Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-08
USEFUL MAXIMS.
Annotatsd by Il Philosopher who Has Seen
as Well as Studied.
From the BURLINGTON Hawkevo

~ '" eil an otuuitus
From the Burlington Hawkeyc.
Don't you love to read the maxims
which some wise man writes for the news
papers, useful rules which are intended to
save human life and alleviate human suf-
fering? There is always somuch practical
commoHsense in them. Here is batch,
for instance, that has got itself immortal
lied and made good for eternity by get
ting into the patent insides."
"For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing and
dash water in them"
This is especially useful when you are on
the cars and there isn'ta drop OF water in
the country nearer than the engine or the
next tank, torty.three miles behind you.
Remove cinders, etc, with the point Of
pencil"
We never saw that operation tried but
once, and then it was successful. The
man got out the cinder. He also put out
his eye.
"Remoyc insects from the ear by tepid
water never put hard instrument into
the ear"
Yes, that's pretty advice now, isn't 1t.
buIpOaC Nu lHNlldH pCttCt COMMISSIONER
gets an insect in his ear when he is out in
Colorado? Is that man to suffer until he
can reach the Mississippi river in order to
get enough water to I'LL his ear?
"For light burns, dip the part in cold
water, if the skin is destroyed cover with
varnish.
A beautiful spectacle man would pre-
sent who had gone up on boiler eXcur-
sion in steamboat race, and had come
down scaldcd Just enough to make two
coats OF turniture yarnlsh a necessity, nc.
cOrding to this admirable rule
Before passing through smoke take n
full breath and stOOp low. y
just imagine now, what circus
smoking-car would present if every man
who entered it kept that rule pasted III his
hat.
Smother Il fire with carpets, etc.; water
will often spread burning oil and increase
the danger
That's all well enough; but when
mans house is on fire and burning faster
than three steam engines can throw water
he hasn't the time and h u.b b..
hasn't the money to buy .u... U#H.
store to throw over the con grafton hnd|
we don't suppose anything c,. 'nl0 al
tapestry brussels would do av
'For lainting, lay the be
Now that is good rule 5.GDN
sense in that Because, If .. .e.nl
to lay your body flat before uf
may save you terrific thump Whom
fall. Let us add to this rule the al
never faint on ladder, Or - bllio
on the top Of church steer.a or IN
of a runaway team. 1t ism .li.
Suck poisonous wound w.fs
mouth is sore; enlarge L wound
better, cut the wound ou .Nol. p.
lay"
If that isn't lively piece %. 'r., '.i o,
sane man to give to healthy people, J.. ten
here, don't you do anything q Mp. Bin
AnG ifyou get scratch on the 'hDut
don enlarge it or cut it out Aad i, g.
get awounl on the back { yoll ne h.
don't try to reach it with your mouth.
Somebody will try that some day, and
there'll be broken neck in the family.
"lf in the water, float ON the back, with
the mouth and nose projecting"
Now, this Is the best rule of the lot.
That is the cap sheaf. You cut that out
and paste it ON your cuff, where you can
always see it. Just follow that rule and
you will never drown. No matter if you
stay IN the water twenty years, if you will
Just float ON your back, with the nose and
mouth projecting above the water, you
won't drown. We don't know know what
wise man wrote these rules, but this last
one is worth all the rest