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SECRETARY PROCTOR AT BATTERY PRACTICE.

Bradford, Vt. Aug 22.-Sccretary Proctor attended
the camp OF the Vermont National Guards ycster-
day. and received with due honors. lie took
one OF the guns.
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Fresno Call Aug 22.-Asa Ellis, Collector OF ih'ernal
Revenue at san Francisco, under PFesdfhs 'ieNeau'
a,ed on Thursday at his ranch, near this city. lie
90 oecr q, the state and was thirty-three years old
ue served two terms in the Legislature.
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nIanit0u Ginger Champagne

Are you OF for summer fishing tripl Then don't oms
Hub Punch from supplies. 1t will add strength 70
your system and give zest TO enjoyment Grocers.
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MARRIED

Is not alcoholic, but strictly temperance drink Ros
81 Skidmore, agents, 1jG Ffanklinst.. New-York.
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HELEN CAMPBELL'S CIlAUTArQrA LECTURES.
Tothe Editor OF The Tribune.
sir: Reaching Chautauqua on saturday evening
find that the short Of lectures To be- gwen nero
Is advertised by Mrs. Helen Campbell author etc.,
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WFRR-RANDOLpU-On Welno

EBB-RANDOLPH-On Wednesday, August 20, 1890, %
the residence Of the bride parents Brookwood Mt St.
Vncenton- Hudson. by the Rev. DR.. George Dudley
Wldes, Francis Egerton Webb TO Mary Welsh daughter
OF Edmund d, Randolph.
Notices Of marriage must be Endorsed with full
name and address
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Special Notices.

Established 1873. .....
MRS McELRATH'S HOMEMADE PRESERVED,
Branded, CANNED AND SPiCED FRUITS ANIL
JLLLIES - ~ e,-c,.,ry
PURE RED CURRANT JELLY A SPECIALITY
Everything put up in glass and aept untu faQ For
prices, references, &c. address Mrs, SARAH SDMcEL-
fAlH, 1893 Degraw ST., Brooklyn. " X
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"This Is an Age OF ApOllinaris Water"
Walter Besant.
APOLLINARIS.
APOLLINARIS,

THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS"
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
Extracts from the Report on the Pollution Of Water
supplies
'Typhod fever In cities is IN great part que 70
the sewage IN the water supply
1--WE cannot shut eyes TO The relation which exists
between In streams ana typholu ie'cr III mo
cities that supplied by them"
.ThIrty thousand people die OF typhoid fever annually
in the United States OF America"
..Th, mrltv OF Apolnars Water oilers the best
security against the dangers which are common 10 moss
- the ordinary drinking waters. Medical Record.
,polIINARl>-'I annual consumption OF this
,,vnr, beverage affords striking proof OF the wide.
spread demand which cNsts Tor t1Oe wafer Oh aosou~
purity. Medical Journal.
NoTICE-The welkpown yellow Labels OF the Apollinsris
Company Limited protected by Perpetual lnunetons
OF the supreme Court
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
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posfa0lce \otice.

BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
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name and address
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13
The Compass in the Watch.

A correspondent of the London
Truth sends the following: a few
days ago ] was standing by an Ameri-
can gentleman, when ! expressed a
wish to know which point was the
north. He at once pulled out his
watch, looked at ii, and pointed to
the north. | asked him whether lac
had a compass ATTACHED to his watch.
All watches, he replied, ARE com
passes The he explained to. me
how this was. Point the hour hand
to the sun, and the south is exactly
half way between the hour and the
figure MI, on the watch. For in
stance, suppose that it is 4 o'clock
Point the hard indicating 1 to the
sun and II on the watch is exactly
south. suppose that it is 3 O'Clock
point the hand indicating = to the
sun, and the figute X on the watch is
due south. My American friend was
quite surprised that ! did not know
this. Thinking that very possibly |
was ignorant OF II thing that every one
else knew, and happening to meet Mr..
Stanley, asked that eminent Traveller
whether he was aware of this simple
mode OF discovering the points OF the
compass. lie said that he had never
heard OF it. presume therefore, that
the world is in the same state OF
ignorance. Amalii is proud OF having
been the home of the inventor OF the
compass. ! do not know what town
boats OF my American friend rs a
citizen"
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13
Wonderful Echoes.

