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What Sugar Costs.

Sugar, Tea and Coffee cost thts
country more than all other imports
put together. The commissioner Of
Agriculture says, that since the dis.
covery Of gold in California there has
been mined sl,700,OOo,0OO of gold,
and within the same time we have
paid out the sum of s1,SO0,OO0,O0O,
for imported sugars. There is some.
thing wonderful in these figures, that
the mere article of foreign sugar
should cost more than all our gold
mines can produce. The commits.
sioner is engaged in a persistent
effort to make sugar out of beets and
from sorghum. The beet culture he
thinks will not amount to much in
our country, but is sanguine of en-
tire success with sorghum. The
grow tn OF this plant has increased
wonderfully since its first introduce
ton in the early days of the war.
Then it was raised as a sort Of curl.
osity, now almost every farm has its
patch of sorghum. An effort is be.
ing made by the commissioner to
promote Tea calture also in this
country, and with fair hopes of sue.
cess. The commissioner has two
hundred acres under cultivation in
South cRrolina If we could raise
Tea and Sugar enough to use, we
could keep our gold Mt home, and
when VIC keep our gold at home, We
can soon pay oH The National debt.
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The University of West Virginia

The Board of Regents met at Vince
ling on Monday. The Board read
and accepted the designations of
President j. R. Thompson and Vice
President +. S. Lyon. Hon. H. S.
Walker then offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
The Board has received the an
nouncement of the resignation of the
Rev. J, R. Thompson, President of
the University of West Virginia, In
giving a reluctant assent to the
severance Of his relations with them,
the Regents desire to testify to their
appreciation of the services which
has marked his administration. In
his personal and official character he
has les. upon the University, its pu-
pills ana ratrons noble and lasting
impress. His eminent abilities, his
thorough culture, his coaseless ener-
gy, his patient devotion totha objects
Of his care and his pure Christian
life and example have contributed
largely to the progress of the Univer-
sity during his connection Herewith
and now give assurance to the hope
that his future career may be attend
ed by happiness and distinction.
Prof. D. B. Purinton was elected
Vice Presidentand will also discharge
the duties of President until the reg.
ular meeting of the board in June
next, when they will elect a Presi-
dent.
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Democracy WillTriulnph.


Views Of Samuel T, Cary since the
elections:
"Thc Democratic party will never
die or surrender as long as there is a
free Government on the face Of the
earth, or the hope of securing one.
1t is the party of the people; its in
stincts and sympathies are with the
toiling masses who are struggling to
better their condition. When they
who assume its leadership shall quit
counting the favor of overgrown
wealth, of corporations and monopo.
lies, and will in good faith, honestly,
earnestly espouse the cause of the
people, it will be successful. Until
this is its policy and line of conduct
there is no necessity, of its accession
to power. "Whom the Lord loveth,
he chasteneth, and scourgeth every
son whom he receiveth." The party
is duly being chastencd and scoUrged
that it may be better prepared for
its holy mission in the future. The
corrupt Republican party will now
have control of all the departments
of the Government, and it is q prob
lem yet to be solved whether it will
have its chains fastened upon the
limbs of the people that they cannot
be broken. The means, agencies
and instrumentalities employed to
elect Garfield cannot be repeated
without peril to those business men
who have been so generous in their
efforts, so inscriptions in their in
Limitations, so prodigal in their
money. The Republican party can,
not pursue its settled policy for four
years without arousing betrayed
people and invoking upon their be-
trayers rctributive justice. The
Democratic party will not only sur
vive defeat, but it's future will be
more patriotic, and it will write a
nobler chapter Of our country's his.
tory than has ever yet been written
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Criminal Law.

The Legislature has under consid.
Grafton a bill to allow criminals to
give evidence in their own behalf,
and failure to testify shall notcreate
any presumption Of guilt against
them. This bill was introduced early
in the session, has passed the Senate,
and will doubtless in few days be act
ed upon by the lower House. Itisan
interesting subject, one which has
engaged the attention Of every Leg.
islature for years, and we must say
has been steadily growing in favor.
The advocates Of this innovation on
the practice in this State contend
that such law is demanded by the
highest considerations of justice to
the accused, that there is no consis.
tency in allowing individuals 10 tes
tify in their own behalf in civil
cases, and deny them this privilege
where life, reputation Of families, and
all that tends TO make life at all
desirable are involved, and that cases
may arise in which all the facts of u
case can be arrived at in no other
way. On the other hand the argu-
nent against such a law is that in
most cases the accused in his desire
to escape the penalty Of the law, and
reap the benefits of an acquittal
would be guilty of perjury before
God and man, that it would also be
a measure Of doubtful benefit to the
accused, as in the hands of ingenious
lawyers, he might make some state
ment tending TO criminate himself,
that the law now affords ample pro
lection to the prisoner by giving him
the benefit Of every reasonable doubt.
In the opinion OF those entertaining
this latter view Of the subject the
very language of the law itself casts
strong suspicion upon the reliability
of such evidence when failure to
testify shall not create any presump.
ton of guilt against the accused,
therefore they are not willing to con-
cede that the enactment of such a law
isimperatively demanded for the bet
ter protection of innocent parties.
Yet, whilethis is true, the seemingly
successful operation of the law in 9th.
erStates has had the effect ofremoving
much of the prejudice heretofore ex
listing in the minds Of our people, and
there seems now to be very general
willingness TO give tho law trial,
and especially is this true among the
legal fraternity who are more familiar
with the effects Of this practice in
other Statns
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Wool Growers in Council.

