The age-herald., 1900-06-03

buds and if the roses do bloom in May the bobolinks are not in full tune until June, and sorrows generally cease with the glorious sun light of perfect summer. June here is now the month of the blue and wistful sky, the month of the blue winds, of dreamy sentimental days June surely lays it's subtle spell
 On those who wander through
 The leafy lanes of Already
 In couples, two and two"
 Orening Day at Talladega Springs
 This thought occurs to me on this the seasons opening day at beautiful Talla- dega Springs. Unlike the season of 1899, the month of May has been unusually quiet here this year. Among other causes springtime has fingered longer among the hills and mountains of Alabama, and there has been no need of seeking the cool at mosphere, the rest and the recreation af- forded here. For this reason the manage ment of this delightful resort has not un- til today, declared the season fully opened.
 For Half Century
 For more than fifty years Talladega Springs has been one of the most noted and popular resorts of the south Long before the civil war these healing waters afforded relief to the hundreds who annually flocked to this beautiful spot and they and their children and grandchildren still come to enjoy the beautiful mountain seenery-the deep greenwood, the verdant oaks and spreading naples, the ferns flowers and mosses, the companionship of congenial spirits or natures sweet solitude
 overbauled and Made Anew
 Mr. J. M. Hendricks, the proprietor. who has so successfully managed the resort for lne past several years, has thoroughly over hauled and renovated the premises, the cot tages, the large dining hall and the delight ful dancing pavilion, and today the guests are beginning to arrive. Within a week or ten days the numerous patrons whom he has booked for the season will begin to come in force, and then life, spirit and gen. eral merriment will be in full evidence here
 Comfort and Convenience
 Arrangements are now perfected for the reception and entertainment of the largest crowd of health and pleasure-seekers that has ever assembled here, and Mr Hendricks declares that every comfort and convent enee shall be afforded his patrons.
 Perfect Cui.ine
 The cuisine department is under direct control of a hotel steward of long and suc- cessful experience at watering places and the larder is to be filled with the best the markets of the state afford. The hills and mountains are noted for the excellent nut ton and bountiful supply of chickens and other poultry produced, and the dairy will supply the richest milk and Jersey butter produced in Alabama. A garden of rich acres is now fourishing, and is to supply guests with the finest vegetables of the season-freshly gathered each morning.
 Principal Attractions
 Among the principal attractions this sea- son at Talladega Springs are:
 l. Good and substantial fare.
 2 Perfect order; but absence of conven- tionality or stiffness. ,. An excellent band of music, giving daily and nightly concerts. A cool and comodious dancing pavilion.
 4. bathhouse, affording hot and cold sulphur baths. Also a barber shop.
 3. Two daily mails, telegraph office. ex- press office and long distance telephone 6. livery department furnishing vehicles and horses for drives and horse, back riding over the famously beautiful mountain roads
 '. Close proximity to the beautiful Coosa river and tributary streams, which offer fine facilities for fishing and boating.
 S. Rates of board less than those of any summer resort in the south, with special rates to families.
 9. The cottage system here in use No crowded hotel. Breathing space for every body and home life for families or in valids.
 Easy of Access
 
 the Louisville and Nashville railroad, easy of access to Birmingham and Montgomery. Parties can leave either city in the morn- ing and reach the springs by Il o'clock a. m. Medical men say that as a blood pur- ifier and appetizer this water has no equal. There is here combined the healing proper ties of Buffalo, Litha, Saratoga and Hot Springs, Ark
 Analysis of Waters
 The following analysis of this water was made some years ago by Professor Stubbs of Auburn A. and M. college, and was made from water sent him in bottles: From one gallon (231 cubic inches) solids: Sulphuric acid. ... ... ... ... 63916 grains Silicic acid... =. ... ... ... %. 2.4493 grains Carbonic acid... .... ... ... ... 5965 grains Phosphoric acid... ... ... ..... Trace Chlorine. .. ... ... ... ..... ..... 32422 grains Iime.. ... ... ..... ..... ..... 93S91 grains Magnesia... ... ... .. ... ..... 4i32 grains Alumina. =. ... ... =. ... 14597 grains Iron... ... =. ...e... ... ....... Trace Potassium.. ... =. co. =. ... 4.S650 grains Sodium. ... ... ... =. ... 7.4472 grains GaSes-
 Sulphuretted Hydrogen =. .. 80 94634 grains Combined probably, as follows: Sulphate of Lime =. ... ... .. 10.7909 grains Carbonate of lime... ... ... ... S.7S09 grains Carbonate of Magnesia .... .. .9307 grains Carbonate of potash. -. %. 7.9956 grains Carbonate of soda. ., .,, ... .,, F 3237 grains