Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04

Ausu.ta, tsa.) Chronicle and Constitutional
ist.l
In a private letter to a friend in
Charlotte, a lady, formerly resident
here, writes from Fayetteville, Ark.
the celebrated Eureka Springs: 81
must give you an account of my Eu.
reka Springs trip. | had been one OF
the doubling Thomases before going
there, but seeing is believing; one
week made me a firm believer in this
truly wonderful place. | had been
suffering continually from headache
all spring aud summer, grown thin
and pale, had no appetite, and was
also disGgured with poison over my
face. Though headache had been my
most intimate foe, after n week !
escaped so entirely as to forget my
head, except in the relationship to my
mouth, my appetite grew so insatiate,
Bathing in this water boiled down,
cured me of my poison oak malady in
three or four days.
Eureka certainly is a magical city.
Utterly unknown two years ago, il
now contains 1900 inhabitants and
about the same number of visitors.
They have street cars, thirty one
hotels, many finely kept. One in
course of construction is to cost forty
thousand dollars. The builder was
offered eleven thousand for the site
alone. Ii is blasted out-of q noun
tain side Of solid rock.
The principal hotel has about thir-
ty feet Of steps to ascend before reach.
ing the front door, and the rear rests
on the ground. So all the houses are
located on the hill sides, with props in
front.
Eureka water cures every disease
except consumption. Several well
authenticated cases of cancer have
been cured there. The blind receive
their sight. One woman, who had
been blind six months with erysipe-
las, suddenly received her sight at the
spring and shouted like one at a camp
meeting.
l met roople from every part of the
United States. A young girl from
Nebraska, who stayed at the same no
tel | was at, having been most repul-
sive to look at with scrofula of the
face, after two months was cured and
became really pretty. A woman af-
hicted with tumor Of the stomach,
said to be one of the most dificull
diseases to cure, wa recovering. She
boiled the water down until il was OF
the consistency and appearance of oil,
drank it warm, aud said it had the
most soothing effect imaginable.
They have at Eureka what they call
an Experience Meeting" Every
one who is cured attends the meeting
and gives in their experience. The
doctors attend these meetings, exam
Inc their cases, have reliable wit
nesses, take notes of these remarkable
cures. which are published, and these
pamphlets are sent all over the United
l regretted not being able TO
attend one Of these meetings, but was
too unWell. However, ladies from my
hotel were present. good Presby-
terians, too, whom | knew would not
tell lies, and they told me they saw
and heard a man who had entirely re-
covered of the worst form of cancer.
He had it removed twice before going
TO Eureka. and IL retnrned and had
eaten away part of his forehead, most
of his nose and part of his jaw and
mouth. In this meeting the doctor
who attended him related his case, not
knowing he was present. Some per-
sons grew wild with excitement and
asked him to show his man, as they
did not believe him. The cancer man
came forward SCARED all over, Blu.
perfectly healed, and said: Here |
am; all he says is true; | can't talk
much, as | have lost part OF my gum
and many teeth" The excitement
was intense. This man was there
eight months.
wished to remain longer than l
did, as my improvement was so great.
The recovery Of flesh and color made
an old woman remark. IF | stayed
long enough | would get real pretty"
l intend returning there in the fall
not for beauty, but TO obtain strength
to endure our severe winter.