The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-04
A NEW SPRING At cARLsBAp.

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forth at Carlsbad coplous enough to re-
joice the hearts of all interested in its
medicinal waters. The site Of that at
tractive health resort must be some
thing like the leaky lid of a gigantic
kettle, for hot water rises to the surface
at not fewer than seventeen places
We have yet to learn whether the wa
ters just discovered agree in compost
ton with those already known, for 1t
does not always follow that neighboring
springs are of identical composition.
Differences are not uncommon where
the water rises to the surface from orr
fees some little distance apart. At
Carlsbad sulphate OF soda Is the domi-
nant mineral, but some of the springs
contain a good deal of carbonate Of
lime. This, as the temperature falls,
forms masses composed of small balls,
like peas but with radical structure,
due to crystallization, which are cut,
polished and worked up into ornamen-
tai souvenirs.
The mineral contents of these medici-
nal springs are varied enough, but
sometimes the quantity, even In the
most health giving, Is surprisingly
small This is the case for instance,
with the famous springs of Pfafers,
near Ragatz, in Switzerland. They
| break out near to the Tamina In a
| deep and narrow rocky gorge at tenn
perature just under one hundred de-
grees Fahrenheit, and, though they
contain only a very small quantity of
soda and magnesia, are remarkably
bo, aoto tn, clio oh pot1tU and
nervous disorders-so beneficial that, in
the old days, when patients camped as
best they could near the orifices Of the
springs, they not only survived, but ac-
tually proflted by, the treatment.
In mountain countries mineral
springs are generally abundant. Swift
zerland alone Is said to contain quite
two hundred and fifty bathing estab-
ishments, with saline, alkaline, chaly-
beate and sulphureous waters. Not the
least remarkable among these are those
of Stachelberg, which are so impregna-
ted with the last named mineral That
the water has a birthstone color, ana
the bather for the rest Of the day is
suggestive of an ambulant box OF old
fashioned lucifers. Every traveller over
the Gemmi Pass has paused to look at
the baths of Leuk, where the patients
spend hours gently stewing in the tep-
i'd water, furnished with floating tables
for their papers and coffee cups. The
st. Moritz springs, In the Engadine,
which have become so celebrated dur
ing the last thirty years contain iron,
alkaline salts and carbonic acid gas.
But the Eastern and Western Alps are
not less famous. In the one the sui
phur baths Of LIE Prese, the alkaline
waters Of Bormio and Bad Gastein, and
the chalybeate of Santa Catharina have
long been more or less well known, and
the Western Alps have many similar
health resorts. OF Aix-les- Bains, near
the lovely Lac de Bourget, every one
knows; very hot, and very rich In iron
are the less familiar springs of None
tier in the heart of Dauphine
Volcanic districts also, as might be
expected, are rich in mineral springs
In Auvergne they abound. Vichy Is a
household word with many invalds;
but Mont Dore and Royat also attract
many visitors. One Of those at the lat
ter place leaps and bubbles, like min
iature and perennia1ly troubled Pool Of
Bethesda in the principal public gar
den, and some, such as that at Cler-
mont Ferrand, deposit great quantities
of carbonate of lime. But the British
isles have also their mineral springs
bennington Cheltenham, Tunbridge
Wells, Harrogate, sometimes suggestive |
of rotten eggs; the warm chalybeate
waters of Bath, Trefriw, like ink to the
palate; Strathpeffer, and many more.
Even the neghborhood Of London once
had it's spas Those Of our own country |
have been for time rather thrown into |
the background by continental rivals, |
but now, in many cases, they are re- |
gaining popularity.-London Daily |
News.