Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-11-28
UNDER THE GALLOWS.


by Her Somewhat 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 excla med in a momen-
tary frenzy, woman. / would never
have been here had you done your duty
by me when / was young~
This was terrible parting! It hori1-
fed the spectators, it nearly ciazed the
cons cience striker mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the
mothers influence in the moulding OF
the character of her cffspring. 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.
]. Benedi ct, of Sackett's Harbor, N. u,
persbn who has made study OF human
deyelop,f ent. Referring to the murder
| GUS tendency ofthe times, we asked that
| eminent man if the outlook was not
discourlging?
at looks So" he said. "bnt 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 development
of the nervous system and the intellec
| tual life. and we re turn to savagery as We
| ignore the fact that without the Solid,
| trustworthy nervous system, we cannot
hone to save The race. Boys stuff dime
novels. and the pistol is to them the only
resp, ctably glorious instrument to secure
fame. Women read trashy literature
and straightway try to murder their
husbands and friends by poison. Busi-
ness men yield 10 the teInpter, and forge
and steal and default. Ministers, charm.
ed by beauty, forget the behests Cf
conscience. On every side we see the
weakness of personal integrity."
"Do you regard it as disease"
"More especially as tie result of dis
ease which, however, may beprevented."
Please define how"
81 cannot now enter into details. On
people can see their bodies, their blood
their bones. They never see theiI
nerves and consequently many do mo-
suppose they have any. The farmers
wife rejoices in a big, physical frame
and vet she dies prematurely. The nerve
cannot stand the strain Of continual
work. The minister falls dead in hi'
pulpit, but he never did days physica
work in his life. The lawyer faints il
the presence of the court and soon is {
wreck or a corpse, and vet che work il
nerve work. The man of affairs is over
come with apoplcxy; the publicist, ant
the politician. with BriehpJ dlsease
The mind of the untutored man is fire.
by the exploits of crime and he long
for such fame. These persons OverworI
or over excite the nervous system ant
\ this fact kills or demoralizes them"
aft all this be so how would you rect
fly it them"
Let M tell you. A few years ago
had lady patient who was an utte
wreck. She was the mother of sewers
children. She lost her mind and i'm
agined she was cursed of God. She wa
farmers wife, and worked eally an
late. never saw a finer specimen {
physical womanhood than she, but SD
was a nervous wreck She beCam
bloodless, had The very worst Of femal
disorders and was in the last stages {
albuminuria or Bright's disease. Thi
!. latter disease works particular have
| Will tiic ucINOuS cyctChl oAu PiOuuS>
insanity and despair. She was. insan
' and desperate and fear tainted th
d blood of her offspring with these terrIbl
a tendencies. 1 treated her for sewers
years. One by one the standard rem,
o. dies Of the schools failed. but fiDall
{ cured her with Warmers safe cure, an
she is today strong and well. Yet tho'
d sands OF women like her, every yef
W bring Informed and criminally incline
chiidrs n into the world. Is it any VOL
q der that nervous diseases prevail an
y that tie whole moral sense is demora
ized? If that remedy were general
used, we would have stronger mother
= stronger children, stronger men an
It women, and with perfect physical ar
mental health, CRIME would decrea
m and society be more secure"
'e Such candid opinions are surely wort
"a considering.