A LUMP OF sUGAR, saturated with vinegar, will stop hiccough when drink- ing water will not. For babies, a few grains of sugar will often suffice. Care must be taken in giving sugar to nursing babies, as it is constipating. Dio Lewis says feather pillows are death to children. Make them of straw or hair, and not too large. To CURE THE EARACHE, take a bit of cotton batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip it in sweet-oil, and insert it — into the ear. Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it’ warm. PROBABLY NINE CHILDREN OUT OF TEN who die of croup might be saved by the timely application of roast onions, mashed, laid upon a folded napkin, and goose-oil, sweet-oil, or even lard✪ Roast Onions for Croup, poured on and applied as warm as can be borne comfortably to the throat and upper part of the chest, and to the feet and hands, or the onions may be sliced, boiled soft in water ‘until almost dry, grease added, and cooked in the grease until browned. LET NATURE WAKE THE CHILDREN; she will not do it prematurely. Take care that they go to bed at an early hour—let it be earlier and earlier, until it is found that they wake up themselves in full time to dress for breakfast. Just BEFORE EACH MEAL let a child have some ripe fruit or some fruit sauce. Apples and berries are wholesome. Oranges should never be given to children unless the skin and the thick white part underneath the skin and between the quarters is all carefully removed. WHILE THE BABY IS DOWN FOR A CREEP, draw little stocking legs over his arms, and secure them by a safety-pin. SEE THAT A CHILD’s FooD is well cooked. Never give a child new bread. Always insist that a child thoroughly masticate his food. Avoid too nour- ishing a diet for a child of a violent, fretful temper. Give a nourishing diet to a pale, white-looking, delicate child. Both under-feeding and over: | feeking are apt to produce scrofula or consumption. Carefully study a child’s constitution, digestive powers, teeth, strength, and endeavor to pro’ portion to these the kind and the quantity of its food. Sweetmeats and confectionery should only be given to children very sparingly, if at all. Never pamper or reward a child with them. <A child should never be al- lowed to go to sleep with damp, cold feet. Neglect of this has often re- sulted in dangerous attacks of croup, diphtheria, or a fatal sore throat. Always on entering the house in rainy, muddy, or thawy weather, the child should remove its shoes, and the mother should herself ascertain whether the stockings are the least damp. If they are they should be taken off, the feet held before the fire, and rubbed with the hands until perfectly ary, and dry stockings and shoes put on. \ Dr. OsGooD RECOMMENDS as a night suit for children a single garment. iz her ie hehe Fam nie 3 erases aaa ¢ 464s SOMETHING ABOUT BABIES. A Ae aah ’ ending in drawers and stockings. Over this, in cold weather, may be worn a flannel sack. At severe seasons, instead of putting an extra coverlet on ‘the bed, he advises the use of a ‘large bag, made of a light blanket, in- to which the child may be securely placed, and closely buttoned around the neck. Light coverings generally are preferable to heavy ones, if the night-clothing and the room are sufficiently warm,-as they do not induce perspiration nor check exhalations. EATING sNow, except in very limited quantities, is very injurious, produc- ing catarrh, congestion and many other troubles. JUMPING THE ROPE is an injurious and dangerous amusement, often re- sulting in disease of the spine and brain. : For worms, give rue tea; for colic, catnip tea.

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A LUMP OF sUGAR, saturated with vinegar, will stop hiccough when drinking water will not. For babies, a few grains of sugar will often suffice. Care must be taken in giving sugar to nursing babies, as it is constipating. Dio Lewis says feather pillows are death to children. Make them of straw or hair, and not too large. To CURE THE EARACHE, take a bit of cotton batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip it in sweet-oil, and insert it — into the ear. Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it’ warm. PROBABLY NINE CHILDREN OUT OF TEN who die of croup might be saved by the timely application of roast onions, mashed, laid upon a folded napkin, and goose-oil, sweet-oil, or even lard, poured on and applied as warm as can be borne comfortably to the throat and upper part of the chest, and to the feet and hands, or the onions may be sliced, boiled soft in water ‘until almost dry, grease added, and cooked in the grease until browned. LET NATURE WAKE THE CHILDREN; she will not do it prematurely. Take care that they go to bed at an early hour—let it be earlier and earlier, until it is found that they wake up themselves in full time to dress for breakfast. Just BEFORE EACH MEAL let a child have some ripe fruit or some fruit sauce. Apples and berries are wholesome. Oranges should never be given to children unless the skin and the thick white part underneath the skin and between the quarters is all carefully removed. WHILE THE BABY IS DOWN FOR A CREEP, draw little stocking legs over his arms, and secure them by a safety-pin. SEE THAT A CHILD’s FooD is well cooked. Never give a child new bread. Always insist that a child thoroughly masticate his food. Avoid too nourishing a diet for a child of a violent, fretful temper. Give a nourishing diet to a pale, white-looking, delicate child. Both under-feeding and over: | feeking are apt to produce scrofula or consumption. Carefully study a child’s constitution, digestive powers, teeth, strength, and endeavor to pro’ portion to these the kind and the quantity of its food. Sweetmeats and confectionery should only be given to children very sparingly, if at all. Never pamper or reward a child with them. <A child should never be allowed to go to sleep with damp, cold feet. Neglect of this has often resulted in dangerous attacks of croup, diphtheria, or a fatal sore throat. Always on entering the house in rainy, muddy, or thawy weather, the child should remove its shoes, and the mother should herself ascertain whether the stockings are the least damp. If they are they should be taken off, the feet held before the fire, and rubbed with the hands until perfectly ary, and dry stockings and shoes put on. \ Dr. OsGooD RECOMMENDS as a night suit for children a single garment. iz her ie hehe Fam nie 3 erases aaa ¢ 464s SOMETHING ABOUT BABIES. A Ae aah ’ ending in drawers and stockings. Over this, in cold weather, may be worn a flannel sack. At severe seasons, instead of putting an extra coverlet on ‘the bed, he advises the use of a ‘large bag, made of a light blanket, into which the child may be securely placed, and closely buttoned around the neck. Light coverings generally are preferable to heavy ones, if the night-clothing and the room are sufficiently warm,-as they do not induce perspiration nor check exhalations. EATING sNow, except in very limited quantities, is very injurious, producing catarrh, congestion and many other troubles. JUMPING THE ROPE is an injurious and dangerous amusement, often resulting in disease of the spine and brain. : For worms, give rue tea; for colic, catnip tea.

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