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IDJL& \ HEALTH NEWS. V A clergyman living near Leyden was the father of thirteen children. The eldset, born December 31, 1668, was Herman Boerhaave, accounted by many the most famous physician not only of the 18th but probably of any century. He died of gout in 1738. He was an indefatigable teacher, sometimes lecturing five hours a day afnrfonta Levden. He was B the first to give separate lectures on ophthalmology (the science of disH esses of the eye) and to use a mag nifying glass in the examination of the eye. He combined with a deH sire to study disease at the bedside, i 9 a freedom from theoretical and phil osophical influence which led him < B to use the most modern diagnostic apparatus which he could secure. ; He was so famous that a Chinese of- < B ficial once sent him a letter address- ] B fed simply "To the most famous : BLphysician in Europe." His maxim < BTwas "Simplicity is the seal of truth." < B; The modern diagnosis of disease ; B aims to employ every method which < Will reveal the exact mental and i H physical condition of the patient. 1 Psycho-analysis will deveal the 1 B depths of the patient's mind as 1 B clearly as the X-ray shows the bro- < B~ ken bone hidden beneath the body 1 B tissues. The pressure of the blood < H against the Vessel walls may be ac- 1 curately measured and appropriate < ?' i-' """"l nfP art ann I leans m&w w n<uu _J__ lectic attack. The bodily excre- < ions may be analyzed and the effi- i iency of the excretory organs de- 1 trained. Special apparatus per- J its the examination of the eye, the ir, tiie nose, throat, bronchi, and ie interior of various other parts ' the body. Nothing is taken for anted; the blood is examined; the tivity of the stomach is estimated; e validity of the nervous system 1 looked into. The modern physi- J in finds the disease beforo he ! jats it. ' . 1 Accurate diagnosis is of import- ( ce to the public health because j early and correct knowledge of y i presence of a'disease affords oprtunity to prevent its spread. The le of tuberculosis which is found rly has an infinitely greater mce of recovery than the one ich is found late. Boerhaave re- * jnized these facts in a general ' y and applied them, in fact, ac- , ding to Rohlfs, he was the first o made a chemical examination some of the bodily excretions. Consider the automobile. When \ car is going to stand still for \ re than a few minutes the driver ps the engine. By doing this he \ es gasoline, oil, and above aft, i less wear and tear on the ma- ? lery. If he lets the engine "run i" he has wasted a lot of valuable j serial, shortened the life of his ] ine and in the meantime the au- < Lobile hasn't budged an inch, lie birds build nests for the pro- ( ion of their young against the i ither; the foxes dig holes for se- j ity against foes; the squirrels i by stores of nuts against the ling of winter; and dogs bury , es against the day when bones , be scarce. These are the maniations of a normal protective 1 inct arising from an experience many, many generations. So far ( - o>Vi rin KirH pvpr ' 8S 1*3 juiuvru kuvv*??**} ?w ?tried to build more nests than his ; [v neighbor; no fox ever fretted because he only had one hole in which ] ? to hide; no squirrel ever died of jr> anxiety lest he should not lay by ; ; enough nuts for two winters instead , t of for one; and no dog ever lost any r sleep over the fact that he didn't have enough bones laid aside to pro - ( | vide for his declining years. fe This protective instinct is also ss present in the human mind and when properly directed is a great source of prosperity both to the individual \ana the nation. In order for man 1 to store up and lay by, to gain ad- : vancement either in honor or materi al tilings, it is necessary that he take ! I cmma rvnrrVif rtf +VlQ mnrrnw I OVU4V xvivvuvuguv V* WMV ;r- bat just so soon as he carries this 1 p beyond the normal point the mental 1 process becomes an exaggerated and 1 ?