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A‘TLev' u.-x.mâ€"-r~..--~.-... . .. , 4‘. u‘wt‘v'iii" .- , divorce has laid it down that. a. wifets-LBLS 0‘[ but 3' Simgle room'- 3'11‘1 contains VARIDUS DNURBE LAWS. fiofixxilfflath“;.‘f‘zz ' â€"- mifa.ifi“3‘dfullfii‘.§1‘f’? if: now THE MARRIAGE BOND IS insanity for more than a year at by . mutual consent when there are no chil- ‘ROKEN IN SOME COUN’IRIES' dren. In Norway and Denmark n1uâ€", ‘â€" fun! consent .1wa three years' sap-é A “In!” Where the Londers “Sad!!! Arc- - nation is S'Jfflxlt-Dt for a divorce. : Those Whom": Been orient-f Divorced In Austria. Roman Canhollm cannot, and [emu-Hod â€" (’hluue Causes ror‘gel; divorces. but for members of other Divorceâ€"Women of Ceylon Experiment l rdlglou’s .denommznl‘m‘l in§urm°un“‘ Three or Your Timesâ€".Drnnkcnnms .1 we averswn 0% limb sales ‘3 la“. “lit. . LB necessary. elrews may onaxn <i-, 5:2; in Prnulm lilvorccv. in the Lnlted i vetoes Austria by making . special ' declarations before their rabbis. Marriage in an elixir. You have the P"'1_‘hmc Comfilotnhxzeallhs fgundled by the} word of 8 us - . v uri us an . parts Q otier States, that But mirt‘iyr phlgoegpher ,fgggeettled by thelr desmendnuits Seem to ‘ ‘11 ‘ “0 “area “1 be the chief alwles of divorces." SILVS' omyam Dwdrce us its antidote. vat. 'l‘ihiealore nit-mm Wools-ey. him-i Just 03 marriage customs, however,-5€lf a. New England Puritan. in his vary with different nations. so does work ‘0“ ‘h" ““utij’ifl" the dim“ , _ Some new esteem C‘API’lAL 0mm. AMONG PURITANS. Prof. \Voolsey apparently regretsthe‘ It no 1‘” than marl-Inge“ Others seek time. when the early settlers treated in- to suppress it as mark as possible- Alfilelify in their characteristic fashion. few governments will not tolerate it: Title. first law _of Massachusetts made at an. gadultery a capital crime. In 1869 the, a .,l I . fill-1w was changed. A person guilty of Th" M001“ 0f th"_°“h"‘m “1 .lh‘ tthe crime had to stand on the gallows northern part of Africa. have rfilwdlwith a. rope round the neck, be whip- dlvorOe to the highest pinnacltbetuuse with forty stripes on their way ‘ is M “mm them that the lead_;to this gallows and the 'ail, and then t “gr . g V i. x v , ' (wear for the rest of his ife the letter are of f.iahionzlble scent) shall always "A" m conspicuous colors swwn ouch”; be of Ullose who have oftenest been'clothgs_ The Connecticut laws of 1773 divorced and remarried. And it is required “hat the letter "A" should wotuully wnsidcred low and'vulgar fclr'be burned upon Lb” forehead 0f the _ u . . . “ . a. couple to live too long together. gilngtyafimfh’; lgxg'ggliggnugntmuifl“ 'Iihe Kabylee of Algeria have more lows. scientific methods of divorce than MANY DIVORom IN AMERICA_ either Oklahoma or South Dakota. If Prof. \Voolsey finds that Massachu- yuu happen he be a male Keyle you setts hits proportionately four. timesas can repudiate your wife in two ways. man-y dworoes as Branoe".wml’.e Con" . nectlcut Elms more than five times as In the first 1313‘» You 30nd 1151‘ Wk many as Saxony. 011108801. according to toluer people with the dowry that Prof. \Voolsey. has a higher ratio of 0031' be , I th 00nd divorces to population than any 0th.. you r ved With r n e se 61‘ Part of the country, but St. Louis case you put. aoertain price upon . ., . her. at which any one can have the fififybfihgfnfbmefilfifefgf 2.1111; wonmn who is willing to pay it; and Inspect. . . if you suspect that. any particular per- __+____ 5011 him been flirting With- youl‘ Wife OLDEST MARRIED COUPLE. you will make an exception in his case .._... and fix the price at double or treble Just Completed EIghly.chcu Years of the ordinary rate. Mnrrh-si “to. It is curious that marriage vows are tr, and Mrs .Jaoob Hiller, who live faithfully kept