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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20
liar locations where these improvements

liar locations where these Improvements
havo not been made.
Villages and towns have authority to
vote special amounts for road building,
and though the present laws are unsat-
iSfactory in many ways, a proper use or
existing laws would bring about state
of affairs more fitting TO our present
civilization. Let road districts unite in
a proposition to begin at certain point
and make thoroughly good roads for
certain distances each year.
A small stretch of road, well built,
with proper drainage, would furnish an
inspiration to all who had occasion to
use it, which might lead to an enthusi-
asm for this too often neglected branch
of public work. No method OF building
can do away with the need for constant
repairing. Much labor and expense
could be saved by taking the work in
hand soon enough. The covering wears
away and the road, whose rounding sur
face should always be preserved, is in
need of new, small supply
If this work could be done oftener,
the new material would quickly join
with the old, if put on in small Quanti-
ties, and the hindrance to traffic over
patched places would be in q degree
Il
should be so thoroughly done that the
rounding surface of the road may be OBJ
served, instead of burdening traffic with
heap of stones in the roadbed.
Unless strong reasons exist to the con-
trary the work should be done when the
ground is wet. In filling long ruts only
short pieces should be filled at time.
If work is all done at once, vehicles
avoid the place, and new ruts are
formed The use of the roller in the
building of roads is too well known to
need mention. but section of patched
road, which is practically useless for six
months in year, could be made much
more suitable for traffic by it's use.
The Yankee in London opens his eyes
at the unusual speed with which he is
whirled through the busy streets of that
city. He grasps his carpetbag tightly
in both hands and bends his long body
forward as he rides to what seems tC
him certain death.
Such speed would be checked by a
policeman in New York or Boston. The
carriage in which he rides is heavier
than those he has seen at home The
horses are much better-looking than
T! those seen in our cities.
Says DR.. Holland, in letter to the
| Springfield Mass Republican: 81 have
never seen but one lame horse in Lon
don during all my stay here. The En-
gIish horse does twice the work of an
American horse similarly employed
The simple explanation is, that the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20

similar subjects, upon which these pub
lie spirits are SO well versed.
"a stitch in time saves nine, /" applies
to ad-buiiding as well as to feminine
employment
To simply fill up hole with the sub
stance nearest at hand generally proves
about as satisfactory as trying to fill a
sieve with water.
Wherever piece of quicksand is
found, it should be thoroughly removed,
If possible, and the hole filed with stone
or some hard material.
The custom Of dumping stone, regard
less of size, into low places, and then
trouble. The small stones soon work to
surface, where they become slippery.
cause jolting which is harder on horses
and vehicles than hauling through mud
would be.
The Chinese roads are built, many Of
them, of solid rock. If some system
which was a compromise between the
macadam and Chinese systems could be
carried out, the problem would be solved.
The macadam roads, where they can be
duOTu0ug DIT VIC UCoU. a
study of the Telford and macadam
methods by all citizens interested in pub
lie affairs would be very helpful.
The width, depth and method of con-
struction must be governed by circum
stances, but the depth should, of course,
depend upon the amount of traffic the
road is required to support. For heavy
traffic depth Of from twelve to eigh-
teen inches should be observed. The
stones should be small, with sharp edges,
and should be closely packed. The road
bed should be dug in the form of q
trench the required width, where thor
ough work can be afforded After pack
ing the stone the intersticeS should be
filled with chips, and finely broken stone
placed on top. This should be packed
and pulverized with the roller, then
covered with layer of gravel or screen
ingS. Of course the expense Of q road
of this character would prevent it's use
at the present time in country districts
except in the worst places, and in such
contingencies the most thorough method
| is the most economical Considerable
attention has been given to surface
drainage, but many well-built roads are
watersoaked until ruined for lack of
proper sub drainage. Good drainage
should be obtained regardless of ex-
pense; the necessary ditching may be
utilized for draining adjacent lands.
In many places in Illinois swampy
meadow lands have been redeemed by
the ditching made for road drainage. 1t
is hard to estimate the addition which
good roads give to land values, but farm
ers especially are becoming awake to the
fact that improvements in property con-
sist not simply in trees and buildings
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20
WILL FIGHT THE LAW.
Indiana Bankers WI 1 Refuse to Expose
the Accounts of Their Depositors.

