The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-04

A Lake in the State of Washington Which
Cures All Manner of Diseases.
twenty-five years ago a Frenchman
crossed the continent with large flock of
sheep. He lost great numbers while moving
through the arid region, and when he ar
rived in Washington the sheep that still
lived were covered with various skin dis
eases. One evening as he was preparing for
an encampment he got glimpse, through
the woods, of a beautiful lake, and he
fastened forward to its shores. The sheep
rushed into the water and began to drink
copi0usly. He was still more astonished
when he tasted the water and found it Bit
ter and disagreeable, as well IS dissimilar
to anything he had ever tasted. Fearing
the sheep would be poisoned he drove them
out of the water, but in spite of his efforts
they returned again.
The sheep were in such condition from
disease that he had small hope of their re-
covery,, so he ended by allowing them to
drink what he believed to be the poisonous
waters as plentifully as they would. Next
day he could not drive the sheep away from
the vicinity of the lake, and in a few days
more he was utterly astonished to find that
his sheep were restored to wonderfully
healthy condition. Thereupan the French
man thought he had roamed far enough,
and he fixed himself homestead beside
the shores of the lake For long his home
by the lake was solitude, but the shores
of that lake today are the scenes of busy
and thriving industry. On the French
mans ranch the town Of Middlebaugh is
building up, and this pioneer FTenchman
still lives and rejoices that he was the first
discoverer of these wonderful waters, which
the world will hereafter know as Medical
lake.
These waters contain salts of sodium,
potassium, lithium, iron, carbon, magne-
stun, calcium, aluminium, silicon, sui
phur and borium. They are either in
combination with one another or linked
by oxygen. The solution of these various
salts in the waters of Medical lake produce
results which dozen years ago would
have been deemed miraculous.
The lake covers rather more than thou
sand acres, and in places is q hundred
fsthoms deep. Its source is the surround
ing hills and mountains, and periodically
it falls and rises. 1t is surrounded on
every side by low wooded hills and forms
beautiful and picturesque dark sheet Of
The waters cleanse and feel like water
with a solution of soap. They taste dis
agreeable and nsuseous.
visited the lake for the first time five
months ago. I then procured quantity
OF the salts obtained from the waters Of the
lake by an evaporating process. Some Of
my journalist friends use them regularly
as q remedy against dyspepsia or for puri-
flying the blood, and they tell me they are
wonderfully beneficial
y syndicate has already got hold Of Med
ical lake 1t has erected evsporaung and
drying establishments for the prepare
ton Of these salts, and also factories for
the making Of soap and bottling the water
of the lake. Hotels are erecting, and the
little town of Middlebeugh is having YER
table boom, IN the belief that it must BE-
come one Of the health resorts Of the world
The lake is but dozen miles or so from
Spokane Fails There is fine country
surrounding it, and it enjoys that glorious
summer climate with which the states
west Of the Rocky mountains are blest.
The winters are shorter and far less severe
than you endure in New England.-Cor.
Boston Pilot