Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-06-14

cSSaylst, Dy inc way, tellS us tnaL
Swedish mothers, having thus packed
up their infants, take the animated
| bundle TO church with them, and in
winter will leave them at the door,
safely slowed away beneath IA covering
! OF snow, with just little air-hole for
I breathing purposes" and there the
| immovable cherubs will lie perfectly
safe and warm till service is over" II
may be surmised that there will be II
wild rush doorwards should there be
! Indications of "A sudden addition TO the
babys blanket. In Scandinavia the
babies have abundance OF warm cloth
| ing. but there are colder regions where
they are allowed TO go naked This is
the case in Fuegia. "a country in
which even in the summer season poo
pie have been known TO die of cold if
they have ventured up a very little
above the level OF the sea- The en-
cased babies, by the way, give very
! little trouble so long as they are we'll
fed. They may be hung up on trees or
slung from n sa1dle-bow' or suspended
from a nail like an ornament in IA
room, and are perfect models of be-
havior, betraying no sign Of life except
the movement of the eyes"
What tiny creatures some babies arei
Instances are known in which the child
ut birth has not weighed more than
pound. and has yet developed into
/ average proportions. Sir Isaac New
ton was such mite at the dawn OF his
life that he could ensconce himself
comfortably in quart pot, and he
was anything but an obscure figure in
manhood. On the other hand, some
children that promised well as TO size
have assumed a dwarfish appearance
as they grew up. This was the case
with one Nanette Stocking, a clever
little lady who was exhibited in London
about century ago. Nanette did not
rise higher than thirty-three inches
in her womanhood, while as baby
she was said TO have been beyond the
usual size. In contrast to this case IL
that of Daniel Lambert. who entered
life with very modest dimensions iu-
deed, but whose height and breadth at
the time of his death were such that
the outer wall of his room had TO be
removed before he could be buried. 1t
used TO be considered unlucky in this
country TO weigh babies, and the feel
ing on the subject no doubt continues
TO assert itself in country places.
Across the Atlantic. however, the
baby's weight is regarded as of equal
Importance with its name; and the
usual newspaper notice will have an
addition when the avoirdupois reaches
IL satisfactory point, viz: Mrs. Wash
ington Brown, a son; twelve pounds"
This is beyond the average weight,
but it is by no means the maximum.
Master MIGRANTS, who was exhibited
as The Modern Hercules, does notap-
pear to have been weighed when born,
but when four months old he turned
the scale at 80 pounds, he was "A
inches round the body, ID round the
thigh. and round the arm. The
great difficulty in the roaring of very
tiuy infants is TO keep them sufficiently
warm; but this drawback appears to
have been overcome in New York
state, where recourse has been had
with gratifying results to an incu-
batting machine, instead OF an ordinary
crib.
There are very few places where the
baby is not hedged round with pro-
tecting care. That wonderful process
sion OF thirty-seven millions, as a
garded even in imagination as au I'M
broken line; but the gaps from prevent
able causes are gradually becoming
fewer. Not only are more babies be-
ing born into the world, but the new
corners have much better chance of
surviving than was the case fifty or
sixty years ago. At the same time the
yearly procession, if presenting an in
crease in certain sections, shows a di-
minution in others. The babies OF
aboriginal races in many instances
have become n mere remnant of what
used TO be the case before the dominat-
ing power Of the white man began TO
make itself felt in other chimes than
his own. 1t is with human beings as
with lower animals and vegetables
the latter types seem TO have Il tenden-
cy to obliterate the earlier types when
brought into contact with them. -
/ Leeds Mercury.