Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-20
 .,nN,s SEVEN HELLS.

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 uat spring Where Men and
 Do surprising Things.
 out on the coast of Gorea and
 s'es ,anl.inp for things curious, se-
 FYaH g, ,og fine natives intelligence of
 kee rI.able place in the remote in
 1'''s' .. < an island belonging to Japan
 H''s Tieushu. The place is commonly
 'S .sceyen Hells, and, on account
 s'asn accessibility and remoteness,
 ~ dom been visited by Americans
 asas.,b ,,,cb as referred to in print. l
 inad to visit this Japanese in-
 sss.' and having everything arranged
 sss out with provisions for a two
 travel The first few days were
 " in small Japanese steamer
 g1 three or four inland seas, and
 p9 around at least q thousand ,@arent islands to get in reach of the
 iA ss.land that would lead me to the. szaf s my journey. It may appear to
 sa exaegeration to speak of so
 s,.v islands and seas, but when it IS Sssss1 E,s..s bered that Japan alone has four a,,s,sand islands and at least a hun E.sa a aifferent seas, it will not appear ssanoe that I passed thousand isl ~ Ell. h search of the one on which is 'he Phenomenon.
 vkhen I had got as far as 1 could go \ Water. there was nothing left for b,,t to try the crude mode of travel ,f 4he islanders for hundred miles or |o4e I hired a jinriksha and two ,oiies to pull me, and at once pro se.ied. A whole day and night were aant in this funny vehicle, until l s,,,,. at last to mountains so steep that was impossible for me to ride fur bsr Then another change in my sode of travel was made l hired aalie and pack horse to carry my bag aas. while T took my foot in my and and walked" for twenty miles yer That rugged mountain.
 t)nee over the mountains was almost sight of the Seven Hells. An arm l Tanother sea lashed up in a narrow eek On every side stood gigantic ,ountains capped with snow, while sloN lay the Slpautiful valley. It .ened as if might be entering para se. walked little further, and in moment the earth resounded as if a lousand cannons were exploded be- safh me. l had reached the Seven els, and all that had been told me tlle place was fully demonstrated. Just a few yards from where stood as the Boiling Sea. 4 great smoke il steam arosa like cloud from the ater, and upon examination 1 found at the sea of water was boiling and gbbling like p2t=ove stove. The ater was scalding hot. and would Ok aa egg in two minutes. This boil 2 sea is considered saere by the na- Ies and tae government had at one ne to erect q fencs around 1t to keep e people from plunging in.
 From the Rolling Sea continual cam of hot waterruas down through 5llage of about three hundred people, 10 are the most peculiar human ings outside ef China. In the center the vilage is a biz round bath of hot lter from the ssa. in this bath from lfo twenty five are constantly to be n bathing. Ta re are no screens or Gefingss bat men. women and ehiI- sn all bathe to eet eF in Adamic sim city Isaw atoHe time nine women afea mea in the cath.
 About fifty s:er7 away from this -ee is q sweat bath, dedicated to eof their go Is. An open shelter is ilt in the streets over a cavern in sea.th which they say Bnddha built them. Thc excavation has a door 1t similar to an old-fashioned sweet Iato house that southerners build to sp their potatoes from freezing in :winter The door is about three tsquare and there is no way for her q person or the steam to escape 'ept by this door. In the front were ests selling tickets for half a cent n, and six persons were admitted to 8sWeat bath at once. Just over the fanee stands an image of Buddha. D rice cakes, flowers and incense aings The people worshiped as g went in, while an old priest stood felling the people that whosoever bed in faith should be cured of all ladies' The lame and crippled ked around and listened with eaoer- The priest said that Buddha down his angel, who met an aent priest and told him that he ald write the name of Buddha on a De and cover it with the earth and SC the mountains to gush out with .water and flow over the name of idha for the healing of all diseased eyers. This, said the priest, lis place prepared by the great gods. lt yop would be healed enter in
 bathe. It was amazing to notice
 deluded men and wom n, in com les of six, go into the bath and stay Ii almost dead from sulfocation come out dripping with perspira- and covered with straw. It seems a stream from the Boiling Sea under the excavation. and inside hroWn lot of straw on which e men and women spread them es and stay until they fairly roast aselVes alive. From this place
 go to hot shower bath, which asts Of several large bamboo poles ed in a waterfall from the hot sea- 'h fell about ten feet upon the es of the saints just from the U bath. From the shower bath
 go to the fouT tain bath, where course IS completed. The entire eSs often takes several hours and ha.n. U