Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-20
UNDER THE GALLOWs!
Frig ntful Condemnation of q
Mother by He- Somewhat does II
Menur

"6mhE
Not long ago . weeping mother call
ed to bid goodbye TO her only son
who WAS soon TO be executed.
Woman" he exclaimed in a
momentary frenzy, Woman, / would
never have been here had you done
your duty by me when l was young"
This was a terrible partingl 1t hor
rified the spectators, it nearly crazed
the conscience stricken mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the
mothers influence in the moulding Of
the character OF her offspring. But how
often, oh, how often, dc mothers seem 10
ignore this responsibility
During recent trip on the rail the
writer made ths acquaintance of DR..
A. j. Benedict, of Sackett's Harbor, N.
Y, . person who has made study Of
human development. Referring to the
murderous tendency of the times, we
asked that eminent man If the outlook
was not discouraging?
1t looks 30, he said, /" but fancy
we have q cause and the remedy for
such evils. In my professional career
| have found by hard study that we
have emerged from savagery by devel-
opment OF the nervous system and the
intellectual life, and we return to saw
agery as we ignore the fact that with
out 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 instrument TO secure fame.
Women read trashy literature and
Istraightway try TO murder their hus
bands and friends by poison. Business
men yield to the tempter, and forge
and steal and default. Ministers, charm
ed by beauty, forget the behests of con
science. On every side we see thu
weakness of personal integrity.
Il DO you regard 1t az disease?.
Il, " More especially as the result o
disease, which however may be pre-
lyeIted."
II Please define how"
al 81 cannot now enter into details
lOur people can see their bodies, thei
/, blood, their bones They never 80
e their nerves, and consequently man,
do not suppose they have any. Tn
I farmers wife rejoices In big, physi
, cal frame, and yet she dies premature
lilly. The nerve cannot stand the strait
a OF continual work. The minister fall
= dead in his pulpit, but he never did
}, lday's physical work IN his life. Th
Y lawyer faints In the presence Of th
lcourt and is soon wreck or corpse
i and yet the work Ii nerve work. Th
/ man of affairs is overcome with ape
b 'plexy, the politician and publicist, wit
In. tights disease. The mind OF the vi
tuto. cd man Is fired by the exploits
crime nj he longs for such FAM
These perso,'s overwork or over-eI eil
8 the nervous sS N'oun anu 'n'e '"o' hii
t or demoralizee til. 'n'
B! If all this be 50 how would 20
rectify 1t theL""
q Lot me tell you A few years az
t had q lady patient iSho was an ute
r wreck. She was the motber OF sewers
8 children. She lost her mimi and imaI
ined she WAS cursed of God. She wa
= la farmers wife and worked early an
1 late. 1 never saw finer specimen
/ physical womahooi than she, but sh
4 WAS a nervous wreck! She becam
II bloodless, had the very worst of femal
d disorders and was in the last stages {
| lalbuminuria or Bright's disease. Thi
: latter disease works particular havo
4 with the nervous system and produce
Insanity and despair. She was insan
J. and desperate, and foar tainted tn
z blood OF her offspring with thee
;. terrible tendencies. l treateed he
d for several years. One by one tn
standard remedies OF the schools failed
but l finally cured her with Warner
:, safe cure, and she Is to day strong an
/, we'll. Yet thousands of women lik
: her, every year bring Uniformed an
icliminally inclined children into th
world. u 1t any wonder that nervou
j diaesses prevail and that the whole mo
ial sense IL demoralzed2 If that remed
eI were generally used, we would hav
It stronger mothers, stronger ehIdrer
e lstorger meu and women, and with pc
N feet physical and mental health, Grim
would decrease and society DO mol
q. secure"
A. Such candii opinions are surely wort
" considering.