The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-11-27
cor Enfants and Children.
Frlghtfal Condemnation Of Mother by
HHeF Somewhat Does 10 Mean ?

Not long ago weeping mother call-
cd to BID good bye to her OILY ron who
was soon to be executed.
"Woman,n be exclaimed In mo-
mentary frenzy, "Woman, / would
never have been here had you done
your duty by mo when / was young -
This was terrible parting ! IL
Mortified the spectators, IL nearly crazed
the conscience stricken mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the
mothers influence in the including Of
the character 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. Benedict, OF Sackett's Harbor, N.
Y, person who has made u study ot
human development. Referring to the
murderous tendency Of the times, We
asked that eminent man If the outlook
was not discouraging
"Is looks So" be said, s'but / fancy
We have cause and tho remedy for
such evils. Ia my professional career
have found by hard study that We
have emerged from savagsry by deysl-
opment Of the nervous system and the
intellectual life, and We return to "a,
agery as we ignore the fact that with
out the solid, Trustworthy nervous
aystem, we cannot hope to save the
race. Boys stuff dime novels, and the
pistol Is to them the only Tespec.a bly
! glorious instrument 10 secnEs fame.
Women read trashy literature and
straighswty try TO murder their hus-
bands and friends by poison. Business
men yield TO the templer, aud forge
and steal aud default. Ministers,
charmed by beauty, forget the behests
Of conscience. On every side we see the
weakness Of personal integrity"
"Do you regard IL as . disease %
"More especially a. the result Of dis.
case which, however, may be prevent
ed"
"pleaSe define how"
IL cannot now enter into details.
Our people can sec their bodies, their
blood, their bones. They never sec
their nerves and consequently many do
not suppose they haveany. The farm
er's wife rejoiees in a big, physical
frame, and jet shs dies prematurely.
The nerve cannot stand the strain Of
continual work. The minister falls
dead In bis pulpit, but he never did
days physical work in bis life. The
lawyer fAints in tho presence Of the
court and ia soon . wreck or q corpse,
and yet the work Ia nerve work. The
man Of affairs is overcome with apo
plexy the politician and publicist,
with Brights disease. The mind Of the
nntutored man is fred by the exploits
Of crime an1 he longs for such fame.
These persons oterwork or over.excite
the nervous system and this fact kills or
demoralizss them"
"If ell this be SO how would you
rectify il them r.
"Let me tell you. A few years ago
had q lady patient who was an utter
wreck. She was the mother Of several
children. She lost her mind and i'm
aginsd she was cursed of God. She was
farmers wife, and worked early and
late. never saw a finer specimen of
physical womanhood than she, but abe
was nervous wreck She became
bloodless, had the very worst of female
disorders and was in tho last stsRes of
albuminuria or Brigh4s disease. This
latter disease sworks particular havoc
with the nervous system and produces
insanity and despair. She was insane
and desperate and I fear tainted the
blood of her offspring with these ter
ribls tendencies. / treated her for sey-
eral years. One by one the standard
remedies Of the schools failed, but l
finally cured her with Warmers Safe
Cure, and she is to-day strong and
well. Yet thousands of women like
her, every year bring ill-formsd and
criminally-iDclined children into the
world. Is it any wonder that nervous
diseases prevail aud thas the whole
moral sense is demoralized ? It that
remedy were generally used, we would
have stronger mothers, stronger chill
dren, 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.