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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

The appointments of census enumer-
ators 10 this district have not yet been
made. although they have been made
and announced ia several Of tho other
dis'ricts of the State c., Pearce ~
daily expecting to receive tho an
uouDcemeut of tie confirmation Of his
recommendation. II 10 said that at
least u half dozen negroes have been
recommended for these positions. a
circumstance. which. If Tho report be
true. is greatly 10 be regretted, 10 view
Of the ueed for careful gathering OF
information and ststistics. The State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
WILL NOT RUN.

Lieut. Gov Scarborough will not be
a candidate for reelection lie has
definitely made the announcement
that bis business engagements this
summer will not permit his making Q
canvass Of the State. This does not
necessarily imply that he will retire
from public life. for it is likely that
he will return to the senate from
Horny
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

l eoosdsr Ia not osiy u pleasure but Q
dnD o~e 70 my osisbbors TO tell abou, tie
'srcdsr'ai cure Effected 10 my case oy the
siusi, use OF Chsuhsrisia's Collie, Cholssa
sa4 D'subosa Rensdy. I wss taken very
ssdIy With nux and procured q eottls Of this
Fsusay few doss Of !, effected . psrms.
nsni eess. take pleasure 10 recommending 2
10 to Others ss6ssios from that dreadful
tisesss y W L,oco, Gorr. W Va. This
fsmssy 10 sold sy Dr.. A. J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

An ,fors 10 being made to arrange
. military eoosmpueps 90 The Isle OF
Psl@s ,his summer. IL tents Gao be
sseused oil the military companies 10
tho State will be ssked to join the
sssampmeo,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

Tho Grand Lodge Knights OF
Pysbias will meet 10 Charleston on tho
14.h Of May.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

Popular stories for boys and girls. Hsnty
series, ssd nssy others OF q. q. OHssn 4
Cs'a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

John 7. Woodside. . prominent
sroosr OF Gresnvills. has been elected
presideu, Of . $500. 900 cotton mill 10
gainesville, Gs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

Dr. w. Il. Evans. rector OF Trini.,
Church. Columbis. has been called e
Sc Lutes. Atlanta. He has tho cal
under consideration
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

Coed hsmmocks cbeap--uet,er ones for .
little more-at II. G. Ostecn h Cos.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

In Sumter shs 6losing Of oil places
ef business except drug stores ss
o'clock p = every week day except
Saturday from Msy Lei 10 September
lss Z no iooysr On open question !,
bas been osstou Tor twelve or more
ysoss and e has become 6xed law
n this ooanunity-snd . most OK
esllent end sstisfsososy Law it 10. IL
= supported By the people Of the
eonnunity. sad it 10 deemed . good
~ By enpleysss. employees sod the
psb'io q large. The store that keeps
- doors open for business sfter 8
o'clock 6ees % iu total die
regard Of the sentiment of
the commusisy and In contempt
1bs the wisast Of the people upon
wboss patronage the store 10 depend.
eos Tor support There 10 only . Ger
oaio amount Of business to be done,
and THE osa 10 transacted between
ohe hours Of 8 .. u. snd 6 .. m.
Cossequsutly no one oan lose any
hing By closing ss 8 p N.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

Admiral Dewey was the central
1gure Of the Chicago celebration of
shs victory Of Msnils Booming can.
non greeted bic arrival. aud great
esowds Of ssthasisstio people oheered
hin % he wss driven to bic hotel; end
- sighs moro than Two thousand peo
pc attended the naval ball given 10
hh honos lite juss possible that this
reception 10 the mstropolis Of the
Wsss may ssed TO confirm the Admi.
rails opiDios that he 10 . Presidential
possibilisy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

