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MAN TO LIV Dr. Elie Metchnikoi to 3?rolc It is not customary for menengaged in serious scientific research to use the daily newspapers as a means of dis cussing their work. In fact, I must say I am extremely sorry that through some indiscretion the public has been notified prematurely of the experi ments I and my staff of assistants un dertook more than a year ago toward finding and removing the causes of senile decay. But, since tue matter has been bruited, I have consented to give the following, in many respects inadequate, statement. Public ex pectation seems to have become so ex cited that the reservo now might do more harm than good. NO MEANS TO PROLONG LIFE. The first thing to say is that we have not discovered a means of pro longing life. We started from a the ory which experiments so far have proved to be correct, but we are not beyond the laboratory stage of inves tigation; in other words, we have found a road which we think leads to a certain point, but we have not traveled on it to the end, and there may be many unforeseen turns and ob stacles. Human beings die too early-un naturally early. In our constitution there are appetites for all we do. We drink beoause we are thirsty, we sleep because we are sleepy. But no human being ever feels the physical necessity for death. Why? Because it comes too soon. AB one of my colleagues pointed out when interviewed about our serum in the animal kingdom, the usual natural duration of life is approxi mately ten times the period occupied in the process of maturing. An ele phant matures at thirty years of age and lives to 300. Men, therefore, should live to be 250 years old. Only we introduce into our systems so many ingredients which our organs were never meant to cope with, and we live under such abnormal conditions that our organism always gives way, some where or other, long before that. HOW TO OBTAIN LONGEVITY. However, in a solution of the pro blem how to obtain longevity it is evi dently futile to look for a general changing of human habits-note that don't say civilized habits only. Thus we are led to inquirer, What does oanse senile decay, now Under present conditions, abd how dees it manifest itself and how can we pre vent or at least retard it? It was to determine these questions that we commenced anew and have been continuing our experiments. Upon what soientifie basis of known faots we proceeded cannot possibly be stated in the limits of such an article as this. Likewise an entirely ade quate handling of the work would bristle with technicalities utterly un intelligible save to specialists in cellu lar life processes. However, let me say this: Our organs are composed of two sorts of tissues. One, which we will call the tonjunotive or plebian tissue, supports or enwraps the other, which may be termed the noble element. By the noble elements I mean the conglomeration of cells characteristic of the organ itself and actually per forming its special functions. WHAT CONSTITUTES 8ENILE DECAY. Now, roughly speaking, what con stitutes senile deoay is the destruc tion or rather weakening of the noble elements either by poisonous ingredi ents or microbes introduced variously into the aystom or simply by the en croachment of the more vigorous ple beian cells. This encroachment, technically known as scelerosis, produces the atrophy of the organ. Where it takes place in old age the atrophy of ono or more oigans may be observed, be observed, but whether all or one organ aro attacked it is well known that whenever one ceases to perform its duty death ensues. Therefore, the remedy against se nile atrophy was to be sought in. tbe shape of some serum which would reach the organ or organs menaced and feed and strengthen its noble ele ments sufficiently to enable them to fight the poisons or microbes or both circulating in the system and resist the encroachment of the plebeian tis sue. MANY SERUMS NEEDED. At this place it is desirable to point out that the expression "long life serum" is erroneous and misleading. We shall probably always be unable to prolong life by injecting a single serum, just as now we aro unable to operate on the heart, nerves, brain and bowels with the same drug. ? It is not one eurum wo seek, but a series of them, admitting for the moment the E 250 YEARS. :f Tel\s of His Hopes ?ng Life. any organ can be stopped if you pre vent the untimely withering of its no ble and weaker elements. 1 cannot and would not attempt to enter into details as to tho preparation of our serums in such a brief article, nor describe our experiments. As a matter of fact, the average reader would not find such experiments so sensationally interesting as is general ly imagined. Suffice it to Hay, wo have found that thc organs can be reached separ ately by injecting scrums, and that in a general way we are convinced that we are on the right track as to what must enter into the composition of these serums to strengthen the nobler cells. But probably years will elapse before, step by step, and after count less experiments, we can at last an nounce we have something as positive and as thoroughly tested as Pasteur's eure for hydrophobia, for instance. These researches must be looked upon as a combination of Brown-Se quard's experiments. My celebrated predecessor treated an enfeebled hu man organ by the administration of the macerations of corresponding or gans taken from healthy animals. This work has immense value, and still serves iu the treatment of a am ber of diseases. But we are now pro ceeding on different lines, and we are entirely depending on direct circula tion, not on the digestive processes. 