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OLD SE L DOCTORS Ignorance of Physicians of the Eighteenth Century. TORTURE FOR THE PATIENTS. Every Ailment Beyond Diagnosis Was Classed as a Fever, and Pills, Plas ters, Burning and Bleeding Were the Regulation Remedies. The proverb "The remedy is worse than the disease" must have been coin ed in the eighteenth century, when physicians treated their patients with a violence that bordered on assault and battery- It was held that sickness was some kind of a demon that must be overcome by pills, plasters, bleeding and burning, and if the patient inci dentally got the full effects of the tor ture and died, so much the worse for him. Air and water were considered the most dangerous things for a sick person to have, and his misguided de mand for them was interpreted as a sign that he should have still less. The windows were shut and the cur tains of the four poster tightly drawn around the recumbent unfortunate gasping for breath. If he burned with fever the blankets were piled on him. A desire for water meant that he could have none, while a lack of appetite proved that he ought to be stuffed with food. A bath was positively un thinkable. The deadly results of breathing "night air" were accentuated by med Ical writers, says S. G. Tallentyre in the Cornhill Magazine. All air was bad, but the night quality often prov ed fatal to "young ladies of beauty, fortune and great merit" and to "young gentlemen of parts and breeding." One bold medico recommended that a bed chamber should be ventilated-in the daytime. Another dared to suggest that consumptives might benefit from sleeping in a pure atmosphere. The rule for ablutions was "hands often, feet seldom, head never," but a physi clan~ far In advance of his age sur .mised that invalids might bathe their feet in warm water once a week and under extraordinary circumstances take a warm bath once a month. Overeating and drinking caused many of the diseases of the. upper classes. Montesquieu said that dinner killed one half of the Parisians and supper the other half. Everywhere it was the custom to pile the table with roast beef, mutton, capons. boars' heads, pasties. creams, stut tgs and mincemeats. A fearful repast-of twelve indigestible cour3es was brought on all together, so that the diners knew what was expected of them. A large break fast of small beer and meats preceded the gigantic midday meal, when people enjoyed a Gargantuan gorge for three hours and spent two more in Falstaff Ian potations. After this the gentle men joined the women for a dish of tea in the drawing room, and it was not long before the whole party of hu man anacondas returned to the dining room for a supper on the cold rem nant -f the dinner. Amid this orgy of gluttony Walpole and Voltaire were distinguished for an abstinence that prolonged their lives. Heavy drinking was universal and rarely reprimanded by medical men, as by Dr. Tronchin- One Dr. Cheyne advised women not to take a whole bottle a day. Another authority wrote a popular treatise in which the bestI means - of attaining longevity was stated tobe abottle of .wineatdinner and three glasses after. Those who fol-' lowed such advice were in danger of being dubbed temperance cranks. A story is told of the celebrated and con vivial Dr. Garth, who was tipping bumpers at the Kit-Kat club when re-' minded that his patients needed at tention. "'Tis no matter," said Garth, already half seas over, "if I see them or not. Nine have such bad constitu tions that all the doctors in the world can't save them, and the other six have such good that all the doctors in the world can't kill them." A physician named Brown became the pet of fashionable women by al ways prescribing pleaant remedies, "a glass of wine in the forenoon from time to time," "several glasses of port or punch after dinner till some enliv ening effect Is perceived from them." Together with Inordinate quantities of liquor and food, Dr. Brown recom mended to his male patients the com pany of "delightful young women." One of the natural consequences of .sa'ch an agreeable regimen was the 'gout, for which eighteenth century high livers took seas of liquid medi-] -nes, mountains of pills and bins of powders. Any disease beyond diagnosis was put down as "a fever." Whether ty phus or typhoid, scarlet or gastric, non contagious or violently infectious, any thing which caused a rise in tempera ture was sufficiently described by the term fever.,- Smallpox, scurvy, spotted and jail fever were maladies distinctive of the age. Disinfection and first aid to natures were never dreamed of, while the patient was dosed with hor rible drafts and nauseating compounds and bled on every possible occasion. Louis XIV. was bled nine times for scarlet fever. Bleeding killed the Duchess of Tremouille and her hus band. When a mob attacked the Duke of Bedford's house In 1765 the doctors remedied the outrage by bleeding the duchess next morning. A young man who fell against a marble table and cut h, head open was treated by hav ing . few pints of extra blood drawn from his veins by an expert surgeon. Blistering was esteemed next to bleed ing. -A fashionable remedy for con sumption was ~mash of raw snails, shells and all, ta-en from a spoon. Many little lives have been saved by Foley's Honey and Tar, for coughs, colds, crops and whooping cough. It is the only sate retnedy for infants and children as it contains no opiates - in other narcotic drugs, and children like Foley's Honey and Tar. Careful moth ers kieep a bottle in the house. Refuse substitutes. Bobby's Reason. Little Bobiby was saying his prayers at his mother's kne-', but so rapidly that she asked him why he did not speak more slowly. "Because, you know," he replied, "It would keep all the other children wait ing."