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The age-herald., 1899-11-25
TaIbotr & I,a,r,4r,s Cotton Letter

By Private Wire from Fairchild & Hobson
 New Orleans, November 24.-There was lively trading in cotton today contracts in Liverpool being up four sixty-fourths. while spots ware quoted 3-32 higher sales of 12,000 bales. Middling American. 7-32. In New Orleans January opened 719. Shorts were so overcome with the strength of spots abroad that prices were run up to 7.29 for January in their efforts to seek shelter. This big advance was out of proportion to the improvement in the English market, and with no disposition shown by that mar ket to do better hurried break occurred here, January selling at 7.21. It was wired from New York that Neill Bros, of London, would reduce their estimate of eleven mill lion minimum. This report, however, has subsequently, been denied. The amount brought into sight for the week was 13S,00O less than last year; 132 900 smaller than the year before and 2700O lighter than the movement of 1896, which places the move ment to date 1000 astern of the movement of 1896. The visible supply of American fn- creased during the week only 119,00O com- pared with a gain of PAT 900 last year, and 24O,e0O in 1897; it now stands at S,4S6,OO0, against 4,11O,OOO last year. and 3,245.OOO in 1897. The bears are following a shrewd policy by not wasting their ammunition on this rising market but instead are waiting for the time to come when longs will all want to cover at the same time. How their plan will turn out remains to be seen. Next weeks movement promises to be light. Spots everywhere are 1-16 to H up. one hundred and fffty-six members of the Liverpool cotton exchange average tnls crop at t, ,713, ,0oO but then you know they are all of the Neill school.
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vertiser's London financial cableeram.

vertiser's London financial cablegram:
 The markets here were halting today, the victory at Belmont being regarded as in- ciuslVe and the money outlook being dis liked. Today 715,0OO pounds of gold was taken for South America, presumably to pay for horses and mules recently bought m Argentina and Chilli, whence it is ex- pected further supplies of that kind will be obtained. It is also thought the drain of gold to South Africa will soon be resumed. The bank rate, many think, will be ad- vanced per cent. next Thursday. Consols were down 1sc to 102 I5-16 In the Ameri- can department the day was the idlest this week until New York began to buy, causing the strength at the close. There was a slight setback in the street. London bought Baltimore and Ohio issues while New York took Union Pacific, Chesapeake and Ohio and Southern. preferred. Money was in fairly good demand
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
Iivernool Cotton Market

Liverpool, November 24.-4 p. m.)-Cot- ton. spot. good business done; prices 3-32d higher. American middling fair, 19-92d; good middling, 4as middling, 7-32d; low middling, 1-32d; good ordinary, z,-Szo, or dinarv 2 21-32d. The sales of the day were 12 OoO bales, of which 1000 were for specu- lation and export and included Il 400 Ameri- can. Receipts. 25,oeO bales, including 2O,2oo American Futures opened firm and closed quiet at the advance. American middling l.. M c: November, 4OS@4os s; November Dacemher. 4076740S s; December-January, 4050D4O6 b; January February, 4.04 b; Feb ruary- March, 4.o3 b; March-April, 4.O2@4.oS, V; Aprfl-May. 4o1@4O2 b; May-June, 4.M b; June-July, 4d94.01 b; July-August, 4d s; August-September, 3.e1@3.62 b.
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Comparative Statement.

