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FRAUDS USEE Times "When ttie De J usti A Physician in th The late Phineas T. Barnum knew just what he was talking about when he said the American people love to be humbugged. No one knows this better than the physician who comes into such inti mate relations with tie private life and feoliiigs of the people. The stren uous life that we live to a large ex tent makes us an artificial people that is to say, we live an unnatural and unreasonable life. The American, with his push and business, thinks that money and persistence will accomplish anything, and if he gets an ?iche or pain, or even a serious ailment, he rushes to the doctor and wants to be cured in dou ble-quick order. The consequence of this state of affairs is that the doctor is compelled lo humor his pati ent. If he has some organic trouble the doctor has to treat him: like a child, pet him and scold him, and resort to all sorts of devices to make him take the necessary rest and medicine to ef fect a cure. On the other hand, if there is really little the matter with the patient, he still has to be humor ed. In nine casco out of ten he be comes indignant if he is informed that his trouble is trival; he insists that it is serious, and must be treated accord ingly. I do not wish it to he inferred from this that physicians resort to willful deception. They may ?frequently be guilty of harmless little practices which do no one harm and often give the patient great pleasure and relief. On the whole, I dd not know of any body of men who are more devoted to the noblest traditions of their profes sion than the physicians of this gen eration and this country. Hence it must' not be assumed that the relation of the little incidents and anecdotes that follow are meant to be frivolous at the expense of a class of men who are worthy of the highest reverence. They are intend ed to illustrate soms curious little phases of human nature. One morning a millionaire came to my office. I knew the man and was aware of the fact that he had recently inherited a large sum of money. For more than forty years of his life he had been a man of the greatest indus try. He labored early and late and did more physical work than usually falls to a man in his condition of life. Daring all these years he enjoyed per fect heath. When he unexpected!? came into the possession. of this fortune he changed his entire mode of life. It did not take him many years to un dermine his good health. When he carno to me he had an unhealthy oom plexioe, and was evidently ia tbs throes of indigestion; but ho had made a study of his own oase and was satis fied that he was a'fit subjeot for apo plexy. No doubt he would have been in time; but at this stage of the game he was only at the first stages of eur national disease. "Come, my man," he said, is tones of authority, "I want your best judg ment in this ease. I've got the mon ey and want to be cured.*' I ventured the suggestion that a little dieting might improve his con dition. But he flew into a rage and said if I could not understand the seri ons nature of his osse he would have to go elsewhere. Then I got down to business and smothered my conscience by assuring myself that my method would be best for the man in the end. I made a thorough examination, looked grave, Bod told him that his* oase was seri ons indeed; in fact, I looked so grave that the man became thoroughly alarmed, and offered mo fabulous fees ?if l eonid only effect a euro. I made no pretence of giving him medioincs and then prescribing a daily routine whioh I trusted would chango his condition. First I told him that automobiles would be fatal in his ease, hst his .nervous condition wai ?wrought up to snob, a state that he lould not stand the strain. What I really wanted was to loree un to take more exeroiae. I told Mm leave Ms home at 6 o'clock every orning and walk two miles lo a eer n country place, where he was to ok a quart of spring water. Ho listened to my advise humbly, greed to take the medicines-that I reaoribed, but begged me to out oat he two mile walk to the spring. I ro sed to do so, and he consented to oliow my advi?o literally. This kept P for three months/and at the end of it time he was in perfect health. To thia day he. is impressed with ta belief that I cured him of a seri us organic; trouble. Why should ) BY DOCTORS. ception of ^Patients is fiable. e Chicago Tribune. I had another patient-a woman who insisted that ehe was troubled with some serious organic ailment. I knew better, and told her so, and she threatened to employ another physi cian. In order to satisfy her I made another examination, and then told ber that the only remedy for her trou ble was elcctrio treatment. "Will it be severe?" ehe inquired, in a voice that suggested fear. "Yes," I said, in a serious tone, "it will be severe, very severe; but it will be effective, and after four or fiva treatments you will bo entirely cured." "Well," she replied, "I am glad of that, but I won't take it to-day. I'll come here to-morrow afternoon and receive, the first treatment." And Bbc went away all in a flutter. About 2 o'clock the next morning the telephone bell rang, and when I answered it I found my woman pati ent was at the other end of the wire. "Oh, doctor," sho. exclaimed, "it will not be necessary for me to como to your office this afternoon. That pain has left me altogether. "Altogether?" I inquired. "Yes," she said. "I h ?ve not felt it sinoe I left your office yesterday afternoon. Tho punishment fitted the orime. I know that her ill was only imaginary, and that the suggestion of a drastic remedy would make her forget it alto gether. One of the greatest difficulties that physicians experience is in the collec tion of bills. When a person is in need of a doctor he or she is usually in great need of the medioal man. For the time being they feel entirely help less and throw themselves upon tho mercy and learning of the physician. .Their gratitude at the time is often intense, but as soon as the patient recovers this feeling seems to dis appear, and BB time goes on they actually begrudge the payment of their just bills. This does not seem to be confined to any special class of persons. One might think that poor people were thc worst pay, but the condition is exact ly the reverse. I have had several wealthy patients who only paid their bills after being threatened with a lawsuit. Indeed, the average man will pay hin whiskey bills, his gambling debts and even go to the seashore for a vaca tion that he does not need, and yet at the .ame time hold up the doctor, who needs the money just as muoh, if not more, than any of the trades men with whom the patient has busi ness dealings. If the doctor insists on being paid for his services he is denounced as a "brute" and an "in hUui?B fii&?.' But the successful doctor must be a philosopher as well as a man of medi cine. He must be willing to give and take, and, if possible, to constantly look on the bright side sf life and of humanity. Not long ago I attended a little ohild that was threatened with typhoid pneumonia. It was a case that re quired careful nursing more than medioal treatment. Something with in me told me that if the child once contracted the dreadful disease it would prove fatal. My work was lo ward it off. As a consequence, I had to give the ease careful and constant attention. ?f?U that " visit pf once ur twice a day wonld not suffice. So I deliber ately sat down at the bedside .of that ohild and remained with it for tWo days and three nights. The only in tervals were for two boura eooh after noon, when I made a hasty visit to my more .urgent oases. At the end of my, visit to my vigil tho danger point had been passed, and within forty eight hours the ohild Was well and ont of bed. I do not claim any special credit for my notion in this case. I oao't say that it was dictated solely by a love for humanity, although that figured in ii quite extensively; but it waa more like a passion; it was a desire to con quer the disease. The ease absorbed me wholly. I determined to save that life st. any cost, and I am glad to gaythat I succeeded. It ia not too muoh to say that 60 per cent of the physicians of my acquaintance would do tho same thing under the lame circumstance o. A doctor's work is never done. He i ti tho servant, tho slave, the martyr to humanity. His ..condition under nay circumstances ia not one to be envied. When he begins his practice -and hangs -out his shingle, the ven tura sooms like a lottery. If he fails to/get patients and is not able to l uiid up apraotioe, he is the most forlorn of men. Ho has nothing else to turn to and ' has to vote himself a failure. ' ? If, on the contrary, he is successful, Belmont and the locomotive engineers understand the new questions, impor tant and almost unexpected problems, are at hand justifying the most care ful consideration. In addition to tho industrial, or eco nomic, and the scientific features of this sudden expansion of electrifica tion, there is ?\so the financial feature now so intensely occupying tho atten tion of some of the greater capitalists of New York. The oountry does not understand the enormity of the capi tal, fixed and even floating, that was created by the commercial use of elec tricity in other fields than that of telegraphing. At a rough estimate it is probable at least one-half of the capital represented by the steam rail way systems of the United States. At tho present rate of increase it will within ten years probably far exceed tho capital now represented by the railway systems of this country. All of this is practically new wealth and it is in excess of thc amount of thc money capital of the world of a hun dred years ago. The capitalization, now using thc word in the narrow sense, but in thc broader meaning, of this uso of oleo trinity is now under way involving the services of men who have gained high repute as expert financiers. In this city and vicinity this capitalizatior represents finanoing aggregatin withit in the past five years something lik< $500,000,000. The changes that ar? now