Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-13
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FROM HOT SPRINGS.

r.. Hot SPRINGS, ARK, May q, 1865.
Edttorsof the APpeatm - IL
With the exception of what has been
done by DR.. G.. w. Lawrence at indi-
vidual expense, and q short article
published in the st. Louis Medical
Journal, by Prof. Fraser, of that city,
who visited the Hot Springsabout two
years ago fOrfhe benefit of his health,
little effort has been made, through
the agency of the public journals, to
bring the truly wonderful merits of
those MerB1oB mineral waters promi-
nently before the public. This is the
more to be wondered at when we con-
slider that more extraordinary cures
have been effected at these springs
during the past twenty-five years, in
proportion to the number who have
visited them, than at any other water
ing place in the world. Not only are
there thousands ignorant of the true
character of the place languishing in
hopeless suffering, who, in the major
ity of instances, might be materially
benefited or permanently cured here;
but an unfortunate prejudice has been
generated in the minds of others, by
the marvellous and incredible stories
of those who have been restored to
health, or the denunciatiOns of other
equally foolish and much to be pitied
persons who failed to get cured in the
few days or weeks they remained
here, indulging, perhaps, in the mean
time, in all manner of indiscretiOns.
j therefore propose to give the general
public, and more particularly invalids
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Hot Springs, such an account of their
general character as is compatible with
so limited a space. A residence of
three years has afforded me ample ep-
portunity of observing the remarkable
Curative power of the waters, mode of
administration, effects, and the dis
eases for which they are more partie-
ularly indicated, together with other
matters of no less Importance to an
invalid. Could you find room in your
paper for the following remarks. 1
trust they will be found more satifac-
tory than the few speculative illusions
that have already been written with
q similar view.
RemOteness from the more travelled
routes may, no doubt, deter some from
attempting a trip into the interior of
Arkansas, e-rrOneOusly a~ssOciating the
idea of A." ArkansaW" with every con-
ceivable horror in the way of bad
roads and worse entertainment; yet,
on the contrary, the facilities of travel
TO this point are as accessible, efficient
and cOmmodious as elsewhere, and
the accommodations, both here and
on the route, by no means interior.
ATnnaAhsa man hn rauuhaI h- -,sl-1,I
or steamboat from any part of the
United States, whence a line of first
class passenger packets ply semi
weekly TO little Rock direct, or to De-
wallis Bluff, whiAb is connected with
Little Rock by railroad; or Little
Rock may be reached by steamboat
direct from most of the large cities of
the West and South. Ample and
easy stage cOacies and invalid passen-
ger carriages leave this city every
morning and. reach Hot Springs ere
SHUTDOWN.
There are complete accommodations
here now for about one thousand per-
sons, and although the hotels cannot
boast of much architectural design or
finish, yet they are all new and COM
pleteIy and comfortably furnished,
and the table, the chief Gesideratum
of the invalid-fOr all acquire a most
IravenOus NAV affords everything
that need be desired. Price of board
ranges from S35 to So per month.
Nor are means of recreation and
amusement wanting. Mr.. Walsh has
contributed a first class billiard hall,
and anather of similar dimensions
.rarr - .sur.aa-l - aannfuur.fs,n iii a,o
long be opened by the well known
and popular Nh. Kirk. Attached to
the Earl House is an excellent livery
stable, and Chidester's is a gem which
will compare favOrably with any
other, either in or out of the
State. The climate in the vicinity of
the Springs is remarkably healthy.
Surrounded by piney hills, in enjoys
exemption from those miasmatic pois-
Ons 50 prevalent in most sections of
the Southern country. The air is
balmy and genial and peculiarly
adapted to the inYalids. The nights
are cool, pleasant and refreshing, 50
that blankets are in reQuisition, and
not mosquito bars. The village itself
is is pleasantly situated in arather pic
turesque valley, enclosed by high pine
covered hills, from the western base of
which the Hot Springs, numbering
in ali, issue. They vary greatly I
in size and also in temperature, rang
ing from 930 to 1907 Fahrenheit, but
are, / believe, nearly identical in pro-
perties. They contain, according to
DIR. LaWrenGei -H.
''Silicates with base,
BicarbonAte of lime,
BicarbOnate OF magnesia,
A1unnnia u5th owi1a Of iron |