Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1913 — Selections [ARTICLE]

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Facta About Fruit It la well to know that one of the greatest advantages of fruit Is that it (/Sera us pure water for which we do not need a filter, to the amount of nearly 60 per cent jn berries and more than 92 per cent in-water-melons. Oranges and lemons are not only valuable by reason of their potash salts, but especially for their citric acid. As an aid of digestion—a really material aid—the pineapple stands alone among the fruits. Its vegetable pepsin neutralizes -f or, perhaps, rather digests—albuminous substances In the stomach. In cases of catarrhal ailments of the throat and In its downward connection the alimentary canal or tract pineapple cannot be overestimated and It acts with equal force in malarial affections. As for the date and the plantain, says the New York World, they contain sufficient nutriment to sustain life. The salts and organic acids In the apple tend to Improve the quality of the blood.