The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1891-04-15

bles and diseases of the skin. The
water is as clear as crystal,
and boils up from a cavern in the
coquina rock some sixteen feet deep.
Its odor is easily detected a hun
dred yards away. 1t is very diff
cult to analyze, but is said to con
tain arsenic as we'll as sulphur and
other properties. The flow of the
spring is said to be $1,000 gallons
per minute, and it rushes out with
great force from more than one
aperture into the pool which is used
for bathing, when the weather per-
mits. From the depth of the cavern
the water is pumped up to a tower
some seventy-fve feet high, whence
it is distributed all over the grounds.
to the hotel and cottages. The
hotel is built of coquina with brick
trimmings, as is also the annex,
the contrast between the red and
white being both quaint and pleas
ing. The cottages are of wood and
are so built that each contains two
rooms with private bath room.
Both hotel and cottages are finished
in Florida pine, and the rooms are
carpeted and nicely furnished. Hot
and cold water is supplied in the
rooms of the cottages and annex.
while open fire places lend their
cheering blaze to add to the comfort
of the guest. The main rooms of
the hotel are heated with steam, and
hot and cold sulphur baths can be
secured free of cost. Altogether it
is a very comfortable place, and a
paradise for children, while for
older guests there are boating on
the river, clay pigeon shooting,
hunting, fishing, riding and driv-
ing. The sanitary arrangements
are excellent, and a fre-plug alter
mating with every cottage gives adj
mirable protection against con-
hagration.
In many respects this is a de-
lightful place The clear spring
overhung with maple, ash and live
oak, draped with the long gray moss
which Hourishes in this region, the
winding river,with its curious banks
of clear, white sand and couuina.
the beautiful grove, and under foot
constantly the dry soil which. with
the dry air, makes existence pleas
ure to those in delicate health, all
contribute to give a charm to the
spot to those who are fond of natural
beauty. That all should share in
this pleasure is not, | suppose to be
expected, and as an instance i'm
point there sits OPP osite me at table
Tammany bra1 e" who has done
little else for the past three weeks
but bewail his enforced absence
from New York. This same Tam
many worker" gave me as the rea-
son why New York was turned over
to IRISH rule that it was either that
or being run" by hayseeds :"
With much that is pleasant,
however, there are some very dis
agreeable features of life here. One
is the desecration of the Sabbath.
The day is spent by multitudes of
tourists, some of them protesting
Christians, in travelling and pleas
ure seeking, while the reading of
novels and Sunday newspapers is
So common as not to excite remark.
Although services have been held
three Sundays since ! came here,
and way provided for getting to
the. station, where the church is.
only fourteen went the first time
when DR.. Williams, of Baltimore
preached "a most excellent and
comforting sermon, by the way) and
only nine each day on the two Sun
days | olliciated. Soft seems there
were not " ten righteous" men to be
found at the Springs last Sunday, for
only nine persons attended church,
and OF these seven were women.
Another noticeable feature here
is the spirit of gaming which seems
to pervade the amusements of the
place. A wager must be placed ON
all sports 10 make them " Interest
ing while instances of losses and
gains at cards have come to MY ears.
All this could be stopped If the
authorities desired to do so, but
instead if seems that gaming and
Sabbath desecration are rather en-
couraged than otherwise. and young
men are led astray by those who
should do all i'm their power to re-
press vice. 1t is not pleasant To-
speak of these things, but truthful
ness demands that the evil as we'll
as the good be presented One Cf|