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The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

/. ONE of the lessons in fruit man
ngement taught by the worlds fair
was the entire success OF keeping
fruit by the cold storage method. 1t
was in this way that apples and
pears of the 1899 crop were brought
to the exhibition in perfect condition
in June last. AS they became out
Of condition other specimens were
brought out, and thus succession
was KEEP. up until the fruit ripened
the same year was ready to be
brought forward.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
Denver Markets.

Eggs, ranch 26c, state 24c; butter,
best creamery 29CG3Oc, dairy 19c; hay,
upland baled sllCGs12, second bottom
s7CGss. so; alfalfa 81; oats s1(asl. 10;
potatoes 95(G$l. .05; cattle, choice steers
s2. 5O(Gs3. 25, cows 50. 0Oas2, 30, ma
tive feeders 81. 5Oas2 IS; hogs, choice
IS. 90; spring chickens $2.00(6s3. so
per doz. turkeys l2c.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

THE Golden Rule notes that whers-
as a man used to be held an exceed-
ingly daring sdyerfiseF--iijt y n; ~,
course of year he bought $50, 900
worth of space 10 the journals OF the
country. now a man is not held to be
q large advertiser unless he spends
from $780, O01 to 5000, 900 a year for
advertising space. advertise lib
orally" is recognized now as the
golden rule of brsiness success.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
Mr.. Lease Holds On.

Dispatches from Topeka indicate
that the removal of Mrs. Lease from
the state board of charities was pre-.
mature. The law requires full in
vestigation before removal can be
made. Mrs. Lease still holds heI
position and will bring the case be.
fore the supreme court to prevent hei
successor taking office.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

v CAPTAIN SAMUEL C. SMITH has been
acquitted at Los Angeles of the mur-
der of boy who had sailed in the
schooner with him. The murder
was particularly atrocious and the
captain confessed, but jury decided
that at the time Smith had been in
that mental condition during which
murder is an incident rather than
crime. The boys who ship with the
worthy captain hereafter should
bear in mind his weakness.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

The Problem of Firsproof Dwsiitnes-
Tho adaptability Of paper Is re-
garded as likely to lead to q solution
OF the problem OF rendering DWELL
ings and business structures hre.
proof. II Is now found that paper
can be made perfectly nreproof
while remaining amenable 10 same
treatment In tho mattor Of color.
polishing and handling IS most
woods. Such material offers all Of
tho advantages as an ideal substance
for floors. and 1t can be used equally
well for the walls OF buildings Bo-
sides this 1t can be uae In the finish
and furniture OF houses and would
unQuestionably do much to reduce
the peril of fire, against which an
insufficient provision Is but too often
taken.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

The Chicago Record boasts that
the towering, sky-scraping buildings
in the city ..keep the visiting stranger
so absorbed in looking aloft that he
does not notice the condition of
the streets below" First, he is
absorbed in a sky-scraper, then
"absorbed" in the street, and that
secms to be the end of him.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
A Golden Rule for Engiish.

Auntie-Do you find your lessons
hardp
Little Nephew-Some OF them Is;
but spellin' and pronunciation is
'sasy. D.
"They are?'
"Yes'm. All you has to do Is to
pronounce words the way they isn't
spelled. and spoil 'em some way thoy
isn't pronounced.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

!. THOSE Mexicans who are risking
their lives, fortunes and their more or
less sacred honor in kidnapping Amer
lean girls for wives are gong to a
lot OF useless trouble Let them tel
egraph to Massachusetts for few
eligible young women and then listen
for the. galloping hoof-beats that will
sound tho answer.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

A cRUsrY old bachelor says that II
1t really does take four yards of silk.
ordinary width. to make pair OF
dress sleeves. there is more cloth in
the sleeves than there is sense in the
heads of the women who wear them.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

IT is said that the great European
powers are trying to agree upon
some method of expressing anar-
chism. II at the same time they can
agree upon some method of disband-
ing the great European armies that
are impoverishing their people. they
will do tho world an incalculable
gOnd
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