In the Roman Campana, ut the
sepulcher of Metella, the wife OF Sulla.
there is an echo which repeats five
times in five different keys. 1t will
also repeat a hexameter line, or any
other sentence which can be spoken in
two and half seconds.
An echo which repeats seventeen
times is to be found between Benign
and COblentz, on the banks OF the
River Naha. A popularity OF this
echo is that, alth ough the, speakers
voice may be almost inaudible. vet
the volume of sound apparently
increases in the echo.
In the chapel OF the Abercorn family
at Paisley, the shutting of the door
produces an echo which sounds like
distant thunder.
The echo OF the Eagles Nest" Mt
Killarney, is said to repeat "a bugle
note at least 100 times, the effect of
firing a cannon is to give the impres-
sion OF thunders OF artillery which
die in the distance.
Between the two wings of the cast le
OF Slmonetta, two miles out from
Milan, the report ola pistol is repeated
sixty times: a single musical instru-
ment produces the effect OF IA full
orchestra.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

At recent meeting OF the French
Geological society n communication
from NJ. Transchold OF Moscow was
read on the nOn-invariability of the
level OF the ocean. II terminated with
the following conclusions: |. In pro-
portion as certain parts OF the earth s
crust rise from the bottom of the sea
above its level the latter must be low
cred. 2. The surface of nearly all the
present continents have been at one
time he bottom OF the sea. They rise
from the water partly because of the
retreat OF the waters OF the oceans
3. As continents are formed, one part
OF the waters of seas is transported
to them in form OF lakes, rivers, eter-
nal SHOWS. glaciers, and organized sub
stances. Owing to these actions the
waters OF the ocean have been con
stantly diminishing and their levels
lowered correspondingly. 4. In pro-
portion as the earth coOls down. ice
accumulates near the poles and on
mountains; water is taken more
deeply into the surface OF the terres-
trial crust, the formation of hydratsd
minerals being manifested everywhere
The result of all these conclusions
shows us that since all the water that
ever existed may still exist in the form
of perpetual ice, snow. hydrated min
erals, ETC., the waters OF all oceans
have been gradually disappearing, and
that the lowering OF oceans is going on
even at the present day to a greater
extent than ever before.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13
APHoRIsMs.

Nothing except what flows from the
heart can render even external man.
ners pleasing.-Blair.
There is not a moment without
some duty.-Cicero.
The victory of success is half won
when one gains the habit or work.
Sarah X. Bolton.
Instead of trying so hard, as some
OF us do, to he happy, as if that were
the sole purpose OF lille, ! would, if
were "A boy again, try still harder to
deserve happiness.-.Iames Il. Fields
We sleep, but the loom of life never
stops, ana the pattern which was weav-
ing when the sun went down is weav-
ing when 1t comes up tomorrow.
Henry Ward Beecher.
Diamonds are only found in the
darkness OF the earth and truths are
only found in the depths OF thought -
Victor Hugo.
II the power to do hard work is not
talent, 1t Is the best possible substitute
for it. Things don't turn up i'm this
world until somebody turns them up
\ pound OF pluck is worth a ton o.
luck. Luck is an ignus fatuus. You
may follow 1t to ruin, but never to
success.-James A. Garfield.
Sleep eight hours of the twenty four
eat three meals a day and walk oil
the sunny side of the way.-Rober,
Collyer.
The best education i'm the world i,
that got by struggling to get a living
Wendell Phillips
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13
The Columbian Tower.

"The Chicago Columbus Tower
which is to be erected in 1898 will be
1900 feet high by 4sO feet at the base,
constructed of steel and iron and sup
ported by 16 great arched legs. The
architecture is of modern Renaissance
style and was designed by Messrs
kinkel and Polk, OF Chicago. 1t will
require over 1000 tons of steel and
5000 tons OF iron. Its estimated
cost is 81, 900, 900. In the center will
be q large dome 200 feet wide and 200
feet high. This is calculated for con
cert and theatrical purposes, and will
have a seating capacity OF 10000
people. The walls and canopy will be
richly decorated in oriental style
Eighteen elevators with a capacity OF
so people each will make twelve trips
an hour. Only two elevators will run
q distance of 1850 feet. Many will
take advantage of the trip. Here
money will secure passage, for at least,
q short journey in the direction in
which all would like to travel At the
landing will be a large restaurant
where the travellers can rest and lunch
before returning to earth again. At
the apex will he a great globe 33 feet
in diameter, provided with 16 power
ful electric lights which will lie Observ
able so miles distant. Admission fee
will be 25 cents; 80 cents to 400 feet
and 81 to the top. When completed
It will he 500 feet higher than the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the greatest
architectural construction erected in
the history OF man. 1t will be the
pride of our nation and one OF the
most attractive features OF the great
exposition.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

