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Show A Warning to Parents. A case which ocenrred in Cheshire, England, In 1897 Is probably without parallel in tho history of tragic coincidences, coin-cidences, i A lawyer woll known In Liverpool, whoso name wo will say Is Smith, was playing with his children one evening when Ills youngest boy, a llttlo follow of flvo, asked to bo lifted up. Tho father at onco complied by placing a hand on each slilo of tho boy's head and raising him a foot or so from tho floor. When ho placed him on his fcot again tho boy foil to tho ground apparently llfoloss. Every effort was madp to restoro him to consciousness, con-sciousness, but without offoct, aud tho doctor was sent for. After examination tho medical man-assorted man-assorted that tho child was undoubtedly undoubted-ly dead, nnd asked tho lawyer what had orcurred Calling another of his chlldron to him Mr. Smith, exclaimed: "As I live, doctor, all I did was to lift him a few Indies from tho floor, Uko this," and, suiting tho action to tho words, he raised tho boy a fow Inches, as he had dpne the dead child scarcely scarce-ly half an hour before Tho result can bo guessed. Beforo the doctor could call out a word of warning tho child had fallon to tho floor unconscious, and n moment lator wns dead. At tho doublo Inquest tho doctor certified that tho spinal cords, so fragile In young and delicate children, chil-dren, had undoubtedly snapped tho In-stunt In-stunt tho llttlo victims had been lifted lift-ed off tholr toot; nnd though tho father fath-er was exonerated from all blarao the ' Jury folt compelled to add a rider to tholr verdict warning parcntBagalnst tho dangerous practlco of lifting young chlldron by tholr heads, |