AN epidemic of hydrophobia is
prevailing at Westyille, Conn. The
fact that there is medical authority
for tho statement that there is no
such disease does not make it any
loss terrible. If hydrophobia is an
imaginary disease, then dogs must
be blessed with vivid imagination.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

Much has been said OF late OF
Lincoln's religion. and now Richard
Watson Glider has been lecturing on
his literary abilities. 1t is begin
ming to be understood that Lincoln
was many-sided man. and that
every ono OF his sides was interest
ing
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

SAN FRANCISCO expects to see fy-
ing machine in action during the
midwinter fair. Chicago heard a
great deal about that same fling ma
chine before the Columbian exposi-
tion. but after the Midway was
opened the voice of the flying ma
chine runner remained mute.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

WHEN an undertaker's wife adjusts
a moose about her neck while stand
ing on barrel. puts n revolver to
her temple. blows her brains out.
kicks the barrel away, breaks her
neck, and is discovered hanging by
the neighbors it's sign she was
tired of life. And woman at Mill
vale, Pa did all this
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
CouNrEss ADELE oil Essex i,

/ COUNTESS ADELE OF Essex is to be
congratulated. She has secured a
title at last after having sought for
years to trade herself for one. and
after having narrowly escaped a
worse bargain. She may Joy in her
achievement, but really she is likely
to miss the pleasure Of the chase, so
long, her chronic amusement
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

New YoRx's four squares. Union.
Madison, Tompkins and Washington,
which cost New York city 1858, 331.
are now valued at S21,0)o,0o0 by the
assessors. It isn't every city that
could give to actors q 5000, 0)0
promenade like Union square to show
their beautY in.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

TALKING too much doesn't always
pay. but II people didn't want to talk
a. much IS they do maybe tho Bell
telephone company couldn': pay an
extra dividend
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

Two policemen. accused OF COM
mitting perjury. have been exoner-
ated on the ground that they did not
do 1t pur 2. sely. Thore are accidents
and possibly perjury is among
them-that prudent Ieople avoid.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

ANOTHER boy playing with revol-
yer has succeeded in killing his little
brother. Still the loaded toy will
continue in popularity and children
be allowed to handle it.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
Too valuable.

3 I'D like the job OF putin In your
coal. ma'am. but can't take It," ,
"Why not'"
"Cos I'm poor man, an l aint
got no financial influence. It 'ud be
impossible fer me to give yer suf-
, ficient bond to secure you agin my
abscondin' with some Of yer coal. :"
And he wandered on toward the next
door bell.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

! "ANorHER mistake l made" says
toy manufacturer Crandall of New
York. in explaining the reasons Of
his failure in business, was my fail
ure to advertise my change OF loca-
tion. Had l used printers ink
would not have had to suspend. :"
Printers ink is something no man in
business can get along without now
Rdays
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
Idaho, Mineral Product.

Statistics compiled by the Boise
City National bank show the value Of
the three principal metals produced in
Idaho during 1893, as follows: Gold
81, 1,645, 900, silver 81, ,5O2, 900, lead
$3.50 Total 1892, 600 This
shows total decrease of over 80, 900, :
600 as compared with last year.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
A rreuch Dandy. scarfpIn.

French daudies are now going
about with novel scarfpin under
their chins The ornament consists
pi gayly plumaged singing bird
connected by means OF q tiny rubber
vSpe with bulb In the wearer's
fcket. Press tho bulb and the bird
,iueaks and waggles his head and
Nil in tho orthodox manner.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
Sharp Practice Of Railroad Men.

