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B?LL ARP "Bill Differs with Do Atlanta Cc "Prove all things and hold fast that which is good." Science is doing that, but it seems to mo that the mod ern doctors attach too much impor tance to a germ theory. They arc trying to cure all sorts of diseases by exterminating germs, microbes, bac teria and other invisible infusoria. Maybe they were not intended to be exterminated hut are a part of thc economy of nature. There are botts in a horse's stomach and WOIVCH in a cow's back and fleas on a dog for some useful purpose, and 'it may be that these invisible germs arc a necessary part of our organism. Wc cat thom in food and drink them in water and breathe them in thc air. but still I reckon there are a poisonous, infec tious kind that do produce disease and pestilence.. I was ruminating about this from having read in a Lon don paper an account of thc experi ment now being made by thc British Medical Society to discover the true eause of malariain tho Pontino marsh es that for centuries has proved a slow and certain death to the poor peasantry who work there and havo to work there to making a living. These Oampagneau marshes lie adjaoont to Rome and cover a territory twenty five miles long and ton miles wide and are wonderfully productive, giving three crops a year, but the malaria soon pales and sickens the strongest men, and they have to stop thoir work and go to thc hills to die. To discover and remove the cause has been tho problenrof the ages. Three hundred years before Christ these marshes were solid land and thc Appian way was built upon it. Slowly and surely the water encroached upon thc land and submerged it, destroying the Ap pain way, thc aqueducts and arches. Julius Caesar and Augustus Cosar spent immense sums to drain them, but without avail. They were finally given up to tho labor of the slaves, and Pliny tells of one man, Cecilius Claudius, who owned 4,Uti of them, all males, who worked there and were not allowed to marry. Thoir cruel fate was to work out a brief life and die. About 125 years ago Pope Pius VI made another effort to drain the marshes but failed, and since thea all efforts and all hope has been' aban doned. But now a new theory comes up be fore the scientific school of medicine and has agitated the [medical savants all over the world. It is claimed that a malarial climate does not produce mosquitoes but that mosquitoes pro duce malaria, and it is their bites or stings and suction of the blood of the peasantry and thereby ir-^ulating them with poison and produoing ma laria that eventually wastes the life away. This theory han found'.many .-strong advocates in London and Paris and Berlin, and now they are prepar ing to prove it. The English govern . ment is having a wire gauze house built, and it is to be placed in the i middle of the Pontino marshes, and - two English physicians have volun teered to live in it for a year or more and test the effeot of the climate se . cure from the mosquito. Jnst think -of that! Living in a wire gauae house Tight in the midst of the most noxious miasmatic climate in the world, and - ail for the sake of ociooco and human dty. If they prove their theory then ?they will cease to use quinine for the 'malaria but build wire houses and wear wire cowls or hoods over their heads and fenoe out the mosquitoes and turo their next attention to exterminating them. They say it is a big thing, financially, for there aro two million aeres in those marshes and will bs worth if they succeed a thousand dol lars aa aere, and that makes two thou sand million dollars for Rome and the pope. But still I am dubious. I don't be lieve the mosquito introduces malaria into the human system. His probo sois draws ont blood but puts precious little in. The germ theory has be come a scientific fad and has not yet been proven. The doctors all went mad about Pasteur and his inoculat ing vims, but that has subsided and we never hear of it now. Folks are too ready io believe any new thing. Appendicitis raised a mighty rumpus for a while and every siok man imag ined he had it, and it mnst be out off, . but the disease is now doubted and noa *\9 the knife sissiest sfessdesed. Just so folks take up with new doc trines of politics and religion. Dr. Vance, of Nashville, said not long ago thai if a shrewd, smart men withs lively tongue waa to declaro that it Was necessary for salvation that a man should jump off the roof of a house opto the pavement bs would find fol lowers who would bo jumping all over the country breaking their arms and legs and necks on this new road to /heaven. What upon earth theso Mor mon elders and pros?lyte? expect to accomplish is a mystery to me, and I ctors .A.bo ut BacillL institution. am