Show FIRES KET MANY YEARS the oldest life lu in the world arid and doe which has h been burning now tor for over year li is claimed to be la in ft a buddhist temple near baykov la in BI 1 a in it Is i a religious practice and the e priests guard the sacred flame ame more carefully car fully than their own oan we life tor for woe woo to the man who would chance M A let the embers burn bum out A new are li Is lighted every four year years in the nuge huge brailer brazier but an all old brand li is al at way WAYS sicily also tur fu numerous ex amples ample of fires are which have been kept bu burning rules fer for long length of time thie this Is a euto custom ef 1 the ve Ten detta niletta and sym boles the fire of vengeance which the wren ted individual will not extin filth until the th death of 0 big enemy has been recorded at the trial of a mor been lerer berer not long ion ago in palermo h he ined to baring having kept the fire in lit hie one burning tor for thirty year years itt 14 the arctic regions where the na eveet am use nothing but oil for or fuel and alave ilave great difficulty in obtaining tood or timber it la is economical to retain ille he flame jig a long aa as possible T the he La l frequently act on this theory and arid one traveler 11 says he baa has seen one ono tiny are carried about ina in a bucket which had not been extin for fifteen year years at sarahan in persia sacred fire are preserved from year to year and bot not extinguished on penalty of death there a ingle single flame name has bees been ke kept pt burning for yeara years as an app ap precia tion of it service 1 rende rendered red the gra grand d vizier by a it parsee trader while in Far abad exchanging vares this merchant accidentally discovered dit covered a plot against the grand vizier and by an bouncing it saved the life of the ofa fiat and although the persians are faithful edans and detest the relief of the the grate tul ul shah ordera the fire to be maintained to this parsee |