among the Kubyles. In near the town of La. Grange, Ind., have the rare cases in which they are not just completed eightyâ€"seven years or observal both parties suffer instantimarried life. and both, the report says, death at the hands of their neighbors. bid [au- 10 five a, few years 1mg“, ML DIVORCE CAUSES IN CHINA. Hill-er is how 107 years old and his wife Th6 Chinese have a beautiful and 105. Theyclaimthe undisputed distinc~ di_ tion of being able oldest .or rather the longest married couple in the United comprehensive list of causes for voroe. These are in order, childless-i pass, imiitention to parents-in-luw. lo-,stf"‘te‘s' . _ mummy, thievehlmws' in tamper and lhe Little frame cottage which they oonlirnied illnesa. One of the ancientnuw occupy the-11‘ only home comuué-nfubors on the Chinese Law of.f°r nearly eighty-five years. It oom- might be turned away "if she allows an “10 earthly POGSGSSlUIlS Which have me how to be [mad with smoke_ “served blue aged couple throughout so if frightens the dog with her disâ€"imnny yeftrs of wedded life- _ agrwablg “0136.” mm... are excep., Mr. Hiller is nremarkably Vigorous Liam; to um rules, how-ever, as almn for one of his extreme'age. Hie Chimes” wife my not be dimmed- at ‘ eye is as bright, and his step as steady an 3,: me has worn mourning. [onus Ulmt of a. man of forty1 but with old either of her parents-inâ€"law. if she‘age mwe we Symptoms Of second has no [laments with whom to live. oridhu‘lhoo‘l' “10 m0“ am“sz of WhiCh ,[ mm. nublmml has grown rich sinwi is the cutting of two teeth lately. His he, [mu-fwd nun hump-White hair falls almost to his 1“ must uf um islands of the world'shvoulders. Time has dealt less kindly umrriagt. and (“vote6 are about equapiwith the wife. She ls sorely bent with . . -. _ . ', the weight of years, and is totally blind. ly easy. In bouillon miuriarres are ofâ€"iBflh are nativ 1‘ ° ; . '. es of Canada. llley L0" L‘Plll‘rf‘cw M 94} excuse for the ‘ were married there when he was twenty wedding least. wild if more feasts ureyears of age and She eighteen. 'l‘he minted. some agreeable swopping of couple have eleven children, the eldest Wives can zilwuys bring them about. now being'eightyâ€"two years old and the REMAthYING h‘UltMEit WlVES. youngest flity-sevw- _ m. imbubilants of the Maldive Is-v “71.0w “.18 . ‘f'ofld 1‘” “hanged 5"“ Linda. mm so mud of munflng and di_5f:his .rem..irka.)le .couple. began houseâ€" voru‘iug hint at man is not. uncommon-11"“:-pmg m mm? hula “3.1.116 cottage m U, lmind umrwd for mm thy-1rd or"which they still live! llie news .of fourth time. to the same wife. 'm‘my 0f am greatest events m 3'“ h'ls- Tho sup,th women of Ceylon find: Lory hlls come to _t.hem as they sat. in it “Hawaii w mar”. mme or four their humble Imdinma home. lhe lwc . k ‘ . I I, _ , . hud been married nearly thirty years gunfirmilgé‘f Eh‘f-LgLn-hg,eL {hlhb‘fnd before Victoria was crowned Queen of e ‘ m" “I w “m “y can Fn lnind The have liv d t h t] permanently settle. down. Among the ‘ g ' 'y e O ear 1e Dyuks of Bum,” “mug “omen Di 5““ ~ reports of her diamond f'ubilce. lI-Iiller onleen or eighteen are. often found 'was twentyttwo years 0. d, and he and with their third or fourth llualLLlltl. in "his bud“ were we” WEN”! their honey" with mun. third or fourth husmmL in moon when the war of 1812 broke out. Tum“ “w mun and women many . He remembered when Canada was lit- wtm w»). m“, u mind to and g0 and ,fle. more than n Wilderness .and when and marry 5011101)“). e156 when they 3the settled portion of the United States get tired of (at-mu other. Among the ‘was confined m the [at EaSt‘ llnwziluiis, in spite of their nominal conversion to Christianity. the matâ€" rimonial nrrangeuimts have been de- scribed by the phrase "go as you “unfit: for bonh panicki Marriage has A Mechanical 0rclicslrnl Conductor Ii: not much interest for the Hawaiian "m"! i“ “"13" hlsouu. Milo objeCL in life being to have Italian genius. hug invented a me- a fine funeral. which frequent and exâ€" , v - ‘mnsive nuu‘riuges tend to render iin-lahivmm11 S’IChe‘gtm! conductor .Whmh ‘3 lmfllhlu. sand to fill a. lomgofelt need in Italy. 