New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-07

free from thom ana from Ill SYMPHONIC OF recurrence
cen. Joseph Hooker has been trying the springs Iqr
j. now ahlo To walk with much case and Is IN mncn
bcttor general health thau before is vist r =
Iip the lakes will return to stay itil ~ % ~
Alter Attending an army rcu.ln,n Nv ., = Dayton OHIO
he will return EewYor. Gen Joseph ~. , Gi
Columbus, Ohio, whose fame IS leilcr 90 90 tbe esh
ulmp3t national is p4yug particular dtlehllOn W hcS
in Pine silver This suit like most OF ms others - very
successful Allan Pinkeron, the WcknoWn O"chSo
detective made q short visit hero iew ual = aso' =,
IL Is claimed that the magnetic W,tci ~ a
two distinct classes of diseases, us Is o,,i
lions. that lis alkaline carbonates atlaCA ceIt c 3
Of the aimGnny a1 ~ Ee 6e masculine pa63ts now Visit
ing the Spring paralysis claims 20 per cent rheumatism
% er cent diseases of the bladder and kidney 20 per
cont dyspcp,n 10 per cent, neuralgia and other nervous
diseases per cent, leaving 20 per cent 10 the diseases
nocnlior o men With the women patients the ratio ia
earv Tho same leaving 40 per cent TO the diseases Of
their sex The most remarkable effect Of the water Is
iered i'm cases OF gravel The residents have boiled the
magnetic water in kettles TO remove the hard deposits
ma lie there by the constant of lime water. No fail
Hcp II Is said washed away. snpcrintcnd@nt Crow
tells Of wonderful performed by carrying
hahtckets in the pocket but his stories usually
regarded as apocryphal.
The numerous discoveries Of magnetic springs almost
induce one 10 believe in the existence Of magnetic
water bubble. There less than of these springs
excluding ST. LOUIS in different paris OF the state, stu
atcd at the following places viz: Alpena, M1skcgon,
Leslie. Spring Lake Lansing, Eaton Rapids, Midland
Albion, Grand Rapids, Three Rivers, DOndgan, Grand
Ledge Port Huron, Hubhardstown, Owosso Osego ReX-
ford MenOmenec Grape Lake, Fruit Port To these may
le added one recently discovered near salt River. All
OF these have their advocates Probably the most pOpu-
lar at the present time are those at Apcna Eaton Rapids
Lansing and Spring Lake. ApCna, on Thunder Bay, Is
q town of the mature age OF ten years, having 5000 in
hahitauts. The water flows from adepth Of 90 feet.
comparison Of the analysis of this spring with that at ST.
Louis shows the former contain about onesiNth the
quantity of the bcarbOuae of Soda six times the guam
tty OF the bi-carbouate OF magnosia, and tue
same quantity of iron as the latter. III Is
said TO he especially beneficial in cases
of rheumatism paralysis, dyspepsia aud the long train
OF nervous diseases arising from Oyerwork. The well at
Lansing which has probably about 100 visitors ia
peculiar the presence OF CarbOnic acid in great guam
titles thus holding in solution many medicinal agents
that would otherwise be lost. The prOpretors claim
that % Of the most celebrated wells in the world, five in
Michigan, nine in NCw-York one in England, one in
France, in Begum and three IN Germany, all com
bMed, do not possess enh part OF the amount OF sui
phate of pOassa found in this we'll This Is said 10 he
of use in driving from the system the pOiSOns which
develop themselves in intermittent feyers and other
billions diseases Many of paralysis, &C., are re-
ported The well is several years Old the water running
AZ the rate Of 1900 barrels day from depth OF LOO
feet, having "a constant temperature, summer and Win
ter OF 5l.5O' Fahrenheit At Eaton Rapids there are
seven springs sending up streams from an average
depth Of 200 feet The following gives the order and
depth Of the strata penetrated N the Frost Spring.
which do not diler materially from those OF the Others