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The Aston Military Company Going Into
Camp.

PovGEKEEnsrE, July 2H.-The Aston Military
Company at Rhincheck. which was organized
and provided with uniforms and equipments
by Cot John Jacob Aston will go into camp at
StissinE Lake next week Monday on 1.-THE invi-
tation and at the EXPENSE Of Col. AstOr. All
the details for the outing have now been com
Iletvd The men will march to the Bridge
road on Monday morning, whore they will
board special ear attached to the 900 A. NJ
train. The company's ear will bn drawn TO
Pine Plains by a special engine. The tents
three mon each, Regulation knapsucks. with
the word Aston" painted on them in goil
letters, wit be carrird Hy the mon, Al the
fol! seryIee and rrnrt GO in EnnrA mmMnting
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FIVE FIREMES HURT,
And boy Knocked Across n Roof by tho
bursting of n Hose.

The nremen had hard work last evening and
several Of them were hurt at fire discovered
Just before o'clock In the cellar OF the ak
story brick building at 5b and 81 North Moore
street. occupied by wholesale dealers in canned
goods and groceries. The flames ran up to
the roof in hurry and the smoke was so dense
that mt time was it possible to do any work
inside OF the building. The flremen operated
from the street and from neighborng roofs
and awnings.
The men of engine were on wooden avn
ing with ono Of their pipes when the smoke
overcame them and they let the hose go. 1t
sduirmed over the awning. knocking several
OF the iremen down. Fireman John Conway
broke his leg. Chaplain Johnson, who was
on tho awning. assisted Conway into the
building behind, it. and them, getting his
carriage. drove Conway 10 the Hudson street
am6a%ance and SSrseoP Bailey Pr, bailey
John Murray suffering from severe bruises.
They hat , beGn knocked dowp ey The a5 Eiqo
forcing open an iron shutter on the rear Of the
burning 9nilding e ana sprnined MS anEe
in the building. was seen leaning over coping
building. A hose burst up there and the water
the roof OF the house. Several hundred people
on the street who saw this believed that the
roof hut the high coping on the opposite side
had saved him. He was carried down into the
from the SosTt" In nv the crowd a. about aPt the
ambulance drunken man punched q police
mnn. He was locked up
The building. which Is owned BY Trinity
Corporation. was pretty well Quilted. The
police put the damage TO II ut S5OOOO. and the
Losses OF tenants at SiGj.OOO more. as follows:
William 7. Sanford Manufacturing Company.
makers 81 wood pulp and paper. $4,000; Wild
man Treherne, dealers In bottles and corks.
$1,000; Seaman Brothers. canned goods. $40
600; Booth & Co. canned goods, S10.OOO Emo
Is. smith n Co.. dealers in broom corn. S15 900:
Z: CHsterson. groceries. $4,000; Potter Il
WrghtingtOn. dealers in food products. SIS. 900.
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EAST SIDE WATERFRONT.
IMPORTANT CHANCES ERON C1TH-
dRISE FERRY no RUTGERS SIR.

An old Part of the City from Which the
Glory Has Departed - New Dock Im-
proNements VIII wake Up the Region
Formerly Famous for Its shipping.
Catharinc ferry to Rutgers slip. where tho
Dock Department has Just entered into pos
session. and is beginning to build new and
modern piers. new era seems about to begin
for o part of old New York which has been
practically dead for half century except for
tho life ~ the waterfront. There was time.
well within the memory of men OF years. when
this was one OF the busiest parts of the city.
when the doctors congregated in the district
about Oliver. James. Roosevelt and Cherry
streets. and the waterfront south Of Roosevelt
street was alive with the rum and moasses
trade Of the West Indies and big warehouses
were crowded with the fares OF the ships.
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pEEKsKITL, July >" Frank Frye of the 81.
Nicholas Hotel. LAX" MoheGan. is authority
for the statement that Gen. Charles F. Roe and
Gen, Joseph q Story have selected a three acre
lot near his hotel, and sloping down 10 the
lax" shore, as n spot ON which next year the
hathlions ot IN" National Guard will camp
when they leave the state camp for practice
marches, This year they went to Crofi's farm
and from iher" to LAX" Oscawana II is also
r'"""t"L that IN" cadet battalion Of the United
Sta" NiitarT Academy at West Point will Gu
rHmnun tins spOt IN n lew weeks
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MRS. M'KINLEY MUCH BETTER.
She ana the President Take n Drive Along
the Shore OF Like Champlain.

