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Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
A BIG GUN.
1t Will Throw Ball Fifteen Miles-Process
of Making the Monster.

BosToN, March 12-The new Wood
bridge gun, which is intended to be
capable OF throwing projectile
weighing a quarter OF a ton a distance
OF twelve to fifteen miles, and which is
in process OF construction at the ar
senal at Watertown, will be COM
pleted in about four months.
At present the gun is little more
than a steel tube 21l,. feet long, the
diameter liz, inches. The interior
eventually will be bored to 12ls inches.
The speciality of the Woodbridge
gun consists in the wire wrapping.
Around the steel tube, which is made
of hard rolled steel, are placed strips
of steel like barrel staves, and around
these miles OF steel wire are wrapped.
The steel slaves are put in to equal
ize the pressure caused by the tight
wrapping of the wire. The wire is
15-1OO of an inch square, and is ca
pable OF bearing a tension OF 100000
pounds to the square inch.
The wrapping OF the wire upon the
tube Is done by n special winding ma
chine, so as to put the wire on at a
great STRAIN. Several miles have been
wrapped already so thickly that the
tube, several inches in thickness, is
shrunk or pressed in until the diane
ter is reduced by 4-1OO of an inch.
The object of putting the wire on so
tightly is to develop the elastic resist
ance of the tube. In other words, the
immediate bursting stress comes upon
the wire, because the wire is compress
ing the tube all the while, and not
until the wire has been stretched a
little could any strain come upon the
rolled steel tube itself.
This would not happen until the
internal pressure exceeded $4,000
pounds to the square inch. In the
first trial with the gun it is likely that
ordinary powder will be used, calcu-
lated to throw a projectile weighing
$50 pounds for about twelve miles,
and a distance OF three or four miles
with great accuracy. Ii the new pow
ders, which produce less smoke, are
used, the projectile may be thrown
for fifteen miles. In either case the
charge OF powder will be about 27O
down to 25O pounds.
DIR. Woodbridge says that the new
powders are receiving careful consid-
Grafton by the war department, but
since the explosive power of smokeless
powder is greater than those formerly
in use, it is not always possible to
utilize the new kind for the existing
guns.
The new gun will be rihed. The
projectile will not make a complet e
revolution before reaching the muzzle,
but as the rifling gains in curvature
as it goes along, the projectile when it
leaves the mouth will be whirling at n
speed equal to complete revolution
in the length OF the gun.
In about two months it will be
ready to he sent to the Watervliet
arsenal, New York, for the finishing
touches. Then it will go to Sandy
Hook to be tested. The gun is OF the
type used in forts, but this one is in
tended for experimental purposes
rather than anything else.
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
Cleveland Must Withdraw

Chicago, March 11.-Hon. Hen }
Watterson in an authorized interview
at Richelieu hotel today virtually
called upon Cleveland to withdraw
from the presidential nomination..
Watterson said the nomination OF the
ex-president would be suicidal for the
Democratic party. Hill, too, he b.
lieved, had dug his own political grave
in New York state, and he regards the
conflict there as practically irrconcil-
able. The party, he says, must come
west for it's candidate or seek him in
either OF the three states OF Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania or Maryland.
In practically calling upon Cleveland
to withdraw, Watterson rather scored
the ex-president. The Kentucky ed
itor read the interview after 1t was
written, and endorsed il as correct.
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
ingalls, in the Saddle.

