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WONDERS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. 1 a Patients Chat -as Surgeons Operate e l>y New Anesthetic. t * A litte boy, less than 5 years old, s lay on the operating table at the hos- n pital of the New York Society lor the e Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, i: to-day. Around the table were fifty C r>hi?ci^iaric urnl surgeons anioner them n - q?' ?? ? T . ? the best knows of their profession. f , Dr. Thomas Jonnesco, the Rouma- e nian surgeon, stepped up to tti'e ta- y ble, smiled reassuringly at the little cliap, patted him on the shoulder, t and gently turned him on his back. ,e The boy smiled bravely back at the g surgeon, and the New York medi- c cal men leased forward a trifle, r watching intently. s The slim needle of a hypodermic syringe. glittered for a moment in a the Roumanian's hand. He pressed the point of it into the boy's back, low down on the spinal column, and -w injected his new anesthetic, a" solu- r tion of stovaioe and strychnine. The ii boy flinched and the medical men n looked at each other. Jonnesco g waited less than two minutes, then ii bowed to Dr. Virgil P. Gibney, retir- f< ing to give Mm elbow room. p Dr. Gibney a celebrated orthoped- t: is specialist, took hold of the boy's f< right foot and began to cut away the flesh with the knife. It was a case v of infantile; paralysis. The boy's f: right leg wis crippled and useless, e It was necessary to make incisions n around the! Achilles tendon and h stretch it. In such cases ether is used customarily as an anesthetic, k for the operation is so delicate and u painful thatlcomplete analgesia, or b Jk . a_ A _ , insensibility lo pain, must De oDiam- u ed to prevenf movement on the part si of the patierjjb, and to do away with t< suffering. J E Boy Feels Xo Pain. s< While Dr.;-Gibney's hands moved swiftly and iurely, the medical men p talked among themselves, watching 0 the boy, wh<f lay perfectly conscious, r; his face coveed with a towel. Prof, u Jonnesco spcfte rapidly in French, ex- d plaining thisor that phase of the operation as it was connected with the T uses of his inesthetics. Occasionally some one, Di Gibney, or Mr. Soutzo, ? Prof. Jonneaco's associate, spoke to the boy. Oice he was asked: "How do jou feel?" There wag perfect stillness in the ^ big operating room. The surgeons ^ waited inteofly for the boy's answer. It was so qfet that the cries of the * newsboys onjthe street came uproar- ^ iously through the windows. " "All righti' said the boy, his treble c' muffled a bf by the towel over his F ciroc an<i fMP "Do you jeel any pain?" '? "It doesnJt hurt at all," said the ? boy. "I fed fine." : J h Jonnescoj smiled quietly, trium- S] phantly. the medical men glanced Sl around at ieach other again. ' Some ic of them, a was to he seen easily, ? were entl|usiastic. Others . shook c' their head! as if still in doubt. c ti Twenty<ive Minutes Operation. g After a out twenty-five minutes the operat>n was completed and the ^ wound bar laged. The little boy was carried ba k to his cot. They took SI the towel j ff his face. The surgeons looked to tee if there were traces of pain therejbr signs of nausea. There ^ wasn't thte' slightest indication of suffering ofi sickness. The child was smiling at Ir. Bennett, the house sur0 Vj , ' . / Q, geon. He ?emed to be quite at his ease and iUfthe full possession of all g his senses. ? v .. "Vi That was the first of four cases at ' the hospital in which Prof. Jonnesco, who discovered how a combination of g strychnine ijnd stovaine may be used as a local aaesthetic safely and pain* * * "* 1. . - ? x .Amninn nor. lessiy wnno?tne paueut icuiama fectly conscious, demonstrated the uses of his application. P His demonstration was regarded '. as a brilliant success by most of the ^ surgeons present. They hesitated c generally tofexpress opinions for pub- o lication at this time, but the major- n ity were evidently of the idea that c Jonnesco hats made good. a Dr. Willitm J. Mayo, of Rochester, ii Minn., attended the demonstration as ? r the special ^guest of Prof. Jonnesco. e Dr." Mayo "las so impressed that he b > invited the Roumanian scientist to a rr visit the \fest and demonstrate his .