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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-17
NOTICE.

Having associated ourselves with Mr..
Il. z. Howell in forming the Central
Market and Cold Storage Company, we
desire to say to our friends and the
public generally that we will now be
found at our place of business 122 Fay
etteville street We shall endeavor to
conduct a strictly first class market for
the sale of beef, mutton, pork, sausage,
poultry both dressed and undressed,
fish, oysters and full line Of green gro
ceries. We shall have decidedly the
cleanest and incest market ever con-
Quoted in Raleigh, and by fair dealing,
prompt and efficient service as we'll as
the best of everything in our line hope
to have a generous share of the trade.
VIM. LEDBETTER
T. T. BERNARD.
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vance of 3% to X. July, hitherto very
luiet. also moved up as much as May.
The May price is the highest reached
for that delivery since 1891. 1t was
almost altogether Il scare" market,
shorts being thoroughly alarmed over
shc Letter grip ON wheat. They found
great difficulty in covering. a feature
was the buying near the close by Letter
brokers of all the July offered.
Corn and oats were strong and higher,
corn advancing q cent and oats Is to
a.
Provisions were irregular and closed at
slight declines.
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Feb. 16-Trading was
remarkably feverish on the Stock Ex-
change to-day and all interest conferred
in the disaster to the Maine in Havana
haI.bor and in the possible international
consequences. 1t cannot be said that
the varying phases of the speculation
during the day represented any change
of opinion as to the very safe POSSIBLE
ties with which the disaster is pregnant.
Tire occasional checks to downward
course Of prices were rather the results
of question in the minds of large operat-
ors as to their ability to hold the mar
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as executors of the
1ota William II. Willard, all persons
indebted to his estate are notlhed TO
make payment, and all persons holding
claims against his estate are notliled to
nresent the same duly verified to the I'M
dersigned. or either of them, on or be-
fore Feb. 16, 1899 or this notice viii
he plead in bar of their recovery.
s A. ASHE,
w. w. ASHE.
WALTER CLARK.
Executors.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. G. February lF.-JpiTlts
turpe nuns urn at 81 n aa2, reoelprs rasKB,
kssIG nrm steamed GL20 good steaIns
s.25: receipts - barrels.
Crude turpenrne quiet; hard Sl.E0; soft
ECO virgin -: receipts barre
a. firm At oj, raUeIpte g barrels
CHARLESTON 8. c., Feb. 10 - Turpentine
irm at 80 / sales casRs
Roam firm: sales -; -, 9l1o; g. 4'.'
d, CLIO; e, ll0; K, z1.l6, G., I.20, II, S1.A5. 1,
nae, Il, $780, NJ, $3.50, N, s2.20, window glass
$40, water white $3.50
SAVANNAH, Ga, Feb. 16 Spirits turpen.
the finn at On sales u CASKS; receipts S5
casks.
L.. n.8iQ f sI.3g, r, 81 80 q, SAL: II 81. 80; ].
49,; z, u.75: NJ, Sl.SO; N, n.95' window
glnds r. 10: wafer white i%25
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SALE OF OFFICE AND STORE
FURNITURE ID OTHER PER
SONAL PROPERTY.

BY virtue of authority contained in a
Deed of Trust from James Boylan, T..
w. Dobbin and William Boylan, trading
as w. II. & r. S. Tucker & Co., to VIM.
3. Snow, w. r. Tucker and Ernest
Haywood, dated June list, 1897, and reg
istered III the office of the Register of
Deeds for Wake county, North Carolina
in book 147 at page q, we will sell to
the highest bidder for cash at public
auction, on Friday, the 25th, day of
February. 1898, at l O'Clock, at the
store on Fayetteville street in the city
of Raleigh, formerly occupied by w. Fl.
Il X. S. Tucker & Co., the following
personal property, to-wit: l horse set of
harness and delivery wagon; l Densmore
typewriter and / oak typewriter desk; 1
walnut roller tGp Gesk; Elison's Mimeo-
graph; file cabinet; iron safe burglar
proof; office railing and partitions and
other furniture and supplies; show
cases: l lot window fixtures; 1 silk cabi-
net; set of shelving for rugs; 1 lot of
baskets, wrapping Irvine and paper;
cloak racks; carpet poles; 80 tables; z
fire tanks; furniture and supplies of
dress making department; l lot of
curtains and various and sundry othel
articles of personal property owned and
used by the late firm of Tucker & Co.,
an itemized statement of which can be
obtained from either of the undersigned
or at said store.
The purchaser of any of said articles
at said sale has the right of removal
from said store house.
Terms of sale-cash. Time of sale-r1
O'clock
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OF GRAVE POSSIBILITIES
SEVERAL STUBBORN RALLIES
MADE AGAINST BEARS.
BUT THE BEARS SOLD DOWN FIERcEL,
Bulls Take a Back Seat for the Present
There Were Some Gains Cotton
Closed Steady With Loss
Wheat Buged Sc