Indiana Bankers Wi Refuse to Expose
the Accounts of Their Depositors.
The bankers Of Indiana have an
nounced their determination to fight the
proposed effort of the State Board of
Tax Commissioners to compel them to
expose the accounts Of their depositors.
With that end in view the associated
banks of Indianapolis have already taken
action, and at meeting of special com
mittee, composed of President Haughey,
of the Indianapolis National; President
Gallup, of the Meridian National; and
President Malott, of the Indiana Ma
tional, a course Of action based upon the
advice of Addison G. Harris. the attor
ney for the Clearing House Association,
was agreed upon.
Bank officials refuse to say much as to
the course they will pursue, but the sent-
ment against the law and it's enforce
ment is pronounced and unanimous.
President Haughey says that there is
not banker but will refuse to make his
customers business relations known.
ga merchant may have large balance
on deposit" said he, "and he may have
given his check for two-thirds of the
amount; but, as we have not received
the-check, he is credited with the full
UdIdHC0, anu upOu IuIS GA0y pIOpOSo "
tax him He may purchase negotiable
certificate of deposit, assign the next
day, but it may not reach US for
month, but still our books will show
that man credited with the certificate.
Bankers are justified in resisting the
law"
AS the officers of all the 81 banks in
Indiana have been cited to appear before
the board and show their deposits it is
probable that test case will be made up
at once and decided as soon as possible.
It is claimed by the bankers that this
feature of the tax law is in conflict with
the National Banking act, and further
more, that compliance with it would
ruin the banking business of Indiana.
In answer to a question as to how it
would do this it was replied: Because
just before the first day Of April all de-
positors who are now in the habit of I'M
Devastating their deposits or not giving
them in at all, will draw out from the
banks and conceal the money. 1t will
practically compel the banks to call in
their loans and go into liquidation once
a year, and that would paralyze busi-
ness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20

course there can be no arbitrary rule in
regard to width, but many country roads
are inconveniently narrow. I have often
driven over long stretches of road in the
State of Illinois, where to meet team
meant certain collision, and have sew
eral times seen light buggy lose it's
balance and women, children, and
numerous bundles of dry goods and gro
ceries roll in general confusion down
the embankment, simply because Of too
narrow road-bed. A bed amply wide
enough for the meeting and passing of
vehicles, with strip of sod five or six
feet wide OF either side, would be much
more satisfactory, and its construction
would require but little more labor or
expense.
For country roads the greatest in
clination should not exceed a rise Of
srom five to seven feet in one hundred
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20

Englishman has invested in perfect and
permanent roads what the American
.expends in perishabla horses which re-
quire to be fed"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20

For heavy teaming a road rising ten in
one hundred is supposed to be injurious
Near the highest point the grade should
either be decreased or the plan adopted
by Telford practfced. Where the ex-
pense of making piece of road mile
long on q less grade than five in one
hundred was too great, he provided for
the increased fatigue of the horses by
building a mile of much smoother and
better road than that of the first part Of
the ascent. There are few localities
which are not provided with some suit
able material for building or repairing,
yet in localities whore such material
abOunds may often be found the worst
possible roads. The loss by wear and
tear on horses and vehicles on stretch
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20
100000 MILES A MINUTE.
An Electric Current Gird1es the Globe in
Three Seconds,

