Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-02
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Not long ago weeping mother calleG
TO bid good by to her only son who was
soon to be executed.
"Woman," he reclaimed in a momen
tary frenzy, "Woman, 1 never would
have "bee here had you done your
duty by me "when was young !"
This was terrible parting 1t horri.
fed the spectators, it nearly crazsd the
conscience stricken mother.
Oae can scarcely overestimate the
mothers influence IN the moulding OF
, the character of her offspring. Bat how
often. oh, how often, do mothers seem
to ignore this responsibility
During q recent trip on the ra1 the
writer made the acquaintance OF DR.. A.
]. Benedict. of Sackett's Harbor n. Y.
a person who has made a study OF
human development. Referring to the
murderous tendency OF the times, We
asked thst eminent man If the outlook
was not discouraginP
''Ir looks so, he said, "but I fancy
We have q cause and the remedy for
such eYils. In my professional career
have found by hard study that We have
emerged from sayagery by development
of the nervous system and the intellec-
tual life, and We return to sayagsry as
We ignore the fact that without the
solid, trustworthy nervous system, we
canEot hope 70 save the race. Boys
stuff dime novels, aud the pistol Is to
them the only respectfully glorious in
strument 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 AID steal and de-
fault. Ministers, charmed by beauty.
forget the behests of conscience. On
every side we see the weakness Of per-
sonal integrity"
DO You regard 1t as a diseased
"AIore especially as the re 'ult of di-
sease which, however, may be pre-
vented"
please define how
81 cannot now enter into details. Our
people can see their bodies, their blood,
their bones. They ReVer see their Nerve
and coRSC qHeIitIy many 40 not suppose
til y haze any. The iarmers's vie re-
irIces in blg, physical frame, and yet
she dies prena!ureiy. The nerve can
not stand the strain OF continual WORK.
The minister falls dead in his pulpit,
but be never did a days physical work
In bis life. The lawyer fGints In the
presence OF the court and Is soon q
wreck or corpse, and yet the work is
nerve work. The man of aft airs is over
come with apolpIexy; the politician and
puol;cist, with Bright's disease. The
mind of the untutUred man is fired by
The exploits of crime and ne longs for
such fame. These persons oyerwork or
ovsr-excite the nervous system and this
fact bills or demo!al'zes tnem."
''If AL this be SO how would you rec
tify if thenP"
LET me tell you: a few years ago
had a 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 a rervous wreck! She became
bloodless, had the very worst OF female
disorders and was IN the last stages of
albuminuril or Bright's disease. This
latter disease works particular havoc
with the nervous system and produces
Insanity and despair. She wss insane
aud desHerate aud l fear tainted the
t'ood Of her oEiSprng with these terri
be tendencies. / treated her for sew
eral years. One by one the standard
remedies of the schools failed, bu. l En-
ally cufed her with Warmers safe cure.
and she is TO day strong and well. Yet
thousands Of women like her, every
year bring ill-formed and cIiminally-in-
elined children into the world. Is it
any wonder that nervots diseases pre-
vail and that tine whole moral sense is
1emOralIzed? Ii that remedy were gen.
orally used, We wOuld have stronger
mothers, stronger children, stronger
ner and women. and with perfect ply
'icd and mental health, crime would |
decrease and society be more secure"
Such candid opinions are surely worth |