HOTEL CHAMPLAIN. PLATTsBURG, NY. July
25.-Presdcnt and Mrs. Mckinley spent an
other quiet day here. This afternoon Mr. and
Mrs Mckinley went for short drive through
the hotel grounds aud along the lake shore
1t was pleasant outing for Mrs Mckinley and
the first she has enjoyed in n long time The
change for the better ip her condition is some
appearance and spirits in most marked man
ner The President, too, has improved much
since his coming His eye is brighter, his
color better, and he walks with a quick firm
step; He says that absolute rest was what hs
needed. and he proposes to adhere to the pro-
grLmme in that RESPECT originally laid down.
George Curtis Treadwell. Military Secretary
conveyed to the President to-day verbal ad-
from Gov Roosevelt. Secretary Cortelyou
goes to New York tonight on personal bust
ness and will return on Monday evening.
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Man in Motormnn's Clothes Killed.

Third avenue trolley ear knocked down
and ran over an unidentified man at Third ave-
nur and Forty-"ighth street. Brooklyn. at l2:45
O'CLOCK inns morning. The body was 80 tightly
w"dg"d under the ear that a wrrcking crew
had 10 be sent for. The dead man wore thu
uniform Of trolley mOtormGn. The body was
taken To the Fourth avenue police station
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
savannah's First Bale of New Cotton.

SAVANNAH, Ga. July %. Savannah has re-
ceiyed its first bale OF new cotton. The bale
came from Albany by express. arriving vcster-
dav. II reached the rort Iust On" day sooner
than the first bale Tor the season Iust closing
which arrived on July 20, 1875 q. r. DECKER
son hns the honor this year Of receiving The
first bale OF cotton at Il GrOrgIa port and
Messrs. Parker 90. 81 Albany shipped n.
Tho bale weighs 1891 pounds aal IS Of low
classification.
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GUNS FOR TIE KEiRSIRGE,


NEWPORT NEWS, Va. July 2a.--The last Of
the big guns FOR the battl"Shp Kearsarge
reached the shipyard from the Washington
Gun Foundry to-day. and now the main bat
terry Of the ship is complete. The fourth H.
inch gun and the other two S-inch guns ar
rived with the last pec" of lS-inrh arm0r
for one OF the turrets. The ship now has
aboard the two forward l3-inch rifles and one
alter lf-inch rife arh two after S-inch rifles
lhuS" that arrived to-day will be put ahOnri
On Monday. No other guns will have 10 he nut
in position until after the ships trial trip.
which Will take place in II few weeks. The
nut GA at tn" New York or Norfolk Navy Yard
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Died of IochiOw at the Orphan Asylum

Dr j. 4 Dillon of %;I Lexington avenue re-
ported to the Coronrrs' urcc last night that
,'"hu hanks. an inmate Of tho Roman Catholic
bruhan ASlum. at Fifty.hrst street and Fifth
avenue. had died in tho institution from lock-
Jaw, IN" hoy was II years old
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30

BosToN, Mass, July 90, B i. LOOMS, United
Statcs Minister to Venezuela. who is home on
a sixty DAYS vacation, talked this morning on
trade conditions. Mr. LOOMS ia surprised at
the lack OF push on the part OF our business
men ia getting into the South American field
lln cites ~ an example the exhibition Of sam
Iies at Caracas, established for tho very pur-
pos OF showing foreign buyers our goods
america at practically lao expense, yer the ad-
NautaI" taken Of the opportunity il very slight
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Accused of PlunderinG Many Houses in
South Brnoklyn.

Mary King. ~ years old who. it is charged.
has been robhng furnishes room houses in
South Brooklyn for four II. unths. was arrested
last night and locked M in the Fifth avenue
police station. Her alleged method was 70
hire room in quiet neighhOrhoOd and
in n few weeks de ann after making
Il raid on tn" pronnrty either Of the owner ~
III" hOuS" or Of fellow dodgers. Complaints
haV" been led against her bv Dcdcrirk Han
son 0f ~ D.. Eighteenth stroct and Charles
Beck OF 573 Third street who saw that she stole
Jeweiry valued ut over 800 from them
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Tile 'rcenbcrS, 40 r"ar- old was ms antlv killed
yestrrdE} by falling tr III IRE rEcRnr m the M nh
story ~ he tenement house AT - henry street.
Among the passengers on the American lin.
steamer New York. which arr we'd at Jlar utI lart
mlght were Mn. l.. r, Pawn. AR r. l.. Payn and Mrs
Payn.
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ATLANTA. Ga. July ~ bishop r. A. Becker
Of the Roman Catholi" see OF savannah is lying
ut the point OF death nt Washington Ga He
has been ia n critical condition for some DAYS
and physicians fear that he win not survive
INl nIHnl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
Collapse Of Philadelphia McssenEar strike,

