The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

ELIXIR Of LIFE
FOUND N RAD|UM
WATERDOCTORS SAY
Flu;d Viii Retard indefinitely
Natural Process of Decline
and Decay
PRcLO NGs LIFE BY
ScFTENiNG ARTERIES
Remarkable Stream That Flows
Ffefn Granite Hills Near
Riehmend Possesses
Wonderful Qualities

ss a1ne ent ;lus:astie citizen ssaeaid
snourt iatlSetoa IN Hseha#ead and
proclaim ia Its paapia tRat the faun-
tain of ycnth~-ilet sss saasa sac per
haps IN whose v2!s search Paas6 de
Aeon lost his life, fss ems rssse iife=
giving waters are aass2ssF pEsGeisss==s
flows from the sacUse.s pS the earth
within two miles pf the City ball, the
uopuiace would iapgk hiFa te seega
hnd hsa him rs aesnaassA, sad yas
the statement Is literally tsae.
10 make good las assertion:
The greatest scientists pf the raFsd
have discovered. after painstakina Ia
vest!gafian. that q ra9io-act!ee water
that is, water deriving it's source
from rocks il wlssck tsse variable mia
sral ragliim Is stored R@ Mother Ma
ftare-~wEg' pro1o~@ life ~ softeniHg
the arteries ana rctaraiaG the pre-
ssesses os ne are which bring on de-
cline ans 5'ecay of the human organ
isrn after the meridian III passed.
Furthermore, these same scientists
declare thai radioactive water liz the
snost valuable la the treatment of na
Tnerous diseases TO which the human
flesh IL heir.
A Raaso-Aetlvc Eater.
From Fout.celio sprtngs less tiaaa
two miles from the City ball. gushes
expert chemists pronounce strongly
radioactive. Here Ia their Official re-
sert after a careful analysis af the
water
Richmond, Va. Mares IL, 1919
ssorticelie Mineral springs Inc.
CITY.
e:entlemer.- have examined
sample Of Eanitceila mineral water
fffsxs 8 - IA
Yours truly.
R94sf{I4NG & ROBERTSON
The veatagat!eas % scientists to
Sesesralae the value sf FRduEn ema-
nations. as they. are termed, were in7
sp2red by some Of the remarkable
qualities exhibited by the precious
metal, aaa tae aEst experiments were
made by placing q ssaali quantity Of
raasuS1 fu Il bowl IL wases, IT was
fstuns that tha water had rseaderfut
safc-esysnE qualities. aad further that
taae tsnT portion 90 ysEs.3,a placed in
fhn receptahie ua{a!d remain active
fer "a iadeanite period of ysaFs---that
r, that tho %aser cosiG be drsFsF from
It repeatedly without diminishing the
strength 81 either the water az the
raiiiissa. Then tbs experiments were
made with water Rowing from reck
the same resssstH
Statement es eesemfsst.
only last week. f4F. SaubermsFs, the
famous Bertha chemist made an
that city In which he made tbs states
fnent that Tbs radioactive water
noafa prolenx tia life Of tbs saiddle.
faraing the decadenf processes of
. nature. Everybody knows that If the
sradaai hardsntng as ing ,arterial
death could Big prevented. a man might
The possibilities, Therefore Of radia-
ypnd the ken OF human vision, and
II ts not hard TO realize that in the
Fonticeila springs not eaiy the owners
out Richmond has an invaluable asset,
AT the British Medical association in
July, 1911, Drs. Armstrong and Har-
barn noted specialists rePoFted the
soc cases treated WITH radio active
water and the results, noted briefly
mars great Increase jn diIaFeslss great
lowered blood pressure especially In
Observation-Disclosures in diabetes decreased
susan n alb sSas decrease Of
suria, conT'ate disappearance of
sugar; in arterioseserosis marked de-
appsaramee ' Of uric asId erystaiss pains
swelling and stiffness OF joints, and In
arthritis. Improvement in nearly al
is *
Nstare,s we~derfaf tsiff.
II liz this wonderful gift of nature.
flowing from the granite hills of Ches-
terfieid county, where Turk deposits
III the priceless radium that the
Fontfcelio Mineral Springs company is
\ savaloping and exploiting. Not that
II In an unknown product By any
a means: the water has been known and
r. used by Richmond people for soma
Years, but its remarkable medicinal
Qualities have come to light more res
Gently. and company composed OF
ness men and capitalists expect to
n make known its virtues to the utter
4 most parts ~ the earth----a campaign
s which Incidentally Is an ADVERTISE
4 mant FOR Richmond, That these
granite rocks contain radiam is an In
mineral liz worth something like $100.- n
ono Il pound the cost OF extracting Ii
\ from natures storehouse IS prohihitivc,
\ and the life-givfng Qualities Of the
4 water dewing from y are more valu-
than the radium itself, hence the own
fsrs Will let the radium stay where
@stt 10 and disnense the mud which
3 ta,ues from this fountain Of youth.
The company lis also; working on
sanitnrMm. 70 cost several hundred
d xhnuxand dollars on the property--it
owns SIS acr6sz--to which may come
afflicted Humanity to get the bene-
Mlx ~ the water ana at tho same time
\ enjoy home comforts. Definite an-
I pounce fnent regarding this project will
HISTORY Of Springs,
TINS Qmous Fonticello spring has a
I
roAttnssd On Third Pase.)