The Penn's Grove record., 1885-11-28

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Not1ong ago q weeping mother called
to bid good by to her only o who was
soon TO be executed.
"Woman," he Exclaimed in q momen.
tafy frenzy, "Woman, I never would
have sheen here had you done your
duty by me "when I was young !"
This was a terrible parting ! 1t horri-
ied 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 . recent trip on the rail the
writer made the acquaintance of DR.. A..
J. Benedict, of Sackett's Harbor, N. T..
a person who has made q study OF
human development. Referring to the
murderous tendency of the times, we
asked that eminent man If the outlook
was not discouragingf
TIT looks So" he said, "but I fancy
we have . cause and the remedy for
such evils. In my professional career 1
have found by hard study that VIC have
emerged from savagery by development
Of the nervous system and the intellec-
tua1 life, and we return to savagery as
we ignore the fact that without the
solid, trustworthy nervous system, we
canlsot hope TO save the ace. Boys
stuff dime novels, and the pistol is to
them the only respectfully glorious in
sfrument to secure fame. Women read
trashy literature and straightway try to
murder their husbands and friends by
poison. Business men yield to the
tempter, and forge aud steal and de-
fault. Ministers, charmed by beauty.
forget the behests of conscience. On
every side we see the weakness OF per-
sonaI integrity"
do yon regard it as o disease?'
ssMore especially as the result of di-
ssase which, however, may be pre-
vented"
"Please define how"
81 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
tity have any. The farmers's vile re-
jolces in a big, physical frame, and yet
abe dies prematnrely. The nerve can
not stand the strain OF continual work.
The minister falls dead in his pulpit,
but be never did a days physical work
in his life. The lawyer faints in the
OF the court and is soon a
wreck or a corpse, and yet the work is
nerve work. The man of affairs is over
come with a~polpiexy; the politician and
pubIicist, with Bright's disease. The
MUD Of the untutored man is fred by
The exploits OF crime and he longs for
such fame. These persons oyerwork or
oysr-excite the nervou system and this
fact kills or demoralizes tnem.'
s'If all this be so how would you rec
tify it then2"
"IIet me tell you: A few years ago |
had q 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 d farmers wife, and worked early
and late. / never saw o finer specimen
Of physical womanhood than she, bat
she was q rvo wreck She became
bioodless. had the very worst of female
disorders n was ID the last stages OF
albuminuria or Bright's disease. This
latter disease works particular havoc
with the system and produces
insanity and despair. She wss insane
and desperate and / fear tainted the
blood OF her ofSprsng with these terri
bic tendencies. l treated her for sew
eraf years. One by u the standard
remedies of the schools failed, but l hn-
Ally auro1 har wffh Waruar,s safe cure-