100年前的生活妙招：用鹽可以自制滅火器？

People don't often look back on the early 1900's for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation?
通常人們不會爲了求取生活妙方而去回顧20世紀初的年代，不過如果那個“垮掉的一代”真的能對我們有所助益呢？

The New York Public Library has digitized 100 "how to do it" cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.
紐約公共圖書館將一組100多年前的香菸盒上的“生活妙招”卡片進行了數字化處理，這些卡片上的小貼士實在太實用了，二十一世紀的我們看到了也會多加留意！

How to Make a Fire Extingguisher
如何自制滅火器

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.
將一磅鹽，半磅滷砂融入兩夸脫的水中，將這種混合液裝進細長的玻璃瓶裏，每隻玻璃瓶大約裝一夸脫。

Should a fire break out, dash one or more of the bottles into the flames, and any serious outbreak will probably be averted.
如果發生火災，將一隻或多隻裝有混合液的玻璃瓶投入火中，這樣可以有效避免嚴峻火情的發生。