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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
UNCLE SANS TARGETS.
NEW METHODS OF TEACHING SOL
DlERS TO SHOOT ACCURATELY. /,

Targets Are Built According to - Sensible
Idea-Soldiers Will Be Taught to Hit
8 MI Enemy-Diagrams and Descriptions
of the New Objects For Marksmen.
When companies G and D, of the
Nineteenth Infantry, begin their range
practice at Mt. Clemens one day this
week, says recent issue of the De-
troit Free Press, they will fire at new
targets called for by the revised res
gulations for small arms justissued by
the War Department. The keynote
of this new dispensation is to train the
United States soldier to fire at the
head and heart of his enemy. Target
practice under the new regulations
has for its objective point representa-
tions of human figures in the various
positions in which the soldier would
encounter his enemy in action. a
glance at the accompanying illustra=
tions will convey, better than it is pos
sible for words to do, the full meaning
of this fact. ss:
The targets range in their distance
from the soldier from 200 to 1000
yards. Careful calculation has shown
that it is within these points of dis
tance that the soldier must do his eff
fective firing. 1t would be nonsense
to talk of firing with accuracy with %
Government small arm at greater
distance than 5000 feet. When the
conflict becomes very much closer than
600 feet the only things for the soldier
to remember are to keep cool and shoot
at the head and the heart. ~
The first of these targets is called 70
short range. Sometimes it is used for
a hundred yards practice; that is, alta
distance of 100 yards from the marks
men. More often it is used at 200
yards, and occasionally at 800 yards.
On this target. in silhouette, is the
figure of q soldier lying down, rs lie
does in action sometimes. In such 10
case as this, the soldier is seen direct
ly in his face, his head being elevated
from the ground as he leans on one ell
bow while taking aim. In other words,
it is the exact position of the skir-
misher, and the skirmisher is the man
at whom the soldier must ordinarily
first fire, as every advance of an army
is led by a skirmish line.
The centre of the target is rectangle
- that is, space of any desired size,
the four sides of which are right angles.
The rectangle may be in form of
square, oblong, or diamond shaped.
This centre, as it is called, is twenty
two inches high, just the height Of "a
soldier who is lying down, and four
feet wide, this latter being the width
OF the target. This centre is one of
three divisions into which the targetis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
"streaked" by g Thunderbolt.

During q thunder storm lightning
struck one of the cottages at Chap
mans Beach, Westbrook, owned by
Matthew Hogan, of Hartford, Conn.
Three boys, NJ. Davis, Joe Spencer
and Frederick Bushnell, who are we'll
known to Hartford visitors at West
brook, were on the roof at the time
the bolt struck the cupola and passed
down through the building to the first
floor. Davis and Spencer were ren-
dered insensible and young Spencer
did not regain consciousness for two
hours. A streak was burned through
his hair from the neck to the top of
his head, and Davis was burned about
the body.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
The Jubilee of Rameses.

A jubilee for long reign is not new
in the worlds history. When in the
year B. G. 1888 Rameses n. had
reigned for sixty-seven years mag
nifcent general rejoicing took place
with great pomp on the banks of the
Nile. On the rocks at Silsilis there is
a full account of these festivities which
were on very grand scale, and it is
recorded that certain high state Off
cials traversed the country from north
to south in order to make the necessary
preparations.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
japanese Shipping.

Japan does not seem to profit by
shipping bounties. The law for the
encouragement of navigation, was to
have revolutionized the commerce of
the world, and to have made Japanese
ships supreme in the Eastern, as well
as in the Western seas. The Nippon
Yusen Kaisha, which now possesses
sixty-tivc steamers of 135, 600 tons,
and has twelve new vessels under con-
struction, is said to have lost 100. 900
yen, on every voyage hitherto made
TO Europe and America, and is said
further to have decided 10 stop run
ming to these countries unless it re-
ceives special grant of $3.50, 900 yen
to enable it to kill opposition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

the name would Indicate. The same
principle described in the short range
target governs all others, but, of
course, there is difference in the fig
ure and corresponding change in the
size of the target. For instance, the
midrange target in square, six feet
on o side, which is still rectangular.
The figure on this is the silhouette Of
q soldier in kneeling position.
The eight hundred yards target as it
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
P7;--ecc r.s~oc tie
IL with fresh meat.

