2 Boft, thon fill the cup with milk, and got him to at that, but do not let It be too warm; or make him arrowroot jelly by mlxinsc a spoonful of arrowroot with a little cold water, then pour on boiling water, till it lornm a lolly, and Rive it nearly cold. Attend to the child's bowels. I Will send an aperient to be taken directly." Undor l'rovidenoe my c hild recovered from this serious attack, which happllf had no fatal result. Alter thin I began to think my; troubles Irom miaraanaeement were nearly over. Uut ws Just twelve months old, nnd wu bsin ninjr to walk, thoueh n jt alone. It was so weary to be stooping and holding him up that I began to look about tor some easier modo of toachlne him. Some of my friends advised mo to tie a silk handkerchief round his waist, and bold him up by tbo end at the back. This plan 1 touna hurt hia chest very much, as he always leaned upon It and stuck his heels into the ground Instead of planting feet (irmly, as a baby can do. In fact, he got la.y over it, and the holding him in this manner did not relieve me. Another fricud sugfreted that I should put him on the floor as much as possi ble, and let him crawl. In reply I said I wanted him to learn to walk, and not to crawl; but as I had discovered bow excessively igno rant I was in all that pertained to children, I was really anxious to get and act upon any advice, without judging of the quality. This new mode was a relief to mo, certainly, and tne child became highly amused, and would may for hours. lie became an accomplished adept in crawliDg rapidly to any part of the room. lie did not gel on his knees, but pro pelled himself by the inside ot liLj legs and ankles, in a way which will be scarcely liitelli ble in describing, and I soon lound that ono ankle became very wenk. "Ah I well, there is no roval road to walking. I must put my shoulder to the woik, or else the dear fellow will be lame to a certainty." There was nothing for it but with my Lands under his arms to give hi m two or three turns across the room. 1 then placed Lira in a high cbalr, with a soft seat covered with flannel not cold calloo or firickly horsehair, to niuke the chair a torture, t hau the usual flat bar which is attached to the ironl of all similar chairs. I found this of great benetit in giving firmness to the ankles, as when he wanted to reach a toy which might be a little out of his reach on the table he invaria bly, alter ht was taugltl to do so, stood on the bar lor the purpose. It may b? abked why I did not let a girl teach him to walk. Not alone because ot the expense cf having a second servant, but chiefly because girls cannot be trusted. Out ot Bight it was easier to carry the child hanging half over the arm, with the infant's Knees pressed against the girl; and thus the legs would bocjme crooked or bowed, at which girl or boy becomes justly exasperated when grown up. I found that by giving the child a walk for about six or seven minutes every two hours both he and mysell were less latiirued. Only this trouble was entailed upon me he was always wanting to be on bis feet, and it wa difficult to make him understand that this was not lo be. It was nearly fifteen months before he could tully walk aloue, for he was of a trem bling nervous temperant. Fear seemed inhc. rent, in Lira by nature. I was very caretul not to encourage this failing by pitying or even mentioning it before him. At the same time, I never lelt him in tne dark, nor unheeded his calls. I had myself been a weakly child, and to this hour can recollect the terror with which I fre quently awoke in the night and found darkness around me the bitter hours 1 pasned with my head under the bedclothes, starting at all un recognized sounds, which seem to haunt every room between m'duight and dawn. Had I ,ieen anything unpleasant or witnessed an accident during the day, it was sure to repeat itself with additional horrors during my sleep; nnd so much had 1 suifered Irom this, and from the unheeding nature ot the people surrounding me, that my child nature, which should have been happy and joyous, was blighted into a erave stupidity, or what passed as such, by the terrors of the night, of which I became afraid to speak. Irrespective of theso reproductions of the brain, my dreams were alwaj s of a black bear hug ging me so that I could not breathe, or that I was being compelled to pass through a narrow paosuee in which I felt stifled. Strange to say, this went on ior year.'. I became thin, sallow, almost cadaverous. Then I was seut to a farm house to get country air. Here I was no longer haunted, and I rapidly regained my health; but I was no sooner home, and occupying my usual little bed, than the same terrors returned. On my mother mentioning this circumstance to a very judicious Irieud, whom she had not se?u lor years, sue said at once: "Her bedroom is badly ventitatcd. Is there an unclosed fireplace in it ?" "There is noue at all," returned my mother. "Ah ! I thought bo. Just leave the door a lit tle way open at night, and bo caretul that through the day the room is kept thoroughly ventilated bv having both door and window open. Moreover, do away with any carpet there may be in it. exempt a narrow strip by the bjd siilp and before the toilet-table aud wash-stand. Take away ttie counterpane irom the bed, aud give her an extra blanket, and let her lie be tween flannel instead of sheets. Let her be kept warm, but without pressure from calico or linen, which only confines the perspiration, and makes the child irritable. Also, the last tiling at mght ro into ber room with a light, tuck in the cioihes, and quietly Break to her. Bo sooth ing will this be that she will not wake till the morning. If she desires to have a light, give her one, but let it be placed out of the level of her eyes, and away from any draucrht, so that It does uot fling dancing