Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Millinery! Millinery!! Dress Goods and Trimmings* Hpiin Display FRENCH PATTERN HATS AND BONNETS, Wednesday," '. and Friday, IM 23rd, 24th and 25th. Dress Goods. All the latest in black and colors, suitable for Suits, Skirts and Waists, and Trimmings for all. Silks. There’s nothing better this season for Suits, Skirts and Waists—Foulards, Crepes, Crepe de Chines, Peau de Crepes, Peau de Soies, Grenadines Wash Silks and the ever ready Taffeta—We have them from 39c to $1.50 per yard. Wash Gnods and White Goads. These departments are full to overflowing with new and novel things. Ribbons, Laces and Embroideries. Complete lines now in. Carpenter & Oaffney, Sontli Carolina. SUGGESTIONS ON HEALTH AND DIET WAYS IN WHICH HEALTH MAY BE FOUND. Evils of Overdosing—Correct Diet, Clothing, Habits—Harm Done to Women by Lack of Precautions. As a nation we have never learned that an ounce of prvention is worth a pound of cure. We forge gaily ahead, doing what pleases us and fail to awake to the fact of our folly until we reach a point where we have to go to work to repair injuries. It would be a great comfort if those who take a deep and peculiar joy in saying “I told you so,” could feel that this sort of blunder was confined to men. But women hold a prominent place in the ranks of those who pos sess a capability for recklessness and a faith in remedies. Several causes have joined to produce this state of affairs. V' .h?,\ c ■■k In the first place, women are too busy. They always cut out more than they can accomplish and go on the principle that there are at least twen ty-seven hours in every day. If their work were purely selfish one could condemn them unreservedly. But as a rule a big share of it Is done for others. Had the ordinary woman a sense of proportion she would see that sometimes she does more for those around her when she does less, go to speak. In other words, if she would spare herself a little there would he a likelihood that she would be able to stand for more in her fam ily and social life. But this is some thing that is hard for her to learn. A woman almost always means well. If she didn’t there would be more chance for her. She might be converted from the error of her ways. But her ways are so good that there seems no ground for criticism. Yet even while she justifies herself in her course of overwork she feels that something is wrong, somewhere. I heard one woman voice the opinion of many not very long ago. T have so much to fill my hands,” she said. ‘T work all day and have comparatively litle time to be with the children. And when the active employments are out of the way and I want to give myself to my family there is nothing left worth giving. There is the trouble. The woman breaks herself down by over exertion in some good object. She does not take time to preserve her health. She wears her nerves to what is popularly known as a “frazzle,” and then she takes medicine to build herself up. On the ground of “live and let live” h<u- attitude and action might he just ified. For what would become of quacks and patent medicines if it were not for the women? Men pat ronize these, too, but after all, the women, with their generous confi dence that there is a panacea for ev ery evil under the sun, are the best patrons of proprietary remedies. I have said that women lack a sense of proportion. In nothing do they dis play this more than in the faith that thoy can labour for years to make themselves physical wrecks and then restore themselves to health and strength by a few bottles of some well advertised heal-all. If they could once have it borne in upon them that “earth bares no balsam for mis- T :i.k« that it takes longer to climb up hill than it does to run down, and that it is easier to keep well than to get well, they would have made a long stride towards health and happi ness. Of course it might not be so inter esting! Th -re are sitll plenty of w’o- men who “enjoy poor health.” If they did not have something the mtater with them, what would there be to talk about? They vmild have lost one of their most absorbing topics of conversation. Moreover, they would miss thf* delight we all know in being worse ••fF than our neighbors. Every one who h <s rend "The Mill on the Floss recalls the nride Mrs, Pullet felt in the amount of physic she bail taken, a pride • hich her husband shared. “Pullet keens ati my physic bot tles,” sail Mrs. Pullet. “Tie won’t have one sold. eH says it’s nothing but right folks should see ’em when I'm gone. They fit! 'wo of tie- long store-room shelves already. > The pill boxes are in the c’oset in* my room— but there’s nothin to show for the boluses, if It isn’t the bttlH.” T lie American husband may not be quite so complacent about ins wire’s physic record as was Mr. Pullet, hut there are plenty of women who open ly or unavowedly, cherish the .same modest pride as to their doctors’ and druggists’ bils. Apart from this class are women who are so busy at their various avo cations that they do not take proper care of themselves. “I never know I am tired until 1 break in two in the middle,” I heard a woman say once. There are many like her. When the “breaking in two” comes, it is natural that the victim should turn to what palliatives she can find and endeavor to repair damages by drugs. Not for a moment would I criticise the physician or belittle the advan tages of medicines. But it is much better to keep well in the first in stance, or if one can, to bring oneself up after one is run down, by natural common sense methods than to make one’s stomach a general deposit for drugs of sorts. Such common sense ways are not far to seek. In fact, they are so close at hand, so every day, that sometimes something nasty taken out of a bottle they are contemned on that very ac count. The patient feels as Naaman did. If some hard thing were required, it would be done, but diet, exercise, correct clothing seem futile, useless things. A doctor, a prescription, ap peal far more to the imagination. But let us consider the common place remedies. The question of diet should be studied by every woman, both for her own sake and for that of her children. The mother of a fam ily should know that the are certain foods that build up bone and mus cle, others that make flesh, still oth ers that may please the palate hut do little besides. She should learn what these are and give serious thought as to how to combine them to win the best results for her family. She should know that food may be wholesome and yet appetizing that food which tastes good is more easily digested than that which does not tempt the appetite. If she will hear all this in mind she will grow to feel that her profession as a