Kansas City Star: John j. Ingalls, is
still the idol OF the Republicans OF
Kansas. The great audience which
assembled in the state house at To
peka to hear him last night and the
cordial reception which he met with
demonstrated that fact beyond a
doubt. 1t was his first appearance
before an audience of Kansas Repub-
licans since his defeat for rre-election to
the senate last winter. He came upon
the invitation OF the officers OF the
Republican league, and the announce
ment made early in the day that he
would speak in the evening inspired
the convention with an enthusiasm
that no other man in the state could
have produced. Mentions ofhis name
during the proceedings OF the conven-
tion were signals for cheers and other
demonstrations OF admiration, and
when he appeared in the hall after the
great audience had assembled for the
| evening session it went wild with en-
| thusiasm and was impatient until
other speakers We're out OF the way
and he had taken the stand.
1t has been the fashion in Kansas
since Mr.. Ingalls, defeat to censure his
actions and utterances and question
his party loyalty, and in this feeling ii
can not be denied that large element
of the rank and file shared. No doubt
many who gathered to hear his adj
dress last night approved this criti'
cism and believed that he had become
an apostate, but there was no
evidence of it manifested in the meet
ing. He explained his shortcomings
if any, to the satisfaction OF all, and
when he had done there was Il feeling
i'm every heart that he had been badly
used; that his defamers were wrona
and he right, and that he ought to bt
restored to party leadership. 1t was
: a remarkable exhibition OF the mans
audacity, his magnetic power and his
eloauence. Nothing like it has occurred
in Kansas since Jim Lane was power
in politics. Read out OF the party 10y
its managers, he by one stroke of genius
restored himself to full faith and lei
lowship, and can be Its trusted leader
again il he so desires.
That Ingalls, will profit by his
triumph there is no doubt. He vii
be a candidate for the United State:
senate, and in order to make his cleo
ton and calling sure he will 60 into
; the Forthcoming canvass with all his
soul and eloquence. His experience
, last night gives him confidence that h'
will have the sympathy OF the peopl
in his ambition, and the party man
ayers will have to accept him or b.
r themselves thrown overheard. tits;
good sign for Kansas. Ingalls, ma,
not be a thoroughly disciplined politi
clan and he may be in the habit OF de
/ claring his independence OF party rul
; sometimes, but he is courageous
? audacious, learned, scholarly and elo
I quent-the peer of any man who sa
; with him in the senate. He has don
more and can do more to make kar
7 sas famous than any other man in tn
1 state.
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
Wool and shoddy Tariffs.
[Inter-Ocean.l

1t is very rarely that a free trader
brings his suppositions within cannon
range of fact. The free traders who
drew up the majority report upon
Springer's free wool bill are no excep-
ton to the rule. Prognosticatingt the
influence OF what they call ''an op-
pressive duty" upon raw wools they
say that real woolens will be made so
dear that shoddy will supersede them,
and they rashly affirm that 1OO,-
100000 pounds OF shoddy will be
manufactured in the United States
during the present fiscal year. Shoddy
is the product of wooden rags, which
are manufactured into a compare
lively worthless cloth.
The Mckinley bill increased the
duty on shoddy. The duty on it has
ranged as follows during the past
twelve years: 12 cents per pound
during the years 1850. 1881 and
1882; 10 cents between and including
the years 1883 and 1890; 80 cents
for 1891 and since then. The imports
of shoddy, including mungo, rags,
flocks, waste, and kindred material,
have stood:
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
As You Go Through Life.

Don't look for the flaws as you go through
And even when you find them fife;
IL is wise and kind tn he somewhat blind
And look for the virtue behind them.
For the cloudiest night has hint Of light
Somewhere in the shadows hiding;
1t is better by far to look for star
Than the spots on the sun abiding.
The current of life runs ever away
To the bosom Of Gods great ocean;
Don't set your force 'gaiGst the rivers
And think to alter it's motion. [course
Don't waste a curse on the universe
Remember it lived before You;
Don't butt at the storm with your puny
But bend and let it go DER you. form
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your whims to the letter;
Some things go wrong your whole life long,
And the sooner you know it the better.
1t is folly to fight with the Infinite,
And go under at last in the wrestle;
The wiser man shapes INTO Gods plan
As the water shapes into "A vessel.
Jewish Tidings.
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
STATES MAY BE SUED.
Rights of the General Government Clearly
Defined By the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Last Mon
day was a red letter day in the United
States supreme court. More decis-
ions OF Importance were then rem
dered than on any previous day in
the history of the court.
Among the numerous decisions was
one which seems TO have entirely es-
capped public notice; yet it is one as
far reaching in it's consequences as
any ever rendered by the court.
The case was that of the United
States against the state of Texas.
The issue, so far as it is of general
interest, was to determine whether
the United States can sue a state.
That question has never before been
raised in terms in the final appellate
tribunal in this country.
Last year there was a suit between
the United States and the state OF
North Carolina, relative to some
bonds; but in that case, curiously
enough, the question whether the
United States had the right to sue a
state was not raised, and was not
passed upon.
In the case of the United States
against the state of Texas, however,
that question was the direct issue,
and it was decided by the United
States supreme court, Justice Harlan
delivering the decision, that the United
States has the right to sue a state.
| This decision declares that the
I I7nIt al IN taS iSY only ha "a
governmental authority in this coun-
try, but that there can he but one su-
preme authority, and that it has the
right to appeal to the United States
courts to maintain that authority.
The strict constructionists OF the
constitution have hitherto denied
that the general government had any
power TO enforce it's DEGREES against u
state except by force of arms. In
this instance the two most extreme
states rights men on the bench, Chief
Justice Fuller and Justice Lamar, dis
sented, maintaining that the consti-
tuition of the United States in its
grant OF original jurisdiction TO the
United States supreme court does not
include the right to entertain lurisdic-
ton Iii q suit of the United States
against state. But in the progress
OF naturalization which the United
States supreme court has been under
going since the war gave a final inter-
probation to the federal constitution,
the court has reached that point
when it has decided that the general
government has the supreme national
power in this country, that it has no
superiors or equals, and that its
authority is final, and can be enforced
by civil process in the courts.
This is q great stride toward ma
tionalizing the general government;
and it IL the first time that the United
States supremec court has passed upon
this question.
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
Auguries for November.