amazed that any person with com mon sense can be foolod by them. They ought to be scourged out of this country. They break up the peace of some families and give nothing iu ex change but 'a spurious, contemptible religion that is an insult to our Maker and the Christian religion. They are religious tramps and I rojoice when I hear cf thc people driving them out of the settlement with whips and stonc3 and thresh poles. I've been knowing and watching these Mormons for fifty years and never know any good of then?. I don t care anything about their faith or thc book of Mormon that that old fraud, Joe Smith, pretended he found uodor a .stone, but I want them to keep out of this country and let our ignorant and credulous folks alone. Speaking of germs, a philosophic friend writes that thc doctors have now located them in tho oar cushions and church pews, tho scats in the theater, tho air in crowded assemblies and evon the poor Behool toaohors with consumptive chests have boon exclud ed [from tho schoolrooms for fear of breathing the germs of disease into tho pupils. He says that everything is impregnated with baotoria save money. In an old dollar bill wo find all tho fragrance and all the fetor of creation. Wo accept it from tho lady's stocking, f rom tho sower eleanor's nasty pocket, from the saobee of the belle and the garliokly claws of thc un washed Dago. It is Dover rofused. It baa boen through every phase of nasti ness and when we tako it from some foul, filthy, rancid wretoh reeking with deadly bacteria, do wo pause to think of the danger? Never; it is Mammon. Oive us moro. Thc germ dootor will tako it from a filthy leper's hand or from a dirty Italian in hell's kitchen. This'dollar has beon in tho grogseller's mangy pooket and at tho course and the bawdy house, but is all right-it is money. But the last phase of tho fight is be tween mosquitoes and miasma in the Pontine marshes-which is causo and whioh the effect and I'll wager roy dollar that those two doctors will dio within two years. "The postilenoe that walketh in darkness" is nota mosquito. They are s nuisance, au affliction, and so are fleas and flios-and ants and roaches and many other little pests which are here for a purpose aad try our patience. Mosquitoes used to annoy me, but they don't now. The law of compensation has come to my relief. I have beoomo quite deaf in one ear and so I can tura the good ear down on the pillow and toll the mos quito to blow his little horn and sing his little song if he wants to. My skis is so tough he can't bore a bolo in it, and so I defy him. _ BILL Aar. Blood Pele?n Cured by B.B.B.-Bottle Free to Sufferers. Deep-seated, obstinate cases, the kind that have resisted doctors, hot springs and patent medioine treat ment, quickly yield to B.B.B. (Botan ic Blood Balm), thoroughly tested for 30 years. Have you muououB patches in the mouth, sore throat, eruptions, eating sores, bone pains, itching skin, swollen glands, stiff jointe, copper colored spots, chancres, ulceration on the body, hair and eyebrows fall out ? Ia the skin a mass of boils, pimples and ulcera? Then this wonderful B.B.B, speoi?o will completely change the whole body into a clean, perfect condition, free from eruptions, and skin smooth with the glow of perfect health. B.B.B, draina tho poison ont of the system so the symptoms cannot roturo. At same time B.B.B, builds np the broken down constitu tion apdiraprovee the digestion. So sufferers may tost B.B.B, a trial bot tle will be given away freo of charge. B.B.B, for sale by druggists and Hill Orr Drug Go. and WilhTte & Wilhite, atti perlar6e bottle, or6 large bot tles (full treatment) $5. Complete di rections with each bottle. For trial bottle address Blood Balm Go., 380 Mitchell St.. Atlanta, Ga. .Desoribe trouble and Free medical advice given. - Loving wife: "What would you do if I should die?" and she laid her fair while arms around his neck, look ing, oh, so tenderly into his eyes. "Well, really, darling, I hadn't thought of it-but I presume I'd have to bury you." J. T. Hood, Justice of the Peace Drosby, Miss., makes the following statement: "I can certify that One Minute Gough Coro will do all that is claimed for it." It cures all throat and lung trouble. Evans Pharmacy. - As a rolo there is more happi ness, more genuine satisfaction and a true life, and more obtained from life, in the humble cottages of the poor than in the palaces of the rich. Bishop J. S, Key wrote: Teethtna (Teething Powders) was moro satisfac tory than anything we ever used. - The prime of life in aman of regu lar habits aad sound constitution is from thirty to fifty-five ye&rs of age; of ? woman, from twenty-four or twenty-five to about forty years of age. . i W. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by tho ladies of the W. C. T U. of Anderson, S. C. fledge Keeping. MUH. .1. K. HABNKV. "I, thc Lord thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee."-Isa. 41:15. On Saturday evening I was to lead a Gospel temperance meeting. The hall was up-stairs and tho windows wore open. The music carno floating down to us cn thc street, and a hush seem ed to have como upon everything around us, as tho words, "Homo, home, sweet, sweet home," rang out clear and distinct. Standing und^r tho window, his face upturned, was a man with thc unmistakable signs of a drunkard upon clothes, face and form. I watched him, and as thc melody ceased, his face went down into his hands and he groaned aloud. I put my hand upon his arm and asked, "What is it, my friend?" He answered, "'Tis them words, ma'am, them words, 'Home, sweet home' I had a home once, but I lost it and everything else, through drink." I invited him to go up to tho meet ing. He thanked me and said his slothes were not fit; but I finally con quered, by urging that it was a long flight of stairs and ho oould help me up. brtriog the hour, my thoughts went to lim and my words were for him. At tho closo I read over the pledge und asked bim to sign it. "Oh, lady, I wish I could, but it'r no usc; I'd break it right off, and I shouldn't like to break your pledge/' "Listen," I replied, "here are some words just for you: 'I, the Lord thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee.' " "Where did you get that, lady, would you mind reading it again?" I opened my Bible to Isaiah 41:13. He read and re-read tho verse, then said anxiously, "You see how my hand trembles, lady, do you s'pose I oould write my name if God held my hand?" "Obi yes, I am sure you oould." "Dd you s'pose I'd ever take an other glass of liquor if God held my hand?" "Never, unless you took your hand out of the Lord's. Ho never lets go of anyone." A new hope carno into his eyes and a manliness to his face, as, straight ening himself up, and holding out his right hand, he exclaimed, "I've tried a good many times alone, now here goes for God and me, and we will see what we can do." His name went down upon the pledge, and we knelt, asking God's help and strength. That was years ago, and he has kept his pledge. My friend, will you sign it to-day, and ask God to hold your right hand? Inebriety of Yong Ven . Dr. George a. ^icui?uuaui, ui ?uua lo, contributes a suggestive paper to the "Quarterly Journal of Inebriety," in whioh he states that there is some evidence that inebriety amongst American young men is increasing, partly attributable, he thinks, to the "club" life now fashionable among the wealthy classes. He believes that the desire for alooholio drinks is muoh more easily acquired between the ageo of seventeen and twenty-five than in later life, and thinks that "if ine briety has, up to now, been compara tively unoommon in youths, it - has been beoauae the ouotoms of society have made indulgenee comparatively difficult;" but he adds that "these are rapidly disappearing, if they have not already disappeared, and drunkenness among young men seems to bo increas ing." Surely there is an orgeat call in this for a revival of the old-ti mo method of pledge signing and a total abstinence crusade among the young. Paid It in Hurry. , Some years ago a woman was return ing late at night from asocial fono ttbn down at the lower end of tho Old Colony railroad? She took to the track | as tbs shortest way home, bntiu cross ing a small trestle above the country road she made a misstep and in falliug broke her neck. The next day her ? husband called o a tho superintendent, and while not appearing to be very deeply grieved over hi? loss, yet he felt that ho waa entitled to some com pensation for the untimely ending of his wife. "She waa trespassing," replied the superintendent, 1'whioh relieves the company from all responsibility." ' "I know it," replied the man, "but she was a good woman about the house, and I hardly know what I am going to do without her." "Well, on what baals will you set tle?" ??ci? OC "About 121 should say." "Bo yoo think a dollar a foot ts too muoh?" The superintendent nearly fell from hts seat. Upon recovering he paid the mao $12, which he charged to his owo account, as he felt that the ex perience was well worth the price. Boston Globe. . - A mao with a miod for statistics has computed that over sirty-fivo j quadrillions of people have lived on ; the earth since the beginning of time. lu Cuse of Hums. Many lives arc lost every year through ignorance of what to do for persons who arc severely burned. A little knowledge of what to do before the dootor comes will prevent muoh needless suffering and often save lives. Tho information in