Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-08
wATER-DRINkINo.
Declared to Be Beneficial to the Health
in Various Ways.

Declared to Be Beneficial to the Health
in Various Ways.
When it Is considered that the body
is made up very largely of water 1t can
readily be understood how important
to health is constant supply Of this
fluid. Many people have notion that
| the drinking Of water in any amount
| beyond that actually necessary to
| quench thirst is injurious, and acting
on this belief they endeavor to drink as
little as possible. The notion, however,
is wide of the truth. Drinking freely of
pure water is most efficacious means
not only of preserving health, but often
of restoring it when failing.
Ali the tissues of the body need water,
and water in abundance is necessary
also for the proper performance of ev-
cry vital function. Cleanliness of the
tissues within the body is as necessary
to health and comfort as cleanliness Of
] the skin, and water tends to insure the
one as truly as it does the other. 1t
dissolves the waste material, which
would otherwise collect in the body,
and removes it in the various excfe-
tions.
These waste materials are often ac-
/ tual pOisons, and many headache,
many rheumatic pains and aches, many
sleepless nights and listless days, and
many attacks of the "blues' are due
solely to the circulation in the blood or
deposit in the tissues of these waste
materials, which cannot be got rid Of
because of an insufficient supply of
water
Water is accused Of making fat, and
i people with tendency to corpulence
avoid it for that reason. But it is not
strictly true. 1t does undoubtedly often
increase the weight, but it does so be-
cause it improves the digestion, and
therefore more of the food eaten is
| utilized and turned into fat and flesh.
j But excessive fat, which we call cor
pulence, is not sign of health. but of
faulty digestion and assimilation, and
systematic water drinking is often en-
ployed as a means of reducing the
superfuous fat-which it sometimes
does with astonishing rapidity.-Youth' S
Companion.
J Water Polo.
Water football would seem to be q
more appropriate name for the game
known in England as water polo, since
neither ponies nor sticks are used. Two
goals are placed hundred feet apart
and six men are the complement or
each side. The players stand, or rather
swim, in the center, and the referee
at a signal throws the ball between
them. Then comes the tug of war
!, scrambling, wrestling and fighting tt
push the ball, which is of inflated rub
Der, seventeen inches in circumference
: to the goal. Thtere are no particular
rules of play, and the players must b'
ed in deep water, and 1t is nothing un
usual for eleven players to pile on one
and the entire twelve then go to th'
bottom. 1t Is a common thing to see {
violent antagonist lsuddenly disappea
from view, as If seized by a man-eat
Ing shark or alligator, but in this cas-
by merely pair of hands about tn
swimmers ankles. The ball must b.
kept in the water and showed, no
thrown, between the goals. This lead
to desperate measures in front of goals
and frequently the entire inning o
fifteen minutes is played within a few
feet of the desired point without an
result. The innings continue fifteel
minutes and the best goals out Of thre
constitute a victory. 1t looks like
rough game to the onlookers, but
: really is much less dangerous than tn
: ordinary game of football, and is Gel
tainly more enjoyable.