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The sun., 1891-02-08
FOR ANNIE RUSSELL.
The BIG Beneat Her Dig-hearteA Friends
Arc 20 Give for Her.

TUG ANNIE ACSSELLs
The BIG Beneat Her Dig.hearteA Friendo
Arc to Give for Her.
There Is something which appeais to oonstd.
Grafton In the fate OF Annie Russell. the sweet
voiced swoot-faced Elaine OF tho Madison
Square company. for whom tho great bsneat
is to be given on Tuesday. When Annio Rus
sell left her English home few years ago she
WAS rosy. happy hearty English girl to-day
she lies thin and pale In her little cot In the
hospital. Weighing scarcely more than q child
and In ptlful pride turning her white. changed
faco AWAY from tho friends for whom she
cares most. During the voyage tho ship In
which she sailed was wrecked and the OF.
posuro and suffering incident have resulted i1
disease, from WHICH she has suffered most OF
she wa. one Of the blythest. morriest maideps
on the stage. which she loved; and now she 10
the bravest and most patient OF suffsrere re.
fuBing anasthetics to deaden the torture OF the
surReons knife and promising to try TO live
they Will let her bear 1t and still retain her
Tonson.
Iecnn AIRY losses have added their bitterness
TO her cup q sorrow. and II Is 70 relieve IN
pie are to give the bcnelt on Tuesday.
For this benefit the Lyceum company are 70.
hearsing new play: the closing oct OF :" Aunt
JACK Ia to be given with eminent actors 40
inrors and Nat Goodwin as foreman Of the
AMI note will anpear upon the satin pro:
grammes below the sweet pictured lace Of
Eiame Young girls OF the profession will sell
81 Spd bsss shs
be secured TO Annie russell. and cannot bene.
lit any one but the fair recipient
The sun., 1891-02-08
A Husband who will have Peace a.a Quiet.

A Husband who Will have Peace aad Quiet.
PITrsBURaH, Feb. 7.-James Galbraith is tho
most good-natured man In town. He docs
not object to HIS wife living with another
man so long as they don't bother him. Mr.
Galbraith lott his homo on South Tenth street
Q week ago for visit to relatives. Whom he
returned he found that his wife had taken the
household goods and set up another homo on
the next street. with Joseph Storm. o bachelor
as masculine head Of the family. The new
establishment was being run upon money be-
longing to the absent husband. Instead Of
becoming excited at this turn OF af-
fairs. Gslbraitt called upon his wife.
eOnsratuisted her on her selection q
tiaIbraiih S II and Mr. Stern were .iectsd from Tho tbs
back to her Old homo. The house Was not U cal.
cuiated TO hold two husbands and one wife. 1t
was crowdlpg matters too much. Mr.. Galbraith
inss and left, He \ patient man, but be says
that II his wife and her lover follow him Ground
on them. 30 wants peace: and Is now trying
g find It at the residence OF cousin on 6out6
Eighth street.
The sun., 1891-02-08
Finished HI. spre. with Lauaanum.

on the Guion lins docks. WAS found dead at his
boarding house, $40 Greenwich street. yester-
day morning. with an empty laudanum bottle
beside him He was an Englishman and un-
married. He was 45 yeara old. He and a fell
low boarder went on spree toRether tho
boarder looked In upon Foster TO SEQ how he
was comlnx on IN the SOLDERING up pEocsss, aud
found him dead.
The sun., 1891-02-08
Two Trips for . l.s Cents.

Half dozen passengers who started over 70
brooklyn at3k yesterday afternoon were made
unwilling passengers back to New York again.
Tho cars were crowded. and the Brooklyn
platforms OF the bridge were well filed. The
train was shunted In the usual way at the
A numher of passengeIs had remained In the
cars until they reached the p's'i9rm, for out.
pushed into the oars. and before they were
able to get out the guard gave tho signal. spd
the train WAS started back. 1t nsithor let the
on.
The sun., 1891-02-08

Mrs. U. y. Grant subseribcs to theArch Fund
The committee having charge OF tho Wash
ington Arch Fund report total Of s6l0 SUBJ
scrtbed during the week, OF which Mrs. y. &
Grant cont ribnted S25. The fund y now SSs.-
G3S.44, leaving t2G,86G. 90 yet to DO obtninsd-
The sun., 1891-02-08
Mr. Rexpath Out or Hospital.

