Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-01-15

I>e>s, go we must" said Tom, with
miraculous deliberatinn, for one solitary
hiccnugh would have betrayed him. As
to the clork's uncertain condition, it was q
phenomenon Of good luck for him.
Does 1t look like rain, dear 2" kindly
inquired Clara
INV, If Tom had been put on his oath
he could no more have answered correctly
In regard to the appearance of the weather
than the man in the moon, and not hall
so much, for it is fair to suppose that il
there be a man in the moon, he is not ad-
dicted to the practice of drinking, and
therefore, keeps bright lookout on thing;
below.
lie replied guardedly,
"'Pon my word don't know, but III
look" and, feeling his way to the window
he threw aside the curtains, and bar Of
pale starlight threw itself immediately on
his wife's face. " Clear as crystal, vnu
perceive, dear"-and down went the cur
tain again.
Clara was very thoughtful and Affection
| ate, and suggested that if the curtain was
kept up he could see his way better about
the room
M, no, my DEAR" replied Tom, very
slowly. as before ave heard that starlight
produces lunacy after midnight he was
| about to say, bat caught himself dexter
ously, considering his situation" and
that's dreadful, YOU know"
Tom made severa! stumbles after this,
| and presently Ills wife caught Whit of the
cloves
Coed gracious. Tom, how long you are
and how dreadfully you smell OF cloves"
asEh 2'' said an, srar.;n,- al I
Yes, cloves Amy one would think
you'd been embalmed like mummy"
This made him witch and 20 wool,
gathering.
- Phew you're regularly scented with
them. Where have yuu been fortnight ?"
! Tom was thrown entirely of bis guard
| his brain am5led, and without the remor>
est idea of what he was saying, replied
w>why-hic-Cla dear. the fact
Is | have just heen on IA little trip TO the
East Indies, and lchite 1cas there TEL ore,
Spice boz "
This told a tale. Clara Immediately sat
up III bed and shed tears The cat was aut
OF the bag, and we should not be surprise ed
but that Caudle lecture as long as char
ny sermon was the consequence Of po"I
Toms unfortunate slip of the tongue lie
has nevor touched cluves from that dag to
/ this, and 1t is probable, ere long, he will
avoid the bottle entirely, his wife in
sisung that every one that drinks mus
sooner or later keep company with Il sub
teranecus person, distinguished finm the
rest ct mankind by remarkable species al
tan ard ciUven foot this latter aiorn-
ment would keep Tom out of his road, i
nothing else succeeded Most decidedly.
Mss SwIssHELH on BABIES Keep :hc
] baby warm Warmth Is life Cold i,
+ death. We think it unnatural to have their
I'ttle bald heads bare-believe that the all
/ on the scalp is 4 constant ard daugeruu,
! stimuiant to the hraiu-beiiave that Nature
/ IN her efforts to keep the head warm, send.
! too much bloud to the head and that TIL,
/ is one fruitful cause of the dropsies Of IN,
: brain, BRAN fevers, &c which carry IF 81
many children. II il we're right and praueI
/ to have the scalp exposed to the air, Nature
wnuid no. have SO clothed the human head
and until she natural covering comes ar
! artificial substitute should be supplied
/ but upon this point we do not hope t.
( Influence any one
! Dutch babies wear caps and how cnulC
/ any lady Of taste have her baby look like
/ Dutch baby? just so and Dutch babe
I generally live, laugh, aud grow fat, for the,
are - smothered ia fame" and feathers
and kept all lin IA sweat" Dutch mother
do not keep their babies for model ar,is
exhibitions. Whey cover them up, keer
them warm and quiet, and raise wonderful
number of sturdy boys and girls W
treated our baby on the Dutrh plan, an,
never lost nights sleep with her
y baby should never he laid down t
sleep, summer or winter, without havin;
something warmed by fire and put in it
CRIB, on which it should he lain and care
fully tucked MP. In the winter, in al
ordinary sitting room, there shuuid be
thick banker, double aud well warmed
between it ami the bed the body hasn'
heat to spare to warm all the bedIin
around 1t every time it wants a nap, and
should be 80 warm while sleeping as to b
all III a glow. This is "ro>y sleep" an,
from it baby will generally wake u
laughing and growing, while blue, coli
sleep, such as most babies have makes On
cross and frcttui.