Show WATER OT 1 NEEDED TEXAN THINKS MANKIND IS 18 BETTER WITHOUT IT after many years abstention major mier points to himself as proof of the truth of HM theory the late gen lawton a convert major theodore thinks ho he has ha s the theory that drinking water nater Is necessary to tho the Mcl exis stence terice of a human being ho ile has not pot taken a drink of water nater for many ears duct how many ho does not know but it ib is ten or fifteen ho 1110 foun d that water cater did not agree ag reo him and ho lie quit drinking it ho lie ciso ONO quit eating all kinds of bread broad at tho the same time ho ile began b gan to take on flesh soon after hv stopped using water and bread and Is 16 nov fat and ind the picture of health although he lie Is of middle age his complexion has the tile pink color and delicate appearance of that ol 01 a baby his ills muscles Imil seles are well nell developed lei eloped and bard hard and to all appearance he lie Is in perfect I 1 condition C even in tho hottest days of summer he is not troubled fth thirst occa Blo Bio nally he lie drinks a glass of beer but it is not often that ho lie partakes of that beverage he subsists principally on raw meat ineat served in the form of tartar steak and raw eggs ho lie cats few vegetables the thirby which alch major had when he fint first began to abstain from the use of water for drinking gradually disappeared an old frontiersman capt J G merrill in discussing tho the matter of water di inking said that in the earlier says days when ihen frontier officers leers off had to take taro long chases chaser after indians and border desperadoes the water supply question never neler troubled tho the men and they wild have given it little thought but for the fact that their horses bomes had to have haie water drinking inking Pr water Is a habit just lidd drinking whisky hisky is continued capt merrill 1 I belonged for several years to major jones company of rangers and there were acre several men in that company com pany who inho had trained themselves to go for days at a stretch without a drop of water passing their lips if it their thirst made them uncomfortable ablo they vero N ero wont to moisten their mouth and throat with tho the juice of a cactus I 1 got so used to going without water mater on an my long rides over tho the plains of NN wat est texas that I 1 still caro very little for or tho the fluid frequently day after day lay passes without my drinking a drop of water or anything except a small cup of coffee which I 1 take at iry try breakfast 1 I can show scores of old texan frontiersmen who ho do not drink a gallon of water a month and are in tho the best of health and condition all tho tha time I 1 also believe bellevo that tho the less water a person drinks the longer ho will live ono half of those these long sinewy wiry iry lank and lean can fellows you see on the ranches in west est texas and in ho the little towns drink so little water hat that they hardly harily know what ant it tases tasea like but choso same men can tan outfight and ana outwork ouan ork three of the ordinary fat avater copers topers the late aan law ton had trained himself to go for days without Alt hout touch ing water to ills lips he ile could stand any amount of marching inar cling and hard wark so got his first of the of and injury of drink drinking ng arge large quantities of water unter from ho the texa to aas frontiersmen while serving with his cavalry troop in this state ho lie began to practice abstaining from water ater drinking and it was not long until hp could go for days running without wit lout partaking of it it t is capt morrills opinion that many L ills of the body are caused by the anater d dr rug inking habit new york sun |