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By the wonderful bacteriological preparation, discovered and prepared by 

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contains the germs of a disease peculiar to rats and mice only and is abso- 

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 The rodents always die in the open, because of feverish condition. The 

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How much to use. — A small house, one tube. Ordinary dwelling, 

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issues four practical, help- 

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Expert blending of purest seeds and natural 

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Offered: Fine proofs by the best American 

 wood-engravers ; also portraits of Lin- 

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Offered: Collection of antiques, together 

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Wanted: Old original pencil drawings by 

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SIMPLE STERILIZATION OF WATER 



A FRENCH scientist, M. Dienert, has 

 discovered that drinking water can 

 be completely sterilized by being placed in 

 a vessel containing a small piece of zinc 

 and stirred from time to time. He has 

 placed distilled water in test tubes, with a 

 small piece of zinc in each, and then added 

 cultures of various microbes. After a time 

 the microscope shows the microbes gath- 

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 zinc oxide are practically insoluble in 

 water, but the bacteria cause slight quanti- 

 ties of these substances to be dissolved, 

 probably because they secrete a small 

 amount of some acid. The amount of zinc 

 dissolved, however, is so small as to be 

 absolutely harmless when taken in with the 

 water. 



The extended use of zinc and "gal- 

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 drinking water shows that the zinc will last 

 a very long time. This use of zinc or zinc- 

 lined containers works thus automatically 

 to sterilize the water placed in them. Ex- 

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 from water that had been kept in zinc 

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 us before long whether this principle can be 

 utilized on a large scale for sterilizing 

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Weak crotches in trees are the ones 

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