An effort is being made to remove
the present receivers Of the Northern
Pacific railroad on the ground that be-
fore the road went into the hands Of
the court these men, headed by Thorn
as +. Oaxes, increased its indebted
ness $50, 600, 900 in an unlawful man
ner.
The Northern Pacific & Manitoba
railroad, the petition AYERS, was or.
ganized by syndicate composed oi
members of the Board Of Directors Of
the Northern Pacific Company, which
was purchased at cost of not exceed.
ing sl2, 900 mile, and that this road
they then, as directors OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, caused tina,
company to buy for bonds at the rate
of $50, 900 mile; and, in addition,
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany assumed the interest on $50, OO9
of terminal bonds secured upon the
terminal property of the company al
Winnipeg, and which was at least 25
per cent. in excess of the cost or value
of that property. The petition shows
that this property has never paid the
mere cost of operation, and that the
interest charges which the Northern
Pacific had to pay, amounting to more
than $500, ,0O0 year, arising out Of
the transaction, have been a dead loss
to it, and the petitioners charge the
whole scheme of acquiring this limo
was without any business necessity
or reason, except that only thereby
such members Of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company as were interested therein
could, as they in fact did, realize an
enormous profit therefrom."
This is only one Of several exam
ples cited Of crooked transactions.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
reaes at Ms,i,,a.

General Martinez Campos tele-
graphed that twenty-five chiefs, in the
name Of all the tribes around Melilla,
offered to surrender all of the Spanish
prisoners taken in the fights since Oc-
tober, and promised to guarantee peace
il General Campos would permit the
renewal Of trade at Melilla.
General Campos consented in view
Of the submissive attitude Of the
chiefs. He also agreed to convey to
the sultan their prayer that the lives
Of the Riff leaders, Naimonnaatar and
Hudduelhach, bo spared.
Rio do Janeiro is threatened with
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

n about a relstive Of yoursf"
tstant relative" said Jones'
distante"
build think so. He's the old
twelve children and I'm the
est ny outh's Companion.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

A Dissans Rsiesion.
f,Let mo see, said Brown TO Joncs.
ln't this Jones that wc wore just
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06
1892. 1898.
s $3.50, ,02l 8 8, ,295, OBJ
23,038, 10, 4s4, ,657
4,987, ,332 3,33S,741
513, 309 513, 300
(. *34, 0C9, 235 s31, ,63I, ,73s

To,s,s va, ,oO9,Zao s3l, 63l, 73S
~. is to the state on silver and
Id Soals s5,202, ,5O7, which is par
@ IN. Offset by the gain in gold s2, 765, :
o1Sj, leaving the net loss for 1903, as
compared with 1892, $2,437, 497.-
tRocky Mountain Neps.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-06

Rio do Janeiro is threatened with
yellow fever.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
THREE KILLED AT A FIRE.

Disastrous ConnagratlDn In Detroit,
AIich. -Fireinen buried Under the Ruins
DETROIT, MICu., OCt. 5.-Fire broke
out in keenan d Iahn3 furniture house
at 7.20 o'clock to-day which is now
under control. keenan, IL ,Jnhns' loss
will reach 100000, insured for $50 900.
Loss on the building, owned by Trau-
gott schmidt, estimated at sc, 900, fully
insured.
One fireman has been taken out dead
and three badly injured. Six other
ilremcn were in the ruins at $50 o'clock
aud desperate effort was being made
by large force Of men to get them out.
THREE WE'RE KILLED.
AT 9.35 o'clock three tiremen were
taken out Of the ruins dead
The first man taken from the debris
was Lieutenant Michael II. Donaghuo
Of Chemical Engine, No. /. He was
dead.
The next body found was that of
Richard Delck, pipcman, Of engine No.
8, His head and back We're trightfully
crushed.
The next dead man to be taken out
was Pipcman John Pagel, of No. 8. He
was crushed by the tumbling walls.
Frederick A. Bussey, u spectator, was
taken To Grace Hospital and died.
Mike Gray was taken to Grace Hos
pitnl where he was found to be so badly
injured about the head that he may die
These are the injured;
Lieutenant 0'Rourke, Engine No. s,
Pipeman +. Stock, No. s; Pipeman O.
Cronin, No. s.
The aggregate loss on building and
stock is estimated at $4,000; fully in
sured.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
rHE TIME sERvIcE COON
In the United States Naval Observatory
The Electric Clock.

