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HIGH COLLARS. Pressure of the Wearing Apparel Causes Many Diseases. Literary Digest. That a stiff collar may press against the pneumogastric., or vagus, nerve to such a degree as to cause serious symptoms such as the loss of strength, neuralgic pains, nausea and even anesthesia, is the belief of Dr. F. B. Brubaker, as stated in the Medical Mirror (St. Louis). People who habitually wear high collars without experiencing any of these ill effects may be surprised to learn the harm that this seemingly innocent article of haberdashery can wreck. Says Dr. Brubaker: "It is a noteworthv fact that all The more important vital structures of the body are safeguarded from injury, encased within the bony walls or hid den under layers of muscles. "The important functions of the pneumogas'cric nerve render it neces .ary that in its passage through the neck it should be protected from in jury. We therefore find it enclosed within the same sheath as the caroti-d artery and placed between the artery and internal jugular vein, lying pos terior to both. By this provision the nerve is placed between fluid on eith er side, this arrangement providing a degree of elasticity uncommon in nerve protection. "The effect of compresion on s-ruc tures in this locality was shown to the ancient writers on medicine, ut the phenomena observed were ascrib ed to the artery rather than the nerve. For instance, i-t was noted then, as now, that pressure on this part of the neck was followed by a sensation of want of air, by deep and laborious breathing, rapid heart primarily, to be afterward retarded with L ,netimes a sense of sinking over -The precardial region. Continu ing the pressure occasions a deep seated benumbing sensation in the head, as if one were about to lose consciousness. Gastric symptoms, amounting to nausea, etc., even vom iting, may arise with lasitude, lan guor, lowness of spirits and want of repose, remaining for an hour or 'two then .gradually wearing away. It will thus be seen that pressure over thec arotid artery in the neck is fol lowed by various sympf6ms." After describing several cases in which these and similiar symptoms seem to have been caused by wearing high, close fitting collars. Dr. Bru baker reminds his readers -That they also accompany many diseases, such as those of the lungs, in which disin tegrationt of the pneumogastric nerve 'is a feature, and he asserts that we are warranted in believing that irri tation due to prolonged pressure may act in a similiar way. He goes on to say: "Believing tha-t collars extremely high and tight might 'become an ex citing cause of irritation to this im portant nerve in certain cases, and being stimulated :o further research along this line by the experience of myv patient, whose dificultv was un doubtedly caused by continuous pres sure upon this nerve by his collar, I believe it to be the cause of at least transitory symptoms in such. people as bookkeepers, writers, pro fessional men and o:hers whose var: ous callings require constant stooping and bending of the neck. It is not necessary to suppose in support of our argument that irri ta:ion or pressure must be direct and immediate upon the pneumogas tric, the nerves supplying the inte gumen-t of the neck and the overly ing skin being at least simply sup plied by nervous energy, which com municates with the pneumogastric. All iritation and all pressure, there fore. when of sufficient degree, must become reflected thereon to the det riment of the sufferer." How Jefferson Shook Hands. In an article on "The Season's Plays and Players." in The New Idea W\oman's Magazine for October. oc curs the following anecdote concern ing Joseph Jefferson, of whom it au pears there is always forthcoming one more: "There is nothing," says the writer, "that a good-humored au dience enjoys more than a curtain call and probably nothing that is more of a tax on the ingenuity of an actor or play-wright. Wilton Lack aye, the critic, tells a good story about the late Joseph Jefferson, who carried with him a speech of the can ned varie',, which he edited for th occa;ion, adding or subtracting ti suit hs audience. Once when he wa playing to a Smith college audienc he wound up with: "When I look over the footlight and see all your bright and interest ed faces. I feel as if I would like t lean over and thake hands with ever one., WX hen lie retired io the wings Lack aye inquired how often Jefferso could manage to shake hands with face. Jefferson was quite overcom< He had been making the speech fo thirty years without discovering th difficult contract he was bidding foi Did he change it? No, indeed. I pleased the audiences and he wa never called upon to perform 'cha feat in Japanese jugglery." THE