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Show H Tough on Prohibitionists. B Death ifPonly osHilicAtion froindYink- B ing impure water, mid there Is no inher- B ent reasoirwh'y man should die atthrcc- H eeore nnd ten. Thero is no good reason H why lifo should not be prolonged into B tho centuries H In tha Ili'Ht pluce our drinking water B T not pure in every sense of tho word B Ifiltcrcd water is a delusion, for Altering B docs not remove nil the germs, nor does B it remove lime, potaoh, silica nnd other B earthly salts. Only distilled wnter or B rnin wnter cm be considered perfectly B .' p.ure. B In ti year n person will drink sevora.i m Unrrels ot wnter. If this liquid were B evaporated in n kettle n startling amount B of calcareous sediment would remain. B It will be apparont that n large amount B of enrthy substance is taken into the B eystoni yeftr by year. All solid foods, B especially cereals, contnin calcareous B propertieH which add to the total amount B of useless minerals tnken intojtho body B In youth the tissues nre soft, the M muscles eluBtic, nnd the heart, arteries B and veins are springy and supple. Hut m with the first drink of wati-r a change B commences. Then ensues a struggle M which only ends at the grave. The first B dr'itiK of "water wns only tbo skirmih B Hue of old age. Slowly commences the B deposition of calcareous substances. The B ., system endeavors to oxpell the nfuee B ' ' sediment, but tho deposition elowly nnd B Burely exceeds tho removnl. By tho B time manhood arrives the sedimentary B deposits iiave effected a grent change. B , The muscles are now 11 rm the bones B aro harder; the arteries are Icbs elnstic; B . The heart's action hns modem ted. The B system is gradually ossifying. The B ' calcareous deposits have increased until B the tissues contnin an unnatural amount B of minerals in their composition. i B Old age matter consists of calcareous B i deposits which get into tho tjlrin, b"loof H . n - arteries -veniB, organs,. .ne a B '. muscles. Alldtoth from''old-giflrilr B to this matter, All wnukfes, discoloya B tions, and appearnnrenofold age are Cvi B solely to Calcareous deposits. Distilled B wutor elihiinatcs these deposits. 12.12 B ' Gnrcy, in S. F. Examiner. ! i |