Charcoal as Purifier

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 19

Charcoal as Purifier

Charcoal has an extraordinary power of absorbing , gases and clarifying liquids. '-■■', Charcoal, has other good uses' in: the home. Applied to a burn, it relieves the pain, immediately, and for wounds and sores it forms an unrivalled poultice. ... , - . .-.■'■■■ To make it take Jib of linseed meal and loz 'of * powdered charcoal. Mix *Joz of charcoal with the meal and make like an ordinary poultice. Spread the mixture on linen, shake, over the remainder of the charcoal, and apply. : Washing , out the mouth! with powdered charcoal and water will render tho breath perfectly sweet.* A little charcoal mixed with clean water and poured down a sink will disinfect it and remove unpleasant smells. A piece added to the water in which cut flowers have been arranged will greatly prolong their life. Glass vessels and flower vases may be purified by placing charcoal in them for a little time and then rinsing. Charcoal arrests the decay of animal substances.-.',. Poultry will"keep fresh if a piece of string is tied round tho. neck to exclude the air, and a piece of charcoal put into tho vent. * * YPlace a pan of charcoal'in the larder and it will,' keep everything sweet and wholesome. There is i nothing ' better than a layer of charcoal in a filter ,for the purpose of purifying water.