Telegram-herald., 1889-08-08

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ter win aim we toluo-Ats oeNQted a lic
| and l-tLAt hs la.her had cied ~ fever
coutracisl "a tle Ist1lu1s- BAL b Il 40 uses
the poor c4uce has ne notion that lie Is .
fsae away -Aas lis father" o. course
| tais IS nervous fatigat, lo-ltng utore nor
less II Is iacipIeut nervous p4ostr4iiol b-s
! the item II lerea.ty ia lae case presents =
/ commcn oellslon.
| People presume on longevity as seI, be-
cause tney 'eaEle OF long lived family
! Snguiariy, a Feltlcmln ooasIe3 AIS other
/ extreme - uie tie Weed before sasL lie
was quite sure % advanced ege, because
/ his f4lner, gran1ta' ler, and away back az
h.s ancestry were loug-ivers" And ysJ as
/ write. that very gentleman is de-d.
lam certain THAI both hope aud fear are
! inspired, with .ut reason and against rea-
son, by the popular notion. Il may be true
tnat Ion sevitY or short Re Is Inherited tut
4 the trace is - feeble that ln the battle 0f nfe
n Is not worth either exporting or ireating
II you get such a notion into your head II Is
a fatuous demon. Y0nr father, for In
stance, died a. sixty years OF age. You
will dread the epoch ou viii erect
stone wall Of faialsm :or yourself RIGHT
! there Unconsclouslv 70 yourself YOU wil
| continually De calculating upon = with ap-
| prehensiou You VIII not talk about II.
even 10 your wife, till you have approached
| your nfty-eighth year, then. as You get
| ir1he worn. and perhaps sick, some cay,
YOU viii let out your fear II VIII torture
your loved ones; it viii bafie your physi-
Clans as they wonder what can al you, and
YOU are ashamed 70 tell them. IL " 4 actu-
ally cripple your nervous force subtract
from your stock OF vitality; end there is lit-
tie doubt that the pure, unmixrd foolish
ness may hasten your death our father
will havc had nothing 70 DO With your
death; but you may hasten your own death
!
evidence that men do actually cause their
own premature death by apprehension
than that a hereditary limit causes it,
To presume that you Inherit the longevity
Of q grandfather who lived 10 fopr is
even more absurd. 1t may not have been
vitality with the old gentleman at al. He
may have had a 10 more powerful organism
than ordinary men. But J. quiet, unevent-
ful life, exce eptionally free from any heavy
strain, NAV have kept his heart thr0bbing
50 long. Ii you are hard pushed an over
doing; If you solace your alarm by refer
ring your guilty mind back 20 TIP ehadowy
grandsire ia, her than taking wholesome
rest, the probabilities are thGt you will
snap your mainspring before yeu know il.
The theory viii make one more victim, and
you are the man. Theory Is one thing, but
facts are better. Quite likely your grand
mcther viii tell you that you look and act
older at forty Ave than her husband did at
sixty You live in a more exciting and ex-
acting age. You are a city man: he was a
country man. You like fancy dishes; he
homely food. You sleep mornings; be
nights. You are fretted by rp0aey, as by
E politics; he was fretted by nothing worse
than an unruly OK or u shower on his new
, mown hay. Yos are housed n a shop, or
factory, or Office, with the devIfalizcd air OF
modern furnace heat; he, this noble octo-
genarian, lived among mountains, or
breathed the breath of the wide wide sea.
Do not presume on the venerable fellows
|, that went before you, there Is temptation
and a snare IN II every time.
Every man must sail his own SHIP. In
the name OF the kind Creator. do not think
you are gong to cough your life away be-
cause consumption Is hereditary in our
| 70 r.. tsQp haf 10
ity q victims Of this terrible malady are the
original cases; 40 taint can be, discovered
in ancestry Thin OF it The majority Of
consumptives, L reassert, are tie first cases
in the family | have y On good au-
tnority in pulmonary malaiics that de-
cidedly the vast majority of the offspring Of
consumptives finally die Of other diseases.
It's not 10 be denied thai thera is a law OF
heredty in disease. But the children pre-
disposed tocOnsumption, for ius tance, being
forewaraed. are fOrearmcd % Cnuti0n; TAX
irgexcellent care Of themselves they out
| last their more thoughtlessl neighbOrs.
Probably over eighty per cent qfthe insane
are original cases: that is, II neither branch
Of the family, within three generations, can
be found an insane ancestor. I WI not a.
tempt & cures. but medical authority tells us
thai .sease Of the heart, the liver, the kid
ney Is almost always original.
Reader, live under no ancestral shadow
Live in your own sunshine. A mercifu
|. Creator has given rs each ohr day. The
dead can neither hinder nor help rs much
We have our chance. Each life il unique
in its own individual beauty or deformity
1t is my fathers good example. which, ad
miriuR, l purposeiy copy, winch benefits
me Il is the heritage OF his worthy name
that helps me. more than blo01 or god. ]
is the subtle copying of his virtues ~ vico
that no doubt is a powerful impulse. To b
Ike ny father ia Character Is cutie possible
but even this must seek after with resc
lutte purpose The bugoear Of herediiar
brief life = TO shocking, il cruel fetish o
quasi-science that / would be glad TO driv
out % the home - many sufferer Their
4 Is. however. this curious discovery that
have mad Many people -fAn 10 acfuan
regard slch respect Tor tor hereditar
bsnts IN TIE nature Of fila, Iief7. The
think &C. sacrelg 1us - die of'any but an ir
heredifed m-lady. Taey i0se- On IT,
Curiou- Tran.ruittaI q Disea.s.
n 1916 boy of eight vra-s. tic brothr
of the uarrstors ~ r.. vas O. <eu down y e
scarlet fever and & cd. says IS writer IN n
Bos;cn Post. ore ~ the principal anus
nerts CT MS illness hal been. .aosinF over
large picture book After s death thi
v.th several ctfer usofll -iart' rs. w-
packed away r. atrsn1 Tr.ertr-stz reaf
later. fn fs-f flo SISTER in-. av - She edt.
torkffis trlrkr .fa ter m +. journey " i..,
she made % Fng ard. where ne we tne
residing TIE frl1x vas cp5le3 tee seen
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