Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1885-12-19
UNDER THE GALLONS!
Erjgktfal Condemnation or n Mother
by Her SOn-What Does Et Meant =

Not long ago n weeping mother called
to bid goodbye TO her only son, who was
soon 70 be executed.
-" Woman, he exclaimed, in momen"
taEy frenzy, woman, I would never
IKE been here had you done your duty
by ma, when / was young"
This was terrible partingl Ii horri.
fed the spectators; it nearly crazed the
coRsCience-striCken mother.
One can scarcely oyeTestimats the
mothers influence in the moulding Of
the. character OF her otfspring. But how
often, oil, how often, do mothers seem to
Ignore this responsibility!
During recent trip on the rail, the
writer made the acquaintance Of DIR. A.
j. Benedict, Of SaCkett's HaTbor, y. Y,
i pefsonwh0 has made a study Of human
development. Referring 10 the murder
Gus tendency of the times, we asked that
emmett man If the outlook was not dis
couraging.
at looks go" he said, "but fancy
we have a cause and the remedy for suSt
evils. In my professional career ] have
found by hard study that we have
emerged from sayagery by development
ofthe nervous system and the intellectual
life, and we return to sayagery IS we
ignore the fact that without the solid,
trustWsfthyVhervous system, we cannot
hope to save the race. Boys stniF dime
novels, and the pistol is 10 them the only
respectfully glorious instrument 10 Sc
cure fame. Women read trashy itera-
tnre and straighiway try to murder their
husbands and frieRds by poison. Bnsi-
ness men yield TO the tempter, and forge
and steal and default. Ministers,
gharTY1nH Iu lav fgpfr1t Ihr hg1,aaAa e
conscience. On every side we see the
weakness Of personal integrity"
% Do you regard it as q disease?"
more especially as the result Of dis
ease, which, however, may be pre-
vented"
Please define how"
al cannot now enter into details.
Our people can see their bodies, their
blood, their bones, They never see
their nerves and consequently many do
Not suppose they have any. The farm
ler's wife reioic in . big, physical frame,
and yet she dies prematufely. The
nerve cannot stand tho strain ot contin-
nal work. The minister falls dead in his
pulpit, but he never did q days physical
work in his life. The lawyer faints III
the presence u tho couft and IS soon q
wreck or q corpse, and yet the work Is
nerve work. Che man Of affairs Is over
come with apoplexy; the politician and
puhlicist, with Bright's disease. The
mind OF the untutored man Is fred by
the exploits Of crime, and he longs Tor
such fame. These persons oyerwork or
oYer-excite the nervous system, and this
fact kills or demorallxes them"
MI an this be %, how would you
reetiiy il, ;hon?"
PLet me tell You. a few years ago /
had lady ratient who was in utter
wreck, She was the sother Of several
hildrcn. She lost leF mind and image
led she was cured y God She was
rmers vile, and worked early and late.
never saw finer specimen 81 physical
omanhood than she, but she was
.eryoas wreck Size became bloodless,
ad the very w9rs. % female disorders
AMI WAS in tie last stages AZ albuminuria
or Bright's disease This latter disease
weeks particular havoc with tiie nervous
System and produces insanity and Der
spGir, She was insane and DESPERATE
and Qar tainted TIE blood cf ker off
spring with these terrible tendencies. ]
tteated her for several years Orc by
ne the standard remedies Of the schools,
4, but / flnally cured her With
ner's safe Cure, and she j. to-day
z aud we'll Yet thousands 81
D, like her, every year bring in.
d and criminal y-inolined children
The world. "a il any wonder that
Sus diseases prevail and thar the
moral sense IS demofai.Aed? III
renaady were generally used we
niger mothers, stronger
wen aud womfp, md
Wental health,
society 10
81 worth
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