Tho Sumter Wascamam was founded
= 1850 and the True Soxtkron iu 1866.
The Waschmon oad SoSshron now has
ohe combined circulation and influence
Of both Of shc old papers. and is mani
fessly the best advertising medium iu
0smsor
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02


fol. except over the western counties.
whore gardens arc late. Melons
aud cane coming up to good stands.
Pastursge abundant Potato bugs
are numerous and damaging.
Richlsnd -CoDgaree Have had
sn exceptionally fine week for farm
work; light rainfall on Tuesday ;
farmers busy planting aud replautiug
10 few cases crops have been
plo~ wed up on account CT the excessive
rains last week; wheat looks 70
msrksbly we'll; fruit promises On
abundant yield f; gardens look we'll,
but cut worms very destructive.-
j. F. Smith
Clarendon-Pinewood Week has
been fair; work progressing rapidly ;
about seven eighths Of the cotton
crop planted ; oats doing we'll no
rain past seven dsys j X Griffin
Darlington-Dsrlington Wealth.
er very favorable for farm work this
week ; cotton planting nearly finish
ed; first paintings up to fair stands
tobacco setting progressing, plants
fine and plentiful this work soou
will be finished; early corn has fair
stands las been replanted, some
has been worked small grain good
Il r McIvor.
Neutrality-suspicious.: The wealth
or mild and pleasant ; all crops arc
much improved cotton being chop,
ped to stsnds come cotton yet 4
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

You would think that with as large a Chinese population as is possessed by Chicago some, at least. Of the white physicians of the city would have a fair sized Chinese practice" remarked physician few evenings ago, "espe- ciGlly when it is remembered that in this climate a great many of the Mon golians are given to various sorts of bodily ills
 Don't white physicians practice among the Chinese?'
 Not to any extent. Once in a while they,are called in by some of the Chris tianized and more intelligent of the Chinamen. but the masses-those who are neither Christianized nor inteIli- gent, according to our standards-wili have nothing to do with a white doctor except as a last resort. And some of them won't even then"
 Make their own medicines, I sup pose?"
 No: they have their own doctor. I forget his name, but he makes his headquarters in one of the Chinatown stores His presence is said to be so jealousIy guarded that few, if any white persons ever come in contact with him. He is a venerable looking chap, with gray hair and a struggling gray beard. Steel bowed spactacles serve to give him a wise look. His prescriptions are filled from native drugs and herbs brought over from China by New York firm of Chinese importers. A peculiar thing about d sick Chinaman is that he cannot be in duced to take his medicine in doses at regular intervals as we Americans do. He wants to feel that he is doing some thing for his complaint when he swal- lows what is prescribed for him, and as q consequence the Chinese doctors medicine is administered in doses of Q pint or a quart each. Having taken one dose, the patient settles himself back to wait for the next day to bring the hour for taking another. l suppose this custom has something to do with
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

these daf old ears over this way can hear ye?"
 Brother Kidder grew a little red with embarrassment and impatience and started In again.
 "Hithian buthen and hisfers, hi hawnt hoo"
 "1men," shrilled an old lady ovcr in the other corner of the room. "B.ess the Lord, Brother Kidder But we don't want to miss a word of that tes- tim ny. Please speak little louder, brother"
 Well, now. by this time, MT Kidder, by nature of a choleric and impatient disp- sition, commenced to get red be- hind the ears. He did what he was accustomed to doing all his life long he got mad And he whirled on his heel and glared at the roomful of his reighbors until the glare of his eye terrified them. Then he commenced at the top If his voice:
 "Hithian buth'en an hithers, hi hawnt to heed a Hithian hife. HAMN your or souls, han hoo hunnerstan' hat?"-Lewis;on CMeD Journal
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

