The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-19
UNDER THE GALLONS
FrightfuI Condemnation of n Mother BY
Her Son-That Does it Mean?

Not long ago weeping mother called to
bid goodbye to her only son who was soon
to be executed.
Woman he exclaimed, in momentary
frenzy, Woman, would never have
been here had you done your duty by me
when was youngm
This was terrible partingl 1t Mortified
the spectators, 1T nearly crazed the con-
science striker mother.
One can scarcely overeStimate the moth
er's influence in the molding OF the charac-
ter 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. Bene-
dict, of Sackett's Harbor, n. Y, a person
who has made a study of human develop
ment. Referring to the murderous tendency
of the times, We asked that eminent man if
the outlook was not discouraging.
1T looks sou he said, "but fancy we
have cause and the remedy for such evils
In my professional career l have found by
hard study that We have emerged from saw
agery by DEVELOPMENT of the nervous SyS-
tenn and tho intellectual life, and We return
to 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
beauty, forget the behests of conscience.
/ On every side we see the weakness of per-
sonal integrity"
do YOU regard it as disease.''
"More especially as the result of disease
which, however, may be prevented"
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az can not now enter into details. Our
people can see their bodies, their blood,
their bones. They Rever see their nerreS ard
consequently many do not suppose they hare any.
The farmers wife rejOiceS in a big, physical
| frame, and yet she dies prematurely. The
nerve can not stand the strain of continual
work. The minister fallsdeadin his pulpit,
but he never did days physical work in
/ his life The lawyer faints in the presence
| of the court and is soon wreck or corpse,
/ and yet the work is nerve work. The man
/ of affairs is overcome with apOpleXy; the
politician and publicist, with Bright's dis
ease. The mind of the untutored man is
fired by the exploits of crime and he longs
for such fame. These persons oyerwork or
/ over-eXcite the nervous system and this fact
kills or demOralizes them"
'If all this be SO how would you rectifyi it
then?''
"Let me tell you. A few years ago 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. Inever saw finer
specimen of phyScal womanhood than she,
but she was nervous wreck She became
bloodless, had the very worst of female dis
orders and was in the last stages of albumi-
nuria Or Bright's disease. This latter dis
ease works particular havoc with the nerv-
Gus system and produces insanity ard de-
spair. She was insane and desperate and
fear tainted heGloOd OF her offspring with these
terrible tendencies. l treated her for sew
eral years. One by one tho standard RENE
dies 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 bTingill formed
and Grim inalh- inclined children into the
world. Is it any wonder that nervous dis
eases prevail and that the whole moral
sense is demoralized: If that remedy were
generally used, we would have stronger
mothers, stronger children, stronger men
and women, and with perfect physical and
mental health, crime would decrease and
society be more secure"
Such candid opinions are surely worth
considering.