Nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface' is water. Ami-icons are the greatest water drinkers in the world. The addition of a little borax will make hard water soft. Seventy per cent ol the body's weight is composed oi water. The. body manufactures ten ounces ol water daily from the tissues. The body needs the'equivalent ol three pints oi water daily. There could be no life, human, annual, or vegetable, without water. Water is the body ,s lubricating oil, and the regulator of the body's temperature. The addition of starch or flour to boiling water makes n retain its heat much longer. "EDGE and shelter treea from 8s 6d dowering and ornament*! ahrub* froir 6d each. Get our free catalogue.—B Q. Just, flutanjial Nurseries, Palmer* ton North.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1390, 23 November 1918, Page 3
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126Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1390, 23 November 1918, Page 3
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