The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-10

OF spiritual goldl ..
ssThe year is dead!" then, chant we here,
AMI still again, $50 live the yearl"
And may its light increase,
Till not alone DER us it shine,
BRt shed the splendor, all divine, .5
OF Universal Peace!
IN. Y. Round Table.
Worth Remembering.
l. 1t is unwise to change to cooler
clothing, except when you get up in
the morning.
2. Never ride with your arm or
elbow outside any vehicle.
3. The man who attempts to alght
from steam-car while in motion Is
fool
4. In stepping fron any wheeled
vehicle while in motion, let it be from
the rear, and not in front of the
wheels; for then, if you fall, the
wheels cannot run over you.
5. Never attempt to cross a road or
a street in hurry in front of a
passing vehicle &; for, if you should
stumble or slip, you will be run over.
Make up the half minute lost by
waiting until the vehicle has Do ssed
by increased diligence in some other
direction.
6. If you want to sleep well at
night, avoid sleeping moment dur
ing daylight.
Z. 1t is q miserable economy to
save time by robbing yourself Of ne
cessary sleep.
8. If you find yourselfinclined to
wake up at a regular hour in the
night, and remain awake, you can
break up the habit in three days by
getting up as soon as you wake and
not going to sleep again until your
usual hour for retiring; or retire two
hours later and rise two hours earlier
for three days in succession; not
sleeping moment in daytime.
8. If infants and young children
are inclined to be wakeful during the
night, or very early in the morning,
put them to bed later; and besides,
arrange that their day nap may be in
the forenoon.
-: "Order is Heavens first law"
- 6larity is natures great rule:
hence the regularity OF eating, sleep
ing and exercising has a very large
share in securing long and health
full life.
IL. If you are caught in drench-
ing rain, or fall in water, by all means
keep In motion sufficiently vigorous
to prevent the slightest chilly sensa-
ton until you reach the house; then
change your clothing with great rapi-
dity before d blazing fire, and drink
Instantly pint of some hot liquor
~. To allow the clothing to dry
upon you, unless by keeping up
vigorous exercise until thoroughly
dried, is suicidal.
Ii. Drop yourself to the ground
from the rear of any vehicle when the
horses are running away, if you must
get out at all.
IL. Ii you are conscious of being in
passion, keep your mouth shut, for
words increases it. Many o person
has dropped dead in rage.
10. 1t does not re>,uire word to
make villianous lie whatever is in
tended to deceive or mislead is q false
hood. so 1t does not require dag
ger or bullet to kill man the mean
slander, contemptaous shrug, may
blast the reputation and wilt the heart
and life away.
10. Ii person faints, place him on
his back, and let him alone he wants
arterla! blood to the head and it is
easier for the heart to throw it in a
horizontal hna.than perpendicularly.
II; Ii yo1want to get rid of
beastly spf&eit, put your finger down
your t5r6at until free vomiting ensues.
andeat nothing for ten hours
-: Feel a noble pride in living
WITHIN your means, then you will not
be hustled off to cheerless hospital
In your last sickness.
l9. If you would live to purpose.
and live long, live industriously,
temperately, regularly, all the time
maintaining "a conscience. void of
offence toward God and toward man -
A Memphis newspaper saws that
many Northern men in that vicinity
have leased plantations, and are en-
gaging in the culture of cotton. AS
the General Government has taken
upon itself the task of repairing
levees along the Mississippi, a large
amount of land uncultivated this year
will be planted the next. Late esti-
mates by Secretary McCulloch have
indicated that by the time the next
years crop is gathered, the amount
on hand will have been entirely con-
sumed, from which may be inferred
the interest the country at large has
IN the cultivation of the crop the
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