The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-18

cal professions the class in our opinion responsible
for its existence For selfish the physicians
first taught their patrons the possibility Of avoiding the
cares maternity. From this, it but step to the
use of destroy what told is the embryotc
image of God Fifty ago the reckless of med.
would have declined the risk attending such an
act without heavy Pecuniary reward; but now
THE lessons they have taught
Return to plague the inventors
To-day hardly School District in the North but boasts
some heartless hag who for few shngs stands ready
to assist in the detestable rite!
The indifference of the public in this matter has been
subject of surprise to many, for Could magu
tude the evil be understood would be found to
bea question of national Importance subject worthy
the serious attention of the phanthropic statesman
Like many other vices before remarked frtiede is
of modern growth Its evil results hardly be
rated 1t is only undermining public morals but it
must largely affect the 1t would be im
possible state with degree of accuracy how large
per centagc of births premature by criminal means
but have hesitUtion in placing it twenty per
Of the total Thus in every million births hundred
thousand prematurely destroyed-a number equang
every year. the much coveted foreign emigration. And
this loss We shame to say, is from the best bosd in the
country from educaed refined parents; the class
nice to raise chrSn although they deny them
selves the pleasure Of lighting torches at Hymens Al
tar"
Fecide does not like vices prevail an epidem
frequency In different localities. In it shows its
baeul presence nearly every family in other neigh
borhoods it is comparatively seldom practced The lat
ter communities are however hard to find. Very few
country villages but cursed with the presence Of
medical vampres-miserable degraded wrctehes
who live by the commission of the most cowarly Of all
crimes.
The numerical loss to the State is really but small
item in the shameful account Its demoralizng
quenccs hardly be estimated Consider for in
stance the state of mind Of the mother constantly for
months, contemplating murder! Is it surprising that such
monsters the Pomeroy boy of Boston, born murderer
should have existence that the criminal tendency is
to break out in the most unexpected quarters that
sympathetic well educated girls and women found
have penchant poisoning and Llooetting break
loose from all restraint in Of vice. Friends stand
ashast and wonder the strange sudden
degeneraey of honorable family We boast the virtue
of our country Regardless of patriotism gal
anry this boast is predicaed practically upon the
sus returns of Legitimate children. In the United States
it amounts a small fraction of per We com.
pare these statistics with the from foreign
tries France, twenty Germany, fifteen; England five
per cent Of iestmate births and and We hug ourselves
in the conecit of superior virtue But alas for the
In justice should boast Of Superior cunning
depraved intelligence
American girls at carly age made aware of the
fact that such thing fpticide is pOssibe-tt it is
indeed trifing, harmless performance I'VE !ht here
remark that by help of works Domestic Medicine"
"uues' anu 'he uhiieensed TAX oil their elders
anu guns oi ten OF '"elNe Years oil asr To day.
~ ~ e 'h"n Souns women Oh twenty o"g"f 10 know) |
Tue natural result oi such 1alefui Knowledge
acts as direct Incentive to- it removes the chef
terror of fmiscunduct-deeeon She know if she gets
into trouble her friends will her isgraced"
Io hide open shame she will not hesitate to be ety of
'e .'Ime: Many m American mother, boastinS her |
~ Pe''A'iits' 'nuS panuers TO her daughters infamy
Iin pNarriaI aIpa.4I y, Al
He nOtner sets the example, and the unmarried
uHash'er ioiio"Sn
" aIi' STATE oi thlngs Is II surprising that ilegiti-
are 50 seldom met with in the UntedStatesl
iue "onuer Is 'nat they are e'sr seen
iso His9'r'S oI sriS are Kept virtuous by fear Of
Inns rear alone induces them to resist the wiles
" o He" ess se"ucer 1ake This lear away, and before
% 'euS snor' oleSsss she Is ready TO enter into an
Aioui' At Tue nrst opportunity In our towns, girls
in The n,I cos nd ~ IS, .'.nn '"lS posted
entire STRANGERS, asi,,n,,;on -. - wy -. 80
with s,6ool a;rl unnoxeJ he ,h.;r 60,
deeorun, How uncb az mi; b,Ja..t a - -.
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ti,ei out la. the mos, d,d -. r,Ii' -
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I'll,
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- !" '"o -" Vi t"e "ahses' or
- -, 'o 'H'""'"s MS S''i ''hg-oFoou 10 'he =
o sem" io''n N" more missionaries until
.u - f 80, s A ''' % '",'''n'S, oen" no ihore .
r., II .ss,ln.S wa nv. '"''Ou"'e d SIN "''se Il
W. - =, 4 ?
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=, ee'e :" Snc Dy SPECIFY aeath' ium hopeless
o'nsr up u" nesi anu poou d, 'ne =
. s-,a,r" 'i' "''A0" Vi i"'o'e"'e' INC 'io'o'"
And after all how many poor women have cursed the
our in which they led to the commission of so
atural erimei In few years, In the bloom of
:, -, S mus ne' De""'s so, "e, iAee "o.-
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fhr -; WI ' ,,,' ~ ~ S s i I"
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