The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-15

- ascend. There ars Afty-seven Of
these hot springs located on the noun
tain side east of the town. They are
the most wonderful curiosity we have
ever seen. They are of various sizes,
and the water from all OF them is SO
hot that one unused to it can scarcely
hold finger in il any length Of time.
Small houses are built over some of
these springs and pools are dug cut
large enough 70 admit the bodies of
two or three persons 1t once. At
one OF these We saw = white and col
ored man lying together bathing.
Al another there were two men
with pants rolled up above their
knees sitting with their feet in the
water and throwing it upon their
limbs with their hands, while out
side the door laid an almost helpless
woman, sorely afflicted. Some in
valids have rude cabins near the
springs and stay there. The large
hotels and some of the better resi-
dences and boarding houses have
bathing houses attached, and the
wHter is brought down the noun
tain side to these by means of pipes
and wooden troughs. Most OF these
springs have names, some of which
are curious and significant. One of
the largest flows out from under the
rocks near the Arlington hotel, and
is called the "Arenic" spring-wLy
we did not learn. There is almost
q constant stream of invalids to this
spring, beclm.u il is one of the hand
lest To get al, who drink its water
by the quart every day. They come
with small tin pals and carry it
away to those who are not able to
walk to it. There is something so
disagreeable about the very thought
OF drinking hot water that it was
with difficulty We could bring our
courage to the point of tasting il,
but OH doing so the sensation YVES
rather agreeable than otherwise.
Those who are used to it drink it
with g relish. The effect is both
pleasant and beneficial. Wonderful
cures OF certain diseases are made
by bathing in and drinking this wa
ter. There are at all times several
thousand inValids visiting these
spring., and their fame is not con-
fined to America Our stage driver
Informed as he had carried over
persons this season from different
parts of Europe, who had crossed
the ocean TO test its qualities. He
told US also that he hsd carried per-
sons over from Malvern who were
hardly able to stand the stage ride,
the rOnghness of which had caused
them to scream out with pain often.
and had carried them back in a few
months new beings, thanking every
body they met, and rejoicing that
they had found the JOrdOn which
had removed the terrible diseases
with which they were afflicted, like
Naaman of old.
Hot Syringe has q live daily pa
per, the Telegraph, many fine bu-
siness establishments, street cars, 9
park, and M any other of the accom-
paniaments of young city. Its
permanent population. as near as
we could ascertain, is from five TO
six thousand. Il is hoped by all
that the title 10 the land will be
found to belong to the government,
and that measures will be taken to
prevent monopoly of the springs,
as it will undoubtedly become il
left in the hands of private individ-
uals. Even now the rentals of the
ground form a munificent income
That large city is TO be built here
there is not a doubt. It will soon
have railroad connection, through
the enterprise of Chicago man
who is building the narrow gusge
road, and will become the great
rendezvous of the unfortunate from
all over the world.
The excurisonists were extended
q fine banquet and ball by the citl'
zens, which all enjoyed who attend
ed. There we're good speeches, fine
ladies, and something to cheer tbs
pleasure seeking"pencil shovrs, ''and
the hospitality of the Syringe people
was unbounded. Of purse our Wis
it there was one long to be remem
bered. 1t would take more room
than we can spare to tell all W.
would like TO about this town ant
its curiosities, and to thank its PEG
pie properly for their kindness.
RUNAWAY.
At All early hour next morning
we To. K tie stages to return to Nal
vern. la going down a rough hill
the break on our coach gave way
prccipitating the heavily loaded We
hicle on the hOrEes with more pow
er than they liked, and so we had I
runaway. 1t was an ugly place fOl
such performance, and we were il
much danger of injury, but the dri
yer kept q cool head, and at tn,
proper place ran the team into +;
high rail fence, which killed one o
! his horses almost instantly. For
| tunately not one of the dozen per
) sons on the coach were injured.
Al ARKADELPHIA.
Arriving at Malvern We agail
took our places in the cars 10 accep
the invitation of tho good people }
ArkadelphiA to attend and partak,
of 9 regular Old-fsshioned barbecue
This place is about forty miles sout
2 of Malvern. The accident above re
j. lated, and other circumstances, ha
i detained US about three hours, 8,
4 that the people of Arkadelphia wer
e not only disappointed, but their din
: ner had lost something by reason q
e becoming cold. We moved throug
i this town to fine pine grove wher
T the long tables were set loaded Wit