James Rsdpsth. who was knocked down op-
posite the Post ONCE last Thursday by .
Fourth avenue car. was sufficiently recovered
from his ipjurlss Yesterday morning to leave
the Cham bers Street Hospital and ride to his
home. l4l West Sixty-t hlrd street. IN Q CAP;
not be able TO attend to business for several
dava
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
Engagement Rings for Hin

Apropos OF the prospective irc4eesp
in the price Of diamonds, q man from
New York has q scheme calculated to
help the impecunious young exquisite
who wants to get engaged but who lacks
the necessary funds TO purchase suit
able diamond pledge OF his affection
This scheme is nothing more nor less
than to loan engagement rings for so
much per month.
1T is just this said Mr.. SoApmoo---
that is his name-"a Young man cant
afford to buy diamond ring. Very
well. he doesn't need to do so. He
comes to me- take his note and lend
him . splendid diamond ring at a
reasonable rental He gives IL 10 his
fancee The marriage takes place in
the course of time and IN few ronths
afterward the young man owns up and
takes back the ring upon which he has
been paying rent and gives IL 30 me-
Risk? oh, none at all have bis
note The humiliation that would
come from exposure should seek the
assistance Of the Law preciudes the pos
ability of his defaulting. Ihave never
lost ring yet nor dollar of rental
The business has been q paying one
and now that diamonds are to advance
il will prove moro prodtabfe than
ever"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

For heavy teaming road rising ten In
one hundred is supposed to be In urious.
Near the highest point the grade should
either be decrease or the plan adopted
by Telford pra .ticed Where the ex-
pense Of making a piece of road mile
long on less 2 adc than five In one
hundred was too great, he provided for
the increased fatigue of the horses by
building mile OF much smootf.T and
better road than that of the first part Of
the ascent. There are few localities
which are not provided with some SALT
able material for building or repairing,
yet In localities where such material
abounds may often be found the worst
possible roads The loss by wear aud
tear on borsos and vehicles on a stretch
Of poor road in one month, whore con-
staRt traffic is TO te supported, would
cover the expense OF building o road
which, with slight repairs would last
for yeare In St Joseph County, MIGHT
gan. q strip OF corduroy through o
marsh thirty rods long caused two deaths
years ago The township paid
$1,000 In ODo instance, and losses re.
suiting from accidents from time 10
time would mako no small sum; yet the
road remains In an unsafe condition,
while at either approach to this strip Is
material enough TO make road sixty
feet wide, and its use would remove two
long, heavy gndes.
Tho Indifference and ignorance Of
farmers in working out poll-tax is an.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

THE Tennessee militiamen who sur
rendered at the call of the strikers at
Briceville are not the kind OF military
force that can be of value 20 any State
In actnal warfare there would be no
disgrace in 100 men, however well
posted, retreating before 1000. But
this was not warfare; it was simply
the vindieation of the majesty OF the
law against the violence of mob. II
policemen stopped in every trying
emergency to consider the odds against
them, cities would very quickly pass
under mob rule The policeman
knows, as the Tennessee miitinmsn
ought to know, that in defending the
due process of law he has the whole
power OF the State at his back. For
either to stop to consider the danger
or to count the force arrayed on the
side OF lawlessnese is to act in man.
ner as unworthy as il is unusual.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

expla!aab'a A half dozen men. with
two or three teams meet to repair a
road which is used for heavy traffic
These men are obliged many times 70
haul loads over roads which have no
foundation drainage and imperfect sur.
face drainage, full OF holes and wash
outs; yet without plan or method they
gather and by tho uso OF tho scraper
the dirt from the roadside Is dumped on
TO the roadbed, which has not been pro-
pared 70 receive IL
One or two enterpfisinR citizens GIL up
two o. the ten holes Without removing
the cause, while the othors sit about on
the rail fence and discuss the tariff and
similar subjects upon which these pub
lie spirits are so well versed
"a stitch In time saves DINA applies
to road building rs we'll ~ 70 feminine
employment
To simply fill up . hole With the sub
stance nearest at baud generally proves
about "a satisfactory as trying to ill o
sieve with water.
Wherever piece Of quicksand Is
found, II should be thoroughly removed,
II possible, and the hole filed with stone
or some hard material.
The custom of dumping stona, regard
less OF size, into low places, and then
covering with roadside dirt causes much
trouble. The small stones soon york TO
the bottom and the large ones to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
Ex-Kfnr.. story.