8URVIVAL OF THE STRONGEST. To conclude, man falls and loses his powers-in other words, he falls into senile atrophy-through tho de struction of harmony in his cellular life. This harmony is destroyed, ac cording to the law of the survival of the strongest. Our hope is to pro vide certain threatened cells with arti ficial aids which will make them fit to cope with their enemies during a long er peroid. Shortly we shall have tbe means and feel sufficiently advanced in our investigations to conduct some pru dent experiments upon hum*\n be ings. Scientifically, the possibility of pro longing life is established, practi cally. God knowB when we shall dis cover it. How the prolongation of human life BO it should last mortally to say 250 years would alter the - whole scheme of the world 1 But to .pursue that phase of the subject one must leave the field of science and enter the realms of speculation and poetry, and I don't think an old physician like myself will be oalled upon to do that. ELIE METCHINKOFF. The Prevailing Malady in this country is dyspepsia. Proba bly more than three-fourths of the people suffer from it in some of its many forms. Many have dyspepsia and don't know it, because they have the painless kind. Such are always half sick and ascribe their ailment to any oause but the true one. Where dyspepsia is known, or suspected, Ty ner's Dyspepsia Remedy ought to be used.tit is a wonderful medicine, very pleasant to take, and not only corrects digestion in a few minutes, but cures the worst oases of dyspepsia. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. and Wilhite & Wilhite. - "My proudest boast," deolared the lecturer, who expeoted his state ment to be greeted with cheers, "is that I was one of the mehbebind the guns?" "How many miles behind?" piped a voice from the*gallery. * A systom regulator is a medicine that strengthens and stimulates the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters is a superior system regulator. It drives out all unhealthy conditions, promotes ac tivity of body and brain, restores good appetite, sound sleep and cheerful spirits. Sold by Evans Pharmaoy. - Dootor (casually); "Well, Mr. Brown, how are you to-day?" Mr. Brown (defensively: "Oh, I'm all right, dootor. Thero's nothing the matter with methat would be worth $2 to you." It takes but a minute to ovcrcomo tickling in the throat and to stop a cough by the use of One Minute Gough Cure. This remedy quickly cures ali forms of throat and lung troubles. Harmless and pleasant to take. It prevents consumption. A famous specific for grippe and its after effeots. Evans Pharmacy. - If the human being possessed strength as great in proportion as tho oyster, the average man would be able to lift the enormous weight of 2,876, 000 pounds. f And if the man pulled >n the same proportionate degree as the cockle, ho would sustain 3,106,500 pounds. Miss Annie E.Gunning, Tyre,Mich., says, "I suffered a long time from dyspepsia ; lost flesh and became very weak. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure com pletely cured me." It digests what you eat and ourea all forms of stomach trouble. It never fails to give imme diate" relief in the worst Oases. Evans Women Drink With Impunity. A few years ago a woman who drank cocktails, punches and various other alluring beverages of the intoxicating kind would have been put down at once as low and depraved. The only women who dared to drink openly were those who belonged to that half world which defies publio opinion. To-day the sight of respectable wo men drinking intoxicants is such a common one that it has ceased to ex cite comment. In the country and small towns where the up-to-date woman has not yet made her appearance, the woman who drinks is still looked down upon; but in our large cities, especially herc in New York, it is quito tho thing-for women to drink mw and everything they fancy; aud they aro considered temperance cranks and decidedly old fashioned if they have any scruples about so doing. Go into any of our first-class restau rants and cafes, at almos? any hour of the day, and you will be surprised at the number of women there who are drinking intoxicants in a very matter of fact way. Not only does this ap ply to women more or less off color, but to those of evident respectability. Tho truly refined, sweet, modest wo man may uot be inoluded among thoso who thur, upculy challenge criticism, but it is u luce, none the less, that re spectable women of good standing do drink liquors in these public places. At one table you will soe two wo men who have been shopping; tired out, they have stopped in to rest, get a bite of lunch and something to stimulate