Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-28
EVENING STAR.
SATURDAY........O October -, ls5s
Impurities IN water.
THE pANGkR WHICH NKNACks THOSE
wHn rNuapr

THE DANGkk WHICH NKNACks THOSE
WHO rMBIBE ADAMS Ale
AZ the recent meeting OF the British Asso
cation The anatomical and plySi0ingica al
ection was occupied with q most interest
iLk ulscueelon upon what We ugnt 10 drink
snd what 10 eat Professor wsnklyn. TOE
Vel known analytical chemist, opened the
controversy oS reading paper on toe effects
Ct the mineral substances IN drinE kin water
on the health OF The community. He con-
mel ced with some statistics which oISht TO
sIrike horror into the heart even OF q u ,od
Tenplar. The Professor tells us that An
sdult male csily imoioes nom half q gallon
To q gallon OF fluid In some shape or another
and, however small may be the percentage
If salts contained even In the purest well
water, IL Jet stands 20 reason that six gal
Ions OF well water contain an apprecis ole
indeed, shows that there II even more m the
raj matter In ordinary drinking water tasu
In household bread. III, In other words, q
ioaf of bread Is burned to ashes, very small
residue OF mineral matter Is left, while IL,
ON the other hand, gallon ofdrinking wsSer
Is Svaporsted, It's mineral contents will be
found much larger thss might have been
supposed. There are, we learn, two kinds OF
drinking vater-the hard and the soft-snd
man who Is accustomed to the one canuOt
without risk suddenly adapt himself 20 the
other. Nor IL this all; for even those WHO
object tn water for drinking purposes canno,
ne'p taking IL In various shapes. Beer. for
u stspce, Is MADE with water, ana SO Is tea.
ara water u daily consumed by many peD-
Tle In combination WITH alcnolic Ito iors
Ii ere is an old story OF an Irish squire vho
said tbst upon principle he never touch Al
crop OF water, but he liked his cup of tea ia
the morning and histumbler of grog at of sh'
Now, according To Professor wankIyn n
makes all the difference in the world 10 "A
man what are the precise mineral coastitu-
ents that enter into the water With when
his tea Is made and his grog nm xei. Line
for Instance, In an essential element OF tue
human body. 1t enters into the bones, and
into the enamel OF the teeth, and without a
steady supply OF IL In some shape or another
and iD districts where only soft water can be
procured, the children are apt TO suffer from
what is commonly called rickets-a painful
and distressing malady, believed oy medi-
cal men TO be due TO q deficiency OF lime in
theorganism- Upon the diseases which are
the result OF drinking impure water we need
hardly dwell. 1t is now generally recog
niZed that typhoid fever aud cholsrA are
almost entirely due TO contaminated water
supply. The result has been that OF late
years cautious people have taken to boiling
their water In the hope OF thereby
destroying al organic matter IN it,
and sfterward flterIng through a char
coal inter. Such q process, OF course.
thoroughly eliminates every possible sources
Of cOntagfOn. On the other hand, the water
thus treated becomes soft, and 10 altogether
deficient in lime and those mineral salts, q
certain supply Of which In absolutely neces-
ssry for health.-l Boston Courier.