Show impurities in distilled water ico ice manufactured from front distilled water should it would wom bo be germ free lu in fact however it Is extremely difficult to prepare absolutely germ free water on a largo large scale and almost almot impossible to keep it so if once prepared because every exposure to the air or contact with utensils in common use brings to it varying and often large numbers rf of germs which can cart live and grow in water hut but these small numbers of common bacteria are not of the nUgh lightest lest importance to tho the salubrity of the water la in mosa mos of the ice ce manufactories manu factories the distilled water la is filtered through charcoal before I 1 it is run into the freezing cans for the purpose of removing certain organic compounds which have como come in alie process of distillation bu but t these charcoal beds afford breeding places for such germs as may have escaped thoo ordeal of the heat t the writer has repeatedly found that while the distilled water before passing on to the filter beds was very nearly germ free the number was increased a on leaving them T mitchell prudden in Ilar harpers |