Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-24
PURE WATER
Every Home Can Have 1t with Little
Trouble and Expense. ms


Every Home Can have iii with Little
Trouble ana Expense.
IA good filter Is an expensive thing,
! q 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 irrespo nsible sery-,
ants. 1t soon begins to smell foul,
and it is ultimately given up with
i disgust, as costing more than it
comes to. 5i8
It is within the power Of every house
keeper to provide the family with
pure and sparkling water at the ex-:
tpense Of but few cents a year and
| the smallest amount of attention every
!, day. II 8iis n. al h
In France the purifying OF water in
this way Is carried on to a considera-
BILE extent and with elaborate and ex-
pensive machinery. But with no ma
| chinery at all the housewife can pro-
duce practically the same result.
Take any vessel you may chance to
have handy. i have found a stone pot,
| which you can buy any place for 10
cents, one that slopes down the sides
to small base at 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 precipitating
! purifier which you are about to use is
/ to 5000. It is more than likely that
!! you will have no way to ascertain
these exact proportions, but do not let
that discourage you. A little expert
ence is worth good deal in this world,
| whether the work be done Is compli:
| Gated or simple. "a few days Of trial in
using the separator will serve to guide
| you all right.
/ & For q starter, say that to a pitcher
i holding quart of water you take a
! small amount Of pulverized alum,
4 about what would 60 on the rounded
point Of the blade Of a pocketknife,
toss 1t into the water and mix it thor
! oughly. This you can do with a spoon,
/ an egg beaten or a whip cream chllrn.
/ The only thing is to see that the alum
] is thoroughly mixed with the water,
and it takes considerable stirring to do
{ this. S...s y ID.
4 II you notice little moss islands In
the water, which same little islands do
s not seem to want to 60 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
| trifle, you can throw the water away
and "'set'' some more But you need
not do this. All you have to do is to
| stir It all up good again.
When the work Is properly done the
4 water is crystal clear and has a live
taste. One thing that makes distilled
water so unpalatable Is the absolutely
dead taste 1t has.
Another great advantage OF water
thus prepared is that 1t is not subject
4 to autoinfection or self contamination
which Is such great enemy to mos
filtered waters. This water will remain
pure even though exposed to the air ii
open vessels for thirty-six hours.
Although so small an amount Of alum
would not hurt you IL you were t,
4 drink every particle Of 1t, be no
alarmed. You do not get any of til,
alum when you drink, for the watei
upon analysis is found to be chemicall,
/ free from alum. The alum has settled
to the bottom in an insoluble com
pound with the filth and Impurities il
has carried with it.
In half an hour or less you will SEE
u a deposit on the sides and bottom Of
your pan or pot in which you have
't'set" your water. If you will shake
4 the vessel a bit you will see this de
II posit go to the bottom. If you car
K spare the time the water should stand
j for about six hours before it is de
i canted. Then place in clean bottles
on the ice. Il, g .s s,fa 5..; .5s..5*E f23
i In this way you drink pure, cold
sparkling water without the contami
4 nation that is bound to come from
putting ice in the drinking water un:
i less the ice has been manufactured
4 from filtered water. Ruth Everett In
New York World
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