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About The news. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1901-1901 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1901)
IePING NERVES SOUND ■cAD OF NERVOJS PROSTRATION End some of the causes. e: ul Disf*ns That So.m K*|ecillv • l 4*r*ti* Who Art* .NuiabSe uud m All Walks of I.lie— I'me Air, ami Omet li Most I’otent Antidotes Bervous prostration is the prevalent Base cf tue moment with notable in nil walks of life, declares S New York Sun. It cannot be among the fashionable di- for it rarely attacks those of 0. leisure class, but doctors, law- financiers and actors have been principal victims this winter, as 011 as politicians of more or less re |H|\vn and a statesman or two from Washington’s population. exclusiveness in the selection 0 victims was also noted in the grip, when it first made itself known B\merica, chose only the prominent Sits prey. Since then it has become Be general, bestowing itself impar ■llv upon rich and poor alike. ■Physicians rarely give bulletins of ■eir cases of nervous prostration. It M frequently heralds serious results Bat in many cases it is deemed wisest B call it by some other name. But Be outgoing steamers carry away Bany prominent persons of all sorts Bho are ordered abroad most impera tively for the ocean trip and to escape prom the routine in any particular •msiness or profession. J Rest is the invariable prescription fend it rarely fails to effect a cure ■when the disease is taken before ar tificial means have been employed for the quieting of the affected nerves. The victims of the complaint are nearly all those whose brains, eye sight or nervous systems are called upon in their vocations. The excite ments of the theatre prove to be a most powerful cause, as the long list of dramatic stars that have collapsed during the season now closing shows. But the old adage that hard work never kills holds good in this instance. It is not hard work, but injudicious work, irregular hours and loss of sleep, lack of proper air and exercise that are really the predisposing causes, as well as excessive smoking and chink ing. A great worry, a bereavement or a shock, will frequently bring on an attack of this sort, especially with women. The increase in open air sports for women, however, is largely driving this complaint out of the femi nine category. Most of the women pa tients are from the stage. Quiet rest is the great and universal cure for neurasthenia, but unhappily in cases that have been allowed to advance, quiet is the boon denied the sufferer. The nerves refuse to become calm and no sleep comes to rest the clockwork of the brain and nerves so intricately bound, the one to the other. Brain lesions come and the result may be one of the many forms of insanity in which this awful disease ends. Paralysis is one of the most fre quent results. Affections of the optic nerve are common; the reason is weakened; sometimes the mind be comes permanently unbalanced or the dreaded locomotor ataxia sets in. Nervous prostration has no set rule of approach. It takes its victims in vaftous ways often by a complete phy sical collapse as in the case of actors who faint on the stage during a per formance. Suicide is often the sud den culmination. “The dangers of the disease,” said a physician, “lie in the fact that peo ple go on disregarding the warnings which they have flashed to them from the tired-out nervous system. These warnings are excessive nervousness and irritability, these being the first symptoms and often continuing for years before any breakdown occurs. Then there is a general condition of illness, loss of appetite and insomnia, depression, a tendency to worry over trifles and to these, more serious symptoms add themselves as the dis ease progresses. “The heart frequently is affected, the head is heavy, hot and aching, then the speech becomes jerky, con fused and uncertain and the move ments of the body are spasmodic and not controlled by the brain. Eccen tricity of speech and action is noted ana violence is the next stage of the complaint. Then the patient who has resisted all the appeals of his physi cian to rest from his work is con demned to a sanitarium where en forced idleness is necessary for weeks anfi sometimes for months. “Open air exercise is a great pre ventive of nervous sickness. Cold batns, the plunge and shower and needle spray should be the accompani ments of the morning abolution of those disposed to nervousness even slightly. It is never wise to adopt harsh or sudden methods in this cold water treatment. If one is accustomed to warm baths the temperature of the water should be changed gradually. An excellent plan is to fill a large sponge with cold water and holding it at the back of the neck, squeeze it so that the water trickles down the spine, repeat this several times and the subsequent shock of cold water on the rest of the body is slight. Brisk friction with a coarse towel fol lows. “Above all exercise—not with bells or pulleys, but in the open air, with deep breathing and plenty of walking and running, if possible. Well venti lated bedrooms are a necessity. Busi ness men complain that they have no leisure for exercise in the open air, but I now have a number of patients who walk to and from their offices each day from uptown homes. “Cold showers are of the utmost benefit