The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

some OF the soldiers wore shOeS-recenIly
bringing about a cessation of wars. says
the Boston Transcript II refused. officers
and men, to fight until its back pay should
be forthcoming As the EcuadOrian treas
ury is in a state of chronic collapse. the
pay was not forthcoming and Gen. Sarasti
was compelled to give up his plan of at
lacking Guaranda and Alansi, which were
held by the other side. If the movement
spreads and South Americans generally
maintain the principle that there will be
no revolution unless there is money enough
to go round. people south of the isthmus
may be happy yet.
Prof. Bunsen has clearly explained the
old-time geological puzzle-the periodical
eruption OF geysers, and the explanation Is
so satisfactory that the scientists have
ceased their studies and experiment along
that line, says the St Louis Republic.
According to the professor a cavern filed
with water lies deep In the bowels of the
earth, being connected with the surface by
the geysers. The water in this cavern is
highly heated by the earths internal fires.
There is constant and heavy pressure
upon this hot water reservoir arising from
the weight of the water in the geyser
opening, which may be likened to a huge
natural standpipe. After a given length
OF time the heated water below rises to
such high temperature that steam is
given on despite the pressure of the water
IN the opening leading to the surface, and
the column of water In the exit tube is
gradually forced upward. The release of
pressure and the consequent disturbance
the subterranean reservoir to fash into
steam ana Violently expel the contents of
the exit tube, exhibiting to the observer
the phenomenon of geysers in action.
The place of torment to which all wick
ed Buddhists are TO be assigned on the day
of final reckoning is, provided such a thing
be possible, more terrible place of punish
ment than the Christian hell is supposed
TO be. This Buddhistic hell is a sort of
apartment house, divided into eight easy
stages" In the first the poor victim is
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bare feet over hills thickly set with red
hot needles, points upward. In the second
stage the skin is all carefully filed or
rasped from the body and irritating mix
lures applied. In the third stage the nails,
hair and eyes are plucked out, and the
denuded body sawn and planed into all
sorts of fantastic shapes; the fourth stage
is that of 'sorrowful lamentations" In
the fifth the left side of the body and the
denuded head are carefully roasted, Yema,
the Buddhistic satan, experimenting the
work. In the sixth stage the arms are
torn from the body and thrown into an
immense vat among the eyes, nails and
hair previously removed. Then, in plain
hearing of the sore-footed, blind, MANNED,
roasted and bleeding victim, the whole
horrid mass is pounded into jelly. In
the seventh stage the other side of the vic
tim and his feet are roasted brown, and
then comes the eighth and last stage, in
which the candidate is thrown into the
bottOmless pit of perdition.
in his work on the senile heart DIR.
of the human organism, which, if wisely
used, largely escapes senile failure" These
two are the brain and the heart, says the
Medical Record. Persons who think have
often wondered why brain workers, great
statesmen and others should continue to
work with almost unimpaired mental ac-
tivity and energy up to period when
most of the organs and functions of the
body are in condition of advanced senile
decay. There is a physiological reason
for this, and DR.. Balfour tells US what it
is. The normal BRAIN he affirms, remains
vigorous to the last" and that because
its nutrition is especially provided for
general arteries of the body begin to lose
their elasticity and to slowly but surely
dilate. They become, therefore, much less
efficient carriers of the nutrient blood to
case with the internal cartoids, which
supply the capillary areas Of the brain.
on the contrary those large vessels con
tinue to retain their pristine elasticity, SO
that the blood pressure remains normally
higher than within the capillary area
OF any other organ Of the body; The
the brain tissue is kept better nourished
than the other tissues of the body"
The G. w. Gail & AK branch of the
American Tobacco Company is having a
new design of fire escape constructed in
the rear of its factory, says the Baltimore
American. The escape from the outside
looks like a smokestack, with the exception
that it has roof and an iron railing at the
top, and 1t has entrances on the side next
the factory 1t is composed of sheet steel,
and is six feet in diameter. In hight it
is six stories, and at each of the stories
is an entrance. These entrances are from
the windows over iron runWays, which are
guarded by wire ratings. The principle
of the escape is a spiral slide, which
is made of smooth. steel. This is boiled
to the inside of the escape, and in the
center, to steel standpipe three inches
in diameter. This pipe is used to carry
water to the top of the escape for the
use of the hremen. The spiral chute
drops about eight feet I'm each time it
goes around the stack. The spiral controls
the descending body so perfectly that the
| descent near the bottom is no faster than
at the top. At the extreme bottom the
descent is gradually checked by the drop
| to the chute being decreased. This is so
successfully done that while a man can
descend from the top of 6-story building
| in Is seconds, the impact when he is shot
out of the stack at the bottom is not hard
| enough to hurt him.
In a large wholesale way of business
Levantine piracy may be called extinct,
| says the Pittsburg Dispatch. But in a
| small way a good deal of trading is done
on the old line. A small schooner or other
vessel, a hardy crew, few lucifer matches
| and such revolVers as can be procured,
| suffice for an outfit. The method is com
| are studded with little villages, as far
| from the sweet ministry of the police as an
alley in Drury Lane, and we cannot put it
more strongly. The wealth of the villagers
mainly consists of old silver vessels and
ornaments, often of great beauty and an
| tiquity. A sponge diver, for example, has
| found more than sponges. In the British
museum there is a recent acquisition, a
! pot made of gold, weighing as much as a
hundred sovereigns> This was brought up
| from a classical wreck by a sponge diver,
and it is likely enough that such discover
les are frequently made and concealed.
The villagers have also the silver orna-
ments of their wives dowries, often old
and curious, and there may be few relics
| of antique gems, rings, necklets, and arm
lets, spoils of the graves of the Mycenaean
| age. AS the tax gatherers are prompt to
| levy toll on all property his little wealth
is, of course, carefully hidden, perhaps I'M
| der the thatch. The pirates first care is
to obtain private information as to who is
! rich among people apparently destitute
| When he has learned as much as he can
| he launches his bark under some equiva-
| lent for the Jolly Roger, he lands at the
! sleeping village under cover of night, sur
| rounds the cottage, and as a rule, places
| the householder on a fire. or ties him up in
a sack with a pair of cats, or otherwise
( prevails on him to disclose the hiding place
| of his valuables. Then all is over and the
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