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The indicator., 1904-04-30
Business Changes Hands.

J.B. Fechew has bought out the
CRYSTAL Water Works from c. B.
Falardeau and will have charge of
the plant in person Mr.. Fechew un-
derstauds the business and sees q
good thing in it.
The indicator., 1904-04-30
Holds xeeting Sunday.

The monthly meeting of the Bes-
semer Pioneer club will be held Sun
day, May lst., at 2:3O o'clock, and a
large attendance is desired.
The indicator., 1904-04-30

J, CORY Baker, The ID writer, was
taking ordsrs for oalsadars ~ week.
The indicator., 1904-04-30

|NlV or AfINC
CONGRATULATE
Recognize in Bessemer Street Paving the
Beginning of Splendid Public Improve
ment for the City.
heading Paving the Sar-Jouna pays fine
tribute to the progressive people of Bessemer
By the way those fought paving proposition those who
still fighting included the Journals reference he
progressive people"]
Here what the evening paper has say:
BEssEMERs PAVING.
That portion of city formerly separate municipality
under the Of Bessemer, which still cngs
graduated on the final success Of its efforts make start toward
street improvement with durable The struggle
been long and hard but the results that will be
and all the fight.
strangers coming city something of surprise to
find that section the city from the portion
the where the first being done Visitors will
why it possible lay surface Bessemer before
and Union and the Pueboans
that before actual work the
the and sanitary must be completed
But the action of the Bessemer should
the business district has been shown by the experience the
people the h possible days
weeks start toward the legal fomaes
must be compiled with before will actually
still in the future by months.
Pueblo pave Pueblo will pave experience others
shows that the only do anything this line
The thing do to take time the foreock get busy
And the cheftan morning
pliment
THE BEGINNING OF STREET PAVING.
The people Bem be congratulated long
finally Monday night
accepted the Of the Paving according petition it
that the contract for actual work will be let without
sary delay.
The Of Bessemer credit making
the direction for this great public Improvement which will do
thing could promote general city the
people Of other Of the city who will follow their example,
be grateful to them breaking the ice ways
the beginning Of such undertakings there always
ton and conflict between unexpected
compilations usually arise occasion delay beginning
paving hss bssa ad to b presumed that Il will show
sat Plsso ~ bssa aalosnsd attractive city,
The indicator., 1904-04-30

pusH. " vpu CAN'T push
PULL. lF you CAN'T PULL,
PLEASE GET OUT OF TINE WAY,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

stable where two hostlers giving a stout road
horse electric currying.
To the ceiling were secured two small dynamos.
From each long. flexible tubes depended, and at
around III = diZZying whirl, after the fashion OF
the buZzers which seem 10 the victim In the den
lists chair like oVergroWn saWfnl!lS set AT liberty
All the men had to DO was 70 keep moving the
brushes about, and with the invasion OF each new
portion OF the animals anatomy dirt and dust
sent flying from the hair OF the horse Both
meL md animal seemed TO be enjoying the expert
Lays all over the hand currycomb and hand
brush" volunteered one OF the operators, as he
shifted the brush TO his other hand.
Yes. s'pose that's about near heaven rs
those fellows viii ever get came from the owner.
while sound close TO the prOverbial horse laugh
self into another position TO get the fun benefit OF
the electric CurrycOmb.
The horse dealers insist that horse treated with
electric currying regularly becomes charged with
greatly helped thereby.
But would such n horse be safe IN n thunder
Storm one woman asked at uptown livery sta
BILE the other day. a prominent hOrseman is au-
thority for the statement that horse treated
daily to the electric curTyCom5 became super
charged With electricity that Il absolutely i'm
How does II make them feel?" a reporter asked.
Have you ever been 20 a German picnic? Yes?
Well, Il makes them feel Just like that"
The device COmnends itself be-
cause OF its saving in time the hand currying.
Expert hOsters say IL takes about twenty minutes
TO clean horse with the ordinary currycomb and
tho revolving brush is great benent the solid
work horse in that II causes the blood TO circulate
properly oftentimes making the old timer feel like
e951; " soo,o-., o,. ..o,,o .,.... -
cart horse sfy at his shadow after electric
currying. And this one here'-he stroked the flank
OF a pretty little trotter-"why after electric
eurrying and good rundown. iron hoops can't
hold her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
ELECTRIC CURRYING.
4 Ne5c Method of Cleaning Horses
Prom ptlu and Vel.

