Toillustratethecarelessness and ignorance of the Chinese when one would think they ought to know better, a large supply of foreign-manufactured "metallic cartridges were stored in the magazine and great numbers of these were not exploded. To these the people helped themselves freely. One man wishing to see what was in these strange little brass tubes placed one on a stone, took another stone and began to pom it, The cartridge exploded, and the all passed through the man's body, killing him almost instantly.
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