China greater pains are taken to pre- serve the pointed effect, while in south ern China the shortness Of the foot is so much desired that the pointed effect is almost lost and the feet become mere stumps.
 The excruciating pain endured by Chinese girls in the process of foot binding is impossible to describe. Taken young, while the feet are grow ing, they are bound and wrapped 50 tightly with the webbing that cireula- tion is almost entirely cut off. and the bandage is left on just as long as pos sible, often for weeks, fo- it is a say ing that every dressing of the feet loses a mite of daintiness. But the worst Cf it is that the torture is drawn out through a lifetime. for the binding can never cease. The seams and Assures caused in the feet by their distortion become sore and often gaagrene sets in and carries off the sufferer In or der to prevent this it is customary 10 powder the feet with saltpeter while binding them. thus literally putting them in pickle to preserve them. The result of this binding is that all tha weight of the body in standing IS N the power to ba,ance the body. A small footed woman cannot stand still. but like one on stiits. she must con stantly be stepping backward or for ward to keep her balance.
 It is strangz how this cruel fashion freak has fastened itself on the Chin ese women. to whom it has become the badge of responsibility. and whose ele- garce and distinction are measured by the greatness of their deformity. The most advantageous marriages are made by those whose golden lilies" are the most petite. and those otherwise unde- s!rable become prizes if possessed of tiny feet.
 The custom is peculiar to the Chinese, for the Morgols and Marchus have never adopted it; but 90 dear is it 10 the Chinese that the greatest emperor of the present dynasty, who successful .ly imposed upon the Chinese the wear ing of the queue as a badge of subjec- tion. did not Gare to risk his authority in an attempt to stamp out the custom of binding feet, though ha prohibited the practice within the limits of his capital at Pekin. The work of mission aries is, however. beginning to make it. self felt. and native societies are at last pressing to abolish this cruel and an- cient custOm-LeSlies Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

the refusal Of the AIonsolIans to have anything to do with American doctors and their doses of a spoonful or two every hour or half hour
 "The Chinese doctors c,larges are only a quarter a visit, so that he has the advantage of US on the score of cheapness, too. In extreme cases, like advanced stages of consumption, for instance, I have been called upon sev- eral times. but never to attend a patient afflicted with an ordinary ill, while scarcely one out of all the hundred-odd physicians of my acquaintance has ever been into Chinatown professionally at all.'-Chicago Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

the air was cleared away. however, it was noticed that one stump still re- rna.ne q intact, and .t was surm:sed that the fuse had gone out. After waiting q little while as matter of precaution Mr. Snyder started toward the spot to make a new det nation come nection.
 He had reached the stump and was bending ovcr to insert the fuse when the charge exploded. His helpers were Terrified by a deafening roar. and through the clouds of shattered frag- ments they saw the unfortunate dyna- 1riter flying through the air. He struck the ground forty feet away. as was determined afterward by actual measurement and was apparently stone dead. His clothes were torn to lags and the rags were on fire: his tody was black from head to foot, and blood was oozing from his no.triIs When he was 70 be picked up he was seen to be breathing but he was totally unconscious and everybody thought he " ould Gie in a few moments.
 Incredible as it may seem, no bones were broken. and after several hours lad elapsed and the man still lived a telegram was sent to stop the after . was taken on board and upon arrival was conveyed direct 10 the Hotel Diau: tl;ere he lay unconscious until the evening Of the Srd of July. Except that Ee br5athed he was 10 all intents and purposes a dead man, and the puzzled physicians were about to rasor. to he r5ic measures when he suddenly opened his eyes and returned to his senses.
 The patiznt proved to be paralyzeI on the right side, but In a few days h= gradually regained control of every thing except the muscles Of his tace and neck. He then returned 10 Kent wood, but as he made no further inn Trcvement he came back to New Or leans a few days ago for medical aid The left side of his face is normal. but the right side is simply a mask of flesh. All the lines of expression stop at a point exactly midway, which might he represented by a line drawn from the center of the f5rekead to the tip Of ;h= chin. The right eye was totally blind for some time, but its sight is siowly coming back. The physicians are treating Mr. Snyder with electric ity, and hold out hopes of an entire re- c0very.
 The victim of this astonishing adven- t'-re told his story yesterday to a re- porter:
 "I have been handling dynamite all ny life.' lie said, but this is the first accident I ever had. I remember the vents of the morning perfectly up t3 'he time l reached the stump. Then came blank and the next thing I knew knew I woke up ia the hospital. I Was never so confused and surpris in !1y life, and as it happened none of ;he attendants were in the room at the t:me to tell me whac had happened. l
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

