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The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL,
Now Open for Use by tho Largest steam.
ships-

Now open for tsc by tho Largest steam
ships.
The Manchester ship canal is now
open for traffic, 1t is a remarkable
enterprise which will make Manches-
ter seaport from this date. as tho
largest seagoing steamships can pass
through the canal.
With the use of electric light,
steamers will be able to navigate by
night as well as by day, and the whole
length of the canal will be trayersed
in about ten hours,
Some notion OF the capacity of the
canal may be drawn when we compare
its depth with the Suez and An.:et.
dam canals. The minimum width Of
the bottom of the Suez is seventy-two
feet and OF the Amsterdam eighty.
eight feet, seven inches, while that Of
the Manchester canal is l20 feet. The
! minimum depth of the Manchester
and Suez waterways is twenty six feet.
and that of the Amsterdam canal
twenty-eight feet
1t is believed the quantity Of grain
carried over the canal will be at least
onehalf Of that now landed at Liver
pool, 1t is estimated that at least
ioo, 900 tons per annum of fruit and
vegetables will at once be imported to
Manchester by this route.
With regard to raw cotton, firms in
the district, owning Is, 900, 900 spin
dies, declare that nearly all the cotton
they use will be brought BY the canal.
Of outward cargos there will be no
lack, and textile manufacturers have
testified to their belief that about
800, 600 tons per annum will be dis
patched by the new canal The fnan-
cial success of this enormous under
taking seems to be assured The pro-
moters of the canal are confident of
their ability to secure large and re-
munerative traffic and the estimates of
profit based upon the capital, as orig
inally proposed, were very favorable
The original capital of $40, 600, 600
has, however, now grown to nearly
double that amount, and the anticipa-
tions of profit are not now 10 sanguiue
as they formerly were. That there
arc, however, enormous probabilities
of traffic cannot be disputed.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
Myomlng.s Good Record.

According to official statistics Just
made public, Wyoming has only 200
criminals to the million of people. In
the eastern states, where there is sup
posed to be the least crime, the figures
are 900, while in Montana, an adja-
cent state with the same natural con-
ditions, there are 3,300 to the million
Other states are, Nebraska, 1900;
Idaho, LOO; Colorado, 1900; Cali
fornin, $500; Nevada, 1890; Arizona,
4,200. The state woman's suffrage
league is issuing circular setting
forth the figures and claiming that the
enfranchising of women is the cause of
this remarkable record.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
Snnerinx in MxomInK.

There is reported to be great deal
of suffering among the families of the
miners at Almy, seven miles north of
Evanston, Wyoming, on account of
the men being thrown out of employ
ment by reason of the fire in mine No.
l. The stores there are owned by the
company and the men have been re-
fused further credit. The sight of
women and children suffering for the
necessaries of life, is making the men
desperate, and the officials fear that
an attempt will be made to loot the
company's stores.
A number of the public spirited
citizens Of Evanston have interested
themselves in the matter and it is pro-
posed to get up charity ball or some
other entertainment to raise funds to
relieve the destitute. Over 400 men
were thrown. out of employment when
the mine closed and ne-half of these
have been unable to obtain employ
ment elsewhere.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
AgnIn.t stntr Ei.x,tnv..

Judge Mitchell has handed down a
decision os the Minnesota Supreme
court declaring the law providing for
the building of state elevator at Du-
luth to be unconstitutional. Edward
Rippey brought an injunction sui,
against the elevator in the Ramsey
county District court, but Judge vii
liams dismissed the case, which wa,
taken to the Supreme court, t'lat body
deciding that the state had no righ
TO go into the elevator business.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR PHRASES

The unspeakable Turk.-Carlylc.
Atempest in u teapot t--Montesquieu.
We are in the same cboat-ClementI
New brooms sweep clean.-Lord
Eldon.
While there's life, there's hope
Cicero
In peace prepare for war.-Wash-
ington
Save me from my friends s-Marshal
villars
Architecture is petrified music
Goethe.
will die in the last tditch.-Willism
of Orange.
The sick man of Europe. Nicholas
!. of Russia
Nothing is certain but death and
taxes-Franklin.
The English are nation of shop
keepers Napoleon.
Straws show which way the wind
lows.-John Selden.
Call no man happy until his death
-Solon, spoken to Cr9sus.
What ever is worth doing at all Is
worth doing well. ell.-Chesterheld.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
st Ambrose to St Augustine.
! Good Americans when they die, go
to Paris. Thomas G. Appleton.
Doctrine is nothing but the skin OF
truth set up and stuffed ed-Beecher.
A great unrecognized iucapacity.-
Bismarck. Spoken of Napoleon Ill
dislike monkeys; they always re-
mind me of poor relations-Henry
Luttrctl.
can drive coach and six through
overy act of parliament = Daniel
! O'Connell.
Put your trust in God, but be sure to
sec that your powder is dry.-oliver
Cromwell.
Life would be gutter tolerable If IL
were not for its amusementa Sir
George Lewis
1t docs not signify much whom ono
mnrries, as one is sure to find the next
morning it was someone else.-Sar-
uel Rogers.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

