, 1880-05-20
HOT SPRINGS.
The Various Baths, and the Modus-
Operandi Of Bathing.
Diseases IN Which Tho Waters Arc Beneficial
-Froquonters ot The Springs.
Tho Town q Marvel Of Enterpriso-0areor
Of Capt. John B. Roe.
4 Grand fnlure In storo for t1Io AskansaS Water.
lng.i'lute-pat I)onans Address.

uEHNu BNluI1 Ill nl0To l9F lllb AkuHWAA NHltI'
lng.iiute-pat Donans Address.
aptctat Corrtsponasntt at The Chicago Tribute.
1IUr SrluSus, Ark., Alay lO.-Thu mode
Df bathing nt these springs Is prescribed by
Tho physician, In accortlancu With the disease
md tho remaining strength Of tic patient. I
It, on examination Of tho patient It Is dis
covered that the heart or lungs arc affected,
Tic invalid IL not allowed tn bnttlc, rs tho |
hot bat'ts III sucl, eases u'ay prove disastrous.
Tho baths here consist I'll tub, rupor. pack,
md .louclic. Mutl-baths in the full SENSE Of |
tho word, such M are fonttl Mt nearly ali tbs
thermal bathing resorts 0f Eurnpc. catllnt BIZ
had here, unless you ncccpt tho "Matlholc"
III lieu thereof; 1t Ills tho I'LL exactly, ut
least as far rs Tic curative agencies of Its i've
little springs nro concerned.
Tho rca'lcr will permit 1!o 10 give lin, n
description Of the
sopus-ortrsANp1 OF nArnrSa.
Generally you begin with tntbath, Mt n
temperature Of % to 9s degrees F., which in
II few days Is gradually Increased to 100 aud
105 degrees +. You remain III tho tul, from
nix to fifteen minutes. Tlcn you arc placcd
III small clDse., rather little mnru roolny
tlian collin, Which stands directly oyer tl,o
openings Of several pipes squirting tho
thermal water ngainsl btIle lats'ce-worI to
facilitate the evaporation. Tho collii-door Is
closed behind yu,,. a pane of Elass Is just
bcfnre Your fncc,-presutnnhly for the coil
venicncu Of friends WHO may wisl, to takc II
lust look Mt ynl. III this box you nro lLAlte
to fcul tho paugs OF keen repentance n,l.l IT,
m0rse,--tho most narrowing cnusu Of
sclf-accusation being that YOU ever
wcro suct. n big fool III to colne
~. 1l"t opFlnRs. S''u can cnah'e
the nsDlst lleat III this box longer thai three
mfnutcH, you nro hero. After this ordeal
your attendant will rub you down will. IT,
.o"o, I''"nu!"e'nseu !. ~. tao pusposs w.. y.
cnng'olneration of chcstnht-bnrrs anu g'sr'efl-
rnkes, until you don't know whether your
inside Is turned out or your outside turned
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io fAhH AN Ar!h't'n" e.>t;
ro!lea w III your ao'lplc pIhilRot' NOW eoi'-
s!der this: Tho skin covers tic human bully
utc,l nil nver Inn snrfnce If tin s1;lu. nr
cplnerm1s, thousands Of small ori'lces. which
are the openings OF glanls or co1yol'tte'l
Inv tu Wtsou. thoro nr,, Il. nv of these tulus
s ~ a,.or,. s1'nnr, Ino,, ~ ,,a o,, ~ t,o Low,
u esc's s4n.te i"e'' ~. " t'' p. .. a'o 'au
atltt spread over t!te Wnhlo nody hFo t"e'ly
eight miles Of this tubing, by the agency
e,,,r"t or w1e t. u ,uc.o" %t, seest'ne s s PR
spl'aso ~ pe'iot'e''' III ,,a ms's -" u'".'s, .nS
""t 'ne.o,o ~ ."t'e" "'ou'" ui'
tlers, md NH feet inches high; Question:
How lnlicli wntor anes the blallHet i!nltl
ntter tein.!ilins 4loastt l.!Gsi.t.lt.tiaS W ta
tmt, Ia: ,,or,a ~ ,ntnr "a II, ~ n,in'ni mnttn
aMi a" l;nn @ n r. s',ni,ntns IT md sni,,le snf,-
stnnces. 10 Of cllloriJes 1T sodium and i'd
tsSn,, 1l,. a t y eE s acfai sofSifs ta @
..naii',,, ,i,1 ~, ,,rso,,fn ,riti tran aaf
f1Ir f tw,.uty.n1le hntlss In ,ia :.n.,,dlmjr.'
Wl,,io nh nut certain i.nw n,,c,l nersmlra-
t1n,, ti,n ,'InnI"t hni,is nytnr v' n sa,v,nf -
n, 's9 s,Ir ii Il takcs T lenltj,y % rilnmberaId to
tit iii II ~, tia ciSihes.iI,,". Hnt via eM,I .l,,.
Sct'oe . ,,,,
sou experience after sr,c! bnth' It is
simply impossible. New ifu ntld VICAR seem
10 course through your veins; mil 1t u not
IN isolated cnsa tllat y rheumatic cripple
Of Il eaI,o only.
The bntla-l,nuscs here nre sufficient to fur
l>ts!l the nlNp!est facilities for 1nenlnK. Ser-
Anlo,E tic com!nendahlu features Of the
their order, mud their liylsioll Into Separntt,
roonls,---encl, room obtaining lts supply, Of
wnter directly from tile reservoir, wl,ore It IL
received rs it Issues cut Of tic mot.ntaill-
side.
1t Is not MY Intention to induce MI invalid
70 c1'ie TO llot Springs, ur to AROUSE eXpectt-
t.o'.s III te 1Mll!u VI m!'y oe WHITE 1nf" 4
nn,,Mnt M rmYrni', fr.,n, nivtnr 4s'. ''~~' A'
e"s'slo' Aolt"'a 1'o1' si'1Hb
LIST or DISEASES =.
which tile best physicians here claim can bo
cured, or at least greatly alley!atett: lshru-
caturrl, sors-tIroat. syphilis, nca,lIrctI or
hereditary II, NIL lta different forms, astlnnn,
Er4,vcl, diseases Of tho kidneys alsl bladder,
cczel,li, psoriasis, ntIcarta, lMpetigu. prl,-
r'go, ra.lHa, chronic ulcers, gia,sdutar ei?-
headache, enlarged tonsils, ile1istruatlon-
troubles, md sterillty.
visitors at iii times of tic ycaf Vic s!tu of
eantry@iron n ca5tnrt tG cersy to eatass
from judges 10 Senator'S On the otlier, ,l,ald,,
TINT class wliich nro generally ,leslFllatstl rs