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spoonful of cold water II you must feed II
any this will do the least hurt. But let il
alone. 1t will nestle about and cry little
when it gets hungry. Perhaps it will be
twelve hours first. What then' It won {
starve. When it manifest uneasiness let it
ago to work at its trade" When n child
cries it means that it is in pain. They are
never cross unless made so bv mismanape-
uent. Healthy children are alwavs good.
injured. Don't keep little dish Of cracker
ard water on the stove for it is as impossible
to raise the nursllnrs on anv kind of nan "a
1t Is to raise fine calves on hay tea. If vou
feed them anything of the sort, it is MS indi-
ges,ible to them as sawdust. and of course.
they have u turn of colickv pain and cry ;
and Of course you give them elder-blow tea ,
or peony-root tea, or SCOT tea. or nnise-seed
tea. and when this proves insufficient, you re-
haweIs and tEsn ,o,, rason. =. "'as uP iru ,l
c(nt;nno ~ .ho yUu ~ " cus.pr o','ani
van fnd !, VI. .I u'i.ii
r., ~, t ~" w io0o'' r +" ''Io uoe'oi
SoI n,Io ~ distance rom physician, OF
.,,' o,; s',i'A' ,n: ~ ~. ocs' " .' cnii one'
Wv I''t'.'". I'i in 'ni' way i"i'i'S ecr""iy'
ia ont y ," '""S as you Say, oiu,cn.S ..u
,,o oav =, you, W"o' MnaIeVer us properly
peo.a;,oHs J,pp "iuy ut, 10 ccrp'inly e4'i.lcu W
u;oPeI''' ~ III =. ~ sui pu. II 'loui any
e:4 ~ 80 w ny o'oi e"S ue
t, n'., h Wv, ,,r .,'ao ~, to"9o' u.;
81 li;.iy 81 w " 80. " -. W
o,naa w. a'u 80 w. :.'',no' oo pr
~ oool pi"0r'.ai "a. 'coo'i.u'e Pie'iouo
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anu ,i sMG.'onou W. ,o'' sui ii ene In'iu
@ 49, ~ ie, - s.e MN .i.;.,'
- p, go 80 o,.or ,,,,I.'a ,,,a,
"" veal ~ ,bou n rp,I'' ". in"y
main. and the mix should Ie boiled Even
with the best of care 1t is serious matter to
raise a child .'by hand" The mother s
milk contains lust the elements and IN lust
the right proportions, for the composition of
the child. and there is nothing else that quite
does.
As the period approaches, nt '"ti~'' me
=, 80 gPl'''r. tho chlio " urools,
"iu ,rI ,r1.' d N0o'io " P"' 'nin6s lhto us
nou'n, lils Is hot hunger, ana II Is entire
unnecessary W 'io up " Ht''G o'eau ana su-
gar III rag as Is GoniInohly uohc; ana give
~ rJ " ?ucN: i,uoeu' al sue" supplementary
III, "' any Per'oa VI me- anu the
- :i u ~ 80 a. ieSui"i
iiteL:I, lN 'iu,". "'
49, WV e"'.o 80 't."'S VI tno
sn' i. SIS ~ 'ouio nai
iI0'N 10 ~, ms Vi 'ii'ci
uoii'i, " 'n'" i"o 0'i'" "iii '"ho any ',iihS
.""' ~ o"i ~ ioi i.' niou'", ' "ud c'c. sw"ho"
,.;,;a ~ ;.,t 80 P,i', "Ps , ',iis r us
PGsi.'o" PI'i. ~ M "' alPe''tS 'oi '"o 'oou Vi
-: ' ""S o' =, am
ni"e .n.iI '.i,tGiTn '! WIN io'u ''."' '"cy natG
i So! "b' 'u"' "ou'u
;' 'l'su linen uJi" "'i 'v'.n AS 9et 'e
e".." ""? o's ii'.'' Va Gnu 30 y.
w.. ~ ioU '--.''e '""'i0' 'N'' '"'"e '''"'
80 INV sh .',o ,il''," w. h,s h,,,,, lao cha.
I; c -. 'o'e ,; .'''
7, y ~. y ~ -
ever disturbed it, and these uh'.nslyc matters
begin To 90 on lne ''otHer way, iorlnIng
most untrdctable bowel complaints
The diet OF the mother Is very important
matter. Meat should not be eaten more than
once day, ana with LADIES' who are not
taking much exercise III the open AIR, even
TINS Is scarcely allowable SpirituouS liquors,
although thty ihclehoe the amount oi Its Sc
crctloh, Nti1tc It's q"dIty, and may even pro-
uHce cholefd lhiant"H with the enid
dinner OF btei-stcak Wi!l probably be followed
ny IL cross III VITA tue b'iby' And generally
speaking, tue diet OF nursing women is too
high III quality. LnicrtdiulnS these prInci-
pies, 1t viii not be expected tn.t we SHOULD
stop mere to bestow any remark on those wo-
men thdt delegate thls klhu oi care To wet
nurse, or even resort to artificial feeding III
oluer to bestow their time On balls ana rOuts.
When the first set OF teeth make their ap-
pearance, children generally have little
diarrhaa. Ii they are fed with nothing as
yet but COW mix, or bread and milk, aud
the mother is careful III her eating, this is
generally matter OF no consequence. 1t
tells US that those great changes are going on
III the bowels which are adapting them to
solid food, and it is only when they are irri-
tutcd by IL premature use Of this, that any
medical treatment is necessary.
Immediately alter eating, if children in
cline to sleep they should be INDUCED in
this propensity The stomach makes large
demands ON the circulation Of the blood TOR
the purposes OF digestion, ana as it and the
brain are like two mills IN one stream, when
the one is engaged to the full extent, the
other must suspend its operations. Very
much OF the dyspepsia ANA bowel complaints
that prevail among our business men, is at
tributable to the Violation of this law. After
eating a full dinner, they keep the brain at
work and let the stomach take care of itself
At e'ening new matters are added to the hall
digested contents, and il II turn of cholera
morbus does not clear out the offending mat
ters, they may accumulate to a bilious chollc
or pass gradually away, making Il dyspepsia
In the absence Of any better evidence ol
the popular opinion and practice in regard to
feeding children, we may presume that the
fare III our public charitable institutions re-
fleets It. Soup OF beet bone arrow root, rice
and mush, are prominent items I Ihe more
nitrosenoas kinds Of food, as wheat bread
and milk and meat, are not SO cheap, anC
are used more sparingly.
a lew year ago the writer took boy from
one oi these institutions, who had been fec
mostly on mush and molasses, and soup
with bread once day, no butter and no milk
with the exception oil little in his cocoa il
the morning. Though he appeared to b
plump and well fed, his flesh was very soft
he was very hstless and indisposed TO an.
exertion, and 1t was onl after some week
ola better system OF feeding that he mani
tested those instincts for motion and inqulr
common TO boys OF that age. The appetit
manifested by children for lean meat, and tn
aversion to that which is fat, would alon
la...l IN hat a t..#l