Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-27
PURE WATER.
Every Home Can Have II with Littte
TrOuhiN mud ENnenAn,

Eoou iltcf Is an expensive thing,
Il poor one Is of little or 10 account,
ana almost amy filter, unless ii Is kept
clean, Is moro destructive OF life aud
health than the water It filters. The
care OF the filter can never he givc,,
over TO the care OF irresponsible scrv.
ants. 1t soon begins To smell foul,
ana 1t Is ultimately given up with
disgust, as costing more than Il
comes to,
II IL within the power of every house
keeper TO provide the family with
pure and sparkling water ut tho OK.
pensc of hut few cents II year and
the smallest amount Of attention every
day
In France the purfyin: OF water IN
this way is carried Oh to comsitlcrn.
bic extent and with elaborate and cx.
pemsivc machinery. But with no ma.
chincry nj all the housewife can pro-
dnce practically the same result.
Take any vessel YOU may chance to
have handy. have found Il stone pot.
which you can buy any place for 10
cents, ono that slopes down the sides
to n small base Mt the bottom. about
the best of anything. he sure that
your vessel is clean. Fill it nearly full
with water from the fnucct.
The rule for mixing the precipitating
purifier which you are about to use Is
to 6,000 1t is more than likely TINT
you will have no way to ascertain
these exact proportions. but do not let
that discourage you. a little expert.
cnce Is worth good deal In this world
whether the work he done Is compile
Gated Or simple. \ few days OF trial IN
using the separator will serve to guide
You all right.
For starter, say that to n pitcher
holding quart of water you take a
small amount OF pulverzed alum,
about what would go on the rounded
point of the blade of pocketkuife,
toss IL into the water and mix 1t thor.
onGhly. This You can do with n spoon,
IN egg bcatcr or whip cream churn
Tho only thing is to see that The alum
is thoroughly mixed with the water,
and 1t takes considerable stirring to do
this.
If you notice little moss islands In
tho water. which same little Islands do
not seem to want 10 80 to the bottom
with their companions, YOU will know
that YOU have not properly mixed the
alum with the water. As water costs
nothing and tho alum hut t',c mcrcst
TITLE, YOU can throw the water away
AMI set some moro. Put you need
not do this. All you have to do Is to
stir II all up good again.
When the work is properly done the
water Is crystal clear ami has a live
taste. One thing that makes distilled
water so unpalatablc Is the absolutely
dead taste it has.
Another great advantage OF water
thus prepared Is that 1t Is not subject
TO nuto.infcction or self contamination.
which Is such II great enemy to most
Uttered waters. This water will remain
pure even though exposed to the mir In
open vessels for thirty-s six hours.
Although SD small an amount of alum
would not hurt YOU II you we've to
drink every particle of it. be not
alarmed. You do not got any OF lie
alum when yoa drink. for the water
upon analysis is found TO be chemically
free from alum. The alum has settled
to the bottom in an insolublc com.
pound with The filth and impurities Il
In. carried with it.
In half an honr or less you will sec
deposit OH the sides ana bottom of
your pan or pot In which you have
set your water. IF yen will shake
the vessel Il lit YOU viii see this de,
post 80 to the bottom. If YOU can
spare the time the wafer should stand
for about six hours before it Is de
cantcd. Then place in clean bottles
on tile ice.
In this way YOU drink pure, cold.
sparkling water without the contami.
nation that is bound to come from
putting ice in the drinking water TN.
less the ice has been manufactur
from filtered water.-Ruth Everett IL
New York World.