Electric currying is said to be the latest thng IN
exclusive equine circles. and leaders or the most
pronounced dorsey notions and conceits are said
10 have decided TO use other method OF cleaning
In the future. When this method CT cleaning
horses was first introduced In the stables Oh tiis
CITY il is said on good authority that the hrst
horse approached the subject uttered a pro-
nouucsd Neigh But few trials were suricient
10 convince and now. on the authority Of horsemen
never known to prevaricate. the horses OF New
York are fairly crying for the electric currycomo
Colts flies BAYS chestnuts grays. all colors' all
kinds and conditions Of horses, from the equine
efforts adornng the street railway service up 10
the sleek well fed high steppers OF tho racetracK
all are said have adopted electric currying as an
absolutely essential part of the equine toilet
why. look a-here. young felier." said an OLD
horsen1an the other day. he shifted humping
big quid OF tobacco and addressed reporter. that
there mare o. mine an she's about slick as any
In these parts If do tell it-she couldn't no more
git along without that there curryns than she
could without oats
How does It act7 Well. now here. you Just
come along with me-" and he led the way 10 the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

This interesting and curious collection has ten
dency to carry one back TO the days when olach
art fourished and charms were believed 10 erect
more cures than medicine and doctors NOt"iIN
standing the fact that such advancement has oeen
made in medical science that sane man shouid
feel entirely complacent when ordered 10 place
himself under the of physician Tor the treat
ment of disease believers in black art VINO IN
habit the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the rice
plantations OF South Carolina go right along put
ting their faith in omens and voudoo doctors whlle
persons in Japan and China swallow dried cenu-
pedes and spider dust. While Russia and japan
are testing strength. the women folk OF the Oloou-
thirsty warriors at home ladling out all xmas
OF queer potions for the relief OF their SICK out
the two nations differ widely In their meclcai
science" as practised by the poorer classes Inc
rich in both Japan and China pay the physician d
fixed salary so long the patient is well, but IL
health fails. then the pay ceases until the doctor
has set him right again. The poor cannot do this
hence a strict adherence TO some form OF falth
cure or black art. In Japan pill made OF com
mon earth. rose water. musk. spider dust. ana
coated with gold leaf. Is believed to be efhcacious
In almost every ordinary disease In Russia there
is a strong leaning toward the Idea That every
thing lies preventves. and sick persons bed u
frequently shut in with axes. hatchets. swords
knives and other edged tools. so that all disease
may DO "cut on Cold baths are not infrequent-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

the slmisns were rolling about the as e II
death struggle. The chaplain looked at the COMBAT
"A few smiles have gone wrong. that's all" Then
he called in Steiner xolcei
Cautiously with tail straight out to indicate the
esh For % ms moment he rd and
then he suddenly bounced upon them giossed
the fighters into opposite corners There was sr d
climbed back again on his high perch. and grinned
at the chaplain. l., a.,
circus get homesck" continued the clergynen. $50
they have organized social club that is known as
Secret Soldiers of Bohemia The initials are ,t the
ton now and then that would make ordinary
mortal white-haired the end Of it: Yet no one
scares man to drop him from the top of a sixty
foot tent pole into trapeze net but IL don hutI
more in name than in fact. The reason is, sup
pose that everybody Is his own PosS b eetjSes
Sunday afternoons in one OF the tents we nave
epecisi hit this year in lobster act leads the sing
ing, The young man who PLAYS Lhe 1 I nT Ss
when first asked her to sing she thought ~, was as
fooling ard said just b high al" notes Yet that
girl has brought more converts into the Iolu thah
any Before the Chaplain lets newly made friend
leave him ne always tells him how he exchangea
church at Richmond when the circus came to his
town ard camped not ia from ON. his se comite
sin to go TO a circus. end as he watched the gloea
tied with his conscience in silence for long time
Finally. he decided that II circus was sihIul IL
ought to be the weH ae spent much his
the animals and the more he SAY NE OF roWns
and horses but he failed to find the wickedness he
had expected on the other hanq and women me- they
seemed to welcome his words. and one OF the
greT In the menagerie The preacher snplied for
the post and obtained It, This year Mf; o L5S rys
for the entire season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
THE coRINTHIAN CANAL.

