Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1899 — No Argument. [ARTICLE]

No Argument.

“I beg your pardon!” said the patient in a haughty way; “it isn’t for a young physician like you to disagree wjth an old and experienced invalid like me!” And he went out to look for another physician. Bilkins—“Who was it wrote ’Actions speak louder than words?*” Harper“l don’t know, but I’ll bet the thought occurred to him while he was trying

Salt Mines' Worked Since 1840. The salt mines of Wiellezka, near Cracow, Poland, were mentioned in 1044, and have been worked since 1240. The first map of the mines was made in 1638 by Martin German, a Swedish mine surveyor. The eight shafts now in existence are from 207 to 985 feet deep, and the length of the levels now open is 345,000 feet, with 115,500 feet of underground tram lines. Between 1772 and 1892 about three million cubic yards have been excavated for the extraction of salt. Machine drills are now used and compressed powder is employed in blasting; about 1,187 pounds of powder are used per ton of salt produced. The present levels are seven and one-quar-ter feet high by six and one-quarter feet wide.