shadows over the room; outside the open door would be the beat plac " Trnly this Iriend was my sruardian angel, tor on her plan being adopted I had no more ter rors, my nighis were passed iu relreshiug slum bers, and by day my benumbed intellect bi'gun to awaken. I have since, through the informa tion of an obliging medical friend, learned tho cause ot my parly misery, independent of the want ot ventilation. "You were a child," said he, "of a highly or ganized nervous temperament., liven a roup! wind made you bhudd-jr, and the slightest noise startled you. If any one cut a finger in your piesenee, you lelt the wound by sympathy, which, like an eleetiic fchoek, ran down your spine. Existence was doubly sweet to you in the open air, and depression arose if you w?r in a conflned atmosphere. Your heart beat fast, very iat, and you turned pale when you were suddenly spoken to or saw a stranger. Is not this true I could not but acknowledge it. "Well, then," he continued, "stronger natures, whose nerves are of iron, who cau detect no atmospheric changes, no unpleasaut smells, and whom the louuhest breeze aud toe tempestuous ocean only exhilarate, who cau stand and seu a limb t ut off, albeit not used to such sights such can have no sympathy with more delicate organisms than Uieir own.' How, then, can they understand their mauagemeut? Why, it is moral death to a nervous child to be placed under such care. All are not born with the same temperament, or the same leelings, and so each will act diil'erently under various influ ences. I do not always listen to a child who savs he is afraid to stir in the dark. This oniv. ardice is natural to children, and is best com bated by an appeal to tDcir courage, and bv accompanying them in the dark, aud showing them that there is no real cause lor tear, but tear, in a more or less degree, will always be a nai t and Darcel or tne nature or a nervous child And iu alter life, even when tho terrors oi child hood have been forgotten, aud daily fighting with trouble and adverse circumstances has given courage, in the dead of nic;ht a shuddering terror suddenlv wakens up the sleeper at what ? Kotnlnir: and in the dark, although no thought ofevilbeina near is indulged in, yet in a mo- went the terror is there, making the victim cry out tor very company's sake." All that my triend taid I felt to be true, and I suspected, though he did not say so, mat ne who could to well describe a nervous tempera TllPnt. nuikt himself hava been a sufferer. Mv husband freauentlv said. "Alary, the boy will be a coddle;" t.nd another time, when sbouU inar in an unaccustomed toue to the man who was work niir in the garden. Dot. who was sit tins by his father's side, turned iut-tantly pale as death, a blueness oversuread his little face and he would have (alien but for the cliavr, Arthur looked frightened, but said somewhat anjrrily, as he went out: "ITi is comes of coddling the child." I clasped my darling to my breast, and cooed and murmured In gt ntle accents over his little lace, but minutes passed before he gave a heavy sob, and the laree tears rolled over his cheeks; be nest e1 his little head In my arm. and noorr sunk into an uneasy slutnter, In which every, slight noise startled him. Ills father ' returned about au boor afterwards, and was about tj m ake some remark, when 1 deprecatlngly held up my finger. , "Not now, Arthur." I suppose I looked determined, for he turned away, muttering something 1 was not disposed to hear. Alter touie time the child woke up. feverish and flushed, and a little weak arid trembling, but I saw no other symptoms of evD. My husband did not return for tea, and nbt until late in the evening, when Dot was safe la bis little bed; the moment he camejiu be said : "Mary, you are ruining that child. You will make a milksop of nim Ue is frightened at everything." ' "Yes, be Is so; I fear nothing will overcome it,"1 1 replied, as calmly as 1 coul.l, for I felt that he not only Inherited my temperament, but my injudicious conduct before he was born had helppd to toster the weakness. "Hut why humor him so?" "It Is not that I humor him, because he never cries for anything; but that which you call girl's temper is nervousness. Arthur, if Dot is used roughly, or even corrected harshly, his brsin will soi'leu." My husband stare! at me as if I was a feti anger. 1 "You pec m very suddenly enlightened abou the ways of children, Mary." "Only about his nervous ways, Arthur. Tbe3S I understand, Jor tho simple reason that I can recollect my suflering from tho same cause, and I know no physical pain to equal it." "Oh 1 it is all nousei so talking about an infant having nerves." "You have yourself often wondered at Dot's being so att'ectpd by a thunder-storm. There i no fear in his trembling, because bo does noi snow it would harm liira; but if he suffers as did. I can compare It to nothing that I ever felt from other causes. The expression, 'the nerves being laid bare,' perhaps will best convey my meaning." "Weil, I can understand women's nonsense about their nerves, but not about the nerves of such a Dot as that. However, Polly, I won't shout and frighten him again." And so the atlair ended. My little treasure became tolerably strong after the attack of croup, aud could fairly run about. His )igpitg accents amused us both, aud occasionally he would set up a joyous laugli. He became verv docile, and cave me but little trouuie, while be was his father's pet and play thing. I began almost to be jealous of my child. CHAPTER III. The Adventures of an Infant in a Child's Carriage Tho Whoopinj-Cough Iu Mcdi(nU Treatmont and Diet. Arthur purchased a child's carriage In tho days when perambulators were not, and. imcteo the guidance of the mald-tcrvaut, our boy was often sent out for the au. Somehow, after'these excursions the little fellow looked pale and his limbs