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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
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
bs constitutional rem edies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian tube.
Wnen his tube is infamed you have q
rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and
when it Is entirely closed, deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever nine cases out Of ten are caused
BY catarrh, which is nothing bat an IN
famed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness caused oy cstarrh)
that canuot be cured By Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
FL. Cheney & Co., Totedo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for cor stipaiion
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14

It is very probable that the electors
of Williamsburg will soon be called
upon to vote upon the question of
"disensary or no disensary. The
matter has been talked quietly for
several months. and it seems that this
talk is about to develop into action.
At the bead of the movement are some
of the most earnest and influential op-
ponents of whiskey selling in the
county, and they will hardly leave a
stone unturned to put the dispensaries
out OF the county
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
Dying Of Famine

Is, in its torments, like dying of con
SUMPTION. The progress of consumption.
from the beginning to the very end, is
long torture, both to victim and friends.
''When I had consumption in It's first
stage." writes VIM. Myers, of Cearfo~s,
M, "afte- trying different medicines and
good doctor, in vain, l ct last took DR..
Kings New Discovery, which quickly and
perfectly cured me-" Prompt relief and
sure cure for coughs, c-lds, sore throat,
bronchitis, etc. Positively preve1+e 2neu-
monia. Guaranteed at J. z. W. D=Lorme's
drug srore, price SOC and 81 DO tie. Trial
bottle free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
CANCEL
Of Iowa's State Prison Secured Poison
and Killed Herself.

and Killed Herself.
Des Moines, Iowa, June sarah
Kuhn, one Of the most beautiful wo-
men in Iowa, who was serving a life
term in the State Prison at Anamosa
for the murder of her husband, died
this morning of poison, self-adrain-
istered.
Mrs. Kuhn, when 20 years old, six
years ago, married Charles Kuhn, a
wealthy citizen of Watcher, Iowa.
He was cripple and she disliked him,
but her folks were poor and urged the
marriage, and she acceded to their
wishes. One day while driving to
their country home he was taken sud-
denly i'll and died few hours later.
to poison administered in beer. Mrs.
Kuhn was arrested charged with the
murder.
She protested her innocence, but
was, found. guilty. She was sentenced
to life Imprisonment. She continued
maintaining her innocence and her
great beauty enlisted in her cause
many OF the most influential men in
southern Iowa, who believed her in
nocent. An attempt was made to Sc
cure a pardon at the last session Of
the state legislature and it lost by a
few votes. Arrangements were COM
pleted to ask the legislature this VIM
ter for a pardon and there is very lit
tie doubt but that it would have been
granted.
Mrs Kuhn was almost illiterate
when she entered prison, but the war
den and some of the guards became
interested in her and in a few months
she was said to have become very pro-
fcient in the routine studies. She
learned instrumental music and her
voice won her the name Of 1.-The Pris-
on Angel For the past few months
she had exhibited deep melancholia
and expressed fears as to what she
would do if she was pardoned, be-
lieving that the world would hold
aloof from her.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
EDTTORIALETS.

She-I shouldn't be surprised te
hear of another engagement-John anc
Celia are such close friends. He-fes,
comrades in arms -Yale Record.
Whichever way the thing goes. it is
safe to predict that ex Senator Marion
Butler will not lose out AS smooth
article, he is superb.-Charlotte 90
server.
He-The trouble with you women is
that you tell ali ycu know. Sbe-Not
all. Some of Us merely tell wnat we
want to. He-Well, what's the differ
ence.-Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Ferguson-George, how do you
like my straw berry shortcake? Mr.
Ferguson-I refuse to answer, Laura,
on the ground that my answer might
incriminate me.-Chicago Tribune
How He Sold It.-Miss Peecnie-I
want hammock that will not break
down. Polite <Clerk-Can't guarantee
any Of 'em, Miss. Miss Pechie-Why,
that's strange. Polite Clerk-Not at
all. We'dido it if you were homely
girl, but--Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Crswford-Now that the hon
ey-moon is over, / suppose you find
your husband has grown economical
with his kisses? Mrs. Crabshaw--He
has reached wores stage than that,
my dear. He has grown economical
with his money. illustrated Bits.
The fact that there are no swear
words in tee japanese language shows
that Admiral Bob Evans's picturesque
vocabulary is not really an indispen-
sable adjunct to orr naval proves.
kansas City journal.
With the Nan Patterson case entire
II disposed of aud the end in sight for
the postofice cases and the war in
Asia. comparatively restful sumner
may be looked for.-Wasbington Star.
IF Nick draws Que of those choice
rro-Hungarian brands of. assem-
blies, with 40 languages striving for
the mastery, he may think there are
things even worse than war.-Chicago
News.
Secretary Taft is said to look like
Grover Cleveland. aud this is encour-
aging the Secretary's friends to believe
that he looks like Presidential tim
ber.--Altanta Journal.
It was a good boost for the Vice
President to let him speak at Portland
before the second national power. I'm
Gle Joe Cannon, "orated. st. Louis
Post-Dis patch.
With such body as the Lake Mo-
honk Peace Conference at work we
can hardly see how the nations have
the audacIsy to go to war.-Baltimore
Sun.
Perhaps young Jimmie hyde would
avheb en- beteter business man if ne
had taken tbe precaution to be born
out West sopewhere.-Chicago Record
Herald.
.sThe campaign this year." says
Governor Herrick, "begins where we
left off last year y This is the Ohio
idea of standing pat.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
South Carolina has had a good deal
to contend With at times, but, think
Heavens Clark Howell and Hoke
Smith have never run for the Gov
ernorship of this State at one and the
same time.-News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
Huge Task.

