The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-22


henceforth, like the mule, You start
anew, bearing stronger than ever the
charaoteristics of your father. Il
he is an honorable, high-minded, vir.
tuous man, and your mother had less
of these qualities, or tendencies
strongly the contrary, the chances
are that you win be . better man
the remainder of your life. It will
be like getting rid of a load that
always restrained your liberty and
caused you to stumble. Az tho mule
after living out the life derived from
the horse, has been liberated from
| the diseases incident to horse.aesh,
90 now you have thrown off part
Of the siisabflities that hindered you
! in the race. But, on the other hand,
| if whatever Of virtuous seltrestraint,
kind feeling and honorable senti-
ment you are possessed Of, was be-
slowed through the mother, your
case is q bad one, You are now like
a train Of cars on down grade with
breaks of. Nothing but . miracle
can save you. An eminent writer
on Medicine once said, in allusion to
the influence of a foul stomach upon
the mind and temper Of men, that
many q mans misfortunes were made
by another's intestires. but you see it
il even worse than this, for while
man may run away from his noigh-
Dor, he cannot run away from him
self. Behold how intimate the union
between the moral and physical. -
You SEQ how this law of Inheritance
reaches to tho bottom of all systems
of ethics and Jurisprudence. II ie,
also one of the chief elements that
gives success to, or renders abortive
the deepest laid plans Of mon. Sec
how it is when matrimonial engage
mcnts arc entered into without con-
sidering it. They end in early
sorrow and disappointment. Or =
young man whose inherited endow-
ment, from one parent, is not more
than 40 or so years, and whose vital
capacity is shown to resemble that
parent, has no right to engage in .
calling, the fruition Of which can
not be entered upon until be has
little Of life left for it's enjoyment.
So. you see this law is an eminently
practical one, and should never be
lost sight Of But you say: Can
you tell how long any one is to live ?
Very nearly, Sir. Give the facts
collectable from old family Bibles,
and the observations which trained
a + & n 81 r
physiological may be able to make
upon your own system, and be has
tho data for an opinion that would
make many q man in health feel un-
comfortable. A complete table Of
vital statistics ought to furnish every
man of good, temperate habits, with
facts bearing on hiu own life pros
poets, which would be of the greatest
importance TO him in all the business
OF life.
But, in regard to my prospects of
obtaining riches, l must first find a
doctor who is sposted," and learn
the number of my days, and then !
will tell you something definite about
it. If he should say, after looking
into the old family Bible, and after
looking into my BRAIN, heart and
lungs, and the length Of my body, as
compared with my legs, and taking
into account my habits and manner
Of living, that have yet 40 years
left me, can begin to see how it is
gong to be with me. II 1 can, to-
day, put $1,000 in such shape as it
will be compounded at 8 per cent. tor
40 years, / will leave sl0S,625.
Yes, leaUe it, there it is.