Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1912 — TO PURIFY WATER. [ARTICLE]

TO PURIFY WATER.

To purify water sprinkle a tablespoonful of pulverized alum into s hogshead of water (the water to be stirred at the same time). It wll! after a few hours, by precipitating to the bottom the impure particles, sc purify the water that it will be found to possess nearly all the freshness and clearness of spring water. A pallful containing four gal tons may be purified by a teaspoonful of alum.