Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-02

Many OF the most prominent chill
dren are sacrificed to a desire to bring
them forward in advance of other
children, and this desire is stimula-
ted by natural ins tincts. Every Iiv-
ing creature rejoices in the use of the
faculties which God has given it.
"as strong man to run Il race The
boy whose muscles are well deyeI-
oped will never keep still, but he is
ready for anything, good or bad, in
which he can stir himself 70 such
one study is a punishment.
But the boy whose muscles are
feeble, and whose brain is largely de-
veloped, sits still and reads, and the
appetite, of course, conforms to the
KIND and amount of exercise. If he
wastes his muscle in exercise, his ap-
petite will demand the k
ing nitrates to supply the waste If
he wastes the PHOSPHORUS of the
phatic food to restore it. While the
fat and stupid boy, who has neither
muscle or brain, will crave carbon
aceous articles to feed his stupidity j;
and indulgence in these appetitics
Will, of course, increase the peculiar
ity.
l have seen the little kingbird, af-
ter All hour OF extraordinary exer-
tIons in driving from their neigh bor-
hood an intruding hawk, devote the
next hour To catching bees and hor-
nets, which abound both in nitrates
and phOsphates, as a means of re-
storing his muscularand vital energy.
The bird is safe in following his in
clinationS living as it does ac-
cording 10 natural laws, and hav-
ing no abnormal DEVELOPMENT of
faculties, and no abnormal appetites,
it can eat what it desires, and as
much, with perfect impunity.
But the child, changed in its con-
dition as it may be by the ignorance
and folly of its parents, even before
its birth, is abnormally developed,
and OF course has abnormal appe-
tites.
INDUCING these appetites in case
of precocity of the brain, of course
increases the excitement of the brain
and the result Is inflammation and
premature death.
n child with precocious brain, or
who is very forward to use the COM
mon expression, is of course more
liable tn dangerous diseases of the
brain than other children but if
P'AA "poiu SlNt AIlt SubJttt
thought, and use their reason i'm this,
as in other less important matters,
these diseases might generally be
warded Oft.
lfyour eyes have been overworked,
or are weak and liable to intianma-
ton, we avoid over-using them, es-
peclally i'll the strong light, and if So
inf1amed that too much light, and all
use al them, gives pain, We shut out
light altogether, and give them rest
till they recover. Both light and
seeing are pleasant to the eyes in
health, and absolutely necessary to
give them health and strength, but
when diseased, are both alike iRjuri-
Gus and we avoid the influence of
both till they recover. And when
only weak, and not absolutely dis
eased, we are careful to have the
light or Use the eye only moderately
and carefully. So of any other organ
of faculty, that VII ith is necessary to
it in health must be carefully used in
tendency to disease.
Apply this principle to d preco-
cious brain. The brain is as depen-
dent on appropriate exercise and q
supply of phosphorus in health, as il
tie eye ul exercise and light; and
as We withdraw the exercise and
light in weakness and disease, so
should we allow the brain from exer-
else and phosphate food i'll case Of
disease or premature development.
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