The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-10-05
HOT WATER.


Jasper. Indiana.
Dear Judge Betz
| promised TO write to YOU If
ever took another Southern trip
SO here you get it. | am her,
trying to get well again. and
am instructed to drive away tn,
blues. " hope for d speedy re
cOVery.
Hot Springs stands without F;
rival; no other cath resort il
the world has such an extensiv,
reputation. They say within the
last twen'y-th ee years one mil
hon people have oeen here to be
cured by these thermal waters
Ninety per cent. of them have
been cured. Every day in the
year this good work goes on, and
all persons leaving here cured gC
away as a living advertisement
to Its curative waters. The dead
ones say nothing. The cures are
wonderful and truly miraculous,
they almost require ocular evil
dences to be credited. think
they could make even you get a
hustle on Yourself" Language
that would only do justice seems
"a n eXaggeration Hundreds
come here every year to die. ex-
pecting only little longer lease
of life. but are cured and even
live to a ripe old age. Not every
one is cured however. Rheuma-
tism, Gout. Neuralgia, Catarrh.
Sore Throat and Kidney troubles
are the m in ills treated here.
There are many families here
on account of the i'll health Of
some one Of their members.
Many of them rent small houses
or rooms and go to housekeeping.
However, Hot Springs is not only
an invalid's retreat, but fash
ionable watering place and a
place for rest and recreation
improvements are constantly be-
ing made, and visitors~of FIVE
years ago would scarcely know
the place now.
When you reach the town the
first thing you do is to purchase
a quit claim deed to some hotel:
then you employ a physician,
lease a bath house, buy a drug
store and hire a negro. The
physician gives special instruc-
tons and written directions for
each invalid, after he has made
thorough examination and re-
corded your family history. Not
all people are allowed to take
the baths in the hot waters, for
in some cases it would prove dis
lstrous. Persons whose lungs
and heart are not safe are in
danger unless under a physician S |
care The usual directions are
% battle once a day from two to /
SIX minutes, remain about as
ong in the vapor room, rest 20
minutes in blankets and take a
sleep for one hour. 1t all de-
bends upon the physical condi-
ion of the invalid and the ma
.ure of the disease. The usual
water is one hundred de-
yrees Fahrenheit. A negro at
endant waits or you. Ny negro, ,
Joe" reminds me of George
Wagner A Jap officer, at this !
lotel says Joe" is six feet long J
md three feet in diameter" HeIe
loes weigh three hundred and J
z pounds. He is very black in 4
kin, has gray hair. wears a No. :
shoe, is married, has seventeen )
children and votes the Republi- J
an ticket. | did not say he
Ooks like George, | said he re- .
minds me of George. Joe" has :
he commercial instinct fully de- !;
'eloped, talks with his hands and ;
las the motion of Israel in his I
wrists. =
There are more than forty !
prings in the mountain on the :
asst side of town and hot water J
lows from them down to the I
own. The average temperature !
f the water is 135 degrees F. !
is soft water, has neither taste i
lor smell but it certainly has a !
feel" The U. S, government :
las walled in the hot springs and i
ou cannot get to them. Theh
vater is piped down to the town j,
he same as it is in Jasper. You
an get a drink of hot water al =
most anywhere about the streets. q
old water for drinking purposes /
osts thirty six cents a gallon. +
,ou buy it in bottles q
Hot Springs is the seat oe the !
'eneral hospital of the army and :
avy where the government :
ends those OF both branches of j
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