Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-02
Queer Things About Babies.

A great many curious things happen
to babies In this round world OF ours,
that reader. Of Our Young Folks prob
ably never heard OF. One thing is
planting them. This Is done by the
dark skinned women Of Guinea, and
Isn't half so dreadful IA II sounds.
The mother digs n hole In the ground,
stands baby In IL. and then packs the
warm sand around him to keep him In
place, as you would set out rose
bush. 1T keeps him out of mischief.
aud he can play In the sand while his
mother works. All day long lie stays
In his old crib, and mt night when she
l. done with her work. he Is dug out.
When this agricultural mother wants
to carry baby about, she ties him In
little chair which she straps TO her
back. If it l. some very grand occa-
sion, he Is dressed very neatly Ia
stripes OF white paint, aud ornament
ed with dozens Of brass bracelets and
rings OH arms and legs. A funny
looking baby he must he. II you don't
fancy crib Of sand for baby. what
do you think OF big shoe. stuffed
with moss TO make It comfortable.
The droll little Lapps cradle their ba-
bies IN that way. The shoe Is large.
OF course, and ma,le Of reindeer skin.
II comes up high at the back. like tho
slippers We wear nowadays and turned
uu at the toes. The mosI with which
is Is stuffed Is the famous reindeer
moss, soft and white; aud the odd lit
tie blacE.eyed baby looks very com
Portable hanging from a tree. or slnnS
across itS mothers back. Perhaps this
baby who lives in u shoe Is no more
conical than the baby who lives In
fur bag-anOthcr sober little black
eyed baby. away Off In the shlvery Es.
auimaux hut. Besides being cuidled
up In u fur bag at It's mother's back,
this round.taccd little fellow wears
fur hood, and looks like some strange
kind OF animal peeping out In the
world. You may have seen the Indian
baby, or papooSe, boucd Hat to board
poor little creature! Que tribe, the
Flsthead., make rude sort Of box Of
bark or willow-work. and wrap the
baby-'.little man." they call hlm-ln
a piece OF blanket, strap him tightly
to the box. and hang 1t across two
sticks. Besides this. the unfortunate
little fellow has board bound over
his ioI ehead. to make hun Flathead.
Even the Russian peasant mother cra-
dies her baby on square board hung
from the wall by strings from each
corner, like the pan Ia balance. In
India the funny little black babies hold
on BY clasping their hand. ever her
shoulder. or they take airy rides IN n
basket OIL her head. These oa'
bies are elegantly dressed In srmlcts.
bracelets, anklers. aud ieg'ets ut one
might make u wordl. fingcr-rings, tne-
ring. earrings and no-e-rings. As tor
clothes, they don't need many when
they wear so much jewelry. China
babies-not dolls. but babies that live
In ChIra-are sadly In the way among
the poor. Sometimes they are eradled
In a bag OH their mothers back. and
sometimes they are tied 10 the backs Of
older children, who go about rs though
they had no such load. Many poor
Chinese live In boats OH the river,
and the baby that comes TO such a
family Is tied by long rope to the
mast. II Il long enough TO let the
child creep around, but not long
enough to let the child fall overheard.
There Il another curious custom re-
gardlng babies which prevails In some
narts Of China. IL one dies, It is not
buried. as other people are; 1t Is thrown
out carelessly. aud crackers are hred
Off at the door. Here and there, at
the corners of the streets. charitable
people build small hou1es with open.
ings to drop the neglected little bodies
In. and that Is all the burial they get
YouaJ Folks.