The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03
THE ILLS OF THE FLESH.
MN is FOUR-FIFIHS HEREDITY
IND ONE-FIFTH ENVIRONMENT.
Enemy to Health Looking in Old Wells
Food for the Young Eolk-The
Medicated Kiss.

environment says tle Mtllcdl BIlel. lie
is a bundle Of inherited tendencies which
environment strengthens or mobiles, but
never eradicates. a poison vine never
bears beaches. A fertile soil, an appro-
| pirate atmosphere, may yield luscious
fruit, but poison permeates IL 10 the core.
"A child or criminal descent may be
| reared among the most ennODlins sur
roundings ana acqulfo certain veneer
OF manner. his sins may be gIlded, but
vice turks in his heart and sooner or
| later the stress OF circumstances Will
| bring IL to the front
IncorrigibIe criminals should be cut OFF
| from the body polite, just IS weakly or
| diseased branches are Topped OFF the
| sturdy trees. The prOyerDial ounce OF
prevention is worth is iah value here.
1t is impossible TO agree with this eX-
| ccpt in toto To 90 50 would undermine
the very foundations upon which many
| Of our Institutions for rclOrmaton are
| built II is too true that Inmates OF these
| institutions leave their doors rs mcor-
rigible a. when they enlcfed; but II Is
fair 10 say that FOR Sun WHO depart mus
certainly one goes out with a feeling
OF debt 10 the world, ana a desire to be
a law-abidins member OF our social lab
rIc. And the reformation and reclama-
ton OF this one more tAan counter
balances the ten who cannot De made TO
walk in the path that is straight.
Heredity without doubt, plays a most
important part in the development OF
the criminal. but surely il H. unjust to
say that IL is four-hfths guilty. More
credit should be given TO environment,
and in sustaining tits point .et me quote
from an Article uIon "HereJity' appear
luz previously in these columns: III your
father has committed suicide, there is no
logical reason why you VIII DO likewise,
unless you wilfully allow the erroneous
conception OF heredity 10 so dominate
your reason as 10 cause YOU 20 think
that you arc irresistibly doomed TO The
commitment Of a similar act
Whatever brain defecj may have In
duced tho fathers act, need not neces-
sarily exist In the child; a tendency there
TO viii doubtless, be transmitted, and IL
this tendency be fosterod and developed
in the child, as It had been in the father
the result will be the same but If the
conditions necessary for its development
! are avoided. tho act need not ensue.
Blind. unresistlng submission TO that
which IS enormously considered ineyi-
table rather than manfll. logical, de-
termined. Intelligent resolution no. 10 so
| submit. is the result-the terrible, fatal,
ruinous rcsult-of this erroneous concep-
tion Of heredity DO not forget that any
| thing can be, and nothing need be, trans
mitted by heredity."
1t is in this direction that the "ounce
| OF prevention is worth It's full value"
ana not in that pointed out by the jour
nal.
THE OLD WE'LL:
| DR. Bashore asks tie question, what
shall We do with tho old wcll2" after
| pointing out the many diseases of which
| 1t is the distributing agent. lie says We
all know that ia the absence OF a public
supply. deep-tube-wells would be the best
! remedy. Many, very many, people can
not avail themselves OF this source OF
supply and the neXt-ba,t thing is u
treat these wells after method devised
| by Dr. Koch, which is effective, cheap,
and greatly lessons the dangers arising
from the Use OF well water
An iron tube two Or three inches in
diameter-With its lower end perforated
tube-wel.
| All water, In passing through the lay
| ers OF sand and gravel, is cncctually nj
| tered, and certain 'organisms present
| change the filth into harmless chemi-
Gals. iiiter-bed like this removes, too
| from eighty 10 ninety per cent. Of the
bacteria and greatly'-very greatly-less-
ems the danger To which all who drink
shallow well wager are subjected"
Many who can AFFORD IL viii not take
| the very simplest precautions for gard-
| Ing of disease. let alone the very eiii-
| ciont, but more complex method describ-
| ed in the foregoing.
! Within the corporate limits of Rich
mOnd there are many wells at whose con-
tents may be laid the blame of cases OF
| typhoid. The writer has in mind three
that were propagatcd by one well. Sus-
| pectlng the water be obtained a sample.
| not without some difficulty, had IL an
alyzcd. microscopicaIiy and chemically.
| thus convincing himself where the cause
| lay. The water was clear and sweet, and
! by these characteristics disguised the
! presence Of the enemy.
When told the result OF the analysis
| the soul Of the owner OF the well rose
, up In wrath ana refused 10 be convinced
| of its truth, Notwithstanding the story
OF cause and effect that confronted him.
This weli-water could not De impure.
for too many had drunk Of il without
consequences" So it goes. and ever
fools rush in. where angels fear to
tread"
FOOD FOR THE YOUNG FOLK.
At the Congress for the Protection OF
resolution was adopted 10 the effect that
artificial food should be forbidden ia the
case of infants under six months OF age.
that from six TO twelve months Of age
the food should bee milk, with a little
farinaceous material, or The yellow of
eggs, and that from D 10 years the diet
should consist Of milk, eggs. mashed
vegetables, tapioca aud a little boiled
fish. The feeding bottle with lnGia-rub-
Der tubing was unanimously condemned.
The writer is labOr.ug under the Inn
preston that these resolutions together
with some presoribins-garments 10 be
worn at certain ages. were adopted by
the French Government. Truly a pater-
nal government. Aud To- demonstrate
how its spirit has been communicated 20
its tOWnA 1 quote tic following: 1.-The
city OF Montpelier j. said TO be the first
IN France to adopt regulations concern
ing the kind Of paper TO be used for
wrapping up articles Of food. By a mu-
nicipal decree. IN force for some months.
the use OF colorcd paper is absolutely
forbidden. Printed paper and Old manu-
script may only be used for dried yege-
tables, roots, and tulSrs. For other ar
ticies OF food new paper, either white or
Straw-colOrod, must De used.
Many parents do not even have the
instinct as 10 feeding their young that
the lower orders % animals have. says
DR.. J. \. work, OF Elkhart. Ind. They
do not seem to know that the infant.
as a rule. brings its natural life and
Notwithstanding food with IL; but are
ready TO feed it with I'll manner OF food