MUSIC AS MEDICIiVE.
INSTEAD OF TONING UP A SICK
MAN HE MAY BE "TUNED UP."
DUeiiHlon of ft ftnbjrrt Thnt H IWn
Sntgenteri bjr n Kmlnent rhynlclan nl
St. reteTnlinrff RomaTnnpaTltnt IVnnld
B tnnpttroprlnt for Certnln 111.
Professor Tnrchnnow, of Rf. Peters
burg, lectured recently on "Tho Inllu
etieeof Mnsio on the Human Onanism,"
and affirmed thnt mnr.ic is of tho tfreat
cst service in the trt-atment of diffnue,
and thnt, by the proper ne of music,
the system enn be "tnned'Mike a ninsical
hmtrnment. Sufferers from nerve dis
orders enn, he states, be soothed by
music, bnt tho remedy must lie employed
With discrimination, as in some rnsps it
produce an effect contrary to thnt
which ts intended.
Well, opium will do thnt, and so will
many other drugs when they ore not
"used with discrimination," so that is
no disparagement to the therapeutic vir
tue of music. So if Professor Tarchnnow
is right and he ts a scientific man the
dogrce of musical doctor, snch as was
conferred on Sir Arthur Sullivan, is
very likely to have a new significance.
The subject opens up rather a broad
view.
Where will a college for such musical
doctors be located? Where can a man
studying musical medicino learn the
effect of tome heroic remedy, like tho
trombone, without originating a scourge
of nervous diseases? It is possible, how
ever, to build the college in the middle
cf some vast, nninhabited tract, where
professors, students and patients can
literally wrestle with tho problem.
There are of course only a certain
number of musicul instruments. Will
a musical doctor use nil of them in his t
practice, will they mnko up his pharmn-
copuiia, or will ho become a Hpecii.ast 1
on one instrument, a first violinist, bo to .
speak, in tho grand orchestra of the pro
fession? If he becomes a specialist he '
must treat different diseases by admin- i
istering different tunes. TUo swan song
from "Lohengrin" would naturally have
one effect upon a man in a fit; "Tn-ra-ra-boom-de-ay"
another. Professor Tur
chanow attributes the frequent failure
of music to cure diseases to its being
used at the wrong time and in unsuita
ble cases. So of course the young musi
cal practitioner will exercise the nicest
judgment. He can lay down some
standard rules like "Wagner in case of
stupor," or "Offenbach in melancholia,"
but he will never dream of giving "1
Owe Ten Dollars to O'Grady," when an
unfortunate has taken arsenic with sui
cidal intent, or of prescribing the newest
ballet music for a girl suffering with St.
Vitus' dance.
The Russian savant expressed the con
viction that a time will come when mu
sic "in the hands of scientifically trnined
physicians" will be acknowledged to be i
an ngont of great power for the relict of
suffering. It would bo now if it wcro
"in the hands of scientifically trained
physicians." Their training has taught
them to detect human suffering. They
can see a man wiuce when his enr is
shocked: they can see him squirm and
twist smiling all the time, while soma
one sings "The Last Rose of Summer"
out of tune. They can in fact hear his
teeth grate when his favorite air is
played false. Can the ordinary young
persou at the piuno do that; can the
leader of the German band; can the fel
low with the hand organ?
"How can music fail to relievo," ex
claims Tarchanow, "when a series of
cases has proved that it is the the most
powerful regulator of men's moods and
feelings which dominate many sides of
the psychical and physical life of the
organism?" A profane critio might sug
gest that musicians as a class do not ex
emplify that perfect "regulation" of
their emotions which might be expected.
The professor has doubtless never seen
two bandmasters pulling each uther's
hair in a fight about the proper tempo
of the Dead March in Saul. It is even
possible that he has never heard of rival
prima donnas scratching and clawing.
But this failure to regulate the emotions
of musicians may be the result of tho
tolorance begotten of overuse. The same
thing happens in the medicine of the
present day. An old morphia Bond can
take enough of the drng to kill a dozen
ordinary men. Then there are of course
those Styriaii9 who, beginning to tnke ar
senic when they are young, are iu years
able to eat it as some people do garlic.
However all this niuy be, the sedutivo
effect of tnusio on patients in whom the
instrument of mind is "like swoot bells
jangled out of tune nnd harsh" is uni
versally admitted. Canon Harford. r.:
Englishman, lias reported clinical ex
periments inndo by the St. Cecilia guild
that show that it hns a distinctly bouo
ficial effect in certuin cases of insomnia.
