New-York tribune., 1901-03-31
A NEW SPRING AT ciRLHgtD.
From The London Daily News.

-o-ii me A~DIlupH lDdlE News
a new hot spring is said to have hurst forth
a. tai-shad, coIlous enough 10 rejoice the
hearts or ali interested in its medicinal waters
The site IF that attractive bealtb -.c-rr ,r,,,st
be something like the lealy lid of gigantic
Kettle, for hot water rises TO the surface an NOT
FEWER tfan seventeen places. We have YET To
learn whether the waters just discovered agree
IN composition with those already known. for
IL does not always follow that u-iehbnrine
springs are OF Identical! composition. Differ
ences are not uncommon where the wafer rises
10 the surface from orifces some little distance
apart At Carlsbad. sulphate of soda is the
dominant mineral. but some Of the springs con-
tam good deal Of carbonate Of lime. This as
the temperature falls, forms masses composed
OF small balls. like peas. but with a radial
structure, due To capitalization, which are cut,
polished and worked up into ornamental souve-
springs are varied enough. but sometimes the
quantity, even in the most health giving, is sur
prlsingly small. This is the case. for instance.
with me famous springs OF Pfafers. near Ra-
gaiz in Switzerland. They break out near To
the Tamna. in a deep and narrow rocky gorge,
al a temDer2ture just under 100 degrees Fahren-
heit. and though they contain only a very small
quantity Of soda and maSnesia. are remarkably
beneficial in many stoTnachic gol.tv and nervous
oisOrdrrs-sO beneficial that. in the old days.
when patients camped best they could near
the orirces OF the springs. they not only sur
viyed, but actually Frofited Toy. the treatment.
IN mountain countries mineral springs are
generally abundant. Switzerland alone is said
10 contain quite two hundred and Fifty bathing
establishments, with saline alkaline. chaly beate
and sUlphuTeOUs waters. Not the least remark
ALE among these are those OF Stachelbsrg. Mhch
2r2 so impregnated with the last named mineral
tlEaf the water has q birthstone CO,nr. and :he
baIfer for the rest Of the day is suggestive of
au.bulant box of old fashioned lucifers. Every
traveller over the Gemmi Pass has paused To
look at the baths OF LeCk, where the patients
spend hours gently stewing in the tepid water,
furnished with floating tables for their papers
and coffee cups. The ST Moritz springs. in
the Engadine, which have become celebrated
during the last thirty years. contain iron. aka
line salts and carbonic acid gas But the East
ana Western Alps not less famous In
the the sulphur baths of lie Prese. the
alkaline waters Of BOrTniO and Bad Gastein. and
the chalybeate OF Santa Catharina have long
been more or less well known, and the Western
Ans hav,. many similar health resorts. OF
every knows very hot, and very rich in
iron the less familiar springs Of Monetier, IN
the heart Of Dauphin6.
Volcanic districts also. might he expected.
are rich in mineral springs. In AUVersne they
abound. Nichy is a household word with many
invalids: bat Mont Dore and Royat also attract
many visitors. one OF those at the latter place
lcaps and bubbles like miniature and per-
enri:a!ly troubled Pool Of Bethesda. in the prln-
cipal public garden, and some, such as that at
Cierrnont Ferrand deposit great quantities or
carbonate of lime. But the British Isles nave
also their mineral springs-Leamington Chei-
tenham Tunbridge Wells Harrogate. sometimes
suggestive of rotten eggs; the warm chalybeate
waters of Bath Trefriw. like ink TO the palate
S:-athpeffer. and many more Even the nelsh-
bort, eOd of London once had Its spas Ihose oi
our own county have been for a time rather
thrown into the background by Continental IL
walls but now, in many cases, they are regain
ing popularity