The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
LIFE SAVING RULES.
Some Healthy Maxims to be Pasted IN the
Hat for Use in Emergencies.
Huntington HRwkeyn.


Don't Won love to read the mHxims which
some wian man writes for the newspapers,
useful rules which arc Intended to ahVn h'l-
man lso aud alleviate human suttetipRst
There ls always So much practical common
sanpe IN them Iero Ia Il batch. for instance !:
For dust In tho Dyes. avoid rubbing anu
dash wntrr In them.
This ID especially useful when you arc on
tho cars and there isn't n drop OF water In the
country nearer than tho engine ~ The next
lake. forty-threo miles behind you.
"Kemove einders with the point 81 n pencil.
We never saw that operation tried but once,
and then II was successful Tho man got out
the eiuder. He also put out his eye
"Remove insects from the ear ny tapld
water. never put Il hard instrument Into the
ear, .
Yes. that Is pretty advice now, Isn't "
Suppose m Indian peace cotntnissionnf RetR
an insect In hls ear when he Is out In oolofanof
IN TINT man to suffer until he can roach the
MisRiasippi river IN order to got enough water
TO fill his carr
For llghtburns. dip tho part In cold wafer
ir the skin In destroyed. cover with varnish'
beautiful speCtncln n man would present
who had gone l1p on n boiler excursion In y
steamboat race. and had come down Hcnidea
i,,st enough to make two coats OF furniture
varnieh necessity according to this adtnira-
bic rule
Before passing through smoke take II long
breath md ntoup low.
.Just imagine now what a circus smoking
car would present II every man who entered
IL kept that rule pasted in his Init -.
smother fire with carpets. water Will
often spread burning oil and increase the
danger
| That's oil we'll enough. but when q mans
| house II on fire md burning faster than three
| steam-engines cnu throw water, he hnsnt the
| time. and frequently hasn't tho money, 70
/ buy II whole carpet store to throw over the
conflagration. And we don't suppo'e any
thing less than u tapestry Brussels would DO
any good.
''Eor fainting, lay tho body fiat"
! Now that liz n good rule; there Ia some
| sense III that. Because. " You arc careiui W
| lay your body fiat before you faint 1t may
snve you n terrific thump when you fhll Let
w add To this rule 5hs advice, never Ialht 90
u ladder, or In balloon. or on tho top OF "A
| church staeple or In front Of runaway
team. H. isn't safe \,
suck poisonous wounds, unless your moutt
Is gore, enlarge the wound, or better. cut the
wound ont without delay.
/ IF TINT Isn't lively piece OF advice tor
sane man to Rlvs to healthy people, Lister
hero don't you do anything OF the KIND
And II you get II scratch on the thront don
enlarge IL or cut 1t out. And II You get I
wound on the back OF your neck don't yoi
try to reach IL with your mouth. SonebodS
will try that some dry and theroll be
broken neck In tho family.
.'if in tho water. font on the back, with th'
mouth aud nose projecting
Now thia Ia the best rule OF tho lot. ! ma
II the cap shenf. You cut that out nnd past
II on your cuff. where you can always see II
Just follow that rule and you will neve
drown No matter II you stay IN the waite
back, with the nose and mouth projecting
above the water. YOU won't drown. we don
know what wise man wrote these rules, bu
| this last ono Is worth all the rest.