The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-06-29
N0LUME WII.---NO.9.
INFANTS AND AIR.

hundred andh'hety dying. there were only
four hunt!fed and fifty, Il differences of:twen-
ty-two hundred ana forty. This simple uu-
vanished statement Of an indisputable fact
ought to impress the mind Of every parent
deeply, Of the importance and the duty
Of using all practicable means for securing
to children the habi.ual breathing of the
avoid purest air possible; being careful to
a radical, n,ischievous, and most prevalent.
error that warmsair is necessarily impure
Warmth is as essential to infantile health
rs pure air. uow best to secure aboth
should be our constant stud y. There are:
more deaths under five years Of age, in
New York, thad,tefs are from 6vet sixty
years, owing to three things a. want ofpute
air, of suitable &arrnth and proper food.
In these three wants are found the over
whelming majority Of causes for the fear
full statement. above named. Let every pa
rent in city or country, in hovel or nau-
sion, lhatufe three things. To die childless
after having been once blessed with dear
children, 'fnust.be one Of the most terrible
Of all calanities Of the'heart; yet.sin count
less mu|titudes Of cases, the sufferers are
thaau,hofs Of their own crushing sorrows,
byreaso!f Of their inpardonable ignorance
or moral criminal neglect .-HalPs Jour-
nal Of Health. ~
The INFLUENCE aHoME.-Our home
influence is not passing but an abiding
one; and all.powerful for good or evil, for
peace or strife, for happiness or misery
Each iEell regulated, home has been likened
to central sun, around which revoIves
happy and united band Of warm, loving
hearts, acting, thiukipg. rel o'cihg, and sor-
rowing together. Which member of the
family ean say, Il have no inauencea'
What sorrow Of what happiness lies in the
power of each! A lighted lamp is very
small thing, and it burns calmly and with.
outshoise, yet it giveth light 70 all who are
within the house. And SO there is quiet
influences which, like the fame of scented
lamp, fills many home with light and'fra
GRANGE. Such an influence has been beau
tifuIIy compared to'a carpet, soft and deep,
which, while it diffuses look of ample
comfnft deadens many creakipg sound.
1t isthe Gdrlaih WHICH frohix5pany below
ed form wards Of at oncs the summers
glow and the winters. wind. It is the pill.
low on which sickness lays its head and for
gets half its misery. This influence, falls
as the refreshing dew, the invigerating sum
beam, the fertilis,ng shower, shining on all
With the mild lustre Of moonlight. and hat-
@onising in one soft tiu.smany of the dis
coidan. bdes of amilypiefnrs.
MODERN WospsRs.-Wheu young;
man is clerk in warehouse or bank and.
dresses like prince, smokes foine.' drinks
uoice br"ndy,' attends theatres, balls. afssi,
stlre like, | wonder if he does all upon The
asails Of his clerkshjp'-When young
lady sits il tile paflorrvall day, with her
lly-white fingers covered ~i,lhrings, I WON
-der9if her mother don't make the puddings
and do good deal of work in the kitchen
When man goes three times day to get
a dram wonder ifAbe will not, bye, and
bye.go four times f--When young lady
Isces her waist third smaller than nature
made it, 1wonfsfiif her pretty figure will
not shorten, life .some dozen ye6h or more
besides nsahipE her miserable while she
!oes Iives when young manis dependent
upon bis daily toil>for his income, and mar
ries a portioniess fine faay who does not
know bowgto make loaspf bread, or mend
a ga1&en.,H q ~obssr shs &; q 1lt 11lot lacking
sohsswhste-say towa'ds ths top. for ine-
stahcea
ssLzTAueHr >Mza.---Tbe history of Ht-
eratugs furnishes numerous instances Of
self.taught htmen; and some Of the gasatest
ach9lars and philosophers baye been Of this
deseription. The Pfofoupd critic, Julius
scaleeS k1e~ not ths lsstsrs Of tie Greek
salpbabet till saA be- s~aasws ssf age;
.and the great Erasmas was,iaaslsa moss
4 his owa application; ttttaa. to'the instruc.
ssion Of Others, ,,fess bis comprehensive stores
Of learning. I'll phiEessptr saa science.
.hese ins.ssces. pave bees stilf 30 striking
and numerous; the cs,sbrasAd 'Hsseab
when child. by bis own appFcation sleae,
scqu'red . knowledge Of the rudimepts of
geometry, AID Jamss Ferguson aud .frihom.
- ssimpson bseams excellent instructors ,sf
Others 10 b.ela.ies without having tsa
any tsachs,s,abemseIvss. .s !.
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