certain other springs, whose wonderful properties and vaunted
cures are found in pompous advertisements, the Saratoga waters have
not made their celebrity by printer's ink. Their reputation has
depended upon their own intrinsic merits, and steadily and surely has
their renown advanced.

To repeat all the disorders which they have been known to benefit,
would be very nearly to copy the sad list of ailments to which our
creaky frames are subject.

In short, spring water is good for the stomach, good for the skin,
good for ladies of all possible ages, and for all sorts and conditions
of men.

Individual Characteristics.

In stating the special properties of the individual springs, we have
conscientiously endeavored to make this work as reliable and accurate
as possible. Those who are familiar with the reputation and claims of
some of the several springs in past years will notice many changes,
but it is believed that the information herein given is on the best
authority, and brought down to the latest date.

_The Analyses of the Saratoga Waters,
by C.F. Chandler, Ph.D., of the Columbia School of Mines._

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Compounds as they exist | Star | High | Seltzer | Pavilion| United
in Solution in the Waters. | Spring. | Rock | Spring. | Spring.| States
| | Spring. | | | Spring.
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Chloride of sodium | 398.361 | 390.127 | 134.291 | 459.903 | 141.872
Chloride of potassium | 9.695 | 8.974 | 1.335 | 7.660 | 8.624
Bromide of sodium | 0.571 | 0.731 | 0.630 | 0.987 | 0.844
Iodide of sodium | 0.126 | 0.086 | 0.031 | 0.071 | 0.047
Fluoride of calcium | Trace. | Trace. | Trace. | Trace. | Trace.
Bicarbonate of lithia | 1.586 | 1.967 | 0.899 | 9.486 | 4.847
Bicarbonate of soda | 12.662 | 34.888 | 29.428 | 3.764 | 4.666
Bicarbonate of magnesia | 61.912 | 54.924 | 40.339 | 76.267 | 72.883
Bicarbonate of lime | 124.459 | 131.739 | 89.869 | 120.169 | 93.119
Bicarbonate of strontia | Trace. | Trace. | Trace. | Trace. | 0.018
Bicarbonate of baryta | 0.096 | 0.494 | Trace. | 0.875 | 0.909
Bicarbonate of iron | 1.213 | 1.478 | 1.703