The Arizona sentinel., 1885-12-05
UNDER THE GALLOWSI
ETfghtful Condemnation of a Mother by
 Her Son-What Does it Mean?

Not long ego a weeping mother called to bid goodbye to her only son who was soon to be executed.
 "Woman," he exclaimed in a momentary frenzy, "Woman, I would never h. l, been here had you done your duty by mo when was youngw
 This was terrible partingl It mortified the spectators, it nearly crazed tho con science striken mother.
 One can scarcely overestimate the moth- er's influence iii the molding of tho charac- ter of her offspring. But how often, oh how often, do mothers seem to ignore this responsibility
 During 0 recent trip on the rail the writer made the Acquaintance of Dr. A. J. Bene- dict, of Sackett's Harbor, N Y, q person who has made study of human develop ment. Referring to the murderous tendency of the times, we asked that eminent man if the outlook was not diScCuragings
 "1t looks so,' ho said, "but fancy wo have a cause and the remedy for such evils. In my professional career have found by hard study that we have emerged from sav- agcry by development of the nervous SyS- tom and the intellectual life, and we rctLrn to SaYagery as we ignore tho fact that with out the solid, trustworthy nervous system, VIC can not hope to save the race. Boys stuff dime novels, and the pistol is to them the only respectfully glorious instrument to se- cure fame Women read trashy literature and straightway try to murder their hus- bands and friends by poison. business men yield to the tempter, and forge and steal and default Ministers, charmed by beauty, forgct tho behests of conscience. On every side we sec the weakness of per Sonal integrity
 Do you regard it as disease!"
 More especially as the result of disease which, however, may be prevented"
 "Please define how"
 "I can not now enter into details Our people can see their bodies, their blood, their bones. Thcy 7cUe- see their HeYUcs C,td consequently Daany do not Suppose theJhare Gn1. The farmers wife rcioices in abig, physical frame, and yet she dies prematurely. Tho nerve can not stand tho strain of continual work. The minister fallsdeadin his P it, but he never did days physical work in his life. The lawyer faintS in tho presence of the court and is soon Q wreck or corpse, and yet the work is nerve work. Tho man of affairs is overcome with apOplexy; the politician and publicist, with Bright's dis ease. The mind of tho untutorcd 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 demoralizes thcm."
 If all this be so how would you rectify it then?n
 "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 she was cursed of God. She was @ farmers wife, and worked early and late. never saw a finer specimen of physical womanhood than shc, but she was a nervous wreck She became bloodless, had the very worst of female dis orders and was in the last stages of albumi- nuria or Bright's disease. This latter dis ease works particular havoc with the nerv- ous system and produces insanity and de- spair. She was insane and desperate and I fear tainted He blood of her o6$pring with these terrible tendencies. 1 treated her for scv- eral years One by one the standard reme- dies of tho 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 Informed and criminally-inclined children into the world. Is it any wonder that nervous dis eases prevail and that the whole moral sense is demoralized! If 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 moro secure"
 Such candid opinions are surely worth considering.