| abnormal one. The normal protec: tive instinct is stimulated by a nor- ] i mal fear of those events which are ^ ' reasonably sure to happen in the ] I* future unless means are adopted 1 against .them. The moment that ' fear becomes abnormal or exaggerated it over stimulates this pro- 1 tective instinct and to no good pur- l l; pose because it results in worry. 1 : This worry continues long after the ; necessity for the normal stimulus of 1 ? fear has passed, with the result that there is an impairment in mental 1 power and a dissipation 01 tne nervous forces. In other words the ' r mental engine has been "running ] idle" and at the same time delivering no propulsive power. In fact, worry is an abnormal state. Not all worry is preventable but p for the most part it can be avoided. . Most of our fears are never realized and as a rule, if we meet our trou. bles day by day as they come with out worrying about them before I they arrive or fretting over them f after they have passed, we will find i that we have the strength to rise above them. Worry undermines the health to a certain extent. It really , weakens the mental forces by tiring ; them out by doing nothing. Usually the relief from worry rests with the victim of this unhappy habit himself, but sometimes tne real causes A WUIAII haama +A AV_ are cot * UUCO WUitU WV VA~ I Slain the condition and we must go eep into our lives or have the assistance of those who are skilled in unraveling mental processes. The best antidote for worry is a change of mental occupation, a getting away from the scenes which provoke worry exercise in the open air, a good book, a pleasant recreation, or temporary change of occupation. As a matter of mental health every sufferer from this unfortunate condition owes ti to himself to discover some simple means of getting away from this habit which is destructive to health and peace of mind alike. AMERICAN HEROES ABROAD. I When the history of the Great War is written, one of its brightest pages will tell the story of the American Ambulance in France. Quite without any remuneration except the . satisfaction of work well done in 1 the cause of humanity, two or three I hundred young American men have f been risking their lives in the res- ? cue of wounded soldiers. One of these young men, Mr. s Howard Hare Powell, of Newport, * t? t writ** in Hamer's Bazar for T February: "When the impulse first j gripped meto come over here, I had c been led to expct that I would fetch j up in a crew of swashbuckling, devil- s may-care adventurers. Instead, I r found men I had known at school r and college, and a lot of other young t Americans like those one meets everywhere." c Young Mr. Powell has for the past r year been attached to Section Two J of the American Ambulance, with g headquarters at the bloodiest spot i in the world?Verdun. Day after If day last year the tide of battle flow- s ed back and forth; a hundred battles s as desperate and bloody as Waterloo t or Gettysburg were fought at Ver- s dun last summer. And every night, 1 the young American drivers of am- 8 bulances came up to the trenches s under fire to save the wounded sol- * iiers. Several of these Americans . have lost their lives; others have re- 1 :eived, for valor, th highest decora- c tions that the French Government ? :an bestow. ? To anyone who likes to read about j jld-fashioned heroism, we strongly ? recommend this important article in f ihe February number of Harper's Bazar. HANDBOOK FOR MOTORISTS For Uh Whan Chauffeur Is IU. r Radiator: The large, fiat thing on r Vn /mnf nf tJ?? mr / inst back .of E he license-plate) resembling a bees' >oarding-house, and which generaly ought to contain water when it ioesn't. Motor: A phlegmatic-looking mass )etween the radiator and the clutch, yhich is rather set in its habits and iislike8 being worried with theories ind pliers. Clutch: The big, round thing unler the foot-board that should be jut to sleep before you exercise the jear-shift Driving-Shaft: A piece of steel ivhose