New York; November A.-The following Is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending Friday, November "A: Net receipts at all United States
 ports during week.. ......... 2oo,io4 Net receipts at all United States
 ports same week last year ......... 421,ofo Total receipts to this date....-.-... ,isl, S5i vear .Sg74,O25 Elxnorts for the week. w ..... 13O, 393 Elynorts far same week last year.. 24, ,S6S Total exports to this date. ,1I9,ozo Total exports to same date last
 year 2591, 124 Stock at all United States ports ....1,0l4,fo9 Stock at all United States ports at
 same time last year,. ..-........l, 2SS, zzS stock in all interior towns.. ..... 735, ,132 Stocks at >all interior towns at same
 time last vear. ,.............. 665, 794 Stock at Liverpool. ......... i5o,oVo Stock at Liverpool same time last
 year ............ 846,0OO o1erh PritaJn Gn f" ' ..... .......... 12o,ooO Stock of American afloat for Great
 Britain same time last year....... 4S6ooo
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an advance of 4-6i January contracts here opened 5 points higher at 7.45. advanced to 7.54 and closed at 750. The port move ment was 29,OOO bales vs. 5S0O0 bales for the same date last year. Spot cotton was strong, 4c higher at 7%. The indications al the close were for higher market Mon- day.
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Chicago Ch rnae

Chicago, November 24-Wheat was de- pressed by the forced liquidation of De- cember today and slumped to the bottom mark or the present mark, closing ss6A under yesterday. Corn sold off with wheat and lower cables and final prices were 14@ 3s lower. Oats closed 14@ss under and pro- visions with little change.
 The leading futures ranged SIS follows II1:.L n.,rnl-tI C,lncirrr
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Articles Iopened Highest Lowest Closing

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, steady; No 33 spring wheat, 62@66; No. 2 red, 67@6S; No. corn. 332d32A; No. 2 oats, 231smA; No. white, 261ad26A; No. white, 25@26; No. 3 rye. 54@55; No. barley. 3Sq4S; timothy seed s2.s7k@2.4e; mess pork per Dbl, s775@9.60; lard, per 100 lbs, s4.so@s6o5 short rib sides Cloose), $4.S0a5.15; dry satled shoulders (boxedD 5as@5lS; short clear sides (boxed). s515m5. 20; whiskey, distfllers' hn- ished goods, per gallon, $l2SiS; sugars, cut loaf Unchanged: No. 9 yellow corn, 32A@ 321k; clover, $Z75@S.00.
 On the produce exchange today the but ter market was firm; creamery, 16@26; dairy. 14622; cheese, easy at 111ad12A; eggs easy fresh, 171s@18.
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Coffee.

New York, September 24.-Coffee options opened and closed 15 points lower. Total sales 33.750 bags, including December, $570 @575; January, $5.70@5.75; March. $5.SO@5.9o; May, $5.90aeO5; July, $6.0Od6.1O; August, $6.15; September $6.1566.25; October, s6.25@ 6.3O; spot coffee, Rio, easy; No. ' invoice, 61a; No. jobbing .63l mild, steady; Cor dova 6a4d11A.
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Dry Goods

New York, November A.-The sales of regular print cloths this week is likely to be about a half million pieces at Sc, this price being bid and declined at the close today. Irregular goods were in strong demand and tending upwards; no change in bleached cottons; prints stronger and higher prices probable in staple lines; ginghams strong. Linens scarce and in demand. prices ad- yancing. Burlaps firm without quotable change.
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Fruits and Produce Butter-Elgin, 25c; dairy, No. 1, 200: dairy No g. 15c country, 12hc; cooking, 15c Potatoes-Irish, 65670c. I,emons-Choice, @.25204.7s; fancy, $4.25. Poultry-Hens 25aI271bc; fries, 15022c; small, SAC; ducks, 20c; geese, 25c. Eggs, 1S620c per dozen. Tomatoes-s2 00d225 crate. Cabbage-2c per pound. Onions-11Rc pound.
 Apples, $3.25G3.50 per barrel.
 Iocai staple Grccerie, Flour-Best patent, a.S5; straight. $S.65; patents, $4.1O Coffee-Green, S@111sc; Arbuckle's pack ages, $11.30; Levering's packages, SIG. 80; Lyon's packages, $1O.S0.
 Lard-6lhc.
 Clear rib sides, 5%c.
 Molasses Centrifugal. i5@35r; sugar house, 20d35c.
 Rice-4G61sc. Corn Mixed, 4Sc; white, 49c. Pearl meal-SSc.
 Hay-Choice timothy, s16.5o; No. 1, s15. 5O; clover mixed. $14.50
 Oats-Mixed, 36c; white, 3Sc. Bran-Mixed, $1700; pure wheat, s1S00 Cotton seed meal-$19.50.
 Convicts for Hire Bids will be received by the Board of Revenue of Montgomery county until Mon day! November 27, 1899, for the hire of all persons sentenced to hard labor for the county during the year 1900. Contractor will be required to take all persons sentenc- ed regardless or age, sex or condition, and comply with all laws governing the con yict system. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids By order of the Board of Revenue.
 F e. A. ALLEN, Clerk, 11-12-to-27.
 Bulb planting time. Ask Godden's.
The age-herald., 1899-11-25

