The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-05


congress to construct and repair roads
and trails" it is necessary to first have
an inspection, so that the work may be
dbne to the best advantage, then the
aforesaid expenses of the inspectors
can be paid out Of the $4,000 approp-
Ration.
owners Of coal mines in England are
considering life-saving plans similar to
those that will be carried out by the
newly created bureau of mines in this
country. The scheme, Consul Walter
g. Hamm, at Hull reports, is TO es-
.tablish rescue stations near groups of
mines.
1t is proposed i'm the Durham field
to establish a station for the housing of
motors equipped with pumps powerful
as those Of the largest engines in the
city fire department services. breath
ing helmets and other apparatus and
quarters Tor six or eight highly train
ed men. liquid air plant win also
be erected. Direct telephone connection
viii be arranged with all the mines in
Durham county, of which the most dis
taut could be reached within an hour.
one method is the use of headdress
to be supplied with fresh air by means
Of bellows through 60 years of nrmor-
81 tubing ana h;tCd with telephones.
II is tr"uVht tha' I'm most cases go
yards VIII be eur,irlt end IL is pro-
posed that each colliery be equip
ped with one or more of these To cope
with cases where longer distances than
so yards from respirabe air might
have to ne dealt with, the use of "aero
18th" helmets is proposed supplied with
air i'm q liquid form. There are no val
ves or complicated parts to get out of
order, and they can be used without
ANY special training. A supply Of these
would always be kept ready at tho
central station.
Now that the summer vacation Is
on I'm Washington and most of tho
members Of the diplomatic corps have
fitted away to the cooling hreezes Of
the north shore Of the mountains the
attention Of the public can he center
ed without distraction upon the Central
American junta which maintains it.
self at ,hc cafe of the Arlington hotel.
The gathering Of eNilod Central AM
Iorican rcvolutiunists I'm New Orleans
could hardly be more picturesque or
more imaginative than the few mid
summer diplomats who gather ut these
headquarters and. TO the tinkle tinES
Of the cracked ice in the long glasses
discuss the affairs OF the five rcpub-
lics-thOse events which have come to
pass and those which will come to
pass and. for the most part, those
which haze not nor even win come TO
pass. For this little left behind fra
Emcnt Of Washingtun's diplomatic
Coterie is nothing If not imaginative
The midsummer sun beats down hot
on the stripped awnings and the pave
mcnts without bake in the heat Under
such circumstances the whirl of the
electric FAN and the tinltle of the
cracked ice encourage meandcaring
thoughts, which perColate through the
ldrowsy atmosphere until n Whit from
the hot street eXplodos them like toy
balloons What revolutions are not
stamped out, what diplomatic coups
are not dealt under the languorous In
rucnce Of those electric fans and the
seductive tiUkling Of the tan glasses!
4 thousand times In the United
States as friend or foe crushed under
foot or exalted To- the skies \ thous-
and times does the valor Of the great