Speaking os canals said the engineer who had
been talking about Panama. "a very interesting
canal. and not much heard OF. IS that connect
ing the Gulf OF COrinth and the Gulf Of l1gina IN
Greece. It's some older than any we have IN the
Western Hemisphere. also. for Fernandez tyrant
% COrinth proposed TO cut through the isthmus
as long ago SIX hundred years before Christ
Superstition stopped him. however. Julius Caesar
and CaliguIa took Il I'D again when Rome had hold
Of Greece. but It was too much for them. Then
came Nero. and he went at Il WITH vig0r but ;hs
work stopped when he died Others Kept pouniing
away IT IL for the next several hundred years but
It until 1851 that real work OF the Nero
energy was put upon It, Then General Turr. aide
de-Camp Victor Emmanuel OF Italy. 0rganizeI
a company ana worked till the money gave OFT
IN 800. tine CHIEF obstacle being some kind az a flc
which dynamite couldn't break.
About SlQO00O0O was spent up to 1S-1 ard then
Ir. SyrgrOS took hold. organized q company,
IN 1898. II is only about four miles long. but is
stxty-nlne feet wide at the bottom. about eighty
feet at waterliEC. IS feet and inches deep in
water. and II IS cut nearly all the way through
sClu rock. rising at some points for - feet above
the canal It Is Ike a canyon, and SHIPS % NOT
take kindly 10 II, the entrance being bad strong
wind blowing through II as through great air
shaft, and there g at times strong reverse cur
rent II IS interesting trip thro-g1 the canal.
and II saves 123 miles OF very rough water and
twenty hours Of tine. but far shippers prefer
to 60 around the peninsula rather than through
the canal. though with some changes which WI %
made IL Is believed the canal VIII become q general
use IS soon as a few ships begin 90 use it and
remove the prejudice now existing against H.
Comfort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

a laundry. The court IS court OF last resort and
defendant has ever been known to stand on
his constitutional rights seek to bride the min
listers OF justice. who convict about seven out OF
every ten defendants that come before them The
proceedings often afford much amusement TO spec
tato=s. The members OF the court are fulIbloodz
never speaking English the bench and hs-.
high ideas OF their Importance. Their unvary-
ing rule OF procedure Is sock It TO en-" Each
Judge IS paid salary OF SO month.
Renowned for his severity IN condemning the sins
that beset tribal wayfarers the long trail Is
Chief Justice Little Soldier. lie Is man Of mora
than ordinary capacity and presdes with dignity
not excelled by the Lord High Chancellor OF Eng
land. At his right sits Associate Justice Big Goose
a humOrist II his twtlkng eye tells the truth. Al
his left sits Associate Justice Rough Face a strfk-
Ing type Of the North American Indian. with
sinister curve in the corners Of his mouth.
The Indians tie POnca and OtCe reservations
devote most of thei- time to two prOblems-fgur-
ing where they get drink OF whtskey or its
equivalent and manRuvring to live days IN
every week and 365 days in every year without
work. Manual labor is a calamity worse than
famine and more 10 be feared than pestilence. The
job OF whiskey drinking is supernaL and both
men and women indulge in cOnvival hilarty
City Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
BELL AS A LONDON SIGN.
Its Adoption Due to the English Fondness
for Bell Ringing.

The English music loving nation and they
love TO hear music when going about their
daily occupations and II is that the spires and
towers OF her mighty cathedrals are hung full OF
glorious bells So fond of bell ringing ''Merr.e
England that Handel said the bell is her
national instrument. II is not strange. therefore
that we find this instrument frequently adopted as
a public sign. From early in the seventeenth cen
Knightrider-st. there old Inn, the walls OF
which were prefaced with a giant bell carved in
bold relief The keystone had the initials M T. A."
and the date 1868 This fine specimen is in
Guldhall. But little step away, In Carter Lane,
there was another Bell Inn. which has the proud
distinction OF being the hosiery from which Rich
ard Quyney wrote. in 1898 TO his loving good
friend and countreymRn. Mr.. Wilm Shakespeare"
the only letter addressed to the Bard OF Avon now
known exist The letter is preserved In Strait
ford the home Of the worlds greatest poet Not
far away, again, there is modern Bell Tavern a
place where il is said that Dickens loved TO 60
when making notes for David Copperheld."
One OF the most ancient and reputable wholesale
druggists the city. while rebuilding on his old
site dug OF the foundations Of the ancient
house an old sign OF The Bell and Dragon" 1t
had lain there for than two hundred years,
disaster of the Great Fire and had fallen through
into the general ruins. The popularity OF the sit
uation IS that the firm had adopted "Ihe Bel
Dragon as their trademark before the discovery
OF this fire touched relic. This splendid old stone
bass-reief is jealousy preserved. and occupies a
prominent place IN the entrance OF the Holborn
branch OF the drm.-lSt NicholaA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
BANANA LOBE.