were cold, but I saw hundreds ot children in their carriages, and 1 lelt ashamed that I aloue ot all tne mothers should fidgety. I drove the thought from m that all was not right, but ttill the shadow woul I come. It became almost a habit every tine day alter our eaily dinner tor Hester to take him out, wnile I stayed at home, not thinking it prudent to leave tho house. One attornoon 1 had omitted to send u iiieaae to ihe laundress by the girl when she took Dor, so I thoutht I would no myself, and in turning down a squalid street, whore children were in dustriously making divt pies unc! grottoes of oyster-shells, and two boys were fliniug cab-bui:e-ttalks at each other from a heap ot refuse which stood on one tide of the road, suddenly my steps yvere rooted to the grouud: for there, under u window, aud in a patch of what had been a turf garden, was mv boy asleep in his carriage, in the shade and the cold cutting wind, while a long-leuged pig was rooting with its snout in the wraps which covered the child. 1 could see through the window into the room where, gathered al tea, was a noisy party, com posed of un old yvouian, Hester, and h com Luuion or two,' and several dirty children 'of both sexc, with elllike locks of hair, begrimed faces, and tattered clothes. I caught the whole scene at a glance, anl it was but the work ot'au lustnnt to snatch up the child and to call the girl. Meantime th" gaunt pia had found what he was in search of, lor a sniall loat dropped as I took a shawl out of the carriage. I did not speak, but went up the steps and into the room. Hester cried out, t)D, ior1:" l was paie as a cor cs, anu coutu scarcely articulate, ''Leave this, and come home instantly." The oIq woman hastened to sav t iat Hester bed come to see her mother, who was down at Mr. Turnbull's, nursing his children, "as they was all down in the measles, au' she hadn't been there a niinnit." This made me hasten my steps. I carried Dot home, and Hester dragged the carriage after her, not offering a word in explanation, but completely subdued, while the child, with his characteristic nervousness, looked yyhite and trembling. When I reached homo I yvas bicatbless yyhh auger. I usked her ho iv often he had gone there, and judae my dismay when her reply was, "Only four or uve times," which I believe meant every day. "And why did you disobey me? I thought ou had no friends here." "1 only had granny, mum, till the last month. when mother come up to see her, and then she ws3 sent for to the Lodge, 'cuuse she lived wim Mrs. Tuinbull atore she was married, and three of the childreu was down with the measles." "And how dure you go nuy where in the hope of seeing your mother? Don't you know that my child might take the disease?" I asked, as well as my combined tears aud indignation would permit. 1 ctidn t kuow as now tney was catcuiu', mum, and mother haven't got 'em." I turned away. What was the use of expostu lating with this lump ot cunniur aud seeming ignorance? tor isnorant she was not; that I could see. As I wa unrirossiug Dot I bethought me to ask, "Whose childreu were all those I saw tnero r ' "Granny keeus a school, mum." "Keeps a what?" I shouted, ratlior ' than asked. There's lots of wimnieu, mum, goes out to work, and gianny gets threepence a wepk for keeping the children. AnJ to this place mv child was taken daily, to catch every disease that dirt and contact could communicate!- The girl was hard-workin? aud civil; I did not wish to send her away: but no more atternoon ramblins with Dot for tier com panion. "These stupid girls!" I thought. "How l envy tnose wno cau auoru iu .c ex pensive nurses 1" Ah I I yvas only dissrtistied with my own position because I theu knew no otner. Mv sweet boy suffered no Inconvenience; he prattled away iu the rose-bloom ot health, and was fust stealing our hearts irom au eise. w ueu to years old he was attacked by a blizht cough, wnicn l unheeded at nrst, dui soon me unmis takable whoop was heard. In alarm I sent oil to Dr. Vaughun, yvho,"however, was attending a patient many miles distant. Almost Imme diately nurse Adams called. After the first Sreetingsl directed her attention to the child, who whs pinving about, and exhibiting no signs ot the complaint. Presently the cough came ou, the whoop sounded, the saliva rau from the mouth, and retching commenced. Nurse quietly took him up. "Don't be alanued," she said. "There is nothlug here but what we can uianace; it bas r.ot gon too lar veU llow long has he hadacouuh?" "About ten days, but I did not hear the pecu liar whoop till within the last tew hours, wheu I immediately sent for Dr.Taugbin: but he is uot at home." 8 "I w ill go to the drugelst's aud get nufllcient luecscuaTiha wine for him to take to bring up the phlegm, and a little Dover's powder for the : uifeht, aud I think he will do very well." "But how much will you get? Will It make him very sick?" I asked. "I have nursed several children with the whooplns cough, and the medicine I shall get for your baby I nave given to many others. It is one drachm of Ipecacuanha la a little water once a day for three successive days. This will make him sick. The two grains of; Dover s powder every other night,' but only if he Is restless. Then in the morning, a little Gregory's powder." ; ' "Supposing that your remedies rail, and Dr. Vauehau' does not return, what shall we do?" I asked. "Would you give him a-mustard plaster?" "I do not think I should. He is such a nervous child that, instead of soothing htm, or relieving the irritation of his chest, it will only make hnu Irritable. Indeed, ma'am, though I have heard they are very sale things, I do not think they are in all cast s. I mean to say that the burning sepsatlon, w ithout tho reliet of beat, which they sometimes give, tends the blood to the head, ami does a deal of mischief. However, the medicine