If you sleep with a companion and do not know anything about _animal magnetism_, find out through someone who does know. Ascertain which of you is more positive, and govern yourself accordingly. I find best results for me in sleeping with my head north, and on the west side of a negative companion. This principle of magnetism is too little observed. Yet it applies to all persons at all times. Naturally some individuals are more magnetic than others, that is, more positive. Usually, if not always, the more masculine, swarthy, is the more positive, while the light-haired and eyed are negative. Sleep invariably with your head towards the north if you are positive, towards the west if you are negative, but never in any case towards the east or south. These conclusions are based wholly on scientific reasons, and anyone who understands physics will see the cogency of our statements. As a preventative against anything that has once been in my stomach rising and remaining on the tongue, I use a piece of ordinary _whalebone_ to curry it every morning, from end to end. This will tend to purify the breath, sweeten the mouth, and aid mastication. My _tooth brush_, after using, is so thoroughly _cleansed_ and dried that anyone acquainted with the facts would hardly believe it had been used. There are millions of particles of dust, atoms, _microbes_, or any other name you may use, that collect upon your person and clothing hourly. If your garments be tattered and torn, or patched and glazed, this will not shorten your life or lessen your appetite; but I assure you, if you will use up a 15-cent whisk-broom twice a year, in brushing yourself from head to foot before each meal, there will be less to fall upon your food, and thus find its way to your stomach, and your days will be prolonged in exact ratio. CHAPTER IV. "On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale." There are more diseases contracted, more unhappiness created during life, and early decay occasioned, by _politeness_ and _pride_ than by whisky and tobacco combined. Total-abstinence advocates will assert that drink kills more than all other causes. What would they think if we should say, if he is a reformed drinker, that it was out of pure politeness that he quaffed his first glass. Politeness is the cause of disease in many ways, of which the following are a few:--