The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
THE LOST CHILD.
A Fate Worse Than AbductiO II
How PARENTS, by A LACK OF PRECAUTION
AND CARE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE DEATH OF THEIR
CHILDREN,



The moral and legal responsibility of
parents, i'll the care of their children is,
| fortunately, attracting the serious item
| tion of the better portion of the entire
| country. The many instances of child
| beating, oppression, and other forms of
| cruelty which have come TO light, de-
| mand that something he done; and it is
gratifying to know that the people are
| becoming thoroughly aroused. Whether
the cruelty be in the form of physical
violence or physical neglect matters not
| the principle in both eases is the same.
| The man or woman who ncglects his or
her own health may be pardOned, rs the
consequences fall upon the individual
alone but the parent or guardian who
permits the inroadS of disease upon the
innocent ones dependent upon him for
protection. is criminally liable in the
sight of God, however he may appear in
the eyes of men. There are, however,
parents that intend to care for their chill
dren, but, who through carelessness or
the urgency of other duties, permit them
to become the Innocent victims # dis
O. se.Srch parents may not be 'lty OFF l.
territorial wrong, but the disastrous re-
suits upon their children are justas great.
These are truths which must be mani
Test to every worthy parent III . espe
clnlly i'll vicinity where the unknown
effects of the atmosphere, the water and
the general tendency to malaria are so
q eat There are many families i'll this
locality who have been called upon to
mourn untimely losses, even when the
greatest care was exercised but the cx-
perlence of one only will he given: IL is
that of the late w. O. Thomas. The chill
lren were all most promising, but for
some unexplained reason their health
aud strength seemed TO gradually lessen
until their friends feared they were the
viz ~ a tt. lt,h
they sickened and died until three had
departed and two OF the surviving broth |
ers were also taken ill. Their names
were HermOn and Edward. Hermun,
however, seemed the stronger of the two:
and, while his younger brother was con-
| fined TO the house constantly, and To his
bed much of the time, HprmOu was able
| to be about but in so weak II condition
that he had 10 desire 10 play. Eddies
symptoms were terriblr He found diff
| Guilty i'll retaining food upon his stomach,
was restless and irritable, and out of his
| head frequently. Al various times three
| different physicians visited him; and
each one told his friends he could not
| live. He finally got so low that death
was only considered a matter of few
days. At that critical time his elder
brothers, aroused almost to the pitch of
| desperation by the three deaths that had
50 recently occurred, and the other one
| staring them in the face. resolved to take
| the case into their own hands. They ac-
| c0rdingly did So and secured a remedy
| that was then being universally used,
and began giving IT to him. Its effect at
| first was slight but any improvement
was considered good sypmtom. by de
| grees his strength returned: he was able
| TO eat with a relish, then walked about
| thc house and finally he regained com
| plete health aud strength. The boy was
50 rejOiced over his recovery that, aC-
| cOmpanied by the editor of this paper he
went before Justice Charles X. Miller
and made oath to the facts of his sick
| ness as above related, and that he was
| restored to perfect health by the use of
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
Now, Edward ThOmas's parents, while
they lived, undoubtedly, provided faith
| fully for the wants of all their children
and vet the seeds of disease had taken
deep root. Their care in one direction
had been counteractcd by unknown
carelessness III another. Their love was
sincere, but wholly miSlirCCted. They
should have known that children are
Just as liable to kidney and liver Diseases
as grown up people; ana that the fatali-
ty OF Brights disease Of the kidneys Is
Just as great among little children a
with adults, This is n serious subject.
Hereditary traits: the after consequences
of measles and scarlet fever, diptheria
and the passing troubles which So easily
become chronic, all demand the greatest
care and caution. No case of cholera
nfantum, measles, scarletina, or dipthC-
ria was ever virulent while the child :
kidneys and liver were healthy. It would
simply be an impoHsihilty. These i'm
portant organs of the body are just form
ing within the child and growing wit h
its growth and they can be trained to
strength and health IA readily rs the lit
tie mind can be trained TO truth and
uprightnesS.
The Importance of carefully watching
the slightest troubles of the child, and
especially those affecting the kidneys
aud liver, cannot be too strongly EN-
phasiZed. Children respond so readily
to the proper remedies and are so sensi-
tive to disease, that it is sin to deprive
them of one nj the risk Of incurrng the
other. BY a judIcious treatment these
essential organs can be developed so that
n strong constitution, able TO resist the
inrOads of disease through coming years
shall be the result,