New York, Feb. 16.-IIocal dry goods
sellers complain of continued inactivity.
They are pleased however, with the
turn which has been taken by cottons,
strong conditions in both brown and
bleached goods being reported, with adj
vances from day to day. All these things
act as stimulants to the market. But
there is no increase to the demand
noted i'll any given case. Buyers in the
market are few in number and they have
been backward i'll taking goods. Mail
orders, as Il rule, are more substantial
hut are still inadequate to move goods
In print cloths the market is quoted
stronger. There are no actual quotable
advances. but the fact that extras are
hard to obtain, even for spot delivery
at 2 3-16 cents, is in itself a cheerful
detail. The sales so far have been fair
~ heavy. Prints are showing some inn
provement.
COTTON.
New York, Feb. 16-The course of
to-day's cotton market favored the bear
element, although trading was scattered
and for the most part conducted ON
small scale. Opening steady with the
near months unchanged to l point lower
anu tIS lHOTC FcIlOI0 pOSdlIOUS ZUL5
points lower, the market ruled irregular
with the tendency steadily downward
The close was steady at net loss OF
to g points. Although Liverpool made
favorable response to our improvement
late yesterday at the start, subsequent
cables told of less stability abroad which
was attributed by private adyices to
manipulation at that point. The early
selling movement was led by a promi-
nent bear ira ar, with Liverpool a good
second. News from the South was
rather scarce owing to an almost COM
plete crippling of the wire service. The
dispatches received were too conflicting
TO have decided bearing ON either side.
The fact that port receipts continued
fully up to the recent high average, de-
spite predictions for a marked falling
off made last week, had comparatively
little influence as export clearances show
tendency to even exceed the movement
from the interior.
NEW YORK eb Is- Futures opened
Eteady at Decline sp'es z 100 raIoa
FIN sr@nn 1tgS
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RALEIGH COTTON.
RALEIGH N. G.. Feor
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK, February IS Money on GA J
easy, at IA IN per cent; last loan IN pc
cent: closing at per cent. Prln
excuanRe Ia steady, with actual pus,
ness IN ba ig o on 9 at s5kal6sH for de-
mand, ana isSai.S5k for sixty days. Poste
silver c II t1cates 66A or. Bar silver sos
Mexican dollars NA. sSoverr ment honr 6
wclE. state bonds dull. Railr ,ad bonds
weak.
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Sale of House and Lot in Garner, N. C