An Electric Current Girdles the Globe in
Three Seconds,
Philadelphia scientists are prepar-
ing to find out how fast an electric
current travels. An experiment. will
be made, probably from the Franklin
Institute, by connections over the At
lantic cable to Liverpool and return.
A recent test appeared to show that an
electric current is slow coach as com
pared to light, being only able to get
over to Europe and back in something
like a second, or at the rate of only
some four hundred thousand miles a
minute, while light ambles along Ell a
million mica minute gait. The Phila-
delphia scientists who are proposing to
make further investigation are not
satisfied to give up the record to sun
light, and hope to prove that the cleo
trio current, if not handicapped, is the
swifter element. The most recent ex-
pertinent was tried at McGill College,
Montreal, says the Philadelphia
Record. The current was transmitted
in Montreal, was transferred to the
cable at the Newfoundland cable sta
ton by means of Thomson's mirror
galyanometer, sent across to the sta
ton at Liverpool, and returned to
Montreal by the same method. The
distance traversed, partly by overhead
wire and partly By cable, was 5000
miles. From the time the current left
the key in Montreal until it returned
to the receiver in the same Office just
l second and 1-20th of second had
elapsed; but the conditions were not
as good as they might have been,
hence the further experiment to be
made here. The rapidity with which
the current travels over short wires
with no delay indicated unlimited pos
sibilities in the direction of practical
tests. Prof. Marks, of the Edison
Electric Light Company, is authority
for the assertion that if the globe was
encircled with a continuous cable a
current would travel the entire dis
lance in a trife over three seconds.
At this rate a current would travel to
the sun, covering the entire distance of
96,0OO,00O miles in three and a half
hours. "In this age of SCIENCE" said
one of the gentlemen who will partici-
pate In the experiments, people have
an idea that we know SO much now
there is nothing more to be discovered.
Why, we are yet in our infancy as far
as electricity goes. New discoveries
will yet be made, and we will live to
see them put into practical use, which
will revolutionize the entire world.
The experiment. which we are about to
make in telegraphy is only feeler
which will lead to other and more
startling experiments. The establish
ment of telephone communications be-
tween the hemispheres is already be-
ing seriously discussed"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20
.Tarnos Ruasell Lowell.

IN every regard james Russell Lowell
was grand character, and his life and
work shed luster upon tho republic. :
Buffalo Enquirer.
MORE than all, he was true Amer
can, thorough patriot, and did much
to secure the abolition Of slavery and to
preserve the Union. -Elgt1l Nc,es.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, poet, scholar,
orator, author and diplomat, has passed
away. The whole civilized world will
mourn with AMerica the loss of one of
her most distinguished sons. Pitsbasry
Chronicle.
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but In building and maintaining good
roads In sandy country it pays to haul
clay and gravel q distance of four or five
miles.
The town Of Allegan, Mich, village
of 1900 people. situated in the center Of
trade for over 90, 900 people, Is In the
worst possible location for building even
fair roads. But all the roads leading
out from Allegan are clayed, graded,
turnpiked, and drained for distance of
eight miles in every direction.
The clay and gravel were hauled in
many instances four miles. The result
of this ort1sy of money and labor is
that these naturally bad roads are good
at all seasons of the year. and the farm
ing lands are more valuable than In sim
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-20

WOMAN suffrage has been rejected
by the Michigan Legislature, and vot-
ing In the State will be confined to
Michiganders instead Of being extend,
ed to Miohigeese.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-05
MAY BE SETTLED.
The Blythe Will Case May BE Ended
Out of Court.

