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Show WASHINGTON, D. C, July 19. Paraffin that has become unclean through usage in canning and preserving, preserv-ing, may be cleaned and reused. Don't throw it away because dirt and trash have become mixed with it. Many timea "paraffin can be cleaned with a . brush in cold water. If this does not i remove all the dirt, says a0specialist V f the United States Department of Agriculture, heat the paraffin to boil-iMKfc boil-iMKfc Ing and strain it through two or three .'Jm I thicknesses of cheesecloth placed over funnel. Or a thin layer of absorbent S I cotton over one thickness of chcese- I cloth may bo used as the strainer. One I straining should be sufficient ordinar- M 1 ily buL if the Paraffin stlll is unclean H I heat and tstraln again. Any paraffin .JH I lodging in the strainer may be re- i u iicatiu uiu cioin anu pour-1 If i"g off the hot liquid to another I strainer. |