WORTH REMEMBERING.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 211, 9 January 1865, Page 3

WORTH REMEMBERING.

(From t he Scientific American.) The following article, from Dr. Hall s Journal of Health, contains practical hints on various subjects that are worthy of attention ; 1. It is unwise to change to cooler clothing, except when you first get up in the morning. Never ride with yourarm or elbow out of any vehicle. y. The man who attemuts to a steamer while in motion is a fool. ■f. iu stepping from 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 street in a 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 passed, by increased diligence in some other direction.

6. It is miserable, economy to save time by robbing*yourself of necessary sleep. 7. If yon find yourself inclined 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 uot sleeping a moment iu the daytime. 8. If infants and young children are inclined to be wakeful in the night, or very early in the morning, put them to bed later ; and, besides, arrange that their day nap shall be iu the forenoon. 9. “ Order is heaven's first law,” regularity is nature’s great rule ; hence regularity in eating, sleeping, aud exercise, has a very large share in securing a long aud healthful lile. 10. If you are caught in a drenching rain, or fall in the water, by all moans keep in mOtion sufficiently vigorous to prevent the slightest chilly sensation until you reach the house ; then change your clothing with great rapidity before a blazing fire, and drink instantly a pint of some hot liquid. To allow the clothing to dry upon you, unless by keeping up vigorous exercise until thoroughly dried, is suicidal. .

12. If you are conscious of being in a passion, keep your mouth shut, for words increase it. Many a person has dropped dead in a rage. 13. If a person “faints,” place him on his back and let him alone; he wants arterial blood to the head ; and it is easier for the heart to tnrow it there in a horizontal line than perpendicularly.