IT with fresh meat.
The next morning the log and the
trap were gone and the condition of
the ground around made it plain that
the bear had had q tussel with the
trap before he had started to carry it
away. There was trail straight
across the field in the direction of the
swamp, showing the way the bear and
his load had gone. The trail ledmore
than mile through the woods.
Brockway got his gun and followed
it up. It led into the swamp, and he
almost stumbled over the bear before
he saw it. The animal was sitting
down licking paw which was fast in
the trap, 1t was just as much aston
ished as was Broclway at being dis
covered, and started to run away. 1t
vas almost exhausted, and before it
had gone half dozen steps Brockway
recovered his nerve and shot it be-
tween the shoulders. 1t weighed
about $50 pounds. New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

VII otU ~ -~~s ---o-- -''---
divide it into three sections after the
fashion of the measurements given, the
sections running from right to left.
Then draw a line directly through the
center of this target from top to bot
tom. First you have the centre,
twenty-five inches high and four feet
wide. Then comes the inner which is
a rectangle also. This inner runs in
depth from q point forty-two inches
above the bottom of the target to the
lower line of the centre. The entire
target forms rectanSle six feet high
and four feet wide.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

so that it strikes the tmlsev .oo,o w
line, he scores 5. All bullets that hit
the figure below the line entitle the
marksman to the score of 4. If the
soldier hits the target above the line
bat not the figure, the score is three;
if below the line. 2.
Heretofore it has been the custom
in many cases to allow the soldier to
use in target practice various aids,
such as shades for the sight, spirit
levels to enable al accurate aim, and
all that sort of thing. Under the new
regulations the men who wear the army
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

that is balanced very nicely upon a
seemingly insecure base. The great
mechanical difficulty of getting the
building materials to the top of this
rock must have been vastly increased
by the peril of overbalaucing the huge
mass and bringing it crashing down
upon the plain like an avalanche.
The is another temple in Burmah
similarly situated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
] Nazg><~//
SMALLEST BABY IN THE WORLD.


ayers to place their daughter on exhi-
bition as q freak. She was being ex-
hibited in Liverpool, the parents re-
oeiving &3 los. for showing and at
tending ler. The child weighed only
twenty ounces at the time OF her death
and was just foot high. The palm Of
her hand was not as large as silver
twenty-fve-cent piece. Her feet were
no larger than an ordinary mans
thumb. The parents disclaimed any
desire to limit the growth of the mid
get. The little one had been guarded
from cold, was well-nurtured and had
never had days illness until the day
it died. The jury returned q verdict
that the child died from natural causes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

easy by the absence Of his leg, slipped
into the saddle. Fastening his crutch
in spring catch on the side where his
legs ought to be and putting his arti-
fetal foot on the pedal, he was of.
He soon mastered the art of balancing
and can now ride at almost any COM
mon speed he desires aud can ascend
and descend any ordinary-sized hill.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
Quinine and other fe--
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days TO cure fever
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.
caIyanic Battery in ris Mouth.

A gentleman suffered from pain in
his tongue, which he could not ac-
count for, and was afraid of cancer.
After the doctor had said there was
nothing the matter with his mouth
an electrical friend discovered that
two different metals had been used for
fixing the teeth. These dissimilar
metals had the effect of producing an
electrical current in the gentleman's
mouth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

with anything less than artillery-the
weapon with which they are armed,
instead Of selecting the very best
weapon that can be found for the
teams picked out for practice. Officers
and enlisted men of the staf corps will
use the rifle as will infantry men and
artillerymen. Cavalrymen will prac-
tice with the carbine. During the target
season, the regular practice will be
held until the prescribed course is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

renders them refractory. Millions Of
tons in New York and Virginia are
made worthless by the presence of FIVE
or six per cent. of titanium. Mr..
Moissan manufactured small diamonds
in the same furnace in which he first
produced carbide of titanium.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
SMALLEST HUMAN ATOM.
Weighed But Twenty Ounces and Wa
Only Foot High.