In the untteu MATES NAVAL DDsefRatOry@-
The Electric Clock.
lIarpers Weekly.
Ii you happen TO make your visit to
the observatory about the middle of the
day you will sec something very inter-
esting going on IN what they call the
"time-service ROOM" where stands the
big clock that measures out the time for
the whole United States as far west as
Colorado. This clock does its work by
electricity, and Is corrected daily TO tho
fraction of second. IL is connected
with the Western Union wires, which,
like the arteries in the human body,
transmit every heart beat of the pendu-
lum to all parts OF the system, so that
the telegraph operators in Maine and
Texas hear Its regular tick-tack as dis
tinctly us you who stand within foot
Of it. There is nothing heard now but
the monotonous regular beat OF the
pendulum. You feel somehow as though
you were watching the pulse Of u
very sick person, and had to no.
tice carefully the least change or
irregularity. Suddenly one beat misses,
and you glance inquiringly at the pre-
occupied face Of the officer To see If
anything Is going wrong. "Only pre-
liminary signal" he says, without rails
ing his eyes. A few seconds more and
another interruption, longer than the
first, calls sort of "Attcnlion, COM
pany I" to the waiting country. The
next instant the minute-hand jerks it,
self to the figure IL, an electric bell
rings out sharply, and the noon signal
flashes over the thousands of wires
centred under the officers hand, from
North to South, from East to West,
from New York's great offices to lonely
little stations far out on the plains. AT
the same moment ball drops from its
position on top Of the Navy Department
the steam whistles take up the signal all
over the city, and the whole country
knows that the sun has crossed the
meridian.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
BURNED TO DEATH BY WIRE.


Blue Flames Pour From "a Victims
Eyes. Nose, Month and Ears.
BosToN, MASS, Oct. A horrible
case of death by electricity was wit
messed on Congress street by hundreds
of people to-day.
Charles Il. Day, lamp trimmer in
the employ of the Boston Electric Light
Co., was cleaning lamp and had
hltched himself TO the top of the pole,
when he was seen to be helpless and
unconscious. In few seconds he was
limp, and blue flame was emitting
from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
Several Of the on-lookers tried to got
up the pole, and one young man sue
ceeded in touching the body, when he
dropped to tho ground, receiving pain
full injuries.
After q considerable delay two mon
appeared on the scene with an ambu-
lance. One Of them, A. j. Mumes,
started up the pole and reached Days
body when suddenly he received
shock and fell 80 feet to the ground,
striking his head and fracturing his
skull, He died shortly afterwards.
1t was more than half an hour be-
fore Days body, now terribly burned,
was lowered and taken to the morguc.
The accident is said to have been due to
dead wire coming in contact with
some Of the wires, thus diyerting the
current.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
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EPIDEMIC OF BLINDN ESs.
Their Eyes Eaten Out by PoisOn-The
Strange Affection of u Polish Settle-
ment in Pennsylvania.

Their Eyes Eaten Ont by PoisUn-Ths
Strange Affection of Polish Settle
ment in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct, GA necu-
liar epidemic is prevailing in Il small
settlement Oh the outskirts of Lanstord,
i'll Carbon county. Three of the victims
arrived in this city yesterday, and they
tell terrible stories of tho suffering
caused by the strange visitation. They
say that nearly all the residents of the
settlement have been made blind
The men who came here are Paul
Maurichik, Andrew Ponist and Paul
Perotsky. They are all totally blind and
came to this city for treatment. They
Were found cropping helples5ly around
in the vicinity Of the Reading railroad
station.
The policeman who discovered them
saw that they We're i'll and sent them ia
tue Philadelphia Hospital. There an
Interpreter was secured and the men,
who arc llungarians, told their pitiful
story. Ponist said the settlement was
located in a very unhealthy section and
the air was filled with noXious gases,
which seemed to have poisonous effect
on the eyes.
The epidemic appeared about two
weeks ago, and has since spread with
alarming rapidity. The sufferers here
say there is great distress there aside
from the blindness, because Of the in.
ability of the persons affected to work
for living, and ii famine is now threat
| ened.
The settlement, they further state
does not boast Of physician. The
people have attempted Ia doctor them.
selves, but thus tar with no success
The loss of sight is accompanied ty
terrible pain, and the men say their
eyes feel as if they were burned out
with red-hot poker.
The men are still in the Philadelphia
Hospital, and the physicians there say
that their cases are remarkable. Tic
physicians add that they can as yot
give no hope of restoring their patients
lost sight.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
BUSINESS STILL IMPROVING.
Not Much Change During Last Week.
Rut It Was In tho Direction OF n stendy
nassart,ant

