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enfies the facts every time. Were this truth generally known no 

 parent would allow his child to smoke a cigarette and no town would 

 permit their sale. 



It is very important that every person should be familiar with the 

 simple methods lor determining with tolerable certainty and accuracy 

 the character of water liable to be used for drinking and cooking pur- 

 poses. The following methods are reliable: 



Permanganate-of-Potash Test. The following is the 

 best form of this useful test, which is the most reliable of any simple 

 method of examining water for organic impurities: 



Dissolve in an ounce of water twelve grains of caustic potash and 

 three grains of permanganate-of-potash crystals. Keep in a glass- 

 stoppered bottle. Add a drop or two of this solution to a gill of the 

 water to be examined, placed in a perfectly cle u n and clear bottle. 

 The permanganate solution has a beautiful pink or purple color. If 

 this is changed to brown or disappears after standing a few hours the 

 water is impure and unfit for use. The permanganate alone is found 

 to be unreliable, as it sometimes fails to detect the presence of some 

 kinds of organic poisons. 



The Fermentation Test. Put some of the water to be 

 tested in a small bottle and add a pinch of pure white sugar. Place 

 it uncorked in a warm place. If cloudiness appears within two days 

 the water is too impure to be used with safety. Care must be taken 

 to have the bottle perfectly clean. The cloudiness can be most easily 

 discovered by holding the bottle up against a dark or black ground in 

 a good light. 



MODERN BEDS, DISEASE BREEDERS. 



Heavy " Comforters" Great Enemies to Health. 



They should be cast aside as a relic of barbarism unworthy of 

 use by civilized man. 



" Putting children to bed properly " is so important 

 that lack of information on this point is given by medical authors aa 

 one of the great reasons why nearly one half of our children die dur- 

 ing childhood. To the survivors it is worth more through life than a 

 rich legacy bequeathed by their parents. 



Dr. Bronson says: " No wonder people are afflicted with so many 

 rheumatic and neuralgic pains and with scores of maladies. As a rula 

 they are not to be pitied, for they persistently refuse to inform them- 

 Belves." 