in contemplation in and nea New York will involve finanoing with in the next two years aggregatini probably not far from $150,000,000 So that it is seen that finance, soienoi and tho leaders in the field of indue try are working slowly but sure!; aad on the whole wisely toward th perfect consummation of the age o electricity. -a> Squared. A card sharp swallowed a fish bon and was choking when a physicia reaohod him, says the New Yor Times. In a very short time the do? tor removed the bone and the gambh asked gracefully how much he owe for the service. "Fifteen dollars," replied tho ph: sician without the sign of a blush. "What!1' exclaimed the shar] "You weren't working a . minut That's an enormous fee." % "My dear siri" responded tho ph; sician, with professional dignit; "that is not the way to look at i You must consider the years of pra tice necessary to acquire my skill." The sharp had the bill to pay. Several weeks later the sharp wi on a train out of the oity and the do tor was in the same car, but he d not recognize his former patient. Tl sharper was working several of b little tricks with the boards and 1 finally induced the doctor to play, wi at last was $30 out. "Here," shouted the doctor, whi he raw his roll disappear. "Yi haven't given me any show at a You got that money out of me by simple twist of the wrist." "My dear sir," responded the sha soothingly, "that's no way to look it. You should consider the yea of praetioe necessary to acquire r. skill." The dc?t?r looked the sharp o\ curiously. Then he smiled faint and blushed as he said : "Can't y give me back $15 of that and oall square?" ' A Wife's Rights. Without inviting discussion of tl thorny question, I may say that i own opinion is-supposing anybo wants it-that a husband's rights s what he can get. My view of a wif< rights is the same. Whether it wise for either party to get all that (or she) ean ?? i question ef ezps ency, to be deoided according to c oumstanoes and individual inolinatii ! The governing prinoiple of the si ation is that when two people ride 1 same horse one must ride behind, both desire to ride in front either < must give way or they will fight ont. In this fight one or the otl I may be so knocked about as to hi j no heart left for the enjoyment of i front seat. Or the weaker VCSE while resigning herself .to the bi seat, may yet make the front one uncomfortable that the occupier's ! is a misery to him. The question, therefore, wheuevi conflict of rights arises, is whet the front seat ia worth fighting abc and if so, how long and how hi Some people prefer the back e< Many who would take the front oboioe would rather give it np t) have a ror/ aboutit. They don't ways lose so much aa one might thi Mr. Weller, the elder, When his i broke hie pipe, stepped ont bought another; and a great man of opinion that this, if not philosop wa? "avery good substitute for i -Henry Labouoher in London Tiri . - Barbed wire isn't appreciated a candidate who ia on the fence. - A woman likes to jolly her 1 band by telling him he is working hard. - There is no reason why s trail ened circumstances should mak man crooked. Saved bj Sel F-Cou! roi. The dinner was just finished, and several officers were sitting round the table. The conversation had not been animated, and there came a lull, as tho night was too bot for small talk. Tho major of the regiment, a man of fifty-five, turned towards his next neighbor at the table, a young sub altern, who was leaning back in his ohair with his hands clasped behind his head. Tho major was slowly look ing the man over, from his handsome face down, when, with sudden alert ness, and in a quiet, steady voice, he said : "Don't move, please, Mr. Caruthcr. I want to try an experiment with you. Don't move a muscle." "All right, major," replied the sub altern, without even turning his eyes ; "hadn't the least idea of moving, I assure you. What's the game ?" By this time all thc others were lis tening in a lazily, expectant way. "Do you think," continued thc ma jor, tsd his voice now trembled a lit tle, "that you oan keep absolutely still for say, two minutes, to save your life ?" "Are you joking ?" "Quite the contrary," was thc quiet reply, "move a muscle and you are a dead man. Can you stand the strain?" The subaltern whispered "Yes," and his face paled slightly. "Burke," said the major, address ing an officer, "pour some of that milk into a saucer, and set it on the floor here just behind me. Gently, man. Quiet !" Not a word was spoken as the officer quietly filled the sauoer, walked with it around the table and set it down where the major had indicated. Like marble sat the young subaltern, in his white linen olothes, while a cobra de oapell snake, whioh had been crawling up the leg of his trousers, slowly raised its head, then turned, descended to the floor, and glided to wards the milk. Suddenly the silence was brokeu by the report of the ma jor's revolver, {.nd the snake lay dead on the floor. "Thank you, major," said the sub altern, as the two men shook hands warmly^ "you have saved my life