Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-15
Why CHILDREN D1E-sI have seen

Why CHILDREN DIE.-'sI have seen
persons who gather for the parlor their
choicest flowers, just as they begin to
open into full bloom and fragrance,
lest some passerby should tear them
from the bush and destroy them. Does
not God sometimes gather into heaven
young and innocent children for the
same reason-lest some rude hand may
despoil them of their beauty"
Some weak brother has been trying
his hand to see what beautiful sound
ing sentence he could make out of a
whopper. The reason why children
die is because they are not taken care
Of From the day of birth they are
filled with food, choked with physic,
sloshed with water, suffocated in hot
rooms, steamed in bed clothes. So
much for the doors. When permitted
to breath Of pure air once in week in
summer, and once or twice during the
colder months, only the nose is permit
ted to peer into daylight. Bare legs,
bare arms, bare necks girted lniddlcs,
with an inverted umbrella to collect the
air, and chill the other parts of the
body. a stout strong man goes cut
on cold day with gloves and oyercoats,
WOODEN stockings and double solcd boots
with cork between and rubbers over.
The same day, child Of three years
old an infant in flesh and blood, and
bone and constitution, goes out with
soles as thin as paper, cotton socks,
legs uncovered to the knees, arms
naked, neck bare an exposure which
would disable the nurse, kill the moth
er outright in fortnight, and make
the father an invalid for weeks. And
why? TO harden them to mode Of
dress which they never expected to prac-
tice. 10 accustom them to exposure
which dozen years later would be con-
sidered downright foolery. 70 rear
children thus for the slaughter pen, and
then lay it on tho Lord, is too bad.
We don't think that the Almighty has
any hand in it. And TO draw COM
fort from the presumption that he has
any agency in the death Of a child, in
the manner of the quoted article, is a
presumption and a profanation.- Halls
Jouynal IF Health.
CONSTANT EMPLOYMENT The man
who is obliged to be constantly en-
ployed to earn the necessaries of life
and support his family, knows not the
unhappiness he prays for when he de-
sires wealth and idleness. 10 be con-
stantly employed is to be always hap
Ply. Persons who have suddenly ac-
quired wealth, broken up their active
pursuits, and begun to live at their
ease, waste away and die in very
short time. Thousands would have
been blessings to the the world, and
added to the common stock Of happi-
ness, if they had been content to re-
main in an humble sphere, and earned
every mouthful Of food that nourished
their bodies. But no; fashion and
wealth took possession Of them, and
they were completely ruined. They
ran away from peace and pleasure, and
embraced a lingering death. Ye who
are signing for the pomp and pleasure
of this life, beware! Ye know not
what ye wish. No situation, however
exalted no wealth, however magnif-
cent no honors, however glorious, can
yield you solid enjoyment while dis
content turks in your bosom. The
secret Of happiness lies in this-to be
always contented with your let, and
never sigh for the splondor of riches,
or the magnifcence Of fashion and
power. Persons who are always busy
and 60 cheerfully to their daily tasks,
are the least disturbed by the 'huctua-
tions Of business, and at night sleep
with perfect composure.
MILAN.-Milan, the capital of Lom-
hardy, has population of about 160,-
600 persons, not including the Aus
trian garrison and the strangers tenn
porarily resident there. 1t is situated
in wide open plain, between the Olo-
ma and Saveso rivers, tributaries of the
river Pc. It has been the scene of
many conflict of arms between rival
nations, and has, at different times,
been under the dominion of Spain,
Austria and France. twas twice cap
tured by the French, and in 1906 the
first Napoleon made it the capital of
the Kingdom of Italy. By the treaty
Of 1915 it was restored to Austria,
with the adjoining territory.
Milan is very ancient city, being
founded 400 years before the Christian
era. 1t was inhabited and embellished
by many of the Roman Emperors, and
has been the birthplace Of many emf
nent men, including number of Popes.
It was several times almost destroyed
during the wars which desolated the
European continent. It now contains
many fine public buildings, and the
Cathedral, begun in 1886, is one of the
finest in the world. 1t also contains
the Church of St. Ambrogio, where the
Emperors of Germany were crowned.
The city is nearly Of circular shape,
enclosed on three sides by wall sur
rounded by ramparts, nearly eight
miles in circumference, and entered by
ten gates. 1t is distant from Vienna
about 400 miles.
To THE GIRLS Here is paragraph
of plain talk to the girls, by an anony-
nous author, which is worth library
to Young Ladies' Books. or Young