must be got, and as speedily as pos sible." When nuree returned I had made up ray mind to ask her to stay. Mr. Norton had gone from homo for a few days, and I feared to havo tho responsibility of curing tne child resting with myself alone. I had no coniideuce iu any other medical man than Dr. Vauirhivn, nnd be was ab sent at what I supposed a critical poiot in my child's complaint. Upon some solicitation nure Adams consented to stay a week, until my hus band leturucd. I have had a mixture put up to rub his chert wim, oesioes uaving Drougnt the medicine. I af-ked them to write it down ior me. It is ex- ceneni ior running into me enest, even in a ci tnmon cough," snid nnrse. ; I opened and read the prescription; albeit it was one of her own nostrums, llunbing mixture : Half an ounce of oil of amber, half an ounce of oil of cloves, on ounce of olive oil, and two tcaspoonfuls of laudanum. Certainly I lonnd it efficacious in relieving the soreness ol which the little fellow com plained, and I givc it hfre iu the hope that others may be beneiited. Dot improved under nuiBe's care, for she would not permit him to l. . . . iu 1 -. i i 1 . i iiic any buiiu ioou, um iea mm on Daney water diet and w hey. Evory other day. instead ot ihe whey, he had a tablespoonful ot stroug beef-tea,' with toasted bread in it. Sometime the barley was made into a pudding, aud he rarely had anything but thin barley-water to aruiK. At ur.-t, ana ueiore 1 lehrned to make and to appreciate its qualities, 1 thought U was hard lines for my child, but t soon found both the pudding nnd the barlev-water delicious. mixed in a basin a tablcspoontul, piled, of the prepared bariej-powder to a paste, with a little cold water. Into a quart ot boliing water in a saucepan I threw not quite two ounces of loat sugar and a tablespoonful ot lemon juice, iree irom pip or rind; then, witu this boiling, I mixed up the cold paste, re turned it to the saucepan, and boiled it for twenty minutes; then straiued it into a jug, and poured it nsain into another, and so continued till it was qtate cold, l then bottled it in a wliite I otile and corked it, nnd yvhen the cuild wanted to drink, n small quantity was poured out, and he drank it yvitii a marvellous sooih iu ellect. " The pud.b'ng was made by washing throe times in boiling water two ounces of Scotch barley, then boiling H in milk, with a prate of nutmeg and some loat s:gar, lor two hours. It was then put in a dish iu the oven to bake lor half an hour, nnd when it was wanted a piece was cut out and sllghtiy warmed. The whey was prepared by boiling sweetened milk, and when ut the boiling po'iit udJ.nj a little t-herry to turn it. The curd was ttu-n strained away. It was made only when wanted. Roasted apples, engo, and tapioca pudding-i were given to him, and this diet varied with sevetal faritiHceoiis puddings, but which never con tained cgss. By the aid of these remedies' and judicious diet my boy was greatly relieved ol the distress ing spasms which always accomp tny the com plaint, though no eiiort of ours could expedite the cmc. It seemed as if, for a certalu time, the tenacious and obstinate cough, yvould never yield. All we could do was to prevent inflam mation, by snariugly eivmn lood, by not keeping the room hotter than sixty-tive degrees, aud chancing the air frequently that is, the roo.n the child slept in was kept to sixty Ave dearees. lie was washed aud dressed iu this room, and then well wrapped up and taken into ano'Ler, yyhero the fresh morning air had been admitted, aud warmed by the lire to the same temperature as the loom he ell. Theu tho sleeping-room was thoioughly ventilated through the day, and warmed to sixty-live degrees at night; bin the child was uudre.-eed in the tittinir-room, and he yvas laUi in blankets not sheets in his b'id. He got well yy iiliout relapse, upon this trea'inent, and when Dr. Vaughun saw him weeks after tin attack came on, ho was much surprised ut the euro we had effected. "All he wants now." said he, "is change of nir. Let nurse take him out ot town tor a Avk or so. He will t.ieu entirely lose ttc irritability iu his thioat " My mind did not misgive me In entrustlnz my boy to nurse Adams aiid she justified our co:i'i dei'.ce in letumin.? bun to us iu blooming health. ' CKAPTE2 IV. Conduct BcfvM the iinli of lis Eacond Child A Cure fo- SickaossBenotits to ba Derived frcia Exercise, Air, aud food. Dot was three years old before his sister came to divide et increase our love. My little daugii- J ter yy as born tLt healthiest of infants, and one ' of the quietest that ever blessed a mother's pains, j i'eihiif s this hanpy result arose from my own. management ot myself before her birtn. Fori hUllC'ieu, tlt lllllliui, Kicuu lium o.livui;, aim this threatened to prostrate me physically, while mv moral re-olutious were nearly given to the w inns, till seeinn oue sickly tuiaut by my s,de, and with tho prospect of bearing another, maae me to resolve to allay, and, if possible, conquer this mother's malady. After the first tit of sick ness I was recommended to take an effervescing dram.' h!, witu the smallest quantity, less tirm half a drop, of iu uss.c acid iu it of course, I did not venture to mix it for myself, bnt had it from the l.emibt's. if I was up nnd dressed w hen the sickness came on, or still in bed, I did not move about, but remained quiet tor two hours. My t-ickness did not come on usually till alter bieakfu-t, ami theu it was very dreadful. I found an excellent remedy iu eating only ihiu dry toabt, and sipping my lea by spoonfuls, tomeunies all appetite was gone, and nothing would remain on the stomach. I then had nice gruel made, with a very little salt In it (though this diet I abhorred when in heal'b). and I took a tcaspooui'ul at a tune not moro ut mtervals of fen minutes. At another lime, as all that I took habitually