The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
UNDER THE GALLowsI
Frightful Condemnation of a Mother by Her
SOn-What Does 1T Mean?

Not long ago a weeping mother called to bid
good bye to her only son who was soon 10 be exc
cuted
woman" he exclaimed in q momentary frenzy,
Woman. would never have been here had you
done your duty by me when I was young
This was terrible parting, It Mortified the
spectators, and nearly crazed the conscience
stricken mother.
One can sosrssiy overestimate the mothers in
huenee in the moulding OF the character OF her
offspring. But hew often, on. how often, do moth
ers seem to ignore this responsibility,
During a recent "trip on the rail the writer made
the acquaintance OF Dr. A. J. Benedict of Sackett's
Hsrbor, y. ". a person who has made study of
human development. Referring to the Inurderous
tendency OF the times, We asked that eminent man
If the outlook not discouragingc
at looks so,' he said. but fancy we have a
cause and the remedy for such evils In my pro-
fessional career have found by hard study that
we have emerged from savagery by development
OF the nervous system and the intellectual life and
we return TO SaYagery as We ignore the fact that
without the solid, trustworthy nervous system,
we can not hope 10 save the race. BOYS stuff dime
novels and the pistol is to them theonly respect
ably glorious instrument TO secure lame Women
read trashy literature and Straightway try muir
der their husbands and friends by poison. Bust
ness men yield 70 the temper, and forge and steal
and default. Ministers. charmed by beauty, for
get the behests OF conscience. ON every side we
q
DO YOU regard il a disease
"MoTe especially "a the result of disease which,
however. may be prevented
please define how
Il cannot enter into details Our people can see
their bodies. their blood. their bones. They never
zee their nerves and consequently many do not
suppose they have any. The farmers wife re-
joices in a big physical frame. and yet she dies
prematurely. The nerve can not stand the strain
CT Continual work The minister falls dead in his
pulpit but he never did days physical work in
his liie he lawyer faints in the presence OF the
court ana Is soon wreck or a corpse. and vet the
come with apopleXy; the politician and publicist.
with Bright's disease. The mind of the untutOred
man Is fired 10y the exploits of crime and he longs
Tor such lame. These persons oyerwork over
excite the nervous system and this fact kills
demoralizes them"
III all this be how would YOU rectify il them
Let me tell you. y few years ago had lady
patient who was an utter wreck. She 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 late. ! never
saw a finer specimen of physical wOmanhoOd than
she, but she was nervous wreck. She became
bloodleSs, had the very worst OF female disorders
and In the last stages of albuminuria or
BrghtS disease. This latter disease works partic-
ular havoc with the nervous system and produces
insanity and despair She was insane and les-
with these terrible tendencies. treated her for
several years one 10y one the standard remedies
OF the school failed, but finally cured her with
Warmers safe Cure, and She is TODAY strong and
year bring Informed and criminal y-inciiued
children into the world. Is il any wonder that
nervous diseases prevail and that the whole moral
sense l. demOralizede If that remedy were gen
orally used. would have stronger mothers.
stronger children, stronger men aud women, and
with perfect physical ana mental health. crime
would decrease and society be more secure
such candid opinions are surely worth conSid-
ering