Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-15
Tie LOST CHILD.
a Fate Worse Than Abduction.
How Parents, by Lack Of Preeau-
ton and Care, are ResPOn-
sible for the Death Of
Their Children,
Camden CMo.) Herald.


of parents, in the care of their
children is, fortunately, attract
ing the serious attention 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 be done; and it
is gratifying to know that the people
are becoming thoroughly aroused.
Whether the cruelty be in the torn of
physical violence or physical neglect
matters not-the principle In both
cases is the same. The man or woman
who neglects his or her own health
may be pardoned, as 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 protee-
ton, 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
children, but who, through careless
ness or the urgency Of other duties,
permit them to become the innecent
victims of disease. Such parents may
be guiltless of intentional wrong, but
the disastrous results upon their chill
dren arejust as great.
These are truths which must be
manifest to every worthy parent and
especially in vicinity where the un-
known effects OF the atmosphere, the
water and the general tendency to
malaria are so great. There are
many families in this loo atty who
have been called upon to mourn
untimely losses, even when the great
est care was exercised; but the expe-
rience Of one only will be given: 1t is
that Of the late W. D. Thomas. The
children were all most promising, but
for some unexplained reason their
health and strength seemed to gradu-
ally lessen until their friends feared
they we're the victims of consumption.
One by one, they siekened and died
until three had departed and two Of
the surviving children were taken i'll.
Their names were Hermon and
Edward. Hermon, however, seemed
the stronger of the two; and, while his
younger brother was confined to the
house constantly, and to his bed much
of the time, Hermon was able to be
about but in so weak a condition
that he had no desire to
play. Eddie's symptoms were
terriblel He found difficulty in re-
tanning food upon his stomach, was
irritable and out of his head fire.
quently. At 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 matter of few
days. At that critical time his elder
brothers, aroused almost to the pitch
of desperation by the three deaths
that had so recently occurred, and
the other one staring them in the face,
resolved to take the case into their
own hands. They accordingly did SO,
and secured a remedy that was then
being universally used, and began
giving it to him. It's effect at first was
slight, but any Improvement was con-
sidered a good symptom. By degrees
his strength returned; he was able to
eat with a relish, then walk about the
house; and finally he regained com
plete health and strength. The boy
was so rejoiced over his recovery that,
accompanied by the editor of this
paper, he went before Justice Charles
X. Miller and made oath to the facts
Of his sickness as above related, and
that he was restored to perfect health
by the use of Warmers Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure.
Now, Edward Thomas parents,
while they lived, undoubtedly pro-
vided faithfully for the wants Of all
their children; and yet the seeds Of
disease had taken deep root. Their
care in one direction had been coun
teraeted by unknown carelessness in
another. Their love was sincere, but
wholly misdirected. They should
have known that children are just as
liable to kidney and liver diseases as
grown up people: and that the fatality
OF Bright's disease of the kidneys is
just as great among little children as
with adults This is a serious subject.
Hereditary traits: the after conse.
quences of measles and scarlet fever,
diphtheria and the passing troubles
which so easily become chronic, all
demand the greatest care and caution.
No case Of cholera infantum,
measles, scarletina, or diph.
iberia was ever virulent
while the child's kidneys and liver
we're healthy. 1t would simply be an
impossibility. These important organs
Of the body are just forming within
the child and growing with its growth;
and they can be trained TO strength
aud health as readily as the little
mind can be trained to truth and up
rightness.
The importance Of carefully watch
ing the slightest troubles of the child,
and especially those affecting the kid
leys and liver, cannot be too strongly
emphasized. Children respond 50
readily to the proper remedies and are
so sensitive to disease, that it is a sin
10 deprive them of one at the risk Of
mourning the other. By a judicioui
treatment these essential organs can
be developed so that strong consti'
tuition, able to resist the inroads Of
disease through coming years, shall b
the result.
An exchange remarks that, "tht
best teachers are those who learr