There Is a vast amount OF ignorance prevailing
among Intelligent people OF the North concerning
the growth. production and marketing OF bananas
Many people imagine that the natives IN tropical
chimes step cut Of their huts the early morning
and pluck and eat bananas fresh from the plant
the same they would oranges and other fruits
Bananas rfpened on tho plant are not suitable FOR
food. and would be much the same as the pitch
which is found in the Northern c0rnstaIk or elder
Bananas sold in the United States. even after
travelling three thousand miles in green state
every bit as good bananas ripersd under a
tropical sun This Is probably true OF no other ex-
Port fruit The plant Of which bananas IS the fruit
IS not tree is It a bush or vine 10 Is Simply
q gigantic plant. growing to a height os from If
teen 10 twenty feet About eighteen feet from the
ground the leaves, oftttmes eight feet long, come
springs a bunch OF bananas. These % not grow
with the bananas pointing upward naturally. and
II the stem grew straight they would hang exactly
as seen N the fruiJ stores and grocerS WindoWS
This. however. IS not the case, the stem bends
under the weight OF the fruit. and this brings y
into directly the opposite position. with the large
end OF the stalk up and the fringes pointing tow
ard the sun.
y word OF explanation concerning some banana
terms Each banana IS called finger. and each
or these little clusters OF fingers surrounding 3
stalk Is called hand; the quality and value o.
each bunch depend on the number OF hands II mas
Some may wonder how the fruit is cut from the
top Of plant fifteen feet from the ground Thc
native labOrers cut the stalk part way its height
the weight OF the fruit causes the stalk slowly
bend over until the bunch OF bananas first nicely
reaches the ground. then the bunch is cut on WITH
the ever ready machete and carried 20 the river OF
Is cut close 70 the ground. The banana IS a very
prolific producer OF itself and every cleaning or
the land IL Is necessary to cut down many or Ire
order that they may not become oveTcrowded Up 20
certain limit: the fewer suckers a given ava,
Chronicle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
THE NAME AMERICA.
First Map in Which 1t appeared at
Last Discovered.

After nearly four centuries OF mystery the first
map on which the name OF America was used TO
Designate the Western Hemisphere has been found
II was made by Martin Waldseemiler, geogra-
rher and photographer Of the little city Of st.
IOiel situated IN the French department Of the
vosges.
Ever since the year 1907 the world has known Of
q little Latin book. printed n st. Diel ana made
famous because IL first advocated that the new
hemisphere should be called America. after Amer
SEQ Nespucci
y do not see who can rightfully object TO its
being called Land OF America America said
the writer. from America. Ameriso. the name
OF the sssaciOUs man OF genius who discovered IT,
since the names Europe and Asia were derived
from the names OF women
From certain references IN the book It was evil
Gent that il was accompanied By some sort OF map.
yet the map was missing Copies were found %
map which geograpners believed belonged 10 the
book. but stil one knew what had become Of the
original. II was finally proved that WaldseerIaller
wrote the book and certain maps found bear
fng his name. but not the coveted map for which
the world had been seeking hong.
The search had been abandoned and the subject
almost forgotten when n German professor STUN
bled the missing map IN the princely library
OF the castle OF Wolfegg Here il had lain hidden
amid tones Of rich morocco and parchment
The professors Joseph Fischer. Of
Feldkrch. who making an examination OF the
library Of Prince Francis. OF yvalburr-wolfegg Re
found "a volume % great size" says The Monthly
Bulletin OF the International Bureau Of American
Republics" antiquarian folio. Gothic style, sub
stantialy bound. and having for its covers TWO
beech boards supplied with clasps or brass fasteI-
ers. IN which We're found united forming a kind Of
atlas. various leaves OF three distinct maps
zone OF these was the original Waidseemtiller
map OF l5s, which had been pcrsistenty searched
Tor and OF which much had been spoken. mag
nihcently printed in twelve sheets. and ex-
cellent state Of preservation"
The prince permitted the map TO be photographed,
80 that the facsimies which have been made public
are correct rcprOo actions.
When its parts put together the Waldsee-
muller map measures feet wide and feet high.
Il represents the new continent with a vague
which seems comical 20 a OF to-day.
Yet when one considers that IL drawn only
fifteen years after Columbus had crossed the At
lanuc on his FIRST voyage. * IS possible TO under
stand the cloudiness with which the land is
bounded A few OF the West Indies depicted
by clumsy blOtches. and North America is pinched
mo strip OF land. which iO0l-s like an
attenusted island than continent. The prop 1rtions
of South America are more near the Truth, and
represent a certain extent the Y share character
OF that continent. The name America" appears
written transycrsey IN capital letters iu the south
part OF the continent 10 the north OF the ToTic
n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
RUINS MADE TO ORDER.
Marvels Of Landscape Gardening-Trans-
planting Old and Giant Trees.


