The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-19
UNDER THE GALLONS
FriahtEol Condemnation Of a s,otksH IA
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FriRhtf1l Condemnation OF 8IotkGr by
Her SOn-What Does it Mean
Not long ago weeping mother called
to bid good bye to her only son WHO was
soon TO be executed.
Woman" he exclaimed in momen-
tsry frenzy, woman, l would never
have been here had you done your duty
by me when was young!"
This was terrible partIngl 1t horri.
fed the spectators, il nearly crsZed the
conscience-strickenm mother.
One can scarcely oVerestimate the
mothers influence in the moulding of
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.. j.
A. Benedict, of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y
person who has made a study of
human development. Referring to the
murderous tendency of the times, we
asked that eminent man If the outlook
was not dIscouraging:
at looks So" he said, "but / fancy we
have q cause and the remedy for such
evils. In my professional career 1
have fould by hard study that we have
emerged from savagery by development
OF the nervous system ana the intellect
ual life, and We return to saYagery as
We ignore the tact 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 respectable glorious instrument
with which to secure fame. Women
read trashy literature and stTaightway
try to murder their husbands and friends
with poison. Business men yield to the
tempter, and forge and steal and de-
fault. Ministers, charmed by beauty,
forget the behests of conscience. On
every side We see the weakness of per
sonal integrity"
ado you regard It as disease 90
"More especially as the result OF dis
ease which, however, may be prevented"
"Please define how"
al cannot now enter into details. Our
people can see their bodies, their blood,
their bones. They 1aecer see their aerces
and consequently many do not suppose
they haze any. The farmers wife re-
jotces in Q big, physical frame, and yet
she dies Dremsturely. Tho nerve can
not stand the strain of continual work.
/ The minister falls dead in his pulpit,
| but he never did days physical work
In his life. The lawyer faiRts in the
/ presence OF the court and Is coca wreck
I or q corpse, and yet the work Is nerve
work. The man OF affairs is'overcome
with apoplexy; the politician aud pub
Iicist, with BrIght's disease. The mind
of the untutored man IL fired by The tx
PLOTS Of crime and he longs for such
fame. These persons oyerwork or over
excite the nervous system and this faci
kills or demoralizes them"
TIf all this be SO how would you T, C.
| THY it then ~
"Let me tell you. A few years ago l
had lady patient who Was An utter
wreck She was the mother Of several
| children. She lost her mind and I'M
| agtned she Wss cursed IL Ged. She was
| 9 farmers wife, and worked early and
late. I never eaW q finer srecimen 81
| physical EoDsnhood than she, but she
was Q nervous wreck She became
bIoodless, and had the very worst OF fe-
male disorders and was In the last stages
/ Of albnminuFia or BriRht,s disease. This
latter disease works particular havoc
insanity and despair. She was insane
and desperate and fess tainted th4
blood Of her o6spgtng with these Ter.
Si5le tendencies. treated Der fol
several years. One by one the standard
remedies Of the schools failed, but
/ dnaiiy cured her with Warneris SAFE
cure, and che IL 70 day strong and well.
| Yet thousands Of SEone1 ike her. rvery
year hflne Informed and esfmInally-in
eilnea ehiidfen inso the world Is j
aay R08deF that heFTots diseases prevail
aBa tha1 tbs whole Eaa9af sense Il de
mnsalIseAF ifihst remedy were geHsf,
aiiy Used, We sb0aid have esfansal
4 Es.eaaefk ssfdaRet ehfiefefi, ssscsfel
u4sa ard gchien. ant 9th pkEfee1 rhye
(eaI Gsn nental health. essi1a ssonle
4aefeste sse seeiett BE- mora sesEFe.'
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