St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19

''If it be indeed you" he said. zone sign
will not fail me-" He looked at her search
ingly..
Your sign has failed she said; my
fTeckies are all gone
Beauty snots of the past-all gone Then
You are indeed a stranger My call is in vain.
ltcame here TO cure an invalid
Il am truly stranger. for | am new
throughout-in mind and body. | have
almost been born again
" on must have discovered the spring of
eternal youth
u have. Listen well, and 1 will tell you
the secret. You may remember what a wan
and broken-down creature | was when said
goodbye on the steamer three years ago
was OH my way to Europe. in the hone of
berehting what littls health | had left
could not hope to regain it. My doctor dis
couraged that. At his last visit be scowled
at me, talked at me- pounded the flour with
his cane. berated my relatives my bringing
up, the state of society which permitted such
tAlngs to come to pass and had now left an
other victim at deaths door. No more late
hDurs for me. no more dancing, no more
tight laclng, no more indigestlble food,
no excitement-no nothing. What
physical wreck i'll appearance | was
you know. Young il both years and disDosi-
ton. fond of socety-the traditions of my
family as we'll rs my own tastes. leading me
to be the gayest of the gay-J had found my
self prematmely old and broken-d down in
health. Well change of scene and air
would Go me some good. and. if | abstain
from ali that makes life pleasant and inter
esting, | might hope TO continue to live more
dead than alive. for Il good many years
did not quite see the gain in that. But to go
on with the story; On The steamer fell in
with some acquaintances who were going to
place called Carlsbad. Tney asked me 10
go with them, and. as one place was as good
as another TO me. | went. We reached
Carlsbad at the beginning of the regu-
lar season, which is the lst of Nav and
stayedsthrough the entire season, until the 1st
of October. 1t seemed to be the custom there
to drink the mineral waters: and more be
cause II was the custom than from any
ideas that the waters would do me any good.
+ / hegan taxing the waters myself. For lack
OF something better to do. equipped my
self each day with an earthenware mug and
joined long line OF men and women from
all parts of the world on the way to the
springs The largest, the hottest and the
best known Of the springs was the Sprudel
and. naturally. went there. To be i'll Carls-
bad and not drink the waters of the Sprudel
is to be out of fashion; SO, out of mere force
of habit, l drank.
AS expected, the drinking did not make
me feel anv better aud l consulted physi-
elan, He went over my case very carefully
and finally asked me If | wished to place my
self under his care. had TO do so; was i'll.
Very we'll said he, you will please continue
drinking the SprGdel water as you have been
doing. There was no help for it, and went
on as before, taking the water regularly, al
though l seemed to lose weight But the
physician kept me al it mercilessly.
i was long time AT it. it seemed to me,
and then, TO nv great surprise. l began TO
gain IN strength. This was more than had
looked for, but it was true. 1 felt better.
mentally and physically. and above all,
began 10 gain in weight. l seemed to be an
entirely new creation. Ny Old flesh had in
some mysterious way entire.y disappeared,
and new flesh was forming in its place. This
was like miracle, nut hardly dared to hope
that it could or would continue. But it did
continue, although slowly. felt that was
passing through Il new stage of growth. l
gained in weight pretty steadily. and, after q
time, l felt much stronger. At the close of
the season might have imagined that l was
young girl again.
Il think you have found the spring of
! eternal youth, said the young physician.
But do you expect to retain your present
/ health aud freshness without living most of
| the time in CarlSbad:'
AS II would be lncOnyenient for me to go
! to the mountains. | make the mountain come
TO me. IN other words, | carry the famous
| SprudeI Spring around with me. The i'm
! ported Carlsbad Sprudel Salts, in powder
! form. IS a most excellent substitute for the
! imported waters whenever l find it incon-
venient to use the waters. Although | am
| fully restored TO health. still am so fond of
| the waters that [ drink much, or nearly as
| much, as though | were an invalid. In
! the morning. before breakfast | dissolve
! one-half TO one teaSDoOnful of the powder in
! glaSSful of water. which IS sold in This cOun-
1 try lii bottles brought direct from Carlsbad
! In Carlsbad found any number of people
| who hatiJualy added the salts in powder
| form to the water from the spring. in order to
! give it greater strength. All persons cannot
| go to Carlsbad, of course. but they can ac-
! compiSh as good results by using the I'M
| ported Carlsbad Salts here at home. | would
! advise YOU to try few experiments for your
! own information on some of your patients.
| Ii will do them no harm. in any event, and it
/ is pretty sure to surprise you with its good re-
| suits
1t is certainly worth consideration" SAID
! the young man.
l. Perhaps | shall find the opportunity to
make the trial that you suggest. Meantime |
must again congratulate you upon your re-
i covery.