The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-28
UNDER THE GALLONS
%fShttui Condemnation of n Mother by
Hor Son-What Docs it Mean?


Not long ago weeping mother called to
DID goodbye to her only son who was soon
70 be executed.
Woman" he exclaimed, in momentary
frenzy, woman, l would never have
oeen here had you done your duty by me
When was young"
=, This was Q terrible parting! 1t Mortified
Ine spectators, it nearly crazed the con-
science striker mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the moth
ers lnEuence in the molding of tho charac-
Ter OF her offspring. But how often, oh,
nov often, do mothers seem to ignore this
responsibility
During recent trip on the rail the writer
made the acquaintance of DR.. A. J. Bene-
oict, of SacEett's Harbor, N. Y, person
who has made study of human develop
ment. Referring to the murderouS tendency
OF the times, we asked that eminent man If
The outlook was not discouragings
ut looks So" he said, "but l 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 saw
agery by development of the nervous sys-
TEN and the intellectual life, and we return
20 Savagery as we ignore the 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
only respectfully glorious instrument to Sc
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 by
beeuty, forget the behests of conscience.
I S1svery side we see the weakness of per-
senA Integrity"
| 8Doyon regard it as diseased"
| Mora especially as the result of disease
/ ho " Ia
| Please define how"
! lcan not now enter into details. Our
| poop can see their bodies, their blood,
lheir ones. They l,eyer see their nerves and
| 60'tSegaatRg nlauy do not poSethey have any.
I Inc falper's vito rejoices in a big, physical
frame, nd yet she dies premauurely. The
nerve ca. not stand the strain of continual
work. TIE minister falls dead in his pulpit,
put ne neNr did q days physical work in
ms LIE. he lawyer faints in the presence
OF Ine counand iBsoon wreck or a corpse,
ana ye9 Ihe york is nerve work The man
| OF aLalrs Is overcome with apOplexy; the
( politician anaoublicist, with Bri@ht's dis
ease. Ihe mid of the untutOrod man is
nled by the exIOits of crime and he longs
Tor such lame These persons overwork OF
oTer-exclte the nrvous system and this fact
kills or demorali2s them''
IF all this be sthow would you rectifyl 1t
! thenln
LET me tell you A few years ago I had
lady patient whovas an utter wreck. She
was the mother oiseveral children. She
lost her mind and imagined she was cursed
of God. She YVES farmers wife, and
worked early and latt Inever saw a finer
specimen Of physical romanhood than she,
but she was a nervous greckl She became
bloodless, had the veryworst of female dis
orders and was in the lat stages of album
nuria or Brights diseas. This latter dis
ease works particular havoc with the nerv.
Gus system and produces insanity and de-
SPAR. She was insane and desperate end
fear tainted the 61OodCf her ofUriiag with these
terrible tendencies. l treaed her for sew
eral years. One by one the Handard rene
dies Of the schools failed, but1finally cured
her with Warmers safe cure, and she is to
day strong and well. Yet Thousands O.
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 mora
sense is demoralized! Il that remedy wert
generally used, we would have stronge
mothers, stronger children, stronger mel
and women, and with perfect physical ant
mental health, crime would decrease an,
society be more secure.n
hucp candid opinions are surely wort
considering.