The enormous quantities of water which some persons imbibe at the popular springs is perfectly shocking, and can only be injurious. It is no uncommon occurrence to see persons drink from five to ten glasses of Congress or Hathorn water with scarcely any interval, and the writer has heard of a lady who swallowed within a few minutes fourteen glasses of one of the springs. It is to be presumed that her thirst was satisfied, as no further account of her has been given. Those who are taking a course of mineral water will usually find their appetite increased thereby. [Illustration: PACKING-ROOM, CONGRESS SPRING.] An abundance of vegetables should be avoided, and only those which are perfectly fresh should be used. Frequent bathing in mineral water and otherwise will be found beneficial. Raising the temperature of the spring water, by placing a bottle of it in boiling water, makes it more efficacious as a cathartic, and is said to remove the iron. Heating the water makes it better for bathing purposes. FOOTNOTE: [B] This article is _copy righted_. Parties who wish to copy the entire article, or a portion of it, will please give credit. The Saratoga Waters at a Distance from the Springs. If the Saratoga waters are really what they have the reputation of being--and certainly no one who has witnessed their effects can deny their wonderful power--the purity of the water which is supplied to invalids, at a distance from the springs, becomes a matter of the utmost consequence. "The fashionable and the rich," writes an eminent divine, "who fill these splendid saloons, are not alone the people for whom the beneficent Creator opened these health-giving fountains; but they are also those who occupy the sick chambers in all parts of the earth, who have never seen Saratoga, but who are relieved and comforted by its waters." Personally the writer has found in several cities more or less difficulty in obtaining the genuine water. He therefore offers a few suggestions on the present mode of exportation. For many years the sale of spring water has been chiefly conducted by druggists. In the earlier days the business was conducted with fairness and profit to all concerned, but the small cost of manufacturing an artificial water imitating the natural in taste and appearance, and made even more sparkling and pungent by a heavy charging with gas, the enormous extent of the patent medicine business which has protruded itself in all directions, and to an overwhelming extent, and the large percentage of profit which druggists now realize on their goods, all these have interfered with the sale of pure natural spring water. We assert as an indisputable fact that the sale of artificial waters has been a serious and unjust detriment to the reputation of natural mineral water. [Illustration: STORE-ROOM, CONGRESS SPRING.]