The Bessemer indicator., 1893-04-08

III Will probably surprise thos,
American advocates of the canals +,
learn that there are to-day $50.
miles OF canals used for uaviyati on
In country where railrOadiug has
she highest form OF development nc
favor is found in any suggestion look
ing toward giving up the artificial
waterways.
CALIFORNIA farmers have no cause
OF complaint against the present sea-
son, as rain has come with grent rcg-
nlarity and the prospects for fruit
ana grain were never brighter. The
total rainfall for the season in nearly
hIl the counties is over fifteen inches.
and IN all the northern counties it Is
over twenty-five inches
"
The introduction OF bullet proof
clotning as an Offset TO smokcless
powder and improved two-mile guns
VIII make the art OF war one Of
pieasurable exhilaration, with very
little danger About the only people
who will be injured by war in the
twentieth century will be the over
worked tallors and machinists.
IHE resident of Gadsdeu. Ala.
whose life was saved in "a duel bv
the bullet striking book over hi,
car, shoull m liately tni infsh
bill of particulars. If 1t was the
traditional Bible his mother gave
him. he will be permitted some la,i-
tude in explaining how he came to in
dulge in the ungodly occupatiou of
dueling
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, who was for
years slave in Talbot county. Nd
Is negotiating for one OF the hand
soonest estates near his old home. OF
course. his talents and opportunities
are not shared by all of his race. but
his example ought to serve as an in.
centive TO other colored men and
lead to a partial solution Of the race
problem.
A MILAN, Tenn, man who appar-
emily died and then came to again
stirred up the neighborhood in
which he resides By vivid tales of
heaven and what he claimed to have
seen there. Unfortunately the man
died in reality twenty-four hour,
later before the reporters had
chance to try their hands on Il revised
version Of Revelation.
A BILL has been Introduced in tl,.
connecticut Legislature providing Tor
the punishment of persons who send
lake news to newspaper. The
evil complained Of has grnu-= -
s;SiTlTa S;i9I"7li4' 'lpoqt tsss 90 sSss, 5ss
ullLters of humbug Connecticut news
send such tales to New York papers
and to any Connecticut papers that
Will pay for such service
The Tehauntepec railroad from
the gulf TO the Pacific. is nearing
completion. and so quietly has the
Mexican government prosecuted the
work that the rather important fact
has hardly attracted notice II is u
route Loo miles shorter to san Fran
cisco than via the isthmu- of Panama,
but 1t will have powerful competition
to overcome, Notwithstanding
The funeral rs q social function /,
something new and i, being eravely
discussed by women who do not seem
wholly brutal or totally devoid u
sense The mooted question i,
whether one should attend the ob.e-
quies of person upon whom in life
she had not called or who had moved
in a different set A woman who
would consider such problem should
b. all odds attend ftucra, without
delay The suggestion that it be her
own seems almost superauou..
ir is observed that a. the ladies.
obeying the edicts of fashion, begin
to shorten their trains. the gentle.
men, equally cbedient to the same ar
bitter, begin to lengthen the skirts to
their Prince Alberts The latest cut
OF these attenuated garments gives
them a tail that almost sweeps the
ground. At the present pace it will
not be long before the wearer Of the
Prince Albert train will have to aban-
don his cane. lie will need both
hands to keep it out OF the mud
OF all the fools, old or young. who
play their part upon the earth, the
stage-struck young woman is by far
the worst The sentimental female
who worsbips hero in curly wig
and q property uniform, while not
being able TO appreciate the unob-
trusive heroism Of real life is fool
of ordinary type. Many people prefer
sbams to reality. The young woman
who gives mp good home to yield 10
wild desire to go on the stage. tC
become anything from t.'ay carrier
or high kicker TO u great TRACED
Rctress, is an extraordinary fool,
STREET car company in Hartford.
Conn. has section running by eiec-
tricity and with perfect satisfaction.
TOO, the current being fed through az
underground wire 1t has been DOVE
all winter. the cars running with NJ
interruption from induction. etc BY
1t not the slightest danger TO pedes
4rians is now encountered, the system
being hermetically sea ed. The
points of contact are operated auto
snatically 1t is claimed that it cost,
no more to place these electric wire.
under ground than to install tn,
overhead trolley wire.
A Los ANGELES man stole sorae rare
gold coins and curios. The hast
conclusion that q thief had beel
caught was upset By th- dislose er.
that tho man had money AMI wol,
good clothes. But it was {. narrow
escare for a worthy kleptomaniae