COLD OF 1816. Queer Weather That Came In "Th Year Without A Summer." The year of 1816 has been calle "the year without a summer." Th Boston Congregationalist of som years ago gave the following accoun of it: January and February were mild March was cold, April began warm but ended in snow and ice. Ic formed an inch thick in May, an fields were planted over and ove again till it was too late to replan June was the coldest ever known i1 this latitude. Frost and ice were corn mon. Aimost every green thing wa destroyed. Snow fell to the deptl of ten inches in Vermont, seven ii Maine, three in the interior of Nev York and also in Massachusetts There were a few warm days. It wa called a dry season. But little raii fell. The wind blew steadily from th north, cold and fierce. Mothers kni extra socks and mittens for the! children in the spring, and woo< piles, that usually disappeared dur ing the warm spell in front of th house, were speedily built up again Planting and shivering were done to gether, and the farmers who worke< out their taxes on the connty road wore overcoats and mittens. On th 17th of June a heavy snow fell ii New England. The cold was intense A farmer who had a large field o corn in Tewksbury built fires aroun< it at night to ward off the frost Many an evening he and his neigh bors took turns in watching them~ He was rewarde-d with the only cro) of corn in the neigh-borhood. Considerable damage was done i New Orleans in consequence *of th rapid rise of the Mississippi rive: Fears were entertaned that the su was cooling off, and throughout Nev England all picnics were strictly prc hibited. July was accompanied wit] frosr and ice. Indian corn was near1: all -destroyed. Some favorably situ~ ated fields escaped. August was mor cheerless if possible than the sumi mer months which preceded i Ice was formed half an inch i thickness. Indian corn was so fro zen that the greater part was cu. down and dried for fodder. Almos every green thing was destroyedi this country and in Europe. On th 3th snow fell at Barnet. forty mile from London. Very little corn ripen ed in New England and the middl states. Farmers supplied themselve from corn produced in 1815 for seet in the spring of 1817. It sold at fror 4 to S3 per bushel. September furn ished about two weeks of the pleas antest weather of the season, but i: the latter part of the month ici formed an inch thick. October ha< more than its share of cold weather November was cold and snowy. De cember was comfortable, and th winter following was mild. Ver: little vegetation was matured in th eastern and middle states. The sun' rays seemed to be destitute of hea during the summer. All nature wa clad in a sable hue, and men exhibit ed no little anxiety concerning zh< future of life. Bees As Pets. Chicago News. Few household pets are so inter esting and give so little trouble as those which Miss Baden-Powell, sis ter of the General of South Africa11 fame, keeps in her London drawing room. These are none other than swarm 01 bees, living in a hive whici Miss Baden-Powell has designed for their special use. In it the observe: can watch the laying of the eggs by e young and all the other wonderful Re activ:ties of the insect commonwealth. S Through a little aperture in the wall e the bees find their way to the outer world, where They seem to have no no S I difficultv in finding foo-I for hone . tic Miss Baden-Powell also keeps a iam- se 1 ily of canaries in a fir tree on the: :i y stairway. The birds have the range rei of the whole house, but will immedi ately fly out of 'he room when told Ni n that they are not wanted. ot] REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. r e City Property. $4500.00 17 acres, new dwelling 7 tj room, 5 tenant houses. Partly in city s limits. t $i,io Five roorn cottage, Renwick street, 1-2 acre. $i,1oo Five room cottage with 2 acres land. High Point. $1,450 Five room cottage with 1-2 e acre lot Renwick street. $3.ooo Ten room dwelling one acre Johnstone street. an $650 Four room cottage 1-2 acre, us, e High Point. e $3,ooo Eight room house 3-4 acres, t Adam and Wheeler streets. $3,ooo Eight room house, 1-2 acre, N G Friend and Coats streets. , $?--- One tract of land containing ho e 21 acres, one six room dwelling house, th four cwo-roon tenant houses, stables, to] r barn and etc. (Cheap as dirt) Har rington street. 1 $1,850 One four acre lot, eleven be two room tenant houses, partly in the rei s city. Rents for $22.00 per month-. to 1 $1,300 The McK. Hutchinson to 1 land, Vincent street. (Ask about this.) cu, 7 $65 Two lots, known as the Floyd an and Purcell lots. S $2,2oo Fine residence on Drayton ho 1 street. sol Farm Property. t $1600 115 acres land,'i mile east of r Kinards on main public road, 1-4 mile to school. Good dwelling and tenant houses, $3,000 300 acres, near Jalapa. Mc i Whiter place. $2,324 288 acres, near Pomaria, Wilson place. $ro,4oo 1,300 acres, 12 miles from New.berry. 