New York Tribune: The spring cleo
tions have done much to vindicate
the st ate's honor and the laws maj
esty They have swept the fraud
stained supervisors out OF sight.
Scarcely o man OF them remains in
office today. Complete possession OF
the town and city governments has
been handed over to the Republicans,
not only in Dutchess, Steuben and
Onondaga, but in nearly every county
in the state. This is n victory OF hon.
est men, not OF n party only, or a
partisan cause. 1t means that this
state can not be stolen by gang oi
vile politicians without important
consequences. 1t means that the
honest voters will have the heads oi
the men and the party organization
which committed that atrocious
wrong. The score with the supervis-
ors-the petty little tools OF the gang
has been settled; but all the bigger
scores remain. Every rascal among
this motley company-Hill, who con-
trived it all; Maynard, his meanest
agent, the man who told the supervis.
ors that they were doing all right and
that he. the deputy attorney general
oil the state-he knew the law-tht
man who robbed the controller
o lice OF a public document which he
had no more right to put his hands
on than n burglar has to snatch the
contents OF u sale; Rice, guiltier ever
than Maynard, since his oath wa'
taken to guard and hold the very doc
ument he permitted to be carried off
and guiltiest of all among the stat
canvassers, in whom he INSPIRED
audacity and quenched scruples-
Tabor, Wemple, Danforth, Bogart
Walker, Nichols and Osborne-ever.
man of them is branded and con
demned. Their crime will follow thei
party until it is fully atoned for, AM
them to the end of their lives.
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
Federal directory.

4. s. MIr-ital ..-,.......W VIM. T. Furay I:utt,-
he si.tcr 1. :. Land Otlicr.........C \ Eur,
Receiver 4. ). IIud Otlirc.......G. ". tpoE
surveyor rGrnrTil............--.-.. .t,cu. H. Eaton
u. :. Attorney .+.+.t--.,.... II u Weed
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
A Tax is a Tax.

Democrat The tariff is tax.
Republican-Of course 1t is.
Democrat (surprisedl-I thought
YOU fellows say it isn't.
Republican--Oh, no; We don't.
Democrat-But | say you do. You
are always arguing that it is no tax.
Republican-That's where you are
off. 1t is a tax, but tax on the
efforts of every man in your party to
show wherein it is not the salvation
of American industries, and you have
never been able to pay the tax yet
See?
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
His Platitudinous Ponderosity.

Chicago Tribune: Mr.. Cleveland s
speech at Ann Arbor boiled down:
'''This is great institution. Wash
ington was great man. We are a
great people. Public Office is public
trust. Let us remember these things
and be good, and we shall be happy.
Bless you, my children"
Fergus County argus., 1892-03-17
wooL.sroRINc FACILITIES.

with Special View the Storing
Judith Wolf Creek will find
thisthe haul their wool, whether
desiring sell or ship.
Ranchnen will
the shortest obtaining supplies al
kinds BED ROCK PRICES Also blacksmith at Landing
hS-ORDERs BY MAIL GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
Attacked the Wrong Dog.

