Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-18
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Frishtful Condemnation OF n Mother b,
Her Son-what Does Il Mean:

FriHhtful Condemnation OF n Mother by
Her son-what Does It Mean:
Not long ego a weeping mother called
to bid good byeto her only con who was
soon to be executed.
Woman" he exclaimed in nomen-
tary frenzy Woman, l would never have
been here had you done your duty BY me
when / was youpgP
This wss terrible parting Ithorri6sd
the spectators, it nearly crazed the con-
science stricken mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the moth
er's influence in the moulding of the char
scter of her offspring. But how often, oh,
how often, do mothers seem to ignore this
responsibility!
During a recent trip on the rail the Sri.
ter made the acquaintance Of DR.. A. j.
Benedict, of Sacketi's Hsrbor, N. Y, Q
person who has made study Of human
development Referring to the numerous
tendency of the times, we asked that emf
nent man if the outlook was not discourag-
ing.
TT looks So" he said, but fancy We
have cause and theremedy 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 re-
turn to savsgery as we ignore the fact that
without the solid, trustworthy nervous sys-
TEN, we cannot hope to save the race.
Boys stuff dime novels, and the pistol is
to them the only respectfully glorious in
strument to secure fame. Women read
trashy literature and strsightway try TO
murder their husbands and frieds by poi
son. Business men yield to the tempter,
and ,orget and steal and default Minis
ters, charmed by beauty, forget the be-
hests of conscience. On every side we
see the weakness of personal integrity"
do you regard it as disease" .
more especially as the result of disease
which, however, may be prevented"
please define how"
II cannot Low enter into details. Our
people can see their bodies. their blood,
their bones. They Rerer see their nerves.
and consequently many do not suppose
hsy hare any. The farmers vile re-
ioices 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 be
never did days physical work in his life.
The lawyer faints in the presence Of the
the court aud is soon wreck or corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The
man of affairs is overcome with apoplexy;
the politician and publicist with Bright's
disease. The mind Of the untutored man
is fred by the exploits Of crime, and be
longs for such fame These persons over.
work or over-excite the nervous system
and this fact kills or demorslizes them"
IF all this be SO how would you rsctify
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 mind and imagined che was cured
of God She was farmers wife and work
ed early and late. ! never saw finer
specimen of physical womauhood than che,
but she was nervous wreck She became
bloodless, had the very worst Of female dis.
orders and was in the last stages of albu.
minuria or Bright's dieesse. This latter
disease works particular havoc with the
nervous system and produces insanity and
despair. She was inssne and desperate and
I fear tainted tie blood Of her Cf$pring
with these terrible tendencies.
| treat d h,r tos several yesrs.
One BY one the standard
remedies Of the schools failed, but finally
cured her with Warner sate cure, and abe
is today strong and we'll Yet thousands
of women like her, every year bring i'll.
formed aud criminally inclined childten
into the world. Is 1t any wonder that
nervous diseases prevail and that the
whole moral sense is demoralizedy If
that remedy were generally used, we
would have stronger mothers, stronger
men and women, ard with perfect physical
and mental health, crime would decrease
and society be more secure.
Such candid opinions are surely worth
considering.