The greatest coal oil region in the
world is in Pennsylvania.
The greatest cave in the world is the
Mammoth cave in Kentucky.
The greatest lake in the world is
Lake Superior, 43O miles long and
900 feet deep.
Nowhere in the whole world Is nat
ural gas so plentiful as it is in Indiana.
Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The greatest city park in the world
is Falrmount park. in Philadelphia.
containing over $500 acres
The greatest natural bridge in the
world Is over Cedar creek in Virginia.
50 feet wide and $50 feet high.
The largest deposits OF anthracite
coal IN the world are in Pennsylvania,
the supply of which appears inexhaus-
tible.
The greatest mass OF solid iron i'm
the world Is the Iron mountain of
Missouri. $40 feet high and two miles
IN circuit
he longest river in hc world il the
Mississippi and Missouri. i,1oO miles
long; It's valley is the largest in the
world, containing 5oo,0oO square
miles. 1t is one of the most fertileand
profitable REGIONS OF the globe.
The most wonderful aselomeration
OF natural PHENOMENA ir the whole
world IL To br -trn ia ihe lellowsto one
National park, With its 40 springs,
ITS paint pot- ANA mud springs. geys-
ers' sulphur aud quart mountains,
ete.' etc.-littshuta Dispatch.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

If "A man smokes his cigar. says FL
Povenir, only to keep it lighted, and
relishes taking 1t out OF his mouth to
watch the curl of smoke in the air, set
him down as an easv-going man. Be
ware of the man who never releases
his grip on the cigar and is Indifferent
whether 1t burns or not; he is cool.
calculating and exacting. The man
that smokes a bit, rests a bit and
fumbles the cigar more or less is easily
affected by circumstances II the
cigar goes out frequently the smoker
has "a whole-souled disposition, is a
"hail fellow well met" with a lively
brain, glib tongue, and generally a
fund OF capital anecdotes. A nervous
man who fumbles his cigar great deal
is sort oi popinjay among men.
Holding the cigarconst antly bet ween
the teeth, chewing it occasionally, and
not caring if it be lighted at all, are
the characteristics OF men who have
the tenacity of bulldogs. The fop
stands his cigar on end and an expe-
rlenced smoker points it strait ahead,
or almost at right angles with hi,
course.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

The finest emeralds belong to the
house of Austria.
The finest and largest turauoises
and pearls are among the ecrown- Jewels
of Russia.
The grand duchess of Saxe-Weimar
owns the most perfect collection OF
jewels in the world.
The Danish kings crown is worth
$135, 900, the queens crown S17, 500.
and sword of state $15 900.
Luiz de Desendo, a Rio Janeiro Jew
eler, has bought from Dom Pedro for
$50, 900 the jewels OF the deceased
empress.
The English crown weighs 80 ounces
and pennyweights troy; i'm it there
are 3,452 diamonds, 213 pearls, .
rubies, II sapphires, and l emeralds.
Nine. Wyse Bonaparte de Rute was
recently robbed OF a pearl valued at
$12, 800. which had been presented to
Prince Lucien Bonaparte by the qpeen
Of Spain.
In 1876 the output of the African
diamond mines was about 800, 900
carats, last year it was over 1000
600, and there are 16, ,OOO, 900 carats
"In sight" at the present time.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13
How German Army OfIicers Are Trained

A Prussian officer serves five years
to begin with as a lieutenant with his
regiment. This gives him working
knowledge OF the elementary duties OF
the profession. Then comes a three
years training at the War academy,
the high schools for officers founded
in 1919 and finally placed in 1872
under the superintendent of the chief
of the general staff.
After studying tactics, military his
tory, fOrtificatiOn, and other military
subjects, as well as geography, mathe-
mates, and one or two modern
languages, the young officer is eligible
for service on the great general staff
and for commands varying in respon-
sibility from that Of acomPany 20 the
command OF an army corps. For
officers OF recognized capacity reei-
mental service alternates with em-
ployment on the general staff.
A captain Oh the staff, after four
years work, is transferred to a regi-
ment and a year or two later may be
again selected for the staff as major.
After a further term OF staff service he
will get command OF a battalion;
then, perhaps, return to work on
the staff, and afterward be promoted
to the command of a regiment.
From this post he may once more
be selected for the staff. to become
eventually majOr-general i'm command
OF q brigade. This is how generals
are made in Germany.-Chartter.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

