, 1881-11-12
A IsABY,S DIARY.

spector and inspected. tn0S destroying auJ pos
sible chance Of colfusion.
A BABY'S DIARY.
A young father writes: The first day or
two after the brit, of our child is more or
less intistinct in our memory. 1t doesn't
seem to he very definit or fixed. Fioating
through our wild waste Of brain there is 4
chaotic panorama, and there seems 10 be
nothing but !: mixture Of events. We see III
our minds eye all excited young man pr:ll-
cling wildly through the moonlight down.
town. :rhe solemn hush of midnigla, seems
to pervade everything. The young man
seems to have dressed himself in hurry,
and one suspcnder is hanging down By his
side. lie rings 4 door-beli, and physician
| comes to the door.
There is a hurried conversation, and then
all is still. Pretty soou two men pass up the
street.
1t is tomorrow! Il beautiful paruoilel
| child is nesting in a roll of snowy blanket.
| The father gets a naagllifying glass and looks
at the features. =.
The nurse tells the,father that the child is
| the living picture Of him, and the ellragetl
! parent brains the nurse with decorated
| Wasl-bowl-
t First day-The child opens its mouth
| twice, emitring:, falsetto wall that makes
| the cold chilIs go all over the adjoining
| block.
Second day-The child passed comfort
| able night. More comfortable tl,an the
! parents. The father goes downtown at :
etock a. NJ for s9nthts Ing potioq @ Tor the enu
! Third ,dny-Rcspiration normal. pulse Fegu-
lar amount Of ialdab!c howl materially fn-
| crcnsed.
| Tenth day-Thc mind begins to develop, and
the father ,lo,:ces that his child has no teeth: and
| will have to be fed OH ground feed and bran
fifteenth .iuymTho child passed the night
! paving the cir ::l:d rehearsinz voluntary In G'
twentieth tuy-sigI,s of internal disturbance,
! with Indications Of squalls and the pale bstic
| colic-
| 'fhirtieth day-Hegan to notice the father
| and manifested desire to become more thor
| Fortictn slay-The dissipatel flush caused BY
| late hours and constant attention TO vocal
No noticeable char.e Tor several months,i ex-
cept the growth Of the brain and partial dlsap-
| pear:nce Of the gastric rebellion.
| then to be more and noticeable. SO that ut
| this date the child seems TO know more than the
| old people. The mental expansion o1 tne 1u'eh-
| lie IS something tha1 IL simply appalling.
| ssTHE 1tECONC1LEn-"
A lady correspondent in New York writes:
NV .sboss of the ranch'' has just returned
from political meeting" and rs the 4se-
| publican affairs are waxing warm just now,
| he has an excellent excuse for late hours,
| but lie always brings 4 pcacclnakt:r i'll tlio
shape Of q box Of fried oysters On the box
| he has Just brought in the words the recon-
| cllcr:' OH one side, and Hush, darling, I've
| been to the lodge" Oh the other. ! laugh
little softly, and cat my oysters with relish,
| because they are sootl, but it half vexes he
! to think that ain such 4 baby in his estina-
| ton rs to allow him TO think don't k1inw
| ANYTHING. and can be coaxed like that into
good hun1or; but 1 ain not the only
one, and then fried oysters touch my
heart. | like them. / know lady, and
her husband used also to be deeply
interested In politics, but in hts case they 5o'ne
hew got into his head nnd caused htin TO oe some
| what mudled before the e;ent't9 was oscF' Jul
| no matter what happened, or how large doses OF
| strong Republican politics he had taken, he lI-
! wnys took his waiting wife q box Of dellc 4ous
| fried OYSTERS and sho would sit up IN bed anu
| cat theu,. Size wnS however. Of a Hety te1"a'et;
nnd very iuapus,ve fuongn u.s npe ,;rbt s ,.is
| hnuu stopped rs usual, for his oox OF oysters,
and couple CT luminous theFalfers atsAn:eu u
itr;J. n,ut lu;.yeetl them. One drew the waiting
husb;ind aside and asked mis- opinion on snhe
| ubstrllse subject while the other tooS inc oss
tcrs out Of the box and split tnon, oen a,,u ,,
nicely The nnsuspectiu:s man ut 4ast feeensu
his home, where his wife lny whiting hcr peace
| Offering. Al lust he ca1ne and got upstairs anu
handed her the box with protusc terms Of en-
| dturtncnt unfortunately for himself. tof tEat
was afterwards brought up us PROOF st1o"s ns
! ' She cut her first oyster without observing
| m,,,h but tue sccond trad terrible unse ~; anu
! snf. t,,..u to feel MS II she was glowing scSu
y;t,s but tried to eat another. which she found
to he perfect fiery furnace. Then she began
to cry tire and water, bMt tue nusnnJ; ra.v snnr
in.,. She ut,t our Of bct. and, sezl1g nti nta.
i,rclla- 'y,yt him thorough gooi pounding. und
finished By wtp hcr iip
swclled up to fearful size. snc oec'aEeu . a ssas
would be divorced from such nrn1e' ms eSe5 ,1
.vnrc bnth bjNrk. and be was sore nlt over. out
| friends finally made peace between snenl. nut
she mas cut my acqtantanGe pecnuss asHeT
her in compnnyif sne nseo ,t ..teu ~, Ha,ioxss :
did It on purpose
CHANCE FOR THE BOYS.
i The Iotest craze among the falf 1e'aaels u
socfety down East Is hare and hound CLUBS
several of which have been recen1iy orgaa~
izetl round about New York No gentlemen
are allowed to participate It Is a st1Mtis
feminine affair, though conducted III tne
main after masculine rules. ooHaeti1nes II
w., nj fnur or i've miles is made, IL Is said
| uyer fields, fences. hedges anu d1aches-oe-
fore the hare is brought to earth' anu those
WIN have seen one of the ciiases pronounce
it very entrrtainlng partcalary o., account
| nf rho costume adopted by the pretty hnntresses
which is thus descriled: ,.,
..srcnnis shoes. long parti-co1ored stockings
ro1 or iiuc kuickerbockcrs. no skirt to speak ~
1 1rrnv nf n contrasting cOtor to the knleker'
wnos mske ny Ia
ter ui psn,,.. fure MS 1t skins cAmella-like oses
tna snrfac{. uf the ground, or goes pounding
niong. flushed and easpnx aeSYorti!ng in ~ .ae
s!xe He ore not less numerous and curious nov
thnn they were in the days OF Lady a''tiva bavt
amnle opportunities for Far!nx the SIZE ane