1 Rowland G. Spearman & Co., Newberry, S. C. Phone 200. WORK BY A Newberry Steam Laundry Co. (schedule in Effect April 16, 1905.) Lv. ewbery So. 52. Daily. Lv..Newber................12.36 p. mn. -Ar. Laurens ...... ... ...i. 5 p. m No. 2. Daily. Lv. Laurens............... 50p. mn. Ar. Greenwood............ 2.46 p. mn. Ar. Augusta............... 5.20 p. m. Ar. Anderson............ 7.10 p. mn. No. 42. Daily. Lv. Augusta......................... 2.35 P. mn. 1Ar. Allendale....................-- .. - 4 30 p. m. Ar. Fairfax.. ..... . .................... 4.41 p. mn. A ~r. Charleston......................... 7.40 p. mn. tr. Beaufort......................... 6.lC p. mJ r. Tcrt RCyal............... ...... 6.40 p. mn IA r. Savannah... .................... 6.45 p. m Ar. wavcross ............. .............. 10.oo p. mn. tAr.T ack~ onvile.................................. 'I] No. 1. Daily.I Lv. Laut ens. ... . ...................~. 2.o7 p. mn Ar: Spartanburg ... ......................3.20 P. mn. No. 52. No. 87. Daily. Ex. Sun. Lv. Laurens............. 209 p. mi. s.oo a. mn. Ar. Greenville.....------3.25 P. mn. 10 2oa. mn Through Pullman Car Service be twveen Augusta and Jacksonville, Fla. p0: C. H. Gasque, Agt., Laurens, S. C. Geo. T1. Bryan, Gen'l Agt., Greenville, S. C. -Ernest Williams, GI. Pass. Agt., Au- Ra gusta. Ga. T. M Emerson, Traffic Manaer. duced Rates For Your Summe Vacation via Southern Railway. The Southern Railway compan w has on sale summer excursio kets to a great many mountain an ishore resorts. Until September 3 !se tickets will be on sale daily goo urning until October 31. rhe following rates will apply fror !wberry to a few of these pointi ier points in proportion: ~hick Springs, -. C., $4.45. )aluda, N. C., $6.oo. rryon. N. C., $5.60. Flat Rock, N. C., $6.30. ake Toxaway, N. C., $9.30. Iendersonville, N. C., $6.40. Brevard, N. C., $7.90. ksheville, N. C., $7.05. Jot Springs, N. C., $8.oo. Nalhalla, S. C., $5.6o. seneca, S. C., $5.20. :sle of Palms, S. C., $7.90. ;ullivan's Island, S. C., $7.90. For rates to other points, schedule i stop overs, etc., phone or call oi J. P. Sheely. Agent. OTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. qotice is hereby given to the stock lders of The Pomaria Oil Mil: Lt by order of the board of direc -s a neetnz of the stockholder I1 be held at the said mill at ;'. ria, S. C. on the T3 day of Septem - 1o o'clock a. m. to consider o;ution to authorize the presiden borrow thirteen' thousand do:!3. the Pomaria Oil Mill, and to se -e the same by executing its bon I mortage of its franchises an< >perty, real and personal. All stocl er:, are urged to be present in per i or by proxy. Ben. M. Setzler, President. SEAE AIR LINE NORTH - SOUTI Two Daily Pullman N Between SOUTH FIRST-CLASS DIa The Best Rates and F Via Richmond and Norfolk and Stes Nashville, Memp~ Louis, Chicago, N Points South and Soui and Jacksonville ai and Cuba. PoSSITIVELy THE S NORTH A misFor detailed informati man reservations, etc., ap board Air Line Railway, o1 Passenger Agent, Colum't C. F. STEWART, SAVAN1 W. L BURROUGHS,Tra SOUTH ERE THE SOUTH'S GREA TEST UNEX CELLED DINING CA] THROUGH.PULLMAN SLEE LAINS. CONVENIENT SCHEDULES WINTER TOURISTS' RATE: nts. EFor full information as to rates, ilway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUlS Hiss Hattie McIver 1avell (B..f o MnS l00116,1Pclii, Va.) Pupil of Virgil Piano School of New York, N. 'Y. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. 1 Studio over Mower Go.'s Store. School Opens September Ist, 1905. Special Attention to Beginners. Dr. R. M. Kennedy, DEINTIST. Newberry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL BANK. Best Mineral As S phalt Roofing. C. H. CANNON, Near G., N. & L. Depot Newberry Gollege SEMI-CENTENIAL YEAR. Courses in S Science, Classics, - Philosophy, and Engtnearing. Thorough Collegiate Training under positive Christisn in fiuences at a minimum of of expense. c Next Session begins Sept. 27. - Address JAMES A. B. SCHERER, President. IOAR D - RAILWAY. I -- EAST -- WEST. restibuled Limited Trains and NEW YORK. ING CAR SERVICE. ~oute to all Eastern Cities Washington, or via mers.-To Atlanta, his, Louisville, St. ew Orleans, and All thwest-To Savannah id all points in Florida [ORTEST - INE BETWEEN ND SOUTH. on, rates, schedules, Pull piy to any agent of The Sea -Jos. W. Stewart, Traveling >ia, S. C. IAH, GA. v. Pass. Agt. Columfbia S C lRAILWAY 3YSTEM. 1 SERVICE. PING CARS ON ALL THROUGH ON ALL LOCAL TRAINS. Sare now in effect to all Florida routes, etc.; consult nearest Southern T, Division Passenger Agent, Charl.eton. S. C.