Bore, too, one would think the tuno
employed would have to be chosen with
very nice judgment.
Music 'doubtless will relieve pain,
not by acting ou the nerve centers, but
by distracting ' tho sufferer's attention.
Thin is tho true field for music as u
therapeutic agency, and it is improbublu
that it ever can do more. Orpheus made
trees and mountains dunco to his lute,
and the Pied Pipur's music purged
Hamolin of rats, bu,t it is very doubtful
whothor Canon Hartford will ever
clinnn away a tumor or rid a tubercu
lous lung of bacilli. Within limit,
however, musio may be a most useful
handmaiden to medicino, aud iu this ago
of "nerves" it might possibly bomudo to
play an important part iu the prevention
of the many diseases which are fostered
if not actually engendered by depression
and fatigue. Canon Hartford aud bis
colleagues may be encouraged to perse
vere in their efforts to press the most
spiritual of the line arts iuto the service
of sufloring humanity . New York
World.
niuo Xuuufh TbF.
"Do you want to see the ArtitV
bluff?" asked the White Mountain guide.
"No; I go to all the art galleries at
-uie," sId the matter of fact tourist
Klcetrlelljr and Eiplonlrn.
No stronger evidence of the safety of
electric lighting installations can be
afforded thnn the fact thnt a great mnny
explosives factories are now being lit by
electricity. It is obvious thnt in a building
where the preparation of inrlnmmnblo
or highly explosive substances is carried
on very special care should be tnken in
Irder to avoid even the smallest risk,
(nd powder manufacturers now find
that tho electric light adds a consider
able percentage over pis to tho chances
of safe operation. Wliilo electricity In
crease tho safety of this branch of in
dustry in one wny it lessens it In an
other. There is a grent deal of free elec
tricity thrown off in various stnes of
manufacture, nnd tho disposition of this,
so far ns it can be removed out of harm's
wny, is n serious question.
The chnrge of a powder enke press
with ebonite plates may practically be
considered as nn electric pile, and a
large amount of friction or electric In
fluence from outside may cause a suffi
cient electric charge to give off spnrks.
Several undisputed cases of this kind
have been known. Another source of
danger from friction occurs during the
glazing, rounding and sieving of gun
powder. The powder is subjected to a
constant rubbing of ita particles against
each other and during the glazing es
pecially there is danger of electricity ac
cumnlnting. Therefore precautions shonld be taken
in order to convey away any chnrge that
may accnnmlnte in the glazing barrels.
New York Telegram.
The Meaning of I'.lunilor.
Examining into the matter of blun
ders, particularly in trnctng the course
of the "mistakes, well meant," in our
own lives, when we look bnck upon
them with tho cooler understanding of
later yenrs we are constrained to con
fess that the "mistake" must have been
intended to be there, as well as the cor
rect action, because the plan of our de
velopment has included lioth. Continu
ing to study clearly and deeply we must
acknowledge that the mistakes nnd er
rors nay, the very sins when forsnken
and forgiven, have helped the soul up
ward; that all have worked together to
accomplish the result sought; that they
must have been put there and meant so
to be, and bo that our "blunders" were
not blunders at all, but although we
sowed and watered often amiss there
was always some increase given which
achieved the good we aimed at, but
failed to reach.
And deepest of all we see that the
divine love, which saw the end from the
beginning, bore with a tender compas
sion to look upon our struggles, our
weeping, onr disheartened sighs. Ah,
infinitely greater it is, bnt like to the
love we bear onr own children, which is
so deep and true that we endure to trcut
them harshly, and with seeming cruelty
behold their tears, knowing snrely that
one day they will comprehend all the
kindness. Harper's linzar.
Tho IH iiim of he ItlriU.
All our permanent residents among
tho birds, both large nnd small, are com
paratively limited iu their ranges. Tho
crow is nearly ns local as the wood
chuck. Ho goes farther from home in
quest of food, bnt his territory is well
defined, both winter nnd summer. His
place of roosting remains tho same year
after year. Once, while spending a few
days at a mountain lake nearly sur
rounded by deep woods, my attention
was attracted each night, just at sun
down, by an osprey that always enmo
from the same direction, dipped into the
lake as he passed over it for a sip of its
pure water and disappeared in the woods
beyond.
The routine of his life was probably
as marked as that of any of onrs. He
fished the waters of the Delaware all
day, probably never going beyond a cer
tain limit, and returned each night at
sundown, as punctual as a day laborer,
to his rotreat in the forest. The sip of
water, too, from the lake he never fniled
to tnke.
All the fncts we possess in regard to
the habits of the song birds in this re
spect point to the conclusion that the
same individuals return to tho same lo
calities year after year to nest and to
rear thoir young. John Burroughs in
Century
A Ilv Snak In ft Woman's Arm.
There lives, or did quite recently, near
Columbia, S. C, a woman afflicted in a
manner that makes one's flesh creep to
think of it. For more than tho third of
a contury sho has carried a live nnnke
nndcr tho skin of one of her arms. How
the reptile first found lodgment in its
queer situation is as much of a puzzle to
the old lady ns it is to the hundreds who
have visited her for the purpose of view
ing the long welt where the unwelcome
creature lies encysted.
When the lady first noticed the bow
shaped ridge ou her arm it was of about
the diameter of a pin, and less than two
Inches iu length. During the muny
years that it hns safely nestled in her
flesh it has grown from a mere thread to
a snuke a foot long aud ns large as a
lead pencil. The eyes of tho creature
are plainly visible through the skin, and
the scales can be felt by rubbing the
finger along the welt formed by its body.
Physicians pronounce it a most re
markable freak, and have endeavored,
without success, to prevail upon the old
lady to have it removed. Philadelphia
Press.
IvrMonl liuroiuvtem
A good many old housewives still re
main thoir own weather prophets, and
as a consequence one of the most popukir
of familiar weather suyiugs is, "When
rheumatic people complain of more than
ordinary pains in their joints, it will
rain." Another homemade barometer
Is tho tender corn or sensitive tooth.
Philadelphia Times.
A Frank Btatemant.
"Cuu I dare I ask that little hand
for my own?" pleaded the smitten young
man.
"It is only ah second hand," replied
the young widow deprecatiDgly. Ex
Cttf.nge.
nnrMfnl Coartlng Aiutd IHITtenttl.
For the past two rears lifo has been
unpleasant for Dr. William Aestis,
George Thorpe and the loctor'a daugh
ter. Thorpe persisted in calling on the girl
he loved, and every time he and the
Irate father met a fight ensued, and each
has spent f 100 or more in the courts.
For some time past Thorpe and Aestts
threatened to shout each other, nnd the
community expected a duel. It has just
now developed that (ieorge is tho victor,
and two weeks sin:-n at Marion Miss
Aestis became Mrs. TIio! h. That part
seemed not so hnrd as breaking the news
to pnpa.
When the pleading daughter relnted
the circnmstaiice she was made happy
by tho father insuring bis blowing in
the future to both, and ho now prides
himself in having n son-in-law who
could woo his daughter under such try
ing circumstances. Cor. Indianapolis
Sentinel.
Couching at Newport.
One of our swell coach owners sits on
his box seat, with a tan cloth robs
buckled across hip aritocratio waist and
tucked carefully about his high bred
loins. A Spanish gentleman says, "He
looks as if he were and had on a
what is it you would sny?" "Do you
mean a shoemaker's leather apron?" I
queried. "Yes, yes: 1 could not think
the name, but 1 could sen it so plain."
It is hideously English in effect, bnt
yet when one curries the lines of a four-in-hand,
one has no leisure to keep lap
robes well tucked In. Cor. Boston
Transcript.
Lucky, bnt lie Dlr.l tn Win.
Very few people get u life insurance
as quickly n the lato Jalcz A. Bost
wick. He left a large fortune and had
so great nil interest in speculation that
he purchased a seut on the New York
stock exchange in order to snvo com
missions. Ho was the very first man
out of the l.KHi members to die after
joining, nnd is probably the only mem
ber of tho exclmngo who died holding a
leat upon which be bud not paid a sin
gle death assessment. liis purchase
pnid the estate $10,000 in a singlo week.
New York Letter.
How tn Retire On Monqi.lloes.
Before taking your next outing on the
(hore or in the wcxmIs provide yonrself
with a bottle of pennyroyal extract. Do
not hesitnto to rub it plentifully over
the face, neck, hands and any exposed
part of the body. Even the most de
termined mosquito will avoid the neigh
borhood abundantly scented with penny
royal. It is a singular fact thnt although last
rear enormous fields of ice had begun
to invade the so culled "steamer lanes"
of the Atlantic nt Die c- niug of spring,
there hns ben comparaiivuly little ice
ihis year.
A Pittsbnr:( justice c!e"bUa that it ia
'egal for any honsehol.Vr, from bis own
premises, tc throw water upon nn organ
grimier who jvluson iu i.iovu on.
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Makes tho hair soft nnd glossy.
"I have used Ayer's llnlr Vlitor for
nearly Ave yenrs, and my hair li moist,
glossy, aud In nn excellent state of pres.
ervntlun. I urn forty years old, and have
ridden the plains for twoniy.flve years."
Wm. Henry Olt, alUu 'Mustang Bill,
"Newcastle, Wyo.
Ayer's Hair Vigor
Prevents hair from fulling out.
"A number of years ago, by recommen
dation of a friend, I began to use Ayer's
J lair Vigor to atop the hair from falling
out and jirerent Its turning gray. The
first effects were most satisfactory.
Occasional applications since have kept
my hair thick and of a natural color."
II. E. Basliam, McKlnney, Texas.
Ayer's Hair Vigor
liestorcs liair after fevers.
"Over a year ago I had a severe lover,
and when I recovered, my hair began
to fall out, and what little remained
turned grny. I tried various remedies,
but without sueeess, till at Inst I began
to use Ayer's Hair Vigor, and now my
hair Is growing rapidly nnd Is restored
to Its original color." Mrs. A. Collins,
Sighton, Mass.
Ayer's Hair Vigor
Prevents liair from turning gray.
My hair was rapidly turning gray nnd
falling out; one bottle of Ayer's Hair
Vigor has remedied the troublo, and my
liair Is now Its original color and full
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Shoes,
Fresh Groceries
Flour and
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OPERA - HOUSE BLOCK
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b. iaylmli w,
A Cackling Hen
MAY be excused for making nn
awfully big racket over a
mighty little egg; but when she
cackles for nn hour over a china
door knob its time to throw a brick
nt her. There is also some excuse
for a merchant cackling a good
deal over
A Genuine Bargain,
BUT when the Po-called Bargain
turns out to be a Door-knob
Bargain it is time Homebody threw
a brick or a "shoo" at the noisy
thing. There's an nwful lot of
cackling about bargains going on,
but we'll bet they're all door-knob
bargains, so here goes our brick;
we'll meet any price, show better
quality for the pame money, and do
as well if not better by you thnn
any other firm in Reynoldsviile.
MO POOR KNOB BARGAINS ABOUT THIS.
tfT'Near Postofiico.
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HAS MADE
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Fancy and Staple
GltOCEUIES,
Oil, Flour! Feed.
An elegant line con
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Onions, chow chow,
olives, cauliflowers
and others too numer
ous to mention. j
An endless variety on
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Try our fruit and
chocolate cakes.
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leaas me usi; us a
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Rest," "Straight,"
"Imperial," "N. W.
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Patent," "Pilgrim"
and others.
"Wo have no oil wagon
on the road but we
deliver yon a 5 gal.
best 150 oil for 50
cents. Get our rates
i i
on oil by tho barrel.
A FULL STOCK of 1tnnlM in our
line alii'tiif on limnl. lUghent
nutrhct price paid for rountrff
print ure.
aoons iu:veivei '
ItAtLY.
NO , aoons
FOKSALK. :
McKcc & Warnick,
T1k3 Grocers,
Cor. ilth Hint Mtiln St
. . . JSriHoh1irlUe, Vemuu
I want to close out my sum
mer goods to make room
for fall stock, and
will sell
AT COST!
Outing Cloth, fij cents,
Sold before for 8 cents.
Outing Cloth, 8 cents,'
Sold before for 10 cents.
Outing Cloth 12 cents,
Sold before for 12. i cents.
Challie, 10 cents,
Sold before for 12 h cents.
Challie, 10 cents, '
Sold before for 15 cents. '
Sateen, 10 cents,
Sold before for 15 cents.
Indigo Blue prints
(5 cents per yard.
Men's Seersucker Coat -and
Vest at 65 cents,
Sold before for l?1.00.
4
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At i i a niw I liikii
Outing Shirts
At 19 cents apiece.
Men's suits at $3.0,
Sold before for 5.00.
All Men's suits reduced
From 2.00 to
3.00 per suit.
Chidren's
' Suits $i.oo
Now is your time to save
money. These good a are all
new.
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