, 1880-08-15

increase ofQuantity. But the worlds food ia.
thereby affected in price only collaterallyand
not at all seriously. Even the rage OF speco.
lation will not be able to maintain mess oork
rs an article Of commerce in any great guam.
tity in future years, anda corner on this par-
ticular variety Of the hog species will never
pe a disaster. America has assured tha
world an abundance Of cheap food for ages
to come, in the absence Of great natural
calamIhes that cannot be forescen or ayerted
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BABIES.
Babies come from the bosom Of God, and
bring with them the attribute OF omnipo.
tence. Absurd and incongruous as may ap-
near the application Of tho word omnipotent
to the baby,-as frail and delicate as the daisv.
or the yiolet,-it is true, nevertheless, TINT
wherever there is civilization there the helo.
less infant is the most powerful member ct
the social circle. Ever since the wise men Of
the East sought out and bowed in humble.
submission to the Christ-chiid, mankind hare
acknowledged the autocracy Of the baby in
| syaddlIng-clothes. The first faint crv
| of distress of the newborn infant
summons the entire household to tha
rescue. Every member Of the family gives
| in his or her allegiance and becomes the
| houd-slaye Of the new master or mistress.
| The baby Is regarded with as much wonder
and admiration as If 1t were the first repela-
| tion Of infanthood. All its wishes are COM
| mands; all its whiuls have the force OF Roy
| al orders in council. If there is rustic Of
clothing in the cradle there Is rush and 4
natter of big and little feet to its vicinity in
| hot haste to anticipate the possible wants Of
| ;ts little occupant. II the baby sleeps
| there is silence in the house; II the
+! baby wakes there Is great hubhub. The
| baby stares, and COOS, aud crows, and
1anehs when it has learned how to laugh.
| and the whole family stares, and coos, aud
| crows, and laughs in discordant concert.
| And each member OF the pleased circle dis
| putes with all the others the privilege Of
holding, and kissing, aud tickling the infant
| phenomenon; for every baby Is a phenome-
non. Every baby, in its own household. Is
the prettiest, cunningest, brightest, md IN
all respects the most remarkable Infant that
| was ever born into the world. Hence the
autocracy of the baby is logical; it rules BY
divine right Of being the prettiest, cunning
est. brightest, and in all respects the most
remarkable baby in the land Of the living.
Nor Is It strange that the power Of the baby
is supreme in its circle, when it is consld.
cred what grand achievements ara possible
! to its future.
The baby is boy. His face is trife too
t red, and gets red1er and Tedder, perhaps, as
| he filings his arms wildly about in the vain
| endeavor to seize his pink toes with the
view Of Inserting them between his tooth
less gums. He makes abortive passes at
his ears, and at last probably sue
cceds in grasptng and giving his own
little pug-nose violent wrench, WHERE
at he screams with infantile rage and bursts
into tears. During this interesting eptsods
of pugnacity the subjects of the baby-the
fauily-watch him with absorbing attention,
and at the denouement, after soothing bis
lacerated feelings, they declare confidently
that lie is an infant Cesar, or an Alexander,
or Napoleon {the first; not the third OF
| fourth), or Grant. In a word, that be u
destined to military renown,-to save he
Republic, or march over its ruins through
seas Of blood (the blood Of other people,. Or
the boy-baby succeeds in capturing hts PINK
toes instead Of putting them in his mouth,
fingers them one by one methodically, care
fully, as ii counting them, and the excited
auditory declare that he is destined to excel
in mathematics, that he will be an astron"
omcr.-another Newton,-and advance from
counting toes to counting stars. Doubtless
when he gets away from his mothers apron"
strings, and tumb1es on a stone sidewalk, OF
gets knocked over by his big brother, he will
see new constellation of stars The baby
boy has habit Of running his chubby fingers
through the thin locks Of hair which
adorn but do not cover his half-oald
pate, and looks the while wisely
out of his big brown or little blue eyes, and
his adorlng subjects detect the genius OF q
p!,i1osophic mind, and discern in the dEool"
ing infant new Plato, or Bacon, or Oes"
cartes. There are more warriorsin the cradle
than on horseback, and more mathenatlcians'
philosophers, statesmen, poets, and painters
| in long clothes than are dreamed OF IN tne
waking or sleeping hours Of old maids ana
| old bachelors.
Girl-babics are sweeter than boy-baoles.
Their faces are not so red; their fingers auo
i toes are Of more delicate pink hue; tnelt
feet are smaller; their hands are not so chup'
by; and their arms are more shapely. Ihell
noses may be trine more "pusgy," oa'
their eyes are soft and gentle, and possess 10
persuasiyeness what they lack in command:
ing force. They are more like violets ano
daisies than boy-babies are There il 1ntnlt
ly more character i1Dthe dimpled face OF tns
| girl-baby than in the puffy countenance o.
the boy-baby. AS soon as the eyes OF tat
girlbaby: open in wonder upon the "otle
they seem to reflect faint glimpses OF that III
tuitive perceptive faculty which dfstingutsne:
the female sex. The big boy~baby "douoleS
his fist in very suggestive pu
disagrecable way; the girl-baby ne:
: in the cradle with an open palm
The boy-baby scowls; the girl-aaay snfes
seraphically. as il already familiar with u
art Of fascination. The boy-baby flngs III
: arms about frantically, and kicks on u
socks; the movements OF the girl-baoJ az
! graceful, and if she walls her cry Is pro.es'
/ ing rather than defiant like that of the oo1
baby.
Hero is a girl~baby resembling the lily
! | grace. purity, and high purpose are eve