The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-11
MIRACULOUS CURES.
The Blind See, The Lame Walk and the
Afflicted Throw Away Their
Clutches.
Eurelza, which Being Interpreted, Means
Luther Benson Has Found 1t.

EuRExA, Ark. May 5.-The justly cele-
brated sanitarium, known as the Eureka |
Springs, is located in the White River divis-
ion of the Ozark Mountains. This is the
delirum tremens of a broken country. There |
Is nothing in the world that resembles a
mountain but another mountain, and
mountains as little resemble each other as
human faces They rightly might be COM
pared, if one was hard up for comparison,
to huge centipede, curled around Eureka
IN the shape of a horse shoe. This has
brought luck, as the sequel will show. The
center of the horse shoe is
THE CENTER OF EUREKA.
Here are crag and gulch and brook and
cascade and forest. 1t is beautiful and aw-
full. The principal spring is the source of a
rIvulet that four miles below, reinforced by
contributions from other springs, swells into
a bold mill-stream. Still further down il
empties into White River, which, after me
andering through Arkansas mingles with
the waters of the Mississippi. But to re-
turn TO
THE MOUNTAINOUS RIDGE THAT NEARLY ESVIR-
oSs THE TOWN.
Upon the back bone of the ridge is mag
nifcent drive. Switzerland may rival in
grandeur this prospect, but surely it is sur
passed in no quarter of the world. Here is
cliff and chasm, and great forests of cedar
and pine, and the atmosphere is ladened
with resinOus perfume that is electrifying.
In this prospect then is silent music,
tongueleSs elOquence that not only charms, |
but enehants. Famed by breeze blowing !
gently from grove of balsam, the eye oft the
traveller never wearies with the landscape, |
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steep / fully understand how Napoleon's |
Army crossed the Alps without fatigue.
THE WATERS
may be all that is claimed for them, but |
much, surely, of what is miraculous IN the |
cures that have been effected is due TO the
scenery The discOverer of this liquid bless
ing is said to be a man q the name of Alder
son, who having ascertained from his
father-in-lsw, Mr.. Jackson, that such a
spring existed pried into the old mans
secret. After thoroughly testing its cur
alive qualities, he heralded its fame and
pilOted others to it. The first-discovered
and most famed of the springs is an artificial
basin in solid rock, no larger than a mans
hat; but within a radius of a mile there are
no less than thirty, of which analysis reveals
kindred curative properties Until the 4th
day of July, 1879, the Chiutes held undis-
puted POSSESSION of this territory. There
was nor white settler within many miles.
To-day We have here a city containing pop
ulatiOn of $4,000 Volumes are encompassed
in the mere record of this fact The cata-
mounts, the panthers and the mountain
lions that were here in vast numbers three
wears ago have departed. The first building
in the city was
LOG CABIN.
In less than two years this city has sprung
into existence as if by magic. And it con-
tinues a miraculous growth. A thousand
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up at this moment; but the material, of
which a majority is being constructed, is
REsINoUs PINE.
1t is very combustibIe and hints at confia-
grafton that may some hour light up this
gulch. No human power could save il, and
the destruction of property would not be the
sum of the disaster-it would be attended
with large loss of life. But such a calamity
may be avoided.
NATURE COMES TO THE RESCUE.
There is an inexhaustible quantity OF lime
properly mixed with sand and gravel.
Spread by plasterer upon the outside of an
edifice il is not only as durable as stone but
very beautiful. This in time, il is thought
will make the city of Eureka fire proof
THE CITY.
We have here stores of all character. no.
tells, Churches schools, a bank and four
newspapers Zone dailyl Theaters and a mu-
nicipal government. The number Of daily
arrivals exceed 100, and the fame of Eure-
ka. as this would indicate, has already ex-
tended to the four quarters of the world
There are people here from every place, in
Guiding Indianapolis; among them young
man and wife by the name of Gates.
TO SUCH PEOPLE AS DESIRE TO KNOW HOW TO
GET HERE,
feel like giving the following information:
The Springs are situated in Northwestern
Arkansas, 800 miles southwest of ST. Louis
Mo. Board the San Francisco Railroad at
st. Louis for Seligman, No. Thence by
stage eighteen miles TO the Springs. The
fare from St. Louis is S13.75. Round trip
tickets are sold for sixty days. The Springs
are 1,75O feet above the level of the sea- and
all modern cOnveniences tend to make the
resort pleasant throughout the entire year.
THE BEST TIME TO COME
is from the LIST of April to the last of 0ctO-
Der. Owing to the altitude, notwithstand-
ing the latitude, no evening in midsummer
is so hot but that moderate fire is requisite
for comfort. OF the 100 hotels, the two bestare
the Mountain House and the Southern
House. But it would be somewhat difficult
to find a really bad hotel, and there are
boarding houses without number. The
Southern Hotel is best located. 1t is 100
steps from the spring-each step nearly per-
pendicular. AT intervals OF twenty steps
seats are carved in the rock upon which the |
weary may rest There are many
DISTINGUISHED PERSONS HERE
merchants, bankers, judges, Congressman
and their families. At this time Mrs. Money,
wife of Congressman ID. Money of Mississippi
This city, like all others of rapid growth, is
filed with its full share of the worst ele-
ments of thieves, bummers, confidence men,
frauds, pretenders, etc. The meanest scoun-
drel that lives is the one who will take adj
vantage of persons affiictions-make some
fellow-creature's disease the means of
extorting money There is here
every school of physicians beginning at
allo, and ending with homo, besides other
pretended pathies-any OF these fellows
with an NJ. d., or DR.. prefxed, or affixed
TO their names, ought to be in the Peniten-
tiary. They are perfectly ignorant of medi.
cine-have no knowledge of disease They
fatten, feast, and feed on the aches, pains
sufferings of their unfortunate fellow-crea-
lures. There are several Magnetic Doctors
here that cure pretended disease by the lay
ing on of hands. But they don't cure. There
are many skilled and respectable physicians
here. One of the best physicians here, and
the one with the largest practice, is DR.. Il.
r. Kellenberger, formerly of Attica Ind.
There are number of caves here, and very
near here, that are wonderfully interesting
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