them, before resuming their attaok on thc dry goods stores. At another table will be a couple of fin de si?cle girls, well to do, perfectly respectable, but so accustomed to the use of stimulants that two or three drinks apieoe leave no apparent effects upon them. During thc day tho respectable wo men who drink are not usually accom panied by men; probably because the men are busy raking and scraping the money together which pays for the drinks; but at night, in the early evening and ufter the theatre, it is the commonest thing imaginable to see restaurants crowded with men and their wives and taeir sweethearts or women acquaintances eating and drink ing. PECULIAR IDEAS OF PBOrBIETY. Such are the pee u r ar ideas of pro priety among Americans that a young man who escorts a young woman to. the theatre deems it incumbent upon him to invite her to a supper af terthe play and in many cases the young wo man orders a drink with as muoh sang froid as a man would. Among the better cisss c? people a young woman is generally . ?companied by a chape ron, but if the ohaperon be up-to-date she also drinks a cocktail, cordial or wine, as the case may be. It doesn't seem quite so bad for a married wo man to join her husband in a drink or two at a little supper after the theatre, but it does jar on the nerves some what to see young girls drinking as if they considered it eminently proper and fitting. What wonld our grandfathers have thought of this state of affairs? Can you imagine our grandmothers coming to life and ordering a gin fiz or a creme Yvette? True, the woman of fifteen, twenty or more years ago may have occasion ally drunk a glass of wine at a dinner party, but until reoent years a woman who drank intoxicants exoept on such occasions was looked npon with hor ror and spoken of with bated breath as one who was prancing down the way that leads to destruction at a very rapid gait. If, once in a while, a woman felt the need of a stimulant she at least had the decency to drink within the con finos of her own home. She did not hie herself forth to parade her appe tite for liquor before the publio. Sooial funotions have had much to do with fostering the drink habit in women. Of late years it has been the fashion to have ?hnge bowls of deli cious iced punch, etc., at dances and other sooial affairs. After a giri has danced until she is wat m and tired it seems perfectly natural that her part ner should offer to get her a glass of the delightful beverage, which she drinks with avidity. Men aro generally thc originating agency for the drink habit in women. Out of twenty women who uso intoxi I cants, nineteen of them would never have thought of tasting them if some man had not first persuaded them to try a driok of some kind; aud yet those same men are the first to raide a howl about a woman who drinks too muoh. HOW THE HABIT OBOWS. I At first women never like the taste of beer, whiskey or brandy. Sweet wines, champagne, and especially mixed drinks, appeal to the feminine palate, and the growth of tho liquor habit has been very marked since the introduction of the seductive cocktail, strained punch, milk punch, etc. Beer is the least harmful of all intoxi cants, as it contains a comparatively small percentage of alcohol, ando in some cases has dono a great deal of good when used in moderation by thin, weak aud nervous women. But the trouble is that once a woman learns to like a stimulant of any kind she can not bo satisfied by sticking to the least harmful one. She wants to sam ple them all, and usually winds up by preferring the one which will do her system the most harm in the shortest time. So common is drinking among wo men now tbat many ostensibly reputa ble, but unscrupulously, people make a specialty of catering to it. For in stance, in ujore than ODO fine candy store you can buy sugared grapes, cherries, etc., filled with brandy or cordials. These are intended for use at the theatre. The men go out be tween thc acts to get drinks, but thc women carry theirs with them in can died fruits. It's much more conven ient than crowding in and out as thc men do, though if they progress as> rapidly in the drink habit thc next five years as they have in the past five, we may soon expect to see men and women going out together between the acts and sauntering up to thc bar arm in arm. Hot Water Remedies. Hot water is so simple a remedy, and so easily obtained that its value is not half appreciated. It is one of the best restorers of nervous energy, it rests the weary, and it relieves'pain, not only as an outward application; but as a remedy to bc taken internal ly. A sudden and wearing attack of coughing often needs immediate at tention, especially in consumptives, and those chronically ill. In an em ergency, that ever useful remedy will often prove effective. It'.is much bet ter than the ordinary cough mixtures, which disorder the digestion and spoil the appetite. Water, almost boiling, should be sipped when thc paroxysms comes on. A cough, resulting from irritation, is relieved by hot water through the promotion of secretion, which mois tens the. irritated surfaces. For the trying cough, hot water is also excel