1t was huge task, to undertake the
cure of such bad case of kidney disease,
AS that of c. F. Collier, of Cherokee, Ia,
but Electric Bitters did it. He writes: "My
kidneys were 80 far gone. could not sit
on a chair without cushion and suffer
ed fro'; dreadful backache, headache and
depression. In Electric Buffers, however,
found cure and by them was restored
to perfect he lth. l recommend this great
tonic medicine to all with weak kidneys,
liver or stomach. Guaranteed y j. f. W.
DeLorme, druggist (; price SOC.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14

Mr.. W. Scarborough King, aged 63
years, died at his residence in Darling
ton,, about II O'Clock Tuesday night.
Mr.. King formerly representa- this
county in the Legislature and was
county supervisor for several terms.
He had cancer of the stomach and
had been sick sevreal months He had
wife and several sons and daughters,
besides host of ether rlatives. His
remains were taken to Gully Church
for burial.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
No Secret About It.

1t is no secret, that for cuts, burns, ul-
GERS, fever sores, sore eyes, bo'ls. ETC..
nothing j. so effective as Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. SIT didn't take loug to cure bad
sore had and it is all 0. Z. for sore
eyes,; writes D. T.. Gregory, of Hope, Tex.
25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
A Bad Scare.

Some day you will get bad scare, when
you feel pam in your bowels. and fear
appendicitis. Safety lies in DR.. King :
New Life Pills, a sure cure, for all bowel
and stomach diseases, sucn as headache.
biliou ness, costiveness, etc. Guaranteed
at j. F. W. DeLo.m mes @rug store, only
25c. Try them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck
Lame Shoulder.

These are three common ailments for
which Chamberlain's Pain Balm is espe
ciaIly valuable. If promptly applied it
Will save you time, money and suffering
when troubled with any one CT these all
ments. For sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14

When Court House square is built
up with handsome buildings of mod
ern designs, north Main street will
bave a shade the best of South Main
in appearances
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
The (''hildren's Favorite
kleptomaniac.

For coughs, Group, whooping cough,
ct =, Ore Minute Cough Cure is the chill
dren's favorre. This is because it co.,
,ains no opiate. is psrfectly harmless
tastes good and cures. Sold by all drug
gists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14
Ii in a kind of bilious mood,
You wish an aid to digest food,
No other pill is half SO good

"A Dewitt $ Little Early Risers.
The famous little pills Ea~ly Ri>ers cure
constipation sick headache, biliousness,
etc. They never grippe or s'c&en, but inn
part early rising energy. Good fo7 chill
dren or adults. Sold By al! druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14

What are we doing to secuc9
the Castle Hall of the Grand
Lodge, knights Of Pythias. A
good time for the Chamber of
Commerce to get its hustling
committee busy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14

The laxative effect of Chamberlain'e
Stomach aud Liver Tablets is so agreeable.
and so natural that you &c rot realize it liz
the effect of a medlcine. For sale By as
druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-14

Have you paid your street
taxes? If not it behooves you
to do so. The discount is worth
the trip to the Clerks office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11

themselves in these straits. they come to the legation and the consulates, ano' not Knowing that there are no tuhus provided by the United States for the care of indigent or stranded Americahs' expect the minister and consuls here 10 provide them with food and lodging until they can get employment or to give them passage back to the Unlteo States. It Is often difficult to persuade them that the minister and consuis are not responsible for their condition. Ihe minister has frequently assisted ana is now assisting. men in these straitened circumstances, but of course limit must be placed on such charity
 When questioned. these laborers say they gained the impression from the napers that there was abundance ol work at high wages here for eVeryoody, and in most instances they gave up fairly good employment in the unlte" States in order to take chances or oo- ing better here. A remarkable iea'-
 ure of this situation is that these me II !, come from all parts of the nlte" States The last steamer brought Id borers, on their own account, from Maine, New York, Tennessee. Illinois Colorado, and California. and they nav l all been obliged either to go without employment or to take work in coihpe, titIon with Jamaican and other coioreu labor, which they will not be apie 'o
 endure for any length of time, | In a report submitted last year ] give a warning of the same nature as
 this one, but the effect of 1t now seeiis l lost It would therefore seem Wlss
 that 1t be given as wide publicity as | possible
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11

