The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-19
UNDER THE GALLOWS!
Frightful Condemnation Of . Moth
er by Her SOn--What D0esit
Mean?

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er by Her S0n--What Doesft
Mean?
Not long ago weeping mother
called to bid good bye to her only
son who was soon to be executed.
woman" he exclaimed in . mo.
mentary frenzy, woman, I would
never have been here had you done
your duty by me when Was young!'
This was q terrible parting! II
Mortified the spectators, it nearly
crazed the conscience stricken moth
er.
One can scarcely overestimate the
mothers influence In the moulding
OF the character OF her offspring. But
how often, oh, how often, do mothers
seem to ignore this responsibility!
During recent trip on the rail
the writer made the acquaintance Of
DR.. A. J. B enedict, OF Sackett's Har-
Dor, N. T., . person who has made q
study or human development. Re-
ferring to the murderous tendency Of
the times, We asked that eminent
man II the outlook was not discour.
agin?
'It looks so," he said, "but I fan cy
We have q cause and remedy for
such evils. In my professional career
/ have found by hard study that We
have emerged from savagery by de-
velopment Of the nervous system and
the Intellectual life, and We return to
savagery as We ignore the fact that
without the solid, trustworthy nerv-
Gus system. We cannot hope to save
the race. Boys stuff dime novels.
and the pistol is to them the the only
respectfully glorious instrument to
secure fame. Women read trashy
literature and straightway try to
murder their husbands and friends
by poison. Business men yield to
the tempter, and forge and steal and
default. Ministers, charmed by beau
~, forget the behests Of conscience.
On every side We see the weakness
Of personal integrity"
do you regard 1t as q disease?"
more especially as the result Of
disease which, however, may be pre-.
vented
"Please define how"
II cannot now enter into details.
Our people can see their bodies, their
blood, their bones. They sseUer see
their nerves and consequently many
10 not suppose they haze any. The
farmers wife rejoices in q big, physi-
cal frame, and yet she dies prema-
turely. The nerve cannot stand the
strain OF continual work. The minis
ter falls dead ia his pulpit, but he
never did q days physical work In
his life. The lawyer faints in the
presence Of the court and Is soon q
wreck or q corpse, aud yet the work
Is nerve work. The man Of affairs
Is overcome with apoplexy; the poll
tjcian and publicist, with Bright's
disease. The mind OF the untutored
man is fred by the exploits Of crime
and he longs for such fame. These
persons overwork or over excite the
nervous system and this fact kills or
demoralizes them"
IF ell this be 30 how would you
rectify It theny"
LET me tell you. Anew years ago
I had a lady patient who was an Ut
ter wreck. She was the mother OF
several children. She lost her mind
and imagined she was cursed Of God.
She was q farmers wife, and worked
early and late. ] never saw q dner
specimen Of physical womanhood
than she, but she was q nervous
wreck! She became bloodless, had
the very worst Of female disorders
and was In the last stage Ut albumin
uria or Bright's disease. This latter
disease works particular havoc with
the nervous system and produces In.
sanity and despair. She was insane
and desperate and I fear tainted the
blood Of her ofxpri,s0 with these tel
rible tendencies. I treated her for
several years. One by one the stan.
dard remedies OF the schools failed.
but I finally cured her with Warmers
safe cure, and she 10 to-day strong
and we'll. Yet thousands Of women
like her. every year bring Uniformed
and criminally inclined children into
the world. Is It any wonder that
nervous diseases prevail and that
the whole moral sense Is democrat
ized2 II that remedy were generally
used. We would have stronger moth.
ers, stronger children, stronger men
and women. and with perfect physi.
col and mental health, crime would
decrease and society be more secure"
Such candid opinions are surely
worth considering,