I" "You're weleome, my boy," replied tho major, "but you did your share." -Yroung People's Paper. The Doctor Enlightened. Representative Livingston, of Geor gia, repeats a story that was told him by a physician on duty at a hospital in Atlanta. One day there entered the hospital a young oolored woman badly bitten in the neok just back of the ear. The dootor who dressed the wound said to the patient : "It perplexes me to determine just what sort of an animal bit you. This wound is too small to have been made by a horse and too large to have been inflicted by a dog or a oat." The oolored woman grinned : "Sho', dootor, it wa'n't any animal dat bit me, it war a lady, sah I" - It makes a woman pretty mad tc have the telephone out of order when she wants to oall somebody up and tell her how furious her neighbors are over her new hat. ltaliau vs. Negro. The Greenville Reflector calls at tentioQ to the importation of Italian laborers in the eastern part of this State. It says : "It looks like tho negro is in a fair ^sy to be supplanted by a better eiabs of labor. The New Bern Journal recently told that because of failure to get hands to work oe a railroad be ing built from New Born into Paniili co county, 25 Italians were brought down from the north to work on the road, and they arc making good hands. The Kinston Free Press also tells that the contractor putting in water works there could not get enough hands, so sent to New York for 50 Italians to put on the work. These experiments with Italian labor will be watched with interest, and if they prove euc ccs&ful will be followed by other im portations. It is said that Italians make splendid farm hands, and those who have come South to engage in farming have done well. This may prove a solution of the scarcity of farm labor." There is much significance iu the above article, and if the Italiau should prove to be profitable substitute for the native negro who cannot, or will not work, it is more than likely that the chango will be general throughout the agricultural section of the State. -Asheville Citizen. ?HAT IS CATARRH I Hyomei Only Guaranteed Cure for this Common and Disagreeable Disease. Hyomei cures oatarrh by the simple method of breathing it into the air passages and lungs. It kills the germs of catarrhal poison, heals and soothes the irritated mucous mem brane and effectually drives tl-.is dis ease from tho system. If you have any of the following symptoms, catarrhal germs are at work somewhere in the mucous mem brane of the throat, bronchial tubes or tissues of the lungs. offensive breath stop-rage of tho nose at dryness of the nogo Dight pain across the eyes aching of the hedy pain In hack of head droppings lu the throat iain In front of bead mouth open while tendency to take cold sleeping burning pain In throat tickliog back of tho hawking to clear throat pal te pain in the che?t formation of ernste in a cough tho nose stitch in side dryness of tho throat losing of llexb lu the morning variable appetite loss of strength low spirited at times spasa B of coughing raising of frothy mu- cough short and hack '.'Oiia lug! expectorating yellow cough worse nights and matter mornlugs difficulty in breathing loss in vital force frequent sneezing a feeling of tightneas huskiness of voice across the upper part discharge from the nose of tho chest Hyomei will destroy activity of all catarrhal germs in the respiratory or gans, and in a few weeks the cure will bo complete. This is a strong statement, but Evans Pharmacy emphasizes it by agreeing to refund your money if Hyo mei does not cure. --- - Count de Staylate-When I WBB a youngster I used to ring door bells and then run away. Miss de Hunt And now you ring them and stay. - Who ever heard of a teetotaler going a fishing ? ?- A girl saves her graduating essay to show her children, and a boy his batting average. - When a girl is jealous it is a sign she will oome pretty near fooling you I into believing she is not. FUR MAN UNIVERSITY, Pre. Courses leading to tho degreeB of Bachelor of Artw (B. A.) and Ma?ler of Art (M.A.) Library Heading Room. Laboratories. Large and Comfortable dormitories Expensen reduced to ?Minimum. Next session begins Sept. 14. For room? apply to Prof. II. T. Cook. For Cata - logue or informatica address The Secretary of the Faculty. ? .. . ... . --".?- -- II. mmm ???<; Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Framing, Shingles, Lime, Cement, Lathes. Brick, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mantels, Turned and Scroll Work, Devoe's Faint, Lead, Oil, Turpentine, Hard Oil, Glass, Putty, Etc. EVERYTHING THE BUILDER. rou TUE IMPORTANT INVESTIGATE when ir need of any kind of BUILDING MATERIAL. See me. If I don't sell yoi: I'll make the other fellow SELL YOU RIGHT. W. L. BRISSEY ANDERSON* S. C. 2> REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. We offer for salo the following desirable property, situ ated in this and surrounding Counties. Nearly all of these, places have good improvements on them. For full part icu ulara as to terms, location, &c, call at my office. 