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FASHIONABLE |po(-tors Still Discuss of 1?!i>ej New Vorl fjje number of recent deaths from appendicitis, together with the promi se of many of the sufferers, hss Kj to s renewed interest in this sub I and in the over constant discus K1D a? to tho best method of treating (disease, whether, as many eminent rgcous and others hold, it ie wisest adhere to the "early operation" Kjgioally advised by Dr. McBurney. to stick to tho "timely-operation" ^atbas come into vogue through the jjsteoce of the general practiouer. Due extraordinary thing coneerniog it I js that science bas been unable to count with any degree of certainty I the vermiform appendix. The j?0gt generally accepted theory uow eD1g to be that it is a rudimentary Bodach or intestine, and that in some ehistoric time it was an active use- ( ] organ of the body, but that in i ^ocess of time it became no longer ! fui, and from non-use it has dwin td to its .present proportions. Cer ]0 it is that Mother Nature never rks in vain, and that, while often I e reason for what she does may not j pear on superficial observation, I er examination invariably reveals f cod reason for all she does. Dr. Wynkoop, tin speaking of the j ase yesterday, said : At the present time appendicitis ; a fashionable disease. You hear of i hundred cases of it to-day where enty years ago you did not hear of e, and yet I believe it is not more | valent now than then. The reason that the disease is recognized now, ere formerly it was not. In past j es what we now know to be appeu itis was known as peritonitis, be ;se peritonitis is one of the most minent symptoms of appendicitis, e relationship between peritonitis appendicitis, and the causation of latter lying within the former, was formerly known. Peritonitis, as idiopathio disease, is now believed |ely to occus. It is almost wholly ondary to inflammatory or perfora te diseases of some of the abdominal ans. and in the causation of it the pendix vermiformis' stands in the front rank. The vermiform appendix is au rowth from the intestine at the t of junction of the large and II intestines. It .varies in length throe to six. inches, and is about thickness of one's little finger, re is an opening between it and intestine, but the free end is a de sac' Appendicitis consists of inflammation of this organ. This mmation may be eatarrhal, or ed by the lodgment of some for body which has passed from the stine into ft and been unable to pe. Appendicitis, from whatever e, has a sudden onset. A person eemingly perfect health within e or four hours may become seri y ill, the chief symptoms, being in the right side, of the abdomen, down, accompanied by fever, and n by vomiting. Some eases run a com se, and are fatal within ty-f our or thirty-six hours. Some for several weeks. A smell pro ion of the cases tend to recovery out surgical assistance, but by be largest portion without such tance are fatal. In those eases ;b. without operative interference, ver, there is a tendency to relapse, cond. third or fourth occurrence aring at intervals of from two or months to two or three years, rule, those eases whioh tend to ral recovery ere ; easily recognized gns, and in such cases, naturally, erative interference is advised or iced at tho time. The tendency lapse, which is now recognized, ed to the belief aniong the best ons that in a period between re s, when the. patient is in thor ly good health, the safest course remove the appendix. In those e cases which do not tend to al recovery, operation ia not only est, but it is the only safe course ursue. Operation will not save4 one of these severe oases, but 1 save tho most of them, and cases which prove fata) with tion will be equally so without Max Myer, the micros aopist of ard of health, said: ymptoms of appendicitis arc gen a peculiarly piercing pain on ight side of the abdomen, toward ip bone, generally accompanied onstipatioa and localized, pain, t?wejs suppuration it, is Bomo '^ejiaryto; ^ay&an op?ration. ?k that many times where an tion is performed a counter im would answer tho purpose as ? think operations arc over* There are more operations per ? d in this country than in En fich would indicate a fondness tions on the/part of Wr doc* surgeons. ? have known of ere it was found after remov ippendix that there was ho tion at all." APPENDICITIS