The Daily Tombstone., 1885-11-20
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Er;asatsG1 SOnG G2ls.Bntion oT n Mother Dy I.cr Son-.sFlat
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 Not long ago weeping mother called to bid goodbye to her only son who was soon to he executed.
 "lNornan." he exclaimed iu mo- :nel.q-v frenzy. "Woran, ! would never have been here had yuu done "your duty hy me when ' was vc crng" This was terrible partii 2. IL horrit!ei the spectators, it nearly crazed the conscience str.Een mother. One can scarcely ov4rcstina-c the mothers influence in the moulGilg c{ the character of her offspring. Bat how often. oh. how oi .en. do mothers seem to ignore this responsibility, During a recent trip on tie rail the | writer made the acquaintance of Dr. A. J. Benedict, of Sacketts Harbor, E. f.. q person who has made study of human development Referring ! to the murderous tendency of the times. We asked that emiuen: man if ,h outlook was not discouray;ng? "It looks so,' he said, but 1 fancy we nave a cause and the remedy for such evils. In my proie.s;o career have found ny hard study that We have emerged from sava"cry hy dev-l- opment Ol the nervous system and , .h" intellectual life, ami We return to savagery as we ignore the fact tiat without the solid, trustworthy nervous system, we cannot hope to save the race Boys stuff dime novels. and the pistol is to them the only respectfully glorious rastrnmcnt tO secure fame, Women read trashy literature and straishway try to innrdel heir hns- bands and friends by pcis-,n Brsi- ness men yield to the temnter, and forge and steal and default. hIinis ters. charmed by beauty, forget ,hc hchests of conscience On every side we see the weakness of personal in- tegritv."
 "Do you regard it as q discaso?"
 "More especially as the result Cf disease which, however, may be pre- 1 vented"
 "rlrasc define how"
 1 "I cannot now enter into details l Cur people can see their bodies, their blood, their bones. "Ihey never see their nerves and consequently many do not suppose they have any" The | farmers wife rejoiccs in big, physi- ! cai frame, and yet she dies premaCura- ! ly. The h"rve cannot stand the strain 1 uf continual work. The minister falls 1 dead in his pulpit, but he never did q days physical work in his lie. The | lawyer faints in the presence of the [ court and Is soon s wreck or corpse, l 4 ,, ,r- | man of affairs Is overcome with apo 1 pleXy; the politician and publicist, | with Bright's disease. The mind of tine untutorcd man k fired by the ex- ! ploits of crime and he longs for such fame. These persons OyerwOrk or oycr-eXcitc the nervous system and this fact kills or dcisoralizes them"
 If all this Dc 70 how would you rcct!.y il then?'
 "Let me tell you. 4 few years ago
 had a laiy patient who was an utter
 wreck. She was the mother oi several children. She lost her mimd and in@ gincG sine WIS cursed Cf God. She
 va. farmer. wife, and worked early | and late. l never saw a finer specimen ! Oi physical womanhOod than she, but she Was a nervous wreck, She be came hloodless. had the very worst oi female disorders and was in ;hc iast stages of albuminuria or Fright dIS- ease This latter disease works partic- ular havoc with the nervous systcn and produce. insanity and despair. ! she was insane and desperate and I
 fear tainted the blood of her offspring
 with these terrible teodencics. l treated ho- for several years. One by one the standard remedies of the
 schools failed, but | finally cured her with Warmers safe eyre, and she IS to- day strong and well Yet thousands cf women like her, every year bring ill-iormcd aud criminally-inclineCi children into the world ls it any
 wonder that nervous diseases prevail
 and that the whole moral sense is de
 moraliLed? Ii that remedy Were zen
 eraiiy 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-iw