There was a tremendous rumpus and
excitement in a prominent drug store
on Chestnut street, neal Twelfth, the
other day. A fair maid, stroling down
the street with a large mastif, stopped
in the store for soda. The place was
crowded, and among the crowd were
two other ladies with two other dogs.
The other dogs were considerably
smaller than the mastiff, but by a light
ming calculation they decided that by
combining forces they might take a fall
out of him. Instantly acting, the rum
pus began.
In one-ffth the space of time it takes
to write it the air was filled with snarls,
yelps, barks, growls, dog hair, female
shrieks, children's bowls and screams,
soda water, muffs, small packages and
male profanity. Women and children
cla1obered upon the counters or fed
into the street; the clerks and soda water
boys grabbed the fighting dogs, and the
big mastif was dragged out upon the
pavement, where a crowd had already
gathered.
Seeing his mistress on the outskirts Of
the crowd the mastiff gave a bound
toward her and hurled an old gentleman
and a small girl fiat on their backs. The
crowd scattered as if it had been an egg
thrown against a barn door, the big dog
barked loudly and the old gentleman
| grew red in the face in his efforts to do
verbal justice to his feelings. The ex-
element lasted until a reserve police
man came up and asked what the mat
ter was and was told nine different
! stories, all of which were wrong.
Inside the damage was computed az
six broken tumblers, five or six dresses
ruined by soda water stains and a huge
bowl of fresh eggs rendered ~valueless by
being sat in by a fat baby, which was
! placed there by its mother during the
first outbreak of the excitement. One
of the small dogs had about a half pound
of meat bitten out of him by the big
one.-Philadelphia Record.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
Easter Lilies.

The attention the florist pays nova
DAYS to the Easter lilies is a marked one;
for not SO many years ago the demand
for the beautifully simple white flower
was exceedingly small.
They found the readiest sale with
churches then, and it was rare indeed
to find a private house decorated with
these flowers. Even the churches did
not require so many as to make the pro
duction of the Easter lily more than d
mere incident in the work of a florists
gardener. Now it is a feature of his la
bors in the fall to pot thousands of bulbs.
Besides the usual amount of care X
ercised by a good gardener in raising
flowers Of any kind, these lilies require
especial attention. Before or after the
Easter season there is very little demand
for the flower, and he must see to it that
the buds appear just as Lent is ushered
in. To have the plants flower several
weeks before or not until the season is
closing means a big financial loss. Plac.
ing the plants in q dark room delays The
budding until the time arrives for them
t 0 be salable, and then the forcing be-
gins.-Boston Transcript.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
Big Steel Trusses.

The steel trusses which are to suppC-t
the roof of the Manufactures building
in the Worlds fair grounds will be the
largest in the world. There will be
twenty-five trusses, and they will be
erected in pairs. Each truss will cover
a span Of 1856 feet, and from the center
Of the roof inside to the ground there
will be a distance of 206 feet. Each
truss weighs 200 tons, and 5000 tons OF
steel will be used in the roof of the
building. Above the trusses supporting
the roof will be erected other trusses tc
support the lantern roof. These trusSes
will be thirty-six feet in height and each
will span a distance of $50 feet.-Ex
change.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
PITCH HOLES.

Merrily down the snowy road
Right smoothly slideS the sleigh,
Lightly bearing it, laughing load
over the hills and away.
Then suddenly like a tiger springs
with q creaE and sway and shrug;
II bucks like a brOnchO, and wildly filings
Its riders about like useless things
TIL they yearn for pillows and cushions and
springs.
For fierce are the pangs that the pitch hole
brings
With its ~ug-ug-chug -kerchug!
So | bargained with her as we glided on
A kiss for each pitch hole there,
And, as smooth was the way we rode upon,
She thought my proposal fair.
But a sudden change came over the miss
As | turned on another tack,
Where every rod meant a chug and a kiss,
And every pang was rewarded with bliss.
And we pitched SO fast | was like TO miss
Oh. what could be sweeter or dearer than this.
This NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
But no maiden ever could stand it long
And she pleaded at length that she wasn't
strong,
And asked to be taken back.
So we made another bargain there,
And sealed it with a hug;
For kisses only when roads were fair,
And spectators not scattered here and there.
Nor pitch holes prevalent everywhere.
Though ever since | have blessed in prayer
Their MISUNDERSTANDING!
New York Truth.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
A KANSAS CYCLONE
Sweeps Away Everything Along i'S -
Fifty Dead and Hundred Injured