dUaareed with me in Lie eud, I tried milk in the same way, and, thus alter nating, succeeded in greatly subduiner the sick ness. Stranue to sav. the acidity oi the stomach, which would frequently arise, was corrected by the nnlk. I studioutdy avoided all spirits, wine, aud beer, for 1 had a dread that the desire of one day would the next lead to a craving, and that my child iu its future might be influenced by mv want of self-control before its birth, and so" become a drunkard, i don't know how tai 1 was justiUed iu thus thlu'-du, nor can I tell th:s now. , , . I do not say but that In heavy atmospheres stimulants may be necessary, though I would caution every mothei to ab'tam, if she cau, from them altogether; and it not wholly, to take so much outy as may be absolutely neces- "Alter the first conquered wish for 6timilants I ceased to desire them, and soon got to loa he even the smell. I drank pure, good m Ik which Dr. Vaughan had told roe to give Dot, instead of ten coflee or beer. He said that the composi tion of milk was such that it was capable of supporting animal life without auv other food telling me, also, at the same time, how it formed blodd and bone earth, and the salts necessary to ke-ep up the natural waste of flesh. I do not recollect all he said upon the subject, but re memoered suflfcleut to induce me to adopt It as an article of diet for myself aud children, thotigl I will not deny that it was very difficult at first to abstain from tea, of which I was uu- duly Ifond, and the use of which I would not acknowledge had anything to do with my too frequent restless sleepless nights. Lut it certatnly had a power upon me, as it bus upon inanimate objects; tor I have since discovered tea to bo a most poweriul detergent lor cleaning polished turnlture, varnished pnnt,"rill pnlhtlngs, and 'smoko-grlmed' win dows. Now beret tho effect is palpable even with tea of the weakest) kind, and If Jit does not not upon the siomachlin a similar Iway, it certainly renders some of thd nerves exceed ingly Irritable. I have often looked at Dot, seen him quiver from the slightest ' noise, and wondered if, in the days before he was barn, my inordinate love of tea had evilly influenced him. - - I overcame the IrrilabiHtv of. tho stomach by very nicaerare eating; 1 avoided taKiug any meat alter seven o'clock in the evening. I took constant but moderate exercise in the open air, and avoided much runmug ubcut iu tho house, as this gave fattijue without my being able to recover rapidly irom it, I ate meat and vege tables, but gave up pastry, even farinaceous puddings made with eggs; these gave mo an ex cess ol bil. I cannot hay this was no depriva tion, for pastry was more tempting to me than anything else, excepting tea; but I soon got accustomed to it, and, what is more, became quite an expeit in makiug milk puddings with out eggs. Besides, the latter induced const pa tion, to which the cooked milk sometimes added. For ihls I took every night a teaspoonful ot castor oil in a Utile cold water, and after a time, as this nauseated on the stomach, I took the n it unpleaeant medicine cf sulphate of magnesia and iufuslon of roses every morning early. I made It myself by procuring a quarter of an ounce of damask lose leaves and two ounces of loaf supur, and pouring on a pint of boiling water; alter htirrirg and letting it Btand for t wo hours 1 put into a bottle one ounce ot sulphate ot magnesia, and strained the Infusion to this. After t baking It ud well it was ready for use; a v iueelass three parts full was a dose. , 1 had a great ciread of sore nipples, for I had seen two fad instances; but recently I had met with a charming Norwegian lady friend, who got two larc nutmegs, and scooped them out like a thimble, then put them into orandy for a week, and iiiterwarls dried them. The breasts were rubVd every morning with elycrlne, and the nipples wa'hed over with brandy, and, when dry, the nutmegs were placed one on each nip ple. This drew tiiem out, and sufficiently har dened them till baby wis born. Only I should remark that all this was done by the tire, and whete the patient could not possibly take cold. When the ppnod lor my confinement arrived, to my surprise, my sufferings were much less than at the birth, ot Dot, aud on asking nurse tne rHson, she said, almost sharply, I thought "L'ecaube exercis" in tho fresh air, good lood, and sel -control have made you strong and hr.pi.y." "but, nurse," I said, "women do suffer in child-birth, aud can't help it." "Yes, they do. vast numbers; but my grand father, who was a doctor, ued to say in oue halt the instances it was owing to an artificial lile beiore marriage late hours, late rising, , tukiug no exercise, and pinching their waists; I and the other hali sutlered through their own uiotheis' conduct before they were born." I winced at this, lor Dot was playing near me. and 1 never coald satisfy niyselt that I had not iu :ome measure Dec u the cause of his delicacy oi constitution. When my precious little daughter, who was the picture of all loveliness and health, was about ciht mouths eld, she and Det caught tho r. eat-ltsi How, I could not tell. Dr. Vaughan said, when called in. "The sooner children's diseases are over tho better. I don't like the.n cuniiiig on late in lite. Fancy a big follow with the 'thrush,' oi this little ancel here falling ill w ith the measles on her wedding-day." Aud tu poou doctor laughed long and neartily. 1 hated ui.ii lor the moment, lor tiiere nad my cniidren been shivering yvith the cold, and were now crying outyvith heat, thirst, and Innsuor, and the r eyes running yvith water, then sneezing. I thought I yvuo about to lose them, and so I st. id. "Nonsense!" replied the doctor. "They will ('o yery well, 'io-morrow, perhaps, yoii yy-ill obserse", flist on the forehead and lace, aud then oyer the whole body, a duuky red eruption, yvhti h will craduullv group itself into crescem stuped spots, the ekiu appearing white boiween. After three days these spo;-. will disappear, but leave a disagreeable itch'ng, which you may nllEy by powdering wiih violet powde:r, or vou ti.ay huonse yyii'i :i little tepid vinegar aud water, but I don't like it so well. 