The smallest human being that ever
existed is believed to have been lit
tie girl named Catherine Elliott. The
Coroner of Liverpool, England, was
called upon to hold IN inquest on her
diminutive body. This human atom
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, about
three weeks ago. Her parents were
poor, and were easily induced by man
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
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failure it is lack
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She doesn't rec
ognize t b o $ e
property rights
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

Strange Sit for Temple.
One of the most strangely situated
buildings in the world is Hindoo
temple. 1t is built upon huge rock
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
THOs. j. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.
THE SILENT MARCH.


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thefa al lahut
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And the rum
Ali let him lag who canl march!
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Wu;,v all line An
And life drught divine But the soldier must not moan
And before
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We
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For
Ma Sangster i Chicago Interior
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25
craws or crops

four inches high and measures five
inches from beali to tail. It does not
appear to suffer any inconvenience on
account Of its marvellous formation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-25

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
The INTERSTATE SHOOT.
Crack Shots from Everywhere Are Killing Clay
Pigeons at Lewiston.

Lewiston, Aug. 4.-The rain which
threatened 10 mar the sport of the i'll
terstate shoot. this morning. held III
in season for the two days tournament
to commence with clear skies and the
most favorable conditions. The shoot
ing was begun at 4. NJ. At l =. Nj
at which time lunch was served. six of
the ten 15-bird events had been shot
Forty or 50 men are shooting and thu
tournament is a big success.
Among the out-of-the- State crack
shots here in attendance are: T.. ID.
Fulford. Noel +. Money, F. V. Van
dyke. II. p. Collins, Il. Leroy, O. K.
Dickey, $. A. Tucker w. r. and L. G,
Parker, b. II. Morton. V. NJ. =.
Thomas and T.. Il. Wadsworth, who
shoots under the name of Puck.
Portland, Richmond, Waterville and
other Maine centres are represented.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05

Yesterday that he began to be I'M
easy lie was very vulgar man and
would swear at anything and everything
tnat did not please his fancy. He dis
ilked smokers and a day or two before he
started away from Herrick's he asked
Mr. Herrick how long a young man who
was staying there at the time ana who
is an inveterate smoker was going TO
stay there. When told that the man was
gong to stay until late in the fail he
said II that was the fact he was not go
ing to stay, and ii was supposed that
mat was the reason why he left Mr.
Percival, cashier of the Peoples Nationa,
Bank of this city, says that he remem-
pefs mat the old man came into the bank
one day some time ago and wanted a
Sitpo bill for some small bills that he had
In his hand.
Detective Odlin of Lewiston has several
pictures of the old man in his collection
out says that the one ia the possession
OF the journal is as good as any there Is
OF Foster Lee Randall. Mayor Redington
ana City Marshal Call. both of whom
nave seen the old man who was at Her
rick $ say that is picture of that in
divdual
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
IT Is NOT RANDALL.
The Dead Man at Canaan, N.
H., Had Two Good Hands.
While Foster Lee Randall Had Lost
Two Digits from One Hand.
Connection Between Randall and Money Of
Walervilie Remains Unexplained.

