#1 Gallaher Brand Cigarette Cards
It may be ironic, but In the early 1900's, each pack of Gallaher brand cigarettes would come with a handy "life hack" card containing tips that can be amazingly still used today!
#2 How To Extract a Splinter
Create a "suction" by completely filling a wide mouthed bottle with hot water, press the splintered part of the hand tightly against the bottle's mouth. The suction and hot water will draw out the splinter.
#3 Keep Plants Watered While Away
Fill a bucket with water slightly above and near as many plants as practical. Loosely braid two or three strands of wool together, immerse completely in water. Place one end of the braid in the bucket, weighted, and touching the bottom. Rest the other end on the soil. Use separate braids of wool for each pot.
#4 Light A Match In The Wind
Cut thin shavings on the match towards its striking end, as shown in the picture. On lighting the match the curled strips will catch fire at once, and the flame is stronger, and has a better chance.
#5 Make A Fire Extinguisher
If there's a fire outbreak, throw one or more bottles containing a retardent solution into the flames. It will extinguish and prevent the fire from spreading. Recipe: Dissolve one pound of salt and half a pound of sal-ammoniac in two quarts of water and bottle the liquor in thin glass bottles holding about a quart each.
#6 Make A Water Filter
A handy filter can be made out of an ordinary perfectly clean zinc water bucket! The water percolates through the layers of fine and coarse sand, and clean picked gravel and stones, with which a bucket is filled. Water exits out the bottom in a clear state through a hole that's drilled and fitted with a small pipe.
#7 How To Preserve Eggs
"Eggs for preserving must be newly laid, and by simply putting these into a box or tin of dry salt-burying the eggs right in the salt and keeping it in a cool dry place it is possible to preserve them for a very long period. No air whatever should be allowed to get to the shell.
