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To Bleach Wax

Pure white wax is obtained from the ordinary bees' wax by exposure to the influence of the sun and weather. The wax is sliced into thin flakes, and laid on sacking or coarse cloth, stretched on frames, resting on posts to raise them from whole, and you will have not only an article the ground. The wax is turned over frewhich looks and tastes like honey, but which quently, and occasionally sprinkled with soft possesses all its medical properties. (The water, if there be not dew and rain sufficient slippery elm will ferment in warm weather to moisten it. The wax should be bleached and rise to the surface.) in about 4 weeks. If, on breaking the flakes,

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