The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

from mineral waters than is practically
applied. 1t has been pretty definitely
made out that certain waters accomplish
certain objects. The strong saline waters
are cathartic. Others act upon the kid
neys. Those containing iron and phos-
pilates are tonic. The lithia and sulphur
waters are alternative and are valuable in
rheumatic affections, and so on. 1t
would be confusing and tedious to
name all the waters and their different
effects.
MINERAL WATERS AS ELIMINATIvEs.
A more convenient way to comprehend
and remember them is to classify them
according to their effects, "a follows:
First, eliminatives; second, tonics, and
third, alternatives. The first includes the
largest number and expresses the most
important effect produced by mineral
waters. Elimination, by which is meant
the throwing off the worn-out materials
in the system, is one of the most i'm
portant processes Of all the functions Of
the body, and one which is particularly
liable to be deranged. The breaking
down of old tissues and their expulsion
from the body is highly necessary to the
health and activity of every one. No
matter how simple and perfect the sup
ply and appropriation of food may be,
if elimination is retarded ill-health and
slugg;shness is sure to follow. Those
of sedcntary habits, who are said to live
we'll, i. g., those who eat much and take
little physical exercise, are particularly
prone to bad eliminations. They become
like house which is not cared for. Rub
bish accumulates in the corners, dust
settles in all the furniture, the doors
creek on their hinges, and the avenues
of escape are blocked up, They need
cleaning out. Business men in easy cir
cumstances, lawyers and clergymen, are
often the victims of faulty elimination,
and should spend part of their time
in drinking mineral waters. A
blacksmith who works hard and per-
spires freely is less likely to suffer from
slow elimination. He has little need to
go to Saratoga to drink the eliminating
waters. 1.-The curse of the poor is their
poverty" is n saying often heard, and it
is truism to some extent. II is equally
true that the poverty of the poor is often
their greatest blessing. The strong arm,
the clear head, sweet sleep, and good di-
geston Of the working man often come
from the poverty which compels him to
work. The we'll to do man often suffers
from indisposition, headache, want OF
appetite and dependency simply becau' .
he is loaded down with WORKOUT tissues
which should be swept away. He tries n
little wine, which acts like whip upon
an over fat horse. 1t starts him for q
moment, but only increases the troubles
by further retarding the breaking down
and cleaning out of the dirt and cobwebs
with which his tissues are handicapped.
Such man would derive great benefit
from course of mineral waters of the
first class, viz the eliminatives. They
would be to him the same as thunder
shower to New York or Brooklyn in sum
mer, cooling and cleansing. Catarrhal
states OF the mucous membrane of the
alimentary canal, SO common everywhere
lead to torpor of the liver and constipa-
ton, and all the aches and pains attend
orders, which have been brought on by
years OF unwholesome living, may take
occasional doses of medicine without re-
lief. They become chronic grumblers,
and fancy that they belong to the class
of the incurables, while the fact is they
require to drink cathartic waters for
three or TOUR weeks 10 De Iully reStOreu
to health and strength. Others there
are who have no arrangement of the di-
gestive organs, but suffer from inaction
or functional arrangement of the kid
neys. They may be said to have renal
constipation. They feel weak because
oppressed by the load of excrementious
matters which the kidneys fail to throw
off They eat freely to gain the desired
strength, but that only increases the dis.
tress That is like heaping Goals upon a
fire without raking the ashes ont. That
which they vainly try to do for them
selves can be easily accomplished by the
free use OF diuretic waters. BY the judi
cious use of these waters Bright's disease
can often be prevented. When that
dread disease is once fully established it
is folly to talk about curing it. But the
functional disorders OF the kidneys al
luded to above tend to organic disease,
and they should be promptly relieved.
The Detroit Post and Tribune fur
nishes careful approximation OF the
losses by the recent farm and forest fires
in Ottawa. Allegan, Manistee, Huron
and Sanilac counties, Michigan. The
total is 80, 346, Alb. There were l147
dwellings, burned, % school houses, 8
churches. ~ hotels, 100 stores, "a mills,
aud on ,locLo Tho insuranCe on all tn ia