The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
WATER NOT NEEDED
TEXAN THINKS MANKIND Is BET.
TER WITHOUT 1T.
After Many Years Abstention Major
Sehiermier Points to Himself as
Proof of the Truth of His Theory
The Late Gen. Lawton a Convert.

Major Theodore Schiermier thinks
he has disproved the theory that
drinking water is necessary to the
existence of human being. He has
not taken drink of water for many
years-just how many he does not
know, but 1t is ten or fifteen.
He found that water did not agree
with him and he quit drinking it. He
also quit eating all kinds of bread at
the same time.
He began to take on flesh soon after
he stopped using water and bread and
is now fat and the picture of health.
Although he is Of middle age his com.
plexion has the pink color and deli.
cate appearance of that of baby. His
muscles are we'll developed and hard,
and to all appearance he is in perfect
condition.
Even in the hottest days OF summer
he Is not troubled with thirst. Occa-
sionally he drinks a glass of beer, but
1t Is not often that he partakes OF thxk
beverage.
He subsists principally on raw meat.
served in the form of tartar steak, and
raw eggs. He eats few vegetables.
The thirst which Major Schiermier
had when he first began to abstain
from the use OF water for drinking
gradually disappeared.
An old frontiersman, Capt. J. G.
Merrill, in discussing the matter OF
water drinking said that in the earlier
days, when frontier officers had to
take long chases after Indians and
border desperadoes, the water supply
question never troubled the men, and
they would have given it little
thought but for the fact that their
horses had to have water.
Drinking water Is a habit, just like
drinking whisky is" continued Capt.
Merrill. Il belonged for several years
to Major Jones company Of rangers
and there were several men in that
company who had trained themselves
to go for days at stretch without a
drop of water passing their lips. II
their thirst made them uncomfortable
they were wont to moisten their
mouth and throat with the juice of a
cactus. | got so used to going with
out water on my long rides over the
plains of west Texas that I still care
very little for the fluid. Frequently
day after day passes without my
drop of water or anything
except a small cup of coffee which
take at my breakfast.
Il can show scores OF old Texas
who do not drink gal
lon Of water month and are in the
best of health and condition all ths
lime. | also believe that the less
water a person drinks the longer hs
will live
Zone half of these long, sinewy.
wiry, lank and lean fellows you see on
he ranches in west Texas and in the
title towns drink so little water that ,
hey hardly know what it tases like;
)ut these same men can Outright and |
three of the ordinary fat
water topers.
1.-THE late Gen. Lawton had trained
himself to go for days without touch,
ng water to his lips. He could stand
my amount Of marching and hard
york
"He got his first knowledge of the
of and injury of drinking
arge quantities Of water from the
Texas frontiersmen while serving
With his cavalry troop in this state.
lie began to practice abstaining from
water drinking and 1t was not long
Until he could go for days running
Without partaking OF It"
1t is Capt Merrills opinion that
many ills of the body are caused by
he water drinking habit.-New York
Jun.