Make a paste tim and 5 parts zinc melted together makes this solder. Heat to cherry red. Force into bar of soap then plunge into cold water. Add to the water used in watering potted plants for vigorous growth. Press the fabric on the wrong side, using a cloth wrung out of witch-hazel extract instead of water as a pressing cloth.
Scatter mint leaves around articles to be protected from mice.
Methylene chloride 1 part, light mineral oil 1 part , kerosene 3 parts. Melt with 10 pound glycesterin. Mix an ounce of this with a pint of water to make a very good spray-deodorant. Gum copal 10 parts, Methanol 30 parts, castor oil 1 part. Apply to paper to make glassine.