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Show THE WATER WE DRINK. Dosgerous Character c Soic of tk Artesian Wells. . iiione in .JiuEini rvKK Vre "Vol UI I'aiT.-I,rrc'iions Tk.ar.T to UiM ad Ilcultk. noiigtht inotseuerall uttfu j and trtciical of Ike reilu of theni-jlcal theni-jlcal Ine-tIatioii arc the analyses land testi on food aateriaK Adul-I Adul-I tcra'ion In minu fact u red ro-JucU aretoda almost the univtnal rule, aud l-uous additions to the staple sta-ple artlries of diet are by no mean-uucommon. mean-uucommon. Chemical Analysis lias, IUi Its myrtle iccrtre, pointed to many of theev, aud ill principled mamifaiturtrs find it ntvcsKirj to move with great caution in tlitir injurious prattle . ocarecy, ii aian less geuerai, are the cares of vitiation of the natural articles oi human consumption. i Mau.v modern Ii5me, embtllished periiaps ith ail the acctsories that I luxury can suggest and wealth afford, are wvfully Iieking in means j of securing ttu moderate access of j urt air that Indispensable agent i of cleanliness and that essential of lifv. Nut to tin. purity of the air j we litae, in order of importance f to the human family, Is that of the water we drink. Physicians and h trusts are united in the knonl edge that a contaminated water -u-j ly i an iufalhbie aent of a long train of contagious -ud terribly fatal dfceae. AixsoUtel ptirejvialer, it should be remembered, Is not to lie found in Xature, and is scarcely knoun tveu to clitmists. The rtasan for thl att is that waltrii so univtrsal a solvent that it dissolves mutli of Uiv. material t( the soli through v, liich it ptrcolitt?, and in leed K.iIu-sa'iaj something fromjlmo-t cvirj sultauce with vvliicli it comes iu contact. Mineral matUrs, such asthecomtioundsof lime aud thelike, vrliu liexi-t In itlmctevtr) sjikarc of but little if any dLtrimint tr drinking water unless prtH.nt in eice-srve imantities. Magne-luiu salts art more injurious, but thij art stiuuni present in Iir-c amuuuU in natural watir. btfii malttrs will impart hard ness to the water, seriously airtitiug it fur Inuudrv Hirix-es, Imt cvtn twtiiti-livtor tliirtj grains of lime conijoumH to the gallon vi water will h Worn produce any serious de-rtUgtuKut" de-rtUgtuKut" ol hraltli. riicimjiuri-ties riicimjiuri-ties llKC-t to be dreaded in tab!e waters are organit matter resulting from tiie decaj of animal ami vegetable vege-table substances. Oceinrt of Mich matter in a million rts of vraterU suilicieut to rtnthr tnc I quid i-!t:vt-Iv poiMinous to the huinan system. And sucli mut .ip-ptar .ip-ptar stTiigi. at hr-t thought, for all of our foods, wnohrome end ( there ise, consist aimo-t tnlirdy of orsanh "u!.-t.ince. The reason is tin- organic mat-ttriuwa'ir mat-ttriuwa'ir nouri-hek theitiu the germs of diseae. and thu elicits tlic rap.i spread of conUgion. It has Ihjiu j.roveil by the best authorities uponthesuljict ill the world that cholera it spread aim'! Vfhull through the me-Jium of drinking water. Tiiemuuiiipalauthoiilicsof Nen ork Citj , a Itw j cars ago, cau'ed a chemical investigation of the water wa-ter sippb of the metrojolis; and as i result all the kjrface wills In the tity v-ere eondemued, and an orJ mnre was jas-tM leipiirlng all utizeiii to 1 ro cure the.r wa'tr for their Iiau-es from their general Jpjtly pipes. The txp-nse of xteiidlng "the -ir-viee ipes tlirouglirut th.- elti aud the necesearv ine lease iu the -uppl a imni-c-e, yet the statl-tlus of New York showed that during the folloiving j tar sulhelent u as saved from the deereased outlay fur medical medi-cal ttfteiidanee to the Hr nnd for pauner burials to dern most of tue cot. this subjett (- a ttnng toral interest in the e-ommunity at present. Ournio intaiustleamsare of the purest, aud the -ipiib of water from the city works above eumpUIut. but there are man local supplies drau .1 from surface wells ami ar.t-mn i ii ttliicli are higli-ly higli-ly impure from a clieiuica! staul-Iint. staul-Iint. Our rer,rter recently called upon Dr. Jas. 1 Talmago of this citj, i recognized opetMlist Iu water anal -- k, and asLed the gentleman's up! mun upu-i the su'yett. Ho expressed ex-pressed his jltasure it tiie rei2Utt uo.r before a comniittee of the City Couneil aklni; tint the waters of Libert iuk Wells be proi.r!, analyzt., as he himself had maile eeta!dnali'eof waters from the I'ars, tnd kli.vr -Jin cf the vnIU ILeres'tuated to be in 1 ver) impure coniitiou. One of the wells the doctor .epetlially characterized as dangerous, and this is one from which nun hunireds of visitors, most nr them eliillrcii somttiiues drink in a tingle da . We learn that there i no assurance of rjeur- ug (aire water from arteiaii welis, many of suih wells in this city are of ahigh urderof iurily an J others are'Minpiv filthy from their heavy conte'itsof materials from organic decay. It Is to ! hoped that the Council will take favoral le action on the l-titlon, l-titlon, and that the wells in tee chief of our j ublic j leiisiire grounds will be thorou jhl tested, and nil tje-ctionsb'e vourc-s lie iiroj-cil seeurad from common consumption. IZvery jKrvm having upon hit premises a local suppl) of -water s.iouM have- the liijuid tested by a c iiipeteut t hemitl that its true nature na-ture may lie understood. Organic ion in water I- -mougtlicloui-t lit nevertheii-ss the surest of jioi-sons. jioi-sons. It will renter the sv stem of iti consumer Iiaule to almo-tauj and ever form of disease ltut little can be told of the purity of water from its general npear are-c or tasU? that i to kay, w hile an ill-snielling or tJ tasting sam pie Is sure to be injutiouk yet many ilearkjnrHling water, ewiling aull 1 teraut to the tate, are reeking Willi rotting tilth. I:t u all lie ihve to Mieli tiang-cr. tiang-cr. and remember iu the ca-e of drinking water, as In other thing, cleanliness exerts a strong ititlueuce for health. |