The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-12-10
UNDER THE GALLONS.
Frightful Condemnation Of a Mother by
Her Son--What Does it Mean.


rrightful Condemnation ola Mother by
Her son-Vhat 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 exclaimed in a momen-
tary frenzy, woman, would never
have been here had you done your
duty by me when was young"
This was a terrible partlng 1t hor-
rified 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 a recent trip on the rail the
writer made the acquaintance OF DR..
A. j. Benedict, of Sackett's Harbor,
n. Y, a person who has made study
of human development. Referring to
the murderous tendency OF the times,
we asked that eminent man if the out
look was not dlscouraging?
ut looks So" he said, "but fancy
we have cause and the remedy for
such evils. In my professional career
| have found by hard study that we
have emerged from savagery by devel-
opment Of the nervous system and
the intellectual life, and we return 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 instrument to Sc
cure fame. Women read trashy liter
allure and straightway try to murder
their husbands and friends by poison
Business men yield to the tempter,
and forge and steal and default. Min
listers, charmed by beauty, forget the
behests of conscience. On every side
We see the weakness OF personal in
tegrity.'
"Do you regard it as disease?"
"More especially as the result OF dis
ease which, however, may be prevent
ed"
please define how"
81 cannot now enter into details.
Our people can see their bodies, their
blood, their bones They never see
their nerves ana consequently many
do not suppose they have any. The
farmers wife rejoices 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 corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The
man of affairs is overcome with apo
plexy; the politician and publicist, with
Bright's disease. The mind of the I'M
tutored man is fired by the exploits OF
crime and he longs for such fame.
These persons overwork or over-ex-
cite the nervous system and this fact
kills or demoralizes them"
eff all this be so how would your rec
tify 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 inn
agined she was cursed of God. She
was & farmers wife, and worked early
and late. Inever saw finer specimen
of physical womanhood than she, but
she was q nervous wreck! She became
bloodless, had the very worst of fe-
male disorders and was in the last
stages of albuminurla Or Bright's dis
ease. This latter disease works par
ticular havoc with thenervous system
and produces insanity and despair. She
was insane 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 finally cured her with
Warmers safe cure, and she is to-day
strong and well. Yet thousands Of
women like her, every year bring i'll
formed and criminally-inclined chill
dren into the world. Is it any Won
der that nervous diseases prevail and
that the whole moral sense is demon
allied? If that remedy were generally
used, we would have stronger moth
ers, stronger children, stronger men
and women, and with perfect physical
and mental health, crime would de-
crease and society be more secure"
Such candid opinions are surely
worth considering.