Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-08

luxuriste, there is a delightful air o..
cleanliness and content about these
homes. :,
The number OF invalids who annually
visit this place to test the virtues oil It's
waters amounts to several thousand.
Twentv-one baths is called q course, and
a majority of those who come do not
take more than two courses. Ibis oc-
eupies six weeks time, so it is fair to say
that the average stay OF visitors Will not
exceed forty-five days in duration. AS
the number OF invalids here the most oil
the wear ranges from l,0O0to 3,5OO-peo-
pie from the North coming in the Fail.
Winter and Spring, and those from the
South in the Summer months-H
will readily be seen that the
whole number OF invalids who annually
come here to try the healing effects OF
the waters is very large. A close OBJ
server possessed OF an inquirlng mlnd,
will soon become convinced that de-
cided majority of the invalids who come
here do not come until they have ex-
hausted all efforts at or near home TO De
benefited before they come. Some who
come are, therefore, necessarily incur
ables, and many others border on th2t
condition; yet, | have SATISFIED myseh
that fully IS per cent. of all who come
and give the baths fair trial are either
entirely cured or very decidedly benehi.
ed. DO not pretend to knowledge oil
what there is in the waters TO bring
about this result-but that this result
follows. | have entirely satisfactory EVIL
dence. For every form of impurity In
the blood, these waters seem to be
positive cure, while in cases OF rheuma-
tism, neuralgia and liver troubles
they seldom fail. They IN
fuse vital energy into the dee'iltated;
satisfy the craving for alcoholic beyer-
ayes, and remove from the system the
effects Of their previous habitual use;
and make the infirm TO walk and the
lame to leap with Joy. | have talked
with persons who were carried here on
Filters, drawn into absolute deiormlty
by inflammatory rheumatism-wh had
been intense sufferers, unable TO put
their own food to their mouths, or
clothes upon their backs, for years
who mad exhausted every other known
remedy before coming here, but VINO
are now comparatively sound, well ana
active. | conversed, yesterday, with
gentleman who was carried to these
springs with one side OF his entire body
utterly paralyZed, with one side oil ms
mouth drawn down to where his chm
ought to be, one eye drawn down on ms
cheek, and his tongue ctaying to the
roof of his mouth, unable To artlcu.
late a syllable. Having tried many
other remedies, he was brought
here as a forlorn hope, and he now
walks and talks and is in active busl-
ness. But cannot further particular
| ize. There are invalids here from Eng
| land and from the Continent OF Europe,
who are receiving benefit from these
waters which they TAI ed to receive at
any Of the world-iamed baths OF Ger
| many.
| have met and received the cOurte-
sizes and Inequalities oil Gen. b. +. hei-
ly and his wife. Gen. Kelly, as is well:
known in Wheeling, is in charge oil
these springs and the Government
property here, and he is faithful and
Jealous guardian OF the interests contid-
ed to his keeping.
Judge q. d. Camden, OF Clarksburg,
Hon. J. n. Camden, accompanied by
his vile, son and Mrs. Thompson, OF
Parkersburg, arrived on the "a inst: