Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-04-26


meantime your are rubbed with a
rough NIT almost like a coarse horse
brush drinking during that time two
cups Of very hot water. You are then
rubbed down with a Russian towel
and go into the vapor bath room
about 1903 degrees and remain there II
TO 5 minutes, the preparation comes
from every pore Of your body. Scrubs
bed again, dry, and turned in the
warm room adjoining and reciine ON a
lounge, wrapped In your robe for
about 20 or 30 minutes. For another
process of sweating you~go from
there to another room heated up to
so degrees after again being scrubbed
off, remaining there 30 minutes to
gradually cool off and to another room
from so to IS degree to cool of an
other 30 minutes, so tt takes from II
two hours to get through the operas
ton. There is another process, If
prescribed by the Dr., Is the hot room
that 1 have not experienced yet. l
expect there one finishes up the pro-
cess OF parboillng.
The Springs Of hot, steaming wa ter
tuts out Of a rock too hot to drink,
and only portion flows for the public,
balance which is carried to Bath
houses and public Fountains near by
for convenience of the people. The
waters flow under the Streets which
have been covered by the U, S.,
Government and you do not see the
creek until you come upon it one and
half miles from its source, No
one would imagine that they we're
riding or walking over the waters.
The Government realizing the benefit
and curative properties of these
waters many years ago, believe 10
1882, reserved the springs aud certain
amount Of lands In It's Surroundings
for the benefit of the public, the poor
classes and for its own soldiers and
marines, controlled it, making leases
with certain restrictions and regula~
tiOns SC as TO minimize the charges
for water, bathing and other purposes,
or the whole business to day would be
in the hands Of trusts and combines.
The government buildings, hospitals
and all other necessary Structures
are of best material and on scale
adequate to its fatherlY protection.
The hot water comes out Of the
base of the Rock, situated on spurs of
the Ozark mountains, the valley being
not over $50 yards wide at the base in
this localiay, IL then broadens out,
reaching. into other valleys where the
different avenues reaches out and
diverging into other directions be-
tween the Mountains. The nature
and formation OF this place is entirely
formed Of Rocks. These are well kept
and attractive, We visited one few
days ago, where they had a base ball
game between a Little Rock and a
Pittsburg Club. The Little Rocks we're
showed UNDER This was the first
professional game / had ever seen.
Opposite the Park is an Ostrich Farm
containing 40 to so birds. One magnifi-
cent Specimen is named William
Mckinley, standing up more than
seven feet high. He is a widOwer,
his mate having died sometime ago,
and they never mate again He seemed
sour and disagreable. Another fine
Speciment is Jno. L. Sullivan SO years
old-he is a real Brigham Young
having half dozen wives. The feath-
ers are plucked times In two years,
each plucking averaging about 800.
The guide showed US around and for
amusement and for a half dollar rode
an ostrich around the lot, and it went
Of In swinging pace.
In the proprietor's house near by, is
room where the feathers unsold,
were kept. They were fine specimens,
valued at from IS to S25 each. Also
about a dozen eggs on exhibition, one
of which would make an omelette for
half dozen people.
1t is treat to sit in front of our
hotel and see the fine equipages go by
every evening with the very finest
horses and rigs, some of them very
costly, reaching into the thousands of
dollars. Electric cars, automobiles
and bicycles are continually passing
and repassing.
The local population of this city is
about twelve thousand with tran
sient one of from ten to twenty-five
thousand, The northern visitors come
mostly during the winter months, and
are now leaving every day in numbers.
The town is made up mostly of Ho
tells, Drug stores, lighthouses and
Markets, where every. thing from sea
and land, and from tropical countries
can be had. Some very handsome res
licences and buildings of finest finish
regardless of cost. Large, capa3iou'
hotels, two Of the largest, the "East.
man." capacity 1000, and the "Arling
ton" about 800 guests. Board ant
lodging here can be had at from S. tt
$3.50 per week.
The town is full of beggars, and believ
one-half the blind of the States congregat
here, On my way to the bath-house / say
a one-eyed Spaniel dog, with chain attach
ed to him. leading blind man, accOmpanie,
i by q blind woman. the dog heinn verv care