* discovery, and Dr. Jonnesco accepted 0 the invitation. t Couldn't Feel Touch of Knife. 0 The little boy with the paralyzed leg was followed on the operating table by another boy who was eleven p years old. !he operation was to correct a clubfoot. Jonnesco injected into nis spmai s cord, between the twelfth dorsal and c the first lumbar vertebra, a combina- ^ tion of fiva centigrams of stovaine ^ and one milligram of strychnine, t( double what he had given the c younger child. Dr. Jonnesco explain- t ed that the, older the patient the a stronger the injection must be, generally speaking. Dr. Horn?- Gibney operated. The k boy could sot see the surgeon at work, but he lav comfortable and re- b plied to questions from time to time, li He said that he felt no pain. He ^ could not feel the touch of the knife, ^ It "he lower part of his body was parlyzed for the time being by the ansthetic. ] Dr. W. R. Coley performed the j hird operation. A boy of 11 was uffering from double inguinal heriia. Jonnesco administered the ansthetic, the same amount as he had 1 ] ajected in the previous case, and Dr. 'oley went to work. The boy could I 1 1 tot see because of the towel over hisj ace, but he talked cheerfully when-1 ver Dr. Coley permitted him to, and ^as obviously not in pain. , Dr. -Coley cut through the flesh.on j 1 he right side of the abdomen,, push-j* d hark the runture. stiched to-1 ether the walls of the abdomen and losed the skin over the incision. He epeated the operation on the left ide. . . 1 i "One could hardly ask for a better nesthetic," said I)r. Coley. Woman is Operated Upon. The last case was that of a woman 'ho suffered from fracture of the hip. >r. Jonnesco gave her the maximum ijection for lesser analgesia?ten ailligrams of stovaine and a milliram of strychnine. It appeared as f the woman, who was 38 years old, elt some nausea, but it seemed to ass away rapidly. After the operaion the patient said that she did not eel sick. . ~ After the demonstration there was ery little but praise for Jonnesco rom nearly all the medical men presnt. They shook hands with the Roulanian scientist and congratulated im heartily. Stovaine as an anesthetic has been nown for years, but has never been sed successfully in major operations ecause of its depressive effect upon tie heart. A sufficient amount of tovaine to produce analgesia would* 2nd to stop the heart action. But >r. Jonnesco has discovered that a olution of stovaine and strychnine rill permit operations upon conscious atients and yet not affect the heart >ne European surgeon has even opeated upon himself in illustrating its se.?New York Dispatch to Philaelphia North American. HI STATE WELL ADVERTISED. lesults of Col. Watson's Work in the West Appearing. South Carolina is well advertised hroughout the West and Middle 7est and the office of Commissioner Vatson is being flooded with letters rom people of that section, who rish to invest in real estate In this tate. A week ago the address of the ommissioner before the National 'arm Land Congress was published 1 one of the largest papers of Chiago and other middle West cities, ince the publication many letters ave been received. "I read your peech in one of the Chicago papers," ays one of the letters, "and I had no lea of the great resources of the outh, and I don't believe that I ould find a better State than South Carolina. Please send me informaion a3 to different sections of the tate." Another writing says: "I m, coming to South Carolina to live. he advantages of the state nave * ever been shown before I read your ] peech in one of the Chicago dailies, i nd I am satisfied that I will like 3 our State. Please send some deliled information as to the advant- } ges offered:." < "Many letters have also -been reeived from the far Western States, , sking for information concerning 1 outh Carolina: The commissioner, . rhile in the West with the delegates 1 3 the National Irrigation congress, j istributed literature illustrative of \ outh Carolina, and the results have \ een material. \ $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be