BY virtue of power conferred in two
mortgage deeds, recorded in registry of
Wake county, in book No. l1S, page $50,
and book No ia at page 308 will on
Monday, February 49, at IL o'clock M, offer
for sa e to the highest BIDDER, Tor cash, at
the court house door in the city of Raleigh,
a certain house and lot in Garner, N c.,
bounded as follows: Beginning at stake
in the middle of the North Carolina Rail
road near the western line of said town,
runs with said railroad B. 81 deg, E. 1873
feet to a stone corner, thence N SO deg, w.
l05 feet to a stake on wash near bridge,
thence to the beginning. containing about
two acres, except the right of way of said
railroad and kL own as the Richard john
son place. b. +. MoNIAGU p.
Raleigh, N. c., Jan, q, 1893
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NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator of
the estate of Mrs. Susan f. Montague,
deceased, notice is hereby given to all
parties indebted to the estate to come
forward and make payment, and to all
parties holding claims against the de-
ceased to present Il EN- for payment on
or before the 18th dsy Of January, 1899,
or this notice will be plead in bar Of
their recovery.
GEO. B. MONTAGUE,
Administrator.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator of
the estate of Il. G. SOrrell, deceased, no
tice is hereby given to all parties having
claims against said estate to- present
them for payment on or before the 9th
day of January, 1899, or this notice
will be plead in bar Of their recovery
AN parties indebted to the estate are
requested to make immediate payment.
A. ]. HOLT,
6w. Administrator.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL Fen. e. 4:W ., M.--spot COZ
ton. air N nd, ces b .rd. ming amer
lean mlddling It.n"d
o. OF Une daS were .0,0U ha ca, of VIII
lUOU were for sptVu4aIlOn Rn0 export, an
tn&iuded 300 American: receipts 6Oa
bales, ineludins 5,tGO American
Futures opened steady with fair demsn
and c'osed quiet but steady
IN.
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VIM. B. SNOW
VIM. B. SNOW,
w. r. TUCKER,
ERNEST HAYWOOD.
Trustees Of w. II. & r. S. Tucker & Co.
NYHERE AND HOW TO INVEST

With Safety, Permanence and Profit is a Vita
Question.
The Mechanics and Investors Union o
Raleigh Offer Many Advantages.
For $75 you can purchase q share of 8 pc
cent coupon stock, on which you receive
per cent annual dividends and at maturity
500. Or for a payment of So cents pei
month you can own share of stock worth
at maturity. in about eight years. 500.
You can, through this company purchase
and own home, at small advance ove1
the amount paid for rent, and in case o
death your widow will be fully protected
againstloss OF home
GEORGE ALLEN, Sec,
" Pullen Building, Raleigh, N, @.
JOHN Q. DREWRY, President.
b. 8. JBRMAN. Treasurer
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Feb. I5-ylour opened dull;
~esteru superfine k2.8 1880; DO. extra 50. a0s
4 10: 40 family y4.40lGa.7U: winter wheat pat
enGs 81 Sba5 10; spring do. %. l0l26.30: spripg
wtest stvaiVbts SA9J1S IS.
Wheat urn r: sJot and February Si.(0%(a
I.n1A: March ST. Oiat VIZ; May 90aa 4
steamer No red 9cAa9 \; SouCceln . aes
~ sample Gal OK; d. 90 grade S7ai al
Coru ID mer: spot snd February 5S8a36k
March aoAaiA AMI. t5B -35S steam
,nixe 34h ao4k; Southern white corn AKA
3Ix Dr. yellow 34Ea 5E-
oats firm: No. ~mtoS, western .(I3}: No
mixed sUa'l.
kye firm: 10. 2. nearby %; No. western
Hay steady; choice Timothy sl25-aIjOO.
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LOOAL STOCK NARK RT.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. ILL.,. Feb. 16.--Shorts in wheat
caught it hard to-day. May was bid up
to 1033s, and closed at 1884, an adj
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a c. BAUER,
and
SUPERINTENDENT
PRINTING MACHINERY FOR SALE.
RALEIGH, N. q

PktN tNd mRGHlNGhI run DALI
On Thursday, the 3rd day of March,
1898, at the printing office of Mr.. r.
Nj. Uzzell on the third floor of the build
ing situated at the North East corner
of the intersection of Wilmington and
Martin streets in the city of Raleigh, n.
c., we will sell at public auction, two
No. 8 complete Campbell Presses, one
Ruling Machine, one Cutting Machine,
two standing Presses, one Paging Ma
chine, one Gas Machine, one "A Medium
Universal Press, one u medium Univer-
sal Press, one Super Royal Universal
Press, one lot Bindery Fixtures, one lot
of type stands, cases, office furniture
and fixtures and all the property and eff
fects conveyed to the undersigned, as
trustees, by E. NJ. Uzzell by deed dated
May 10Th, 1887, and registered in Book
No. %. page SIC of the Register
of Deeds office in Wake county. Sale
made pursuant to the terms. conditions
and powers contained in said deed of
trust
Terms Of sale cash. Hour Of sale
II m,
s. F. MORDECAI,
ERNEST HAYWOOD,
Trustees.
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No. ,94. Bar ey. NO. 3, | . ) as; No. 3
-: No a, Fis5 sted No. 81 24a - prih e
slltOa1O. LaSo per 100 los SIPS. Ghot
70 sIces lCoseJ s5..0GS 10. Dry sailed SD, u .
lers iDu1edl 4&@o "a or, clear q o. Ibox' }
IS ale. wntsAeY, dlsti era anisbed goods
,er halloI Sllsx.
NEW YORK.
New YORK, Feb I6-Floar strong and
oigher city mill patents s7.oI9 40 &c
5iesr $5sUa5.S0; MInnUHCUa pateats 5.5Ja5 so
ainnesoLa BAKERS AS; Winter patents S4.o b
10; do. stlaight E4.5O1 400; winter extras
V aCa4.Uu: winter |, W grades S2.9jao.UO.
se.i6.
tsIckwhea -four It, dy at q 25a1.SO
BEc wheat firm al SS45S4.
0U4n meal firm; yeu0~ western II; CITY
70: 'ran6ywtnt 81 1870
Rye stro e No. 2 y eSJern GS; car lots q
barley firm westera fee ling 40. maitiul
E bailey nat firm: wea'ern 62hso7.
WstGt, Al OF. firm: No. red lO6x; op-
tons, No. 2 red February Closed 1888; May
Corn, SPOT. firm No 4, ssN aeoat options
Febr tarJ G! eec -; May CT, eed JON
osrs spof, mer Nav NO. Closed si options
Bee. firm ,mfly $ll.25al' 10 ekLrs ness sss
$50; b eli hams 1890; packet sea 0.5J; city
extra "a ia IN, ss sl5al6QO;
Cut meats firm; pirkled bellies 81 a6A
10. picG4el sEUntuers an fD nams ~ al%
Lard firm; western steamed s. 40, city
-; May % By, nor inal: renned nfmer
continent 81; South American $500; Com-
pound 4Sat].
kork stIo <: new mess gIl00alls6; shor1
ia rSL:i aI2,75 family 81 6U.
Rntter 81 ady weStsCn creamery l4HaSO; Dc
factory l.Sl5; Elgins 10. imitation creamery
l3al7 state dairy ioaIe: creamery l4ai5.
Cheese quiet; large white, September az.
EHRe steady; State ana reaL syISanIa ID.
wester, fire. 50 laA al4E.
Potatoes quiet; New York S23IA 9S.6O
sweets SS,00a4.LO.
Taliow st sdy; city ts2 per PACKAGE 81
country oha3$.
Pefr6Ieum 1ull: United ----; refined New
YorA $40; Philadelphia a1d Baltimore S6.S6
DO. in Jus &2.S6.
nostn ste~oy; strained, common 10 goo
40 45
Turpentlne quiet. at 34KaSax.
hlee steady ooE1ostie, GalI 10 extra 4%Cg
81. Japan 6a5k.
Molas3es Quie New Orleans, ope
Kettle good 10 choice, z5a3'.
labbages. quiet; Long Island and Jersey
per ~ So 50a4.VU.
Cotton seeo oil higher; prime crude lal3A
do o b 16hal8 summer yellow &oi on
summer 2-as-A; butter Oil 2oa26; prime win
Ntoffee-op ms Mar sle5; Nav SIS rs;
spot, kio, eadS; No. invoice ca; jobbne
o. mild urn: Cor IOWA IA aba.
sugar, raw Sc ong TatE refining ll-lS' cen
trifugal. o@-Jess $40; refined firm; mould
SIX; powdered 81; REApulatad Ia
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{ CHICAGO Feb. IT,
a. nrinn HInalrn

w.
aiour -. ~" cal, No. spriuS n min9l;
No. sprl' 81; NJ. toG. iNSaalO'A. LON ,
no. 2. = IA. bats, No. 2 u; N2.2 "hiie Q
b =; . "nifs / b ga 1@Sa. rye
-: No a, = FlaT s.ed No.I 81 ga q, Erin e
ctnotb Heed s9. a9. Mese pork pc, be.
sllt0ail0. La6o per 100 lbs 5l2S. Ehon
% secs .iCoseJ s5..0Gs 45 Drl -Salted SD, u .
ters tDu1edl 4&@o 81 or clear q o. Eboxs Z. }
IS ale. wotshey. dIstii era finished goods
yeF halluI Sll61.
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.iHER MARKETS

