The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-02-07
Scarlet Fever.


"Dl you know that the scarlet fever is
town.
NO; indeed did not, how have AWAY
dreaded that disease since | have had childre
to care for i it in a bad form? l. it prov
inc fatal in many ca>c>:'
"le>, understand that it is quite Il sever
form Of the disease: that Somc have died, an
several others are almost at deaths door; an
| then YOU know if one RECEIVERS from it the
are nearly always left with deafness, or veal
eyes, or defective articulation, or lameness, o
Same Other physical disability"
80. think it is Just fearful disease" an,
the two mothers separated to 20 to thei
homes and with anxious hearts gather thei
little ones more closely around them, Will
they warn them on no account whatever to g,
near the houses wherein the dread disease i
known 10 be, and a. they 90 out to school il
the morning the mothers tie about their neck
little t'ags Of camphor, to prevent contagion
hat precautions are taken to prevent th
and StM1of diseases from >preadng.in com
munity and how parents watch over the
children lest they should in some way be ex
posed to danger.
But do you know, fathers and mothers 0
Belfast, that something trorse than scarlet fey
er is al your very door; Are YOU aware that al
appetite for strong drink is being awakene,
and cultivated in your children by liquor con
ceaIed in candy: And while they seek to sat
i>fy an innocent desire for candy there is bein.
awakened in them a ing for that which. i
INDUCED in, will utterly ruin them, soul an,
body. scarlet fever is indeed dread disease
but better Nn">oAd times bcttct for oul
children. scarlet fever, dphtheria. or >mal
poN with AL their fearful po>>ibilitie, than thu
prospect Of lifelong sin and misery. and :
druhkard'~ grave at last. 1t seems almost pas
belief that any man win, for a few pennie,
furnish to children that which has in it 81
m"rh of danger. It is bad enough to sell IL
quor to men, but how much worse to sell it tc
innocent children. and wonder if it is moi
ju>j a much lioiation of law to >cIl Iiquol
wrapped up in chocolate drops as 10 >ell it in ;
Glass at the bar.
Fathers and mothers let Us look after oul
children in This matter. and also after those
who would lead them a>tray.
>l,a!l | speak 10 you Of another danger t,
your children: ! refer to the danger whicl
lies wrapped ~ in the cigarette. DO you know
what dangerous articles they are: Many OF
them, il mol ail, are made from inferior tobacco
>unl> Of CIGARS thrown away by the smoker
are gathered and used largely in the manufac-
iurr N cigarettes. lhi, being POOR tobacco
~atpctcf i freely employed to Keep it from
becoming mu>ty. >altpeter is highly iniuri-
Gus. ply l>iran who amalyzcd a cigarette
found il strongly impregnatcl with opium
white the wrapper was Whitenei with arsenic
the two poi,on> combined being in >ui, lent
quantities ID create in the smoker the habit OF
u,l1@ opium. Ph! >irian>, chemists and botan-
l>'> agree IN prouounriug tobacco one of the
most deadly poi>ou- known. The use of to-
hacco ciJt~,~ irregular action OF the heart, aud
i thc true cause N large number Of fatal
eases " heart disease.
pr. j. II. Kcllr-- SAYS: "Thc fact il r~tab-
Ii>hed hey yond the possibility of ,ucre>>f fuI con-
trover~y, that tobacco i a poison deadly in
large doses, pcruitou> and harmful in all doses
Ii taiht~ the breath. ruins the digestion. Oh
ii.ertr> caste and Smell, >pon~ the blood, Or
pr' ~~ee ho brain, d,ir->s,s Ne heart, irrlate>
the nerves and i. riorate> and rontarninnte>
every or4 IN and tissue With which it come, in
contact in the body it, influence is to lessen
Vitality. to >aortrn Ifp. III. II. ~eerley. prin-
tiHti ol State Narm;l School. lowa >uy~ "\f-