, 1873-07-07

4 great many curious things happen to babies,
In this round world OF ours, that tho readers OF
Ono thing ia-planting thom. This is done BY
the dark-hkinod women OF Guinea, aud isn't half
so t1roadful as 1t sounds. Tho mother digs holo
In tho ground, stands baby in it, nt,d thon packs
III you would sot out roBo-bush. It Hoops h,m
out OF mischief, aud ho can play In tho sand
while hin mother worls. AL day long ho stays
In hig odd crib. and at night, when eEo is dono
cultural mothor vanta to carry baby about, Hho
tics him In d httlo chair which s1o utraps to hor
back. If 1t ia somo very grand occasion, no is
droHsod noatly in stripes Of wAito paint, and
rings on arms and logs. a tunny-looking baby
llo must Dol II you don't fancy crib OF sand
for d baby, what do you think OF u big shoo,
stuffed with moss to mako it comfortable? The
trou little Lapps cradle thoir babios in that way.
Tho sloe is large, Of courso, and made Of roin-
deer skin. 1t comes up high at tho buck, like tho
slippers wo wear nowadays, and is turned up ut
tho toes. The moss with which It IL atufro,i is
tho famous rolndeor nogs, soft and wlito; and
tho odd little black-eycd baby looks very COM
Portable hanging from troo, or alung 0crosB Ito
mothor'a buck. Perhaps this baby who llyoa III
q shoe iB no moro comical than tho baby who
livcs in a fur-bag,-auothar sober little blach-
hut. Besides being oudlled up in q tur-bag at
Ills mothcr's back, this round-faocd littlo follow
wonrs fur-hood, mud looks iko Bon,o strange
Kind OF aulmnl popping out N tho world. You
may laye Boon the Indian baby, or papooso,
hound flat to board, poor littlo creature Ono
trile, tho FlathCaos, mako a rulo sort Of box OF
bark or wfllow-work, and wrap tho baby-"litt
man, they call hitn-fn pioco Of blanket, strap
him tightly to tho box. aud hang 1t Roro1s two
stickB DosldoB this, tho unfortunate little fol-
low has board bound oyor his forehead to
make him Flathoad, Even tic Russian peasant
mother oradlos her baby OH a sluaro board hung
from tho wall by stringB from each cornor, like
tile pan In q balance. LII India the funny, fittso
black babies either sit on their mothor'B hips and
hold oil by olasping tholr lands over hor shoul-
der or they tako niry ritlos In basket OH her
lead. .Thoae babiea 'aro elegantly dressed III
erlnlets, bracelets, anllots, and logletB III ono
might mako Word), hngor-rings, too-rings, car
rings aud noHe-ringa. As for clothes, tAoy don't
noel many when they woar so much jowolry.
China babies-not dolls, but babioa TINT live in
ChlnI-aro sadly in tho way among tho pour.
Sometimes they ARC oradiod In bag OH their
mothor's back, and sometimes they arc tod to
the backs OF oldor children, who 60 about al
though thoy lad no snoh load. Many poor ClI-
noso live iii boats OIL Tho river, and tho bnby that
comos to such family Is tied by long Topo to
tho mast. Il Ia long enough to lot tho child
croep around, but not long enough to lot him
fall overheard. Thcre Ia another curi0ua GUS
tom regarding bn.IieH which prevails In Hosne
parts OF China. II one lioa, it il not buried, "a
othor people arc II IL thrown out oarolosHly, and
crackers nro ilrol OF at tho door. Iloro and
thero at tho eorlors Of Htroos, charitable pooplo
build amall houson with opontnga to drop tho
neglected lltlo bodios in, md that ia Ill tho
burial they got.-- Young Folks for Nay.