St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-01
DRINKING WATER.
Scientists Insists That Distilled IL the Only
Perfect Kind.

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 depositing Of calcareous,
or old-age, matter. Raw or half-cooked
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 of
as much calcareous substance as the
solid food deposits. Fruits and solid
foods, therefore. would draw of 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. The latter is not only
free from calcareous, or old-age, 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 thing Of
the barbaric past.
Now do not make the mistake o1
thinking that boiled water is purified
water. 1t is, in one respect. better
than the raw water-the germs OF dis
ease are partly killed; but the bones
and decay-the carcasses-remain: oc
cupying the human system as one vast
graveyard from which many awake te
gnaw at our vitals. OF course, the
microscope reveals . lnenagerie OF life
in a 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 ad-
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 calcareous car
cases are deposited in the blood every
hour; they cause the blood vessels
nerves. tissues, fbers. brain and or
gans to ossify, harden, refuse to act
break down and thus limit human life
There is not one living scientist ol
physician of repute who will deny this
assertion. It is just dawning upon the
mind of the thinking world-thanks +
Ralston.
What does boiling Of the water ac
complish? The worlds greatest dis
tilleries are the rivers, lakes anG
oceans. The suns rays draw NJ
the pure in form of vapor. leaving
the sediment below. Man canno
drink the water of the ocean, bu
when it rises to the clouds and falls IL
rain or snow it is pure. because it is
distilled. A kettle of boiling water Il
a similar example. The steam is pure
the residue is the calcareous. WheI
we drink boiled water we lose the pur'
and drink the graveyard. We know
several families who, under the advic'
of physicians. have drunk boiled waite
for many years. every one Of them i
aged far beyond the time, with wrinklet
features. stiff joints and organic dis
ease, caused by the stoppage of tn
veins and tissues by calcareous depos
its. On the other hand. we know fam
lilies who distill their water. who's
faces are smooth and young, fair ant
rosy-cheeked. bearing no trace OF Az
or decrepitude.
In the cure and prevention of diseas
the great problem of the civilized worl'
is the best means for the distillation o
drinking water. Any apparatus whicl
will catch and condenSe the steam Il
sufficient. Private stills for the use o
topers exist all through Europe. and t.
some extent in America. Is it SO yer,
hard to make them for the use of waite
drinkers? We know of several clums,,
water stills now in use, but q vast for
tune awaits some inventor who vii
produce q simple. cheap and effectiv
still for every family in America
SALISBURY Magazine.