During the national encampment in
Boston an old comrads with silvery
hair was led into the cyclorama of
Gettysburg by bright faced little
miss. The old man sat down, while
the child described to him the features
OF the picture. Occasionally he asked
her II question, and slowly shook his
head as if in doubt of the accuracy of
her account. She had described to
HIM, IN her own way, the onrtsh of
| Picket's men and the hand-to-hand
conflict at the stone wall, where the
Maine veterans met the charge of the
southerners, when he asked: But
where's the artillery, May"
"Oh, you mean the bigguns? They re
over there on the hill, in row."
"All in a row." he asked.
"ies," she replied.
lie shook his head. "Look around"
said he, There must be some more
that are not in line."
YES" she said, "there are some
more down here, but they are all upset;
] .uess they're busted"
''ls that where the men are coming
over he wall?"
'les, grandpa"
''ls there II grove of trees ~
Yes, 1t seems to be iull of men but
he smoke is so thick you can't see
them
''oh, ] see them, he cried.
IL was then noticed by several COM
rades who were standing near him
that he was blind. The little girl
replied '.Oh, no, grandpa, you can't
see them
Yes, | can" cried the old soldier:
II can see the men, the grove, and the
broken cannon lying about"
The child looked at him i'm innocent
surprise, and said; you are joking,
grandpa
NO, my dear" replied the old man.
NO. That was the last thing I ever
saw on earth. There was a caisson
exploded there Just this side OF the
stone wall, and that was the last
terrible picture ! ever saw, for it was
then that lost my eyesight and
have never got the picture out OF my
mind. Portland Telegram.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13
Bean Drummelrs Aversion to Jewels.

Beau Brummell, as many people
know, was a fop whose elegant impu-
dence made him for n time favorite
with George w. OF England and hi
court. His fashionable career began
about the dawn OF the nineteenth
century and he died i'm 1S4O. He was
"a dandy OF peculiar tastes and habits,
and had so much influence with the
English monarch that he led him into
the greatest extravaganza i'm dress. In
the earlier part of his career Brummell
dressed much as the tops of to-day
bedeck themselves; that is, he affected
variety and contrast and bestowed
upon colors but little attention be-
yOnd wearing them i'm profusiOn. In
the zenith of his influence. however, he
manifested the highest taste for har-
mony i'm color and texture, and in the
latter days OF his glory was an anon
ally among exquisites.
Beau Brummell wore jewelry in
plenty when hs was very young
leader of fashion, but. observing that
this habit was quickly aped by the
cooks and other servants of his assO-
ciates, he soon eschewed everything
except a fob with bunch OF seals,
key, etc, gold shoe and knee buckles,
and a few other simple jewels. The
youthful aristocracy of England did
not take kindly to covering their per-
sons with golden trinkets or flashing
gems, and, as it was the aristocracy
OF England that Brummell was am
bilious 10 lead, he abandoned jewelry
and set an example of simplicity in
this sort OF decoration i'm strong con-
trast to the lavishness OF the Eliza.
bethian period, which he had at first
undert ken to revive.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

There are some things harder tc
keep than a diary. Asa pocket knife
for instance.-Ram's Horn.
The tact that champagne has gone
up will have tendency to keep the
swell from putting it dOwn--Omaha
Bee.
A woman has been known to bend a
mans will during his life and break it
after his death.-BinghamtOn Leader.
Cumso-You can lead a horse to
water bat you can't make him drink
Banks-.Iust the same with u Ken
tucky colonel, isn't it?-Brooklyn Life
When you see a boy with beautiful,
long, yellow curls there is very little
doubt as to who is the head of the
family.-lndianapolis journal.
II a man could live a thousand years,
he would pobably spend the last fifty
Iretting over what he might have done
IN the previous wasted time.-Puck.
A man who has been swindled in a
bucket-shop transaction may not ex-
actly want to die, but he feels n good
deal like kicking the bucket.-st. Jos
eph news.
This seasons sensation at Cadillac.
Mich, is a seventy-iive-pound squash.
Last season il had u horse that
climbed up stairs every morning and
kissed the chambermaid.-
Herald.
"Charle, dear, what isa mOnopoly?"
she asked, looking up tenderly, as she
nestled submlssively in his arms, with
her dainty head resting against his |
coat collar. "Well," replied Charlie.
manfully struggling to bring his mind |
10 cope with abstruse subjects, and |
ialiing altogether to get beyond con-
crete facts, 81 sincerely hope that this
journal.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

