New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-12
New1lurk DAILY Gribm,u
FROM A GLRMAN b. THING. PLACE.
nespendsncs Of The N. Y. TrSsns.
WILDBAD THERMAL SPRINGS,


Kingdom of Wiirtemberg June 20
twas long time problem whereabouts 10 tbs
world the Fountain Of Perpetual Youth was cit.
usted; afterward the question sory logically csns
to be as;tated whether there was any such fountain
probably. After the days Of Paracelsus and those
old worttiss, the matter passed somewhat into tho
shade til ripsr age should throw new light upon
the subject. We are happy in being able to sn-
noupce that what vas sought in vain in the New
World has at length been found in tho Old; and
people haze Only to make their way in., The heart
of the Black Forest and plunge themselves into
The Sc baths for few times to rid themselSes Of all
the ills that fiesh is heir to- Why their virtues
should remain so long concealed, Why Parscelsus,
who actually visited them in person, shoulc not have
discovered their properties, is cf no consequence
now; enough, their virtues at length known. and
{ is our business 10 proclaim them for the benefit
and qualification Of our cOUntrymen.
EHs, Baden Baden, Wicstaden, where nabObs
assemble to spend the dog. days aud "swii in
concert aud bellies resort to f'rt and kna.es and
desperate oilers ~ gambs---lhese places oil tho
world knows; but this Wildbad away up among the
m1untains of the Back Forest ibe headquarters Of
cripple life, all tho world, unfortunately does not
know Of, Notwithstanding the Empress Of Russia,
last Summer, drew all eyes in this direction. Judg
ing priori, il is impossible 10 comprehend by what
means this rarm rattr (fOr the mineral Ingredients
of these baths Gre less than in ordinary pure
spring water are able to effect cure. One would
certainly suppose that quiet tub VI warm water
at home would answer the same purpose; bat, ~ o
matter Of fact, the cures effected here border upon
the miraculous, ThOsawho haze been Ia. ged abost
in peoples arrps for years, cripples al, bowed to.
gether with tiIts and rheumatism, and nobody
knows what-people hobbling about ca clutches or
creeping about upon staycs aud dragging their legs
be hind them-pcor unfortunates whose Inears OF
independent iUcOmOt0l have entirely failed tben,
aid who are Obliged Ia be trundled Sd ,ut in
wheeled cbars-peOple whose arms won't swing
and whose finger, won't write-peope hInpiug in
every imaginable way, those whose leet won't como
up properly and those whose feet won't say down
properly! go home after stay Of four or FIVE weeks
not 10 every ease, "a be sure as nmely as in
childhood, but in many instances entirely restored,
ard in most instances essentially benefited. This
article 10 not designed 10 be Of speedily autObio-
graphical nature. otherwise a ccrroborotye chapter
Of personal experience IN this matter might easily
be adced
Now if tbis is net the lcng.sougbt Fountain Of
Eternal Youth, IoppreLead It is az near approx
nation as has ever been made.
What mysterious causes combine 10 bring about
these important fcsults 10 ono knows cor Pretends
TO know. Results certainly Go not come without
cause; but, wLate'er the causes may DC, they are,
81 all events. ftoO -ub!e nature for the chemists
to Measure ia tier gas tubes or wsCh in their
scales. or for cur philosophy in general TO throw
any light upon. The conclusion TO be drawn from
these two premises seems to be that, Jherc are
"mere things ia heaven and earth, HcraIo' LAO
"were ever dreamt Of in our philosophy " Lat SORT
offorces electric magnetic or 0dic ire volcano down
"under the earth" cut 81 which these fountains
srirr ia capabe of generating. or by what sort OF
alchemic compromising is que.tioa for future nys
ties to speculate bfoh. -
Indeed this question OF human life and health in
eepqrsl i more complicated one than every one il
aware Of What this mysterious thing we cal Iifs
il, or What tie difference betaeen lvs
creature Snd desd oae sexsctly is, Is
question, perhaps, that fex eek, but that stsi
fever can answer. And in what way ttS
prscire Of vitality is connected with the body, is
question that ct course. our scieucs equally stag
lerd over That the slightest II external causes
Is capablt Of producing the most impnrtan. resuh
that, indeed this connection Of the vital procips
With The bedy is Effected By other means thsr the
mere Introduction If material substances ITO the
sys.eu-spcms 10 be evident.
We are told, for instance, that al Of lemons. oil
Of oranges and oil Of tuIpcntne give exactly the sane
analysis but yet their effects upon the system sse
by no mt ans the sane. Strychb;ne and ryo bread.
The chemists tel rs, give precisely the same snsiy
s.s-sre, il would seem, the same t6ng; out -
articles Of diet, they produce decidedly dinereos
effects. The water Of this Black Forest foun'sln,
though The same With any other warm ws'el' yes
Las the faculty Of trarsormiBg grabbed aus iceo
regular ApOllos, thing that ordinary VAIN M"eI
il hardly capable Of. The inference seems " 20
tia. there are N connection with steriai SUBSTANCES
that We csnget cur eyes and fingers upSn. otnet
forces or rela.ioas, whichever they may ee, soss
neither Affect oar eyes nor cur oelsaces, oar ~
Axe capable Of producing tho moss aeeaoeo eAoe~