had never been inside the Hotel Dieu before. so all ;he surroundings were sirangs. and I hadn't cEc least idea where I was. I glanced cut If the win COW and saw an unfamiliar street, and was even uncertain about the h-ur of the day.
 "I was terribly alarmed. of course. Iut l tried to control myself. and did my b5st 70 pick up the threads of my memory. but I could go no farther than thai unlucky stump. Just then the rurse came in and soon set me to rights but it was some time before l could re- aliza hat | had actually met with such a mishap. I was pretty weak at first Tut I rapidly grew stronger, and in a few days I was able to go back to KentWo4d. I have returned because my face is still paraiyzed. as you sec. and I wanted treatment for it. I am getting better and l hope to be all right soon."
 "Will you sill so on handling dyna- mite?' asked the reporter
 Why. certainly. there is no danger
 Why. certainly replied Mr. Shy der. looking surprised on ,he left side. there is h. danger in dynamite. New Orleans Times Democrat
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

in the sixties by a Washington inventor named Forain.
 If my memory Is correct, FOrain was a man of considerable means and Q mathematician of ability. The internal heat of the earth is supposed to equal about one degree to the 100 feet of pen etrati but he claimed to have dis covered that the percentage was very much greater and increased in com pound ratio after a certain depth was reached. He figured out an elaborate table and proposed to sink huge shaft with accumulators at the bottom, from which unlimited steam would be sup piled to the service. All that was needed was a few million dollars capi- tai to pay for the digging of the plant, and he immediately set to work to raise the amount.
 "Forain succeeded in interesting a number of people of wealth and formed d joint stock company, but meanwhile his calculations were assailed by sCien- lists. and it was shown pretty clearly that the figures were incorrect. He re piled with great bitterness, and the scheme went u pieces in the shock of the controversy. What became of For ain I don't know. If the problem is ever actually solved l suppose he will he fshed out of the limbo Of cranks and missionaries to take his proper place in history. New Orleans Times Demicrat.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14
NO DANGER IN DYNAMITE"
Said MT. Snyder, Looking Surprised
 on Left Side of His Face.

Blown forty feet through the air hy d dynamite explosion. picked up for dead and now fighting his way back slowly L. health. after lying uncon- scious for Six solid days at the Hotel Di-u-such. briefly told, was the eX- iraurdinary experience Ct H. M. Shy der. of kentWGOd. who is now at the Gruenwald under m, dical treatment.
 MT. Snyder is man of about thirty and has followed a queer trade during the whole of his active life. He IS a irofessi nal dynamit6r. not in the an archis.ic but in the c0mercial sens. Ii other words, he makes a business of handling dynamite in all sorts of work where that explosive is uszd-in levee construction. road building. shaft s.nking. quarry opening, and excavat- ing in general.
 His speciality is blowing up stumps.
 Nowadays dynamite plays very Im- pDrtart part in all the lines mentioned. J. has immensely simplifed the labor Of removing large masses If earth and rock. and has reduced it's average cost nearly third. But. as everybody knows, it is perilous stuff to handle. and for that reason contractors are glad to employ an expert to attend ro that branch of the job. Hence Mir. Snyder's sphere of usefulness.
 Tn the latter part of last June he was engaged hy the Jrbana Lumber Ca. of KantwoOd t0 clear away the stumps from d fiVe-acr5 field in which i. was proposed to construc. an artificial lake ;u which to unload logs for tho miii. "hc plan. which was decidedly inge- '.inus. was tn dump the timber direct from the cars into the water. and thus save the labor and eXpense of piling. The field had been Gensely wooded and vas but recently cleared of it's regs.
 The method employed In blowing up Stumps is to drill a hole in the base. extending into the roots, and to charge i. with from five to six pounds of dy- namite, which is ignited by a fuse and cetona,ion cap. As q rule, several are nred at the same time.
 On the morning or tie 2Sth Of June Mir. Snyder loaded six large s;uinps Lear the middle of the field. and after lighting the fuses hurried off short distance to await ;he explosions. In few moments there was a quick sue cession of terrific crashes and the air was filled with dirt and debris. When
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness. and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by the mucous lin- ing of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rum ping sound or imperfec. hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of fen are caused by catarrh. wEich is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Cdnrrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
 r. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. O.
 Sold by Druggists, 7Jc.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

