The times., 1897-09-12
TO PURIFY WATER.

DO not take drink In the dark. Look
before you drink. as well as before YOU
leap. The animal life in water can fire.
quently he seen with the naked eve.
Tney are from sixteenth to n eighth
of an inch long and go wriggiing and
Juggling around in the water as though
they had an enormous amount OF work 20
DO anJ short limit of time in which %
Dc It, They may be harmless, but they
are pretty large 10 swallow alive.
The expression harmless as water is
one which has not always the desirable
attribute OF truth, for nothing is more
harmful than impure water The excessive
heat OF summer makes one drink more
water than IS drunk in the winter time:
heHce increased pTeca U-I1ns are necessary.
1t wocId be well TO drink water that has
been both filtered and distilled, il possi-
bIe. Thos- in moderate circumstances can
not all "a s. do this, but there are q few sim
pie precautions that almost anyone can
take. There S. sediment in all water, and
Al TINS sediment disease turks. You can
filter and You can precipitaue. For =
filter, nrdinary sand is within the reach
of all.
\ recent writer On means OF purifying
water fer household Use, gives this sim
ole recipe Mix alum with the water TO
be purified in the proportion Of 10 5000
OF to ,OOG. sur thoroughly, and let the
water settle for few hours 4 perfectly
cIear watercaR Il hef!ecanted, having pleas
ant refreshing taste, nd not only con-
tainiug no bacteria at first, bat remain
ing free from them even il allowed TO
stand in open vessels forseveraIdays- This
water IS found TO be chemically free from
alum. since the latter. when precipitated,
forms aG inSoluble con pound with the sus-
pended matter
The great objection to all the customary
modes OF fltering water Is found in the
INCREASED susceptibility Of The water TO
subsequent contamination, and It seems
that move in the right direction is now
/ made by this discovery, 50 simple, which
furnishes water capable of resisting
auto-rnTec tfon. Some large water sup
| rlies in France have used this method
with considerable success, with The aid OF
machinery suitably constructed to guar
antee the thorough and proper mixing
For ordinary household purposes cream
| be used. Then when the water settles. IL
/ you have to pour II off, be careful not TO
disturb the sediment at the bottom
| The cleulic.I nature OF the changes which
! occur here have not yet been explained.
| The most extraordinary feature connected
| with WAGER purified in this way is its re-
markable tendency TO remain infertils, OF,
| in otaer words, 10 preserve its power Of
| seIf-protection against Infection from with
out. This simple plan may be destined 70
/ come into extensive use in replacing the
| ordinary household filter, which is too often
| simply an abouiuatioh, tending in many
cases TO Increase tEe Objectionable f. arures
/ which it Is designed to remove.
/ Every huusekeePer VIII appreciate this
| simple means OF getting pure water for
| her family, since it avoids the horrible task
/ of watching TIC filter, which very few girls
| can be trusted with. By this means there Is
nothing ID buy ia the shape of a filter
| The watsr supply can be made and put on
the ice in bottles, which is a much better
way to cool than by putting ice directly
in the water Clear ice has less disease
germs in it than ice with air bubbles, and
| the snow which IS so often on top is also
unsafe