The Daily Tombstone., 1885-11-25
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Not long ago. weeping mother called to bid goodbye 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 1 was young"
 This was a terrible partingl It mortified the spectators. t nearly craZed the conscience striken mother
 One can scarcely ovarestimate the mothers influence in the moulding of the character of her offspring. Bu; how often. oh, how ofien, do mothers seem 10 ignore this responsibility!
 DCring d recent trip on the gail the writeF made the acquaintance of Dr A. J. Benedict, Of Sackett's IIarbur. N. G., q person who has made study of human development. Referring to the murdc!ous tendency of the times, we asked that eminent man il the outlook was not discouraging?
 'It looks so," he said, but fancy we have q cause and the remedy fol such evils. In my professional career 1 have found by hard study we that have emerged from savagerv by dcvcl. opment of the nervous system ana the intellectual liic and We return t, savagcry as we ignore the fact that without the solid, trustworthy ncrvou. system, We cannot hope to save tn, race. Boys stuff dime novels, and tn, pistol is to them the only respectfully glorious instrument to secure fame. Women read trashy literature and straightway try to murderl heir hus- bands and friends by poison. B" ness men yield to the tempter. and forge and steal and default. ! inis- ters, charmed by beauty, forget ... behests of conscience. On every side We see the weakness of personal in- tegrity."
 Do you regard it as a diseasc?'
 "MOrc especially as the result of disease which, however, may be pre- vented"
 Please define how"
 'I cannot now enter into details. Our people can see their bodies, their ! blood, their bones. "Ihcy never see their nerves and consequently many Go not suppose they have any" The farmers wife rejpiccs in big, physi- cal frame, and yet she dies premature | iy. The nerve cannot stand the strain of continual work The minister fall, dead i'll his pulpit, hut he never did d days physical work in his life. The lawyer faints in the presence of tho ] court and iS soon q wreck or a corpse. and yet the work is nerve work Tn. man of affairs is overcome with apo plexy; the politician and publicist with Brieht's d;scasc. The mind oi the untutorcd man is fired by the cx- 1 ploits of crime and he longs fer such fame. These persons overwork o, 1 over-eXcitc the nervous system and this fact kills or dcisoralizes them"
 "Ii all this bc 90 how would you rectiiy it then?"
 Let me tell you. A few years ago I had a lady patient who Was an utter wreck. She vas the mother of several l children. She lost her mind and ! imagined she WIS cursed of God. She was farmers wife, and worked early anu ia.G. l never saw finer specimen 1 of physical wOmanhooi than she, but she was q nervous wreck She be- came hloodicss. had the very worst ot female disorders and was in the las, stages of albuminuria or Bright's dis ease. This latter disease works partic- ular havoc with the nervous system and produces insanity and despair. She was insane and desperate and l fear tainted the blood of her offspring with these terrible teodcncies l treated her for several years. One by one the standard remedies of the schools failed, hut finally cured her with Warmers safe cure. and she Is to- day strong and well. Yet thousands of women like her, every year bring ill-formed and criminally-inclineCt children into the world. Is 1t any wonder that nervous diseases prevail and tha. the whole moral sense is de- moralized? II that remedy were gen erally used, We would have stronger mothers, stronger children, stronger men and women, and with perfect physical and mental health. crime would decrease and society be more secure"
 Such candid opinions are surely worth considering. nl1-lw
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