-Lippincott's. Pointed. Lady (at railway statiori, to porter) Now, porter, are you sure I have all my luggage in the traint. Porter-Yes, ma'am. Lady-Nothing left behaind? Porter-Nothin' mna'am-not even a copper. ma'aml-London Scraps. It Is the mind that maketh good or Ill, that maketh wretchedness or hap FREAK PAINTINGS. A Tiny Work of Art and Rosa's Trans formed Harpsichord. Specially prepared canvases and gild ed frames are not essential to the making of great paintings. This has been demonstrated by ti:c artists who have painted masterpieces on scraps of board, shells, grains of corn and the walls of rooms and prison cells. Some of the most valued art objects belong to the freak class. The smallest painting in the world of distinctive merit was executed on the smooth side of a grain of corn by ;A Flemish artist. On this limited sur face the artist painted in perfect de tail a mill, a miller with a sack of grain on his back, a horse and cart and a group of several peasants standing !n a road. The largest picture ever painted is said to be a panorama of the Missis sippi river, executed by John Banvard, an artist who died in Watertown, S. D., in 1891. The gigantic canvas was twenty-two feet high and nearly two miles long. It gave a detailed repre sentation of 2.000 miles of the Father of Waters. The largest of the old masters' can vases is Murillo's "Appearance of the Christ Child to St. Anthony of Pa dua." The picture is ten feet wide and eighteen feet high. It is related that a friend called on Salvator Rosa in Florence one day and found him playing on an old harp sichord. The caller asked the artist why he kept such a worthless instru ment. "Why, it is not worth a scudo!" the friend said. "I will wager," replied Rosa, "that it shall be worth a thousand before you see it again." A bet was made. Rosa immediately painted a landscape on the lid that not only sold for 1,000 scudi. but was ac counted a work of great merit. The celebrated St. John's Wood clique of artists in London executed a series of large frescoes in oil on the walls of the studio of J. E. Hodgson, one of the members. The paintings were begun in the winter of 1S64-5. Shakespearean subjects were chosen, and the figures were a little under life size. When Hodgson moved from his stu dio an unappreciative tenant covered the walls of the room with brown wall paper, completely hiOang the paintings. The frescoes were rediscovered by ac cident forty years afterward and re stored.-Kansas City Star. A CHARITY PATIENT. The Price He Had to Pay For Expert Surgical Treatment. The famous surgeon Velpeau was visited one day at his house during the consultation hour by a marquis renowned for his closeness. Velpean informed the marquis that an opera tion was urgent and that the fee would amount to 4,000 francs. At this the marquis made a wry face and left. A fortnight later Dr. Velpeau, while mak ing his rounds in the Hopital de la Charite, had his attention attracted by a face that seemed familiar to him. In answer to his inquiry it was stated that the patient was a footman of a nobleman in the Fauboufrg St. Ger min. The surgeon found that his case resembled in every particular the somewhat unusual one for which the marquis had consulted him a fortnight previously. He refrained, however, from making any comments. Three weeks after the operation, when the patient was about to be discharged, Dr. Velpeau called him aside and ex claimed: "Monsieur, I am extremely flattered and pleased to have been able to cure you. There Is, however, a small formality with which you will have to comply before I can sign your exeat-that is. you will have to sign a check for 10,000 francs in behalf of the public charity bureau of your met ropolitan district." The patient's face became livid. "You can do what you like about it," continued the doctor, "but if you refuse all Paris will know tomorrow that the Marquis de D. adopted the disguise of a footman in order to secure free treatment at this hospital and t'o usurp the place which belongs by right to a pauper." Of course the marquis paid.--Argonaut. The Storm Nose at Sea. The picturesque name of storm nose (Gewitternase) is given in Germany to the wave of high barometric pressure which often precedes a storm or a heavy squall. The barometer rises sud denly and then falls more gradually. It is believed that this phenomenaon is responsible for sudden changes in the level of the sea. Observations on the seas surrounding Denmark hiave led to the conclusion that the change of level thus produced sometimes amounts to no less than three feet.