much reduced In quantity and there
arc signs Of disease In the lungs and
liver.
There is no explanation foe the i'm
muuity enjoyed by man, the mule
and the goat from tho poison Of the
tsetse's sting. Nor do wild animals
suffer from It.
No remedy for the tsetse's poison
has over been found, although the
natives have tried all sorts OF decoc-
tions OF herbs and roots. The tsetse
country is at present uninhabitable
by man. unless he dispenses with all
domestic animals. except the mule
and tho goat. The fly lives on wild
animals, which. as has been said. Its
sting does not harm. 1t is thought
that after awhile. when the game Is
exterminated. the tsetse country may
become inhabItable.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

A FRENCH journalist has devised n
plan for making Gibraltar unten.tle
for the British by means of diplo-
matte alliance between Frar cc,
Spain and the Moors. II Gibraltar
Is to be made unteuablc it must bo
by diplomacy. for several futile at
tempts to dislodge the British have
been made since they took the rock in
1704. During the American revolu-
tion France and Spain joined in n two
years siege of the stronghold. hut
without avail. and the scarlet flag OF
England still waves from the sum
nit OF the crag.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

AT Managua, Nicaragua, news has
been received from New York and
Washington assuring positively the
building of the canal" Here again
we have case of going away from
home to learn the news In this
ances that congress will vote q guar
antec to Nicaragua canal bonds.
much less that the money to build
the canal can be raised in New York
or elsewhere in this country unless
the government guarantee is voted.
Managua seems to have information
on the subject in advance Of the event.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
A N.nr..lA rr-.,ar.r short.

A special from Greeley Center, Ne
braska, says; +. I. Cashman, retir-
ing county treas rer of CIR eley coun-
ty, is short $4,000. The county
commissioners have secured his arrest
and brought suit against his bonds
men Cashman's shortage has been
known for some time, and he has tried
to fix the matter up. His successor
in Office refused to accept notes in
lieu Of cash, and precipitated the ar
-ast
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
4 DarInc iinna Knhherx.

One of the boldest and mos. daring
pieces Of safe blowing and bank rob
berry ever perpetrated in Northern H.
iinois was committed at the little town
of Franklin Grove, in Lee county,
Thursday night, by which the Frank
lin Grove bank, operating under the
state laws, was looted out oil nearly
t35, 600 in cash and valuable papers.
The burglars made their escape, and
there is not much chance of tracing
them.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
WASHINGTON NOTES.
What Congress, Is DoinR-Dcpr-tmcnt
and Social Gpa>Ip.

and Social Gps>Ip.
The Senate judiciary committee has
reported against the confirmation of
Judge Hornblower as justice of the
Supreme Court.
Representative De Armand Of Mis-
souri, has introduced bill looking to
the removal of the national capital to
some point in the West.
The Senate ub-committec is dill
gently investigating the Hawaiian
revolution. 1t is possible that several
persons at Honolulu will be asked to
come and testify.
The Democrats succeeded in getting
a quorum on the sth and thus were
enabled to take up the Wilson tariff
bill. The debate will close on the
29th of January when vote will be
taken
When Congress resumed its session
on the Bird the Democrats tried to take
up the tariff bill at once, but failed
for lack of quorum, the Republicans
refusing to vote. The attendance in
the Senate was also small.
The treasury department has pre-
pared statement of the amount Of
currency in various countries. The
amounts per capita are as follows:
France, 1851; Belgium, $26. 20; Aus
tralia, s26.05; United States, $25.55;
Netherlands, &24,34; Great Britain,
$50, A; Germany, 1885; Mexico, IS.
Total, gold money, $3,0O1, 900, 600;
silver, %, 93l, 100000; uncovered rs,
pss noasy, ", 700, 900, 900.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
Denver Markets.

Eggs, ranch 25c, state 22c; butter;
best creamery 29(d3oc, dairy l9c; hay,
upland baled sllG$l2, second bottom
s1a$S. so; alfalfa ~; oats sl(dsl. TO-
potatoes 95(dsl.05; cattle, choice steers
81. 50(as3.25, cows - D0(ds2. 80, ma
tive feeders - 50(ds2 IS; hogs, choice
1900; spring chickens 50. 0OGs3. 81
per doz.: turkeys llc.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

the largest operator. The output at
its Rock Springs, Alma and Hanna
mines aggregates 1,47O,631 tons Of
lump coal and IS, 1854 tons Of nut
coal
The total output was l1.046 tons
less than that Of 1892. This is ac-
counted for by reason Of the very dull
times during the year just passed.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
Making Laad PENCILS.