'but jou will give them some medicine, doctor V" l asked. "No, I do not think I shall. As long as you kcej) the bowels open, and not give tbem their i su;il food, but plenty ot warm milk and water, and as many roasted apples as oti like, they w ill be all rmht. Only keep the room mode rately warm. Whatever you do, don't let them he ch lied, either bv u draught iu this room, or by t'Oina into another ot a colder temperature, or by contact with cold bed-clothes, be sure that they have an etiuable warnth not one jcurh"t and the next cold. Jteniember tnat children Eick in the mea.-les should bo kept toleranly yvaiin, w hile in tho smallpox the air wliich surrounds them 6hould be cold rather than warm." "but w hat medicine ehall I give them if they need it? 1 nsked. "I aster-oil is tje safest, or a little Gregory 'a powder; but I preier the oil. (live baby a tee spoonful, und ihe boy two. . What is his name? lor 1 have never heard bim called other than Dot.' " "His name is John; he yvas christened after my father." iwas not quite satisfied with the offhand way Dr. Vaughuu treut. o my children's maludy; and, as he was going a a ay, I said: "Would you tc-U we, doctor, ii the measles are duugerous ?" "Yes, eertaiLly, in some ea?es; but then the simple eiuptiou .you may expect to see to-tnor-rnw, il dangerous, quickly atsumes a livid hue, alternately reviving and disappearing, and this is wuut mothers cull the measles 'uoing iu,' and yvhich realty is mucii to be dreaded, ut tne di rate fiequently merges into putiid fever hn this is the case. However, be under no ulartu. Your children's blood is sweet and pure -it hus not been poi.-oued by wine or beer. But oue thing I would say: o uot lot them attach any importance to this illnes-. You must lauU it oil, aud they will soon be well. Otherwise, their spirits will pet depressed, and mischief yvill aue, notwithstanding every favorable syniploiu. Be under no alarm: I will come In each day as I pass, till they are well. It is pro bable that Master Dot may have a couk1i-I think he will but then it will be more trouble some to him than of any consequence." o sayir.f;, the good doctor took his leave. At the end ol the week the worst svmptoms were over. The measles came out and did not "go id," and by this time the children's skins were moi-', aud they had evidently rallied. "Now.'" taid Dr. Vaughau, '-you must give them stronger lood some beef-tea aud bread is excellent " "but." I remarked, "baby has never had any thins but milk and biscuit." J "Well, then, lot her concUue milk no water with it, mind; but give both all the noiulsniu" diet you can." . This was atl"udpJ to, aud t'ia chtldien grew apace. My little ciaugnter '. -a nioiuer likes to call her child "daughter:" she seems tnerebyto acquire a tresh dignity in this appellation: she sees in a far-off vista her daimhter's children; a daughter seems more a part ot herself than her son does; a mother lives over her lite aguin in her daughter: a daughters triumphs are hers; her daughter's lover seems to be hers also. Aud how she watches her daughter's steps to show her the pittall8 and snares yvbich she herself so well remembers, ana. indeed, which never fade fiom her memory ! And in later years, la the motherhood ot her daughter, she is young ajain. forgets tUe lapse of years, and, can less tbau ever realize to her?elf itiat she has grown old. A sou is the pride of a mother's heart; a daughter is a part of her soul. , To be continued in our next isjue. 342 SOUTH STREET, M. D'ANCOXA iiavs the bUihest mlc lor Ladiens and Cents' cast on Clotluua. ho. 04i bOVTH atreat oelow fourth tttm SPECIAL NOTICES. rf" DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IIIflH- 1 WAYS Oflice, H rn Street, west Hide, below Cbeanut ... Fnii.AiF.t.pni4, August M.18W. NOTICE TO CONTUAUIOUS. , Prided Propcuaii jIH b tvoetveo ut the Otic of the tliW e'oninnmioner of nifc'hwa, urttU 12irtook n.,on MOMiA Y, Ihe tih Mint., lor Hie conitinction o: Hewer on Hie nine oi FHtcytn ly street. rom Wie outh "kin of oprlnu Cinnlen rei lo tlie north curb Pile a H'-eiirty-w Ine eirret eutl In lrniivwln steel frorh KHtepiitu to HlktefBth MTvot, to he bnlit 01 brlckclrotl r In kirni, wit b doer lnlde diameter ot two leoi six Inches, with furo inlet and mnnhoie as mar be dlrectod by the thief Engineer and Surveyor. . - ' , The tinderstAiKluiK to be that the contractor Khnll take hlllii prepared agamxt Ihe prop. rt f rontlna on aid aewer. tn the amount of on 1 dollar and twenty-fire cent tor each lineal loot of iront on nch ldo orine irot, ai to much ca h paid, the balance to oe paid by All bidder are Invited to be present at the time and place ot openliiK tne ald proposal. l-ach iroi4ral Ul be accompanied by certificate that a bond ha been tiled In the Law Department, as directed bv orMnanro ot May J.T.TUSO. It tho lowest bidder Mia'l not execute a contract within Ave day after the vort Is awarded he wl 1 be df m d a declining, and will be held liable on his homl lot the dlfietence between bit bid and the next hinder bid Bpec itlr Atlons may be had t the Department of Rur veys, which will be strictly adhered to. ' . . , W. yV.PMF.DI.Kt. tlOt1" ' Chief Conimlgslonct omtBhways. KS?P OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL. AUD NAVIOA'IIOK COMPANY. J ' v. . .... . I'HILaDKWHI.. AUgllSt J, IKfifl. Ihe Flockholder of thU companr are lietvby notliieii Ihut tne Hoard oi Mauavera hava dettrmlued to a low to a t ieri(ii.s who ahuli ai pear i Btockho.de.ra on the ltooka ol the C ompany on the 8th ot beptember next, idler the cluslnx o, transient, at 3 P. 11 oi thai da tlia privl cue of subscribing lor new a ock at par, to the extent oi one share ot new stock ior every Uve sliaros then Mauritnu in then names Kach shareholder ai.titiml to a iractlm ai part of a share shall have the privilege of UPBurii'iiiK lull .iiaio, i be subscription books will open on MONDAY, Boo tembcr 10, and cloea ou UA'l'UUDAV, December 1, Itm at U t. M. raiment w ill be considered due Jnne 1, 1WT. but an in MxaJn ent ol to per cent ., or ti n do lm per share, must he paid at . bo time oi subHcriDing. 