The nurse should be constantly watchful over the little sufferer, and mark attentively those positions, and the particular treatment, which most effectually alleviate its sufferings, so that the latter may be repeated under a recurrence of similar circumstances. One great principle in child-nursing is to avoid over-feeding and over-dosing. Every housekeeper should have a store of old linen, cambric, and calico rags, and old pieces of flannel; these are easily obtained by saving worn-out linen, flannel, and other garments, or at least the useful portions of them, and treasuring old silk and cambric handkerchiefs. Such things are invaluable in time of sickness for poultices, fomentations, leeches, &c. Those who have them not will do well to visit a pawnshop, or the emporium of a purchaser of wardrobes; and having there found one or two articles of no value but to be torn up, to buy these, bring them home, have them thoroughly washed, and then put them away for use. It is good for us at times to be serious, to turn from the contemplation of life’s pleasures and enjoyments, and look upon its darker pages; for it has been beautifully said by an eminent writer, that “Suffering is not a slender dark thread, winding every now and then through a warp of dazzling brightness, but it is interwoven with the whole texture. It is not incidental, but designed for us; it enters into God’s purposes; it has a great work to do, and we know nothing of life until we comprehend its purposes.” Again: “Suffering nourishes the tenderest sympathies of our nature; it rouses us to energy and a consciousness of our own powers, and at the same time infuses the meekest dependence on God; it stimulates us to cherish and to prize the blessings of this world, and at the same time weans us from and lifts us above mere earthly things.” There is no home into which sickness may not come at any hour; and as it is to woman that the office of nurse is invariably delegated, surely every woman ought to learn betimes all that will best qualify her to become the ministering angel, whose presence shall bless the long hours of pain and confinement. False delicacy, foolish weakness, and all that can detract from usefulness, should be early overcome. We have seen a daughter scream, and weep, and wring her hands, while her mother lay fainting before her; we have seen a mother shriek and fall on her knees and utter words of agony, when some accident happened to her child. But what did all this unavailing grief benefit the sufferers? How much better she who, controlling her feelings, thinks calmly how she can administer relief, and performs her duties in an intelligent and patient manner. THE FAMILY MEDICAL GUIDE.