The Blythe Will Case May BE Ended
Out of Court.
There is strong likelihood that the
Blythe case, involving it's millions of
property, will be brought to an abrupt
conclusion within the next fifty days
On December ~ Miss Florence Blythe,
the legally recognized heir to the vast
property, will attain her majority, that
is TO say, will be is years old. Within
a week perhaps on the following day.
compromise with the other claimants
will be made, and so the litigation will
be brought to close.
Miss Florence has been living at Linda
Vista, Cal TIE little one-story house
stands in pleasant grounds close to Ross
Valley station on the North Pacific
Coast railroad. A reporter visited the
house recently and was informed that
Miss Blythe was absent. The person,
presumably the housekeeper, who of.
fcred this information also volunteered
the statement that If lit was anything
to do with the case" she knew all about
it. Without doubling her word she gave
no evidence in proof of her assertion.
She admitted that Miss Blythe would
come of age in December, but when the
subject OF compromise was preached
she ventilated her opinion of journal
lists, drifted to Max O'Rell's Brother
Jonathan and thence to the Maillard
scandal, but not one word would she
vOuchsafe on the subject of the inquiry.
Guardian w. I. Sale was found later
and when the subject of Florence
Blythe's case was mentioned. he said:
The guardians of Miss Blythe have
favored a settlement with those of the
claimants who have any just claims.
and would pay them in reason for the
sake of having the litigation ended.
Only those who have been shown to
possess standing in the case would be
dealt with, and the others would be
left to fight it out if they thought it
worth their while to try
1t is said that Miss Blythe will go a.
far as $3.50 900 TO end the cssc. 1t is
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-05

Business college at Ypsilanti, Mich, and
but a few weeks before completing
the course was taken sick of nephritis
on Aug. 4.
Since the strange malady which af-
fiicts the Young woman first manifested
itself, DIR. Brown has done little else
than study the case, in the hope of dis
covering some mode of treatment by
which he would be able to conquer the
mysterious ailment, but without avail.
After Miss White had been sleeping so
long that her case began to attract the
attention of the outside world, letters
of inquiry poured in upon the doctor
from every section of the country. He
has answered as many as possible, but
has been utterly unable to give atten-
ton to them all. Some of these letters
contained suggestions as to the proper
method of treating the case, and some
of them have been adopted by the doc
! tor, but, although the case has furnished
material for articles in the leading sci
entifc and medical journals, it is no
nearer a solution than when it was first
heard of, and the probabilities are that
it will never be fully and satisfactorily
explained until the wasted and lifeless
body of the unfortunate young woman
has been subjected to the surgeons
| knife.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-05
MRS. ALssRr younS. Mss BESSIE DEAN.

an NJ. D., and has since been known
among the townspeople as DIR. Belle
Anderson, while her intimates speak of
her SIMPLY as "Dr. Belle" So strange
it seems to give her that blue, profess
sional name, and yet there was about
her always an idea of wonderful fear
lessness and strength; it used to crop
out when she would hitch up big
wagon, and, piling in a load of her
younger brothers and sisters, drive up
the rough and sometimes dangerous
road to Big Cottonwood canon.
Her face was the clearest white, with
little, faint flush of pink shining
through like baby's. Her eyes were
blue as periwinkle, and just as shy, for,
while she did things the ordinary
young woman would shudder to think
of, there was something childlike in
her modesty, in the droop of her lashes
and in her dimpled smile.
A year ago DR.. Belle Anderson told
some of her sisters that she was about
to marry a gentle whom they had never
heard of. They would not believe her
Finally she disappeared from her desert
home. A few months ago some of her
old friends learned that she was leading
a mstronly life in the valley of the upper
Mississippi.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-05

fear of the police and rises up from the
table. Whats that?' he asks in Il
voice loud enough to be heard by ''Blud-
geon Jack"
The police are onto u.s." somebody
yells.
Then there is crash and down comes
the door. The light has al
ready been turned down and
Mr.. Seed fails to recognize "Bludgeon
jack and his companion in the Off
GERS.
Crack! Crack! Crack! The sharp
reports of pistols are heard. followed
by mad rush. Then all is still. Ten
minutes later the room is deserted save
by Seed who had been knocked uncon-
scious. AS he RECEIVERS his senses he
lights match and is surprised to find
that he is not in police station. Blood
is still oozing from a wound in his head
caused by blow from a weapon in the
hands of "Bludgeon Jack"
He examines his pockets and finds
that he has been robbed of all his
wealth.
In the meantime the scene in the
saloon proper had changed, all the
lights was down. The doors are softly
barred and no signs of life is apparent.
The gang have adjourned TO a saloon
in another part of the city. II
is known as the "Alibi's resort" from
the fact that the proprietor also make.
a business of swearing alibi's for the
dangerous characters who infest hi,
place. They are engaged in game o
cards for small stakes in close room
Jack, think you killed the Hayseed,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-05


