The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-25
DRlNKIHG WATER.

I From the CIsItsbury Magazine.
! Old age. or ossifcation, is the penalty
of ignorance in regard TO drinking
water. Undistilled drinking water is
/ to the pure what raw pork is TO the
cooked. Lean pork, thoroughly cooked,
rarely proves injurious TO the health,
except IN the depesiting of calcareous,
or old-age. matter Raw or half-eooked
pork is loaded with dangers to every
function of life. Raw water is equally
SO. There are three kinds of food
which enter the system daily: solids,
distilled liquids. and raw liquids All
solids contain calcareous, or old-age,
material. The distilled liquids of
juicy fruits are not only free from old
age matter, but dissolve and draw off
as much calcareous substance as the
solid food deposits. Fruits and solid
foods, therefore, would draw off de-
crepitude and age were it not for the
raw water which we take. As nature
distills her water in her fruits, so man
should take lesson and drink only dis
titled water. Tho latter is not only
free from calearecus, or old-aee, mat
ter. but. like juicy fruits, will dissolve
and carry off all such matter contained
in solid food. Nature sets US great
examples, and the time is not far dis
tant when raw water will be u thing of
the barbaric past.
Now do not make the mistake OF
thinking that boiled water is purified
water. 1t is. III one respect, better
than the raw water-the germs OF dis
ease are partly killed: but the bones
and decav-the carca sses-remain; oc-
cupyiRg the human system as one vast
graveyard from which many awake to
gnaw At our vitais. OF course. the
microscope reveals menagerie of life
IN drop of the purest rain water, and,
of course. the medical expert tells US
these ordinary germs are not harm
full; yet the same medical expert adj
mits that, were the water free from
such matter, old age or the breaking
down Of the. organs of the body could
not OCCUR. Millions of calcsreous car
cases are deposited IN the blood every
hour: they cause the blood veSsei-
nerves. tissues, fbers, brain and og
gans to ossifv harden. refuse To zee.
break down and thus limit i,uu8u 'i
There Is not one living scientist or
physician of repute who viii deny this
assertion. II Is just dawning upon the
mind OF the thinking world-thsRks to (
Ralston.
What does boiling Of the water ac- I
complish? The worlds greatest dis
tilieries are the rivers, lakes and I
oceans. The suns RAYS draw up /
the pure in fern % vapor, leaving I
the sediment below. Man cannot /
drink the water Of the ocean. but I
when Il rises % the clouds and falls IN 1
rain or snow II IS pure. because il Is /
distilled. 4 kettle Of boiling watee Is 4
similar example. The steam - pure /
the residue is the caIcareous When I
we drink boiled water We lose the pure
and drink the graveyard. We know
several fl miles who. under the advice
Of Physicians. have drunk boiled water
for many years every one Of them Is
aged far beyond the time, with rvriniSled I.
fea lures. stiH Joints and organic dis
ease. caused b. the stoppsge % the
veins aid tissues by cslcsreouS depos-
is. On the other hand. we know fam
lies VINO distIu their water. who's
faces are smooth and Young. far and
rosy-choelSed. bearing no trace OF age
or decrepituds.
In the cure and prevention % disease
the great problem % The civilized world
J. the best means for the diStillst.on %
drinking wster. ANY apparatus which
viii eaten and conoen,s the steam Is
sufficient Private stills for the use ~
toPers exist ali through EuroPe, and 20
some extent in America Is II - very 4.
hard 20 make them FOR tAe Csc a water
drinkers We know 81 several Clurnsv
water stills now a use, but vast for
tune awaits some inventor who VIII
produce simple. cheap and effective
still for every family in Amcrica,