housekeeper, which he may have thought of as a small thing, is in reality a very important affair. Much of the prejudice against whole some food, in the minds of the lords of creation, at any fate, is due to the idea cherished by most of them that the food that agrees with thorn must be unpleasant, and that that, which they love is pretty sure to he consid ered bad for them by the advocates of rational di<-t. There is just enough truth in this to furnish them with a ground for their complaint. It should be the work of the housekeeper to provide a variety on her table and if s h‘“ feels that, for the sake of peace in the family she must furnish some un wholesome articles. to sandwich these In between other items which viI! make less strain upon the gas tric powers. It can he done, but it takes time and trouble. It has become a truism that we are a nation of dyspeptics. Once in a while one hears some happy • man or woman boast of an unimpaired digest ion. But that same fortunate person i likely to take advantage of such tuck and do all sorts of rash things. The truth is seldom appreciated that the person who begins by feeling he can eat everything generally ends by not being able to eat anything. At least, let the child be started right and an attempt made to supply him with a tolerably good stomach. Even if he can eat almost anything without distress, it is extremely fool ish to let him do it. He is using up the i>owers of stomach which should stand by him in later life. If he makes drafts on his principal now he will have none to fall back upon when he is older. Do not allow him to indulge in sausages and griddle cakes and hot bread and pies and pastry and pickles and similar deadly, if delectable dain ties. If he has never had them he will not miss them and the fact that he would enjoy them should move you no more than does his plea to be allowed to consume unripe fruit. In either case he must pay the penalty. Yet the mother tries to spare him that an guish which will come from green ap ples and cheerfully permits him to suffer that which follows other un wholesome articles of diet. it is absolutely necessary as you grow older. But you are too young to be sticking spurs into the side of your stomach like that.” When it comes to the question be tween sticking in spurs in the first place or applying remedies to cure the harm the spurs have done, one is hard put to it to decide which is the greater folly. yv. A Favorite Remedy for Babies. Its pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a favorite with the mothers of small children. It quickly cures their coughs and colds and prevents any danger of pneumonia or other serious consequences. It not only cures croup, but when given as soon as the croupy cough appears will p. „- vent the attack. For sale by Chero kee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. Columbus went, at his trick of mak ing an egg stand on end with so much j confidence that he must have been i personally acquainted with the hen | that laid it. V, v M 4' \\ w.v*; A Severe Cold for Three Months. The following letter from A. J. Nus- baum, of Batesville, Ind., tells its own story. “I suffered for three months with a severe cold. A druggist pre pared me some medicine, and a phy- sician prescribed for me, yet I did 1 not improve. I then trield Foley’s Honey and Tar, and eight doses cured me.” Refuse substitutes. J New Stock New Turnouts Hereafter the Livery part of the Gaffney Live Stock Co. will be conducted at the stand formerly occu pied by Poag Mule Co. We will have a supply of new stock and new turnouts, and will give special atten tion to this branch of the business. When you want a stylish */ turnout call on ALEX POAG, Mgr. WMA V TT/~ > % '' ' V. \‘ih' There are sundry conditions which should regulate the provision of food • mother makes for her household. The man. woman or child w'ho takes active outdoor exercise can digest a food that would lie heavily upon the stomach of the person who leads a sedentary life. This distinction should be borne in mind when plan ning the day’s meals. The members of the family who will engage in vigo rous bodily work, outdoors or indoors, will need something more substantial to eat than those who are to be seated at desk or typewriter or sew ing machine. The latter should eat more lightly and their food should be selected from among those articles that give nourishment without ov r- taxing the powers of digestion. We all know persons who think it a simple matter to eat indigest ible food and then take tablets of pepsin or something elsew assist the overworked stomach. I heard a young girl asserting triumphantly one day that she could eat almost any thing without subsequentt discomfort if she only put enough red pepper on it. “My child,” said an elderly man who heard her, “that may answer when A war correspondent likes to have j the facts, not necessarily to use, but that he may know what is going on. A Singular Word. Our language contains a word ending with “S” that denotes anxiety, worry, etc., add to this word another “S” and it will denote affection, joy, etc. Find this word in the paragraph below. “Cares” bring anxiety and worry, these bring derangement of the di gestive organs, usually resulting in indigestion. Rydale’ s Stomach Tab lets cure indigestion. It matters not whether your stomach Double is caused by worry, over work, neglect, malaria or any other cause, Rydale’s Stomach Tablets will cure you. They insure perfect digestion and assimi lation. They tone and strengthen the digestive organs, restoring them to health. Use them and g<X)d health will bless you and fortune “Caress” you. Gaffney Drug Co. SAVE MONEY by buyinxgcxxls from L M. Peeler. I carry Shoes, Dry Goods, Hats, Groceries, Notions, and Hardware, such as Axes, Plows, Nails, Hat Chains, backhands, Singletrees, Clevidi», Heel Bolts, Pocket Knives, Knives a7»d Forks, Razors, Scissors, etc. I also carry Tinware, Glasswi Crockery, Lamps, Clocks, and m other items, all cheap for cash. Call and see my prices. Yours to please, I. M. PEELER. When a man Is handed money and told to ask no questions, he does not consider it polite to bo inquisitive. -■■■■ , , Muscles Sore, Joints Painful— Rheumatism. Sore Muscles or painful joints, may mean an approaching attack of rheu matism. Elliott’s Emulsified Oil Liniment, rubbed on the affected parts will relieve the pain and sore ness, and prevent rheumatism. El liott’s Emulsified Liniment for all soreness, stiffness and lameness of joints or muscles. Gaffney Drug Co. Building and Plastering Cltcr Coal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fusr and Dynamite Caps, call m Limestone Springs Lime Worts CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone