The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-15

feel ashamed, and that is the roads Of
Ohio. The Magnetic Springs are In
Union county. thirty-slr miles west OF
Columbus ana iwelye miles from Della
ware. and Union county stands second
In the matter OF good and plentiful
roads OF any comfy IN the state. This
Is the highest section n the state, the
very highest point, some 1880 feet, be-
iag about twenty-five miles northwest
OF here. II Is In this and Marion coun-
ties that the waters of the SelotO, which
empties into the Ohio river at Ports
mouth, and the Sandusky, which emp
lies Into Lake Erie, have their heads,
and yet there are no mountains. What
the Ohioan calls q hill Vlrginlan OF
either state would call a knoll or
mound and the whole county IL one
big plain. While various mineral
waters OF all kinds are scattered all
over this limestone section, the Mag
netlc Springs Is the most famous In the
state. The hotels are open all the year
run upon che plan Of a liberal santtaF-
ium. IHYalds have the best OF atten-
tlon front Dry ] W. Irwin, one of the
pronrietors, who Is graduate OF the
famous Jefferson Medical college. The
water Is an iron water full Of magne-
sias, potassias and other medicinal
qualities. and is magnetic, A piece OF
steel or iron left In the water few days
becomes magnet, and strong one.
The baths also are magnetic, and have
found the proprietors and guests pos
sess the same property, I gathered the
analysis OF alkthe springs OF the Vir-
ginias and regret that not one COM
pares favorabiy with the Magnetic. The
cures II has wrought in rheumatism.
nervousness and stomach troubles are
remarkable, but true. II IS not a cure
all and is not advertised at all The
village OF Magnetic Springs. which is
the result OF the discovery OF the water
is full OF neat little homes, broad streets
and boarding houses. The Park Hotel
Sanitarium, within a few hundred feet
of the springs, is well furnished and
well kept, heated with hot air and be-
longs TO the company. It Is surround
ed by park Of eleven acres, a regular
paradise for children, grassy, dry
shady and picturesque. Lovers and
poets and all others are included with
the children, while the driving can not
be surpassed.
The strangest thing OF all to me Is
that for board, baths and treatment
one does not have to pay half that
white-washed inside and out Virginia
resort charges for the same length OF
time; and II one calls In the resident
physician at Virginia resort of this
kind the bill Is from 50 to s. a visit TO
ones room II only two doors from his
office, and yet Virglnlans say that Ohio
nnnNla nj tc1Nu1I ~ What N hnuf
this resort is for the benefit OF the at
flicted who need to be directed away
from quackers and quacks and try ma
lures medicine hope II will be my
pleasure TO see this magnetic place
again, but never expect to have the
time, Before drop this subject mat
ter want to advise the aspiring young
politicians OF West Virginia, as well as
the similar ones from Ohio and other
good and efficient aspirants for United
States senator, to come over the river.
rest under the shade of the trees and
drink of this water
Magnetism is Of the greatest value In
politics. 1t takes with the people, II
Is high time now for some of West Viz
glnia's great men to come down and
renew their magnetic force. Foraker
never goes anywhere near here with
ont coming and drinking for n few days
of tho water. Look at Foraker He's
success. think It would pay Hanna
20 run down also. AS TO Chapman,
believe he is too far gone. As for Cox,
Bernard and Mclean / cannot say, for
do not know the chemical action OF
the water upon brass.
ARTHUR MIDDLETON,