"Yoa think" said the king m exila
shat it Is q glorious thing to be king,
Listen, will tell you what happened
once to me- You will then see how de-
ightful thing crown can be sons-
timea" It was midnight, and m the
smoking-room Of West End clnb, ADD
his es-msiesty was alone with one
man, Il was giving dinner party 10
my ministers and my officers. Al the
moment of sitting down an aidA-de,
camp came hurriedly into the room
Sire he said, there is q dispatch
which must be signed at once. Par
don my disturbing yoS.' / saw thst
there was something more than dis
patch. and left the room with an
apology. What is it?' / asked.
Drink no wine,' he whispered, it is
poisoned Who is the chief conspirs-
TORI Your Prime Minister 1 re-
turned to the table, and during dinner
1 drank nothing. After dinner the
Premier proposed the prosperity Of the
country. / rose TO drink it. my glass
in my hand, my poisoned glass. Iseid
thet 50 deeply did 1 appreciate the
sentiments of his excellency that in
drinking the toast would honor him
BY exchanging glasses. He turned
white, he turned green, but he oould
not refuse. / drank his glase he
d-sok mine. assure you that IL took
twenty minutes at least before his
wrikhings-in his chair--were over.
Then they carried him out And yct
you think il is a fine thing 10 be
king Y--,Esl1Iisk Paper.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

A CHICAGO unbeliever in SPIRITUAL
ism offers to give 800 to any medium
sIhte=wfiIug 'msufIestauon' on slate
furnished by himself. the medium be-
ing allowed to select it from full
stock. He also insists that in case o
so-called spirit makes a bodily appear
ance, he shall be allowed to take the
said spirit by the hand. and il it can
then vanish from sight without vio>
lent struggle, the said unbeliever will
not only acknowledge himself in the
wrong. but part with his money. The
probability is that hi, offer will not be
accepted. Either the spirits do NOT
want to work for filthy lucre, or they
shrink from the idea of satisfying the
skeptical, or they will have something
better to do than to cater to the vain
courioeity OF man whom il may be
presumed would not own up b being
beaten No respectable medium would
wish to put him or herself in o petition
to be tainted as Elijah rallied the
priests OF Baal when he recommended
them to '>Cry aloud. for he i, God,
either he is talking, or he is pursuing,
or is in a Journey, or peradventnpe he
sleepeth and must be awaked' II Is
not tho kind of test that high spirited
''test medium" would be willing 10
submit to, and the gentleman would do
better to offer TO invest his monev In
some other way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

when he drove every day around the
great stump in his driveway. Instead
of trying TO remove 1t, he said: cob,
it's only little bother to drive around
IL, but 'twould take a day to dig it out
In building roads in this country too
little attention Is paid to two important
things, VIZ, good survcyiuE a-rd proper
drainage.
Road limits should be as straight and
clearly defined as the rows of the marker
In corniield
The Romans, without consideration Of
expense. always made their roads the
shortest distance between two points to
be connected. This will not of course
be found to be practicable in many ir-
stances: but while the road must be
laid in such place and manner as to
make the least expense of building and
repairing. some sacrifice of money and
labor can be afforded. when the question
of loss of time is to be considered. OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

