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Show JAPANS FIRE OrttCADC Tlie flremea of the Iflhuto's Iteatm Oe Throath linear t lerrUea. Ko country It an inucli cxowal to flroH as Japan In one week 5,000 liouiHwwem burned down InToklo nlonn rend in llio ntixt week IStiOu lioifsw wtro dewtroX"l In that ritv whllg Sir llntliertonl Alrrxk !ate that Tokio loses rut mail) hotLoa as contlltuto tho entire tlty e very tn jistni. Tho lioucw, with thooxexp-tlon thooxexp-tlon ot tho (lien on U19 roof, nro con atnietod tntlroly of wood, an I the windows nro formed of flno and often lantlful Inoa work, covetxsl with o.r rkiino builJInga lu Japan' nn thatched whilo tho roofs of others nro formed of littp) slntcliko flakta of wvl but throw ao nwlily tiko fli-c If spark fall Un them that tho Jaisineeu prefer taking tho risk uf injury from fulling tiles during the oarthqunko to lieuig lu i ton givctter danger from fires than tin j ni-eiseia rily mutt neti now be ltustninito thtt In theetn das, when no limn) j oung natives hao isjmu to lairojt to study tho kIiiic)i Unit their nc quliisl knowlodgo of ihotnlstry lint not cnnatsl them to adopt some inenni of rt ndcrln; the wood of whlrli thrit liotie nro omistruetctl and oten the Ivirot thuwludows ineomlmstlblo Tliey linvn, howctir, in tho large towns tnont cdliHent llro I rigntlos nud liiro uven tho newest an 1 bot Arc engincrt of Kurojiean or Amnrltnu make, lrut thceo aro of much lum um than might bo Imagined, for tho sup pi) ot water It limited, an 1 tho eu gino without wnltr Is niiiern ninek cry Ot trover linuwdoor Utihonl ardgn Indliallng that, thero is erne wdl on tho premihes sir rometimus wo hoo two or tnoro aiahis iinlienttnR that two or mora wells will bo found In that building mnl thus Iho fin men mow tho Hourees of their water aup ply, and from tluuo wells nlono can water bo had Tho mxinlty of water tinders it neeewnrj' that nil I till lings unround Ing nny that may hat o taken llro be pulled d iwn K) that tho 1 unilng maas Is) itohted, for thorn L no hoie ot 1 ran ntlng the spivadlng of the ronllngrntlon by tlio water from the engines, and It Is this titvomity w hlch iiuisos tlio fireman m drill In Jaiean tu nppo-tr so HlriUKUlitid errotew)uatn thu t,iroiieaii Im:U flruman is fur nlslusl with u tort of booh, inttndtsl for too In pulling down the house 1 ut tho fmetttiou arises as to where tho man u to atand wlillo ( ngagesl in his work otdett ruction Alvlderb held upright by it mimbtrof men who hold It flnnlyby theso hooks nnil It Is up it ladder thus held lint tho llremeu go to jaill down the housist which aro to bo Uestro) esl In tasootanru Tlio chic f t TercireH of the men con tint In awtjling tin ladder and bsinlnr nut front It inn liorixontnl manner, v.lax tho hook, whilo hold ing on by thu feet, aud in all torts of acrolmlic feats which teem r-.ilculiteil to aid tliein In their work Boinu-tlmtstn Boinu-tlmtstn man ascends tho ladler and Mauds Iji au Inrerted liosltlon on tho (op round At oilier times ho grasiis one si lo of the ladder with hi hands and throws hisliody out horizontally o that ho may !uo free two of hi fixt and it must borcmttnbereel that tho Jtvt ran do much more with their fist than we can with ours but tho chief (Otcrviso consists In boiling Ijj tho feet and uslugtho hook wltlt tho hands. Iho firemen nro arranged in cori, nicli of wluoli Is horulnl by tho liearer of u largo lantern In tho form of homo curious distinctive (let lev, from which cut apc r, n religious emblem, dejiend, aud wo hno ets1!! ncontblowlj und enlemnly maich ing to n lire, hcmlrsl with this In blgnla, just at though It we ro taking part In a funeral j roecion, Instead of hunting us bJcomes tlirwe con cenirsl In sulslulng thtt fearful tdo tnont, lire London Ora hie |