Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-16
FROM The HOT SPRINGS.

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atmosphere is wonderfully transparent
the skv as brightly blue as Italy's. Your
spirits rise as you drink in the crisp
morning air. Dust and hot winds are
unknown here. The vagaries of the
thermometer pass unnoted. And in place
Of hot streets and hotter houses are cool
canons. great forests of waving pines and
sparkling torrents that sing their way
downward from the heights.
The Evans Hotel is the first object to
attract your attention. Just across the
street from. and little to the right Of,
the Union Depot, with well trimmed
lawns and wide, shady verandas, it pre-
sents most inviting appearance. The
Gillespie, equally comfortable, II little
less roomy. faces it. The Sioux City
Club House crowns the bluff on the
further side of Fall River, a tinkling
rivulet that runs through the town from
north to south. The Parrott and the
Davis Hotels are a few hundred feet
north of the depot, while the Catholicon,
one of the largest hotels, is nearly a mile
to the south.
Hot Springs is new town. Most OF
its business blocks are OF stone. Inc
residences. the greater number OF which
are on the high land west OF the depot
are undeniably attractive-very much
more so than one would expect to find
in a town not yet ten years old. Some OF
them are large enough to be imposing.
All are neat and pretty, and admirably
adapted to the needs Of their occupants.
The climate Of Hot Springs is unlike
that of any other part of South Dakota
unlike even those nearby portions Of the
Hills, where, one would suppose, the
atmospheric conditions would be precise.
ly the same.
The days are invariably bright-ex.
tremely hot weather rarely encountered
the nights cool-sudden changes in.
frequent. And there is so little humidity
one might be pa:doned for saying there
is none.
The air is slngularly pure. 1t tempts
you to stay outdoors all day long. 1t
sends you to bed tired and sleepy, but
happy. 1t rouses you in the morning,
refreshed, lnvigorated, ready for the do
ings of the day. IL sends the blood
hurrying through your veins. 1t makes
you hungry, eager to climb mountains,
to walk, to bathe, to dance. to do every
thing and anything that is good for you.
Next to the wonderful healing waters, it
is the one thing that. more than any
other, makes the weak strong, the strong
stronger.
The waters Of Hot Springs are even
more wonderful than its climate. In the
valley in which the town lies. are no less
than seventyfive different springs. The
strongest and most valuable incidentally
are the Minnekahta, the Mammoth, the
Stewart the Lakota and the Cathollcon,
which supply nearly all the bath houses
and plunge baths in the city. The Hygia
or Kidney Spring is also great favorite.
Whatever else is prescribed for the pa
tlent, he is told to ''bathe frequently in
the Minnekahta and to drink SIX glasses
of Kidney Spring water during the day
with plenty of exercise between drinks"
One of the great advantages of these
Springs is that their temperature is the
same as that Of the human body, and the
addition Of cold water. or exposure to the
atmosphere to render the water suitable
for bathing is unnecessary. For this
reason the waters retain all their life
giving, disease curing virtues. By drink
ing the waters and bathing in them the
pores of the body are opened and the
secretions are stimulated to free and
natural activity. The supply IS con.
slant, invariable and inexhaustible. flow
ing nearly million gallons a day.
Diseases that are cured: Rheumatism;
acute, muscular, intlammatory. Sciatica
and nervous prostration. Diseases of the
kidneys and urinary organs. Diseases Of
the stomach, such as chronic gastric
catarrh, dyspepsia. etc. Diseases of the
ntest:nes, such as chronic catarrh,
habitual constipation, etc. Asthma and
hay fever tuberculosis or lncipient
consumption. Chrome skin diseases of
all kinds. Neuralgia and paralysis.
Liver complaint and jaundice. Gout,
adiposity, abdominal plethora and dia.
betes. Syphilis in all its forms. Chronic
diarrhGa. |,
These are some of the diseases for
which the waters, of Hot Springs have
proven to be of wonderful benefit. 1t
has been demonstrated, tine and again.
that they are efficacious where medical
skill is of no avail Invalids who have
tried all the famous Springs of Europe
without obtaining relief, have, after a
few weeks stay at Hot Springs, gone
away completely cured.
Hundreds Of instances bearing out the
truth Of these statements might be given.
but perhaps the strongest evidence that
Hot Springs waters possess all that is
claimed for them is to be found in the |