melinite. and
many otierB. But while much has
been said and written of these various
:mpn:le:erts of war. little has been
said of Japan. But all the while the
little man was laboring away in his
iahoratory. experimenting, until he
produced "shimrose." the most per
fect explosive known to the scientific
world, which is capable of great re
suIts, no mater when or in what gun
it is used properly.
Try as they will, curious inquirers,
whether from mere personal gratifi
cation or for military purposes, have
failed to secure the secret for making
this wonderful powder. With it is
manufactured a chemical to be used in
exploding it. Without this chemical
it is harmless.. Efforts have been
made to explode the powder with
terific blows; it has been literally cov
ered with live coals of fire; shot have
been fired into it: every possible test
has been applied to explode i't without
result. The coals of fire caused it to
burn, giving out a sickly odor, like a
pile of burning tar. The shot and
blows have simply scattered it. But
use the, chemical fulminating device;
and presto! there was an explosion
which made the very earth tremble.
and resulted in the complete destruc
tion of everything with which i:
came n contact.
Although he devoted more than
eleven years in experimenting before
he secured the desired result, powder
making is not the only form of work
Dr. Sh_imse has done. His career is
eloquent of the spirit of the man who
has determined :o get ahead in the
world. He is modest and has little
to say of his accomplishments. He
was born forty-seven years ago in the
very humblest circumstances in the
province of Hiroshina. Although
more than 480 miles from the capital,
and in the days when railways and
steamers were practically unknown to
the island. the youth determined to
make his way to the great city. He
had prepared for his entrance, and
shortly after reaching the city stood
a hard examination and gained the
first recognition of his abilities by
securing entrance to the Imperial uni
versity. It is considered one of the
best institutions of learning of the
world, ranking well up with Yale.
Harvard, Columbia and the other
grea: seats of learning.
In Tokio he four di himself not only
friemiless imut wtha >ut sufficient books
to proseer.te his stndies. He borrow
ed of his classmates and frequently
sat up all night copying the books
that he might return -them and still
have papers from which to study.
He was frequently without the neces
sary sum to pay his barber or the
bath house man. It is said that he
frequently went hungry, preferring to
devote his spare change. .to the pur
chase of boks from .which to .study.
But when examination time came
he was the hero of the university.
He passed with the highest honors.
His papers were well nigh perfect.
-His lessons had been learned, and
well learned, not a mere smattering
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in order to set on paper what would
soon be forgotten. He had digested
the great principle taught. But on
graduation he was unable to secure
employment where he desired to pass
his life and devote his talents which
were even then unknown to the
world at large. He secured a position
in a printing shop at $3 a week.
Shimose studied the printing bus
iness and soon became expert in this
line. Having in mind a desire to bet
ter hmself he began -to cast about in
an efort to secure promotion. He
made friends of people worth while.
and when he applied for a position
in the government printing office he
had assistance to secure the place.
So convincing was his application that
he was given a very responsible posi
tion at the very beginning. His tal
ept for invention and scientii-: re
search in chemical lines here a_serted
itself. and after many experiments he
prod(ucer. he ink used in Japan for the
manufacture of bank notes and all
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legal papers. It is so entirely differ
c
ent from any o:her ink that forgery K
is impos5siile. and .ittelpts are readi
c
lv detected. The s'cret. like every
thing else in conectci)n wit the gor
ernment ofnces. is so well guarded
that only Dr. Shimose knows how
the ink is made.
In the government prin:ing office
the young printer was brought into
contact with naval and military of
ficers. He listened with eagerness to r
their discussions of things defensive c
and offensve. He learned the use of
firearms and explosives. It was not
long before he decided that it was not
so much the gun that was used, but
the explosive, which made success
ful firing. He commenced to exper
iment with powder. C
Shimose scon discovered that not
only the powder used in Japan, but t
that of all the world. had serious de
fects. The "men kavaku" used by
Japan was found -to be the best in
the world. but even this dissatisfied
r
him. When dry the slightest con
cussion was liable to set it off, pro
ducing great loss of life in many in
stances, and again wrecking valuable
properties. It was found by the war
chemist that 20 per cent of moisture
was neessary to make it safe for
1andli. The slightest hi: more pro
cuced a gummy effect. an. unfitted
it en:irely for war purpo=cs. for it
could not he exploded.
Dr. Shimocse went to work to pro
duce w.tat he termed a perfect pow
der. He wvorked for days and nights
in his laboratories. Hie made ch'emi
cal experiments by the hundreds.
His handis and fingers wvere irequent
ly so badly burned that he could
handle nothing. On one occasion he
was nearly blinded by an explosion.
His friends made frequent attempts to
get .him to give up the dangerous
task, but he kept rightc on.
When, after more than eleven years,
he had produced "shimose" he carried
it modestly to his government and
tests were made. It was found to be t
as perfect as it is possible to make an{
explosive. A thin line of the powder 1
was sprinkled around a rim of iron
two inches thick. Then Dr. Shimose
caused the powder to explode. It
drove a hole right through the~ iron,
.ist where it had been sprinkled. with-~
ut breaking the other part. A tower
~f oak panels twenty feet hih and
nine feet thick was piled up. The
powder was fired in:o it and the wood
was pulverized. It has sent shells
through massive :imbers, shattering
them and then causing the shell to ex
plode further on.
The powder is considered the most
wonderful explosive in the world, and
the modest little man who had made I
it is considered the greatest powder. -
manufactuirer in the world. H-" is i
now war chemist of Japan.A
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Kxcursion to Little Mountain Augu;
4th., 1905.
On account of Reunion Newberr
:ollege at Little Mountain, Frida:
\ugust 4th., the C. N. & L. railroa
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cewberrv for 5o cents. Leaving New
)errv 8.35 a. im.. returning leave
.ittle Mountain 6:29 p. m., arrivin
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Fare from other points are as fol
ows: Laurens 75 cents, Clinton 7
ent. Goldville 7o ceni., Kinards 6
ems. Gary 6o cents. Jalapa 6o cent
ewlerrv 3o cents and Prosperity 3
ents.
An excursion Will be run from Cc
anbia leaving at 8.oo a. m., arrivin;
t Little Mountain at 9.25. The far
or the round trip from Columbia is
:olumbia 7; cents, Leopart, 75 cent.
mo 50 cents, Ballentine 40 cent.
Vhite Rock 35 cents, Hilton 30 cent
nd Chapin 25 cents.
For further information write o
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Week End Rates via Southern Ry.
Effective Saturday June 3rd an
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Tybee, Ga., $515
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(Schedule in Effect April z6, 29S.
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