The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-10
NAVAJO, SODA SPRING AND CLIFF HOUSE

| WITH. carDonlcs acid, and clear as lcryStal.
Dip in.your cup and then squeeze-in lemon
juice.w with sugar, andsyouThave such'soda
water. as. was never doled out. from silver
plated fountains at ten cents "a glass 1t
is said that Mexican stoppedf at the
spring in the early days. pockets filled
with. clumsy Mexican silver dollars, so
familiar. as tokens-twenty of them-his
wages for sheep shearing at a neighboring
rancho. He stopped Tower, the edge to
drink, hot. thirsty, and tired. AS he bent
down, the dolars, Gone AFTER another, by
their.own weight, .slipped from his pocket
and droppedsinto the depths, where silver
sprang.to. meet silver, as they. touched the
edge. His thirst quenched, he rose, felt
in his empty ipocket, but his money. was
| irrevoeaby gone. / He. shrugged his should
ers and.remembered the draught. ''Vale
Ia perte, nit wasIworth it.. said he.
Near the Navajo. Just beyond rustic
bridge, is the Manitou, and: inanother rus
tic pavilion, and quarter..of annie up the
Ute pass road, is the Minnehaha, last sis
ter of the group. Beyond hotels. and be-
You'd the town, we turn on the left into
Englemoan's OF Frou spring canyon
1t has just been purchased.by syndicate
OF Alton. Capitalists, and soon cottages for
summer.tourists will nestle in its shady
glen. Now it lis dark. with pines, noisy
with,the. brawling, .bubbling stream. which
dashes along near.s the. road, fbordered by
slender shrubs, wbite-plumed wild cherry.
and thlcketS of aspen, with an underground
of wild roses. If it were earlier, q flock'of
Jays, blue as Colorado sky, would be chat
tering on.the budding, boughs Cog and
Magog, two rounded, conspicuous rocks.
perched OH the mountains brow,f look
frowningly down, and did you leave the
road you would see the pipes and, fumes
through which Ruxton s creek finds its.way
to Colorado Springs reservoir. supplying
Manitou, by the way In the heart of the
canyon. under frame Summer house, is
the Iron Ute spring, strongly impregnated
with. iron, and rusting the very rocks in its
neighborhood. Beyond it the. road mar
rows and becomes mere trail, but those
who--persevere..will find in the pine grove
beyond the round basin of the Little Chief.
Withoutsentering into scientific analysis
of.the springs, it may be Of. interest to-g!ve
in general terms the cases benefited by
them as stated in a pamphlet written by
DR.. S. e. -Solly. These springs may.be d.
vided into three groups, as follows
|. Carbonated Soda, proper-Navajo
Manitou, Minnehaha.
II. Purging Carbonatedi Soda-Little
Chief Shoshone.
III. Ferruginous Carbonated Soda-Iron
Ute, Little Chief.
The Navajo is beneficial in cases of en-
largement of the liver, spleen, corpulence
and similar conditions, chronic bronchial
catarrh, govt Chronic dyspepsia. incipient
phthisis and chronic Bright's disease
Bathing in it is good for skin diseases and
found in the Shoshone for most cases of
functional arrangement of the liver. The
Little Chief is best adapted for treat
ment of those cases in which the admins
tration of iron is indicated, and at the
same time some disturbance of the func-
tions of.the liver is pressing symptom.
Chlorosis and anaemia are benefited by
use of the Iron Ute. The popular Apolli-
naris water closely resembles the Navajo
soda, and the Ems and Neuenhaur are al
most identically the same in composition
The Shoshone is good substitute for Hun
yadi Yanos, and chalybeate waters do their
work more effectually at high elevation.
which enhances the value of our Iron Ute,
at an.altitude greater than any European
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