The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-26
PURE WATER
Every Home Cnn Have Ii with LATHE
Trouble ana Expense.

lEodbAG AsApFhSts
4 good filter Is an expensive thing,
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 tile Y ter it filters. The
care of the filter can never be given
over to the care of irresponsible serv-
ants. 1t soon begins to smell foul
and it is ultimately given up with
disgust, as costing more than it
comes to.
1t is within the power Of every house
keeper TO provide the family with
pure aud sparkling water at the eX-
pense of but a 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 considora-
Bile extent and with elaborate and ex-
pensiVc 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. | have found a stone pot,
which you can buy any place for 10
cents, one that slopes down the sides
to a small base at the bottom. about
the best of anything. Be sure that
your vessel is clean. Fill it nearly full
with water from the faucet.
The rule for mixing the precipitating
purifier which you are about TO use is
l to 5000. 1t Is more than likely that
YOU will have no way to ascertain
these exact proportions, but do not let
that discourage you. 4 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 a starter, say that to a pitcher
holding a quart of water you take 4
small amount of pulverized alum,
about what would go on the rounded
point of the blade of a pocketknife,
toss it into the water and mix it thor
oughIy. This you can do with a spoon
an egg beaten or Il whip cream chCrn
The only thing is to see that the alum
is thoroughly mixed with the water
and it takes considerable stirring to dc
this.
| If you notice little moss islands in
| the water. which same little islands dc
! not seem to want to go 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
| tritie you can throw the water away
| and Set some more. But you neeC
! ~ u this II I1aE-n IN do &c r.
stir it ali up good again.
| When the work is properly done the
| water is crystal clear and has n live
| taste. One thing that makes distilled
| water SO unpalatable is the absolutely
| dead taste il has.
Another great advantage of water
| thus prepared is that it is not subject
to auto-infection or self contamination
which is such a great enemy to mos
filtered waters. This water will remain
| pure even though exposed to the air IL
| open vessels for thirty-six hours.
| Although SO small an amount of alum
! would not hurt y0u if you Were 4
| drink every particle OF 1T, be no
| alarmed. You do not get any OF ttls
| alum when You drink. for the watel
| upon analysis is found to be chemically
free from alum. The alum has settled
| to the bottom in an insoluble com
pound with the fifth and impurities I!
| has carried with it
| In half an hour or less Won Will set
| n deposit on the sides and bottom Of
| your pan or pot in which you have
| set your water. If YOU will shak,
the vessel bit you will see this de
posit so to the bottom. If you cal
| spare the time the water should stant
| for about six hours before ii is de
| canted. Then place in clean bottle.
| on the ice,
In this way you drink & pure. cold
| sparkling water without the conrami
nation thar is bound 10 come from
putting ice IN the drinking water I'm
| less the ire has been manufacture,
/ from filtered water.-Rub Everett il
Mem 14rk WoI44