The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-09

a HYGIENiC HADES.
The suiphurous vapor Baths at Gienw"o"
Springs, Col.


springs. Col
A S;mnle-mindcd old soldier. who
served under Fremont the Path find
cr. returned TO his native town In inc
east a good many years ago, ana TOO
plain. unvarnished tale OF the WONDERS
he had seen in the Yosemite valley ana |
other wild regions on the Pacihc slope
Ev simply telling the truth this gray
old fphting-man earned the reputation
of being the biggest liar in all the
country around.
Anyone who travels through the val
lev of the Grand river IN western
| Colorado. and tells what he saw there
runs the same risk. What can man
expect who says he took haif-hours
swim in widwinter all unprotected
from "A bowling snow-storm. and after
ward descended into the bowels OF the
earth and took a vapor bath. the raw
| Tor cooked materials OF when came
straight from Tophet, or therea ooutss
| Yet these are the everyday humdrum
incidents in the lives Of the people OF
Grand River valley.
A black and turbid river flows OUT
from between frowning cliffs; through
its lev waters bubble springs OF water
hot from the fires below. Sulphurous
fumes are provided for you as you APP
proach the little door in the mountain
side near the river. II is trifie dis
appointing to find the gatekeeper seat
cd on n cane bottom chair. but after ne
has told you few stories YOU feel that
he is the right man in the right place.
lie has n tale of man addicted 10
The excessive use of tobacco. who went
into this hygenic hadcs clothed only
in lis vapors. and On me out ina full SUIT
Of nicotine. Thick doors separase COM
partments. gradually increasing In
iempcrature. until you are ushered into
a cavern filed with driving vapor
that winds about you in steaming
folds. As your eyes grow used to the
chostly shifting light You see the
forms Of half-nakcd men. some sitting
many living in hollows of the rocks
I they seem Ia culver in the winding
I mists that envelop them like objects II
a mirage.
, After the visitor becomes parboiles
he is permitted to return TO the dool
and cool himself gradually in one com
partment after another Eesuminl
the conventional garb Of the tourist
he looks up once more at the stars, an
= Is thankful that he went in at the CAT
y where they charge admission
!, per's Weekly.
n sad Mistake.
y IF Il were not so childish and on
Of date l could take real good cry
said the woman with the short hair.
..What is the matter. dear?
er II wore my husbands vest dow
town shopping yesterday. by mistak
CO and there were three great big ciga
sticking out OF the top pocket. new
noticed IL till got home. India
- apolis Journal.
n An Agnostic. A lady from Bost'
ey tells good story Of her new cook.
be took il for granted that she was Ca'
Iii oi;c~ She SAYS. land on the first ~
day after her arrival said; 'Bridg'
1t what time do you wish TO go
'oL church this morning. The answ
ted came with lofty superiority u
nd would have done credit to the discip
ing OF any new dispensation- OH not
II uoin' to church mt all. ma'am. Fc
N. IFS mcsclf that's what they call
egnawstic. '"--Iousviiie Post.
md st. Cyr. Napolcon's great marsl
me. was trained to carry peddlers ps
ain. Int laid II aside for . gun and =