Yes August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civ ilized world. Your mothers and grand mothers never thought of using any thing else for Indigestion or Bilious ness. Doctors were scarce and they seldom heard of Appehdiciti-. Nervous Pros-ration or Heart failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fermentation of undi- gested food, regulate the action of the liver. stimulate the nervous and or ganic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other aches You only need a few doses of Greens August Flower. in liquid form, to make you satisfied there is nothing serious the matter with you. For sale by deal CTS in all civilized countries
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

\ man who lives there tells me that the excitement up at CO0mbs Mills when Joe KiGder was announced as about to "cGme out'-the excitement. I say, entirely overshadowed the Boer war.
 There is a revival on up in Ceomhs Mills. School house revival. There were twenty-nine who had announced their intention of leading a peter life up to the time that brother Ktdder said that he was going to break away from the grip of sin.
 Now, the conversion of the wh le twenty-nine Cid not make the stir in the town that the coming out of Mr. Kidder aroused. For every one up that way knows Joe Kidder Terrible man he is, too. on horse trade. Why. :l is regarding him that they say the old story oriEinated-eXcUse me for telling it. They said that once. long back, Joe had been ceonverted. and that he had said that if all the people he had cheated would come around in the morning he would refund. One party called him up a. 3 o'clock that morn irg. When Joe remonsUated he al
 
 early ito avoid the rush.
 The minister-to get back t. the ac~ count of Mir Kilders conversion. an rouDced Sunday that on the following Wednesday evening the well known brother. J s5ph Kidder, would arise il meeting and r.Eounce the ways of sin, and would eXhort all tD the paths of repentance.
 The standing room sign was out ear ly on that Wednesday evening. Fact is covldn'y half the people get in. There vas d very na turaI desire on tho part If those who knew Mr. Joseph Kid Ter to hear what he was goins to say f r himself. It didn't appear 10 he possi- bla that q man who had been the sort cf individual hat Mr. Kidder had prid ed himself ou being. was really going to rengunce all his evil practices.
 Among o,her practices Joseph was an inveterate and verbose curser. l. didn't seem possible for him to talk wich0Ut swearing. He swore without knowing that h. did if.
 And. lastly. Joseph had a hair lip and his ordtorical effort was looked to with interest on that account.
 When at last the great moment ar rived and Joseph stood up in the midst uf the packed gathering of his neigh bCrs there was a hush in the air
 Brother Kidder,' said the minister. with a bland and ingratiating smile. will now tell you why he loves the Lord"
 "Hithian buth'en and histers. I heel hat I hawnt hoe heed Hithian hr= an"
 "Amayn," cried an aged brother over n the corner of the school room: "Amayn, Brother Kidder, but wont you please speak q mite louder, so that
Arizona republican., 1900-09-14

Dull Headache, Pains in various parts of the body, Sinking at the pit of the stomach, Loss Of appetite. Feverish- ness, Pimples or Sores are all positive evidences of impure blood. No matter how it became so it must be purified in order to obtain good health. Ackers Blood Elixir has never failed to cure Scrofulous or Syphilitic poisons or any other blood diseases. It is certainly a wonderful remedy, and we sell every bottle op a positive guarantee. Ben L.. Bear, wholesale and retail druggist Phoenix, Arizona.