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dressed through a large comb, and then through 

 a very fine one. By this process the flax acquires 

 a beautifully bright and soft thread. The tow, 

 which is beaten off, when papered up and combed 

 like cotton, is not only used for many of the same 

 purposes, but makes an excellent lint for wounds. 



Mode of whitening Straw. 



In 1806, a new method of whitening straw 

 was discovered in Germany. This consists in 

 steeping it in muriatic acid saturated with potash. 



The straw, thus prepared, never turns yellow, 

 is of a shining white, and acquires great flexibil- 

 ity. 



Preserved Strawberries. 



To one pound of ripe strawberries put one pound 

 of powdered loaf-sugar, laying alternately on a 

 deep dish-layer of each. Let them remain thus 

 for twenty four hours, when boil them in a sirrup 

 till they are all of a colour. In order to determin*^ 

 when they are done enough, cut one of them open. 



Then, taking them out, boil the sirrup to the 

 consistence of a jelly, let it remain till cool, then 

 put in your strawberries, and let them boil up once; 

 take them otf, and when cool, put them into a pot 

 for use. 



Hop-Beer. 



For a half barrel of beer take half a pound of 

 hops and half a gallon of molasses; the latter must 

 be poured by itself into the cask. Boil the hops, 

 adding to them a teacupfull of powdered ginger, 

 in about a pailful and a half of water, that is, a 

 quantity sufficient to extract the virtue of the hops. 