troit river from Canada was 500. If
convicted his sentence will not be less
than ten years.
Moynahan is Canadian by birth and
son of Dennis Moynahan a well-to-do
citizen of Windsor. His brother. James
Moynahan, is an eX-policeman.,
Windsor, q town of some 10000 in
habitantS, is reached from Detroit by
ferry. The distance across is less than
mile. A small part of the population
is made up of exiled criminals from
this country. Good citizens have made
strenuous efforts TO rid the town of
such individuals, but without avail
The police could not be made to
act. So the suspicion arose that all
the policemen in the town were under
double pay. A man who goes on the
force there never remains over year
or two. AS u general rule he becomef
independent.
After serving few years James MOy-
nahan resigned and opened a hotel on
the river front, between Windsor and
VAUDEVILLE. II was here that Enos
Moynahan made his headquarters.
Here also other smugglers We're
shielded from police interference Con-
siderable smuggling is done back and
forth in small boats at this point. The
cargoes though are mostly human.
and the work is done under
cover of night. If an eXiled
crook wishes to visit Detroit. he is
taken over for certain consideration
by the Moynahan gang. The charge
generally amounts to 81. But the big
business is done in smuggling China
men over. They are met by the SNUG
glers at different points in Ontario and
conveyed to Windsor. often by wagon
road from Chatham. forty miles distant
from the border. For landing a China
man safely on American soil the SNUG
gler gets the fat sum of 500 over all
expenses. The business has conse-
quently thrived. The smugglers have
grown rich.
Some miles below Walkerville. and
where the waters of Lake st. Clair flow
into the narrow Detroit river. is also
SmugglerS' roOSt. II is maintained by
an eX-American crook and is fully
manned with desperate characters who
would even bid defiance to a company
of artillery. Merchandise alone is
struggled over from there. Opium is
the chief article of the nefariouS com
merce. Yawl boats are used in trans
porting il to the American sides. 1t is
shipped on the Grand Trunk railway
from Montreal. At Chatham and other
points it is removed from the cars
and carted by wagon road
to the mouth of the Detroit river. Great
precaution is taken before load is
sent over. Sentinels are placed along
the shore on either side, and a gunshot
is signal of danger. Captures are not
made very often. so it may be said that
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-05

the point is n safe one at which to con-
conduct the unlawful traffic.
The headquarters consist of a small
wooden shanty. with sleeping apart
ments for dozen men. 1t is surrounded
by stockade fence. much after the
style of the old Indian forts. Even the
Canadian border authorities give this
place wide berth.
The run over the river takes q bout
ten minutes. The shore on either side
is low and easy of access. During the
winter months, when ice spans the
channel, the traffic becomes more ex-
tensive. Sleds are then employed in
transferring the drug. After landing
the stuff on American soil it is taken to
road house whose proprietor has a
finger in the pie From there it is
turned over to Detroit Cinnamon, who
in turn dispose of it to opium-SmolIing
establishments in Chicago, Milwaukee,
Cleveland, Cincinnati and other cities.
Some two years ago two reporters in
the employ of Detroit paper endeav-
ored TO run a band of the Smugglers
down. The scribes were loaded down
with revolvers, daggers and other arti-
cles of warfare. The ice was support
ing hltST waiting loi hoh III 49,
near an ice house on the American side
the newspaper men noticed some OBJ
Jects on the ice about midway to the
Canadian shore. AS they came nearer
1t was seen that two men were drawing
load after them.
What have you got there?' de-
manded one of the reporters, as the
smugglers came nearer.
That you, boys?" was the only an
swer that came. The smugglers had