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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 238, 13 March 1865, Page 3

—Persons cannot be too cautious in the use of water, particularly London water, which is more or less impregnated with offensive matter held in solution, or mechanically mixed with it. The following mode of purifying it—being accessible to all classes —would, if acted upon generally, greatly tend to the improvement of health: —Take a large-sized flower-pot, and having plugged the aperture in the bottom with a piece of clean sponge, break up a few sticks of cbarsoal into small pieces, which strew over the bottom to tha depth of an inch and a-half or two inches ; place the pot over a pitcher or other clean vessel, and let all the water used far culinary purposes be filtered through it. By ordinary attention in keeping the garden-pot constantly dripping, a considerable quantity of water, in a perfectly pure state, may thus be obtained. Fresh charcoal should be used every other day, and the sponge cleansed. If despatch is required, strew charcoal over a very fine sieve or milk strainer and let the •water be passed through it. This will answer the same purpose, but the water will not be quite so clear. Humanity toward a subdued foe is, as noble as the valor displayed in encountering him.

Cheap and Simple Mode op Purifying Water.