Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-16
MOTHERS CORNER.

o, where is heard n song so sweet
AS eirlhooi's ioyous laughter?
Or visions half 50 lar, complete
As Mother Ewes young daughter?
The light OF Joy IS in her face.
Whenever clouds hang over,
Her tender, winsome, perfect grace
VIII bring fell many lover
Our earth can hold no fairer gift
For mortal mans attaining
Than this sweet angel from the skies,
Who queen Of hearts is reigning.
+. X. ID.
Children are born believing all things
hoping all things, and, so tar rs thelI
parents intentions toward them go;
thinking no evil. The baby's humility
IS invoiuntary-born of weakness and
CONSCIOUS ignorance. We are too ready
to make promises to our children. The
iteration of MAY 1 do this?'' ''Can't
do lhat?' patters upon the ear of the
busy mother until she answers mechan-
ically. often not taking in the purpori
OF the petition. The perpleXed stare
that answers her clumsy defense when
reminded of the assent she feels obliged
TO revoke-''I really did not think what
I was saying my dear''-should warn
her that the ground is caving under the
ledge of infallibIlity. These clear-eyed
critics of our walk and conversation
reason long before they can put logic
into words.
The practice of placing chlldren's
be,ls ne..r open Ni.l0wS and sending
theu out in winter with wet hair
should be condemned. In case of sick
ness physician should be given full
history of the illness from the begin.
ming, and the causes which produced it.
When ehild is sleeping do not waken
1t to meet the physician, as sleep Is
very favorable condition for the exam
ination of the child's respiration undi5
turbed by extr;Ineous influences.
With babies the front teeth or in.
cisors are usually the first to come.
This is ut six or seven months old. The
first molar teeth, the furthest back il
the jaw, come from the twelfth to the
sixteenth month The CANNES. OF
''t.ye teeth,'' as they are called, in the
upper jaw come between the fourteenth
month and the end of the second year
The second molars come after eighteen
months, or about the second year. As
a rule the teeth of the lower jaw come
a little ahead of those in the upper jaw.
4 baby has twenty temporary teeth.
FIVE pairs in each jaw. The two great
symptoms of teething in child are
strong inclination to bite and marked
increase in saliva
Baby's first short dresses ought to be
cut quite long, so as TO cover her limbs
while sitting.
If child receive 4 severe fall, ex.
anime it well in every part and rut
Your hand on its back TO see if it is in.
jured. Persons have been sometimes
crippled for life by receiving a hurt.
rot known of at the time. \ warm
bath, with p'enty of rubbing after viii
be soothing if the hurt and shCck art
only temporary
-Go and Tell Mamma TO Open the
Door.
y particularly pathetic incident OF
the epidemic of yellow fever lately raw.
ing III Jacksonville, Florida, is told by
q World correspondent. y bright little
boy named Harry Storck was moved to
Sands Hill with the fever. He recov-
cred, but during his convalescence the
entire family, consisting of his father,
mother and sister, died. The little fel-
low was adopted by Mr.. Benedict
Rogers, Of Jacksonville, and was kept
in ignorance of his parents death.
One day, however, he managed TO finC
his way to his former home, and ran
crying up the steps. Kind neighborS
found him knocking at the door of the
deserted house and calling piteously
upon 4 large cat which stood at the
window, and whom he recognized at
once TO be his old playmate, to ''go
and tell mamma to open the door,