0n flue continents of the world di- mud would doubtless be as much up- VOI‘W 15 ill"to “5 “My 00 Bat 83 0“ precinbed here. The directors of tho the islands. lli Abyasmia. Bruce. the - - . great ‘lravauer' My“. he has seen a balnds I'D Italian cafes llmntants am woman surrounded by seven former called ‘3le to 9135' “l” “on” or “"0 husbands. Nu.an says that in Grean pliiino besides conducting. so the mosh land it is quite common for a hosband { that they mm do is to sum; m... music and wife to get u divorce llfli'f‘ livmg‘ mud Wu every memhm‘ of We Grams" PEDALS WORK THE BAND. -â€"â€"- iogethur for six months. One of Ur , _ , _ ' tra. continues it in accordance with his Church: r'e oer va his in Moroooo. though only middle-aged was living own bias. of w’iult‘it ought to be. Two mechanics of ’l‘ulrin have invented it With his nineteenth wile when the do:- tor first met him. Among the 'l‘arâ€" . nus, and. indeed. among a“ Mallow“ remedy for llll‘$ lamentable stat-e of af- uns. divorcee are quite frequent, and fairs which ought to Re useful in some are (5:1..in procured. Of course poly- of the mist eulernies and concert halls umy is practised. or is at least law. here. . fin. no [but 1. wire more or “.55 does ‘ This invention puts nn'nufpmaton not make much difference. The only 1:11 “10 dlrocmlf's 8‘91“: and "1 blS hand exception to this rule is among the U5 8’ bum “4nd! ‘3 OPP/mm“ b)’ the Man-gs; “1:0 rulul Tmflmcwo um,“ pedals of the plum) on which the con- twn 5mm.- ngo_ :tor it! playing; or if he happens to m \Vmof this nation we so '83. be a. Violinist the pedals are placed near 10‘“- of “mi; husbands that t his feet ll’l sm'h a. way that he can move get a divorce if a husband makes any “1". “m3 0‘ u‘°.““t"m3t09 “'3 freely ntfanpt b0 “kn to himself a. second 95 ‘I they “"‘r‘5 1‘“ own' .'1h“.m°"ha9’ wife in .uoordanoo with the precepts ‘3‘.“ m we“? been the" "1 Tun.” of um m_ With plums. and the amusement it While divorce was so Verv easy for "Mm .“mfld “393° “"3. “1?? to “em both sexes in the later Ronni~ n Repub- m ‘mdnw‘mtggmlf ‘t “‘31:” 39" mu - "ma crease ' num- 315 maxi” tzm‘nig‘opthomf‘ tub: gilt-rd meclnlniral directors by any wife's dowry. no that it became on object With acne husband: to be married and divorced as willie. If. t not to be forgotten tlnn even «5ny "old Ro- man" as Cunt. Chem. Cute and Augustus all divorced melt mm for slight m LACK OF CIDl‘HES A CAUSE. In East Central Africa l wanna an tndivoroefmhnrhuabmdif he gunâ€"tourneme when she “menu Ithugrat bio-flog means. TUNING UP. It has often put-ltd the uninitan why musician tune their instruments in public. and not before they enter moth If they maipulntod them before entering the heater or concert room they mi ht fin the temperature different in t plwo of performance. and the lntrnmonts would not be in no» oftenns change. That was, indeed. the way in Eround of routine work, says Amen-i AG l what can most pix-bib”: be grown smi- ' ceesfully. But \\ 1111 the crop has been Etried. and has proved adapted to the button. the value of all the land in SPFX‘IALTIES IN FARMING. the neighborhood is at once raised. Wlmt one 1min lizu done Olin-r3 may I 1116 ' ‘t ' ' modern . ‘_ most Common “1‘5 do "1 ‘ - do. In thzs. way the (‘.\l0ll\.