lent, as it promotes expectoration and brings relief. When one has a sudden attack of indigestion it is a good plan to take a cup of hot water as nearly boiling as can be borne. Persons suffering from dyspepsia-, '?ill find a relief by drink ing a cup of hot water on rising in the morning. When one comes home at night af ter a fatiguing day, nothing is more restful than bathing the head uud back of the neck with a towel wrung out of water as hot as can be borne. It soothes the nerves and rests body and brain. The same treatment re lieves a nervous headache as nothing else does. When one is overheated and there is a rush of blood to the head, a hot towel applied to the face and head is a groat relief. In the heat of summer this same hot towel refreshes and cools the skin, and.'gives it a feeling of lightness and comfort that oold water never gives. Having a Great Run on ehamoerlain's Conob Remedy. Manager Martin, of the Pierson drug store, informs us that he is hav ing a great run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sells five bottles of that medicine to one of any other kind, and it gives great satisfaction. In these days of la grippe there is nothing like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to stop the cough, heal up the sore throat and lungs and give re lief within a very short time. The sales are growing, and all who try it are pleased with its prompt action. South Chicago Daily Calumet. For sale by Hill -Orr Drug Co. - If is asserted that one hundred million people lived and died in Am erica before Columbus's discovery. Priokly Ash Bitters eures the kid neys, regulates the liver and purifies the bowels. A valuable system tonic. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - The government has decided to allow no more Indians tb leave their reservations for purposes of exhibi tion. J. B. Clark. Peoria, 111., say?, "Sur geons wanted to operate on me for piles, but I cured them with De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve." It is infallible for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits. Evans Pharmacy. Why You Should BECAUSE They Beautify, Protect ant BECAUSE PAfelAN PA.RS Adhere to woo.1, tin, i roi: BECAUSE PARIAHS PA8N .Arc guaranteed not to ci BECAUSE PARIAN PAW \ rc not affected by salt BECAUSE PARIAN PAIN Are not affected by amine BECAUSE PARIAN PAIN Produce a high gloss, co most durable Paints e gallon guaranteed. Sol F. B. Found Four Mountain liions. "Twice in my life, up to live yearB ago, I had felt my hair?crawl," said the prospector; "but as to its standing on end; I didn't believe such a thing possible. 1 was knocking about in the mountains of Idaho with a part ner, when I went out alone one day to pop over some game for the dinner pot. I had gone a milo or more from the camp, and had deoconded to the bot tom of a ravine to get a drink of water, wheu I turned thc top of a fallen tree and ran plump against as pretty a sight as you ever saw. On a grassy spot, in thc full blaze of tho sun, lay four mountain lions, fast asleep. For half a minute I thought them dead, but as I stood staring with my mouth open, every one of thc four sprang up with a growl. L ha'1 a Winchester in my hands, but I could no more have lifted it to my face than I could have uprooted the mountain. The first sensation I had caught mc in thc ankles, [twas a numbness, as if my feet were asleep, and it traveled up ward until I stood thcro like a block of ice. Only my bran? was left clear. On top of tho numbness came a feel ing that I was breaking out with a rash. Then the hair at tho back of my neck began to curl and twist and craokle, and a minute later every hair on my head was on end. I had on a soft felt hat, and I am sure that hat was lifted up an inch or two. "As to the lions, they stood there, head-on to me, and sniffing and growl ing -ind switching their tails, and had I moved but a finger they would have been on me. Ldidn'tmovc, because I couldn't; I don't believe I moved an eyelash for three minutes. By and by one of the beasts dropped his tail and whined. My unexpected presence and queer appearance mystified him. His actions were followed by another, and ten seconds later the four made a sneak down the ravine growling and whining us they went. They had been gono a minute beforo I felt my blood circulating again, and perhaps it was another minute before I could move about. Then 1 found my hat on the ground at my feet. There wasn't a breath of wind down there, i and if my hair didn't lift that hat off my head, how did it leave it? I know the hat was pushed off. I know it because when I got back to camp my hair hadn't yet flattened dov/n, and when my chum rubbed his hand over my head there was a craokling as of a rabbit running through the dry brush. This state of things continued for two days, and the way I finally got tho scare out of the hair was to rub on about a pint of coon's fat and heat it at the camp fire."