Show L cabes canes I 1 was saying to one of our church elders the othe other day lay that I 1 made it a rule to have the children in bed by six in the evening sunnier bummer summer and winter that is right night right he be replied there are three things children want plenty of sleep plenty of df flannel and plenty of milk ji I 1 agreed with him but mentally added plenty of air and plenty of jud lud judgment and discretion it takes ia good deal of wisdom and a little experience to bring up childre children ii healthy e n t by strong and well there Is an old oid I 1 d e s bously attributed to isaiah ezekiel or some other of tho tha prophets god tempers the wind to tiie the shorn lamb whether he does doea or not I 1 shall nt not here discuss I 1 believe re he does but take it as a text to young mothers temper the food clothing daily and nightly rest of the infant lamb iamb committed to your charge according to the atmospheric mo or other circumstances in which its little life ia Is placed A child may have too much sleep if produced otherwise than by the call of nature 1 I allude to the use of narcotics to induce sleep it may have too much flannel if more ia Is used than thant is sufficient clent to make it comfortable and may take too much milk if it must depend upon that for sustenance when the thi system requires it stronger ronger and more nourishing food A flannel ban bandage dake daje over the bowels and a woolen shirt to protect the chest I 1 consider essential to the health of the child and is in warm weather a great preventive to summer complaints especially is it so 80 when the child chili runs about outdoors out doors to bathe the baby in tepid water 0 every very morning never use cold that is barbarous is a great preventive against colds fevers etc exchange |