50 acree, two miles from city, un improved. House and Lot, 6 acres, near city limits, very deoirable. 1 acre, with new dwelling, in city limits. I H acres, near city limits, cleared, no improvements. 200 sores in Fork township, on Till aloo River, two dwellings. 400 acres in Oaklawn township, in Greenville Co., half in cultivation, 5 tenant dwellings, 50 aores of thin is in bottom land. 700 acres in Hopewell township, on Six and Twenty Creek, 300 acres in cultivation, 2 good residences, G ten ant dwellings, 40 acres in bottom land. Hi acres in Garvin township, on Three-and-Twcnty Creek, good dwell ing, barn, &o. 200 acres in Center township, Ooo I nee County, 100 cleared, balance well timbered, well watered, good mill Bite with ample water power. 133 acres, in Pendleton township, well improved. Berry place, Varennes, 87* acres. 437 acres, Pendleton township, tea ant houscB and dwelling. 145 acres, Evergreen place, Savac nah township, 150 acre? in Savannah township*,, well timbered, no improvements. 000 acrcB in Hopewell township. ISO aores in Broadway township,^ improved. 230 aores in Fork township, on Sen eca River, good dwellings, &o. 800 acres in Auderson County, oa\ Savannah River. 96 acres in Lowndesville township Abbeville County. 84 acres in Corner township. 75 acres in Oconeo County. 75 aores in Picken? County. 152 acres in Rock Mills township* on Seneca River, 2 dwellings. 700 acres in Fork township. 50 acres in Macon Co., N. C.,t2t}* miles above vYalhalln, on road to Highlands. All the above axe desirable Lands, and parties wanting good homes,'-r.'; low prices, can Kelotfrom Ile abovo and call for further particulars. Novr* is the time to secure your homes for another year. JOS. J, FBETWELL, ANDEKSON, S. C. . CH 0 % P $ ? CC g. Ba 0--S ? &j 0 < H H w < O ? ?S * Hi M _ ? rrj O g Q * 00 Cd M > .s > 4 M H S rrj > g o ?ft e o ts a t Dii?i?Qflt PhoQuOot DnotTI This Establishment has been Selling: IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. During all that time competitorar have come and gone, bat we have remained right here. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those long years we have not had one dio satiafied customer. Mistakes will sometimes ooour, and if at any time wer 'oued that a customer was di?B?tibuea we did not rest until we had made hirts satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and we can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence of the people of this section. We have a larger Stock of Goods this season tuan we have ever had, and we pledge you our ^crd that we have never sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit aB we are doing now. This un proven by the faot that we are selling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont seotion. Come and see us. TOUT parents saved money by baying from us, and you and your ohildren oan save money by buying k^re ito. we earry EVERYTHING in tho Furniture line?. Cs. fr. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street. The Old.Reliable.Fur ni ture Dealer? THOUSANDS SAY THAT McClure's Magazine Is the beat published at any price. Yet it is only 10 cents a copy, $1.00 a year.. In every number of McClure's there are articles of intense interest CL; ^ subjects of the greatest national importance. Six good short stories, humorous stories, stories of life and action-and* i always good. In 1904 McClure's will be more interesting, important and entertaining;: thar. ever. "Every year better than the last or it would not be McClure's. THE 8. s. MCCLURE COMPANY, 623 Lexington Building, New York, N. Y NOW IS THE TIME For Overhauling Carriages and Buggies so aa to have \ them ready for set vice in pretty weather. "We have a tine lot of material and plen ty good, reliable help, and will do {our beet to fplease with repairs on all vehicles. PAUL E. STEPHENS 5 BANNER 8'? ? vq th? most healing salvo In the world. CITY L0TSF0R SALE. SITUATED on and near North Main 8tr*et? Five minutes' walk Cou rt Honsev Apply to J. F. Olinkacalea, Intelligencer ot fl oe. _ Notice to Creditors. ALL persona havlntr demanda agatha? the Estate of I). 8. Maxwell, deceased,, are hereby notified to present them? properly proyen, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and1, those Indebted to make pavment. MRS. KATK B. MAXWELL, Ex'x, June 22, 1904 1 3 fj^Mkttf?' if GS*. 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World's Fair St. Louis, *?> VIA ?s?r SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Best Line, Choice nf Routes, Through Pullman Sleepers and Dining Cars. ' .r ??: Stop-overs allowed at Western North Carolina Summer Resorts and oth er points. Low Excursion Bate Tickets on Sale from Anderson to St. Louis and return as follows : >'l Season Tickets.136 10 Sixty-day Tickets... .30 10 . Fifteen-day Tickets. 24 65 For full information or World's Fair Literature, apply to any Agent Southern flail way, or * R. W. HUNT, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C. W. IE. McQEE, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga.