N" in large letters upon it, wherever it may be
placed.

xiii. In walking the streets keep out of the line of the cellars,
and never look one way and walk another.

xiv. Never throw pieces of orange peel, or broken glass bottles,
into the streets.

xv. Never meddle with gunpowder by candle-light.

xvi. In trimming a lamp with naphtha, never fill it. Leave space for
the spirit to expand with warmth.

xvii. Never quit a room leaving the poker in the fire.

xviii. When the brass rod of the stair-carpet becomes loose, fasten
it immediately.

xix. In opening effervescing drinks, such as soda water, hold the
cork in your hand.

xx. Quit your house with care on a frosty morning.

xxi. Have your horses' shoes roughed directly there are indications
of frost.

xxii. Keep lucifer matches in their cases, and never let them be
strewed about.

xxiii. Kick into the gutter any piece of orange peel that you may
see on the pavement or the roadway. By so doing you may save many
from meeting with dangerous accidents.

xxvi. Never allow your servants to leave brooms, brushes,
slop-pails, water cans, &c. in outside doorways, or at the head of a
flight of stairs when engaged in house-work.

[IF YOU ARE IN DEBT, SOMEBODY OWNS PART OF YOU.]

1369. Accidents in Carriages.

It is safer, as a general rule, to keep your place than to jump out.
Getting out of a gig over the back, provided you can hold on a little
while, and run, is safer than springing from the side. But it is best
to keep your place, and hold fast. In accidents people act not so much
from reason as from excitement: but good rules, firmly impressed upon
the mind, generally rise uppermost, even in the midst of fear.

1370. Life Belts.

An excellent and cheap life belt, for persons proceeding to sea,
bathing in dangerous places, or learning to swim, may be thus
made:--Take a yard and three quarters of strong jean, double, and
divide it into nine compartments. Let there be a space of two inches
after each third compartment. Fill the compartments with very fine
cuttings of cork, which may be made by cutting up old corks, or (still
better) purchased at the corkcutter's. Work eyelet holes at the bottom
of each compartment, to let the water drain out. Attach a neck-band
and waist-strings of stout boot-web, and sew