No. i from Macon, Columbus, Albany, etc., 7:45 p. m.
 No. 8 from Savannah. Macon. Columbus. etc., 1:35 p. m.
 Elegant through sieepers between Bir- mingham, Columbus. Macon and Savannah on Nos. and A.
 Connection at Savannah with superb freight and passenger steamers of the Ocean Steamship company from New York. Boston and the east. To Cuba and West Indies via Central Of Georgia railway. By taking the Central of Georgia railway. close connection is mada at Por. Tampa and Miami for Key West and Havana.
 For further information apply to SOLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent. JACK w. JOHNSON.
 Union Ticket Agent,
 Birmingham. Ala.
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Treasury Statement

Washington, November 24.-Today's state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance, S294,5ll,Ssi; gold reserve, $243 ,S9O 467.
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'.ailv Statement

Galyeston-Firm; middling, 5-16; sales, PAST; receipts, S.654; stock, 246,S96
 Mobie-Firm; middling, 7h; sales, Soo; re- cefpts, 263; stock, 37 ,o99.
 Savannah-Steady; middling, 7S-l6; sales' 355: receipts 4.1S3; stock, 152, ,497
 Charleston-Firm; middling, 71s; receipts, 3,OS7; stock, 3S,791
 wilmington-Steady; middling, "A; re- ceipts, 2.532: stock, 13,173
 Norfolk-Steady; middiing 73s; sales, S21' receipts 3,993; stock 41,435
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, fHs; re- ceipts, S,653 stock. 22O75.
 Boston-Quiet; middling, 79s; net receipts. 2S0 gross. 4,0S6.
 Philadelphia-Firm; middling, 8; receipts, 25; stock, S,352.
 St I,ouis-Firm; middling, 75-l6; sales, 100: receipts, 8,175 stock, 97,5S9.
 Memphis-Firm and higher; middling, lss; receipts. 4.S69; sales, 4,SOO; shipments, 3,o7S; ' stock 174,557.
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Cotton Letter

By Leased Wire to T. G. Hewlett, Agent.
 New York, November N.-Liverpool cot ton was very strong this morning, showing
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New Orleans Ootten Market

New Orleans, November A.-Cotton steady; sales. 5,400 Ordinary, 61s; good or dinary. 6sa; low middling, 7h; middling, 7ss; good middIing 9-16; middling fair, 7B. Re- ceipts, 7,541; stock, 333, ,S01.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, 2s3. .7s4: exports to Great Britain. 4.146; France, 24,406; Continent, 64S41; stock, l. 044,7S9.
 New Orleans, November A.-Cotton fu- -tures steady. November. 7.20 bid: Decem- Der. 7.2O@721; January. 7.22@7.23; February T. 7.2567.27; March, 7.2Sd7.29; April, 7.SOq7.S1; :; May, 7.31@7.SS; June, 7.3Sd7.S4; July, 7S4ap 7.S6: August, 7.19@7.21; September, 6S4@6.Sl; October 672@6.75.
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
The cattte Markets