The cost in making first-class
lead pencil is not in the wood. nor in
the finishing. but in the time and
labor necessary to mako 1t perfect
The graphite carefully selected for
the purpose is aoated through water
time and time again, and in this way
the grit and coarser particles sink
and become detached. Then comes
long continued grinding and careful
mixing and other painstaking opers-
tions which make up tho perfect
pencil.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
A Hmm IL I;ntuunItr.

A number of our great and most in
veteratc tobacco smokers and chcwcre
have quit the usc of the iilthy weed
The talismunic article that Goes the
work is So-to-bac. The reform waa
started by Aaron Gurber, Iyhp WIS a
confirmed slave for many wears to the
use of tobacco. lie tried the usc OF
MOTTO bac, and to his great surprise
und delight IL cured him. Hon. c. w.
hshcon;, yflIo had been smoking for
sixty years, tried No to- bac, and it
cured him. Col. Samuel stOutcncr.
who would eat up tobacco like 4 COW
eats. hay, tried this wonderful remedy,
and even Samuel. .after all his years of
slavery. lost the desire. J. c, toblcr,
leasing Evans Frank Dell, George Il.
May. c. o. Skillington, Hanson Kobi-
nett. Frank IIers!iberger. John Sh;nn
ana others have since tried Motto bac
md in every ease they report, not only
u cure of the touacco habit. but n won
'lcrful improvement in their general
physical and mental condition, all of
which goes to show that the use o: to-
bncco had been injurious to them in
more ways than one.
All of the above gentlemen are so
veil pleased with the results that we
10 not hesitate To join them in recon
oending IL 10 suffering humanity,
ne have thoroughly investigated aud
are Statistic, that MOTTO bac does the
cork we'll and is II boon to mankind
The cost is trifling-a dollar box
and tho makers, The Sterling Remedy
company, have so much faith in Motto
bac that they absolutely guarantee
three boxes to cure any case, or refund
money. One box in every instance in
the above. effected II cure. with one o.
two exceptions. No-to-bac has a won
derful sale upon its merits alone
throughout the United States, and can
be secured ut almost any drug store in
this country or Canada, and it is made
by The Sterling Remedy company,
Chicago Office, Al Randolph street;
New York office. 10 Spruce street.
-[Tro,a The Press, Everett, Pa, Dsa
~ 1884,
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
Entertainment In a Prison.

The Daughters of the King gave an
entertainment at the Wyoming peni-
tentiary a few Gays ago for the bene-
fit of the prisoners. A musical and
litera% program was given after which
treatments were served to the CON
victs by the ladies. The penitentiary
officials kindly granted this holiday
treat
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

Two doctors are explaining why
they refused to attend man stricken
In the streets with hemorrhage. II
they had treated him, and the treat
ment been as bad as the explana-
tions. he would probably have died
instantly. whereas he did have the
felicity OF surviving for few mo-
ments
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

rHE prince of Wales Is reported to
be forming secret society FOR the
purpose of carrying on historical
researches about old English families.
The secrecy of the society is explain
ed by the expected nature of much
of the discoveries. The only
practical public purpose such work
can promote is to help hasten aboli-
tion OF the house of lords.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
Coal Mine. III wyoming.

The annual report of Dave G.
Thomas. state inspector Of coal mines,
has been filed with the governor. The
total output Of the mines Of Wyoming
for the year 1893 was: Lump coal, 9,
l24, 1872 tons; nut, 113, 209 tons. The
number Of employees is 1887.
The Union PseiAs Coal Coupany 10
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

TaA news columns OF the New
York papers look like criminal
court calendar these days The en-
tire population seems to be EN- bez-
zling, killing or getting divorced
Bat the clearing house certificates
are all redeemed, thank heaven. and
there Is a shotgun quarantine
against all persons likely to become
a public charge.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

A PRISONER in San Francisco who is
wanted in Mississippi promises to go
without any contest. Attorneys are
Justly Indignant The prisoner has
s3, 500 in coin, and with one accord
the legal friends who have sprung up
to advise him recognize the impreg-
uabIe tenure of the ground upon
which he might refuse to be removed.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

Two confidence men in Sioux City
tried to swIndle farmer. The pre-
else character of their game is not
known. but rs the farmer killed
them both and calmly went his ag-
ricultural way, unbiased observers OF
the situation do not believe that it
worked.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

PEOPLE catch cold in winter
in an inverse proportion as the
weather grows warm. Lot all who
nre inclined toward invalidism
look out for the warm days and the
cold days will look out for them
selves
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