planting Old and Giant Trees.
II there IS ono branch OF HORTICULTURE IN which
vast improvements have been made OF late years
It IS landscape gardening. Il is possible TO
make luxurious scenery out Of a barren waste. and
transform a piece OF ground which even farmer
would despise into n veritable garden OF Eden.
However fiat and stony the ground may be. the
landscape maker will change the aspect Of
affairs His first course IS to obtain plan OF the
ground. IN which he marks the position every tree
and shrub IS TO occupy. If he wishes 20 make the
his disposal appear much larger than It
really is he viii only dlminutive trees but It
is quite possible Tor him TO transplant giant oaks
and elms which have been growing for centuries
from the forest direct TO the ground he Is Guilt
waiting
Directly a tree has been selected for transporta-
ton n square IS marked around &c. and the work
men dig 20 depth OF ten feet OF twenty feet.
cordng to the girth OF the tree. This being done.
q channel IS made each side OF the tree and
two tunnels bored through It's roots. IN which
chains are placed at each end. and the tree is
lifted as il stands on % wagon which IS waiting
destination Forest oaks from IL to go apiece
prove expensive An avenue Of cSdars. hovevsr
Is the ambition OF most garden lovers. and their
hnanc!er purchased thirty such trees at a cost OF
f25o apiece. and had them conveyed bodily dis
lance OF over three hundred miles
Rivers and lakes teeming with goldfish trout
stream IN the neighborhood its course can be d.
yerted and. by dammlnG lake Of any size can
artificial lake, guaranteed not to dry up in
Tner. averages ESQ.
But the beauty of the artificial garden is it's
ruins. However well the ground may be laid out.
with lakes and fountains meeting the eye every
turn. IL lacks ancient appearance unless tumble
down ruins be amid the trees. Artl-
fetal abbeys and churches be built that
expert may be deceived. the blackened
stones and ivy hung walls resembling those Of
Norman origin.
The landscape gardener Will supply YOU with
ancient abbCys in any number from ESQ to 600
apiece Here and there. too the garden be
given p venerable appearance with the aid OF
ancient grottO These grottos are tust
built OF limestone. and then deliberately sprayed
with dirt and CRIME. Quite n nice little grOttO.
apparently couple of centuries old. be sup
piled for f10 note.
The cost Of such gardening Is naturally very
heavy, but the result well repdys the outlay. For
instance. n well known barOnet last year created
for himself IN Surrey ancestral estate at a cost
OF 10000 exclusive Of the house The bill for trees
alone amounted to flS0O0 and another ff0O1 was
spent in bringing soil from America. In making a
time honored' abbey 1850 expended. while
$500 laid IN a lake for Jack and three
trout streams.-(Tit- Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
IRRIGATING RICE FIELDS IN TEXAS

Because water refuses TO run UP HILL and because
MS rice fields happen be a somewhat elevated
portion Of ground, many ingenious planter IN
Texas has been obliged To resort 70 elaborate de-
vice Tor the proper irrigation of them.
On a slight elevation 81 the back OF the fields
one planter has Instituted what people in that
vicinity style IAN iTupronptu fountain. IN reality
81 is nothing but "a 5-t-ch iron pipe, pr0truli,E
from the ErOunc. When the rice fields need Il, the
pipe IS opened. huge pumps started and the water
bubbles Cp. 10 flow away in hundreds Of tiny riv-
slets and streams which food ine thirty ..ei4s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
A COURT OF EULLsLooD INcrANs.

fullblood Indian court sits at White Eagle
regularly each Saturday 10 hear mlsdemeanor cases
and punish members OF the Ponca and Otoe tribes
The court is authorized by the rules Of the Indian
department. and the fines assessed are turned into
a fourth class fund and expended in Improvements
at the agency. During the administration of Major
John Jensen the court funds used in building