temper is not proof against irguments with the Reverse on a lown grade. Gears: A testy lot of little wheels ;hat must be quickly humored when Jiey grind their teeth. Manifold: A large pipe on the mo?r, against which the tinkering mo;orist rests his head?just before he stops tinkering. Carbureter: The thing that mixes :he gasoline and air in proper proportion before you try to fill it with :ylinder-oil. Differential: Quite a mysterious arrangement packed into a round 3ort of thing on the back axle by a genius who is never about when you try to put it back again. Magneto: Quite a cute little machine that has something to do with electricity if you only let it alone. Valves: Sort of trap-door inven- ' tions with springs that are decidedly tricky and really belong in the recoil action of a cannon. " Drip-pan: The place where you ' hunt for your favorite cotter-pin. Gasoline-Tank: A tin box on the back of the car (near the tail-light) that you remeber and find empty after you have gone and lost half " of your car in the dust.?Charles I Elkins, Jr. GREAT EDITOR PRAISES LEADING MAGAZINE j Mr. Arthur Brisbane, who ranks pre-eminent among the great edi- torial writers of today, has written I for the great chain of newspapers which he represents, a remarkable editorial about the Cosmopolitan Magazine. In connection with this I editorial and the reproduction of one of Cocmopolitan's copyrighted drawings, Mr. Brisbane says: "In reproducing this picture, by permission, from the Cosmopolitan I Magazine. In connection with this now published, we feel bound to add bhat this is a most extraordinary and amaziner magazine. Apparently not SOME but ALL of the best known writers of this 5 generation say what they have to say, reveal the works of their imagination through the pages of Cosmopolitan. For instance, the editor has among his writers Gouverneur Mor- ris, Robert W. Chambers, John Gals- > worthy, Jack London, Edith Wharton, Owen Johnson, Elizabeth Robins, Amelie Rives, Elinor Glyn. Some of these we like better than we like others?but they are all . extraordinary. J There are short stories announced ny r anme xiurst, duuui -l tuning wu, Samuel Merwin, George Ade, Geo. Randolph Chester, ana Arthur B. Reeve. _ I ,Scme of the artists are Harrison Fisher, Howard Chandler Christy, C. E. Chambers, W. D. Stevens, Anton Otto Fischer, John G. McCutcheon, James Montgomery Flagg and a long additional list. How such a magazine can be pro duced, sold for twenty cents and ( pay a profit to the producers is a modern industrial problem. See it for yourself and judge." V V V SEABOARD TRAIN V V SCHEDULE. V V V wvvvvvwvvvvvvv No. 5, South, due 1:52 P. M. No. 29, South, due 3:59 P. M. No. 11, South, due 3:04 A.M. No. 17, South, due 5:00 A.M. No. 6, North, due 7:45 P. M. No. 12, North, due 1:42 A.M. No. 30, North, due 12:54 A.M. No. 18, North, arrives 10:00 P. M., Stops here. )RUGS EXCITE YOUR i KIDNEYS, USE SALTS f ??? 4 f Your Back Hurts, or Bladder 1 Rather*. Drink Lots of Water. ] When your kidneys hurt and your i >ack feels sore, dno't get scared and j >roceed to load your stomach with ? i lot of drugs that excite the kid- 1 leys and irritate the entire urinary 1 xact. Keep your kidneys clean like ' rou keep your bowels clean, by i lushing them with a mild, ahrmless t alts which removes the body's uri- i ious waste and stimulates them to 1 heir normal activity. The function r >f the kidneys is to filter the blood. { n 24 hours they strain from it 500 i .Tains of acid and wsate, so we can i eadily understand; the vital imlortance of keeping the kidneys acive. Drink lots of water?you can't [rink too much; also get from any (harmacist about four ounces of ad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a ;lass of water before breakfast each norning for a few days and your :idneys will act fine. This famous alts is made from the acid of grapes ind lemon juice, combined with lihia, and has been used'for generations to clean and stimulate clogged adneys; also to neutralize