1 be balance mar l puld roin time to tin e, at the option ot the subscrliieni, beioie the lit ot MoveiiiDor, IKUI On a' payment. .ncludtiiK tl: e aforesaid Instalment, made be'ore the 1st "I June. itfi. disoutint win be aiiowou at tne rate of H ' r eut. per unnum, anoon a 1 payments made between tnat date and ihe Is- ot November, lbtil, interest will be r.linrfr.il at iltp same rata. aij Block net iaid up In full by the 1st ol Noremocr, IH(i7. wi.l be lorleited to ibe use ot the Company Cer- tlt.catt ior the new stock will not be issued until aitnr Jane l, ml. and said sti ck, it paid up in lull, wl i De en tit cu to tlie .NoviUibei dividend ot lt7, out to no earlier dividend. . 601.0jtU.Si BUbl'tiKKU, 8 30 Treasurer. OFFICE IIUJSTINtiDuN AND BROAD TOP MOUNTAIN KAILitOAD COMPANY. ao 'iuW a. iiiiKU Mruot. Piin.ADUt.pni. Sentembcr l'J IRfiii. A Meetineot the Honuuoiders of the HuiuHikJou and Uroaii Top .Mountain Haiiroud I ompauy will be ho d at the Office of lho Company, No SR8 .-. TlllUI) Street, ou TUi KSDAT, the id in tlay ot September, A. I).. Hud. at Vi o'c ock noon, or the purpose oi advising a to the sale oi a portion i tue mineral laiiu ot mo company. Bv order of the iiourd.1 9l2 7t J. P. AKRTSEX, Secretary, r?if" BATCH EL Oil's II A 1 K DYE THE Jitoi IS THE WOULD. Harmlcrs reliable. Instantaneous i ho only pcrlcct dye. No disnnpointment. no rluluulous tuns, but true to natnru, uibck or oruwu. GLM1M. laSlUAi-D WILLIAM A. BVTCHELOK. A IX). Iteecreralicir Extract oi Millefleorsre.'-tore.i.DTei'ctvos di d iieuutitles tiio hair, prevents baldmrs. .--cd hy nil limyB'S.f. Factor iio. Hi HAKC LAVrlt., N. Y. 331 tti- JUST 1" U B L I sll ED a- Bv the 1'hj f Iclans oi the NI'.W YOKK MtlHEl'M, the Ninet'eth Edition ot their i'OL'K LECTCKES, tnttfed PHIL080V1IY OK MARVMCK. To be had ece, ior four stamps b audrcsxlna Secro toy .cw Yoik Aluseuni ot Aim euiy, 0$ Ko. tilt) I ltOADW'AY, New York. QTEIdLEDEB, TROUT. V01GT .V CO, k btg moat leprpfitliill' to call the attention ot the pub.io at lurge to uieir newly tuvontou I'utcnt, '1 tl b Tl I V k'btt A I 11 I KUtkl y tlcli. by discharging a percursion cap, mudo exnresslv tor u,c puipobc, win prove very elkctual in the preven ts n oi tmifciurics. etc. 'ihe ftl.owlnii aiesome of Its yreat advantages lft. Mmpilciiyoi construction, cheapness and ease la ei plication, so u.ut awrvantor cni.n may set it. Ul. t recdcui Irom dancer to ucrsous or prupertv. td Vnivereality oi apnlicaiii.n to anv nart ol a Poor. ViLdow. orating, Shutter, Gate, Garden, Prcsctvc, x jmi i nu e.ic 4tn it gives a check to hurglais by alarming the In n n.rs. nefL'l.kors and nolico. tlh i ho mind Is leiicvcd irom much painful anxiety, lt teuinie loneiinets or old age. especially when aitlclos ot ueu i vaiuo are Kept iu mo uouse. ttli It Is a univcal protection to travellers to fasten cn chamler doors. Itli. its construction Ii simple and not liable to get out lilKIXTIONS FOB TJSE ACCOMPANY EVERY IN 81 Ii CM ENT. Wo have put our article at the low price of ONE rOLLAlt, inclusive oi 25 caps and It cannot be Kot ctii nper either liotn us or irom our agents, lot lurtlior particulars Inquire ot oraddnss. BTE1GLEDKR. '1 lOCT, VOIGT & CO., otlice. Ho. &U WALNUi' Mreet, ltoom No. IS We will send the ALARMIST to any port ol the ctuniry on receipt ol pi Ice, aud 26 cents extra lot pestute. Country Agents wanted. 6 29 3m J1 II 11 E E IMPOllTA N T A C E N c I E s. THE CELEBRATED Lime's Chilled Iron Safes, Th a pest end best. Indeed, the outy strictly Fire and uurpiar I'rnot aio made Ihe modem aud ex rouie.ly popular STl'iAM KN(HNK I'ACKINGI Called Miller's Lubricatlve Steam Packing, unsurpassed and unequalled. AND THE SCALES FliOM THE til! EAT BEND SCALE I'KNNSYLYANlA. Scn'.es warranted equal to any In the market, and on tern much more favoiable ihe undeislsmd baring the General Avency for the sale of the above articles In this city, he rcspecttnlly solicits tbo attention of all partita interested, ooth the denier nnd consumer, hoping to n.erlt (ai he hau already received! the continuance of a liberal public patronage. M. 0. HAJILUU. AO ISN'T, 811 tnJwl3irjjmwl3t' k0. 639 iRCU Street, ySE ST A FUN'S CGKCIilQft POWDERS FOU HOUSES AND CATTLE. It cures Worms. Botts, and Co le. It cures Colds, Coughs, and tildo-BounJ. It is the best alterative for Horses and Cattle now use, having a reputation of 20 years' standing. It Is a sure preventive for the much dreaded Binder pest. ho Fanner or Dairyman should be without it. Korea e In Philadelphia by DVOTr A CO.. So 132 North 8HC0K1) Ktiuet) JOHKSON. UOLLOWAY & CUWlib N. so. Norih SIXTH Street, and by Drug gists throughout tbo country. Addtess ah orders to 8TABIK A FLOYD, Proprietors, 9 tarn Mo. 209 DFAKE Street. levYork. CAPE MAY KAILROAD C 0 M P A X Y. .Notice is heieby amen, that the present arrange ment o the Trains lo and Irom ape May will he COT;Kl"ED, viz: i.eave I'lil adelplila al 3 P. ii., and Capo Is und at 8 A. M , daily. J. VAN ltENhEL t AB, Superintendent. PRESERVING CANS AND JARST JJ . FISHER'S PATENT bELF-SE ALIMC PRESERVING CAN. 1 bli celebrated Can has been used bv thousands tor the iat live j ears, and all who have tried It speak iu the . bicbtst terms ol' Its superior merits We venture to a ....... 1 1 1 u . I. tu (linn, cn I .. , . L ...... nimvanl.nl .nil niw . Mil..., . ..ia. " ...v.v ,v miJIC) v. v. u . .... ii .. ., w. ,ira ct ses more practical merit, tiian anv other Can In use Jt is seaied and unsealed with the greatest ease, a melt ' which it partlcu arly boasta. All ana warranted thxt are put up accoidlng to directions, tor sale by the it anutnciurer. at his old (tand J 8. McM CU I RIIC ho. btiH bl'hl.NC CAUUtN Bireet. riiil-delpula. oMimo Garbled slate mantles. ' 6LATF. tVOHK of every description on baud, or done to order. 1 ItAIN SLATE AD TILES alwars on band. ' J. IS. KIMI:8 & CO., 9 12S 09. 211 aud 2 1-3 CHESNU r Street LUMBER. 1866 -FLOOlUIMOt FLOORING , iLOOniM.I FLO 'IU HO 1 1 o- c n h i a i l.KUKltSU. 4-i CAI.oL1.Na FLOuIilNU. 6-4 VIKHIMA F OithlNU. 4-VlHCilNlA M.noillNCi f-4 liKLAVVAFK FLHlRVf. . 4.4lrLAyVAKK.L001.1N( ', AMI A N I WAI.KU1 F0 BI.6. Afli a.VD yVALNl'T FLOOEISU. IBAIL FLAK. t 1SG6 P LAST E RING , rtAT.niNo i.ATns. at in. iii). n ritici-s. AT l!V.DtrcKl PIUCES. LAI113 1 JLOUU. CEDAR AND l'INK 8HINULB3. , VO. 1 l.UMJ C.'MAU Hill.MHiKfl 1 ' ; 1 No. 1 HHOlIT Cr.HAH KHiNULKS. WII1TK l'INK MIIMULhtt. CVfRFKS PHIX4LKS. FINE AKHQRTMKNT FOR 8AL LOW 186(3 L( MI;ER FOU UNDERTAKERS! I I ''h lti? sriu rrvi.tr dt . i . . . EtP rii'AK- WAI.M'T, AM) J'lNB. hUXFDAR WAIJUT, AND FINK. "ISfifl-uv 'yMEROFALLKINnH, IOUU. ALHANY LCMRUt OF Al.r. KINDS , hr.AKerD WALKCT. PK ASONFD V ALNUT. EKY rOl'I AR CUKRRY, AND A80. . OAK I LK. AND il)S. A0U Jl AMOfiANY. HOHF.WOOIl AD WALNUT YF.STERH. 186C -flOAR-HOX MANUFACTlRERa. .. CIOAK-I'OX MAMFACTtTUlSBB SPANISH CKDAIt BOX FOARDS. AT BKDUCKD FltlCEH. 1 RfiR -spritce joist i hrnvcK joisti JLOUU. HPl.CCK JOIST! WRUCK JOIoTl ' FROM 14 IO W FELT LONG. FROM 14 TO W FF.F.T LONG. t-FRUCIi SILLS nEMLOCK FLANK AND JOIST. OAK P1LI.R A1ACLK BI10THR CO , 5 8? 6mrp No. tm HOLTH bTREKT. U'ITKU STATES liUII.DEli'S MILL, Kcs. 24. 26, and 28 S. FIFTEE5TH St., PUllADELPUIA. ESLEll & BROTHER, WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS. 8TA.IB BAL08. fcUELVINU FLANED TO ORDER. J.i c. p e r k i nb, LUMUEU MKP.C1IANTJ ,, Suoocssor to K. Clark, )xH No. 324 CHRISTIAN STREET. Constantly on baud a largo and Tarie)i aasortmou or iiuildirjK Lumber, 6 14 5 COAL. JAMES O li ll I E Nj D2ALEK IN LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL. BT THE CAKGO OH SINGLE TOM. Yard, Broad Street, below Fitzwatsr. las constantly on Land a comppient supply of tho at ovo euperior Coal,' sut ablo lor family use, to which ho colls tho attention of his ft-iouda and tbn I.ubiio generally, 1 Orders left at No. 205 South Fifth street, No. 82 Eouth Seventeenth sirect, or through Ecupatob. ar Post Oflice, promptlv attendod to. , A SUTEKIOR CjL'ALITlf OF BLACKSMlrHS COAL. Tfi JJAZLETOX LEHIGH COAL. A SPECIALTY. 11. W. PATHICK & CO., No. 304 NORTH BROAD STREET, Would solicit oroeu for the above Coal, which they have always on hand, together with thuircclehrated RE-EE OXEN SCHUYLKILL COAL. 8 25sniw6m TP YOU WANT PERFECT SATISFACTION J in every respeot, buy the celebrated FBKtU'O'X COaL,, Fgn and Wtove sizes, at 17 25 per ton. Also, the genuine KaUI.K VEIN COAL, same sizes, anme price, and a very flue n utility ofLEUICill, hux and Stove, at 88 t ii ior tun I keep nothing hut the best. Orders ro-cel-vtuat io. 114 bouth XillBb Street. 824 DANCING ACADEMIES. L. CARPEUTtR & SON'S DANCING . ACADEMY. tio. 625ARCn STREET. D. L. Carpenter, the won known and exporienoed A) i.Bter ot Dancing and C alisthenics, respectiully in forms Farents and 1 ounit Ladies and Gentlemen that lim Academy lor Frlvaie Tuition ulll rcoueu lor tha reception 01 richolarn on HA'l li KDAY. SFFTEMBFB 1, 18C6. Iter the Fan Wlnttr, and tpiiun. hvery atteution, as heretoiore, wll be paid to advance Ms icholarg in every particular, and ho can uu neon punctuilly at bis rooms, ho ' AltCit Bireot, daily auu niabiiy. DAYS OP Tt'ITION FOR LADIE8. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AUU J-KiDaY AFTEB--OOS'. FOR YOUNO Mln.-Et AND MASTKRS. Xl'EkDAY. 'iULKSDAV. AND BATUliDAY AFTEK 0 NS. EVENINGS FOB CiKSTLEVEK. TUESDAY, TilL'KSDAY aH) tiAl UBDAY EVEN INGS. HtlV.VTE EVEMKGA rOlt LADIES AKD GEN-TI-ESjEN MONDAY, WEDNlSDsY. AND FRIDAY EVEN I Of. D1BECT PRIVATE IPITIO! given In claase or elntjle .esaons every morning. 'i'eiius. etc , mado known at D. L. Carpenter A Son's Acaileuiv D. L. Cai pen ter & Ron will give their attention to all the latest lakblonahle duuees ot the season. Alicalops. a lien, uups. etc., and the many eifler eut Cgu.es ot ihe GERMN COTILLION together, be will tca.-h as usuul al round dances anil 0 uadrllks. aud. in lac , any dance that mar be re quested (Scholars can commence at any time uuttnu the tail and winter seasons. 1H1VATE COTILLION 6OIREE8 will be Riven to scholars and irietids at his Rooms this casou, us well as a course ot hventnr Hubscrtptlon Nulrees at tbo W uncal Fund b all. and a uraud Miutoua Huhecriptlon llali In Fehruarvi also, bis Twenty-second Annual Floral iiall vll b Klven at the Academy 01 fcusio tMsseacon Intotmatlon will be given on appll cinli n to 1 L. ( arpeo'er 'jKkets are reauy at his rooms lor bl3 Opening Solreo. COSTNTINIT ONIUAb CAltPE'TEB. . L CAHPENTtB, 8 M3" So. 62J APCH Street. BOARDING. JIJO. 1121 0 IRARD STREET Being neatly fitted up, will poo ior . FlItST-CCAKS UO AllDERS ON THE FIRST OF iEPTEUSKH, Two lart e Cou n unirating Rooms on the aecoud floor well adapted lor family. 9t , 1 .. .. ' TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS, ETC. jsseift PHILADELPHIA SURGEONS Z.Wf'?5 Baku ag. ijshutdtb. no. 14 n. JZr MM II street, above Market. B. 0. EVTbI'TT, she. thirty yeuri' practical experienoa, jruarsurtei' lho akiliul adfuktinem 01 his freiuiuir Faient C-raduatlnir 1'rtw.me 1'russ, and a variety ot others, huiiporters. Klaaiio Htocklugs. Miou our llrson, Ciutclies. tiuNpensor.'es, etc. Ladits' apartuiauu cuor-ducU-HMir LJ'.