dng the -Best Method ittsaaent. ; Tribu nr. Formerly it was generally supposed that the first outward manifestation of the presence of appendicitis was the beginning of the disease. This later investigation has shown to be not so, but rather that the outward manifestations of the disease is, so to speak, tho beginning of the end. The old theory is held to still in many quarters, and the great authorities aro emphatic in pointing out this differ ence, as it is of vital importance in treating the disease. Dr. Willy Meyer, tho attending surgeon to the German and New York skin and can cer hospitals, and one of the leading surgeons of the day, in a paper read before the Metropolitan Society on December 23,1895, disoussed the time when it is necessary to operate for appendicitis, and brought out his point very clearly as follows : '"It would, no doubt, be very wrong to believe that the first attack of in flammation really is the first patholog ical symptom which befalls the ap pendix. 'First explosion' would better express, iteeems to me, the actual occurrence. We all know that the faecal concretions so often found in the appendix do not form over night; a stricture which *'auts off upwardly an abscess within the tip of the organ sometimes found on cutting open an appendix which was removed during the first inflammation docs not develop within a few days. Thus it is clear that explosive material slowly accu mulates within the lumen of the ap pendix; that important changes slowly, set in within the different structures of its wall, also often of the nourish ing vessels in its mesenteciolum. At last it comes to a climax; the confla gration ?inflammation?breaks out. ' ' Dr. Robert Abbe, the attending sur geon at St. Luke's Hospital, and the New York Concer Hospital, and assist ant attending surgeon at l?oosevelt Hospital, is also impressive in mak ing the same point. Dr. Abbe is a firm believer in the value of operation, aud in the Medical Record of July 10, 1897, says: "But who cau afford to wait the perilous delay wheu the' surgery of the day offers safe and speedy relief? It is now possible by recently per fected methods to remove these dan gerous chronically inflamed organs through a small incision, (usually one inch lotig,) and leave the abdominal wall practically normal in both appear ance and function." In the paper above referred to Dr. Willy Meyer exhaustively treats of the subject. He says, among other things : First?In cases of diffuse perfora fcive appendicitis the op?ration must always be done at once. Patients have the best chance to recover if operated upon within tho first twelve hours. Exceptionally, patients get well without an operation. Second?In cases of acute appen dicitis the patients always need care ful observation. If the pulse goes up above 116 to 120 and has the tendency to stay there, the indication for an operation is given. In case of doubt,-the operation is bettor than waiting. Third?In cases of sub-acute (mild) attack of appendicitis, also '. after the first severe attack from which. the patient recovers without immediate operation, the appendix should be re moved. The appendix, once inflamed, has to be looked upon as a diseased organ, which is very apt to give re peated and. more serious, even fatal trouble in the future. When done at this time we can al most always perform the blunt divis ion of the abdominal muscles ac cording to the direction of thoir fibres, and thus save the patient the probable appearance of a ventral hernia. THE KNIFE IN APPENDICITIS. To the Editor of the Tribune : The* letter published in your issue of July 13 relating to operations for appen dicite calls for the endorsement of many members of the profession who feel that, the knife is being used much too freely io. these cases, and that lives are needlessly sacrificed in con s?quence. ' Typhlitis, or Perityphlitis, the name by which appendicitis was formerly known, has never been con sidered as an especially dangerous disease, and never until the operation for it came into vogue occasioned the alarm and apprehension which are im mediately aroused in the patient and his family upon being informed of the nature of the disease. The number of deaths which have come within the cognisance of everyone as a result of or following operation for acute ap pendicitis is much . greater during the last