The more notable of the Vanderbilt
gifts for philanthropic and public pur-
poses are as follows: The old com
modore gave $4,000 to DIR. Deems to
purchase the Church OF the Strangers
and 100000 to found Vanderbilt
university at Nashville; his son VIII
liam IL. added 100000 to the endow-
ment OF the university, 500, 600 for a
theological school. and $4,000 for a
library i'm connection Herewith.
5000, 900 to the College OF Physicians
and Surgeons, $3.50 900 for a mater
nifty hospital, S5O,OOO to the Church
OF bartholomew, 100000 to the en-
ployes OF the New York Central rail
road, SOB 900 for the removal OF the
obelisk from Egypt to Central park.
Sl5O, 900 to the Grants, and by his
will 81 100000 to various institu-
tions. Cornelius Vanderbilt's pro
jected Peoples palace in New York
may require 81 100000.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

While ihe public - still marvellne
over Salvator's wonderful perform
ance in running n mile in l:35l,,
there are few who nave, through
comparison aud analysis, sought To
realize what n burst of speed this is.
Ii Is nearly 10 miles an hour-a rate
averaged by very few OF our fastest
railway trains There are $3.50 feet
in "a mile, 80 that for every one OF
these - seconds for every beat OF Il
mans pulse-the wonderful horse
covered - = q feet of ground. The
shortest space oi time noted by the
turiman's watch is a quarter OF "a
second-an interval So brIef that the
eye can hardly observe it, the mind
can hardly appreciate it. Yet in one
OF those 49, quarters of n second that
magnificent creature leaped 16 $40
feet. Such are the amazing results oi
careful breeding as exhibited in the
American race horse.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13
Lincoln's Habits.

The President rose early as his sleep
was light and capricious. In the sum
mer, when he lived at the Soldiers
home, he would take his frugal break
fast and ride into town in time to be
at his desk at : o'clock.
He was one OF the most abstemious
of men; the pleasure OF the table had
few attractions ior him. His break
fast was an egg and IA cup OF coffee; at
luncheon he rarely took more than n
biscuit and "A glass OF milk, "A plate of
fruit in its season; at dinner he ate
sparingly of one or two courses. lie
drank little or no wine; not that he
remained always on principle total
abstainer, as he was a part OF his
early life in the fervor of the "Wash-
ingtonian" reform, but he never cared
for wine or liquors OF any sort, and
never used tobacco.-Col. John Hay in
Century.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-13

A lot OF us were waiting at Syracus
for the train from Oswego, when W
noticed an old man and his son. tb
latter about 25 years old and bull
like "A horse. Something seemed to b.
troubling the boy, and by and by tn,
old man slipped around and put us on
Said he:
"Bill has got a bile on his left le.
about as big as "A pint cup. He's hao
it two weeks, and got him to towr
to have it lanced. Come to git here
he amt got the sand. Sunthin orter
be done, and I've thought OF way
"Well?"
"'d bust the bile in York mint il
! could get the chance, but Bill sus-
poets me. II one OF you fellers would
90 up and tap him he'd he the most
thankful man i'm the county after it
was over"
You will always find someone in a
crowd ready to offer himself up for
anything. The man in our crowd who
volunteered was travelling through the
country with fire proof paint. lie
was n slim. cadaverous chap, with n
wheezy voice and he said to the ther:
"Old man, I'll do it. I've had biles
for The last twenty-five years and
know what il is to suffer. All OF YOU
keep quiet and I'll nave Bill singing
hosannahs in less than five minutes. Z"
lie stepped out OF the crowd, wan
dered around for u bit, and, as Bill
became interested in railroad notice
tackled on the wall, the humanitarian
approached him and dealt him n
smart kick on the ca,f OF the left leg.
a wild yell and jump followed, and
then the room was filled with dust.
hats, coats, arms, legs and boots, and
we pulled Bill off to find the paint man
lying unconscious and apparently tied
INTO fourteen knots. 4 doctor who
was present worked over him ten min
utes before he opened his eyes. Bill
and the old man had slipped out long
before that and we had picked up two
teeth, "a crushed hat. "a broken watch
chain, a smashed watch and some
pieces OF cloth, and laid them beside
the victim. He stared at us minute
or two, cleared his mouth of blood.
and then sat up to say:
"Bill had "a bile. ] was fool enough
TO try to bust it for him and he busted
me instead, Gent lemen place me on
bench and leave me 10 my own retlec-
lions. ] want To iigger out ii ! hain't
4 dangerous man to toe allowed to run
1t large, New York sun.