A small stretch OF road, well buift,
with proper drainage, would furnish an
inspiration TO all who had occasion 10
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 consta NJ
repairing Much labor and expense
could be saved by taking tho 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.
II this work could be done ofteber.
the new material would quickly join
with the old, II put on in small quaint
ties, and the hindrance TO traffic over
patched places would be in degree
avoided In filling holes the work
should be so thoroughly done that the
rounding surface Of the road may bs OBJ
served. Instead Of burdening traffic nth
q heap OF stones In the roadbed
Unless strong reasons exist TO tho oou-
t<ary the work should be done when the
ground Is wet. In filling long ruts only
short pieces should be filled at time
II work Is all done at once. vehicles
avoid the place, and new ruts are
formed The use of the roller in tho
O0taNihH Va AOoAo 70 W. WCtl hAfOW W
need mention, but a section OF patched
road, which ia practically useless for sI
months In year, could be made much
more suitable for traffic by It's use.
The Yankee in London opens his eye.
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 10
him certain death.
Such speed would be checked by Q
policeman in New York or Bosf on The
carriage in which he rides is heavier
than those he mas seon at homo The
horses are much be ter -Iooking than
those seen in our cities.
Says Dr. Holland, in letter 20 the
Springfield Mass Republican: IL have
never seen but one lame horse 10 Lon
don during all my stay here. The En-
glish horse does twice the work of an
American horse similarly employed
The simple explanation is, that the
Englishman has invested in perfect and
permanent roads what the American
expends in perishable horses which nc
Quire 70 be fed"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
100000 MILES A MINUTE.
An Biec+rfo Current Girdles the Gsobem
Three seconds.

Am Biectrto Current Girdles the Globe IN
Three seconds.
Philadelphia scientists are prepap-
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
lautic csblo 10 Liverpool and return.
4 recent test appeared 70 show that an
electric current is q slow coach as COM
pared 30 Light, being only able 30 get
over 10 Enropa and back in something
like second, or at the rate Of only
some four hundred thousand miles a
minute, while light ambles along at o
: million-mile-a minute gait. The Phila-
dslphia scientists who are proposing 30
make further investigation are no4
satisfied to give up the record b. SIM
light, and hope to prove that the cleo
trio current, if not handicapped, is the
svifter element. The most recent ex-
pertinent was tried at McGll 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
galvanometer, 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 abe receiver in the same Office lust
l second and l-20th Of second had
elapsed; hut the conditions were not
as good as they might have been,
hence the further experiment 10 be
made here. The rapidity with which
the current travels over short wires
with no delay indicated unlimited poe-
sibilities in the direction of practical
tesla Prof. Marks, of the Edison
Electric Light Company, is authority
fer the assertion that if the globe was
encfrrled with q continuous cable q
current would travel the entire dis
taDoe IA q tlihe over three secondA
At this rats a current would travel to
the sun, covering the entire distance Of
IS, coo, 900 miles in three and half
hours I'm this age of science said
one of the gentlemen who will partici
pRtfe Is thfotfngA Ei9fept UscPneele heye
Why, we are yet in our infancy as lar
as electricity goes. New discoveries
will vet .e made, and we will live TO
see them put into practical use, which
will revolutiopize the entire world
The experiment which we are about 10
make in telegraphy is only feeder
which will lead to other and more
startling experiments. The establish
ment OF telephone communications b.
tween the hemispheres is already bs
ing seriously discussed"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

surface, where they become slippery.
and as they are net bound together they
cause jolting which Is harder on horses
and vehicles than hauling through mud
would be.
The Chinese roads sse built, many Of
them, OF solid rock. If some system
which was comProasiao bAt.~son the
macadam and Chinese systems could be
carried out the problem would be solved
The macadam roads, where they can be
afforded, ore undoubtedly the best- A
study Of the Taford and macadam
methods by all citizens interested In pub
lie affairs would be very helpful
The width, depth and method OF oon-.
struction must be governed by circnm
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 De dug I'm tbs form of .
trench the required width. whore thor
ough work can be afforded After pack
ing the stone tho inter.tice5 should be
filled with chips, and'finely broken stone
placed on top This should be packed
covered with layer q gravel or screen
ings. OF curse tho expense Of q road
Of this character would prevent its use
at the present time In country districts
except IN the worst pieces aud In such
conting ncies the most thorough method
is the most economical Considerable.
attention has been given TO surface
drainage, but maDy welI-built roads are
waterSoalIed until ruined for lack of
proper sub drainage Good drainage
should be obtained re1ardess of sx-
pense; the necessary dit hing may be
uti!izcdfof draining ad acent lands
In many places In Illinois swampy
meadow lands have been redeemed by
the ditching made for road drainage. It
Is hard to estimate the addition which
good roads give to land values. but farm
ers especially are becom ng awake TO the
fact that improvements in property con
siSt not simply in trees and buildings
but IN building and maintaining GOOD
roads In sandy county ii pays 70 haul
clay and gravel distance of four or five
miles.
The town Of Afegsn Mich, . village
OF 1000 people, situated In the center OF
Fair roads. but all tho- ETd6us leading
out from A,legan are clayed, graded.
turnpiked, and drained for distance OF
eight miles in every direction.
The clay and gravel were hau'ed in
many instances four miles. The result
Of this outlay OF money and labor is
that these naturally bad roads are coed
at all seasons OF the year, and the farm
ing lands are more valuable than In sim
liar locations where these improvements
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