the icids in urine so it no longer is a ource of irritation, thus ending ladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot rijure; makes a delightful effervesent lithia-water drink which everyne should take now and hten to :eep their kidneys clean and active. ?ry this, also keep up the water Irinking, and no doubt you will won- 5 ler what became of your kidney rouble and backache.?Adv. FIFTEEN NEW LOCOMOTIVES FOR SOUTHERN Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 18.?Fifteen iew passenger locomotives of the ; lowerful "mountain" tope have ju*t leen received by the Southern rail* j f= 1\ YOUR \ LETTER PAPER PACKED 0 IN | SUBSTANTIAL . ? DUST-PROOF ? . BOXES Z " I Job Dept. _____ ^ THE PRESS AND "J BANNER O 2 Phone 10. P Z 2 ?flu \^LETTER HEADS WANT ADS rOR SALE?Pure Georgia Cane Syrup at wholesale, in barrels and . cans, direct from the farm. Write for prices. W. H. Davis, Augusta, Ga. 1-3-13. ro LOAN:?Wanted to loan $1000.00 on Real Estate. Address P. O. Box 379, Abbeville, S. C. 2-7-3-p. rOR SALE?A few good plug mules and horses. The L. W. White Co. 1-17-tf. :OR SALE?Cheap, several secondhand Ford cars in good condition. The L. W. White Co., 1-17-tf. rOR SALE?Several second-hand 1 Tf ~11 aUtOmODlieS. various nianes, an bargains. Courtney Wilson's Garage. rOUND?In Post Office last Friday afternoon, 1 pair of glasses. Owner can get same by calling at thia office and identifying and paying for this ad. JTRAYED? From Henry Place, near Darraughs, 1 black horse mule. If you know where he can be found please notify Jim Eakin on Henry Place or J. Allen Smith, Jr. VANTED?A kind and competent white woman to keep house, and fn*P for two children, acres 8 and 9 years. Reference. Address "Sunny Vales." Anderson, S, C. V.UTOMOBILE HACK?Phone 320 for Auto service to all parts of the city and county. Lawyer Cowan. I meet all trains. 1-31-tf. MONEY TO LEND?I can negotiate loans on real estate in this county in amounts of $500 to $15,000 for periods of 1 to 10 years. For plan and rate apply to C. E. Williamson Ag-t. Union Central Life Ins Co., Abbeville, S. C. 1-31-tf. :iTY MEAT MARKET?Bosdell and Dellinger handle all kinds of meats, fish and oysters at low prices. Any cut of steak, cut to order, at 18 to 20 cts. a pound. - - ? ? % n?l. Beef roast lb cts. a pounu. roris, cut to order, at 18 to 20 cts. per pound. Sausage, all kinds, 15 to 25 cts. per pound. Sliced ham, 30 cts. a lb. Sliced Breakfast bacon 30 cts. Box bacon, ready sliced, 1 lb. net weight, 40 cts. per box. Meal, flour, sugar, rice, grits and lard at low prices, and large stock of can goods. Cureton's O. K. bread, fresh ev: ery day, at 5 cts a loaf. Not less than two loaves of bread delivered We thank you in advance for your orders. The City Meat Market. l-31-4t. ivay system and will be placed in service between Washington and Atlanta,' handling the heavy limited Irains Nos. 37 and 38, the "New Fork and New Orleans Limited." These locomotives are heavier and nore powerful than any previously in service on the Southern. The engines alone weight 316,000 pounds ind with their tenders measure 74 feet, being seven feet longer than ;he Mikado type freight locomotives rhey have eight driving wheels 69 nches in diameter and are of hieh steaming capacity, the boilers having i diameter of 76 1-2 inches ana jeing equipped with superheaters, rhe cylinders are 27 inches in diimeter with a piston stroke of 28 nches, the "Southern valve gear" vhich was invented by Engineer W AUTOMOBILE OUR SPI We will insure your new Hayi new Buick for $1.50 per hundri Give us a trial. GOOD COMPANY WILLIAMSON General Nm All persons who hs for prizes offered by us please send in their nar dresses by March 1st ANDERSON PHOS Ander* MHflHHfmm ? \ rej* VA, S. Brown of the Southern's Knox- M ville division, being used. For the present they are being operated in freight service but af- p ter they have been "broken in" they will be placed in their regular runs. They were built by the Baldwin Locomotive works. Eight others r of the same type were ordered by ? the Southern in November. Tucson, Ariz., Jv ***?Lying in f . a _iJ 1 .1! ? rocks close to the international iuib, 2 five miles soath of Baby, Arizona, f 40 members of Troop E, First Utah t cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant f Arns, were keeping np an incessant e firing at Mexican soldiers across the t line today. The Mexicans were re- t turning the shots. d > . 