Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06

The art IF Pnmpeii its marbles and wall
painting Is almost wholly removed to the
museum at Naples What remains are its
deserted street temples ani dwellings,
these all lying open To- the sky, not "A roof
/ or door, save one or two temporary mod
/ ern ones are t. be found here OF course.
nothing really new can De said about
/ POmPeH, yet il u an ever fresh wonder
and uniIk" any cthrr ruins in that it
. brings you 80 Close 10 the buildings. to
those who lived ana moved and had their
being III these sur-cfs and houses J. ~
years ago. The bakers oven is So perfect
/ it might be used to-day IN fact the bread
, Of his last hLkr also remain. little stale,
. but perfect in SHAPE. with the bakers
stamp upon il. The bath the fountain, as
/ If they might have been used yesterday
4 In one corner Of room, bedded in the
ashes, lies "A skeleton, the volcanic ash
that wa, his pillow for near 300 years,
undisturhrd that ne still may rest upon it,
The cast Ut another who had turned to
dust Is shown. still clUtcLing the money
belt fastened round his waist. Another,
delicate wUman's form living with face
buried in her folded arms as if trying to
shut out the sitting smoke, another. a
woman and child lying close together:
another, an old gentleman lying peacefully
with his head resting on one arm. as il in
sleep. II IS difficult L. analyze the feelings
that crowd upon You while looking at
these evidences of "A catastrophe 50 terri
hle. II Is with an effort that you compel
yourself 10 believe that il occurred at the
beginning # the Christian era-that the
bread you are luukins at Is older that the
earliest books of the New Testament; that
The old gentleman So quietly resting ON
his arm may have COuverSed with It Paul
and st Peter too il Catholic tradition is
COrreCt.-NHples Cor Detroit Free Press.
Mans Breath Catching Fire.
can not do better than give the facts in
the words IF the patient himself, who
communicated them To me by letter He
writes ls follows:
a rather strange thing happened to my
self about a week a-p For month ur
50 | WA, troubled very much with foul
eructations. | had no pain. bat the smell
Of the Sus which came from my stomach
was di,aSrreahIc To myself and To all who
happened to be in the room About q
week agn rs ~ai,I | got up in the morn
ing and lighted a match t" see the time.
and when pUt tho match near my mouth
t" blow 1t ont my aFrath caught fire and
gave loud crack like the report "f pls-
toL burned my lip, and they are still
sore. got terrible surprise, and 80 did
my wife, for the report awakened her
From the above occurrence it would ap-
pear that the conditions known as hall
tOSis.H or diseased breath, is not only
source "f misery to- the sufferer and those
compelled to associate with him, but may,
under certain circumstances, become =
condition Of danger to the unfortunate
posSessor Of it. In the present instance
the gaseous results of the imperfectly di-
gested food had their atoms Of carbon and
hydrogen - arranged a. tO give rise to the
presence Of CHrburrJcd hydrogen, the in
nammahle and explosive qualities of
which came into play when mixed with a
due proportion Of atmospheric air in pres
ence Of the Un-usrded light of the burn
ing match. may add that the patient to
whom the accident happened is most in
telhgent and uhseryHnt man, and that the
diet prescribed for the indigestion from
which he suffers from time to time has
alcohol excluded from it, and know that
my instructions in that respect are acted
upon--Dr. Beatson i'll British Medical
Journal