course there can be no arbitrary rule in
regard TO width, but many country roads
are inconveniently narrow. have often
driven over long stretches of road in thu
State of Illinois, where to meet a team
meant certain collision, and have sew
eral times seen light buggy lose It's
balance and women, children, and
th the EN- ban mSenltf. ' simply 5ecause 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 on either side, would be much
more satisfactory, and its construction
would require but little more lato< or
expense
For country roads the greatest In
clination should not exceed q rise OF
from five to seven feet in one hundred.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

HIPPoLYTEs atrocities ore sought 70
be explained or extenuated on tho
score of his alleged insanity, bat his
murderous violence is no novelty In
Haytian history. The savsgery Of to-
day is always more portentous than
that of yesterday because II lies nearer
to us, and on this principle the tyranny
of the present ruler of that miserable
country is supposed to so far exceed
that of any of his predecessors as to
require the excuse of lunacy. II Hip
rolyte be mad because he shoots down
his people. then the Gar is mad be-
cause he exi1es many of bis.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
OUR COUNTRY ROADS
ARE SADLY NEGLECTED PUB
Lie INSTITUTIONS.

Few Suggestions Concerning Tbetr
Structure ami Maintenance - ulustra-
tions OF the Effects of Both Good and
Bad Causeways-Goo Roads Are Profit
able.
prominent English gentleman, who,
while travelling through the States, had
occasion to do considerable riding
through the smaller towns and country
districts, once remarked that while the
buildings he saw represented high
standard of civilization, the roads were
still frontier highways, on which litt.e
thought or money had been spent
To the expeditions traveller the wind
Ing roads so often seen seem to be the
greatest possible distance between two
points, and are not only an annoyance,
but cause an absolute loss OF time and
money.
The losses resulting from the imper-
feet building of roads, IL seen or felt in
the aggregate, won call the attention
OF the public to this werk until evils
would be remedied; but unfortunately
the same indifference is in human nature
which the old Eastern farmer showed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
nnn.- Mnmen,s Dr..

The Executive Board OF the Womeuh
National Council, in Indianapolis, sp-
pointed 9 committee 10 prepare q sym
postum ON dress, to bepublished under
the auspices OF the National Council in
one Of the populsr magazines during
the coming year aud report 30 the CON
ference Of the Executive Board Of the
Council of May, 1892, it's idea Of bu-
siness dress for women, accompanied
by a model of the same. The Core.
sIoodiDg Secretary was authorized 10
correspond with Marion Harland about
a stone to he placed in the monument
to Mary Washington and to coilsC'
tho money for the same.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20

MAssAcHusErrs is excited cveS
White Caps. and Long Island il up in
arms hunting for wild bandit who
defies all officers of the law The East
and the West must indeed be exchapg>
ing places Years age the West was
the home of the cyclone, the tornado
the bandit and the White Caps. But
now it is the center of culture and the
highest form & beneyolence, such as
was once believed to be located near
Boston. to designate il as the Hub of
the universe. The White Caps. the
bandit and the cyclone now frequent
the eastern shores of the continent,
aud the New York Herald will have to
amend its old taunt, making it read
"the wild and woolly East"