The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-11-19
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Frigntful Condemnation of a Mother
by Her SOn-What Does 1t Meant

Frigntful Condemnation of a Mother
by Her SOn-What Does 1t Meant
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 momentary
frenzy, woman, 1 would never have ''been
here had you done your duty by me when
| was young!"
This was a terrible parting! 1t Mortified
the spectators, it nearly crazed the con-
science striker mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the
the character OF her offspring. But how
often, oh, how often, do mothers seem to
ignore this responsibility
Dering a recent trip on the rail the writer
made the acquaintance OF DIR. A. j. Bene-
dict, of Sackett's Harbor. N. Y, a person
who has made a study OF human develop
ment. Referring to the murderous ten
dency OF the times, we asked that eminent
man if the outlook was not discouraging?
at looks sn," he said, but. l fancy we
have a cause and the remedy for such evils.
In my professional career | lave found by
hard study hat we have emerged from
savagery by development of the nervous
system and the intellectual life, and we re-
turn to savagery as 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 instru-
ment 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 and steal and default. Ministers,
charmed by beauty, forget the behests of
conscience. On every side we see the weak
ness of personal integrity"
ID you regard it as a disease?"
"More especially as the result Of disease
which, however, may be prevented"
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 suppos
they have any. The farmers wife r~eioices
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 never did a
days physical work in his life. The lawyer
faints in the presence Of the court and is
soon a wreck or Il corpse, and yet the work
is nerve work.. The man OF affairs is over
come with apoplexy; the politician and
publicist, with Bright's disease. The mind
of the untutored man is fired by the eX-
ploits of crime and he longs for such fame.
These persons overwork or over excite the
nervous system and this fact kills or de-
moralizes them"
it then?"
Let me tell you. A few years ago I had
a 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 late. [ never saw a
finer specimen OF physical w~omanhood
thar she, but she was a nervous wreck!
She became bloodless, had the very worst
of female disorders and was in the last
stages OF albuminuria or Bright's disease.
This latter disease works particular havoc
with the nervous system and produces
insanity and despair. She was in
sane and desperate and | fear
tainted the blood OF her offspring with
these terrible tendencies. l treated her for
several years. One by one the standard
remedies of the schools failed, but 1 finally
cured her with Warmers safe cure, and she
is to-day strong and well. Yet thousands
OF women Ike her, every year bring i'll
formed and acknowledgement children into
the world. Is it any wonder hat nervous
diseases prevail and that the whole moral
sense is demoralized? If hat remedy were
generally used. we would nave stronger
mothers, stronger children, stronger men
and women, and with perfect physical and
mental health, crime would decrease and
be more secure"
Such candid opinions are surely worth
considering.