e,bicago November 2-Cattle: No prime cattle on sale; others slow, at steady prices; choice feeders, firm; stockers, dull Good to choice. $5. .3Od7o0; poor to medium, A0o@ s52O; mixed stockers $S.0Od3.75; selected feeders $42064.75; good to choice cows, s35Od4 25; heifers, s3.25d46O; canners, sl.75@ 3OO bulls $2 25014.00; calves, $400@7.OO; fed Texas beef. s4.25615.00; grass Texas steers, s3:25GD4. %; western range beeves, $40Ono2o
 Hogs-Fairly active; average, shade low CT; fair clearance. Mixed and butchers, s3. .SofD4.DO; good to choice heavy, $3.S712@4.O0 rough heavy, S3. 75013S5; lights, $3.S0@3.9F1a; bulk of sales, s3.G1sI3.92
 Sheep-Market steady; good lambs, 1Oc higher; native wethers, $S60Q4.40; lambs s. .40d5.20.
 5000: Aberdeen Angus breeders are very much delighted with the success of the big sale at Dexter Park.
 Today's sales averaged very satisfactory.
 St. Louis, November 24.-Cattle receipts 1900, including 300 Texans. MarKet seeauy' native shipping and export steers, S4.WG6.35; dressed beef and butchers steers, $425@5.25 steers under 1000 pounds, $3S0m5.00; stock CTS and feeders, $2.50@445; cows. $S.0O@4.6o canners. s1.50G2S5; bulls, $2.60d365; Texas and Indian steers, $3.9O@4.50; cows and heifers, $2. 40@3.5O.
 Hogs-Re ceipts, 7500; market steady to a shade lower; pigs and lights, $3.S0439O; packers, $3.S513.95; butchers, sS.956f4.0o.
 Sheep-Receipts, 100; market steady; na- tive muttons, s3.25@4.25; lambs, S4.OOq500; stockers, $1.65d265 bucks, $2.254250 Tafbott a& Paianer's Grain Letter
 Ry Private Wire from Ware & Leland.
 Chicago November 24-Wheat-Liverpoo closed Ad lower, London. 1sd lower North western cars, TAO; last week, BOP; last year, 1.553 New York reports eighteen loads of wheat for export. The visible supply is ex- pected to increase around 1,5OO,OOO Monday. The wheat market was dominated by the same influences that have ruled for the past few days, but of course as the end of the month draws near, and the necessity of selling the December wheat or changing it over to May becomes necessary it intensi- fies the liquida ting feature, which Is respon- stble for the decline suffered today. There is nothing in the situation to check the tendency as the accumulation of stocks keep LID and the foreigners are only making trifiing new purchases. The holiday to- morrow was responsible for a little of the pressure.
 Corn-I.iverpeol closed ss lower. Chicago received 1SO cars and 190 were expected, and there were 275 estimated for tomorrow. New York reported twenty-five loads taken for export. There was some pressure on the market at the opening, both from profit takers and those bearishly inclined After that selling was over, the market was dull and firm without much further change. There was some selling by people who might be looking for some increase in the movement, but we get nothing tangible from the west of any increase. . Flower bulbs cheap. Godden's.
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SOME SPIRIT IN
 COTTON MARKET Closed With Net Gain of 7 to
 10 Points. BULLS WERE AGGRESSIVE Notwithstanding the Fact That Profit Taking Caused Some Flurries of Reaction the Market Held
 Firm All During the Day
BULLS WERE AGGRESSIVE

New York, November 24-There was no lack of spirit in operations the cotton exchange today and as compared with the recent comparatively narrow prices, specu- lations during the days session were of sufficient scope to satisfy the most exaeting operator. Following a sudden and some what unexpected uplift in the Liverpool market the opening here was firm with prices 2a3 points higher Not content with this rise, the bull faction immediately sought to rout their opponents and as- gressively purchased the general list. Stop orders in short circles were soon reached and feverish scramble to cover was soon in progress Before the advance had culml- mated in strength the prices had touched a level 12Gl14 points above the close of yes terday. Notwithstanding that profit-taking later caused flurries of reaction, the mar ket held generally firm all day with shorts at no time in comfortable position. LiF- erpool and the continent sent good buying orders; the south and northern spnners purchased the January, March and May positions. The bear element was made doubly nervous by fears that LiVerpool might advance during our holiday tomor- row. Wall street took profits on the morn ing advance, but much of this cotton was repurchased late in the afternoon, In add- tion to the bullish cables, bulls were sup ported by advices from the south to the effect that spot prices were forging up- ward on good general demand by very light receipts strong statistical situation here, and abroad, and a report from Fall River that some 300 900 pieces extra had changed hands at full prices with the cloth mar ket strong and tending upward. The local market closed steady at net gain or to 10 points.
 New York, November 24.-Cotton, steady; middling, "A; net receipts, S3; gross, l,oSS, stock, 703 719; exports to Great Britain, 2oO. Total today: Net receipts, 3s,269 exports to Great Britain, Il ,635 continent, 4,ooo; stock, 10l4,7S9.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, LISA; Great Britain, Al JAG; France, A,4O6; continent, GA. .S41.
 Total since September l. Net receipts 2791, ,S31 Great Britain, 719,613; France, 2s6,- 650 continent, 762,T57.
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rYo 2 CRITICS Pullman S5eepiiig Cars Bir- ,,,ingham to Circnnai. and from BiJ1nng- ham to New York without change. Cafe d,rine car Attalla, Ala, to Radford, Va, and Cafe dining and observation car Chat tanooga to Cincinnati
 No. 1 carries Pullman Onion Sleeping Car r,hattanooga to Louisville and Pullman SIaaning Car Chattanooga to Cincinnati, al- so free Reclining Chair Car Chattanooga
 No Solid vestibuled Train has through Pullman Drawing Room sleepers Birning- ham to New Orleans and Birmingham to Shreveport.
 J. M. culp, Traffic Manager. Washington. D. c. o.., .,- C A Wickarsnam. Superintendent BIr- mingham
 e. A. Banscoter. A. c. F. A.. ChuttA-
 R. NJ. Ellis, T. P. A., Birmingham, Ala.
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No. 3S. "Washington and Southwestern Limited" solid vestibuled train Atlanta to Washington; Pullman sleeping car. Bir- mingham to New York; also Pullman H. brary observation car. Atlanta to New York, making close connection at Atlanta with through sleeper for Tampa, Fla.
 No. 36, "U. S. Fast Mail," carries Pull man sleeping cars, Birmingham to Jack sonvile. Fla, via Atlanta; also sleeper At lanta to New York.
 No. S7 carries Pullman sleeping car, Bir- mingham to Greenvilie, Miss
 T. M Cup Traffic Manager. Washington D. c.
 F. S. Cannon, Third vice-Presldent and General Manager, Washington. D. c.
 W. A. Turk. c. y. A.. Washington, D. 0.
 .. A Benscorer. A. G. F. A.. Chatta-
 C. E Jackson. T. F. A. Birmingham. Ala.
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By Private Wire to T. G. Hewlett. Agt.
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Southern Railway Co.,,
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The Great Highway of Travel NORTH. EAST, SOUTH AND WEST Schedule in effect Nov. 19, 1899.
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Flower bulbs cheap. Godden.s.
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Financial

New York, November 24.-Commercia! Ad.
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Bulb planting time. Ask Godden's.
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LOCAL MARKETS,
ooal Cotton Market

Local Cotton Market Good middhng, 7Ac. Middling, 7c. Strict low middling, 67sc. Low middling, GAG.
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Ala. Great Southern R. R..

shortest and quickest line to Cincinnati. I,ouisviii snd the North. also to Shreve- port, New Orleans ana all points south- weet.
 Schedule in effect Nov. 19, 1899
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-07
WHY YOUNG MEN FAIL.
Lack of Application to One Pursuit u
Cardinal Weakness.

Lack of Application to One Pursuit the
Cardinal Weakness.
Thomas b. Bryan, ex-President of
the Worlds Fair, lawyer, capitalist,
scholar and man of affairs and society,
has personal acquaintance peculiar
in its extent and nature. In Chicago,
his home city, Mr.. Bryan is known as
the friend of young men, and it is to
be doubted If any other man Of adj.
vauced years is in closer sympathetic
relations with a larger circle of young
men than Mr.. Bryan. He states his
view of the most general and potent
causes of failure on the part of the
young men of to-day as follows:
'Chief among the causes which
bring positive failure or u disappoint-
ing portion of half-success to thou
sands of honest strugglers is vacilla-
ton. The lack of an undertaking ap-
plication to one pursuit is cardinal
weakness in the younger generation
of toilers in almost every line of effort.
The young men who keep their eyes
fixed on definite goal, never yield.
ing an inch until their efforts are at.
tended with absolute success, are not
as common types as we might wish.
Indomitable will is a quality of char.
acter that the young man of to-day
may well afford to consider aud Guilt
vate.
''It is also my observation that uni.
form courtesy-kindness of disposi-
tion expressed in graciousness of con
duct--contributes, to larger degree
than is generally appreciated, to the
Advancement OF the young man who
fosters this trait. On the other hand,
surliness and even indifference mill
tate against the promotion of the one
who is so unfortunate as to allow
these repellaut forces to influence his
relations with others. Politeness is
so easy of requirement aud so profit.
ably entertained that L marvel its cul-
tivation receives so little serious at
tention. Certainly the failure rightly
to prize this clement of character
gives the key to many life failure.
''The disposition to look on work as
a task to be thrown of ut the earliest
possible moment is n too common
failing, and is the reverse of that stall
wart faithfulness which attracts the
attention and approval of employers
and gains promotion and Advancement
for those who thus identify them
selves with the interests of those
whom they serve. 1t is with the
young man as with the farmer: he best
succeeds who plows deepest. TO
scratch the surface of things lightly
is not enough to insure a bountiful
harvest. The crop of such a seeding
is failure. He who would win must
go deeper, must live more seriously
and with greater determination and
fixedness of purpose" = Saturday
Evening Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-07
The AntLRut Agitation in Brief.

1t is claimed that the improvement
of the roads in Allegheny County,
Penn, has increased the value OF farm
property about thirty-hve per cent.
Have you tried wide tires? The
wider the tires the lighter the draft.
Don't save the horses by walking. but
ride and let the wagon become tired.
In the fall the entire road should
be gone over to see that all cutters
and bridges are free, that the road
may not be washed out by winter
storms and spring rains.
The l.. A. W. is beginning to re-
ceive applications for membership
from automobilists, who are as much
interested in the cause of good roads
as the wheelmen and farmers.
The application to the road work OF
the business rules which govern every
progressive farmer in the conduct OF
his farm, with the work done under
the supervision of responsible man,
will accomplish wonders.
A distinguished Canadian civil en-.
gineer, attached to the Department OF
Agriculture OF Ontario, has calcu-
lated the direct financial loss daily in
Ontario from poor roads and he shows
that the province could afford to spend
$4,000 on every mile of public high
way,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-07

The increasing strength of the
movement for good roads is bringing
to light many forgotten facts, and it
is encouraging to find that roads need
not, perhaps, be quite so bad as they
are i'll most places, even under the
present inadequate and radically bad
methods that generally obtain 1t
appears that in some States, at least,
road officers can be held responsible,
and compelled to get the best results
that are possible under the law.
Judge Monks, of the Indiana Su-
preme Court, has given his opinion
that road supervisors can be com.
PEELED to keep the roads in their dis
tricts in good condition, and may be
fined for failure to do so; Judge
Woodward instructed the Luzerne
County (Penn.) Grand Jlry that it is
their duty to make return of roads
known to be bad, aud that the courts
will compel the supervisors to do their
part, and now Judge Wright, at the
opening of the session of the Supreme
Court at Rome, N. Y, calls the at
tention OF the Grand Jury to the road
question, and the duties of road com
missioners and pnthmasters.