Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-02-22

cords. 1t Is by means OF these nerves
that we feel, see, hear, smell and taste
The eye, the ear, the mouth, the nos
trils, and indeed the whole body, In
every part, are full of them. The plea
sure you have In eating comes from the
nerves of taste, and the pain you feel
when pricked by PIN comes from the
nerves of sensation. There are nerves
of feeling and nerves of motion. If the
nerves of feeling We're destroyed inyour
arm, could cut it with knife and you
would suffer no pain, or if the nerves
of motion We're destroyed, you could
not move it.
The boy listened in silence; then he
gave loud bang on his tin pan, watch
ing his mother as he did so. The effect
was decided Mrs. Overman gave a
quick start, while spasm of pain con
tracted her forehead.
old that hurt your nerves" asked
Hartley with the GOODNESS of scientific
student.
eyes, - replied his mother. g If you
had struck me on the head with your
fist, you could hardly have hurt me
worse"
The signs of pain on the countenance
of Mrs Overman were too distinct for
even the boys eyes to mistake them,
He dropped the pan, and coming up
to her put his hands on her face and
said
Tim sorry. Did it hurt much ~
eyes, dear. My nerves are very SEN
sitive.'
what is sensitive, mother2"
Easily hurt, or very tender This
finger was sore last week :" and as Mrs.
Overman spoke she took hold of Hart
leys little finger. q can squeeze it
now ana you feel no pain, but a few
days ago, if | had done so, you would
have screamed out. Why! 1t was
sensitive then, like my nerves.
But how can noise touch your
nerves 2" asked the boy.
at touches the nerve of hearing,
and through these jars all the rest"
"Oh." he said, quietly, and with
the air of one into whose mind light
had come.
"All the strange and wonderful
things in our bodies, Mrs. Overman
said, care so linked together and so
l.
thing happens to one part, all the other
parts in a measure feel the shock.
When you Jared just now my nerves
of hearing so ridley, all the sensitive
nerves of my body were disturbed.
"Why don't the noise hurt my
nerves ~ asked Hartley.
because they are in healthy con
dition- have not been hurt by sickness
or suffering, MS your finger was hurt
last week. | have been sick q great
many times in my life, and have suffer
ed great deal of pain, and because of
this sickness and pain, my nerves have
come to be so sensitive that any sudden
loud noise will send pain through my
head. Little things, of which a few
years ago [ would take no notice, now
cause me disturbance, and often suffer
ing"
"What little things, mother 2" asked
the boy, to whose mind had come new
thoughts and questions.
ooh, a great many little things"
Mrs. Oyerman replied.
"When | bang the door does it hurt
youl" Hartley's large eyes were read
ing his mothers face witha new interest.
eyes, dear. Just little always, and
sometimes it hurts me a great deal"
and is that the reason you are al
ways saying, oh, Hartley, why Will
you bang that door, and I've told you
SO often not to do it !"
"That is one of the reasons" ans.
wered the mother. /" Another is that
/ want you to be a gentle boy, for /
know if you are not, you viii be all the
while disturbing and hurting people
with nerves made weak and sensitive,
like your mothers by sickness and
pain.
care there a great many people with
weak nerves 2" asked Hartley.
" A great many" was answered.
Has Aunt Malcolm got weak
nerves 2"
eyes. "
/ guess she must have, for when |
got an old file and sawed it on an old
tin can, she stopped her ears and ran
into the house. 1t made me laugh, and
l sawed away louder than ever But |
didn't know it hurt her"
of it didn't really give her pain, it
made her feel so badly all over that
she could not bear the sound. | hope
you'll never do 50 again, for your aunt
Malcolm is in poor health, and her
nerves are weak.
What made her get weak nerves ~
Mrs. Overman's face grew more Sc
rious. She was silent for little while,
and then said,
"Your aunt Malcolm had little boy
once, and he was just about as old as
you are when she lost him
Glow did she lose him, mother 2"
"That is what | am going to tell you
about. Your aunt Malcolm lived in the