The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-02


FEEDING INFANTs.-The following article interest
ing to mothers is copied from the Natchez Courier
Great mortality prevails among children from
injudicious feeding. Some persons attempt to sup
port them upon articles of food which contain little
else than starch or gum, neither OF which are capa-
BILE OF themselves, of sustaining animal lille. others
coniine them principally to the milk OF the COW, the
excess of casen in which they unable to digest
and to these, other articles added, which are
either indgestible or nutritious Hence the large
amount OF sickness and mortality from disOrdered
stomach and bowels, and which are generally at.
trlbuted to teething to worms, and to any and eve
other cause but the true one errors in diet pro-
ducing Indigestion.
In the last July number ofthe American Journal
of the Medical Sciences, there is clever article on
'Natural and artificial Lactaton" by DR.. Cum
ming, orlef abstract OF the concluding portion of
which, am tempted to publish, for the information
of young and doubling mothers He SAYS and sufi-
GENTLY proves by physiological and chemical ar
gument, that nothing but milk can with propriety
be used the food of infants; and this apt
to fail, and to give rise to fatal malades, unless it
be made to correspond very closely in its constitu
ent elements, with human milk.
Cows milk differs from human milk in some I'M
portant particulars, as has been accurately
tanned by chemical analysis. 1t contains nearly
three times much casein as human milk, but
somewhat less than twice as much butter; while hui
man milk contains nearly one-third more sugar,
and little more water than cows milk. Merely
duting cows milk by adding water, with the ad-
dtiOn ofsugar, therefore, as is commonly DONE will
not fit it for easy digestion by the infant stomach.
There will in this case ALWAYS be an excess of casen
and deficiency of butter. But the proportions are
materially changed by permitting the cows milk
to rest undsturbed until the lighter particles rise
toward the surface; and nearly the same result
obtained by using only the milk last taken from
the COW.
DR.. Cumming proposes, therefore, to have cows
milk at rest for four five hours and then to
move the upper third part for use; to take only
the latter half furnished by the He then
advises to add for child not more than ten days
old, two and half parts of water, and one-fourth
| part OF sugar. This combination gives almost the
| exact proportions of human milk at that early pc
Rod Of actation. The exact proportions given are
! Milk lO00-Water 2643-Sugar 243. The sugar
and water are decreased the child grows older,
until at five months, the proportions are-Milk 1000
| Water 1000-Sugar l04 and at eighteen months,
| the proportions are-Milk l000-Water 50O-Sugar
| 63. The child should take this food at a temper
AZURE of1O0 to l04 degrees and by suction. An
eight ounce vial, with quill rolled in long strip
OF Swiss muslin for stopper, is the best arrange
ment for cleanliness and convenience. Tubes
having passages cannot be readily cleansed.
child ten days old will take about thirty-twO
ounces daily, in eight meals of four ounces each;
and the meals should increase in quantity and
diminish in number, as the child grows older, so
that at three months seven meals of eight
each, may be taken. The milk should be given at
regular intervals, except that the child should be
early accustomed to pass six to eight hours at night
without feeding. This regularity of feeding, with
proper intervals, is in accordance with physio-
logical law of digestion applicable to all persons,
namely that the stomach should have time fully to
digest its food before other food is taken into it,
| A. Z. MERRILL.
ELMsCoURr March IA, 1852
The New York Herald says that the Secretary of
| War has caused orders to be issued disseminating
! the recruiting service for the mounted corps The
several rendezvous in New York have already been
broken up, and the recruits transferred to Carlisle
| barracks.
Recent instructions from the Adiutant Generals
| office direct the susnpnsiOn NJ
| ing service in that city and elsewhere. A portion
of the officers now serving on that duty order
ed to report follows:
At Fort Columbus New York-Lieutenants Nor
ris, Winder, Holabird, Sweeny, Bates, Cole and
Van Worst. At Newport Barracks, Kentucky
Lieutenants Mason, Mclean Alley and Dryer
The remaining officers directed to report for
further orders to the headquarters of the army.
This is considered rather strange movement, as
the army at present requires nearly one thousand
men to fill up the different regiments; and should
this order exist for any time, it would reduce the
strength that it will require double the expense
/, to again re-establish the recruiting service
: The War Department has issued orders directing
! careful and thorough reconnaissance to be made
by the Typographical engineers of the country be
, tween the San Antonio and Ell Paso road, and the
Rio Grande and Pecos rivers. This expedition will
start from San Antonio. Texas and will be escorted
by two companies of infantry and mounted force.
