The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
UNDER THE GALLONS !
FrightfuI Condemnation of q Mother b,
Her Son-WhatD Does 1t Mean?

Not long ago a weeping mother called t o
bid goodbye to her only son who was soon
to be executed.
"Woman,' he exclaimed, ina momentary
frenzy, "Woman, I would never have
been here had you done your duty by me
when I was young"
This was a terrible partingl It Mortified
the spectators, it nearly crazed the con-
science striken 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 a recent trip on the rail the writer
made the acquaintance of DR.. A. j. Bene-
who has made a study Of human develop
ment. Referring to themurderous tendency
of the times, we asked that eminent man If
the outlook was not discouraginga.
have a cause and the remedy for such evils.
In my professional career I 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 sayagery 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 1.-THE pistolis ITO them the
only respectfully glorious instrument to Sc
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, forget the behests Of conscience.
On every side we see the weakness Of per
sonal integrity"
"Do you regard it as a disease4"
"More especially as the result Of disease
wh afPsa naT Gefines %Rax Pc prevented"
81 can not now enter into details. Ou1
people can see their bodies, their blood
their bones. They mever see their nerves and
consequently many do not supposed hey haze any:
frame, and yet she dies prematurely. The
nerve can not stand the strain of continual
work. The minister fallsdeadin his pulpit,
but he never Ii a days physical work in
of the court and is soon a wreck or a corpse
and yet the work is nerve work. The mar
of affairs is overcome with apoplexy;I the
politician and publicist, with Bright's dis
fired by the exploits of crime and he long,
for such fame. These persons overwork o.
o~ver-e1cite the nervous system and this fac
kills or demoralizes them"
eff all this be SO how would YOU rectifyi
thena"
"Let me tell you. A few years agoI ha,
a lady patient who was an utter wreck. Sh
was the mother of several children. Sh
of God. She was a farmers wife, an
worked early and late. Inever saw a fine
specimen of physical womanhood han she
but she was a nervous wreck She becam
bloodless, had the very worst of female dis
orders and was in the last stages of album
nuria or Bright's disease. This latter dis
ease works particular havoc with the nery
GUS system and produces insanity and dc
spair. She was insane and desperate and
fear tainted the blood Of her Offspring with thes
terrible tendencies. I treated her for Sc,
eral years. One by one the standard rems
dies of the schools failed, butt finally cure
| her with Warmers safe cure, and she is tx
day strong and well. Yet thousands G
women like her, every year bringillforme
and criminally-inclihed children into th
, world. Is it any wonder that you dil
: eases prevail and hat the whole more
| sense is demoralizeda If that remedy wei
, generally used, we would have stronge
mothers, stronger children, stronger me
and women, and with perfect physical an
mental health, crime would decrease an
society be more secure"
! Such candid opinions are surely wort
considering.