Galveston, quiet. 81, 4,t0T baies
Norfolk, stead ~, 1875 bales.
B.ltimOrt. NOMINAL, q, oalsa
Boston. Quiet,ssak 2,s.l bales
WI % ia t,a. nrm 54. bz Gales
PnIlad slph'a. nrm, n. i,l62 bales.
Savannah. quiet ~, 80 DaIes.
New Urieslp. quiet. D is 10 3)8 bales.
Mobile. quiet 6y-Io. TO bales.
Memphis, stealJ. r., 1854 uales.
Augusta. quiet. 81, /. Oi bales
Charleston, sfea y. az, e45 UaIes.
Cincinnati. quiet. N, 1853 hales.
Louisville. finn, ~. bales.
St. Louis, eteaoy ! y. $50 "aies
Houston, STEADY, 8 Id, 2,81 Eales.
New York. easy, 6A, 1883 Daies
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New YORK eb a. Futures openee
teady at Decline sR'es T. 100 raIea
EUtGrAa a Oaad EfoaSv aa,oe 1T snn ,oloo
JEW ORLEANS.

Spot cotton closed ees7: miGdling upland
IN. middling gulf 6A, sales 0 "a es.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 Floor strong and
uigheC city mill patents sI.oI9 40 DC
6iesr $b.sta5.S0; MlnnoHCUa pateats 5.5Jao 50
minnesota BAKERS AS; wintor patents Sa.o
10; do. tlaight K4.5014 .nO: winter extras
81 sCa4.UU. winter Il W grscts S2.93a3U0.
Rye Hour firm supernne sz.6s; II n
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Jan. 203Ods.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05
SIMPSONS Injustice to Schley.

The unprejudiced, fair-minded man
who reads the official report of Acting
Rear-Admiral Sampson regarding the
action in which Cervera's fleet was de-
stroyed, will regret that Sampson still
keeps up the fiction which he used in
the first dispatch. Although he ad-
mits that himself and his ship were
seven miles away when the Spanish
fleet was discovered, he mentions his
orders, which we're entirely unneces-
sary, even if they could have been seen.
Commodore Schley had issued orders
to his own officers, "Full speed ahead
and fire deliberately" With such
officers as those in the American navy
orders to engage were not necessary,
for every ship was in pursuit of the
fleeing Spaniards like shots from a
gun.
The unfairness of SIMPSONS report
consists of the continued ignoring of
Commodore Schley, who, whether
technically in command or not, was
really the commanding genius of the
occasion.-Ledger.
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Of Interest to Women.

Nearly all the new evening gowns
have sashes of net, tulle or chiffon,
which, however, tie in front instead of
in the back, as formerly.
Brocaded silks are not so much worn
now as the plain taffetas and gros grains.
Satin duchesse is fashionable and
promises to continue so. Striped nov
city silks are seen, and plaids and
checks are smaller and more quiet in
tone.
Small gold buttons, loosely set on,
form a new and pretty closing to the
bodice. They are either bell-shaped
or fat, and are especially rich-looking
on velvet.
The new shirt waists for spring will
he made up in the zephyr goods, with
pockets, it is said. Instead of buttons
many of the prettiest shirt waists will
be made up in the zephyr goods, with
ord.
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CUNS DLLlNQCE.1TS.
silent Monitor Used by Il Methodist
Church in Oregon.