-Youthi's Com panion. __ _ _ _ _ The Devil's Knell. Among the famous bells of Dews bury, Yorkshire, England, is one known as "Black Tom of Soothll," which was presented to the church in expiation of a murder. "Black Tom" is always rung on Christmas eve. Its solemn tolling as It strikes the first tap at exactly midnight is known all over Yorkshire as the "devil's knell," It being the -notion that when Christ was born the devil died. - London Standard.________ Shut Him Up. Baldheaded Gentleman (having his boots polished in a hotel)-Confound It, you take an abominably long time about it. Shoeblack--Yes, sir. It ain't done so quick as when you 'as your 'air cu!-London Tit-Bits. Do you w'sh to findl out the really sublime? &depeat the Lord's Prayer. Napole'~a. You would not delay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kid ney o'r bladder trouble if you realized that neglect might result in Bright's disease or diabetes. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects irregularities and cures all kidney and bladder disorders. W. E. Brown & Co. There was not even-standing room mn the 0 o'clock crowded car, but one more passenger, a young woman, wedged her way along just inside the doorway. Each time the car took a sudden lurch forward she fell help lessly back, and three times she land ed in the arms of a large, comfortable man on the back platform. The third time it happened he said quietly, "Hadn't you better stay here'?"-New York World. Their Standard. "Say," asked the first messenger boy, "got any novels ter swop?" "I got 'Big Foot Bill's Rlevenge.'" replied the other. "Is it a long story?" "Naw! Ye kin finish it easy In two DIKES IN GERMANY. They Are Built With Great Care and ( Exactness. Wheir a dike is to be built-and they are still in places making dikes-it Is r first mapped out by the neatly sharp- i ened stakes, a long straight causeway- c leading out from shore and widening I into a rounded head which abuts on f the red line of the channel. Then a : ground sill or foundation mattress of c willows is woven and sunk at this t head and pinned down and held in place by the sharpened pegs. Then ( wattles are woven and sand filled in, y and in places rock, and then, rounding t up neatly out of the water and form- c ing a tight covering to the whole, the 0 hand squared blocks of stone are laid, c as closely as a city pavement, all over s the head and back along the neck to i the old shore. It is as permanent and t stable as the Harvard stadium, the t dike so built, and the river, abandon- t 1- the space back of the tip to slack 1 water or to be filled in with sand, s flows on with entire grace in the re- a stricted channel beyond the tip. The care and exactness with which t these dikes are made would be laugh- 13 able if it were not so successful. In a j land where hand labor is very cheap 5 days are devoted to doing what in t, America would be roughly cast by ma- ( chinery in a couple of hours. But the f result is so admirable that one re members regretfully the ugly pile dikes, the horrid fringes of the im- a proved "off channel" banks of the Mis- 9 sissippi. f Where the dikes have accomplished f their purpose and generally on the banks opposite to them the river is revetted above middle water. This, e too, is done with the hand squared V stones, and as a result the Elbe where J4 completely finished resembles a broad canal between stone lined banks, the stone rising a few feet above the wa ter, and above it the green slope of the fields or a fringe of willows. It Is all peaceful, complete and generally beau- N tiful, with at least the beauty of util Ity where it lacks that of ruggedness and wildness.-Boston Transcript. L GILA MONSTER'S BITE. t The Reptile Turns Over to Get Venom V Into Its Victim. S It was his turning over habit that e led me to the discovery as to the bite P of the GUa monster. This creature. 1i more like a short, stocky snake with e legs on than anything else, has no poi son fangs, like the rattlesnake, yet his P bite may be just as dangerous. His p poison teeth are in his lower jaw, and n the poison comes from a gland under u the tongue. If he bites without turn- a ing over the wound is not serious, but 0 If he turns over there is great danger. Dr'. Snow of the University of Kan- t sas wrote me some time ago of an ex- k perience he had with the bite of a p Gila monster. a The reptile was caught and put In a t] bucket, the top of which was covered t with pape7. The bucket was then put h in the wagon In which the doctor was f, driving. As the road was somewhat e rough, the bucket was bounced up and 0 down, and in order to steady it Dr. r Snow put his hand behind him and b took hold of the bucket, thrusting his f fingers through the newspaper cover on its top so that he could hold it se cure. Suddenly he felt the ,monster's ~ grip on his fingers. Startled and some- a what alarmed, he carefully pried the jaws of the reptile open and released himself. The wounds were such as any ordirgry bite would have made, and he suffered no more inconvenience than might have been expected. There are many stories current in Aizona and Sonora as to deaths that have occurred from Gila monsters' bites, but 'it is hard to get at the facts. Careful experiments made with ani mals show. that when the reptile bites and turns over, so that the poison ~ flows down the tooth grooves into the wound, the bitten creatures die in a short time.