The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-11
UNDER THE GALLOWS.
FrtghtfuI Condemnation off, Mother by
Her Son-What Does it Mean.

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Her Son-What Does it Mean.
Not long ago a weeping mother called
to bid good bye to her only son who
was soon to be executed.
woman, he exclaimed in a momen
tary frenzy, "Woman, / would never
have been here had you done your
duty by me when ! was young!"
This was a terrible parting! 1t hor-
rlied 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, do mothers
seem to ignore this responsibility.
During q recent trip on the rail the
writer made the acquaintance of DR..
A. j. Benedict, of Sackett's Harbor,
n. Y, a person who has made a study
Of human development. Referring to
the murderous tendency OF the times,
we asked that eminent man if the out
look was not dlscouraging?
at looks So" he said, "but fancy
we have a cause and the remedy for
such evils. In my professional career
l 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
savagery rs we ignore the fact that
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 instrument to Sc
cure fame. Women read trashy liter
allure and straightway try to murder
their husbands and friends by poison.
Business men yield to the tempter,
and forge and steal and default. Min
listers, charmed by beauty, forget the
behests of conscience. On every side
we see the weakness of personal in.
tegrity."
"Do you regard it as disease?"
"More especially as the result of dis
ease which, however, may be prevent
ed"
please define how"
~ 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
farmers wife ~rejoices in a big, physical
frame, and yet she dies prematurely.
The nerve cannot stand the strain Of
continual work. The minister falls
dead in his pulpit, but he eve did a
days physical work in his life. The
lawyer faints in the presence of the
nnI1pf a nd 10 cnnFn a EN,.oaly on, q onrfOGn
and yet the work is nerve work. The
man of affairs is overcome with apo
plexy; thepolitician and publicist, with
Bright's disease. The mind of the un-
tutored man is fired by the exploits OF
crime and he longs for such fame.
These persons overwork or over-ex-
cite the nervous system and this fact
kills or demoralizes them"
eff all this be SO how would yourec-
tify it then?"
"Let me tell you. A few years agoI
had a lady patient who was an utter
wreck. She was the mothero of several
children. She lost her mind and inn
agined she was cursed of God. She
was q farmers wife, and worked early
and late. Inever saw a finer specimen
of physical womanhood than she, but
she was a nervous wreck She became
bloodless, had the very worst OF fe-
male disorders and was in the last
stages of albuminuria or Bright's dis
ease. This latter disease works par
ticular havoc with thenervous system
a~ndproduces insanity anddespair. She
was insane and desperate and fear
tainted the blood of her offspring with
these terrible tendencies. i treated
her for several years. One by n
the standard remedies 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 i'll
formed and criminally-inclined chill
dren into the world. Is it any won
der that nervous diseases prevail and
that the whole moral sense is demon
allied? If that remedy were generally
used, we would nave stronger moth
ers, stronger children, stronger men
and women, and with perfect physical
and mental health, crime would de-
crease and society be more secure"
Such candid opinions ar surely
worth considering.
Senator Sherman thinks congress will re-