A Home-Made Lubricator.

Tallow and plumbago thoroughly mixed make the best lubricator for surfaces when one is wood or when both are wood. Oil is not so good as tallow to mix with plumbago for the lubrication of wooden surfaces, because oil penetrates and saturates the wood to a greater degree than tallow, causing it to swell more.

To Protect Metal Surfaces From Rusting.

Melt 1 oz. of resin in a gill of linseed oil, and while hot mix with it two quarts of kerosene oil. This can be kept ready to apply at any time with a brush or rag to any tools or implements required to lay by for a time, preventing any rust, and saving much vexation when the tool is to be used again.

Glue to Resist Moisture.

1 lb. of glue melted in 2 quarts skim-milk.

Marine Glue.

1 part of India-rubber, 12 parts of mineral naphtha or coal-tar. Heat gently, mix, and add 20 parts of powdered shellac. Pour out on a slab to cool. When used, to be heated to about 2500.

Glue Cement to Resist Moisture.

1 part glue, 1 part black rosin, 0.25 part red ochre. Mixed with least possible quantity of water. Or 4 parts of glue, or 1 part oxide of iron, 1 part of boiled oil (by weight).