-Suburban Life-. A Dead Bird. Samuel Butler, the witty but eccen tric author of "Erewhon," which means "Nowvhere," and of many other remarkable and suggestive books, is now more read than during his life tirae. He died In 1902. In one of his notebooks he tells this incident, which must have amused the great Charles Darwin: "Frank Darwin told me his father was once standing near the hippopota mus cage when a little boy and girl. aged four rind five, came up. 1he hip popotamus shut his eyes for a minute.r "'That bird's dead,' said the little girl. 'Come along." t Her Lucky Nurnber. The byways as well as the highways I of church life furnish much In the ' way of wit and humor. Wha't, for In stance, could be more mirth provoking than the naive confession of the cook ~ of a London vicar who, being allowed c to choose a hymni for the family pray- ~ er, was complimented on her choice by the vicar's wife? , "What a nice hymn you chose!" said the latter to the cook. "Yes, mum; 'it's the number of myC policeman." Taking an Advantage. "Your family seem to enjoy going to Europe." "Yes," answered Mr. Cumror. "Moth- - er and the girls have observed that I am weak on getting the value of for eign money. Things are ordered and paid for before I have time to make any intelligent Inquiries as to the ex pense."-Washngton Star. Truthful. "I hadn't been talking with him ~ thee minutes before he called me an - ass. What sort of a person.1s he?" "Well, I- never knew him to tell a 2 lie." Woods Liver Medicine in liquid form regula- y tes the ihver relieves sick headache. constipa tion, stomach. kidney disorders and acts as ao entle laxative. F'or chills, fever and malaria. Its tonic effects or. the system felt with the first dose. The 51.00 bottle contaies 2% times as much as the 50e size- The Manning~ Pharmacy. Disease Sents. "Every disease almost has Its pecul Jar odor," said a doctor. "This odor helps us greatly in diagnosis. "Gout imparts to the skin a smell precisely like whey. Diabetes causes a sweet. honey-like smell. Jaundice oc casions a smell of musk. Smallpox has a very strong and hideous smelt. It is like burning bones. Measles has a smell as of fresh plucked feathers. "The fevers have the most distinc tive odors. The odor of typhus is ammoniacal; that of intermittent is like fresh brown bread hot from the oven; that of typhus is musty, recall ig to the mind old, damp cellars; that of yellow fever is like the washings a of a dirty gun barrel.I "So. you see, to speak of a doctor P scnting our disease is *not to use a c mere i5gure of speech."a EATING TOO MUCH. Ivernutrition Is Just as Harmful as Malnutrition. It is an acknowledged fact that al- n 2ost every soul of us eats too much. O 'he digestive organs are constantly vertrained and finally weakened. 7hen wisely followed, the practice of sting can be most beneficial. An ex ert on the food question has said that ne should rise from the table with tie feeling of hunger, which is an ex erience -known to very few of us. In the contrary, the majority of peo le leave the board with a sense of O urden which only an hour's siesta an alleviate. This is not so much wing 4o the fact that the food is un ommonly rich, for the rule of the - Imple life obtains now in the fash mable cuisine, but it is the quantity ~ iken. There is a large community at te present moment which fasts from reakfast time till.dinner at night. It a question if it is wise to leave the e tomach entirely without food during 11 those hours, but ther4 is no ques ton that the lighter the lunch taken ae better will be the health of the s idividual. By a "light lunch" in this istance Is meant what most people rould not -call a lunch at all-that is a -say, a few crackers with cheese t much maligned article of diet), a aw nuts and a bit of fruit or a cup o f cocoa with dry toast. Such a feast" prevents the craving for food nd in no way taxes the digestive or- . ans. Overnutrition is just as harm ii as malnutrition and is far more - equently the cause of maladies. iith judicious fasting the system re Overs its lost tone, and mental work rs would find that the brain worked rith surprising lightness, for the brain one of -the cief sufferers from over iting.-New York American. BRITISH PRINCES. 