in nerve trouble, correcting the conditions in all slight attacks very readily. In severe cases patients must Sdve up reading and writing or even listening to music. Study is forbidden to students who develop nerve dis ease. But in these advanced cases it is better fer the sufferer to leave the city, and a sea voyage is a splendid tonic for the nerves. Living a cities surrounded by the awful street noises, the clang of fireb.dls and those of am bulances and cabi: cars and the buzz ing of automobiles the only wonder is that the disease is not a scourge. “The greatest danger of nervous prostration is that so many sufferers anxious to avoid giving up their va vious pursuits resort to remedies that produce only an artificial calmness to the nerves. These are the cases most difficult to cure.” SIXTY DOLLARS AN HOUR. 1 hat’s What It Cost Rost on, at the Least, to Look at Two ltat Holes. This is a story of a vat and two | holes in the ground. The holes were very smal holes, just big enough to let two rats into the cellar of the Old South Meeting House, and probably more than big enough to let them, wiser and leaner rats, out again. These two holes, with the intermit tent assistance of the rat, entertained the good citizens of Boston at the rate of 2000 an hour for an indefinite period in the middle of one day re cently. It is easy enough to reckon. During the show there were from 30 to 35 people standing in choice posi tions along the Milk and Washington street railings of the fence about the tiny yard of the Old South Meeting House—a constantly changing crowd that renewed itself every minute. Now' in this crowd were all kinds of persons, from the office boy at $3 a week to the broker at S3OO. Every one watched his minute before he went about his business; for some the monetary loss was only the fraction cf a cent; for others it mounted up in dollars. A low' and conservative esti mate of the average monetary value of these people is 20 cents an hour. Thirty people standing for one minute are equal to one person standing for half an hour. But the entertainment extended over many minutes. An hour of it for 2000 people was paid for bj r Boston employers in S6O worth of time. What did this S6O crowd of 2000 per sons see for its money? Most of the people saw two holes in the ground; some of them the bright, beady eyes and the whiskered nose of a rat. The poor fellow was probably trying to get away to some less hallowed, but more fruitful surroundings, when the first observing, eye saw him and by looking collected the audience. He lay low r for many long minutes, so many that the whole crowd about the fence was in utter ignorance of what is w r as watch ing; but still the crow’d hung on, look ing at the holes, or gazing up at the sparrows which twittered in and out of their nests in the close ivy growth on the wall. Every time the rat looked out one or two saw him, and then everybody devoted his attention to the holes again. And neither rats nor holes can have known how much they were costing the employers all over Boston. —Boston Evening Trans cript. •John Muir, tlie Mountain Climber. “John Muir is a fascinating compan ion. He abounds in fun, and his talk is apt to become a monologue, as lis teners grow too interested even for comment. He runs on in a steady, sparkling stream of witty chat, charm ing reminiscence of famous men, of bears in the woods and red men in the mountains; of walks with Emer son in the beautiful flowered meadows of Yosemite; of tossing in a frail ka yak on the storm-tossed waters of Alaskan fiords. By turns he is scien tist, mountaineer, story teller and light-hearted schoolboy. “Alhambra valley, where he has a home of many broad acres, is a beau tiful vale curled down in the lap of the Contra Costa hills, sheltered from every wind that blows, and warmed to the heart by the genial California sun light. Here he dwells, a slender, griz zled man, worn looking and appearing older than he is. for the hard years among the mountains have told upon xJovo p- ’-oo p, series of vineyards that are a delignt to look upon. Lime when 1 saw it last: acre upon acre of % vines stretched out in every direction, the brilliant red of flaming Tokays, the golden green of ripe Muscats, the rich purples of Black Hamburgs and Cornichons made a fine color scheme, amid the rich dark foliage, while all the air was delicious with the fragrance of the teeming har vest. “It was a fair picture of peace and plenty, under the soft, blue September sky. A stream ran close at hand, shaded by alders and sycamores and the sweet-scented wild willow. On the bank nearest us stood a solitary blue crane, surveying us fearlessly. A flock of quail made themselves heard in the undergrowth, and low above the vine yards a shrike flew r , uttering his sharp cry. Noting him, T said to Mr. Muir: ‘So you don't even kill the butcher birds?’ “He looked up, following the bird’s flight. “ ‘Why, no,” he said, ‘they are not my birds.’ ’’—Adeline Knapp, in Ains lee's. Timber Mines. A curious source of wealth is report ed by the French consul at Mengtze, in upper Tonkin. It lies in the wood mines. The wood originally was a. fine forest, which the earth swallowed in some cataclysm. Some of the trees are a yard in diameter. They lie in a slanting direction and in sandy soils, w hich cover them to a depth of about eight yards. The wood furnished by these timber mines is imperishable, and the Chinese gladly buy it for coffins. TIIE WEEKLY NEWS. CARTERSVILLE, CU. Start The New Century Right! Don’t try to get along with those old fashioned, out of date farm implements. What’s the use, when our prices on up-to-date implements are so low ? EVERY TEST-^ for quality and durability, has been given the machinery which we sell and recommend, “Tried and true’’ makes are the only ones good enough for our customeis. FIVE NEGROES HANG Paid Penalty For the Marder of Mears and Herrington. FACED THEIR FATE STOICALLY From Housetops Many Witnessed Quintuple Execution at Sylvania, —Victims Made No Con fession of Crime. Arnold Augustus, Andrew Davis, i.iehard Sanders, William Hudson ar.d Sam Baldwin, all negroes, were exe cuted in the yard of the common jail of Screven county at Sylvania Friday noon, for the murder of Fillmore Her rington and Milton Mears. At 12:20 Sheriff Thompson pulled the trigger beneatli the platform upon which they stood. The five bodies shot downward six feet or more. It was a gruesome sight to see five strong men in the full enjoyment of health launched thus ; into eternity, but they seemed recon- i ciled to the end and met death stoi- i cally and without tremor. They made no confession of their crime, either at the jail or upon the gallows. They ; talked onlj' of the future life. At 11 o’clock the five men were handcuffed together and marched out of the jail, surrounded by guards. The Screven Guards, under Captain Chap man, were drawn up outside, and the condemned men being placed between the two platoons of soldiers, the cor tege moved onward to the gallows. Al though the execution was to be a pri vate one, there were at least a thou sand people in towm to see the hang ing, if perchance they might, perched upon neighboring roofs and at other various points of vantage. Most of them got a good view of the drop. Only the guards, the physicians and news paper men were allowed within. As they entered the enclosure with in which dangled the five ropes, each with its ready noose, the doomed men passed the five black coffins, placed one upon the other by the door. When they got upon the scaffold and the rope was adjusted around their necks, the prisoners all declared their readiness to go, having made their peace with God. They did not allude once to the crime for which they were about to die. At 12:20 o’clock Sheriff Thompson shouted: j “Boys, are you ready?” “We are ready,” came back the muf fled response. The sheriff then touched the trigger lightly and the bodies shot downward like a flash. The negroes were convicted of a murder committed under an alleged criminal conspiracy by an organized band of blacks knows as “Knights of the Archer." The motto of the organ ization, it is said, was “Death to the Whites.” This gang, under the leader ship of a negro desperado known as Andrew McKinney, terrorized for a long time the law-abiding negroes of Screven county, from whom, it is said, they exacted constant tribute and pro tection. The murder for which the men died was but the culmination of a long series of crimes and misdemean ors of varying degrees. One night in October, 1899, Milton Mears, a constable, of Screven county, | started out from Sylvania to serve a | warrant for the arrest of Joe Sanders, a young negro who was wanted for j some trivial offense against the law. While the existence and objects of the ! “Knights of the Archer” were not at j that time definitely known, they were suspected, and common report assign ! ed young Sanders and his father, Jesse j Sanders, to membership in the organ | ization. Mears was accompanied by ; Fillmore Herrington and Captain Jesse Wade. The men were apprehen ‘ sive of no trouble. They went up ; on to the veranda of Sanders’ house. Captain Wade called to the elder Sanders, who came to the door. He stated to Tom Sanders that they had come to arrest his boy and that he could go along to the magistrate's home, where a bond could be arranged and the boy liberated. Sanders replied that they could not get the boy, and went back into the house, closing the door behind him. Suddenly there came from the swamp the wailing note of the mock ingbird clear and distinct. It was followed by one other of similar char acter —a signal call. A second later a fusilade began. From the cracks between the logs of the cabin and from a thicket of dwarf trees close by came the flash of rifles and shotguns, and the three men, all desperately wounded, fell to the ground. Captain Wade, despite many wounds, managed to crawl to his buggy and make his way to Sylvania, where he told of the shooting. Herrington and Mears were found near the Sanders cabin, literally shot to pieces. OUR AD VERTISINO RATES ARE EXTREMELY LOW, AND ARE A GREAT INDUCEMENT FOR BUSINESS MEN TO PAT RONIZE OUR COLUMNS. 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Send 'lQs' for our free book on Cancer, containing valuable and interest ing information about this disease, and write our physicians about your case. W make no charge for medical advice. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. RASCALLY ARMY OFrICIALS. Said to Have Gotton In Much Crooked Work in San Frar.ciaco. General Shatter and Colonel Maus, inspector general of the department of California, and Le federal grand jury are investigating many reports of fraud committed in the commissary branch of the array service in San Francisco. A great scandal is expect ed to ensue. ITATA CASE DISMISSED. United States Gets Decision Over Steamship Company. The Itata case has been decided by the United States Chilean commission at Washington adverse to the claim ants, and the case is dismissed. The claim was filed by the South and Central American Steamship Company against the United States for $250,000 for the seizure by the United States ship Charleston of the Itata wfyh a cargo of arms THERE IS NEVER A TIME. They say there’s n time fur everything. But it isn’t exactly so; There’s a time to rdiutit *nl a time to . Aral a time for the ivveik of woe; There’s n time to risk for Itie stake, a t ini** To conceal .vour hum! and wr.it; Tla-r ’s a time :• <r< t o aim u ti. ie to climb. Blit ucicr a time to hate. They say there’s a time for everything, Kilt they haven’t expressed it right; There’s a time to parley, a time to tling Street patience away and fight; Then’s a time to charge atid a time to flee, And a time, alas, to grieve. But never a time to selti-'hiy Euiimvor to deceive. —< Chicago 1H cord-Herald. HUMOROUS. Blobbs —Do you believe in Kero wor ship? Slobbs —I would if S were a hero. Wigg—What about your scheme to organize an airship company': Wagg— It went up. Hariluppe—Wigwag >i k* 1 to be thought eccentric. Borrowt ii—Yes; he even pays his bills. “Do you think women tires*- to please the men?” asked the bachelor. “No; to worry them." snapped the married man. Nell—The paper says übe swept up the aisle on her father’s arm. Belle- Well, that’s the first tirue in her life she ever swept up anything. First Office Boy—l’ve go: Hi aunts, two grandmothers an’ a great-grand mother. Second Office Boy—Gee! W’ot a lot of ball games you oughter see dij> summer. Mr. Frond—l suppose you've already picked out a profession for your pre cious baby. Mr. New pop—O! he has proved himself fit for a calling already, sure enough. “What are your views on (he finan cial question?” asked the old man, genially. “Oh, the money > t the fath ers is good enough for m- ’ incau tiously answered the prospective son in-law. "What’s the matter, old man?” in quired Peck; “you look blue. "1 guess 1 do,” replied Speck; ”1 sold short, waiting for a fall.” "And the fall didn’t come?” “Oh! F got the fall, good and hard.” Mr. Newcome —So you’re glad your sister's got me for her steady company, eh? Johnny—Yep. Tommy Brown’s sister's got steady company, an’ Tom my works him for candy an tilings to beat the band. A dog once met a sausage. "Do you believe in reincarnation?” asked the dog. "Sure,” replied the sausage, “in my previous existence 1 was a dog such as you.” Thus are both onus made to meet, when wursl comes to wurst. Hoax—Carben is getting portly stout, isn’t he? Joax —Yes; and be’s wor ried sick because he says he doesn’t know of any way to reduce- lx weight. Hoax—Why doesn’t he use his own-' scales? He’s still in the eoa? business, ■ isn’t he? Shoes for On- When asked where one-legged peo ple buy their shoes :i shoe dealer re plied: “The one-legged man or wom an who does not patronize the custom shoemaker buys his or he r shoes pre cisely like tho two-legged i*erson, at the raady-made shoe store, the propri etor of which, with an eye to business, is usually willing to break a pair.tosell the single right or left shoe that' the one-legged customer requires. The single shoe remaining ’is sent back to the factory to be matched up, and this is done with perfect accuracy. Every pair of shoes is -numbered, and it could easily, if it w ere desired, he traced hack to the stock from whi< h it is made. There is no guess work about it. The shoe required to mate the shoe remaining may not be made on the identical last upon which the original shoe was made, but it is made upon a last of mathematically the same proportions, ami the ;*ir thus restored is as perfectly mated as the - original pair. “The one-legged man or woman who buys in this way a single shoe pays slightly more than half the price of a pair. For instance, if he or <-ue selects the right or left of a pair of ‘toes that sell for $3 a pair the cost of,a single shoe will be $1.65, the extra iG cents being charged to defray tb> expense of sending the odd shoe back to the manufacturer to be .;mated.”—Wash ington Star. it Wa* 01<1 Ire. The servant girl who follows direc tions explicitly has always Men ccm sidered a jewel, but the: i are some flaws even in the most valuable gems, as this story shows. The jewel in question was a Scandi navian, willing and vigorous but not overburdened with intelligence. When she first arrived on the scene she had never seen a refrigerator before. Af ter initiating her into its mysteries, the new r mistress instructed! her never to leave in the icebox anything old cr left over, but to keep it perfectly clean and fresh by throwing away the old things every morning. On the day following this the mis tress happened to look our of *he win dow and noticed something peculiar i" yard. Summoning the maid, she asked: what is that, ami how did it get there?” The Scandinavian beamed with joy at her own cleverness and tn expecta tion of cordial approval. “That is old ice, tna’am. left from yesterday. I threw it away lak you tol’ me.” —New York Mail an*: Express. It must make a bride feel cheap when her father gives her awt.y.
