Omaha daily bee., 1880-06-15

l PuoiiSau tdfOy sho Soiy uhWliAioS
TO do anything which could teud to
check or chill the growing belief that
life and property are Us safe under the
republic as they were under the en-
pre-.
WONDERFUL LAKES.
POOLS uF o IN WASHINGTON
TERRITORY, WHOSE WATERS INFAI.
LIBBY CURE RHEUMATISM.
Portland Orcgonial.
About two miles west OF Silver
Lake AMI sixteen miles southwest of
Spoksn Falls, are two lakes, the heal
ing powers of whose waters will be
hailed with Joy by certain classes of
invalIds, and which will materially
cut down thu fees of physicians IN
that neighburhood. They are known
as the medical lakes. They are sur
rounded by decomposed rranite, the
feldspar and mica remaining intact,
| and the hornblende and silax being
dissolved. The waters are a sure cure
for rheumatism and kindred diseases. |
This statement sounds very much like
the opening sentence of a patent
medicine advertisement, but facts JUS
tify the statement, and experience, so
far, has proved that 1t it is true. The
cure of Mr.. Andrew Lsfevre, who
was the frat to discover the waier's
merits, is almost miraculous. He had
had inhammatory rheumatism in his
right arm for years. 1t was bent at
right angles and had become stiff
The elbow joint vas swollen to three
times its normal sizs. Consequent
imperfect circulation had caused par.
tial paralysis, the fingers had become
stiff, the arm had wasted away AID
was worse than useless. He had not
heard of the now famous qualities of
the water. He owned q ranch near
the lake, and, passing by the shores ,
one evening, bathed the arm to
moisten the skin, which was dry and
shrivelled. The next morning he vas {
able to move his fnger-joints slightly. :
He commenced bathing twice a day,
4ch time observing an Improvement,
and at the end of three weeks was en- 6
cured. That was about two
years ago. Circulation was restored, I
he arm recovered its strength and s
'ize, sn1 Mr.. Lefevre. now does a p
lays chopping and tloughins without n
me EAST pain or Inconvenience.
This story was t Id me by Mr.. Le-
eyre, and is true in every particular. =
Half q hundred other cures within !"
NO years, none, hnwever, SO remark . .
,tle as he one just mentioned, only u
the ase were not 80 bad,
on6rm the claim that the waters are
sure remedy for rheumatism.
One lake Is a mile and three quar-
ers long and three-qusrters of a mile
tide, the other a trife smaller. They
re situate about a nile apart. For n
rdinary bathing they are delightful. q
he water invigorates and rsfrsshes &c
ne whole system, and leaves the skin &c
) soft and oily as the finest kid. "A
skin and slight abras'ons are %
ured with one ablution. For sham
the water makes the fneit a.
.ther, and ~cleanses the scalp SO arts. D:
cally that a BARRIERS bottled prepa- .:
alton would be put to shame to be- D
old the operation. And it leaves the ~
air T stead of 'like the quilts of the a
ETC., as though the least bit
{ finest nut oil had been thoroughly 81
The lake, will ruin the sale ca
: soap in the entire neighborhood. Gu
grease stained and tar-soaked IL
IN he cleaned with light rubbing in
lie water. A laundry, with a Port
nd Til of prices, and no opposition, q,
ould be better than a gold mine. p
A town called Medical Lake, about 81
!ge1 miles from the line of the rail-
'ad, has been started, ard already ~
75nty houses have been built this Al
ring. A hotel containing thirty
oms is receiving finishing touches,
Id will be opened soon by a gentle
an from Michigan. A bath-houss at ssoHs
e edge of the lake about 300 yards %
the hotel has been built, and @S
hers will be erected as 500 as the iol
rpenters busy on new houses in the 90
can find time. I predict that %
edical Lake will be to the Pacific
orthwest what the Hot Springs of lot
are to the Mississippi valley.
Between the two medical lakes is a a. ~
lge of magnificent pure granite,
out forty acres in all, and probably LUZ
0 feet deep. 1t can easily be quar-. r.
ID and will make the finest kind of 'u
stone. In the same neigh = .
rhood there are numerous Lodges of VI
ca schist, or gneiss, which can bel
item out In thickness varying from
e-half an inch to twelve inches. f.,
le stone is not affected by heat, and
IL make handsome and durable man. he
and hearths. There are also sew va
Il lodges of sand slate, excellent for p
ss. 1t looks very much like ordi- w
~ slate, but is full of grit. The :
,es are surrounded by magnificent me
lie forests, clear of underground, opL
d most delightful places for picnics. o Ga
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