The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
WATER NOT NEEDED
TEXAN THINKS MANKIND Is Bl
TER WITHOUT IT.
After Many Years Atsteation Msjcr.
schiern,ler Points to Himself a.
Proof Ct the Truth Of ~ Thso-y--
The Late Gen. Lawton Convert.

Major Theodore Schiernler thirhs
he has disproved the theory that
drinking water Is necessary to the
existence Of a human being. He has
not taken a drink Of water for many
years-5usf how many he does not
know. but il IS ten or fifteen.
ge found that water did not agree
with him and he quit drinking IT, lie
also quit eating all kinds Of bread az
the same time
He began 10 take on flesh soon after
he stopped using water and bread ard
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 well developed and hard,
and to all appearances he is in perfect
condition.
Even in the hottest days Of summer
he is not troubled with thirst Ocea-
sionally he drinks glass Of beer. but
il is not often that he partakes Of that
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 frnntiersman. Capt J. @.
Merrill. in discussing the matter of
water drinking said that III 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. II 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 a 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. i got so used TO going with
out water on my long rides over the
plains OF west Texas that | still care
very little for the fluid Frequently
day after day passes without my
drinking drop of water or anything
except a small cup Of coffee which
/ take at my breakfast
II can show scores Of old Texas
frontiersmen who do not drink gal-
lon of water a month and are in the
best Of health and condition all the
time. 1 also believe that the less
water a person drinks. the longer he
will live.
zone half OF these long. sinewy,
wiry. lauk and lean fellows you see on
the ranches in west Texas and in the
little towns drink SO little water that
they hardly know what il tases like;
but these same men can outright ana
outwork three Of the ordinary fat
water topers.
The late Gen. Lawton had trained
himself 10 go for days without touch
ing water to his lips He could stand
any amount Of marching and hard
work
He got his first knowledge Of the
uselessness Of and injury Of drinking
large quantities Of water from the
Texas frontiersmen while serving
with his cavalry troop in this state
He began 10 practice abstatuing from
water drinking and 1t was not long
until he could 20 for days running
without partaking Of it,"
II is Capt. Alerrills opinion that
many Ills Of the body are caused BY
the water drinking habit-New York
sun.