The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-03-29
THE LOST CHILD.
How Parents. by q Lack of Precaution
and Care, are Responsible for
the Death OF their
Children.

The moral and legal responsibility
of parents, in the care of their children
is, fortunately, attracting the serious,
attention of the better portion of the
entire country. The many instances
Of child beating, oppression. aud other
forms Of cruelty which have come Ia
light, demand that something be
lone: aud IL j. gratifying tn know
that the people are becoming thor
"ughly aroused. Whether the cruelty
be in the form Of physical violence or
physical neglect matters not-the
principle in both cases j. the same
The man or woman who neglecis hi~
or her own health may toe pardnnei.
as the consequences fails upon tue in
iividual alone: but the parent or
guardian who permits the inroals of
disease upcn the innocent ones de-
pendent upon him for protection, is
criminaliv liable in the sight of God,
however ne may appear IN the sight
of men. There are. however. parents
who intend Ia care for their children,
bat, who through carele--ness ar the
urgency of other duties. permit them
t. become the innocent victims of dis
ease. Such parents may he guiltl.ss
oil Intentional wrong, but the disas-
trJus results upon their children are
Just a. great.
There are truths which must be
manifest TO every worthy parent and
especially in "A vicinity where the un
known effects Oft atmosphere, the
water ami the general tendency Ia
malaria are 81 great. There are many
families i'm this locality who have been
called upon to mourn untimriy losses,
even when the greatest care was cy-
eTciSed: but the experience OF one
only will be given II is that nf the
late W. %. Thomas. The children
were all most promising, but for some
unexplained reason their health and
strength seemed To gradually lessen
until their friends feared they were
tile victims of consumption One hy
one they sickened and died, until
three had departed and two of the sur
viving brothers were also taken ill.
Their names Were Hermon and Ed
ward. Hermon, however. seemed the
stronger Of the two; and. while his
younger brother was confined To the
house constantly, and TO his he'd most
of the time, Hcrmon was able TO be
about but i'm 80 weak a condition that
ne had no desire Ia play. Eddie's
symptoms were terrible, He found
difficulty in retaining food upon his
stomach, aud was RESTLESS and irrita-
bile, and out of his head frequently.
At various times three different ply
sicians visited him and each one told
MS friends he could not live. He
finally got so low that death was only
'pnsidered "A matter of few days. At
that critical time his elder brothers,
aroused almost To the pitch of desper-
ailon by the three deaths that had oc-
CURED and the other one staring
them In the face. resolved to take the
ease into their own hands. They ne.
cordingly did so,and secured a remedy
that was then being universally used.
aud began giving il Ia him. Its eff
feet at first was slight. but any i'm
provement was considered a good
symptom. By degrees his strength
he was able to eat with
relish. then walked about the house /;
and finally he regainel complete |
health and strength The boy was so
rejoiced over his recovery that. ac-
companied by the editor of this paner,
he went before Justice Charles X. |
Miller, and made oath to the facts of |
his sickness "a above related, and that |
he WAS restored Ia perfect health by !
the use of Warmers Safe Kidney aud |
Liver Cure.
Now. Edward Thomas's parents,
while they lived. undoubtedly, pro- |
vided faithfully for the wants OF all |
their children and yet the seels of !
disease had taken deep root Their |
care in one direction had been counter |
acted by unknown csrelessness in an. /!
other Their love was sincere, but |
wholly misdirected. They should |
have known that children are Just as |
liable 10 kidney and liver diseases as
grown up people; and that the fatal
ity of Briyht's disease of the kindey is |
just as great aniong little children as |
with adults. This Is a serious subject. f!
traits: the after cunse-
luences of measles and scarlet fever, |
iiptheria and the passing troubles |
which so easily. become chronic, all /
demand the greatest care and caution. |
No case Of cholera infantum, measles, |
or diptheria was ever viru- |
ent while the child's kidneys and /
liver were healthy. IL would simply |
be an impossibility. These important |
organs of the body are Just forming
within the child and growing with |
Il growth; and they can be trained
o strength and health as readily rs
he little mind can be trained to |
truth aud uprightness.
The importance Of carefully watch
ng the slightest troubles Of . child,
md especially those affecting the kid |
ieys and liver, cannot be too strongly |