Cames will be used for the transportation of pro-
visions, &C., in place of wagons.
The military posts known as Camp WaIbach and
, Platte Bridge have been abandoned and the troops
, withdrawn to Fort Laramie, Nebraska.
THE GREAT BILLIARD MArCH.-The match between
Messrs. Phelan and Seerieter for $4,000 appears
to be going smoothly, the second deposit of 81
500 side having been duly made on Monday, max
c ing in all total of IS, 900 now deposited. Mr..
Phelan has taken his departure for the of
ton, accompanied by several friends The match
will take place at Fireman's Hail. in Detroit, the
: 18th of April as previously announced. The hall
will seat about 500 persons and there is doubt
will be quite well filled on the occasion, there is
great anxiety manifested to obtain tickets of admis
e sion, 800 of which to be sold at So each, the
:, remaining 200 to be divided between the PLAYERS.
/, The surplus money accruing from the sale of the
It 300, after paying expenses for the hail. ETC., will
s. amount to about $1,000 and will 90 toward the
swelling the Mount Vernon fund. From Detro
It learn that the confidence of Mr.. Seerieter
friends in his final victory is increasing daily H
practices several hours every day, both in play
Re in taking gymnaStc exercise, to enable hin
d to endure the fatigue of so long contest it i
1t likely to prove. Mr.. Phean is in good play, bu
re his opportunities for practice have been much in
lie terrupted of late, although on Friday evening las
he gave the visitors to his chance to wit
Is ness his play in a match with Mr.. White, whom h
succeeded in conquering: We hear OF one part.
lie willing to bet $500 that Phean will win; also iron
$500 to $500 that a run of 100 points will be mad
1t during the game.-N. Y. Tribune.
lie THE WEST PoINT ACADEMY.-The Military Acade
my, West Point, was established by Congress i
es 1902, and is wholly supported by the GenerG
ID Government. The education given is gratutOus
lie so far money is concerned but each cadet mus
give eight years service to the Government unes
sooner released The corps of cadets must not eN
er coed two hundred and fifty at any one time an
the candidates for admission must not be under six
lg teen, or twenty one years of age. The corp
must spend three months of each year in encamp
Or ment The course of study, which is full and the
p rough, in mathematics, and all that appertains
the military art, embraces five years. There Is tn
OF most rigid impartality exercised; family con
m npctiOnS pOlitica considerations tayOrltSn
re allowed to offender, or to shiel
s. the incompetent. Strict attention to duty, earnes
;, application, punctuality, and genteel department
AZ virtues that will be to win consideration
We the Academy and to lay the foundation for EN-
p hence in after life. number of students are an
=. nually dropped from the rolls at West Point VIII
y fail in these essentials, but young man need
intmidated or discouraged so long as he cultivate
II the rules herein laid down. Any lad who has pas!
s. ed through the usual branches Of an English edu
.. cation especially if he has good knowledge {
IL mathematics, may be regarded as fitted 10 CON
~ mence course at the Military Academy.-Ph"o
W Press.
RS INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT BETHLEHEM.-A iette
g. from Jeruqaem in the Gazette du Md, says: so
very important discovery has been made IN IN
d. neighborhood of Bethlehem, near the spot which
n generally admitted to be where the angel appeare
- to the shepherds. To the eastward of Bethlehem
al and midway between the town and the spot abov
b. mentioned some workmen, while employed Il
making an excavation, found the ruins of an i'm
mense convent of the period of st. jerome and 81
Paul, with evident marks of its having been after
wards repaired by st. Helen and the crusaders
r. The csterns very large, regular, and IN per
feet state of preservation. The MOSAIC pavement
of several rooms have been already laid bare, an
the workmen are on the trace of the marble pave
ment of the church The satisfaction occasione
by this discovery is great that the inhabitants
tx the village of BethSakour Village of shepherds
y hasten to the spot, and offer their services on tn
e works gratuitously. The site of these ruins
"a known to the Arabs by the name OF Sarei-Uanen
ia 10 resort of the Sheep 1t is surrounded by con
IL siderable number of deep grottoes, where the shep
m herds have been in the habit of taking shelter will
- their hocks."
d Two KINDS OF GENUINE THREE CENT PGECEs.-lt
q has been currently stated that bogus three cen
l. pieces as plenty the genuine ones A Bng
a hamton, New York. banker addressed letter to I'll
IN Director of the Philadelphia Mint on the subjec
10 and received the following answer, which is OF ger