Huntsville gazette., 1885-11-21
UNDER THE GALLOWSI
Frightful Condemnation of q Mother by
Her Son-What Does 1t Mean7


Not long ago weeping mother called to
bid goodbye to her only son who was soon
to be executed.
Woman" he exclaimed, in momentary
frenzy, "Woman, 1 would never h.
been here had you done your duty by me
when was young"
This was terrible partingl 1t Mortified
the. spectators, it nearly crazed the cen
science striken mother.
One can scarcely oyerestimate the moth
er's influence in the molding of the charac-
ter 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 Or. A. >. Bene-
dict, of Sackett'S Harbor, N. ", a person
who has made a study of human develop
ment. Referring to the murderous tendency
of the times, we asked that eminent man if
the outlook was not discouraging!
''It looks so.' he said, "but l fancy we
have cause and the remedy for such evils.
In my professional career have found by
hard study that we have emerged from sew
ngery by development Of the nervous sys-
tenn and the intellectual life, and we retLrn
to savagery as we ignore tho fact that with
out the solid, trustworthy nervous system,
we can not hope to save the race. Boys
stuff dime novels, and the pistol is TO them the
d
cure fame. Women read trashy literature
and straightway try to murder their hus-
bands and friends by poison. business
men yield to the tempter, and forge and
steal and default Ministers charmed snasy by
On every side we see the weakness OF per-
sOnal integrity."N
"Do you regard it as diseases"
"More especially as the result of disease
which, however, may be prevented"
"Please define how"
~ can not now enter into details. Our
people can see their bodies, their blood,
their bones. They neyer see their nerges and
consequently nadny do not suppose they hare ar.
The turner's wife rejoices in big, physical
frame, and yet she dies prematurely. The
'ierve can not stand the strain of continual
>v,k. The minister falls deadin his p it,
but he never did days physical work in
hia life. The lawyer faints in tho presence
of the court and is soon wreck or a corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The man
Of affairs is overcome with apoplexy; the
politician and publicist, with Bright's dis
ease. The mind of the untutored man is
fire.1 by the exploits of crime and he longs
for such fame. These persons overwork or
over-excite the nervous system and this TACT
kills or demoralizes them"
"If all this be SO how would you rectifyit
thens,
"Let me tell you. A few years ago I had
lady patient who was an utter wreck. She
was the mother of several children. She
lost her mind and imagined she was cursed
of God. She was a farmers wife, and
worked early and hate. | never saw q finer
specimen of physical womanhood than she,
but she was nervous wreck She became
bloodless, had the very worst of female dis
orders and was in the last stages of albulni-
nuria or Bright's disease. This latter dis
ease works particular havoc with the nerv
Gus system and produces insanity and de
spair. She was insane and desperate and
fear tainted the blood Of her oG$pring with these
terrible tendencies. / treated her for sew
eral years. One by one the standard reno
dies of the schools failed, but finally cured
her with Warmers safe cure, and she is to-
day strong and well. Yet thousands Of
women like her, every year bring Informed
and criminally-inclined children into the
world. Is it any wonder that nervous dis
eases prevail and that the whole moral
sense is demoralized. If that remedy were
generally 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.