The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-23
PONCE DE LEoN,s ERROR.
The Spanish Explorer Barely Missed
the Dream of His Life.
FORTUNATE PosTERITY.

FORTUNATE POSIEhlI1s
Several hundred years ago Ponce de
Leon set out in all the pomp and majesty
of ancient habit on his historic search for
a supposed mythical fountain Of life, -
and in the course of time and the vagaries
! of Old Ocean found himself on the Florida
| coast, but for lack of the modes of rapid
and safe transit. so common in modern
times, failed to get very far inland, and
that was just where the ambitious ex-
plorer made the mistake of his life, for the
yeritable rejuvenating waters were but a
lew hours from him and he knew it not
The Spanish discoverer sailed away
and with him the cherished visions of
his life
The tourists, health and pleasure hunt
ers of to-day, however. are fully alive to
the existence of the Incompatible and I'M
surpassaOle Suwannee Sulphur Springs
Way Down on de S'wannee Ribah' is
eloquent in prose and melOdiOus in song.
the world over, as the health and life
giving fountain so laboriOusly and
patiently sought by the illustrious Span
lard.
a few hours ride from Savannah in
palatlally appointed considerably at our
doors-we have a sanatarium whose Vir-
tues can scarce be recounted, where the
brain has the cOb-webs stripped from it,
and the body is renewed and re-endowed
with Natures own subtle vigor and elias
ITCHY.
While not 1.-THE of the merits and
beauties of the noted Suwannee Springs
can be recorded i'll limited space too
much can never be said of it's claims ON
our own people. So easily accessible,
offering all the sanitary inducements pos
slble in present day experience, it also
combines all the natural and artificial at
fractions that Danish monotony.
Bathing, hunting, boating, fishing,
riding, and indoor and outdoor amuse-
ments adapted to all ages, temperaments
and inclinations constitute life at Suwan-
nee active, enjoyable and agreeable, and
not exile" for the invalid or rest or
pleasure-seeking tourist.
OF all seasons of the year, Spring is the
most delightful at Suwannee, and is sue
ceeded by a Summer whose temperature
is leavened by the refreshing breezes of
the Gulf OF Mexico Sixty miles distant)
so that the weather is always pleasant
and never uncomfortable.
Malaria is an unknown quantity and
quality at Suwannee, the vaporOus OK
halatiOns from the springs excluding per-
manently all atmospheric or other i'm
puritieS.
Rheumatism, nervous dyspepsia, kid
ney and skin diseases. malaria and female
the persistent prescribed use of the waters,
and in fact so confident is the management
OF their efficacy that it guarantees benefi-
clal results in any Of the foregoing all
mentS or mo pay provided of course.
that the baths and waters are partaken
of as directed
Visitors to Suwannee are not confined
to invalids; the wealfed run down" bust
ness man finds here rest and restoration
npVOtpAG q
physical organism, weak and depressed
systems generally are rehabilitated, and
weak and enervated spirits draw fresh
life and energy from the miraculous
waters that Ponce de Leon strove for in
vain.
No one can fail to be better physically
and mentally for a visit to Suwannee.
Why fly to the eXtremities of the earth,
far from home and friends for a summer
outing that can be enjoyed a thousand
times better at home!
So popular have the waters of Suwan-
nee Springs become that, yielding to pop
been concluded for their bottling
and marketing, and henceforth
those who cannot visit Su-
wannee can obtain the inspiring and in
MIGRATING natural elixir at home
While losing some of its sulphuric odor.
the water sustains no iota of diminution
in its diuretic or other medicinal virtues
in bottling. Under the management of
Mr.. D. w. Pratt, visitors can rely on the
best of treatment and attention at the
Springs.
Convenient railroad schedules from all
points are in operation, and trip to Su-
wannCe involves no uncomfortable or
tedious experiences. Well known citi-
zens and physicians in Savannah. and
throughout the country in fact CladIv
testify to the beneficent virtues of these
springs, and to the efficacy of the waters
in all conditions requiring rest and re-
building, and no more pleasant trip can
be planned by even the most robust speci-
men of physical health, than an outing
at Suwannee. For details and full par
ticularS, address
ANDREW HANLEY, Proprietor,
-ad Suwannee Springs, Fla.