WELLINGTON, Kan, May ga cy-
clone has Just passed through this town
and g. ept away everything in its road.
There is great loss of ~life-supposed to
be fifty dead and hundreds hurt. Fire Is
burning the buildings in town.
The Wellington house and the Philips
house, the two largest hotels in the city,
were completely wrecked, the ruins OF
tie Phillips house taking fire. Many OF
tie guests were doubtless burned TO
death. A heavy storm of wind and rain
preceded the cyclone about half an hour
4 few minutes after 8 o'clock the cyclone
SIT. ck he city, coming from the south
w-sL. There were no ~premOnitory signs.
Z erybody was indoors and the cloud
naesed with its destructive rush and aw-
full roar unseen.
Washington avenue, the principal bust
ness street, is lined on both sides for
blocks with ruins. To add to the horror
fire hr9ke out among the debris.
II Monitor, Press and Voice printing
offices lie a tumbled heap Of bricks and
mortar.
Just across the street a labOrcr was
taken out Of the ruins dead and other
bodies are supposed to be in the ruins
Hundreds Of dwelling houses are either
destroyed or more or less damaged.
The city is in darkness, broken mains
making it necessary to shut down the gas
works and save destruction by fire.
The streets are Uttered with tin roof
ing cloth awning, broken glass and tim
bcrs. Everybody is on the streets car
rying lanterns and it is utterly impossi,
bic TO get at the exact facts. The de
struction is simply awful and every min
ute adds to the horror of the situation
The Standard and Mail offices are
wrecked. The opera house and dozens
of the best buildings are useless. Fine
school buildings and churches are ruined
and the loss will foot up into many thou
sands Of dollars. No reports have beer
received from other points.
Wellington is the county seat of Sum
mer county and has a population of owe
10000 inhabitants. 1t is in the centre O
IA thickly settled agricultural district. l
is the foremost town in southern Kansas
The storm came from the southwest anC
beyond.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
GLEN ALPINE STATION, N. c.. e ID

This is to certify that three years ago l had
my left leg amputated four inches below the
knee, caused by blood poison and bonesaffec-
ton. After it was amputated there came
running ulcer on the end of it that measured
81 inches one way and AZ inches the other,
and continued growing worse every day until
Il short time ago. I was given up to die by the
best doctors in Charlotte. i heard of the won
derful B. b. B. 1 resolved to try that. My
weight at the time I commenced B. B. b. was
120 pounds. When l. had taken three bottles /
gained 81 pounds in weight; when l had taken
twelve bottles 1 was sound and we'll, but con
tinued taking until Ihad taken fifteen bottles
/ now weigh $50 pounds and measure five feet
and three inches high. 1 contend that your
medicine has no equal as a blood purifier. II
| certainly worked like a charm.
J.. II. WILSON.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
MY GUESS IS
THE DENTISTS GO o
The Election of Officers for the Ensuing
Year Yesterday Afternoon.

The Election Of Officers for the Ensuing
Year Yesterday Afternoon.
The Twin City Daily Sentinel says
The North Carolina State Dental asso-
citation closed yesterday afternoon, what
the members say, the most interesting
session in the history of their organiza-
ton. More business was transacted than
at any former session and a large num-
Der of active members added to the roll.
The membership now is nearly one hun
dred.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President-Dr. Frank Harris, Of Hen
dersOn.
First ENTHUSIASTICALLY. II. V. Hor.
ton, of Winston.
Second Vic President-Dr. J F. Ram
sey, Of Asheville.
Secretary-Dr. j. W. Hunter, of Sa'
lem.
Essrvist-Dr. Il. E. Jones of Salem.
The association adjourned to hole
their next meeting in Raleigh on the
second Tuesday in May, 1893.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-28
A Cruel Joke on Boomers.

Many thousands of settlers camped on
the southern line of the soon-to-be-opened
Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands received
word that the president had issued a
proclamation opening the lands. In
stanter they by hundreds and thousands
invaded and took claims. The military
at once proceeded, however, to eject
them. Then they learned that some one
had played a practical joke on them, and
they were 100 miles from a telegraph
Office.
This has greatly complicated matters.
as under a strict Interpretation of the
law they became "'sooners," and cannot
hereafter acquire titles to public lands
Cor. st. Louis Republic.