PHILADELPHIA. July 2a-The strike of the
messenger boys OF the Western Union Tele-
grarh Company collapsed tonight. All but
t".'iN-llic 81 them returned tn work
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To Jail tor 81 Days for Cutting on nm ox's
Tail.

N,r.EAwk>. Iuy - Clark Hadd,u. a
Nnnug nan "mp.Oyrd by sherman Haigh'. n
fa"mrr a. Fishkli', was arrested ON the charge
OF cutting of the tail Of nh OK belong ug to
sentence him 10 thirty dav, in pouEhkcrpsin
'nI'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30

William Wellman. 30 years onl. II sailor ON
the converted tug Pl>ca'aqua, iv NJ at the navy
yard In Brooklyn, irll ovrrhrar ON Friday
night and was drpwrrd AlthO'-I one Of MS
comrades tried hard To rcsrur an. The body
was r''vuyrr'd N"Srr,tIr, irr-f. -, '
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
Trees In New Zealand.

The Rsuri Is the monarch Of the New
Zealand forest, an indigenous plne'
growing to enormous height frequent
ly eighty feet, before .t sends out q
bough, while its average diameter Is
from eight TO nine feet. 1t Is said to
be 500 years in reaching maturity.
rhere is 40 underbrush in kauri for
est, the prince Of trees permitting no
rival within its domain. The totara is
another species Of pine, which, how
ever, has none Of the characteristics
of the con.ferae Of other countries,
either in habit or in appearance. The
most singular OF all is the rata, q pc
culiar tree, with somewhat the nature
OF parasite. If 1t springs up near
rimu pine it winds about 1t like huge
vine, its Tightening coils gradually
crushing the life out Of the unfortu-
nate pine. When it reaches the top 1t
sends out branches and stands q hol-
low shell, Its coils knit closely together
by dense network Of fibers, which
appear in the last stages Of Its growth,
It has a like affinity for its own spe-
cles, and a second rata springing up
beside one Of earlier growth will alb
sorb and destroy It as It destroys the
rimu. H. however, neither rimu nor
rata Is within reach 1t grows up re-
spectacle and well behaved tree, at
tain.ng q height Of from fifty to sixty
feet, and Is used for masts in ship
building.-Chautauquan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
banking in Sutherland.

Some ofthe methods are sufficiently
antiquated, according to our standards.
For instance, it requires fifteen
minutes in which to make deposit at
bank. Every clearinghouse has
numerous chairs outside the railing,
and the visitor is expected to sit
quietly and cultivate spirit of pa
tience while the machinery is getting
under way. A customer who wishes to
make deposit goes to q window and
hands in his money, together
with memorandum of the
amount. The employe behind
the railing counts the money and
prepares u receipt for it, adding
his signature by way of preliminary.
Then a small boy takes this receipt
upstairs and submits. it to an official,
who studies it and then ponders for Il
while as to whether it will be safe to
take the money. If he decides that
the bank can undertake the risk lie
passes tho receipt to another man,
who prepares duplicate slip and
makes several entries, and finally
signs his name. Then, as soon as
another man has examined the receipt
and added his name, it is taken down
stairs and turned over to the deposit
tor. There is one satisfaction-the
money is thoroughly deposited.
An American residing in Zurich
went to the bank the other day with
a check which had been given to him
by business man in n large town
near here. He handed in the check,
and twenty minutes later received his
money, less fourteen cents charges.
The American was we'll known at the
bank, having been q depositor for
about two years. He had indorsed
the check. A busy and nervous Chi
cago man would have torn down the
railing before the twenty minutes ex-
pired. correspondence of the
Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
The Inspiration Of 1Yper;cn.
fruit being limited.

