Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-05-24

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HoLEs-BATHs, AND HOT WATER
DRINKISe-Gov. HENDRICKS, ETC.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK, May 10, ls5s.
Editor Yicksburg Herald:
The springs here number near fifty.
They have been surveyed and mapped
by the officers OF the Government, and
q stake driven by each indicating lts
number. They vary greatly in vol
ume Of water, and nearly as
much in temperature. Their heat
ranges from about 80 up 10 las de.
grees. All Of them issue from the
mountain on the east eide of the creek
except one, called the Alum Spring,
which comes out near the waters edge
on the west side. With the exception
OF this one, none of them have either q
perceptible taste or smell differing
from other water, and this one 10 90
slight II requires some stretch of the i'm.
agination 10 detect it. The principal
ones have names such as Iron, Mag
nesia, Arsenic, Alum, etc, but 90 far
as can learn, the analysis OF them has
resulted in detecting no material DIFF.
ference In any of them. There are no
cold spriDgs east Of the creek, spd no
warm ones, save the Alum, on The west
Il.
Scientists have estimated !ha! these
springs have been flowing for twenty
three hundred years. These learned
gentlemen may have way of getting
at II, but there are skepiical people on
this point. A thousand or 80, more or
less, would make no material difference.
Il reminds me Of the fellow who was
casting the lead 10 one hundred and
eight feet Of water with q bAited hook
attached 10 the line, while our fishing
smack was drifting over the coral
reefs, last Summer, In the Gulf Of
Mexico, In search Of the red snapper
banks, and who, having gotten q bite
from fish which he failed to hook, sang
out, "bite, and Q porgie," To give an
appearance Of proficiency Il was easy
for him 10 name q particular fish as the
nibbler, when there was no way 10
prove he was not correct. Still we
had right 10 believe he had no more
knowledge on that subject than we
had, aud know very well when one
struck my hook | never knew I'll
he came in sight whether | had a
snapper, porgie, cat, or q small shark.
The chances IN favor 81 each were
sometimes about e1ual.
But they can estimate the amount Of
water discharged, which is put down
al three hundred aud ihirty.dVe gal.
Ions every minute over four hundred
and eighty.two thousand gallons per
day,and enough 10 supply about twenty
thousand people daily, counting that
each would use twenty-five gallons
Thus II will be seen that there is not
much danger Of a scarcity. Great men
differ as 10 the origin Of this hot water,
and numbers Of them claim that they
are so very little impregnaied with
minerals or foreign substances they
cannot have the cures they produce at.
iribDied 10 slch Ingredients. Some
contend for electricity, while others 60
so far as 10 assert that water artlficially
heated and kept at an even temperature
would do just as well. The local doc.
tors tell some TO drink spSringly, others
10 drink none az all, while others cay
drink often, drink gallons, and try
every spring, But while these great
men and these smaller ones disagree on
the points named, there is one upon
which they are unanimous, and that 10
that daily these benefcent waters are
etiectiDg wonderful cures.
believe old ladies and good moth
ers give warm water when they want
10 vomit child and avoid the disas.
trious consequences Of TOO many green
plums. Here q person may drink from
one 10 two gallons per day go hot that
Il will burn the mouth and feel no
other effect from il. Il is strange how
soon one becomes accustomed 10 drink
ing Il, and how often they absolutely
become fond of il. have no! taken q
drink Of cold water since | came here.
There Is no desire 10 do 50. Sitting
about the Arlington the wRrmes. days,
have never seen man take drink
AZ the cooler. Jim BohaH, OF the Fair
Play, and Scot; Phillips, Of the Home,
have become so addicted 70 tot water
that fear when they return 10 their
respective boats the engineers will have
trouble in keeping their boilers full
while Master Frank will keep the cook
at home in perfect stew by continual
" exhsusiing The tank on the cooking
stove. The cry vii. be- hot water
hot wsler!'
There are only ,hree places herr
where there Is no direct charge foI
bothing These are called the Ra
A. Hole, Mud Hole and Corn Hole. Tn,
5 first TWO are enclosed by rude shAn;iet
/ with a section of the roof in the center
, left out for The purposes of ligh, ant
air, there being no windows. Dlrinl
1 the hours between eight O'Clock a.m
G and noon, and six and eight pm. lht
q RAJ and Mud holes are used by tht
woman, at other hours by the men
u The corn hole is not enclosed bu
is covered by an awning, 1t i
Q occupied by the women only between
I S o'clock am. and noon. "RA" is
. contraction Of neuralgia" with whic
malady, according to their own state
II ments, the majority Of corners her
we're afflicted. II saved . waste 0
time and muscle to make the abbFevil