Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30

authority places it 'withntem miles ofthe
latter. The waters are very salt, aboue
tenth or more of the component parts be-.
ing pure Salt. 1t has been demon strated
that no man can sink in it. 1t has long
been a vexed question how the lake. so
small in its limits, can receive the i'm
mense volume of water known to flow in
continually, without any change in its
stage. We are not surprised that the
question Was never solved. The lake is
not stationary. This seemingly Sluggish
sheet ofwater is continually undergoing
a change. The Traveller along its shores
to-day may, see the tops of fences just a.
beye the water, where but few years
ago stock was afforded as good grazing as
can now be found at any place in the val
ley. BY actual measurement it il; known
that the water has risen at the rate of one.
inch per month for the past twelve years.
making in that time twelve feet. IF this
rate is maintained for the next four years
the end of that time will find the lake ex-
tended in limits at least one-third. The
present stage of water is buta foot or two
lower than the extensive flats lying back
for miles ON every side.s The county
about here shows unmistakable signs of
having been once Inundated. The rolling
plains and low hills show unlnistakable
signs. Along the mountains on our left,
running off to the south, the different
stages at which the water stood are plain
ly marked by what is here termed
''benches." These are three in number,
aud offset at tarvaJr l,Iyo o,.e,
in a staircase. They are uniform in height.
The manner OF formation is unquestiona-
Bile. Far up the mountains, shells and
al manner Of saline deposit mark where
the waters once found their level. ,1..s~
Leaving Salt Lake, a ride of few min
utes brought us opposite the Hot Spring
Lake. This beautiful sheet of water lies
nearer the city, and is becoming qaitesa
popular resort. 1t is three miles and
halffong, and is about one mile wide.-
Close by, and a little to the eastward,
are the wonderful Hot Springs. The wa
tiers are strongly sulphur, and gush from
the rocks in a large volume, boiling hot.
Here we were greatly amused to see per-
sons from the East jump out of the coach
run to the railing inclosing the basin, and
thrust their hands in to test the warmth.
Then, when everybody else has been sat-
isfied, the novelty oftasting the water pre-
sents itself. The scene reminds one. when
the scramble is made or'cups. or lot of
Down-East Yankees hunting CLAIMS after
the fall of tide. No cups can be found.
and thenthe hat is resorted to. The sul-
phur dries nicely on the cloth, and the in
dividuals are left to Speculate on the
strange effect. A staid old man from across
the waters, who had been indifferent to
all else. danced about the spring like a
great school boy. The very. novelty of
finding boiling water issuing; from among
gray rocks, in a strange land, many miles
from home, was intoxieating. There are
times in ones life, when it takes a mighty
nerve to resist the pressure. of eireum-
stances and making a most stupendous
fool of ones self. This was the old mans
weakness, and ''he played it sfine.'' Two
miles further south, and mile and half
from the centre of, the city. we passed the
Warm sulphur Spring, whose waters have
an even tamperature, of l04 degrees Fab
renheit Here bath rooms, supplied with
every modern convenience, have been
built. These are for the benefit of the
citizens and visitors and visitors to 'Zion,H
and furnish a considerable revenue to the
church. All public moneys. go to, the
church, instead of to the city. n bath
costs fifty. cents, aud ifsa judieioas useJis
made of the privilege, it is worth ten times
that sam. The ordinary tub aud shower
bath rooms are situated in the main build
ing, and are twenty or thirty in number.
The plunge bath is i'm another bui1ding.-
Here a large basin. fiftyyby twenty feet,
has been constructed. The water stands
at depth of four feet. 1t can never of
itself vary from this, rs regulators have
been placed upon opposite sides, Which
render the volume flowing in equal to that
fiowing out. y dozen or twenty bathers
can be accommodated at one time, without
Inconvenience to any one. In the centre
of the room, over the basin, with a plat
form leading to it, is an apparatus by
which cold shower can be had afterward.i
An analysis of the waters proves them to
be saline, mineral, and slightly charged
with hydro-sulphilrie acid gas and caribou
ic acid gas. The bath is recommended for
rheumatism and like complaints. and Is
doubtless all that is claimed for it. 1t is
similar,to the noted Eot Sulphur Springs
of Arkansas ~ few minutes ride from
here brought US into the heart Of tire city.
Strange il looks to him who views it for
the first time. Tie beautiful broad streets
down whose rocky sides rippling streams
run continually; the heavily shaded walks;
the odd looking houses; the windoVs-the
things in. them; the horses; the strange
wagons and carriages; the women, the
children. the men; the queer signs OH the
stores; all look strange to him, and he
peers out With a childish pleasure. "a new
delight. for he is -iiI the streets of the new
aZion,'' erected by a new people-a peo-
pie. having a new law, new mortality Il
new religion and a new God. He reads
strangely novel All who visit .sZion''
may read this, as he has: ATsr.s10
HOLINESS TO THE LORD,
z1oN's Co-oPERATIvE MERCANTILE :
= - rr,. INSTITUTION. das to acisiEt
This is surrounded with the All-sesing
eye. which the irreverent Gentiles style
the ssBulrs Eye" The cooperative sys-
TEN is easily understood 1t was organs
lied with the object of driving all Gentle
merchants and traders from the city. But
as yet the ssGod-forsaken' still hold on
tenaciously, -although their. business has
been seriously crippled. 1t is claimed by
the Mormon leaders to be a protective as
soeiation, for the purpose of furnishing
merchandise to the people at cheap rates.
The real object Is. doubtless. remote from
this. Their aim is .two-fold, First, to
"freeZe out" the Gentiles,. and. then bind
their subjects more closely TO them by the
mower of debt and poverty. The Or0aui-