The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-01-09

Some Healthy Maxims to be Pasted IN
the Hat for sse in Emergencies.
Huntington Hawkeye.l
Don't you love to read the maxilns
which some wise man writes for the
newspapers, useful rules which are in
tended to save human life and alleviate
human suffering? There is always so
much practical common sense In them.
Here is a batch, for instance:
"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't q drop
of water in the country nearer than tie
miles behind you.
GRemove cinders with the point of a
pencil.'
We never saw that operation tried
but once, and then 1t was successful.
The man got out the cindef. He also
put out his eye.
uRemove insects from the ear by
tepid water; never put a hard instru
ment into the ear"
Yes, that is pretty advice now, isn't
itP Suppose an Indian Peace Com
missioner gets an insect in his ear
when he is out in Colorado? Is that
sippi Reiver in order to get enough
water to fill his ear?
"For light burns, dip the part in cold
water If the skin is destroyed, cover
with varnish.'
A beautiful spectacle Il man would
present who had gone up on boiler
excursion in steamboat race, and
had come down scalded just enough to
make two coats of furniture varnish
necessity according to this admirable
rule.
"Before passing through smoke, take
full breath and stoop low"
Just imagine now what Il circus a
smokingcar would present if every
man who entered it kept that rule pasted
in his hat.
ssSmother u fire with carpets water
will often spread burning oil aud In
crease the DANGER
That's all we'll enough, but when a
mans house is on fire and burning
faster than three steam-engines can
throw water, he hasn't the time, and
frequently he hasn't the money, to buy
whole carpet store to throw over the
conflagration. And we don't suppose
anything less than tapestry Brussels
would do any good.
ssFor fainting, lay the body fiat.''
Now, that is a good rule; there is
some sense in that. Because, If you
are careful to lay your body flat before
you faint it may save you terrific
thump when you fall. Let US add to
this rule the advice, never faint in
a balloon, or on the top of n church
steeple, or in front of a run away team
1t isn't safe.
"Suck poisonous wounds, unless YOU
mouth is sore enlarge the wound, o.
better, cut the wound out without de
lay"
If that isn't lively piece of advice
for q sane man to give to healthy peO
pie! Listen here-don't you do any.
thing of the kind. Aud II you get q
scratch on the throat don't enlarge ii
out. And If you get wound on the
back of your neck don't you try to
reach 1t with your mouth. Somebody
will try that some day and there'll be
a broken neck in the family.
eff 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 thai
out and paste 1t on your cuff, where
you can always see 1t. Just follow
that rule and you will never drown
No matter If you stay in the waite
twenty years, if you will just float OF
your back, with the nose and mouth
projecting above the water, you won
drown. We don't know what wis,
man wrote these rules, but this las
one is worth all the rest.
NOTICE SERVED.