-Chicago Inter Ocean. Beating the Railroads. There was a man iu town yesterday who told of a new scheme he has just worked to beat a railroad. "A friend and myself wanted to como from Oma ha to Kansas City. He said to me: 'You buy you a ticket only to the first station and I will show you a good trick.' I bought the ticket, as re quested, while my friend bought a ticket for the full distance at the regu lar fare. We took a seat together in the train. The conductor came around took up the tickets and put a punched train check in my friend's hat, indi cating that he was ticketed through to Kansas City. When the conductor got out of sight my friend took his knife and split the card. He put half into my hat'and the other into his own. Both 'splits' looked like a regu lar check, and I carno right on through without paying any more fare. We divided the saving, which was moro than $2 each." It has been demonstrated repeatedly in every State in the Union and in many foreign countries that Chamber lain's Cough Remedy is a certain pre ventive and euro for croup, lt has become the universal remedy for that disease. M. V. Fisher, of Liberty, W. Va., only repeats what has been said around the globe when he writes : "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family for several years and always with perfect success. We believe that it is not only thc best cough remedy, but that it is a sure cure for croup. It has saved thc lives of our children a number of times." This remedy is for sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co._ Buy Parian Paints ! 1 Preserve your property. TS t, galvanized iron, stone <>;. til". TS .ttck, chalk, peel, rub off nor blister. ITS water or sea breezes. ITS mia, carbonic, sulphurous or other gases ITS vcr perfectly, are the handsomest and ver placed upen'?the market. Every d only by G PAYTON & CO. joinesiomacnand violertr Inn action. ASK, THESE f They will Tell you if tel [noTaTall disagreeable. 1 [And as a cure for Indi?esTior), kConstipa?lor), Kidney ? ^Disorders if fe ur>^ \K excelled, yw Evans!Pharmacy, Special Agents. DENTINTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. ?*- Oas and Cocaine used for Extricat ing Teeth. STATE OKSOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERHON COUNTY. Jiy H. ?. H. Nance, Judge of Probate. Whereas, J. L. Jone H has applied to mo to grant him Letters of Ad ministration on Hie Estate and effects of Suh'.njV. Jones, deceased. These are thnrelbre to cite and admon ish all kindred and oroditors of the said Hu Him V. Jones, deceased, to ho and ap Eear ho to re me in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the.lOth day of February. 1U0O, aller pub lication her oof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand thia liOth day of Januarv, VMM). R. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judes. THE MEUSE ll? ?DD STEEL BEIM PLO? Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. GET ONE AND TRY IT, and if you are not pleased with it bring it back to us and we will cheenully REFUND YOUR MONEY. They turn the land where others have failed. See the work of our TORRENT CUTAWAY HARROW. It turns the land like Turn Plows, and is the best Harrow for the farm that has ever been placed before the American people as a labor and time-saver. Come in and we will be glad to show it to you, and show you the work it does. If you contemplate buying a Cutaway Harrow don't fail to see this one before you buy. lt is only about two-thirds as heavy to pull as the common Cutaway Harrow. We have a full and complete line of all kinds of Agricultural Implements, Hardware, Machinery Fittings, And everything usually kept in a first-class Hardware Store, and our prices are right. We have a large stock of 8HOT GUNS, SHOT, POWDER, CAPS empty and loaded SHELLS, and everything connected with the Sportman's, equipment Remember to come in and see us when in the. city. BROCK BROS. THE PLACE FOR BICYCLES. SUNDRIES, ETC. Have your repairs done by them. They do first-class work, and guarantee it. THOMSON CYCLE WORKS, THE BICYCLE PEOPLE. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ "The Best Company--The Best Policy." THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LUE INSURANCE GO., : OP NEWARK, N. J. > Thin Company baa been in successful business for fifty-four years; has paid policy-holders over $165,000,OOO? and now has cash assets of over P $67,000,000. It issues the plainest and best policy on tbe market. After TWO > annual premiums have been paid it ?n?i>? VTPPO ? 1. Cash Value. 3. Extended Insurance. 5. In can tea- ? ? ? "r. I ~ Loan Value. 4. Paid-up Insurance. taMlkfr. Also Pal s Large Annaal Dividend?. j Mt M. MATTISGK, y 4 otate ?gent for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C., over P. O. ^ i S?u Resident Agent for FIRE, HEALTH and ACCIDENT Insurance. T " O < S P H as s E o 2r_> ss? z og -sag si O 3 ffl 5 2 * S > H Si H-H 8Scl Sr?O ?? ^ a I ? fi m 0 BOYS' STEAM LAUNDRY ! The Most Complete and TJp-to-Date Laundry in the State. Every Machine the latest improved, and designed to do most perfect work Under the superintendence or an experienced Laundryman, with a oorpa of skilled assistants. Every piece of work carefully inspected, and no sorry work allowed to pass from Laundry. PRICES LOW. Quality of work unexcelled. (Jive us a trial. . AV. F. BARB, Business Manage?. Ltocated at rear of Pant's Book Store.