Not Much Change During Last Week.
Hut II Was In tho Direction OF n stendy
Betterment.
New YORK, Oct. 5.-"Moderate i'm
provement' about sums up the business
situation for this week. There has been
no feature and no marked change.
There is no lessening of the more cheer
full and hopeful feeling that has pre-
vailed, but there Is no Increase in the
rate OF improvement. In certain lines,
as, for instance, the dry goods trade,
there is continued reaction from the
recent remarkable squirt, and bankers
are complaining that the money market
has tiattened out, and that rates are at
Improbable figures, while railroad earn
ings do not show as uniform increases
In earnings as they did month ago,
comparisons being now with the heavy
traffic Of the last weeks of the Worlds
Fair, but on the whole the situation
shows net gain.
Statistics OF bank clearances, indeed,
indicate a gain which Is widely dis
tributed throughout the country, only
fifteen cities out of eighty.three report
ing losses Clearings are over II per
cent greater than last year, but % per
cent less than in 1899. Failures this
week number 100 less than in the cor
responding week last year, but include
the $3,600,000 suspension, to-day, Of the
bond brokerage house Of Coffin e. Stan
| ton, failure whose worst feature APP
pears to BIO the fact that tho firms paper
is distributed largely among the small
country banks in New England and
other parts of the country.
The stock market presents the same
features that have characterized it so
long. 1t is almost entirely professional,
and the interest and activity are con-
fined to the industrial stocks. The re.
lnarkable ease in money inviting stock
speculation, and the continued reports
Of improvement in trade, fail to stir the
pulse of Wall street. Speculation moves
on its sluggish way, and the bulk OF the
transactions are conliEel to Il few stocks
| 2hieliy industrial, which are controlled
by a small group of capitalists Outside
speculation in these amount, for the
most part, TO little more than betting on
the probable process of Il few mems
minds. When this condition will change
for the better it is hard to say.
The market has begun to react from
tho recent material declines in prices
but without renewed activity, and ii
would not be strange il the present slow
movement shoIld continue until after
the November election, when a more
active market would be due. The in.
terest this week las centred almost ex.
clustvely in sugar and Chicago gas. Oi
the former nearly 100000 SHARES have
been sold, out Of total listed and m.
listed sales Of 1901 900 shares. The
price, after selling down to s2f has re,
acted to $50. Chicago gas has also been
comparatively active, and has advanced
en- declaration of its usual quarterly
dividend and the announcement that il
has reached settlement with its West.
ern rivals.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

New York, Oct. 5.--Dr. Vincenso
Botta, author and scholar, who fell from
the third story window of his home,
No. % West Thirty-seventh street,
Tuesday, died to-day as the result of in.
juries and shock from the fail. He was
vice-p president of the Union League
Club. Dir. Butta was born in PIEDMONT,
November II, 1918. After graduating
from the University of Turin, lie be-
came professor of the institution. In
1858, he came to this country to make
an examination Of its educational sys.
TEN. lie never returned to his native
land, but settled here and in 1866 mar
rted Anna Charlotte Lynch, the author.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

TACOMA, WASH, Oct 4.-.The ship
City Of Athens has sailed for the United
Kingdom, with the first cargo Of wheat
shipped from this port, amounting to
$500 tons, Four larger ships have ar.
rived to load wheat in charter by Bal.
four, Guthrie & Co. and Gibson & Kerr.
Captain Locllhart Of the Androsa re-
ports that on August 3D., $40 miles
southeast Of Shanghai. tho snip en-
countered terrific gale which lasted 80
hours. For IL hours it assumed the
proportions Of Il typhoon. Two ships
were dismasted near the Androsa and
she met three steamers disabled by the
storm. The Androsa lost sail but
suffered no other damage.