y About the year 1887 Longfellow in
smaking tour of Europe selected Hell
delberg for 4 winter residence. There
his wife died. Some time after there
came to the romantic place q young
lady of considerable attractions. In
course Of time the poet become attach
ed to the beautiful girl Of sixteen, but
his advances met with no response,
and he returned to America. The girl,
who was also an American, returned
home. shortly after. Their residences,
it happened, were contiguous, and the
poet aYailed himself Of prosecuting his
attentions, which he did with no bet
ter success than at first. Unlike Pet
rarch, who laid siege to the heart of
his sweetheart through the medium
Of sonnets, Longfellow resolved to
write book which would achieve the
double object Of gaining fame and at
the same time her affections. "Hypcr-
DOM was the result. His la'bor and
constancy were not without their re-
ward; the girl gave him her heart
as well as her hand and after the we'd
ding, they resided in Cambridge, III
the house which Washington made
his headquarters while in command Of
the armies.-Detrolt Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The measurement of degree efs
latitude in Spitzbergen is d Swedish
project; Russian cooperation to be in
tited: ~
The presence of considerable guam
tity of liquid carbonic acid in the.
rocks is among the surprising reYela-
tions of the microscope. :,
Only one-third of the worlds popu-
tion use bread as daily article Of.
food. Fully one-half of the people
of the world subsist chiefly on rice.
According to Nilsson, the zoologist$
the weight of the Greenland whale at.
tains one hundred tons, or 1000
boiinds; Or equal to that of thirty
eight elephants or 40 bears.
For seven years the st Lawrence,
river in Canada gradually decreases IN.
depth. Then for seven years it grad
ually increases in depth, the differ
ence in level being about five feet.
Glow-worms arc much more bril-
liant when storm is coming on than;
at other seasons. Like many other
mysteries of nature, this curious cir
cumstance has never been explained.
It is said that every thread Of d.
Spiders web is made up of about 5000.
Separate fbers. If d POUND Of this
thread were required it would occupy.
$4,000 spiders full year to furnish it,
A remarkable dwarf pine from Green
Mountain, near Boulder, COL, is re-
ported by Professor Bessey to be only.
five inches high and fifth of an inch.
through, with single tuft of leaves:
yet to show 25 annual rings.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
Young Street Yeuders.

Liverpool has already taken meas.
nres to control the evils Of children
acting as hawkers OF matches and
other things in the streets. Birming-
ham is now about to follow that ex-
cellent example. The Watch COM
mittee Of the city have passed a re-
commendation for the acquisition of
Parliamentary powers to prevent boys
under seventeen and girls under
sixteen from being allowed to
act as hawkers in the streets,
unless given special license
to do so. This measure will not inter-
fere with the legitimate employment
Of the child who has left school. 1t
will simply regulate the traffic in the
labor Of the school child, which Is
Carried on too frequently, in spite Of
Scls5ol Board officers, to the serious
detriment of education. Apart from
sfhe education side Of the question
there can be no doubt Of the mis-
chief done to the children by their
street life, which teaches them to live
BY their wits rather than by ttcir
hands, and eventually swell the ranks
of. uns,dIsd Westminster
Budget . y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
shakcspenre's birthplace.

The mere announcement that Shake
spea e's birthplace is in danger ought
to provide prompt remedy. 1t is,
happily, not the building itself that is
threatened, though the practice of
burning open coal fires at Anne Hath
ways cottage is said to be fraught
with peril. From the current issue
of Literature we CLEAN that the pres
ent complaint relates to the walls
and ceilings of Shakespeare's cottage,
which, even in Washington Irving's
day, were covered with names and
inscriptions in every language by pill
crims of all nations, ranks and condi-
tions, from the prince to the peas
ant" Now the heat from the hot wa
ter pipes is causing the plaster to
peel off; the names of Tennyson and
Dickens have already disappeared,
and it is suggested that the remaining
autographs should be encased in glass
to save them from the same fate. We
erumble at the vandalism of the peo-
Die who insist on scribbling their
names on every famous wall and mon-
umeut. And then we grnmble when
the names begin to pee! of beeanse
some OF the yandaia happen to be fa'
nous themselves, ssBeatea Records
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
Why People Are Killed.

