Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-11-21
UNDER THE GALLOWs !
Frightful Condemnation of Mother
by Her Son---What Does it
Mean?

calleu 10 Dlu gOOu Dye 10 her only son
who was soon to be executed.
"Woman," he exclaimed in mo-
mentary frenzy, "WOman, l would
never have "been here had you done
yOurduty byme when was youngw
This was a terrible parting! 1t
Mortified the spectators, it nearly
crazed the conscience striken mother.
One can scarcely Overestimate the
mothers influence in the moulding
of the character of her offspring. But
how often, oh, how often, do moth
ers seem to ignore this responsibility!
During recent trip on the rail the
writer made the acquaintance of DIR.
A.. J. Benedict, of Sackett's Harbor,
n. Y, person who has madea 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 1 fancy
we have cause and the remedy for
such evils. In my professional ca
reer | have found by hard study that
we have emerged from savagery by
development of the nervous system
and the intellectual life, and we re-
turn to savagery as we ignore the
fact that without the solid, trust
worthy nervous system, we cannot
hope to save the race. Boys stuff
dime novels, and the pistol is to them
the only respectfully glorious instru-
ment to secure fame. Women read
trashy literature and straightway try
to murder their husbands and friends
by 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
personal integrity"
"Do you regard 1t as disease"
"More especially as the result of
disease which, however, may be pre-
vented"
"Please define howe"
81 cannot now enter into details.
Our people can see their bodies, their
blood, their bones. They neUer see
their nerves and consequently many do
not suppose they hare any, The far
mer's wife rejOices in big, physical
frame, and yet she dies prematurely.
The nerve cannot stand the strain of
continual work. The minister falls
dead in his pulpit, but henever did a
days physical work in his life. The
lawyer faints in the presence of the
court and is soon a wreck or a corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The
man of affairs is overcome with apo
pleXy; the politician and publicist,
with Bright's disease. The mind of
, the untutored man is fired by the eX-
: plots Of crime and he longs for such
, fame. These persons OverwOrk or
|, Over-eXcite the nervous system and
, this fact kills or demOralizes Them"
"If all this be so how would you
rectify it thenw
"Let me tell you. A few years ago
! 1 had a lady patient whowas an utter
r wreck. She was the mother of sever.
r al children. She lost her mind and
7 imagined she was cursed of God. She
= was farmers wife, and worked ear.
r ly and late. never saw a finerspeci.
r men of physical wOmanhood than
/ she, but she was a nervous wreck
! She became bloodless, had the very
worst Of female disorders and was in
# the last stages of albuminuria OF
/ Bright's disease. This latter disease
n works particular havoc with the ner
h vOus system and produces insanity
e and despair. She was insane ant
e desperate and fear tainted the blood
e Of her offspring with these terrible
S Tenderness. | treated her for severa
S years. One by one the standard rem
n edies of the schools failed, but I final
ly cured her with Warmers safe cure
l. and she is today strong and well
y Yet thousands Of women like her
d every year bring Informed and Grim
IS inally-inclined children into tn
y world. Is it any wonder that ner
d vous diseases prevail and that tn
(. whole moral sense is demoralized
Is If that remedy were generally used
e we would have stronger mothers
IS stronger children, stronger men an,
l. women, and with perfect physica
n and mental health, crime would de
D.; crease and society be more secure"
y Such candid opinions are surel,
If worth considering.