'ery4Different From the- King In Ex emption From Laws. - So:privileged is the king of England i his exemption from any and every tw that one would naturilly expect is children might do pretty much as ey like. But Englishmen have al rays been very jealous of royal per 2ages, and the fact is that princes ajoy very few privileges indeed. A rince of-the royal blood may be fined, ke any.ordinary mortal, if his motor ir exceeds the legal limit of speed. The Prince of Wales cannot be sued ersonally for debt. If the debt-is not aid the creditor may take out a sum ions, but he must summon the treas rer, not the prince. If the case goes gainst the treasurer the money is paid at of the prince's assets. No child of the king -who is under Venty-five can marry without the ng's consent. Supposing, however, a rince over twenty-five desired to marry ad the king refused his consent, then le prince could give notice of his in- Vu ntion to the privy council. After that a would have to restrain his patience >r a whole year. If during that time Lther the house of lords or the house commons disapproved of the mar age it could not take place. But if oth houses of parliament were satis ed the prince could marry the woman ' his choice. A prince has'not even the right to edu ite his own children, for it was long o laid down that the king has the ae and education of his grandchil rn while they are minors.-Londonl elegraph.________ The New York Idea. "Little boy." "Huh?" "Do you know where Broadway is?" "Say, wot youse take me fer?" "Well, where is It?'" "Aw, don't youse believe I know?" "Yes, of course, but I don't know. 'ell me how to get there from here." "Aw, youse know how." "I do not. I am a stranger. I aven't the least idea where It is." "Quit yer kiddin'." "Whereis-Broadway?" "G'wan!" "This way or that way?" "Yer stringin' me." - "Will you tell me where Broadway "Hey, Jimmy, here's a guy wot sez e don't know where Broadway Is!" ew York Times. The Brakeman's Advice. Down in Mainq is a town called urham, situated on a small branch iroad that joins the main line at urham Junction. One day as the ain approached the latter place the rakeman entered the car and in his sual stentorian tones went through is regular rigmarole when a station ad junction are reached. "Burnham Junction!" he shouted. Burnham Junction! Change cars for urnham! Leave no articles In the a! Burn'am, Burn'am!" -- Lippin The Other Course. Solicitor-And I am sure you will a nd, madam, that this is the bestc ourse to adopt in the evtent of your riendly letter failing to produce the fect we desire. Client--Yes, I see, r. Jones. If I canno.t get what I rant- by fair means, I must put the satter unreservedly into your hands. -Punh. The Magnet. . "Yes, she advertised for a husband nd got 2,';00 replies." "Gracious! She must have adver ised herself as very beautiful." "No, she didn't. She just said she ad$70- in the bank."-Iannas City ndependent. Tlherep -no substitute for thorough nigeadutadsincere-earnestness. A pill in time that will save nine is~ Rings~ sittle Liver Pill. For billiousness. sick head rhc constipation. They do not gripe. Price ic. The Manning Pharmacy. Private Theatricals. In some private theatricals a fugitive rom justice was supposed to escape rom his pursuers by concealing him elf under a table. The table was mall, and the terrified fugitive was The commander of the pursuing par y rushed on the stage and fell over he legs of the man he was searching or. Picking himself up and ludicrous' y rubbing his shins, he convulsed .the udience by exclaiming in true dra natic style: "Ha, ha! The dastardly villain has uded us again!" - Philadelphia In Don't Get a Divorce. A western judge granted a divorce on ecount of ill-temper and bad breath r. King's New Life Pills would have revented it. They cure Constipation. ausing bad breath and Liver Trouble.I 2e ill-temper, dispelecolds, banish head ches, conquer chills. 25c at Dr. W. E.l rown o. and . E. Arannt. Genuine Per Untouched Foi __ .7,cc Peruv A CAR.. OF FINE and some fine driving HORSES .st received. Come and get ur wants supplied. K C. Thomas. BANK OF CLARENDON, Manning, S C. We solicit your banking business. t isF tour ierea co aue do, tb and operation without the loss of as much custome, come and see us abut it and tell us why. If ou are com and see us anyhow. It is never too late to Interest Paid en Savings Deposits. BANK OF CLARENDON, Manning, S. C. CONFORMS TO NTO stem of a col by acting as a cathati on te bowel satisfaction or money refunded. Prepared by PINEULE 3 Sold by THE MANNING PHARMA res Biliousness, Sick eadache, Sour Stom Th, Torpid Liver and ;ronic Constipation. j 4 ~ ~ TE~ Pleasant to tase ~ ~ i~,~U W. E. BROWN & CO. Man uano . by the Chemist or the cManufacturer i TOBACCO iTTON, TRUCK lan Guano Corporation CHARLESTON, S. C. Lower Prices than we quote mean but one thing- M the goods are of inferior quality Remember, "The best is none too good.' And the best is thecheapest be it Dry Goods or Groceries. iSTUIUSS=RO011 coMPANY SUMMERTON, S. C Kinds on 0 . Yo e- hvaLl h bos o aeed bycuone1.. Wdrhiteo Ulu.tratad and descriptiw4o "BokStoe in your home.." Itia fre. Wit..t.d.,. W. g.....t.e q..lity sod y.1.. Oarrprie the lowest. -Write for catalog. kinfree. 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