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@arn£r. A LITTLE WHEEDLER. GEORGE COOPER. “ There never was a grandma half so good! He whispered, while beside her chair he sto< And laid his rosy cheek, With manner very meek. Against her dear old face in loving mood. “ There never was a nicer grandma born ! I know some little boys must be forlorn Because they’ve none like you ; I wonder what I’d do Without a grandma’s kisses night and morn?” “ There never was a dearer-grandma—therel” He kissed her and he smoothed her snow-white hair! Then fixed her ruffled cap And nestled in her lap, While grandma, smiling, rocked -her old arm chair. “ When I’m a man what lots to you I’ll bring! A horse and carriage and a watch and ring. All grandmas are so nice ! (Just here he kissed her twice.) And grandmas give a boy most anything !” Before his dear old grandma could reply This boy looked up, and, with a roguish eye, Then whispered in her ear, That nobody might hear; “ Say, grandma, have you any more mince pie ?” For Woman’s Work. MATERNAL NURSING. BY ABRM. LIVEZEY A. M., M. D.. YARD LEY, PA. As a general rule, the first law of nature holds good that every healthy mother should nurse her offspring, and like other physiological laws, this one cannot be broken with impunity. This is plainly an ordinance of Providence, and to refuse to be obedient thereto is to forego the reward of that love and affection of the child which the nursing of it can only bring. From universal experience and observa tion in all ages of the world and among all nations, nursing is evidently as beneficial to a healthy mother as it is promotive of the most perfect physical development and the greatest intellectual vigor of her child. And yet how many women are there at the present day who are willing to devolve this dearest, greatest privilege of a mother'on a strange nurse or on a bottle, from the fear of loss of pleasure and anxiety, to avoid the confinement or imaginary trouble and in convenience which nursing necessarily im poses. Mothers, po a sessing reason and instinct, should remember that animals even of the most ferocious nature show affection for their young and do not neglect or forsake them, nor delegate their care to another of their kind; and will the mothers of our land manifest a love below that of a brute? There are sometimes circumstances which undoubtedly disqualify the parent from the performance of this sacred duty— instances, too, in which experience proves that she ought not to attempt to nurse her offspring,as it would inflict irremediable in jury on herself or her child, or on both. 1. In an infant born of * parent of con sumptive or strumous constitution, for in stance, there is a constitutional predisposi tion to these same diseases, and if the infant is nourished from her system, this heredi tary tendency will be most probably con firmed. This melancholy predisposition is sometimes postponed till a family gather around her, and then suddenly their physic al powers begin to give way and they drop, one by one, prematurely into the grave, exhausted by consumption. Such a mother is rendered constitution ally unfit for the task of nursing, and it will be lar better for her health, and infinitely more so for that of her infant, that-she should not attempt it. The infant, how ever, should not be brought up by hand or carelessly consigned to the bottle, but a healthy wet-nnrse should be obtained and the child nursed until it is twelve to fifteen months old. 2. A mother of a highly susceptible ner vous temperament who is alarmed at any and every accidental change she may hap pen to notice inlier infants countenance, or she who may be excited and agitated by the ordinary occurrences of the day, should not attempt to nurse her infant; for the breast milk of such a one will ever vary in quality and quantity—often be so deprav ed as to be unfit for nourishment and li able to seriously disturb tne infant’s bowels or general health. The habit of “giving way” under every slight pretext or occasion is now inexcus ably yrong, if it never was before. Self control is a quality above all others needed in a nursing mother who values her own comfort and happiness and the best wel fare of her children. He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he has forgotten the cause. 11 St p b> on take purif' drops < require* iodine i about boi local app nails. 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