same time the rock suddenly became solid and the usual rate of progress be- came possible, ....-
 Several thousand men were employed continuously, working day and night, eight-hour shifts. year in and year out. Great care was exercised. however, and notwithstanding the hazardous nature of the work the fatalities to date, in six and one-half years and with thous- ands of men employed, number but eighty-five. Two deaths, of the eighty five took place on the day following the piercing of the tunnel. A train load of engineers started on a tour of inspection, but through the temporary failure of the ventilating apparatus the train was obliged to return soon after entering the tunnel. A number of en- gineers were overco ome and two cases resulted fatally.
 With the completion of the boring the work of equipping the tunnels for traffic will be matter of but a few months. The lining must be fffAshed, the permanent way built, and the sig. mailing apparatus installed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
Lnhnr on IAthmux.

John Barrett, United States Minister Elect to Colombia, late minister 10 Panama, before he left the isthmus Tor q brief visit to the Adirondacks for hls health, transmitted to the Department of Commerce and Labor report touch- ing labor conditions on the isthmus which should be instructive to those de- slrous of obtaining employment there. Saving nothing of the appearance or yellow fever among employees, Minister Barrett shows that the conditions are not altogether alluring. His report fol- lows:
 No American white laborers should come to the Isthmus of Panama seeking employment unless previously engaged by the Commission. At first, before inc organization here was fully com nletcd and civll-service methods were anplied. work could usually be found for ablebodied white laborers who might arrive here from the United States or any other part of the world Now. however, the situation is changed. Whenever any department of the com mission on the lsthmus desires addl- tfonaI white or skilled labor 1t commu- nicates with the central office m Wash- jns.ton. and the men are employed there and dispatched by the first steamer fol, Iowinp: but even upon their arrival there is sometimes a delay in putting them to work, because the conditions may not be adjusted. When laborers come of their own accord the chances are against their employment:
 The result is that majorly or suen men find themselves. after short stay on the Isthmus, without funds or Work If it were possible for them to do man ual labor in the sun like the Jamaleians ls at corresponding wages there Noula pc plenty for them to do. but they can no. stand that class of work. Finding
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
summary is all that now seems desIru-

summary is all that now seems desira- ble.
 The Simplon is the fourth of the great Alpine tunnels, and the second between Switzerland and Italy. It was commenced in August, 1898, and was built by the Swiss and Italian Govern ments The total cost up to December 31 1904 (the latest date for which sta tistics are available,) was 9,00V,O00 francs (s13. 7,O0O)
 The total length of this great tunnel from the point where 1t enters the solid rock on the one side to the point of issue on the other is exactly twelve miles and 45S yards, of which a little over seven miles is in Italian territory. The St. Gothard tunnel is nine miles and 564 yards long, the Mont Cenis a few yards short of eight miles, and the Arlberg tunnel six miles and 404 yards. All these tunnels have double railway tracks and their measurements are, height seven yards, and width nine yards Although the Simplon tunnel is so much longer than either the St. Gothard or the Mont Cenis, 1t was com pleted in six and half years, while it took eight years to construct the st- Gothard and twelve years for the Mont Cenis The difference in favor of the Simplon was due almost entirely to the improved rotating drills now used Tn tunnel construction.
 The motive power was furnished by the rivers Rhone and Diveria. which supplied a force of 5000 horsepower al each end of the tunnel. Electric pow CT will undoubtedly be used in the op' eration of the tunnel.
 Many serious engineering problems were encountered. but all were success fully overcome, although at one tlm' operations were practically suspended The temperature inside Is said to have reached 135 degrees F., but by ingeni
 ous methods it was kept below " dc
 grees. Sprays of glacial water. I'll
 tered before being employed. and re | lays of fresh air passed through coi'
 sprays of water and dried by wire
 gauze screens before reaching the la
 borers, made work in the heart or th
 tunnel possible.
 The foul air was exhausted by mug fans. Horses and mules were banishe'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11