The good people of Pittsburg have
grown positively desperate In their
purpose of caring for the poor of
their city. They are willing to
have the representatives OF num-
ber OF colleges take chances in the
deadly game of football, the pro-
ceeds to go into the relief fund.
The risk taken is big one, but the
occasion probably justifies it.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

THE announcement that James
Whitcomb Riloy is going to write a
play doesn't startle us. Lots OF
literary men have w-itten play be-
fore now, The thing is to get
manager to produce it.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

EMPEROR WILLIAM is preparing to
hold army maneuvers on ice. ..the
whole to reach n climax in mid
winter battle" One of Napoleon's
most famous campaigns, which was
to culminate in a midwinter battle,
ended in the disastrous retreat from
Moscow. Can it be that Germany's
war lord dreams of attempting a
campaign in the same direction?
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
The Indicator.
BEssEMER, COLORADO

II is melancholy that whoa u man
learns by experience not to jump
from n moving cable car on the side
nearest to the other track the less on
comes too late be OF practical service
to him.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

AT Napa, Cal. after n contest, the
court has allowed an attorney a
e1o. 00o fee for services in settling an
estate. In justice to worthy law.
yer let it be hoped that the estate
10 Mt least as large US the fee.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

BRAzILIANs are a simple, kindly
hearted people. Peixoto refused to
allow foreign newspaper correspond
Dnts to establish Red Cross hospi-
tai service to relieve tho sutferings
of hundreds of sick insurgents be-
cause they would take arms again st
him upon recovery. Now De Mello
has set sail to take 1000 convicted
felons into his service to fight
against his fellows.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

MRs. JOHN A. LOGAN says that
women who wort! for living are
loss Likely to marry than those who
do not Mrs. Logan may be right.
but the experience o. many weary
housewife goes to show that the rule
won't work both ways.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

CHICAGO evidently doesn't mean
that the bummers who wont work
under any circumstances shall be put
in the same C stex ory with honest
nth eu who sro auxious to earn e.
iIvSljhood. uhi1aeo Il very level
Hee6eS i 1Aie ln641ee.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

FIVE misers. four sisters and a
brother. and all together worth
100000 lived near Warwick, N. Y.
Two of the sisters have died of grip
and the rest of the family, there are
hopeful expectations, will follow the
example. The miser is believed to
be the meanest form of vertebrate,
and just where in the process of evo-
luton it got separated from the pi :
science has yet 70 determine.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13

IT may show n mean and revenge
full spirit, but there are great
many who will feel sense of disap-
polntment at learning that 800 fine
was all the penalty imposed upon
three lronwood policemen who were
found guilty of stealing the relief
stores which they had been set to
guard. Sometimes people can't help
regretting that the whipping post
and pillory are things of the past.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-13
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-18
HILAT4.

And what is baiata? It is a new gum which Is as elastic and freely moulded as rubber or gutta percha, and is a good substitute for them in the manufactures. The tree by which 1t is produced Is widely distributed throughout Dutch Guiana and promises to furnish an inexhaustible supply. The natives have been taught to gather 1t without exterminating the tree and the industry promises to be profitable to them. Balata has hitherto been principally exported to the United States Of America. but small consign- ments are also reaching Holland and Great Britain.
 Is 1t too much to hope that the makers of rubber boots and shoes will find 1t profitable to use some balata in the manufacture of their goods in place of lamp black. birthstone. barytes. littarge, etc. etc? If we can't have any rubber in them we ought to have some balata. Gentlemen of the Rubber trust, give us some balata.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-18

was in black satin and in front there was the effect of a double skirt given by the two breadths of satin being cut short, to show three rows of f1uted emerald velvet set beneath.
 In general, 1t may be said the little frill set about a skirt a little above the knees has disappeared entirely. So have the bias bands so popular lately. Skirts are utterly plain, or have, at the most, perpendicular decoration in the shape of embroidery, beading or ap- plique along the seams. Sometimes corresponding pointing, as this is called, is done from the edge of the skirt up.
 The only bit of trimming on the skirt of the dress shown to-day consists of a pair of bows, like those that hide the belts fastening at the waist, placed near the hem in front, and showing as plainly as possible that bodice and skirt belong together. Boucle suiting and velvet are combined in the costume, the bodice being draped. laid in pleats at the waist and garnished with bias folds. It's epaulettes are of velvet lined with satin and are set off by velvet rosettes.
 Russet shoes are to be worn all win ter. High lace tanned shoes with low square heels have been brought into vogue by woman's general use of the bicycle. After a woman has learned the full play of her foot's pressure on the pedal she finds she can no longer be comfortable in the tight cramping of the more dressy shoes.
 FLORRETTE,