The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-08
ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS.
Route to she ResOrt-The Healing
observation-disclosures There. .
| Cores popdence OF the Star

These wonders OF the world are To-
Gated in Garland County, Arkansas
tabout filty-fve miles southwest of Lttl G
Rock the capital OF the State, and can
be reached by railroad from Southern
Texas and st. Louis by the st. Louis.
Iron Mountain d Southern Railroad;
Cairo, ILL.,, by the Cairo g. Fulton Raj.
road, and Indianapolis and Louisville,
&C., by way of the louisville, Nashville
u Memphis, and Memphis & Little Rock
Railroads, with but one change OF cars,
and that takes place at Malvern, some
thirty-one miles south of Little Rock, on
the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain II South
ern Railroad. Here you take the Hot
Springs Narrow-gauge Railroad Tor the
Springs, some TWEEN y-iour miles distant,
which are reached in ride Of about one
hour.
Hot Springs Cityn0w contains ponu
laIion Of over 1000, with transient
| population made un Of inyalids and YiSi-
| tors numbering many hundreds more;
| it is perpetual resort for lnyallds.
Spring, summer, autum and winter hnd
its hotels and boarding houses filled to
oven flowing with inva ids afflicted with
all OF the ills that flesh is heir to. lis
streets, day and night, are nlled with a
busy thrOng OF men, women, horses and
vehicles, presenting scene resembling
country town OIL fair-day, or the lui-
tilIment of one's idea OF "Donnybrook
Falrn This is one of the busiest little
marts in the Southwest. There are
many very fine drygoods, drug and
grocery stores here, all OF which carry
large stocks and are doing large cash
business at ante-5ellum prices. The
city is incorporate aud has a steam fire
engine, a good supply OF hot anu cola
wafer which can he conveyed into any
house in the city, together with gas
works, which furnishes superior ar
tlcle OF gas made from pine knots, OF
which, it is SAID, there is an IneXhaus-
table supply in the pine forests west and
southwest OF this place.
The climate is some what warmer than
at Cincinnati; but on the other hand,
the atmosphere is quite rare and brac-
ing. The Hot Springs issue forth from
the western slope OF the Hot Springs
N Mountain a spur OF the Ozark MUun-
,ains), at an eleVatlon OF 1900 to 1,4JU
feet above the level of the sea, the most
of them from 81 10 100 feet above the
level OF the valley, and few near the
margin OF the creek.
i
port, uuly gives lorty-two as the whole
number OF springs, and old ciLlzens liz
,orm me the number has increased one
or TWO annually Ior several years, and
now they number fitty-seYen. Ihey have
a temper azure ranging respectively from
93 deg. " l50 deg. Fahrenheit, and make
a natural discharge Of three hundred
aud thirty i've gallons every mlAuLe.
Ii these waters were concentrated,
they would supply nineteen thousand
two hund ed ana ninety-slX persous
daily, allowing twenty-five gallons lGr
each individual.
The pools known as Ral-aolee, Corn
and Mud Baths, are supplied Dy two
streams of water; one hot, direct from
one OF the springs; the other cold, from
what many suppose to be cold springs,
uut they are only pools Of water Oh low
temperature, cooled by being exposed
to the air, aud by continuously seeplng
into and flowing from these pools, Lney
appear very much like regular springs.
These Ral-Aoles, mentioned above, are
enclosed by common board teuce, to
screen the Dathers from public view, and
are resorted TO by hundl eus. ,me very
remarkable cures have been effected bl
bathing in these pools and drinking the
hot water, without the advice OF ply
sicians or the use OF medicine. Any one
who will visit these pools few times.
and see the unfortunate human beings
who bRthe in Them, Will al once be im-
pressed with the Importance of some
charitable institution, which should be
sustained by the state or General Gov
erument, where these unforluuates can
pe provided with proper treatment.
The waters from the springs d wv into
a beautiful mountain stream, twenty to
thirty !eet wide, and cause a sllgnt
vapor to rise from its surface. In The
hottest springs an egg can be cooked In
fifteen minutes. All she springs on the
east side of the creek (wiLh one eXcep-
lion are hot, ana all on the west side
Except the Alum SPRING. are cold.
Scientists have estimated, from phya-
ical evidences everywhere to be seen
in the vicinity Of the springs, that they
have been flowing for twenty-Ihree hun
dred ears.
So many Of the springs are at az elea
yation OF fifty to one hundred feet above
the valley, that IA large supply can be
had Tor the highest buildings That are
now Cor may be built in the valley; and
Lhe convenience OF having a bath Ia the
rooms of the Invalid will some day be
enjoyed.
The Indians who inhabited the whole
western and southwestern country
were all lamlliar with The curative value
of these waters. Most all the tribes OF
the Mississippi basin sent Lands OF
their SICK 10 these Springs TO be cured
| of diseases that their greatest med cine
men were unable TO control. They
would i've a camp lie in the valley and
bathe in the pool OF hot water until all
were able to return 10 their respective
tribes. II was not an uncommon sight
| as late as fifty years ago to see Indians
nere from a half dOZen different tribes.
Many romantic TRADITIONS have been
handed down by these aborigines, and
many suppose Lhey are the Fountain of
Youth for which Ponce De Leon searched
in vain throughout Florida and the
South.
In conclusion, last but not lea st,
though, it Is proper that l should men.
| tiuu the TACT That there are two daily and
three weekly papers published here. Tue
DAILY and Weekly VISITOR, edited ana
published by Geo. W. Mann, Esq, a
most excellent, genial and enLerplis4ng
lgentleman, 10 whom l am Inaebted fol
many cuurtesles. Tue Telegraph, daily
and weekly, OF whlcn Ii. M. Rector, Jr.,
ls the proprietor; also a Sunday pupel
called the News, published by the dol
Springs News Company--alio OF WAich
seem to be hourishiug enter IprIses.
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