Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-03
UNDER THE GALLONS /
814Shtful Condemnation Of . Mother b.
Her Son-What Does It Mean:

Not long ago weeping mother called to
bid goodbye to her only son who was soon
to be executed.
"Woman." he exclaimed, in momentary
frenzy, "Woman, I would never have
been here had you done your duty W me
when was young!''
This was terrible parting! It horrified
the spectators, it nearly craEed the con-
science striker 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 recent trip on the rail the writer
made the acquaintance of DR.: A. j. Bene-
dict, or Sackett'S Harbor, n. Y, q person
who has made study of human develop
caent Referring to themurderous tendency
OF tho times, We asked that eminent man Il
the outlook was not discouraging!
ut looks So" he said, '.but fancy We
have cause and the remedy for such evils.
In my professional career have found by
hard study that we have emerged from saw
agery by Development of the nervous sys-
tenn and the Intellectual life, and We return
to savagery 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 pistols to them the
cure fame. Women read trashy literature
and straightway try to murder their hus-
bands and friends by poison. Business
men yield to the tempter, aud forge and
steal and default. Ministers, charmed by
beauty, forget tho bchests of conscience.
C,n every side we see the weakness OF per-
sonal integrity"
DO you regard it es disease?"
More especially as tho result of disease
which, however, may be prevented"
"Please define how"
81 can not now enter into details Our
people can see their bodies, their blood,
their bones. They Rcyer see their ner1es and
consequently many do not suppose they hare Cny.
The farmers wife rejoiceS in q big, physical
frame, and yet she dies prcmaturely. The
nerve can not stand the strain of continual
work. The minister fallsdcadin his pulpit,
but he never did days physical work in
his life. The lawyer faintS in the presence
of tho court and is soon wreck or q corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The man
of affairs is overcome with apopieXy; the
politician and publicist, with Bright's dis
ease. The mind of the rntutored man is
fired by the exploits Of crime and he longs
for such fame. These persons overwork or
over-excite the nervous system and this fact
kills or demoralizcs then.n
IF all this be SO how would you rectify it
them"
"Let me tell you. A few years ago had
lady patient who was an utter wreck. She
was the mother of several children. She
lost her mird and imagined she was cursed
of God. She was a farmers wife, and
worked early and late. Inever saw a finer
specimen Of physical womanhood than she,
but she was nervous wreck She became
bloodless, hid the very worst of female dis
orders and was in the last stages of albumi-
nuria OF Bright's disease. This latter dis
ease works particular havoc with the nerv-
Gus system and produces insanity and de-
spair. She was insane and desperate and /
fear tainted the blood of her offspring with these
terrible tendencies. l treated her for sew
eral years. One by ono the standard RENE
dies of the schools failed, butt finally cured
her with Warmers safe cure, and she is to-
day strong and well. Yet thousands OF
women like her, every year bring i'll formed
and criminalk children into the
world. Is it any wonder that nervous dis
eases prevail and that the whole moral
sense is demoralized! # 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.