Los Angeles daily herald., 1885-12-05
UNDER THE GAIInws
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Mother ny Her son-What
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Wothef ny hher What
Does II meanf
Not long ago weeping mother called
to bid goodbye to her only son. who was
soon to be executed.
"Woman." he exclaimed iu a mom,,.
tary frenzy, Woman, | would never
have been here had you done ,our dnw
by me when was youngr
This was terrible parting Ii horri.
tiei the spectators; II nearly crazed the
onscience-stricken mother.
One can scarcely oyerestiinaie the
mothers influence in the moulding Of
the character Of her offspring. But how
often, oh, how often, do mothers seem
to iguore this responsibility
During a recent trip on the rail, the
writer made the acquaintance OF DR.. A.
j. Benedict, Of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y,
q person who has made study OF human
development. Referring to the murder
ous tendency Of the times, we asked that
eminent man II the outlook was not dis
couraging.
'4tYlooks 50, he sam. ''but | fancy
we have cause and the remeJy for
such evils. In my professional career
have found by hard study that we have
emerged from savagery by development
Of the nervous system and the intel
lectual life, and we return to sayagery
as we ignore the Iapt that without the
solid, trustworthy nervous system, 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 straigbtway 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 I,eauty,
forget the behests of consciencs. On
every side we see the weakness Of per.
sonal integrity
"Do you regard ii as disease =
"More especially as the result OF dis
ease, which, however, may be pre-
vented"
''please define how"
u cannot now enter into details
Our own people can SEQ the bodies,
their blood, their bones. They never
see their nerves aud consequently many
do not suppose they have any. The
farmers wife rejoices 10 a big physical
frame, and yet she dies prsmatureIy.
The nerves cannot stand the strain Of
continual work. The minister falls dead
in bis pulpit, but he never did days
physical work ia his life. The lawyer
faints in the presence of the couFt and
is soon a wreck or corpse, and yet the
work Is nerve work. The man Of affaits
!. overcome with apoplexy; the politi
clan and publicist with Brights disease.
The mind of the untutored man is fired
by the exploits Of crime, and he longs
for such fame. These persons overwork
or oyer excite the nervous system. and
this fact kills or demoralizes them.
''If all this be so, Low would you rec.
tify it, them
''Iet me tell you. A few years ago |
bad 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 farmers wife, and worked early
and late. | never saw finer specimen
Of physical womanhood than she. but
she was nervous wreck. She became
had the very worst Of female
and was in the last stages Of
or Bright's disease. This
last disease works particular havoc with
the nervous system and produces insani
ty and despair. She was lnsane and
Desperate and fear tainted the blood Of
her offspring with these terrible tenden-
cies. treated her for several years.
One by one the standard remedies Of the
schools failed, but finally cured her
with Warmers Safe Cure, aud she is to-
day strong and we'll. Yet Thousands OF
women, like her, every year bring i'll
formed and criminally inclined children
into the world. Is it any wonder that
nervous diseases prevail and that the
whole moral sepse is demoralizedY 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
rouaid ariuo