ut has been my lot" observed q pos
tai mail route agent during the
twenty-three years 1 have been in the
service to be on trains that have run
over and killed over twenty men and
women. have also seen number of
others who have been killed, though
was not on the train that did the
killing. In every instance the killing
was the result OF carelessness Of the
persons killed in not observing the
approaching train, and it has impress
ed on me the firm conviction that
there should not only be gates at much
Travelled crossings, but actual fences,
through which no one should be al
lowed to pass when the train is near
at hand. If people will be careless it
is the duty Of some one to save them
from the results of their own careless.
ness, and the railroads should be COM
PEELED to fence their tracks. There are
no such killing by the railroads in
Europe, for the reason that the law
requires that the railroads be fenced
In, and the railroads find that 1t pays
to do 30. There is no exception. In
many Instances there is not only
fence, but high stone walls on both
sides Of the track, so that 1t matters
not how careless persons are, they
cannot be run over by the train, for
the reason that they cannot get to the
track, except at the proper gates,
which are located at every cross
roads.
''Thcrc is one popularity about the
appearance of every person killed by
n train, and that is, in every instance
where person is struck or run over
the clothes are literally torn off them,
I have never known an exception to
this. In many instances that have
come under my observation every
shred of the clothing worn has been
torn off as thoroughly as If cut of
with 4 knife."-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
THE sTRAlGHT-HAlRED> GIRL
Advice to tho Young Man Who Is Said te
Hn Inrlinrd Toward MntrimnnIl.slS

Advice to tho Young Man Who Is Said to
lie Inclined Toward Mntrimony.
Some one of the oracles whose mis-.
sion is to advise young women how to
select husband and to warn young
nien against feminine wiles, has re-
Gently set upa new guidepost for mas.
tuline wayfarets on the road to matri-
mony. Z
''Marry girl with straight hair, =
says the oracle. '"The chances are
that her ways are as straight as her.
locks, while the heart of the curly.
headed girl is as full OF twists and
quirks as her hair.
The theory is expounded at some
length. If all men will but be guided
by this sibyllinc voice, the day of the
straight-haired girl is close. at hand.
She needs compensation. For years
she has fought an unequal fight against
her sister of the curly locks, and her.
temper has been worn threadbare, all.
on account of lar hair. What chance
has straight-haired girl on a awindyl
day. Her hair is struggling IN frantic
wisps over her collar and her ears.
She looks untidy, disreputable, and
all the time the curly-haired girl is
becoming more and more beWitcling.
Her stray locks crisp and curl and.
futter fuliily round her face, and she
smiles in serene consciousness that
Tie wind is quite powerless against
her. When rainy days come the
straight-haircd girl sighs dolefully
and looks limp and detected in spite.
of swell clothes. Hot days have the
same depressing effect upon her hair
and spirits. Sen bathing has no charms
for her. Even golf can't be to her
what it is to the champion with curly
hair. But, if straight hair is to be q
certificate of eligibility for matrimony,
there will be balm for all these
wounds. New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-25
Two Ring stories. IS.

Perhaps thise2sne s.ring story,n r1a-,
interest your readers, Many years
ngo my brother-in-law, n Clergyman
was travelling in Switzerland with his
mother and wife. They went to the
"Beau Rivage'' hotel at Lausanne,
and there his mother died. She had
given him valuable diamond ring,
which, ON leaving, he found had been
stolen from his bedroom. He sus-
pected the waiter and wrote on an
empty powder box, "Powder for stolen
rings" The waiter, feeling himself
charged with theft, prosecuted him,
and he was fined $25. Several years
afterward, when my sister, who knew
the ring we'll, was i'll in bed at their
rectory-house, two detectives called at
s o'clock in the morning and insisted
on being shown up into her bedroom:
They produced the identical ring,
which, of course, she claimed and re-
ceivel for her husband. 1t had been
found on the person of the medical at
tendaut, who, with n woman i'll his
company, had committed suicide, and
thus was, in this remarkable manner
recovered. Here is another tt ring
story known to me: a niece of mine
had been holding class of girls. One
of them took an omnibus and on leav-
ing it found that her purse had been
stolen. On reaching home she turned
out her pockets, and at tho bottom OF
one found very valuable diamond.
She took it to the police station, and
was told, on leaving her name and ad-
dress, that ii it was not claimed with
in the legal limit of time it would be-
come her own. The thief must have
been wearing n diamond ring, from
which the diamond, being loose, must
have escaped into her pocket. A good
exchange for purse which, believe
contained only few pence. london
Spectator.