Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 1895.
Il Case From, Real Life G7eh
Some Reflections.

The old adage that one half OF
the people don't know how the
other half, is still with all our adj
vancement in civilization, true.
People in easy circumstances for
any number of years, and whose
occupations do not bring them in
immediate contact with the more
unfortunate of society can with
difficulty conceive of the strug-
giles of the latter for existence.
The physician enters into the in
ner sanctums of the homes he
visits, and sees more realities of
life than any other individual. 1t
he is a human man and a philoso-
pher he is apt to form opinions
that looks radical and far-fetched
to ordinary business men who
simply meet. humanity over the
counter.
We ask our critics to bear this
in mind when they feel like
blaming us for our seeming radi-
cal views on some topics.
Our avocation has brought us
face to face with forms of human
suffering. not simply physical
ills either, that has left an indel-
ible impress on our mental make
up, and forms the basis of much
that we feel and express.
Let US relate typical case
from real life. The man we will
call John Jones. It is a very
singing cold day in March and
the doctor is out to see Mr..
Jones, who is sick. He has been
sick for about a week. Mr..
Jones has fever and is splitting
blood, coughs, and has great
difficulty in getting his breath.
The doctor sees at once what ais
Mr.. Jones, and after giving him
from his satchel what appro-
pirate medicine he may have
brought along, he turns to Mrs.
Jones and asks: "Why did you
not call a doctor before?" Mrs.
Jones answers with a big drop of
clear fluid stealing out beneath
her eye lashes, that they did not
think it was serious, only a cold
that would pass off as usual;
that they did not have any money
to pay the doctor and didn't
know when they would have, ha-
ted to call him. but in acase of alb
solute necessity. The doctor asks
again: "Was Mr.. Jones exposed
shortly before hewas takensick?"
Eyes," says Mrs. Jones, The
came from town that cold day
against the wind, almost froze, as
he was notsuf6ciently clad for cold
weather. The fact is that he has
been so anxious to pay his debts
that he has neglected to buy him
self the necessary clothing"
In two days more poor Mr..
Jones, or rather his spirit has
gone to: that realm beyond,
where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at
rest In a few days more, his
earthly remains is consigned to
his long home, six feet long, six
feet perpendicular and two feet
wide in mother earth.
Mrs. Jones and her seven or
phans, the largest a boy of Ia -
stand husbandless and fatherless
to begin and to face the strug-
giles for existence alone! ". {, s
Kind reader you say this is a
sad case. So it is. And it is
actual, real, and occurring every
week and month Of cold weather
IN this latitude. You have seen
such cases your selves among your
neigh ors. It's a case Of blood,
IS itnot? Many times the poor
survivors sweat blood from
every pore in more ways than
one, leave out Of the question
the agonies Of the d ying. Is: &.
But perhaps yon say Nv hat
sof it2 Who can help it: Has It
not always been SO in the World?''
Well kind reader, ma be i
couldn't be helped, and maybeif
you and had done .our duty IS
niue christians and true citizens,