Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1884 — HEREDITARY TAINTS. [ARTICLE]

HEREDITARY TAINTS.

Some Revelation* on * Subject Which Concern# the Welfare of the Race and the Happiness of AU. [Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.! To any one who has studied the laws of life, and especially those which relate to reproduction, an experience such as we are about to relate will come with special force and in-, forest. The transmission of certain mental traits of prominence, and of certain physical traits of equal prominence, are facts which all acknowledge, but which none can understand. The father may be distinguished—the son, an imbecile; or, the parent may be decrepit and unknown, and the child achieve the highest place possible to humanity. But through it all, there will be certain characteristics, which mark the individual as descending from certain ancestors. Too often, indeed, these characteristics are Infirmities, and often of a physical nature. Theea facts were strikingly brought out during a conversation, which a representative cf this paper recently had with Mrs. Carrie D. T. Swift, who is the wife of one of our ’most prominent citizens. 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 form of rheumatism. Her experience can best be described in her own words To the writer she said: “I felt the beginning of this hereditary taint many years ago, in vague pains, which seemed to come unaccountably and at uncalled for times. They were annoying, exhausting, and interfered not only with my duties, but also totally destroyed my happiness. At first, they would be only transient, appearing for a day or two, and then disappearing; then again they would come In such violent forms, that it was impossible for me to lift a 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. I realized what the difficulty was,but seemed powerless to avert it. I finally became so bad that I was confined to the house and to my bed most of the time. My joints pained me continuously and my feet sweWod to enormons proportions. Knowing that I inherited this tendency, I had about abandoned hope, when I began the use of a remedy, which was recommended to me by a friend as being "specially efficient in cases of a similar kind. To my great gratitude, I found that it relieved me, restored my appetite, and I am able to say that notv I have gained forty pounds in weight, feel perfectly well, and am in the best possible condition, owing, wholly, to Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure, which was the remedy I used." “No one would ever suspect you had suffered so, Mrs. Swift, to see you know,” remarked the reporter. “That is what all my friends say. Only yesterday, an acquaintance of mine, whom I had not seen for some time, hesitated, before speaking, and apologized by saying, ‘Why, I really did not know you, you have changed so for the better since I last met you; how well you do look.” “Have you any objection to giving the name of the party who first mentioned this remedy to you?” .“Not the slightest. It was Mr. R. H. Furman, the photographer.” The newspaper man, after bidding Mrs. Swift gcod-by, repaired to the photographic rooms of Mr. Furman, when the following conversation ensued: “Have you been a sufferer from rheumatism, Mr. Furman?” “Well, I should think I had." “For how many years?" “Twelve or fifteen.” “Did you try to cure it?” “Yes, I tried everything, and at last went to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, and nothing seemed to do me any good until I tried Warner’s Safe Rheumatic Cure.” “And it cured you, did it” “Yes, completely.” “And you can cordially recommend it?” “Yes, indeed, more cordially than anything I have ever known of. It is simply a wonderful medicine. I believe that two-thirds of all cases, both acute and chronic, could be cured as I was cured by the use of this remedy. In fact, I know a number of persons who have been in the worst possible condition, and are now completely well, wholly through its use.” The statements above made are from sources the' authority of which cannot be questioned. They conclusively prove the value of the preparation named and show that oven hereditary traits can be removed by the use of the proper means.