this article is given by a surgeon who has made many hurried calls to fires to render aid to the injured. He said to mo when I asked him what was the best thing to do for burns: "Many times a person's clothing is ignited from tho flames of a gas stove or carelessly dropped matches. Tn such cases the person is usually a wo man; not that womeu are more care less than men but their flowing house gowns aro moro easily ignited. The majority of women, when they find their clothing in flames, will start to run away from thc danger. "Such a procedure is quite likely to prove fatal. If the person is alone, a quilt, rug or portiere, or any large wrap, should bc thrown about the body. Then, by lying upon tho floor and rolling over, the flames oan be quickly smoothed. If simo one is near at hand to give assistance, so much tho better. In any caoe, -the first thing to do is to seo that every spark of fire is extinguished. That duty performed, the clothing should be removed from the burned portions of the body. Thero aro many lotions that will relieve the pain. The one main point that should be kept in mind, however, is to keep the air from the burns. "Nothing is better than flour to protect the burned surface from the air. Make liberal uso of the flour and cover every part of the body that the fire has reaohed. When this is done, cover the patient with wraps, protect him from all drafts and when the doo tor comes he will dress the burns. Almost any kind of oil is excellent, except, of course, kerosene and simi lar oils. The very best oil that can be applied is linseed. This oil, mix ed with lime water, forms carron oil, an old remedy for burns whioh has been in use over 200 years. Immedi ately upon application carron oil forms a false skin or Aim over the burned Burfaoe, whioh effectually prevents the air from reaobieg the injured parts. Collodion is also an excellent lotion to apply to bums. This pre paration is antiseptic, and also a dis infectant. It keeps the burns abso lutely clean, free from air, dirt and microbes. "Not long ago, ,in one of the city hospitals, silver foil was used as a covering for burns. Of course, the foil served its purpose very well, but ia most households such an artiole is seldom to be found. And even if ithe foil is obtainable, it is rather difficult to properly apply it. "Paraffine or wax candles can ?bo melted and poured over tho barna. This quickly, hardens and fouma a coating through whioh the air cannu* penetrate. This treatment also re-1 iieves the pain. Care should be taken I that ?hen melted and ready to pour ? on the injured parts it is not too hon. One argument against the use of par affine is that it is removed with diffi culty. "All these remedies are merely pre liminary precautions taken before the arrival of the doctor. In cases whore the burns are extensive I should ad vise the application cf flour or linseed oil. Keep the injured person ats quiet as possible, and . ont or the air, and1 send for the doctor at onto. Where the burns are slight, and the doctor's services are cot required, the carton oil or collodion will " piev't excellent remedies. It would be a wise pre caution to have a bottle of either lo tion at hand. Where a paftioat.is suf fering from inhalation of smoke, heat ed muk will aid is reviving him."T St. Louis Republic* THO VACANT CHAIR. VTbcn the little family circle ts broken and we alt sadly locking ?pop Ike Vacant chair, we think of the we might have don? to keep tba],. with va. Why not think of these now before it is too lato? Is lt a J ina- and hard-working mother will ell her strength end efforts for t well-being and happiness? letti fragile elster; or a weak and ai' Tty. to ?ive her the tender ?rei Oo not let her ftfia twa* for went cf ear nest effort to pr?serve end restore her. A? Ohio lady. M ?t?by ?pjjn .< Pierce, of BuiMo. O?? ovarian tumo: eefttntet-death, t*e,<s when _ eeteatSNrtx . hud sotten aw fal swen before sbe L . Tm*3 io but oae of i etaneca in which this matchless ' t?on " hos restored. _ ?nd purification to the _ organza a? to dispel every possible trace of abnormal or dangerous condition? with ont resort to surgery or chullor o?m< ' methods. Vof every form of female ness and disease It fe ?he supr?me * designed for this ode purpose and no other by an educated ikiliful physician of ex traordinary experience ia this particular field of practice. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant relicts cure coneti pation. At alt medicine atores. the news about oil sta been perfected so that any stoves made for co safety, beauty and cc most economical stove thc most comfortable iu It burns the same oil lamps, at a cost of one for a burner. Makes odor. Sold iib ali sizes does not have them, wri STANDARD OIL SPECIAL ?ALB OP PIANOS AND ORGANS. FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Will nell any of the following High Grade PIANOS and ORGANS at prices aa low as can be obtained from the Manufactu rero direct 2 KNABE, WBBEK, ?VEHS & POND* CROWN, WHEELOCK, LrAKK SI*>R and RICHMOND. Also, TOE ? BOWR, BSTKYantJ FABB??? m YMEY ABGABiS. Prospective pu rab cute rs will find it to their interest to call and inspect my Stock or write for prices. We ale? represent the leading makes Sewiaag Machines t At Rook Bottom figures. Respectfully, ? THE C. A. REED MU8IC KJUSE. BLOOD TELLS. Yea. ft is tb? indu to health. If TOO ba?e ted blood yon ora lut et y to learn tait, voa have Eheumattum, ooo of tho most horrible dJaetm to wbleb mankind I* heir. If this dtsaaso tua Joetbpgan it?-work, or ? S yaw fa JV o boen ooioMS for years, yo* a hould ott noaa *?k?i th? ?ladilfllfapir task RHEUMACIDE. -r jLuu?&mj?a?uvo ucTjncurei*. Ttts Spring la * tba bert Urne to toke ? rhoumatte remedy. I Naturo will then aid ta*nBcdidn& la eSee ting &penaanont.constitQtioDal ?ore. Peo ?e ?Uta bod blood aro sabjoct to catarrh. dlgcstlj?D, and many ethe?? dlocasca. To be healthy tba blood must bo pare. KHEV M ACUDE la the Prince of blood purifiers. D. 8. VAHOrVHB. K. P. VABMV?B. J. J. M&ion. MMBMa? DEALERS IN Bne Buggil Phaetons, Surreys, Gageas, Harneas tapJBobes and Whips, HighCr?ad?F??t?Maeys? Baggingfend 'Sics. ONE) hundred fina nair Boggles Just reoslved. Come and look f-hrougb them. 2^ W^N^ ?M?* Wt .w right if yon need one. Car load "Blrdspli" Wagooa ori hand thebeatWa^ns built, '~ '"" Cut White Hipitoty Wagons to arriva soon. Yours, for vehicle*, \M vAHpry^iBa?3?. A MAJOR. I have a considera! lier of small unpaid Accounts on my books. l am notifying each one of amount due, and unless paid X am going to place them In ?beer's?and for col* lection* J. 8. rOW?EB. JW?,,!?? M. ? ? A?D3ESOH, 8. C., May M" 1?* dotson Water. Light and Power Co, wllil beheldatUralroffl^intbe.Oityof An damon, on the thirdTuesday in June ISiva f Alease b^reaaniifn^Sott or by proxy. S. M. OP.H, Pr?sident, BC?y 16, im 47 ? Don't yon know ires? They have they now ?quai oking efficiency, mvenience. The you can use and hot weather is thc Hove you use in your half cent an hour no soot and no i. If your dealer teto .COMPANY. ? Few Things Necessary to make a . . . GOOD COTTON HOE. A PERFECT HOE should have a straight, well-sea oned handle, made of the best grade selected timber. The blade should be made of a high qoality of steel, perfectly tempered and properly sharpened. The shanks should bo of the same high quality of steel, and so fitted into the handles as to make their pulling out, from ordinary usage, impossible. All Hoes should be set to exactly suit the purpose for which they are intended. To find a Hoe that fully meets all of these requirements we invite you to come and inspect our line. Men, women and children will here find a Hoe to suit them. All weights and sizes are com prised in our mammoth stock. HST Please bear in mind that weare the only dealers in this section who boy their Goods in solid car lots, and hence are in a position to name such prices as cannot fail to make it to your interest to favor us with your pa tronage. BARGAINS m Yon Don't Believe It ! WS are not going to make prices here for they are so ridiculously low you would not believe it, bat if yes weald Isspeis cur low prices sad do j?iir?eti a kindness como and see, what we say ia trae. We will show yon. prices on some thing?, regardless of ike advancing prices on almost everything, that is lower than ever before known in the City of Anderson. If not, wo will pay you in cash for your trouble. How is that I Now is your chance to boy at low prices and save your cash. Percale*, Serges, Lawas, Calicoes, Etc., at Cut Prices. Let them go. Short profits nod quick sales for spot cash does the work. ?OTaranteed eale on GLASSWARE if you see it. T IN WARE, bought direct from factory No better prices bought at than wo boy. Oom?, giva us a look. It don't coat anj thing A big lot ot FLOWER POTS to arrive in a fow days. - KING Btt08., BARGAIN STORE, Two Doora from Post Office. ?pr when yea go to get your 8eed to get fresh ese* ^ ap seed carried over &3@l?$&ye&?. Tours? F. B. GI^YT&N & CO. Hear the Post Office. :T?ie Farmers Loan I Trust Co. PAYS INTEREST OW ?MEPOSTITS. tflr No deposit too smalt to receive careful and courteous attention. tat Ch?ldren'o deposits especially invited. J. R. VAWBIVJER. CaaM?r. . BUY A FROM ?mm mmm. Iff yon want* P^RFJSOT BAKING STOVE, and never burn on tho bottom. Th*re is ?o SfcoVoon thelaarltet tn?t can equal it in durability and evett baking on toland bottom. ASso/iull line of And at u/icca tri<heat? the band? Your trade solicited, SOBE T. BOERISS.