Show frY l i Y 1 a PLAYED CARDS IN FURNACE Four PIttsburg Men in Remarkable Test of Endurance Four men In Pittsburg Pa the other other other oth oth- er day took part In in a g game me of euchre In a large furnace which had been heated to a few degrees above comfort comfort comfort com com- fort point The stakes stales were and the tho winner was to be the player who should throw down his cards last The Themen Themen Themen men whose names were were James T. T Sherry Edward Shan Thomas Rowe and Ellis Matthews took their places at a small smaIl deal table at 4 o'clock Inthe in inthe inthe the afternoon when the furnace was heated to about degrees The Th temperature was r raised sed every ten minutes minutes min mIn- utes and the men who wore nothing nothing- but their shirts were soon somewhat warm As the game progressed the cards began to cur curl up and became unmanageable unmanageable unmanageable un un- manageable then the legs of the table caught fire but still the heroic four played on A trussed pigeon which lr was as in a dish beside the players began be- be began began t gan to frizzle but It was not until aShan's i a iShan's Shans Shan's right bower was well weIl alight aUght that he threw down his cards and I b bolted followed two minutes later by Sherry For three minutes longer Rowe and Matthews continued to sit at the fast carbonizing table when i ithe the latter fearing he was going to I faint slowly withdrew leaving Rowe f j the victor by fifty seconds during during- v. v which time he demolished the pigeon j which which according to his statement C J was done to a turn i |