Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-11-03
CONCERNING AEREolTY.
Illustrations of the Law of Tran.ni..,o
lInnl PareniA 10 lhi,n,.,.


The strength Of the Jaw which ae,.r
mines Tho transmission OF ,.naracter- ,1,,,.
leAl OF Otherwise-fi3m .afents h ,hiin..n
Is sun fsr iron receiving 5ue attcp,,oo ,,i
recognition, says Chambers .J9traaI
sirkin3 instance Of IL Luitnnce 4 ,ften
matted As wonderful and niexplicable. ,at
such cases ate merely sKaeYasaisd evan
pies 81 a phenomenon .. winch every fami.
g-hay, every individual -Hiiord, nroof
We an inherit, in a more. or le,s variable
aegrse, the physical constitution aGd the
Aehlal aptitudes ot vCF parents, but this
AW VI inheritance is liable TO so iulel moi.
iheduon that frequently its Operations be
COMES sntirely lost TO siew. Wnen two
FORCES act upoh body lhe resultant i a
mean bttWeea tue two eoLgnehts. This
mean - not merely in all cases dificiert
rom ellLef component. but 1t is q VA. abse
NEAR Tie variation aeEeLanp upon tao fel
aufe strength Of the two .CnJ DouL III :ortes
ibLefithh15 atiorus an cAacl 1aralis! 20 lhts
eisuieiiiaFi Jaw 0f mennanics No ch,lo Is
I snurely IKE eitheI parent. ana ths inncr.
tsnce o. tw0 Scts VI Tenderness which a.as
| Oe allied To each other may result in char.
I aeters Possessed by neither parent, FMS
! result - no breach u law Of inheritance.
Dns Is IN strict harmony with Is most pre-.
case conditions, YET il is mol surprising that
I = Jaw subject 70 such indefinite variation
I Should gam scant, recognition except from
/ those who have made il a special study,
/ and can, therefore, readily distinguish
I 90 expiicable exception 10 a law from
4 40 hctual breach Of il. Cases are on record
OF families whose members are character
I nsd by the possession u q Eupernlm Tary
/ digit on the hands aud feet, aud this remark,
/ able popularity has been transmitted
I through i've generations, showing how
( strong u the forrs ~ inheritance In eyCL
such minol deLail Of structure A SIN
more singular instance Is that Of lambert,
/ The nelikn0gh "p3rcupine man. whose
4 skin was thicaly covered with wariy pro
Z leciions, which Mere periodically molled
( Ile bad STA children who were similarly
Z affected ana two o. his grandsohs inherited
lne strange Iseeullarity, The writer is ac
I 4nAihted aiih gentleman w,so had "a
marked dropping II ihe let cyelid, hls
soa lnacesss ta.s peculiaFlty, b4l 10 a less
Z remarkable degree. One 3fthc most singu
1 lar Instances Of inherltaaca il lhal rec rdel
Z b perandoiie There Aas taniis Ia
I France Of wh.ch the leaaiLg Representa-
/ Tires could, when q youth, pltch seyGGau
I Dooks from his head b. TIE HogemtLt OF
/ sha scalp alone, and ne used 70 wln asgCrs
7 b. performing this fest HIS :atneI, uht,e.
\ grandfather aHd his three children pys
nnsssd tho same power 20 tho sans lnusuai
degree Thia family became dlyideu eight
( EraSraItoas ago lnlo two 9r@nchea, 50 shai
/ The Z nd u the Above inGntlbned bFanch 10
I cousin 10 The sey0ulh asgtec 10 ths head Of
TIC ether branch. THIS distant cousin re
I sldpd Ia another part 81 France, and on be.
Y ing asked whether ha possessed the same
+ iasJiiy Immediately exhibited has power
! HAilrr. tho celebrated psychologist, re.
z cords that lae family 8f the Beaayogaio all
( paasessei = tuiIloy, which used 10 swell
nhea damp wind blew, and this peculiar.
~ wa transmitted from father 70 son. The
+ ituq4enry among the Romans % suraames
lsdtcas4ng Sonic physical ps.gliBrity Naso,
Labna. Bppsaa. capio-- would seem TO show
that the fact u certain types 81 features
tclng transmitted through several genera-
liphs had already been remarked. This
fact itcs almost uunoslced under many cur.
suhs forms ~ expression We speak Of q
certain iyps Of face being ariatocrauc or
The reverse. bY which we mean that pbysi.
chi features characiersEhR certain classes
arc transmitted - surely az " become The
rv4,agnisnd apianagc az those classes The
z4tsi0crary q wcptcTn Europe pride them
selves upon possessing and transmitting
snail hantln. lhc outward and yisibl" sign
az long exemption from manual labor This
I ASsstoerscy Of China pride themselves on
The smEllaess % ,hcir fcci The implication
IA each case IL Tue same. We often Apcat
Of blue blood wit bout any clear idea 81
tho nleaning of the expression. Tho phrase
probably arose from tho recognition Of
The fact that the srts,ocraIic aud luxuri
Gus clAaNsa, who arc exempt from actual u
Dor. tpusaoas . fine white skin, through
which the VEINS show themselves clearly
and this REGULARITY ia transmittcsi from gen
Grafton 10 generation II il fact Of history
,ha, Frederick William l. o. Prussia sue
roedcd in producing o stock Of gigantic
Frcnadiars, bn matching his tallcst soldiers
with women Of similar proportions,
No point Of structure IL too minute 20 at
ford instances az the law 81 inheritance
iittlo spos on tho iris has been transmitted
from parent 70 ehi,d The possession OF
few Abnarmslly long hairs 10 the eyebrows
has been known 10 characterize The various
members az certain families and the char
actorts,lc Of q patch 81 prcmaiuroly gray
hair has been transmitted through seycra
vrncratsona Many curious records exist
sf families which possessed and glorled ~
their scars. molcs aud other family marks
faithfully transmitted from parent 70 child
"a sort Of secret hall mark stamped by ns
turo 70 attest the Ronnincnces % the Inc
In tho realm 81 disease the facts OF inner
itance arc most numerous aud are dairy ae
cumulating. Here they are no longer alas'
curious ami amusing, hut terrible, tatciul'
overwhelming No fact Of nature Is more
prcguant with awful meaning than tnc
fact 81 the inheritance Of disease IT meets
inc phyaScian on his daily rounds, paralyzinR
hIs art and filling him with sadness Can
Ger aud scrnfula run strongly IN iaHiiies
Insanity IL hereditary 20 a marked degree
b,,t. fortunately, Hike many other hereditary
5iaeasrs. tends TO wear itself out, the stock
becoming extinct Nearly all defects OF
sIeht arc occasionally inherited, SIR Henry
Holland says truly that mo organ or teN
tnrp of the body il exempt from the ehance
N being tho subject of hereditary disease.
Probably most chronic diseases wnich per
nnnentiy modify the structure and rune
irons OF the body arc more or less liaoio "
be inherited,
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velocity Of Electric Signals
whcatstonc's claim Of 2sS,0Oe miles pei
..cond AZ the velocity Of electric signals
Mas never been confirmed. Prof. Gould !