five years than Occurred in the same person's experience during the five years previous, as a result of typhlitis, or inflammation of the bow els. Eminent surgeons advise operation in all oases as soon as the diagnosis is made, and while a few of the most skillful are able to report a low mor tality in a hundred or more consecu tive cases, many of us aro couvinced that fewer deaths would result if all cases were treated medically than if all were subjected to operation. In the writer s experience of eigh teen years in active practice but one case of appendicitis of the many treated proved fatal, and that one after operation by one of the most skilled specialists in this branoh of surgery in New York. While maintaining that an opera tion during an acute attack is less likely to save life than judicious med ical treatment, it is freely admitted that in cases whioh are subject to recurrences operation for the removal of the appendix is justifiable, and may be performed during the interval be tween attacks with comparative safe ty. M. I). Lake Mohonk, X. Y. - ? -. Kot a Welcome Addition. A couplo of tourists who were jour neying on horseback in the rural dis trict of the South had ridden many miles when they camo to a. small log cabin, out of whioh children of all sizes and ages came swarming out liko bees from a hive. The tourists were tired and raven ously hungry. Hailing an old negro at the cabin gate they told him that they had come to tako dinner with him. "IV is welcum, gemmen!" he said. "I ain't got much to eat, but I'll do the ve'y bes' I kin fo' you, gemmen." Thon raising bis voice to a shrill yell, he said: "Hi, yo', Judas Isoariot, yo' run catch a chicken fas' es yo' laigs can carry yo." "What do you call that boy?" asked one of the tourists. "Judas Isoariot, sah." "What did you ever give hiui such a name as that for ?" "Dat's a Bible name, sah, an' it has a meanin'. All do Bible names has a meanin' sah. l'se gob fo'teen en dey's all got Bible names, case de Bible names has a meanin', sah." "What is the meaning of Judas Is oariot ?" The old man was very reticent about giving further information, and it re quired a good deal of persuasion before he finally said : "Well, I'll tell yo' sah. Hit's like dis: Yo' see I'd had fo'reen ohiluu hefo' Judas Iscariot was bawn, an' fo'teen chilun is a mighty big fam'ly fo' a po' man ter 'aise en keerfo', thout habin' no' mo' so when Judas Escariot came crlong I gib 'im dat name cazc you know do Bible say it'd be bettor fo' Judas Iscariot if he'd nebber been bawn."?Detroit Free Press. - mm my > - In The Police Court -Tried and Judg ment in its Favor. Some time ago Judge Andy E. Cal houn, judge of the police oourt of At lanta, had occasion to pass a sentence that was gratifying to him, and if people will take his advice much suf fering will be alleviated. The judge is subject to nervous sickheadaches and dyspepsia. Here is his sentence: "I am a great sufferer from nervous sick headache and have found no rem edy so effective as Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. If taken when the headache first begins it invariably cures." Price 50 cents per bottlo. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Sample bottle -free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta, Ga. ? Few persons realize the cost of the war news sent from Manila each lay. The regular rate of the Eastern Telegraph Company from Manila to New York is $2.35 a word, and a dis patch filling one column of the usual length would cost about $4,000 simply for cable tolls. When a large number of newspapers use the same dispatch, as in the case of matter distributed by press associations, the cost of it to each paper is, of course, muoh re duced, although the annual expense of collecting news has been increased for all American newspapers by the coun try's oriental expansion. It is no more thaafair for the reader to credit an expansion paper with Unselfish mo tives. ? Abeut one month ago my child, whioh is fifteen months old, had an attack of diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting. I gave it such remedies as are usually given in such cases, but as nothing gave relief, we sent for a phy sician and it was under his care for a week. At this time the ohild had been sick for about ten days and was having about twenty-five, operations of the bowels every twelve hours, and we were convinced that unless it soon obtained relief it would not live. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was recommended, and I decided to try it. I soon notic ed a ohange for the better; by its continued use a complete cure was brought about and it is now perfectly healthj?,r-GiwL. Bogge, SJtumptown, U??inerCo.tVv. Va. dorsale by Hill Orr Ding Co. ? Persistent Bride?" Will you love me 5?&:|?h nr<iob rwb?n^I am dead ?" Bddegr?bm (absently)?"Blore, dar ling, more;" Th? Rev. W. B. Costlcy. of Stock bridge, Ga., while attending to his Sastoral duties at Ellenwood, that tato, was attacked by cholera morbus. He says : "By chance I happened to get hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's Cdlic, Chol?ra and Diarrhoea Remedy, and 1 think it was the means of sav ing my life. It relieved me at once.' For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. A Mixed (Question. "Nellie," said a mother to her little daughter, "I wish you would run over and seo how old Mrs. Smith is. She has been quite ill." In a few minutes Nellie came run ning back and reported. "She said to tell yon it was none of your business." "Why, Nellie," said tho astonished mother, ''what did you ask her?" "Just what you told mo to," re plied the little innocent, "I told her you wanted to know how old she was." ?Baltimore Sun. Blood Cure Sen* Free. By addressing Blood Balm Co., Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga., any of our readers may obtain a sample bottle of their famous V.. B. B.- Botanic Blood Balm?the greatest, grandest, bestand strongest Biood Remedy made. Cures when all else fails, y :mples, ulcers, scrofula, eczema, boils, lood poison, eating sores, distressing skin erup tions, cancor, catarrh, rheumatism. Free medical advice included, when description of your trouble is given. This generous offer is' worth while ac cepting. Sample .bottle sent charges prepaid. Large bottles, (containing nearly a quart of medicine,) for salo by all druggists at $1.00 per bottle. B. B. B. is away ahead of all other Blood Remedies for curing Blood Hu mors. Try B. B. B. ? ''The landlady says coffee still keeps up." "Well, I don't see how the coffee wo get can keep up. It's so weak I should think it would go to bed." KAMNOL. HEADACHE, NEURALGIA,1 LA GRIPPE. Believes all pain. 25c. all Druggists. WILL YOU ? Before you buy u PIANO see me. I have saved to some of my customers as much as seventy-five dollars in the pur chase of One Piano. Such makes as ChickeriDg, Emerson, 8tulz & Bauer and M?hlin to select from. None better. As to ORGANS yoii can save from fif teen to twentv. iivo dollar? by seeing me. Remember, I am in the SKWIN? MA CHINE business, just for fun. You can get prices on any of the hi?h grade makes; and do not forget'that I sell any Machine Needle at three for 5c, 20o? per dozen. The finest. Sperm Oil 5o. per bot tle. Nothing but new, select stock. Romember the place? M. L. WILLI?, South Main St., Anderson, S. C. If you want Bargains go to. CHEAP JOHN'S, The Five Cent Store. IF you want SHOES cheap go to Cheap John's, the Five Cent Store. For your TOBACCO and CIGARS it's the place to get them cheap. Schnapps Tobscco. 374o. Early Bird Tobacco. 37?c Gay Bird Tobscco. 36c Our Leader Tobacco. 27*c. Nabob's Cigars. lc. eaeb. Stogies.4 for 5c Premio or Banana.3 for 5c. Old Glory. 8c. a pack. Ar buckle's Cofiee lie pcand No. 0 Coffee 9o. pound. Soda 10 lbs. for 25c. Candles Go. per pound. CHEAP JOHN Is bu sad in Laundry and Toilet Soaps, Box and 8tlck Blue In met, everything of that kind. Good 8-day Clook, guaranteed for five years, 81.05. Tinware to beat the band. JOHN A. HAYES. A Monster Cattle Syndicate. John V. Farwell, who owus im mense tracts of laud in the Panhandle of Texas, verifies the report that he is interested in the proposed commis sion deal by which the promoters of the Consolidated Cattle Company ex pect to round up 000,000 head of cat tle on the big ranches of Western Texas and Eastern New Mexico for breeding, fattening and marketing. Swift & Co., the Chicago packers, who some time ago were reported as having invested $300,000 in Texas cattle, are credited with preparing to invest $1,000,000 in a similar manner. "Now that thofree cattle ranges are a thing of the past in the Western States, cattle for market must be cared for on closed ranges," said