Lewiston, Aug. 4.-(SpeciaD. The ex-
elusive story published in the Journal.
this morning, regarding the old man
Money" attracted much attention here.
and everybody, including the son of
Foster Lee Randall thought that the
mystery of the disappearance of that
old man was ut last to be cleared up.
1t was thought Foster Lee Randall
and the old man Money" must be the
same person. State Detective Odlin at
once went To work on the case and it
has been ascertained that Randall and
Money" were not the same person.
M. Randall had lost two fingers on
one of his hands and Detective Odlin
has been informed by the authorities
at Canaan, n. H., that the fingers on
the hands of Money were intact
The fate of Foster Lee Randall. there
fore, is as deep a mystery as ever. He
left here about a year ago and from
that time to this. so far as the public.
knows, no clue of him has been found.
From the time he bought ticket at
the Maine Central Railroad in this city,
until today his fate is a mystery. For
all any knows the earth may have
opened and swallowed him up
1t is believed there is one person in
Lewiston who may know where RAN
dali is. for with this gentleman the
eccentric old man left notes and other
valuable property, 1t is believed by
some that Mr.. Randall is conceaiing
himself to lac rid of his wife whom he
had married not long before
This marriage was a romantic one.
Mr.. Randall. who is n man over 20
years of age. is said to have met the
woman in Florida and first heard of
her through matrimonial bureau At
the time of the marriage IL was said
the woman was very wealthy, but this
appears not to have been true
Mr. Randall was one OF the best
known men in the city. He was queer
in some of his ways but was generally
liked. He was something of a student
Of religious and other subjects. and. In
his way, thinker and philosopher He
once wrote criticism of one of Bob
lnSersolfs lectures and his views were
so original that ii attracted consider
able attention.
A son of Mr.. Randall lives here and
ne is young man held in respect by
all who know him. He once had trouble
with his father over some property and
it ended in sensational law suit The
son, however, has done all possible to
solve the deep mystery which sur
rounds the sudden and strange disap-
pearance of his father.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
CARNIVAL OF CRIME.
Bangor lust Now Seems Desirable Town 10
Keep Away From.

Bangor, Aug 4.-I5angor seems to be
present, the like Of which never has
been experienced here before The
trouble began Tuesday night. July 81
when the store of L.. f. Bun & Co. was
broken into. On the following Thurs
day night the grocery store of Thomas
Daley, a few blocks above the Bun
store, was entered and on the same day,
Joseph Mitchell, an Old Town Indian.
was robbed of $165 between here and
Veazie.
A Well-known Bangor crook known
as Handsome" Murray is wanted by
the police for breaking into the store
and the officers are on the lookout for
George alias shorty" elisa, Walter
Gibbons and Patrick Dunroe, as the
ones who relieved the Indian of his
money. Murray was almost caught on
Friday night but he eluded the officers
sent to catch him by rowing across the
river to Brewer. The other much
wanted men have been traced to Bar
Harbor where all clews disappear.
In addition to these affairs a party
of young Bangor toughs visited road
house a few miles out Of this city, Sun
day night, and proceeded To start
fight in which the proprietor was
stabbed by one of the party. To fur
Their break up in peace and tranquility
at police headquarters, the West
Branch river drivers have come to
town after a three months absence
from a liquor supply station, and fights
and riots are frequent
Just how long this state of affairs
will continue is hard to say. The police
seem to be unable to catch any per-
son wanted for an offence greater than
drunkenness or fighting. As an illus
tration of this fact, it is cited that for
month past some miscreant has been
posting threatening placards upon the
St Mary's parochial school building.
and as yet there is, so far as can be
learned, not a single clew to his identity
at police headquarters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
CHINESE PIRATES AND mvaDeRess.
British Steamer Captured and Part Of Crew
Killed Mission Looted Steamer Wrecked.

