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Show -T . A lesson from the Mabj. ' Man, as he comes into the world, pre- I sents a condition it would be well for him to follow in all his after life. The ! sweetest minstrel ever sent out of para- ! dise cannot sing a newborn child to ! sleep on an empty stomach. We have ' known reckless nurses to give the little j ones a dose of paregoric or soothing i syrup in place of its cup of milk, when I it was too much trouble lo get the latter, i but this is the one alternative. The j little stomach of the sleeping child, as it I becomes gradually empty, folds on it- I self in plaits; two of these make it rest- ' less; three will open itseyes, but bv careful care-ful soothing these may be closed "again; four plaits and the charm is brokeu; there is no move sleep in that household until that child has been fed. It seems to us so strange that with this example before their eyes full grown men nre so slow to learn the lesson. American Analyst. |