1 INSURANCE ' 2CIALTY J aes for $1.25 per hundred, your * 3d, or your new Ford for $7.50. ? LOWEST COST ] & BRISTOW Insuranca , ICE ive entered fhe contest in wheat growing, will aes and post office ad- ' PHATE & OIL CQ. on, S. C. / ^rf/41 I / 1 / cDrink Ihero-Cola AJ'N IJtJU MIJJ 1J i.i ^ Served at soda founts and eshment stands?the sanitary QESMNG tv/r/f no fte# effect: f through a Str<rw" J$Ph ornTn^i fOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION OR FIVE ALDERMEN IN THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE, S. C. Notice is hereby riven that a /emucrttuc XTiiunry eiecHOO wui ue eld on Tuesday, March the 18th, 917, for the purpose of choosing Alderman from Ward 1 fof the nil term; One Alderman from Ward for the full term; Two Aldermen rom Ward 8, one for th'e " short era of one year and one for the all term of two years and 1 Aldernan from Ward 4 for the fall term, o be voted-on at the general elee- '1 ion to be held on the second Tueslay in April, ,1917 '; Pledges most be died and fees aid to the City Clerk at least four lays before said primary election. The following will act as Managers at said election: At Seaboard Shops?H. S. Delinger, J. R. Cochran and W. S. Du*re. Cotton Mill?J. T.. Evans, J. M. Jambrell, J as. Faulkner. ; . City Hall?J. L. Clark, T. C. Seal ' V ind F. W. R. Nance. Melvin J. Ashley, Chr. Dem. Ex. Committee. 3. C. Horton, Secretary. ' " "2-21-2 abbeville greenwood MUTUAL f INSURANCE association. Organised 18M. PROPERTY INSURED *2,800,000, Write or call on the undersigned for any information you may desire about our plan of insurance. , ? i - i i . We insure your property against destruction by Fir*, . ,, Windstorm . ... ...-rLightning and do it cheaper than any insurance company in existence. Remember we are prepared i > o to prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. 1 . Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, * Greenwood, McCormick, Laurens and Edgefield. The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C., J. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Sec. and Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS: A. 0. Grant Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell Abbeville, S. C. Jno. H. Childs, ?Bradley, S. C. A. W. Youngblood Hodges, S. C. S. P. Morrah Willington, S. C. L. N. Chamberlain, -McCormick, S. C R. H. Nicholson Edgefield, S. C. F. L. Timmerman. Pleasant Lane, S.C J. C. Martin Princeton, S. C. W. H. Wharton Waterloo, S. C. > J. R. BLAKE, Gen. Agent. Greenwood, S. C., Jan. 1, 1917. Millar's Anditptic Oil Known As SNAKE OIL Will Positively Ralim Pain in HxTM Minutes. Try it right now for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, sore,^ stiff and swollen joints, puna in ui? u?w, back and limbs, corns, bunions, ete. After one application pain disappears as if by magic. A never-failing remedy used Internally and externally for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Sore Throat, Diphtheria and Tonsilitis. This Oil is conceded to be the most penetrating remedy known. Its prompt and immediate effect in relieving pain is due to the fact that it penetrates to the affected parts at once. As an illustration, pour Ten Drops on the thickest piece of sole leather, and it will penetrate this substance through ana through in three minutes. Accept no substitute. This gteat oil is golden red color only. Every * "? x-.j. nc. i en. m DO true ^aaranweai ?vc wu vw ? bottle, or money refunded. At leading druggists. P. B. Speed. 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