silent Monitor Used by u Methodist
Church ia Oregon.
After careful consideration the Cen
tenary Methodist church of Portland,
Ore, has decided upon novel plan
for raising funds necessary in conduct
ing the affairs Of the congregation, re-
ports the Chicago Chronicle. It was
suggested by the pastor, Rev. j. j.
Waters, who has determined to run his
church as democracy, giving every
body opportunity and inducement to
contribute. At a meeting Of influential
members he explained his plan. He
showed 4 large roster with all the
members Of the church on it. Opposite
each name are so spaces for credit
marks. The roster is placed in the
vestlbule Of the church, where it re-
mains, and is in plain view Of everyone
entering the church. At the close of
every month the roster is taken down
and all who have contributed any-
thing to the current expenses of the
church are checked up in the spaces op-
posite the names. The amount paid is
not giTen, but the check indicates that
something, however small, has been
paid toward the support of the church.
The contributions come into the hands
OF the clerk by means of envelopes,
and the amount and name are obtained
in this way. The roster viii show Just
who has paid anything and who has nos.
1t is claimed for TIE system that the
delinqUents get tired after awhile see
ing the ro" Of blanks after their names
ard begin to pay something in order to
fiji up the blank spaces. It is sort of
ever-prcscnt dunning board. It looks
down with significant silence on every
member who enters the church door.
the delinquent cannot escape its all
seeing cyc. Whether present or absent,
he knows it is there, and the blank
spaces seem constantly to say: PAY
something" The meeting adopted the
plan unanimously.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05

Good Country Roads.

"The great secret of success IN road
making and bookkeeping is to drain
the roads. and keep the roads drained
by keeping the bitches open," writes
John Gilmer Speed, on Chow to have
Good Country Roads," in the August
Ladies' Home Journal. "Ihe old
method was to run plow through
the side bitches and throw the dis
turbed soil, sod and all, in the middle
of the road. There it would stay till
a heavy rain came to wash this soil
back into the bitches and fill them up
again. If there were money enough
this kind of thing would be done over
and over again, as often as four times
in q year. Where there were wet
spots, broken stone or gravel would be
placed in the road and left for the
passing wagons to wear this metal into
ruts. The money spent was absolute
ly thrown away.
"By the new process all the road
mender needs to do is to provide
bitches and outlets for them, and then
so shape the road that the water fall
ing in a rainstorm will run off at once
into the bitches. The water must not
be suffered to run in the road, but off
the road. The rainfall, being thus
simply and effectively disposed of, be-
comes most beneficial instead of
destructive agent; it cleans and shapes
and hardens the roadway, instead of
washing it away and deepening the
ruts. When there are wet places,
such as springs, in the roadway, gravel
and broken stone will not cure such
things. The water must be drained
off underneath the roadway and into
the bitches by means of pipe or blind
drains. The whole thing is so simple
that any one can easily master the
principles and put the details into
practical operation"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05
TOO MUCH MONGOOSE.
jamaica Oycrrun With tnc DcstrUc'
tive Animals.

tive Animals.
In 1872 MI. W. Bancroft Espeut i'm.
ported four pairs of the Indian mon.
goose for the purpose Cf Destroying
the 'caEe-piece rat" Ten years lGt,
says Nature, it was estimated that IL,
saving to the colony through the Wor,
Of this animal amounted to Z 1CI. Geo a.
nually. Then came a sudden change
the aspect CT affairs. 1t was found th,,
the monCOOse destroyed all groUrl
nesting birds, and that the poultry, I
wei as the insectiverous reptiles a"s
batrachians of the island. were bcin::
eXterminated by it. Injurious insect
increased in consequence II thousand
fold; the temporary benefits Of the in
PRODUCTION were speedily wiped away
and the mongoose became pest.
Domestic animals, including young
p,gs. kids. lambs, newly-droFpcd calves,
puppies and kittens, were destroyed by
it, while it also ate ripe baracas. pirc-
apples. young corn, avocado pears
sweet potatoes, cocoas, yans. pcas
sugar cane. meat ard salt prcr:sic-s
and fish. Now we are told nature las
made another effort to restcrc thc I,3l>
ance. With the increase of inSecis Cue
to the destruction by the ncrrcosc Ct
their destroyers has cCne ii. ,Icreaee
of ticks. which are Gestrcr'rr the non-
goose, and al Jamaieans re. .;cicc.