The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-17
The Lost Child.
A FATE WORSE THAN ABDUCTION
HOW PARENTS, BY A LACK OF PROBATION
AND CARE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE DEATH OF THEIR
CHILDREN.
Camden, Me-, Herald }

The many instances OF enid Deatlng, OPP
preston, and other forms of cruelty which
have come to light, demand that something
} be 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 ne
glect matters not--the principal in both
cases is the same. The man or woman who
neglec;s his or her own health may be par
doned, 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
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 children, but, who
through carelessness or the urgency of other
duties permit them to become the innocent
victims of disease. Such parents may be
guiltess of Intentional wrong, but the
disastrous results upon their children are
just as great
These are truths which must be manifest
to every worthy parent an / especially in a
vincinty where the unknown effects of The
atmosphere, the water and the general ten
dency to malaria are so great. There are
many families in this locality who have
been called upon to mourn untimely losses,
even when the greatest care was exercised ;
but the experience Of one only will be gwen :
1t is that Of the late w. o. Thomas TIE
children were all most promising, but for
some unexplained reason their health and
strength seemed to gradually lessen until
their friends feared they were the victims
of consumption. One by one, they sickened
and died until three had departed and two
of the surviving brothers were also taken
ill. Their names were Hermon and Ed
ward. Hermon, however, seemed the strop-
ger of the two: and, while his younger
brother was confined to the house constant
ly, and to his bed much of the time, Her
mon was able to be about but in go weak a
condition that he had no desire to play.
Eddies symptoms were terrible He found
difficulty in retaining food upon his stem
ach, was restless and irritable, and out of
his head frequently. 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 80 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 remedy that was then be-
ing universally used, and began giving it
to him. It's effect at first was slight, but
any improvement was considered good
symptom. by degrees his strength re-
turned he was able to eat with relish,
then walk about the house; and finally
he regsined complete health and
strength. The boy was 80 rejoiced over
his recovery that, accompanied by the edi-
tor of this paper, he went before Justice
Charles X. Millar and made oath to the
facts of bis sickness as above related, and
that he was restored to perfect health by
the use Of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure.
Now, Ed ward Thomas's parents, while
they lived, undoubtedly, pr divided faithful
ly for the wants of all their children; and
yet the seeds Of disease had taken deep
root. Their care in one direction had been
counteracted by unknown csrelessness in
another. Their love was sincere, but
wholly misdrected They should have
known that children are just as liable to
kidney and liver diseases as grown up peo-
pie; and that the fatality of Brights dis
case of the kidneys is just as great among
| little children as with adults. This Is a
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
| dipb'hcria was ever virulent while the
chiIds kidneys and liver we're healthy. 1t
would simply be an impossibility. These
important organs of the body are just form
ing within the child and growing with it's
growth; aud they can be trained to
strength aud health as readily as the little
mind can be trained to truth and upright
| ness.
The Importance Of carefully watching
the slightest troubles OF the child, and es-
pecially those affecting the kidneys and
liver cannot be too strongly emphasized.
Children respond 80 readily to the proper