Mr. Kar woll. "Nut only is there plenty of grass for stock in Western Texas and Eastern Now Mexico, but plenty of coro. Sonic of the finest beef cattlo in tho market now come from Texas." Mr. Loving, editor of a Texas stock journal, tho promoter of the cattle deal, is at present in Now York city. The Capital Syndicate, of Chicago aud Texas, at the head of which is Mr. Farwell, has entrusted Mr. Lov ing with the options on part of its holding. Tho syndicate now controls 3,100,000 acres of land in the Texas Panhandle, on which some U!0,000 head of cattlo feed at present. ? Tho churches of tho United .States claim 30,000,000 communicants. YOUR HOME PLEASURES twj o inlluonce lends ko much to home- ; -L/S lifo an music. No .Stock offers j greater attrsctions than ours, and we wish to help you to happiuepy. It's not alone tbat we say it, bat yon know thai we mean it, an we sell the best clues of? PIANOS and ORGANS, As well as small Musical Merchandise, and will give yon full value for ev ery dollar. You are cordially invited to call in person and inspect our Stock, or write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading? SEWING MACHINES Of the day, and are constantly receiving new additions to our Stook. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you the best in thtB line. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can save you money by an investi gation. ~ Look to quality first?then prie Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. Drs. Strickland & Sing, DENTISTS; OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. Gasend Cocaine used for Extract log Teeth. PORTO RICO S YOU can get the? ?ENUIHE PORTO RICO MOLASSES FROM US. ALSO, Lar>kfbrcl Horse Collar, Guaranteed to prevent or cure galls or sore shoulder p. SHOES. HATS, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC, At CUT PRICES for the next thirty days in order to clean up and make room for New Goode. Big Line of Groceries of all Kinds AT LOWEST PRICES. Try us one time. MOORE, AOKER & CO., KA8T SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE?CORNER STORE. M. Ij CARLISLE. L. II. CARLI8LE MOWING MACHINES. If you want a Mowing Machine call on Carlisle Bros., who are agents for the CHAMPION MOWING MACHINE, with Roller and Ball Bear ings, which is the lightest running Mower on the market. For simplicity, du rability and lightness of draft it cannot be surpassed by any Slower. We can also furnish you with a Horse Dump Rake. i 2r. Remember, we will move to People's Corner S?pt, 1st. Respectfully, I CARLISLE BROS . An Jr. , S C , WHEELMEN, ATTENTION ! IIT YOU WANT BICYCLES and SUNDRIES FOK COST, Bring the CASH and call on? THOMSON BICYCLE WORKS, THE BICYCLE PEOPLE. . "fj'V *>**'' ?; * *l 'S}** " v ' > ? < y , 'V v ** * ' ' '* ' " * NEVER TOO OLD TO BE CORED m Si Si Si IS 8 6f68t BlSSSjll^ tO feebfene^a^ nearly all of the sickness among Hill Dnnnl? It ?lV?C Tham older people can be avoided. Most elderly UlU rUU|llOi It ?II?O lllOlll people are very susceptible to illness, but it is wholly unnecessary. By keep M?lU Dlnflft ?ftrf I Ho '?? t,-eir blood pure they can fortify themselves nuR OlUuti OlIU LIIQi so as to escape three-fourths of the ailments from which they suffer so generally. S. S. S. is the remedy which will keep their systems young, by .purifying the blood. thoroughly removing all waste accumulations, and impart ing now strength and life to the whole body. It increases the appetite, builds up the energies, and sends new life giving blood throughout tho entire system Mrs. Sarah Pike, 477 Broadway, South Boston, writes : "I am seventy years old, and had not enjoyed good health for twenty years. I was sick in different ways, and in uddition, had Eczema terribly on one of my legs. The doctor said that on account of my age, I would never b?> well again. 