leased to learn that there is at 1 ?ast one dreaded disease that 1 cience has been able to cure ( 1 all its stages, and that is , atarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the nly positive cure now known to the i ledical fraternity. Catarrh being a onstitutional disease, requires a onstitutional treatment. Hall's Ca- . irrh Cur? is taken internally, actlg directly upon the blood and mu- 1 ous surfaces of the system, thereby < estroying the foundation of the dis- : ase, and giving the patient strength . y building up the constitution and ssiating nature in doing its work, 'he proprietors have so much faith 1 its curative powers that they offer ne hundred dollars for any case hat it fails to cure. Send for list l f testimonials. Address: 1 F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. I Sold by druggists, 75c. 1 Take Hall's family pills for consti- j ation. i Much Booze. ( At Dawson, Ga., officers raided the j tore of Clayton Aaron, colored, and I onfiscated 1,100 pints of alleged1 \ ilind tiger whiskey. Three wagons rere required to transport the goods < o the court house. The whiskey was ] leverly concealed in the ceiling of j ] he store, the officers finding it after j' , very close search. 1 M ( Making Life Safer. < Everywhere life is being .nade 1 aore safe through the work of Dr. 1 iing's New Life Pill3 in eonstipation, < iliousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, 1 iver troubles, kidney diseases and owel disorders. They're easy, but ure, and perfectly build up the ealth. 25c at Peoples Drug Store, . BATTLE OF THE GUAGES. Railroad Tracks of Many Different Widths in the United States. The American standard railroad, jauge of to-day was predetermined ay the tramways in the English coal mines, which were made to conform :o the widths of the common road tvagons. When George Stephenson choose a 1_ ? 1- C. 4- ^ -no* .racK iur nib nisi luwuiumc iic naturally adopted the guage of four feet sight and one half .inches to which ae had been accustomed in the Newcastle colieries. With the building of. the first railroads in America came the importa:ion of English locomotives, some of ivhich were, from- Stephenson's shops, ind the result was a general introduc:ion of the English guage as the standard in this country, particularly in tfew England and New York, and in :he sections of the West where railroad construction was financed by Boston or New York capitalists. Except in Texas the prevailing a jauge throughout the South was five !eet. In the middle States there was i confusion of gauges. At least seven different widths of tracks could be :ound within the single State of Pennsylvania, and six of these ranged vith fractional variations between standard euaee and four feet ten in rhes. The same condition existed in Dhio. Many of the most prominent lines were originally constructed with >ther than standard track. The Eri md the Albany and Susquehanna had l gauge of six feet, as did the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. The Galena and Chicago Union (now the Chicago and Northwestern) also idopted the six foot guage, but after lorty miles had been constructed the :rack was relaid at standard width. The Missouri Pacific had a gauge >f five feet six inches; the Chesapeake and Ohio, five feet; the Cinjinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, four !eet ten inches; the Lake SJhore and Michigan Southern, four feet nine md one-half inches, and the Pennsylvania, four feet nine inches. It was once thought that railroads )f a gauge of three feet, or of three !eet 6 inches, were particularly idapted to regions where construc;ion costs are necessarily heavy and ;raffic light. Experience soon demonstrated, however, that they are lackng in operating efficiency and they ire everywhere disappearing. Within i few years the Central of Vermont Pas raised the track of one of its aranches and the Southern Pacific 1 aas Only recently converted its Oakand-San Jose line into a standard road. . t Shippers avoided sending their - ? ?1 c jooas over routes wuerc mcj nuum lave to be reloaded and the process ( >f transferring, freight was extremey costly to the railroads, absorbng