The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13
UNDER THE oALLowsi
Fstghtful Condemnation Of . Mother b.
Her Son-What Does 1t Meant


Not long ago a weeping mother called to
bid goodbye to her only son who was soon
to be executed.
woman he exclaimed, in q momentaIy
frenzy, "Woman, / would never hl [,
been here had you done your duty by me
when was youngl"
This was terrible partingl Il Mortified
the spectators, it nearly craxed the cen
science striker 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 IL
the outlook was not discouragingi
sit looks So" he said, but fancy we
have a cause and tho remedy for such evils.
In my professional career / havo 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 savagery as we ignore the fact that with
out the solid, trustworthy nervous system,
stuff dime novels, and the pistol is to 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, -chaHned by
beauty, forget the behests Of conscience.
| On every side we see the weakness of per-
| sonal integrity"
"Do you regard it as a diseasep
More especially as the result OF disease
which, however, may be prevented"
"Please defino how"
at can not now enter into details. Our
people can see their bodies, their blood,
their bones. They aever see their nercrs and
consequently many do not suppose they hare dn-,:
| The farmers wife rejoiccs in a big, physical
frame, and yet she dies prematurely. The
nerve can not stand the strain of continual
work. The minister falls deadin his p' it,
but he never did days physical work in
his life. The lawyer faints in tho presence
of the court and issoon wreck or e corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The man
of affairs is overcome with apoplexy; the
politician and publicist, with Bright's dis
ease. The mind of the untutored man Is
fired by tho exploits of crime and he longs
for such fame. These persons overwork Of
over-excite the nervous system and this tact
kills or demoralizes them.n
''n all this be SO how would you rectify II
thenl"
"Let me tell you. A few years ago haf
lady patient who was an utter wreck. Sht
was the mother OF several children. Sht
lost her mind and imagined she was curse(
of God. She was a farmers wife, and
worked early and late. never saw fine
specimen Of physical womanhood than she
but she was nervous wreck Sho becam'
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
Gus system and produces insanity and De
spair. She was insane and desperate and
fear tainted the blood of her Offspring with thes
terrible tendencies. / treated her for sew
eral years. One by one the standard RENE
dies of the schools failed, butt finally cure
her with Warmers safe cure, and she is tf
day strong and well. Yet thousands o
women like her, every year bring ill-forme
and criminally-inclined children into tn
world. Is it any wor1der that nervous dis
eases prevail and that the whole mora
sense Is demoralizedi If that remedy wer
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.