from the galleries at an early date as 1t was found that the exhalations from their bodies in the hot air Vitiated the atmosphere. The great length or the tunnel made it necessary to provide 6S,- 900 cubic feet of air per minute. t was at once recognized that 1t would be impossible to place In the tunnel hines of sufficient size to provide this enormous volume of fresh air. It was finally decided to build twin single track tunnels fifty-eight feet apart ana connect them with transverse galIeIles placed at every 220 yards. For nlS- tance of 400 yards at the middle these twin tunnels become one, in order 10 nrovide room for sidings and a small station.
 The engineers believed that the twin tunnels would act as ventilating shafts, each for the other. This idea proved correct. and in addition the twin tun- nels provided an endless chain Tor the l ROO wagons that were kept in constant circulation night and day in both tun- nels for the discharge of the 1000 cu- hfc feet of rubbish that the drills pro- l ,.ided almost daily. With a single tun- mel tbe removal of this eT2rmous amount of debris, working within such | narrow quarters, would have been se-
 rious matter
 feature that gave great uneasiness | was the uncoverlnS or lneAHduStdoie
 springs of high temperature In Aug ust last the outflow of water from the
 southern part of the tunnel was 14,OOO
 gallons per minute.
 Near the largest spring bed of rock on the roof of the tunnel. about 5oO wards in length, commenced to move and threatened to fall into and block m the tunnel. The pressure was so tremendous that none of the means of support ordinarily employed were suffi- lcient to resist the moving mass. Tree trunks of the largest girth which were placed to support the roof were snapp- ed like matchwoOd and finally solid steel rafters had to be employed, and many of these were bent ana twisted lout of shape. At this period the rate of progress was only ten inches day and lthe work extremely dangerous to all concerned. After months of toll the difficulties were overcome. At the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
Aldermen Allowed to Go.

Charlotte. N. C., June 10.-The grand jury in the Criminal Court today made report that as a result of the inves- tigation by them of the thirteen Alder men whose terms expired May 1st were guilty of violating the State statute and the city code regarding to furnishing of supplies to the city by members of the board. They Voted' however, to dismiss the cG9's with the recommendation that the practice Dc discontinued. The grand juTy also made presentment against the South- ern Railway for violating the state law against issuing passes in providing the present Chief of Police, H. C. lrwln' with free transportation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
The SImpIon Tunnel.

The latest chapter of the wondertui story of the building of the Slmploh tunnel Is furnished by the Department of Commerce and Labor in the tolioM1 ing report from United States Cohs"l Harlan w. Brush. at Milan' 1taly'
 TEe boring of the Simp1on tunnel the largest tunnel in the world. was com pleted on Friday, February 24' % many notes have been sent from thls consulate referring to the progress oI this great engineering project that q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
Gossip From the
 Nations Capital
R. H. Watkins

cant view is presented. It is a pre- sumption that the astounding achieve ments of the little far eastern island empire in the mightiest battles of mod ern times on land and sea involve in evitabie menance to the peace of the world and the growth of western civi- lization and commerce in the fertile orient. In short, if peace is not soon brought to pass, and Japan is permitted to go 'on with its destruction of the re- sources of so great an empire of old Europe as Russia, it would be certain that the former would feel conscious ness of power warranting her to ask odds of no nation that struts the earth. and would proceed. willy nilly, to help herself to choice lands of Asia, from the northernmost habitable regions of Siberia to the best of China, commando ing the sea, and, indeed, ultimately to the Philippines archipelago.
 Old saidors, war-worn tars, and trained students in modern warfare are just now asking themselves if there is anything that can stop Japan after she has got from Russia what she will de- mand in the way of indemnity in land and money; after she has either terror ized or placated China, or found some of her various rich and teeming prov inces ready to cast away all asperities of the past and to be convinced that the interests of Mongolians in China and everywhere else in the east are one as against the insatiate greed of the peoples of the westward world. So it is, peace talk is more earnest than ev- CT, and the logic of it. all is that we white folks don't like the idea of Japan whipping Russia too severely before she will be able at some future day to render material help in staying the yellow peril" Is the whole white race going to cry to the Mikado, hold, enough
 The peace talk will proceed and war preparations will likewise go on.
 suggestion has been made here, which has its place as an incident of the great war, that one of the reasons why President Roosevelt has weakened in his avowed readiness to help the tar iff 'revisionists was that the standpat- ters warned him that, in case of large bellicose disturbance in the east, in- volving the United States, the tariff must not only stand as it is, but the revenue raising machinery must be kept in order for future great and se' rious demands. In other words the standpatters are willing enough tc stand for the "big stick" big army and navy, and all that, if Mir Roosevelt will be wise enough to see that to en force tariff reduction or interference with the schedules as they are woul, be to spite his own policy and ambition to keep this country potently in tn forefront of world politics.