The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
From Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Hot SPRINGS, ARK, !
May IS, 1890 !

tiers does man realize, as never before,
perhaps, the benifcence of Gods prov
ence;-here where come the lame
and the diseased of all types OF sick
ness for restoration to lost health
and renewed strength, stralghtness
and suppleness of limb and where the
great majority of them are made whole
and we'll.
The almost miraculous cures effected
place beyond question the potency
and great virtue of those waters.
have been here but month, yet l
have seen crutches laid aside have
heard stories related of remarkable
recoveries to health and strength OF
persons who previous to visiting the
Springs" had abandoned hope and
were only induced by sanguine friends
to undertake the trip that was to re-
suit in q new lease of life. From far
and near come the sick, every State
in the Union being represented. up
on forming acquaintance with anyone
visiting this renowned spot almost the
| first question asked is, "From what
State do you comet" and thereafter
instead of addressing you by name,
the name of your State will be sub
stituted as being more convenient or
more easily remembered. Thus the
"call of States" goes on here continu-
t ally, and directly the oddity of the
i, innovation passes away and you lind
yourself responding to Louisiana"
or "Nissouri," or "Ohio," etc, just
as readily as under other olrcumstan-
: ces yoa respond to "Brown," or "Rob'
: inson," or whatever your name.
= Hot Springs is lively town
:. Everything found in large city is
hero on lesser scale: horsecars, cleo.
trio lights, two newspapers, one daily
aud the ubiquitous weekly-parks
drives, opera house and variety thea
;, tre-gas works, water-works, ETC., ano
II innumerable conveniences for the grea
d number Of sick. As the city exists
and thrives on its visitors, great art
the accommodations provided for them
" hotels are on every block and in va
rious degrees of magniicence; from
. the shabby fronted SIS week to thu
NJ imposing looking castle where bosr'
is and lodging may be had for SIS o
l.. $50 a week. Decidedly, though
greater cheapness in many things can
not be had in any other city, although
e. naturally enough one might look t.
ID see high prices here if anywhere. Flo
10 attendance on the sick PARTICULAR!
=, are prices moderate, much less thai
!, u elsewhere. l have a case in min
:" where a physician, a conscientious
courteous gentleman, by the name o
G. S. Reid, when called on to com
to the bedside of very sick ma
s, came, examined his patient, foun
er him suffering from constitutional all
Il, ment, and told him he would take hi
1t case for the fee of S25 and treat hir
n, until cured. The sufferer consente
e e to pay the S25, and the doctor aftol
80 wards found it necessary to pay fon'
teen visits to the sick room before hl
k patient vas we'll or strong enough
10 90 to his Office for treatment. Fou
:. teen visits at the regular price woul
~ be equal to s2s, at once three dollar
by above the fee demanded; and if 20
to take into consideration the fact TIL
ut, the patient was entitled to free az
nd vice every day thereafter until pr
nounced able to 60 homeland som
times this may not be for five or S
er- weeks-you will concede the extren
he reasopableness of the Hot Spring
Al. physicians land this is not an unir
. portant item to those who contemplu
III coming to this city for their health
as The famous little city nestles in
lal narrow valley and from out the hill
on which arise on both sides and form Il
nd valley, flow the springs of hot, We
in. hot, water which have been found
IRIS possess such wonderful curative pro
IRE critics.
90 The principal part of the city
Q composed of one long and tolerab
straight street, upon one side of viii
re. is built fine stores of every kind,
gether with numerous hotels, and
n. the other side bath houses of wo
e e1v and brick, some new, some old, We
Id old, some very ugly, some quite han
chi some, sit back as close to the hill 81
For as possible, so that the hot springs
ze 10 water are conveyed directly into t
er's big main pipe which supplies the lo
kes row of bath tubs with which ca
ice bath house is furnished. l belle
there are in all some seventy odd |
ian springs that flow without ceasir
:s There are cold springs too at int
.ei' walls along the street some of viii
"a, are free to drink at; some are {
the closed and the water sold to tho
ties who want it for 5 cents for the fiji
r., glass-after that drink as much
!. ~ you please that one day free of t
'ac' Their charge.