The Lambertville record., 1906-10-31
PURE WATER.
Every Home Can Have II with Little
Trouble and Expense.

Trouble and Expense.
A good filter Is an expensive thing,
a poor one is Of little or no account,
and almost any filter. unless it is kept
clean, IS more destructive of life and
health than the water it filters The
care of the filter can never be given
over to the care Of irresponsible sery-
ants 1t soon begins 10 smell foul,
and it * ultimately given mp with
disgust, rs costing more than il
comes to.
1t Is within the power Of every house
keeper to provide the family with
pure and sparkling water at the ex-
pense of but few cents a year and
! the smallest amount OF attention every
day
In France the purifying of water In
this way Is carried on to a cOnsidera-
BILE extent and with elaborate and ex-
pcnsive machinery. But with no ma
chlnery ut all the housewife can pro
duce practically the same result.
Take any vessel you may chance to
have handy. l have found stone pot
which you can buy any place for 10
cents, one that slopes down the sides
to small base mt the bottom, about
the best of anything BE sure that
your vessel is clean. Fill 1t nearly full
with water from the faucet.
The rule for mixing the preclpitating
purifier which you are about to use Is
! to G,0o0 II IS more than likely that
you will have no way to ascertain
these exact proportions. but do not let
that discourage yon. \ little expert
ence IS worth II good deal in this world,
whether the work be done IS Compli-
Gated or simple. \ few days of trial in
using the separator will serve to guide
you all right.
For starter, say that to pitcher
holding n quart of water you take
small amount of pulyeriZed alum,
about what would go on the rounded
point of the blade of pocketknife,
toss 1t into the water and mix 1t thor
oughly. This you can do with spoon,
nm egg beater or a whip cream churn
The 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
the water, which same little Islands do
not seem to want 10 90 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 the alum but the merest
trille, you can throw the water away
and set" some more. But You need
not do this All you have to do Is 10
stir it all up good again.
When the work Is properly done the
water Is crystal clear and has live
taste One thing that makes distilled
water 50 unpalatable Is the absolutely
dead taste IL has.
Another great advantage of water
thus prepared Is that 1t is not subject
to auto-infecti0n or self contamination,
which Is such IL great enemy 10 most
filtered waters. This wafer will remain
pure even though exposed 10 the air In
open vessels for thirty six hours.
Although 50 small an amount of alum
would not hurt you II you We're to
drink every particle Of it. be not
alarmed You do not get any of the
alum when you drink. for the water
upon analysis Is found to be chemically
free from alum. The alum has settled
to the bottom in an insoluble com
pound with the filth and impurities 1t
has carried with It,
In half an hour or less You will see
n deposit on the sides and bottom of
your pan or pot in which you hive
"set" your water. If You will shake
the vessel bit You will see this de
posit go t. the bottom. If YOU can
spare the time the water should stand
for About six hours before ii is de-
cantcd. Then place in clean bottles
on the ice.
In this way you drink a pure, cold,
! sparkling water without the eontami-
nation that Is bound to come from
! putting lee in the drinking water un-
less the Ice has been manufactured
from filtered water. Ruth Everett in
New York World