Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-11-27
UNDER THE GALL0Ws.
,Frightful Condemnation OF a Mother BY He
Son---What Does il Mean

Not long ago wecl Ing mother calied 10
bid good bye 10 her only son who was soon 10
be executed.
Woman he exclaimed In a momentary
frenzy, "Woman, | would never have Leen
f'here had you done your duty by me when l
twas youngn
This was terrible parting II horrlGed the
spectators, II nearly craZed the conscience
striker mother.
One can scarcely oycrestmatc the mothers
Influence in the moulding OF the character of
her offspring. But how often, OH how often,
do mothers seem 10 ignore this resi- onsihllity.
During recent trap on the rail the winter
made the acquaintance of DIR. A. d. cncdlct,
of Sacketts llarbor, n. T., a person who has
made "A study OF human development. Re
1erring TO the murderOus tendency OF the
times, we asked that eminent man II the out
Jock was not discouragingl
alt looks 50, ~ lie said, "Dut fancy we have
a cause and the remedy for such evils. In my
profess Qual career | have fOunu by hard
study that Nc nave emerged from savageTy b.
development OF the nervous system and the
intellectual life, and we return to sayagery as
We ignore the fact that without the solid,
trustworthy nervous system, We cannot Lope
10 save the race. Boys stuf dime novels, aud
the pistol IL 10 them the only respectfully
glorious instrument 10 secure fame. Women
read trashy literature and straghtWay try 10
murder their husbands ana friends 10y poison.
Business men yield TO the temptcr, and forge
aud steal .and default. Ministers, charmed 10y
beauty, ior-et the behests OF conscience. On
every side We see the weakness OF personal in
tegrity.n
do YOU regard il as a disease ~
More especially as the result OF disease
which, however, may bc prevented
please define how
81 cannot now enter into details. Our PEG
lie can see their bodies, their blood, their
bones. They ncUtr see Me6 ,ttpsS ala c0tsc
Qtt"rH H,G'ig do not suppose IL q haze any. The
farmers Wife reloices In a biz physical frame
and yet she dies prenaturely. nc nerve Can.
not stand the strain OF continual WOlk. The
minister falls dead in his pulpit, but lie never
did days physical work in h lie. The
lawyer iaints in the presence OF the court and
is soon wreck or corpse, and yet the Work
is nerve work The man Of affairs u.s. over
come with apoplexy; the politician and publ
clst, With Brlguts disease. The mlnd vi the
untutored man is fired by the exploits 81 crime
and hc longs Tor such fame. These persons
oyerwork or oycr-excite the nervous system
and this fact kills or demOralzes them
I'll all this be so how would You rectify il
then N'
Let me tell YOU few years ago had .
lady patient who was an utter Wre X. She
was the mother of several children. she lost
her mind and imagined she was cursed Of God.
She was farmers wife and worked early and
late. never saw inner specimen OF physical
womanhoOd than sue, but she was nervous
wreck She became DlOOdlcss, bad the yery
worst Of female disorders and was in the las
stages of albuminuria or Brigut's disease.
This latter disease works particular havoc
with the nervous system and produces insanity
and despair. She was insane an desperate
and fear taiiied me b oo1t Of hr o!pc,Hg with
these terrible tendencies. ! ed her ior
several years. one hy one the standard rene
dies OF tic schools laIicd, but ! linaly cured
her with Warmers safe cure, aud sue D. to-da
strong ana we'll. Yet Thousands OF women
like her, every year bring lli-loru,d and ,r.m-
lnally-lncliuud children INTO ihc WollI. j. f.
any wOudcr that nervous discd-,s prevail aud
thar Zoe whole moral sense Is tlcuuiaill,i' /
that remedy were generally AS 200 We would
have stronger mothers, stronger ,hi dren,
stronger men ANA women, amt Hlth periecl
physical. ana mcutai health, crnne Won dc
crease Uud society tc Muic secure
such candid opinions are surely " rth COZ
sidering.