a large share of the profits. Some * companies laid a third rail so as to \ iccommodate cars of standard gauge. Dthers shifted loaded cars by means ? ] of cranes from one set of trucks to j mother and the Vermont Central fur- j lished cars with trucks which could 1 oe adjusted to either standard or nar- * row gauge track. J Asa Whitney, prominent in the '40s ] is projector of a railroad to the Pa- 1 jific, proposed to construct a road ] with a track six feet wide, and Hart- J well Carver in an attempt to outbid ] Whitney, offered to build a track with 1 i gauge of eight or even ten feet upon 1 which should be run cars 200 feet in ( length. When the construction of che Pacific railroad was undertaken ! J the Central Pacific was started with a Sve-foot track, while the Union Pacific was begun as a standard road. , The original Pacific railroad bill left to the President the determination of the gauge, and Lincoln decided upon five feet, but Congress reversed this ruling and adopted the standard gauge.?Everybody's. m ; Keep before thee the idea of what I Lhou wouldst attain. Thy steadfast ' thought will be a prayer not a prophecy, working out of its own fulfilment. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. , Olar Lodge, No. 268, A. F. M., December 21st, 1909. Whereas, the Almighty Ruler of :he Universe has been pleased to call ( the spirit of our brother, J. E. Chandler, from labor in our earthly 1 odge to rest and refreshment in the ?rand lodge on high; therefore be it ' resolved: 1. That while we deeply deplore < Dur loss in the death of our brother, ind will never cease to miss his genial presence in our lodge, we bow i submissively to the will of our Grand Master above. ! 2. That in the death of our brother, J. E. Chandler, Olar lodge has ost a useful member, the brethren a :rue and faithful friend, and Masonry i warm and loyal supporter. 3. That a page in our minute ' )00k be inscribed to his memory, a j ;opy of these resolutions be suitably engrossed and sent to his bereaved ?amily, and published in The Bam- j aerg Herald, and that the lodge be j Iraped in mourning for a period of j :hirty days. < A. L. KIRKLAND, H. R. PEARLSTIN, J. GORDON BRABHAM, Committee. i I J. H.DIXON I Machinist and Engineer ? General Repair Shop. fi We repair all kinds of ma- I Ichinery and carry a full line of I Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, In- E jectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. I TOrinc vnur oncinp nnrl bnvp thp K cylinder bored. Make it run like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. ' A stitch in time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; in fact we Tun a' hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring it in and have if cured. Gas engines and automobile engine cylinders bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and bet- , ter efficiency. We repair and charge storage batteries. Call when in trouble and see what we can do. SHOP AT COTTON MILL Remember the Place I to get polish for the brass I work on your car. H Tftn drp?sinc fftp Vfmr tOD. I Compression grease in a density that will suit you. Automobile Oil that will please you by eliminating half the trouble- you are now having. Remember that the winning car in the New Yorkto-Paris race run 21,000 miles without carbonizing, on this oil. We have oil for air cooled engines, too. Say, have you heard about our gasoline contract to automobiles? We also rebuild any kind of automobile and sell new tops. The Delk Motor Co. Why it Succeeds Because it's for One Thing Only, and : Bamberg People Appreciate this. Nothing : can be good for every:hing. Doing one thing well brings success. Doan's Kidney Pills do one thing >nly. They cure sick kidneys. They cure backache, every kidney 11. Here is Bamberg evidence to prove t. R. M. Zeigler, Bamberg, S. C., ;ays: "I am recommending Doan's iidney Pills in the hope that other persons afflicted with kidney complaint will use them. I was bothered py attacks of backache for more ;han a year. My kidneys were also padly disordered and at times I had considerable difficulty in passing the Sidney secretions. Learning oi loan's Kidney Pills, I went to the Peoples Drug Co. and procured a mpply. They have given me great elief. Since using them the pair pas disappeared from my back, my ridneys are performing their func:ipns properly, and I feel better in jvery way." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 sents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. rhe McKay Sulky Stalk-Cutter We build the most satisfactory Cutter in America?Simple, Strong, Honest and Durable. No "rattletrap" trinkets to get out of order. A. genuine pleasure to operate it. Competitive field tests invited. Our Cutter won the highest award it N. C. and S. C. state fairs over all Western cutters. Has movable boxes which can be replaced at nominal cost. A Southern product, built for the Southern farmer. Forty Cars Sold Last Season. G. M. Dickinson, Agent, BAMBERG, S. C. Shoe & Harness Repairing For flrst-clas9 Shoe and Harness epairing of all kinds, call on me. 1 nake new harness of all kinds, bridles, halters, etc. Satisfaction guaranteed. Shop on Main street. HEYWOOD JOHNSON BAMBERG, S. C. ====================================================== i?i % ' |S | Let us have your next order for groceries 3? - t? Ji We know we can please you in both quality and price, J for we keep right up with the best markets and when ? j 3* there is anything good in eatables to be had, we get it. ? ' 3? Our stock is always new and fresh, for we are constant- ; J ly getting in new goods. No stale groceries are sent ? J J* out of this store. 2;; . i ? } UL?K I uu naumc ucuivawiqo i T will make you a regular patron of ours if you will try us 11 Si once. Let us have your next order. You will find us lit prompt and reliable, and if anything we send you does 2 ? T not prove to be exactly right, let us know. We will be ? t Si glad to adjust anything to your satisfaction. Won't you % , , let us have a chance at serving you? 2 Z | J. W. McCUE ' I? M tb "THE QUALITY SHOP." ' * J i|i 'Phone No. 32. Bamberg, S. C. . j>;' jj? *! !? *1* ;I? *1? !? !? ;*! !; *1; *1; ;I? il? il? ;I? il? il? !l? il? tl; tl? "bate as tne latest" .f;(fj? BANK OF DENMARK, : : Denmark, S. C. :%|| Did you ever stop to think that the substantial wealth of the S.fa majority of the rich people of the world has come through strict habits of SAVING? After they had worked hard for a DOLLAR | they did not squander it, nor let it lie idle. They KEPT THE 4 DOLLAR and made it WORK for them. . . a Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT offers YOU this opportunity. % BY SAVING and by keeping every dollar you save AT WORK, I <3 earning more dollars, YOU CAN SECURE WEALTH FOR YOUR! SELF. '3 \in? div vattp pro n?\'t twtrppcm av c a vrvec nr. 3 H WW mu i 1A-1. * \/VA? A JUAV VAJ^X AX1 XAJAMJ?X Vil kMA V JU1VAO A/AJW y ? " ' H POSITS! Interest computed quarterly. October is the month to-;-', The Small Depositor is Welcome at This Bank! LJm A hundred small accounts make a bank stronger than . a dozen large ones. This is one of our reasons for '^J urging the man of limited means to transact his busi- V ness with us. -J Large accoimts are welcome too, for it is our purpose 3 to serve all classes, whether the business be small or We Pay Four per cent. Interest on Savings Deposits ^ | PEOPLES BANK ----- Bamberg, S.G. !$? o =^o M rT^^^^^^^IoneMoreSSOTl 1 ^ OURS ARE THE BEST jT J . S M O A K, I | PHONE NO. 68 : . > i BAMBERG, S. C. : f NEW YEAR POST CARDS j 1 "Our appreciation is extended you for your kind patron- | 1 age few the few days we have been in business. We wish to welcome each and every-one to our place of } 1 business. Look into our book exchange proposition. 1 We can interest you. Why wait longer? | THE FELDER-MURPHY COMPANY Next door to Post Office : : : : Bamberg, S. C. ^ ^ Emergency 1131 IS| |!Blfj| Th^e Telephone is the ^ ^ | ^ | j 5 the neighbors can be sum- V ^hWrjKM -^?9 moned in less time than it takes > B ^ Connection with the Bell System puts you IiC 7m in touch with the whole country. !You need a I telephone in your home. I T XT Hf/V n A/1 1*ACf P~ I [ M me ucaxcob wxx |^JBjl^j5^iTO^\ Farmers'Line Department , Southern Bell Telephone ;!^fl \pjj|jj?|j and Telegraph Co. ^ 108 South Pry or J| L???MM?