The National tribune., 1890-02-13
MONT VISIONS.

The above symptoms are sometimes followed
by curious panics, fits of visionary terrors
strangely resembling those experienced by the
victims of deliIium tromens. After tossing
about in htful half sleep tho child suddenly
awakens with n wild scream. clasps the neck
Of its alarmed mother, aud giares at its bed
with every symptom of horror or if old enough
TO express its emotions. shrieks out for help
against imaginary pursuors wild beasts, owls
with hrc-cycs, aud all sorts of crawling mon
stcrB.
Drugs and dietetie mistakes arc frequent
cause OF such affections, which. though not dap
gerous IN themselves, may be tho harbingers of
more serious disorders. Night terrors often fol-
low the first change from vegetable Tor fariua-
ccouslt animal food also surfets OF any special
ly.indgcstiblo dish cheese. pork OF minco pie
OF tho Cahsal connection of flesh food and night
panicH had an amusing illustration last Sum-
mer Ia little Southern Summer resort where
ono Of our JouT.bandcd travelling companions, a
young Chacma baboon, had soon made himself
as completely ut home rs in his native highlands
lie would plunder orchards with or without
the invitation Of the propriotors, aud often WIS.,
tied the stand OF fruIt-pedier. who permitted
him 10 help himself TO a bunch of grapes on
condition that ho should succeed ia opening
the I'D of the grape. basket. But one evening
a day -laborer, al work in the garden, had de-
posted the remnants of his dinner in d very
of an ungnardcd moment, Tommy tore off the
lid of that depository aud suatched out big
piece OF liver. sausage. Five minutes after tho
rghtful owner of that comestiblc started in
pursuit with n stick but Tommy scrambled up
to the top OF "A garden-wall, where he devoured
his prize IN spite of n shower of brickbats. Tho
retributiou of his trespass overlook him. how
ever, before the dawn OF the next morning. AZ
about 10 D. IN. means and reproachlul mumbles
issued from the straw box whore he used to pass
the night, aud Ia the light OF our night-lamp
saw the little sinner kick out his feet as If
in the act OF repulsing persistent in
truder, till suddenly tho box became too
small for scene Of his tragic per-
formance, and with a whoop Of horror tho
oxpcrimenter in liver sausage darted out and
rushed up an armchair, which ho proceeded TO
clutch In very parOxysm of panic, every now
and then looking back at the box, and as often
averting his head us from vision too horrid for
the endurance OF mortal eyes. The old.time
custom of letting children eat their meals at a
table of their own had its occasional advantages
II the menu Of their elders included too many
dishes of flesh food. Fortunately. the dietetlc
mistakes OF our modern educators are TO some
degree rcctihed by the circumstance that chill
drcn instinctvely prefer sweet iarinaceous pro-
parations and fruit TO tho most tempting vands.
Watch IA crowd Of children ut n school picnic or
| a newsboys excursion. With rare exceptions,
pudding, and leave their bam-sandwichcs for
canine aiter-glcancrs. AZ the table of public
hotel with 81 clever French cook, special
Tag0nts may achieve universal popularity, but
the number of Juvenile votes will depend upon
the excellence Of the dressing the sauce, with
its various vegetable admixtures, being apt to
disappear long before the adjunct morsels of
| meat. To such predictions, perhaps, is due
the circumstance that only In childhood dreams
are pleasant enough TO be remembered for
| years, like fairy-land adventures; and there is
no doubt that the frequency OF nightmares
could be reduced one-half by reducing the size
Of our flesh-pots. our ultra rationnlistic age
| can hardly be accused of increasing the ght-
terrors of young children by ghostly NURSERY
| tales, and the instructive dread of darkness
seems. in some cases TO be hereditary trans
mission, perhaps from the times when tho
slumbers OF our savage ancestors were fire.
| quentiy broken by the providing giant.cats of
! the tropics
On the whole.it Is not safe plan to cure
such tendencies by compulsory measures such
| as forcing timid child TO pass long Winter
| night alone and in a dark bed room. Life long
! nervousness may be the result of such expert
| ments, and at all events il can do no harm to
| postpone the cure TO afteryears, and, in the
meantime, permit the little visionary to Danish
his ghosts by the cheap expedient of little
rushlight
| ITO LIE cOntiuued1