Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-30
HEREDITARY TAINTS.
Some Revelations on A Subject Which
Concerns the Welfare of fhe Race
and the Happiness Of All.
CRorass,er renccd: a,d Oron,c,e.

(hctiSsieT rerccad: ard ChrpratcJe.
To any one who has studied the laws Of
life, and especially those which refste 70
reproduction, an experience such as we are
about to relate, will come with special
force and interest. The transmission Of
certain mental traits of prominence, and of
certain physical trails of equal promlnence,
are facts which all knowledge, but which
rome can understand. The father may be
distinguished, the son, an imbecile; or,
the parent may be decreplt and unknown,
and the child achieve the highest place
possible TO humanity. But through 1t all,
there Will be certain characteristics, which
mark the iroividual as descending from
certain ancestors. Too often. indeed,
these characteristics are infrmIties, and
often OF a physical nature.
These facts were strikipgly brought out
during a conversation, which representa-
tive of this psper recently had with Mrs.
Carrie ID. T. Swift, who is the wife of one
of our most prominent citIzena This lady
related that she inherited from her parents
certain tendencies, over which she had no
control, and which were in the nature of
blood difficulties, assuming the fern of
rheumatism. Her experience can best be
described IN her own words. To the
writer she said:
81 felt the beginning of this hereditary
taint many years ago, In vague pains.
which seemed 10 come unaccountably and
at uncalled for times. They were annoy
ing. exhausting, and lnterfered not only
with my CLties, Dut also totally destroyed
my happiress- At first. they would be
only transient, appearing for day or two,
and then disappearing; then again they
would come in such violent forms, that 1t
was impossible for me to lift cup to my
mouth. Afterwards, my feet and hands
swelled so that it was impossible for me to
draw on my shoes or gloves without the
greatest effort. / realized what the Diff
ficultv was, but seemed powerless to avert
it. | finally became SO bad that I was
confined to the house and to my bed most
OF the time. NV joints paired me coHtiu-
ucusly and my feet sxelled to enormous
proportions. Knowing that / inherited
this tendency, l had about abandoned hope,
when l began the use Of remedy, which
was recommended to me as a fnend as
being specially efficiC n. in cases of a SINH
lar kind. To my great gratitude, l found
that 1t relieved me, restored my appetite,
and am able to say that now have GAIN
cd forty pounds in weight, feel perfectly
well and am in the best possible condition,
owing, wholly, to Warmers Safe Rheuma-
tic cure, which was the remedy used"
mo one would ever suspect YOU had
suffered so. Mrs SWIFT. TO see YOU now
remarked The reporter.
sThat Is what ali NV friends saw. Only
Yesterday. an acquaintance of mine whom
/ had not seen for some time. bes,tsted.
before spes kIny. and apolopized by saving.
Why, i really did not know YOU. YOU
have changed so for the better since l last
met you; how well YOU do lock-"
slave you any objection to giving the
name of the party who first mentioned this
remedy to youl"
Not the slightest. IL vss MIR. r. FL.
Furman, the photographer.
The newspaper man. after bidding Mrs,
Swift good-bye, repaired to the photo
graphic rooms of Mr.. Furman, when the
following conversation ensued: