Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-02
At the End of the RainbouOi
COMPARATIVE ILLS.

I'm having frightful time with rheumatism"
complained Quackenbush. I've taken about is bar
any good. There times when get plumb discour-
aged The pain begins regularly about o'clock every
afternoon keeps grinding away until midnight and
it's just as though buzz saw was cutting my bones
into stove lengths"
but isn't in the class with asthma. You don't
know what trouble is until you get the asthma
have that disease bad that when breathe sound
like concertina. A with rheumatism go to
bed be comfortable, but when have the asth-
all night and hold your head with both hands. 1t
makes tired to hear man going around complain
ing of the rheumatism, which is disease for kids
and beneath the notice of grownups."
Well Clinkenbeard, heard you're the most
satisfactory neighbor I'd hate to have
your small, spirit. There's pleasure what
in coming over in neighborly way to tell you
of rheumatism in this state. The weekly paper has
referred it editorally several times and number
of leading clergymen have spoken of it from the
pulpit wherever medical assemble the first
thing they begin talking about is my rheumatism
Just to be friendly and accomm odating, thought
would keep posted on the progress the disease is
making but every time come over here to tell you
about you begin harping that dnky of asth-
ma of yours. 1 consider it insulting to saying moth
ing of the base ingrattude you display.
Asthma is about the cheapest excuse for dis
ease that ever copyrighted The man who in
vented asthma and called it disease had no right to
Now, see here Quackenbush" retorted Clnken-
hotly I'm patient and long suffering. and will
put up with good deal for the sake Of peace in the
neighborhood. but If you come over here making fun
Of my asthma and trying to class it with your Jim
rheumatism
asthma for 90 years and I'm to every
curve of the disease and know that it's in a class
by itself Sometimes 1 have it bad that drawing
my breath is like drawing a cork, and I've known 40
or so people to stand in my front yard for
gether just hear breathe. The New York Med
zeal Journal devoted whole with coored plates
and half-tone engravings to description of my dis
ease the editor printed article saying that
had all them skinned when it downright
suffering. Why, sir, my asthma is a household word
all this country, and it makes weary
man standing around boosting his picayunish rheu-
matisr1.
rive met contrary, fat headed galoots in my
time, but / anybody like you before. I've
had the asthma myself and it was such trifling.
account disease that didn't consider it talking
about When a has a genuine stem-w winding case
of the rheumatism a trifle like the asthma doesn't
worry him any than a flea bite worries a man
who is being swallowed by boa-constrictor. I have
my opinion of a who can't find interest
ing topic conversation than asthma"
We'll, 1 don't a whoop what your opinion is
had the rheumatism, four kinds once did
it's worst but it couldn't distract my attention
the asthma for a minute Last the London
got special issue devoted entirely to my
brand of asthma, and yet you here Dragging
and boastng because one-horse country paper pub
shed a squib about your rheumatism Now, I'm go
ing into the house. here old Doottle
a long story about his lumbago
WALT MASON.