The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-15

with headache, his temper becomes variable
SGa tb asst"de anu a sne nefs Is sbe be
ignorant woman, but OF religious spirit, and her
children or husband be suatched by death from
her, she will after time say 1T pleased God TO
aff1ict me- All! my dear lady,
"'Our Affections oft in ourselves do lie
Which we asclIbe to Heaven"
"But about the drain, dear Mrs. Carter? EX-
cuse me Tor interrupting you, but am really |
anxious to benefit by your teaching"
'In modern built houses for families OF |
small income, all the details which preserve |
health or promote comfort are shametully neg |
lected. The kitchen sink and closet drains are
untTapped, and thus the poisonous smell enters !
INTO the house, introducing scarlet and low |
ievers, sore throat diphtheria, cholera, and
stomach deIangement, producing nervous trri-
liability. TITS true, If the sink trap be kept |
down by the servants, the smell is kept out; but
do they ever attend 10 this? Never. The refuse
water will run down quicker If the trap be up,
and it saves them trouble. A great deal of the
illness OF servants too, arises from this cause;
vet the matter Is never cared tOr. Now, let a
mistress be ever so heedful about all other house.
hold management, this one should be her chief;
to insist upon It, and to see that the brass trap
OF the sink Us always on; that the covers of all
other closets In or out of the house be kept
down; that no stale or dirty water or vegetable
matter be Kept in the house, or water in which
vegetables have been boiled be thrown down
the dTain and that all sink and closet drains be
flushed with continuous stream OF water for
hve minutes three times a week. Remember,
tble on the ground floor, yet odors, whether
disaereeable or fragrant, always ascend; and in
fans or inyalids, while quietly sumbering in
unConsciousness of th invisible foe, are breath
ing the vapors which may place them in the
arms of DEATH
Then, what cares girl takes upon herself
when she maIres!'
her own way, TO be petted, TO have money to
spend and fine dresses to wear, and to parade
the accomplishments she may possess in parties
at home and abroad. Her first child is some
times found IN the way, and the worry of her
servants perpetual blister, though the best
and most CONSCIENTIOUS woman nowadays can
not emancipate herself from the latter infictlon.
"All this was foreign to my purpose to have
entered upon, but somehow ii arose out of the
children's ailments. But about weaving your
babe, when do you intend itp
81 have never nursed it; but children are
generally weaned at twelve months old, are
they notW
II always fancied eight months long enough;
infants do not remember so long at this early
age. But it depends upon the strength OF con-
stitution OF the mother; q child will suck disease
| from q slCkly mother at the expense OF its own
7 lite; therefore, she must be the judge of the
a proper time. AT the period IN the day at which
a child is usually nursed it should be fed from
( a bottle with good milk slightly sweetened but
! by no means permitted TO have too much. An
| hour after this, give II little food OF Cruel or
1 fine oatmeal boiled well in water, then sweet
ened ana cooled with mix. change OF diet is
4 as necessary for infants as tor adults. Sitted
bread crumbs nicely boiled in water, sweetened
| ana then cooled with milk. and biscuits, sold for
| the purpose and soaked, are excellent Beware
OF stu9ine the child with too much food at one
| time, or by giving II too often: Every three
| hours through the day small quantity Will
| suffice, extending to four hours i'll the evening,
lastly feeding 1t at ten, and again at four in the
morning. Children are early awake, but afCer
this, most infants will sleep on till eight o'clock
! small feeding will then suffice before its morn
| ING bathing and dressing, after which 1t may be
| fully fed.n
'How very quietly my boy now sleeps! 1t
| was fortunate, indeed, hat his gums were
| lanced. cannot sufficiently thank you."
| ut was fortunate, or the child might have
had convulslons from the irritation. You must
| gently rub his gums with your finger. The
| honey will prevent soreness from the rubbing,
ard the poppy syrup will soothe. The latter,
| you are aware, is q narcotic, and, though valua-
| bic in its use, Its abuse would be very hurtul."
What is the reason that for the last ten
days or more, my darling could never bear the
| light? He always turned frettul ii candle was
| suddenly shown to him.
This was the result of uneasy sensations, the
torerunners of Il tit, and usually accompanied
by sickness and a confined stare of the bowels;
also drowsiness."
"Ah he had not this symptom
mo; but he had unquiet, uneasy Sleep and
was very feverish. Fits are sad things for chill
drtn, and tOere is more than one kind OF con
vusion. Sometimes fit will come upon pre-
vIously healthy child, and is the symptom oi
fever or measles or other complaint coming on
| Then instant recourse should be had TO hoi
bath. and medical advice obtained. The brain
| is always more or less affected by fits, and
they are beyond a mothers power 70 cure, ol
even, in many instances, to alleviate; the eX
Cesslve pain OF teething, and sometimes worms
Will bring them on. The causes OF infants
diseases are not thoroughly Understood. The
brain is often the seat OF the mischief. Some
have frequent sickness, which is often att Il
buted to a stomach disOrdeTed from food ol
drink; but il is irritation Of the nerves of the
stomach, which are affected by the brain, tha
causes the vomiting. mother cannot cur,
these ailments or distinguish their or gin; bu
she should be able 10 nurse her infant in The
best possible manner. and never, for moment
:, delegate so sacred duty to a servants hands.
| ''Slck infants are very susceptible OF sound.
child will start and cry out in its sleep II a sud
! den noise sartle it; therefore, by all means
insist upon quiet. In all cases in every sick
l room AVOID " Whispering moving about in creak lnE
4 shoes or q Iusting dress. Never idget anything
! | about, but at once put it in the desired place
! | Do not meddle with the fre-irons, but pick vi
! | aud put on coal with the lngere. If needed
i Keep darkened, not a dark room. DO no
mutte up the patient young or old, with cur
I tains; and let the face be always turned irou
: the window or light, Let the bedclothes b
light ana warm-as many blankets as needed
Z but Danish all heavy coverings. Let the air o
u | the room be kept at one temperature, regulated
u by thermometer, at from 60 to 20 de
! grees. See that the windows do not rattle, no
the door shut badly; and there are a hundred
u other little things which Il careful nurse vii
e heed"
e II hope my boy will never have cts. thinl
. | should Gle II saw him so suffering"
|, That would be exceedingly foolish, because
Ii 1T might come on at any moment-the effort o
some hidden disease to develop ITSELF The ap
= pearance of smallpox is often preccaed by dt
- | In my young days children were irequentl
i | marked with this dreadful scoulge; indeed,
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