San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 3.-The steam
ship Belgic arrived. today. from Hong
Kong and Yokohama via Honolulu
bringing the following Oriental advices
News had been received from Hong Kong
Of the capture of the British steamer
Pegu by Chinese pirates. July II. gang
OF Chinese took passage on the Pegu and
while at sea murdered Captain Ross and
seven of his crew and wounded Is Others
They looted the ship and then fled to the
Acheen coast.
The Chinese at Nuchen attacked and
destroyed the mission of the Plymouth
Brethren. June p and We're about to at
tack the Catholic mission when the SOL
diers interefered The attack on the Ply
mouth mission was brought about by the
report that the missionaries had killed a
child. A mob of Chinese attacked the
Ladies Home boarding school, where five
white women had taken refuge. Just as
the mob broke in the door, the women
escaped through back gate to the house
of Mr.. Bianford. The mob demolished
the Ladies' Home and then proceeded TO
the Blanford place and attacked it, The
people there escaped into the hills. where
they hid all night in the darkness. The
Blanford place was also looted and
burned. The mob then proceeded to the
Catholic mission. but by this time the
soldiers had been summoned and they
dispersed the rioters. The next day the
I'VE women and Mr.. Blanrord were taken
away on boat.
News has been received of the wreck of
the steamer Sri Hong Ann, bound from
dered in a squall 10 miles from Malacca.
and ITO people were drowned. Captain
Rawiins and Sc passengers and the crew
We're saved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
Railroads and Steamboats,.
TO The NATIONAL HOME.
Eastern Branch, D. ". s., at T>gus.
KENNEBEC CENTRAL
RAILROAD,

Connects at Gardiner with the Maine
Central Railroad, and Augusta, Halo
we'll and Gardiner Electric Railroad to
Augusta, and kennebec Steamboats, for
Boston. TIME TABLE
Summer arrangement in effect May 30, 81.
LEAVE RANDOLPH: 7.22 and 1852 A.
M; l.52 300 and 422 F. NJ.
ARRIVE AT NATL HOME: 7.42 and
nl2 A. M; 2.12. go and 4i2 z. NJ.
LEAVE NATL HOME: SIS and 11.20
A NJ; 2.25. 32j and 500 p NJ
ARRIVE AT RANDOLPH: S35 and
lf0 M; 2.45, 345 and $40 p. M
SUNDAY TRAINS will run as follows:
Leave Randolph 2.20 and $50 p NJ Ar
rive at National Home, 2. 40 and $40 P. NJ
Leave National Home, 240 and 2. NJ
Arrive at Randolph, 800 and $50 Z. NJ.
bAND CONCERT every day except
Monday, at p. NJ. by the National
Home Band, Prof. r. w. Theme, leader.
visitors are cordially welcomed at the
home and receive special attention from
me ollicIal guides on duty who will es-
cort them through the buildings and
npout the grounds. visiting the deer park,
corn1Lalhing about so deer, bears, &c.
me restaurant at the Home station Is
open every day. where lunch, ice cream,
esc;, can be procured for any number OF
sisitors as the accommodations are am
p,e. special rates given to excursion
pn Ties #. A. LAWTON, Supt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
THEY MEAN NO HARM.
That Turkish Fleet Is Only Out on An Evolu.
ton Practice Trip.

Constantinople. Aug. 1.-THE second
squadron of Turkish warships consist
Hari Pasha, which sailed from the
Dardanelies. yesterday, has arrived at
Sigri. Island of Mitylene. Referring to
the fears expressed here that the de-
parture of the Turkish ships might lead
to collision with the international
fleet in Cretan waters, in view of the
announcement of the foreign admirals
that they have decided to oppose the
landing of Turkish reinforcements in
the Island of Crete. the Turkish nws-
papers say that the squadron has only
been ordered to carry out evolutions in
the islands of the archipelago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
MORE MINERS COME OUT.
Coal Jumps SIS Ton-New York and CIeve.
land Coal Cos. Men Not Strikers.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 4.-The miners
at the Schmocks mines on the Red
Stone branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad came out, today. and the
mines are once more closed down.
When the news was received in this
city. the price of coal jumped to 81 a
ton, and brokers said prices were like
ly to advance to $1.50 before next week
President w. +. DeArmitt of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Co, says
that his men are not on strike and
are not in sympathy with the move
ment. They have been intimidated'
he said, "and l have no doubt that all
would return to work If the forces Of
strikers encamped at the different
mines We're withdrawn