\‘t‘ unli- farming is entine compliance \\ it-h! ration of an article in one locality ut- “'th used, to in the universal rule for f tl‘l‘flshihi lEUQ‘i‘lS from all the \iorld. tannin m ‘ ( IV. The advice to xiii: t l in :ir.gnlat:-r niuiil‘ers limit } : g WSW “ll - t ’M .h any u only the originator of the specialty )egm-nem “as a “.an 0 “ ‘ », were allowed to grow it. There can I e farm methods of those more expericnu‘r no monopolies in farming. It. would 9.1 and copy them implicitly without. do nomdy an: lmod ‘Lf them were- .Land can be bought ll_\' anybody “lm '"lKls the knowledge of how to make it I“'hl‘»‘h fuml‘ng “‘15 almost “Bil'emalll' ; more profitable than can anybody else. ‘done. There was a regular rotationl'l‘llus the thorough mastery of some: of crops. each maid following in its 0P 3 specialty in farming or fruit groping 1 becomes more vuliuible capital to who- ‘ der- These leB were “I‘m-V's Planted 5 ever has it than “’Olllld large Amounts =and grown in the same way. Thus: of land with buildings and all the {awn-mg Mme with. most a, mere; means for cultivating it.‘ without the special knowledge 'how to make the . _ . best use of it. There is no kind of can Cultivator. varying 0m? as the; practical knowledge about farming differing seasons provided different that cannot be made valuable to the tasks. He who could rise early, work: thmkufig 3}“ engage”? (fillnller' } .11: . , _ ;saves 1111 mm 6 [ms ares w MC 1308‘ Bfleclllely and latest algae the! nmny men make in farming leuause greatest. surcess. Thus farmung b6- i they rely wholly on the expensive meth- me what no occupation ever ought. 0d of experience that is essential. to be. a lilfe of monotonous and severe .___ toil, unrelieved by the hope or much TEE HEN AS :AN ANIINCT. improvement, exceptasfailures of crops . ' in other sections, or foreign wars. in-» P3?“ t1“ 3?] t.he country the 0b- cr& the prices of farm products, and l servmg traveler is impressed with the 1113;588:th profitable- The surcessful low estimate placed upon the hen. Many farmers of the present; day still have? only 1”ng 5‘ fewv and “195° “9 left to shift for themselves. roosting in some crops grown after the old meth- trees and o t of b V l d ods. and which it is supposed that any- . . , 11‘ {mfmy p “88' lm body can grow. so they can] bum in yielding returuspust about equiva- those universally grown because easily Lent to the are gwen he?" As an adJurnct to denying, the hen, .. ' . y r 5:1?“3réggps tiara 3:8 5251011151 :30 properly treated.- cannot be over-esti- . . mated. The reasons for this state- wszlgm $12?“ $2: 3:611:15“ inept Will readily present themselves W) mytjke “gee emu andmake to the thoughtful man. In the first it augshu‘kmss sTDhu'. s can unify be done place, the lien will find a. way of uti- b sum do'se study of this specialty lizing many oft‘he byâ€"produnls of dairy- tgnt the farmer is emde to produm Skim milk these fowls will do- .‘t of bower Wit or more cheaply vouzr by the gallon. So with butter- :hn‘ “ Find Vase It is a com“ milk. Without question. milk fed to mail-1 Sfmgnil the moth-overcrowded Imus wm yield a Nadia and more pro- . . ' l H ‘. ' - ' Professions of laiw and medicine that will): flingifil?‘ :1 any other “vii “there its room ml; the top." The same ‘ ’ ‘ L1 ‘ n eggs g0 “0 is true in farming, with the advantage WSW” Whey Lt comes to lnarketmg' , How many tunes when selling butter to the farmer that; there are a. great is the can umdef r g! A fe vchioks my more themes for his success, 0 egg‘ ‘ . . , I taken along in the fall of the year “will? as he does w‘th nut’m' um“ find ready sale and add to the family them 18 for the Silliness 0": those Who exchequcr. It is hot necessary to buy must win it by ’s’hnirp competition with very mulc'll‘ 9f the feed consumed by ‘ their feumvme‘n' The demand for the poultry. “u. may Tull.er all the corn, farmer's product. is universal. One oats and buckwheat we need for this . purpose. \Varm quarters in houses con- untn‘s success does not, therefore, un- firuicted esiiecizllly for them;careflul ata . - g, bod else. “nth Influx} us we :estow upon at ier 5 miles- :ihtfirfzfirmzzvztem;gamfly to the pro_ tuc. animals; and a. little skill in dis-l duction of one speciality they may all suiweed, for silnce the world begain the food products that the farm has proâ€" duced have never been more bountiful them the world has required. The usual surplus of food mirriled over from year to yeau‘ is commonly only enough to supply the world's needs for a. few weeks, so that should a single harvests fa-ill all over the World. mankind would be very qu'ilcdfily canlfrontod. by famine. It is the: milking of specialties of difâ€" ferent farms products tlmt has largely in modern times lessened this danger of famine. If farming were altogether routine work it is conceivable that over wide areas where the, staple grains are grown, the common routine methods might fail. Biult the advantage of lllllikl'ng a. specialty of somecl‘op is not only that the specialist can. in ordinary seasons, produce more cheaply, but that. hie will be able to make a crop when if he grow .only by routine methods fzullurn would be inevitable. To this buy in couintrl'es like India and Rusâ€" sia, where farm methods, are wholly can! the routine plain. famine L»; frequent. l'hle good farming which the growmg of specialties requires always insure u. :rop of some kind. lthius overcoming the unfavorable seasons which we ruinous U.) the farmer who: has utsed 0'11in rou- Lime methods. _ . Bill-t it is to the farmer himself that tine greatest benefit comes from culltiâ€" vutiing some specialty. It {becomes necessary for him tlo study this sub- ject so as to learn tlhioroulghly all that. convmce the. most incredulous that hens and dairying go “well together. "lie garden and other fields near by whit-l1 :il'e wilder cultivation should be closely fen-sell from the "lien. Valuable , thine and loss of antic-lice will til-tile be! saved. A lneln 0115!; of place, as well as anything else, is It pest. \Ve believe that one great soull'w of the prejudice agniinst flue lien arises from the flu-t1. that she is not; [kept in her proper place. The hem is vmrfhy of the farm- er's serious consideration. Sine may be one of lu‘ls best friends instead of‘ being thought a. dire enemy. . r” ._ THE OAT HARVEST. I like to cull: oats before they are fairly ripe. If harvested when the ker- nels are just beginning to harden, the straw will be almost as good to feed as buy. and the grain will be bright and rich. says E. L. Vincent, the well- ‘klnown writer. I usually let my oats lie in the swath foraday Ol'two, un- til well dried cult. {than they are raked. boulnd and set up in shocks of ion bulndles. There is room for a. great deal of care in: this port of the work. Grain carelessly pull up will in stormy weather become wetâ€"easily. My way two." Then I take two bumdles and standing them on the butt end, split; wolrd the groumd until; half the bundle .-;i.n be known abole it. Only doing ‘hus been treated in that way. 'l‘hen til-its can ill-e siwciultv if}. made a sucâ€" I Winn. the «bundkw over the Lap of the 38S?“ Ems thormgh Emmy of some shook, One on cruel end. and one on the inrm sumject liltib Klu.I-u‘ uh Lnueiiciul an n effect om the milud as does the thorough other. butts together. lhese form a. study of idle professional man whiz-ll {its him for success in his vocation. The farm-er may study nature and nature‘s' Luvs rather than gbuil'. he will be- come not merelyas Avelleducnted but Letter eduicated than the man who has Sm‘di’w lx’o‘ks a‘lone' Th” educated to the build; and use these for caps. No "my i’f be 1‘ Philosollller' Wm find‘ doubt they do make better care. The $1.331“ 3?. Lfllkiw‘lll’nirtmiir dill”??? i W!"- ‘m’ is mad“ “i 5am“ t "‘7 mm" m.“ t. y at h. ‘ m. t h , dies un a roumd shloc. _. and opening 9110 .t‘_ 0“: .‘LV‘1 ‘0'“ J15 ‘IYQPS' f3 largo bundle so that: rt will stand with finine‘i‘g‘gm‘?°£ gem” ‘32:;1 bag: the butt upward, covering the entire scum“; 11311811, Iwisdom lofl'mwy a" top of the shqck. Jhxu is a. good way mo'lonn farmer émil ' sets aside this{ to put up gram' uznmr the grim} has n. t, t {he _.' ‘ t Te v_ stood for a. weekprnt'wo, depending upw 1:33 .ii‘iw‘lmiiignifii u... f3éé‘i?..niu ‘is : on “10 “Wm- 132‘“ ‘lg’ w 80,31- ‘ suipposed be Solomon ; "How shall he " 2238:;mglzs grfilmmmpa karma}. 3 $22; V t. wisdom “dime talk \‘is of exam ‘1" At i - ’- - be t the . l d m f m 1 hoursm the sunshine. )f course. if one .ze.....;;*v°m... mt: .32 .3”: ....= me- a large and m a and ho th J ‘ _. .h'k.‘ 3' des “Bed blunder, it may be no'wa‘sziry to let the Elm “mm 9 19“,” "Wt lb. h grain stand a. little longer before cut- 4:35:11an :bllnglsshilsfnl’ifoofal‘l lilo ung‘ bun even- than It may be do-ne he- ‘ w that "g'i l9 06th rotor“ fore the crop is head ripe. It Will not thadjatruétion’ and a spirit. he shfll‘tblzmllhe grain “lililmlmunb fuécré ',, . . . ‘ ’ an s raw :i great on nicer. a (ore a {3111‘ “nil. hm “I? 'lllu‘strailed straw is coming to be valued much :)Whg’;°‘:;gmt; h°e£crgnflggmg¥£ghffi more highly than forn‘wrly. It toned to ads. )t himself to must be determined rotun , - - . ~ um f- m . . i g or turning mmn in m by oiialbfiltagdlf'rcuglwtfinoe; usuallylor near the barn. \Ve have learne “Rh M ‘ {Plat gmégdmt: finfiar‘, that straw has a goal market value; 3.15%?“ 2.58... 635.. a... .Efirfii‘lfiz “d that“; finggdggpybgfilmn‘g . . our I o . l ‘ ; . , dramas-n. “Waltz: will. :0, m w v. and mm" mm to: success 0 anythf-n most: of his neigh-i ' _ bors will soon be omnd followin him. It is thus that the possibilities o oranâ€" . . INNOCENT. be”? gmme have men devalOped on Little 5-year-old Jamie's mother had mm 14sz easily overflawn that , won ormerly thought of little value, 0° '0 Oburahc 103-va he! and lie)? but are now held. at very ig prices. Other lowlities inland are fmmd a; b.- After a- while srmdma cot weary and especially adapted to grape growing. Wt “36335! to bed» Th?“ She EUBKCSP and 011mm an“ to val-mu“ of the ad that it wmddbo nicolf Jennie also, am. rm - g 10., would retire. u f or to “mm o a I don't want to yet. grandma. said r3. luau or fume. The ow. _ . my grids non-r almanac, Mich, t’lwhttla girl. . greatly protect the shock from injury by storm. Some hold. the bundle against their bodies while Eregul'lng them for caps, and others in part. of their bumdles with the blind nearest boaspeciall Ad; ted to rowing ccleryugone to sleep. ran nix. urged.- Exporienco’sinoophns pn‘oved this fact.‘ '01:. well. rep led Miss Jennie. else It requires much knowledge of the best V un‘t old enough yet to realize tint it’s conditions for growing crops to decide not dark them by puilli'nig the heads down to? cap which will. after fairly settled} l by sister. with their grmnrlcrnuther.~ l l 2 be common to see great sticks of straw : d I l v ! l l â€"___â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"~..« FIRE IN A DEAL MINE. WATER HAS BEEN POURED ON IT FOR MANY MONTHS. â€"_ Apnulling “cat from “ hirh Miners have N Sufl'crâ€"Dangers iron: Collapseâ€"augch In: Like Drunken “on. There are few people outside. and not so many as one might supposo within the coal regions. \\ ho realize the danger! with which the ininom have tocontend in their unluous work. says a Wilkes- barne. BL, vorrmpundent. Chief of these, and the only one of which I will speak now, is fighting the fire In I burning mine. ‘ It “us lily good fortune to spend I few hours not long ago with the men who were battling a stubborn fire in one of the largest mines in north-ecst- el‘n Penusylvnniu. and it was an or perfume