1 took a dozen bottles of S. S. S. and it cured me completely, and I am happy to say that I feel as well as 1 ever diu in my life." Mr. J. W. Loving, of Colquitt, Go., says: "For eight een years I suffered tortures from a flery eruption on my akin. I tried almost every known remedy, but they failed one by one, and I was told that my &ge, which is eixty-eix, was against me, and that I could never hope to be well again. I finally took S. S. S., and it cleansed my blood thoroughly, and now i am in perfect health." S. S. 8. FOR THE BLOOD is the only remedy which can build up and strengthen old people,*becauso it is the only one which is guaranteed ffree from potash, mercury, arsenic and other damaging minerals.? It ia made from roote and herbs, and has no chemicals whatever in it. S. S. S. cures tho worst cases of Scrofula, Cancer, Eczema. Rheumatism, Tetter. Open Sores, Chronic Ulcers, Boils, or any other disease of tho blood. Books on these diseases will be sent free by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta. Ga. Twenty-five Reasons for buying from? D. C. BROWN & BRO. lT The better we suit you the better we are suited. 2. You will rarely lind our Goods equalled, t. overestimating not our policy. ?. A little money goes a long way here. 5. We make prices to suit our customer*. i>. You may depend upon it what we have is good. S. 0. 10. II. 12. 13. 14. 16. Id, IT. is. r.t. 2'K 21. 2'J. 23] 24. 2*?. Seeing is believing?let us show you something. We are steadily advancing onward. We are continually adding to our immense Stock If you once buy here you will buy here always. Don't take our word lor it?see for yourself. There is nothing slow about our Shoes. Make it your business to test our assertions The way we do business is making friends for u*. Wo make eminently praotical suggestions To attract buyers we must be progressive, tonalities can't be equalled at tbe price. We stick to what wssay. They all marvel at our pre-emlueut success. Misrepresentation is an unknown quantity here. Honest statements without euibelisbment. Our sales keep on multiplying. We are originators?othora are Imitators. Sound principles baokod by experience. We are bound to have your trade. Yours very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO '.NEXT To POST OFFICE. ifli?lt- aiifTfiAi^-^-^irl-Ai^^-AiYr^iifh-iftt^. "The Best Company---The Best Policy." 1 THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF NEWARK, N. J. I This Company has been in successful business for lifty-four years; has paid policy-holderB over s1g5,000,000, and now has cash assets of over $?7,000,000. It issues the plainest and beBt policy on tbe market. After TWO annnul premiums have been paid it? , rn?TiVTPPof 1. Cash Value. ' . Extended Insurance. uuAjtaroaas. ? jj0Bn value. -i Paid-up Insurance. Alao Po)s Large annual Dividends. Incontes tability. L?. M. MAT?IS0N, State Agent for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C, over P. o. SB- Resident Agent for FIRE, HEALTH and ACCIDENT Insurance. A FIRST-CLASS COOK Can't do first-class work with second-class materials. But you can hold the girl accountable if you buy your : : : GROCERIES FROM US 1 We have the right kinds of everything and at the right prices. Where qualities are equal no dealer can sell for less than we do. We guarantee to give honest quantity at the very LOWEST PRICES. Come and see us. "We have numerous articless in s to el that will help you get up a square meal for a little money. Our Stock of? Confections, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., Are always complete. Yours to please, Free City Delivery. Gk F. BIGBY. s o i o pa 2Z{ u F 0* 0 M Pd to 2 O < ft M ft O ? ft Q ft CO < > X M fi Kj C w ft I M H 3 > W H Z Q S CD o o ? m M P 60 H BIT ON THE FENCE AND BLEEP! . . . While the orocession casses if ?ou Tvant to. Nobody will disturb you. Bnti yon are alive to your own Interests arouse yourself, shake off slumber, climb into the band-wagon and wend your way with tbe crowd to? THE JEWELRY PALACE OF WILL. R. HUBBARO! They that want tbe best snd prettiest to be obtained in Dlsmonds, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, Watches and Cloaks that will keep time and are baoked with a Eiarantee, Fine China and Glassware and beautiful Novelties, know that to Will. R. ubbard'e is the piece to go. They that want honest treatment know that this is tbe place to find it. All Goods are just as represented, and are fully covered by guar antee. The young man who has a girl and wants to keep ber goes there. Hubbard will help yon keep her. The young married couple goes there to beautify their little borne. Hubbard beautifies it for you. Tbe rich people go there because they &n afford it, and the poor go there, also, because they can afford it. ?tt- Everything NEW and UP-TO-DATE. ? ?k9- KNGRAVTNQ FREE. WILL. R. HUBBARD. Jewelry Palace, next to Farmers and Mercbanta Bank.