The Osceola times., 1885-11-21
UNDER THE oALLowsI
Fri0htfui Condemnation of q Mother BIZ
Her son-whst Does 1t Means

Not long ago a 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 ha 7,
bees here had You done your duty by me
when was youngw
This was terrible parting 1t horriHed
the spectators, it nearly crazed the cen
science striken 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 a recent trip on the rail the writer
madethe acquaintance of DIR. A. j. Bene-
dict, of Sackett's Harbor n. Y, person
who has made study of human develop
ment. Referring TO the murderous tendency
Of the times, we asked that eminent man II
the outlook was not discouragingi
"It looks So" he said, "but i fancy we
have cause and the remedy for such evils.
In my professional career havo found by
hard study that we have emerged from saw
agery by development of the nervous sys-
TEN and the intellectual life, and we re.1rn
to sav2gery 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
ouiy resptctdDly gioTlOus instrument 10 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"
"po you regard it as diseasel'
"More especially as the result OF disease
which, however, may be prevented
Please detine how
81 can not now enter into details Our
people can see their bodies, their blood,
their bones. They ne'sr see their nerres and
consequently many do not suppose they hare am
The farmers wife rejoices in n big, physical
frame, and yet she dies prematurely. Tho
nerve can not stinld the strain of continual
work The minister falls dead in his p, it,
but be never did days physical work in
his life. The lawyer faints in tho presence
Of the court and is soon "A wreck or n corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The man
Of affairs is overcome with apoplcwy; the
politician and publicist, with Brights dis
ease. The mind Of the untutorod man is
fired by the exploits of crime and he longs
for such fame. These persons overwork or
overexcite the nervous system and this fact
kills or demoralizes them.n
"If all this be so how would you rectify il
thenn
"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. never saw a finer
specimen Of physical womaphood 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 Brights disease. This latter dis
ease works particular havoc with tho nerv-
Gus system and produces insanity and de-
spair. She was insane and desperate aad
fear tainted ne bloodo her oGspriRg with these
terrible tendencies. | treated her for sew
eral years One by one the 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 bring Informed
and criminally ly-inclined children into the
world. Is it any wonder that nervous dis
eases prevail and that the whole moral
sense Is demoralizedi II 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.