not readily forgotten. The sitiuilion was usurious one for the officials to face. and every effort that the experience and ingenuity of the experts «Mild suggest was made to control the fine. The f ight was a long and stubborn one. but after two month: of mud labor the: mime was saved. It was on the extremely cold day to- wards the end of winter when I reach- ed the mime. The division sulml‘lnlcnd- emf; in clmlrge of the work. laid out f lun- nels, overalls, big rubber boots, and the regulation miner’s cap, and clad in these we prepared to (lPSl'Ilell. Holding tight and obeying the timely injunction “Keep your heads down," we rattledâ€"- or rather seemed to drOpâ€"down the six h'uindred feet of the lowest level. The ill'l‘ was peculiarly heavy and miniseatilng. “There is about six per cent. of fire dump in: it." calmly remarked the superintendent, and added with equal calmness, “Ten per cent. will kill." IN THE GANGVVAN however, the alilr is purer, and we en- joyed thic- full force of the sweet cun- remt sent down from the surface by the powerful fame. A turn? to thie' left, and a small air- way parallel with the slope was reach- ed just-lull tiilnie, to meet tlm‘ee minors who staggered past us like drunken men. “They come from the "face' of the liming 0f the egg product will 80011. fire," said hhle superintendent, (Inmin- ilng parlance the “face” means the front.) These men were ovemzlls. I‘llll)l)8l boots. and flannel shirts open at the I chest. They were half sink with th: bloat, and lit the turn of the slope threw themselves brealhless in a corner where other awn dashed cold water over them. All; this point the tempera. ture was 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 'l‘herl were 150 melnI in, this purl: of the mine divided into small annual of fifteen or twenty, emihi gang working for ten miin'u'tes wt 3. time. it being impossible to lubouil' longer inilhe grmt heat. This place was like, half a humdred Turkish baths combined in one. 1 pluxdked t‘he superintendent's sleeve when I felt that for mew slay longer Uhel'ememn‘t death, and he led the way downwwrd none too soon to please me, fior l was pilning for thin freezing air of the moulntai‘n side some 500 feet above. At. a delightfully cool spot where the thermometer marked 109 do- greee. we sat. on! a. bendhl to recover. THE “HELL HOLE" was in the main alone at the very heart; of the film, while) at; that plil/‘fl was iln Llilc shape of a great’ V, and the spot to which we' were boulnd was the point of L'th V.’ There was fire on both is to self up eight. bundles "two and sides and in from, of Us, .At last we reached. the "face" of the fallen roof, and new props worcbcing pint in us the; men gained on the fire. Here too the slope was blacked and inch by inch they removed the debris to make a passageway. Tillle debris had been piled in lumpemt the sides of the slope, fluid the passage thus contracted to a few feet in width. A fou-r inch strewn of water was playing on the blmckeined and steaming mime, while water froma. point 200 feet. ubove found its way through the fire and rushed past us. In thin lorriflo hunt the men were working stuftlily, remormlcsaly, like merciless machines directed by :1 giant hund. boiling night and day, to over- come the film Wl gainng on it inch by inch. slowly bulli’urcly. We sing- gered downwan an we find seen the men stagger. . From tine 110 degrees spot we went downward to this 100 degreesâ€"for the numeriint/hndent mid \Vh mum. cool off graduallyâ€"mud tluyn to the main gang- way, Where it was about. 90 degrees. Filnull up the slope we went and made a dash from the head llOllh‘U to tho officeâ€"it. wnn about. tw<mty~fivo de- grees amiableâ€"we stripped, hm! :1 bath and this trip was over. 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