WASHINGTON, January 15-An adj
journed meeting Of the convention
of wool growers and manufactures of
the United States took place here
to-day. Wool growers present rep.
resented hocks aggregaCing 31,50S
sheep valued at $751;, $40. A number
of interesting papers were read upon
sheep culture. Mr.. Kellar, of Aus
tralia, an extensive sheep grower,
stated that one of the most odious at
its inception, and afterwards one of
the most popular measures ever en-.
forced By the government, was the
establishment Of Il commission to Sc.
cure the qualification Of infectious
diseases amGng domesticated animals.
Mr.. Kellar has visited the United
States for the purpose OF locating an
extensive rancho here and import
ing his sheep and shepherds from
Australia, believing wool can be
grown as cheaply here, with added
advantage Of Il much better market.
Jno. L. Hayes, President of the Ma
tional Association of Wooden Manu-
facturers, read a paper upon products
required by looms aud the best modes
Of producing them in the United
States. He attributed the falling off
IN the production of fine woods to the
fact that manufacturers will not pay
nigh price. Tor fine woods. becausc
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Western Cattle.

From a Western paper we see that
thousands of cattle are dying upon
ths Western plains from starvation;
the snow is so deep they cannot reach
the Wild grass. Qrd1narily'the, est
ern cattle men have iargely the ad'
vantage over those engaged in the
same business in the Eastern States.
In the West graziers buy no land,
payne taxes, build no fences and
hire no hands to put away q store Of
feed for winter; all of this outlay and
expense is incurred by our farmers.
While it costs but four or five dollars
out West to raise a three ear-old
steer, it costs five or six dollars TO
ge. one Of ours through one winter.
The losses from want Of food in such
a season as the present, however, will
go far towards equaliaing the two
sections. With the rapid increase of
population from fifty millions of our
own people and the wonderful immi-
grafton, this free grazing winter and
summer will soon be hampered by
actual settlers.
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United States MnrsI,nll.

Mr. George W. Atkinson has been
appointed U. S, Marshall for West
Virginia. He is a man of intelli.
gence and general information, and
we have every reason 10 believe will
administer the Office with ability and
fairness. With General Golf in the
Cabinet, Atkinson as Marshall, and
Menager as U. s, District Attorney,
we would have an infusion of young
blood into Federal positions that
would do no discredit to the Rcpubli.
can party Of this State
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Father Edward Purcell, Chancellor
of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese,
died at Tersuline Convent, in Brown
county, Ohio, on Thursday the goth.
He was the financial agent of the
Archbishop in his investments, the
unfortunatclresult of which it is sup
posed hastonedhis death. The Arch
bishop himself is now almost in de.
mcnlcd condition,
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State of West Virginia, Mason County, So.
A TRules held in the Clerks Office of the
~ Circuit Court Of Mason County on tho
last Monday in the month OF January, 1881.
F. NJ. Harrison, Plaintiff,
Rebccca Harrison, Defendant,

-, III VInIVVIy.
The object OF the above entitled suit Is 10
obtain divorce from the Bonds Of Matri-
mony in favor OF the said +. NJ. Harrison,
against the said Rebecca Harrison, and it
appearing by affidavit filed in the papers
OF this cause that the Defendant Rebecca
Harrison is n non resident OF thisState. 1t
is ordered that she do appear here at Rules
to be held in the Clerks office Of the Cir
cult Courtot said county, on the first Mon
day in the month Of March next, and do
what is necessary to protect her interest
in this suit. Teste.
CIIAS b. WAGGENER, Clerk.
Hoge & Menager and Hogg, Soils.
feb. 2-tw.
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Legal Advortia ements.


sI0J'RSU \ NJ to the terms and provisions,
j OF q decreetal order OF tile Circuit
Court 81 Mason county, West Virginia.
rendered at the 0ctobertcrn 1850, OF said
court, in the consolidated suits therein
pending, IN which Francis Stevens who
sues by hernext friend James Il, Clenilin.
.en, Is plaintiff, and Hannibal Stevens and
others defendant, and Fannie Stevens.
anu others who sue by their next friend
Mary Stevens, aud Mary stevens in. her.
own fright aud George Elidley administra-
Tor de bonus non Of the estate OF John B.
Stevens deceased, are plaintiffs, and John
Y. Henderson and others are defendants,
the undersigned special commissioner ap.
pointed by said decree for that purpose.
will on the 34th day OF February,
1851, ut the front doorOft the Court House
OF said Mason county, offer for sale atpub.
lie auction 10 the highest bidder, q certain
tract OF land containing about $50 acres.
situate in Clendinen District in said county,
on Grab Creek about two miles from the
Ohio river more particularly described in
SAID causes as Lot No. OF tract 81 assign
cd as dover to Mary Stevens. Said tract
OF land to be sold subject to the said life
estate Of the said Mary Stevens therein; the
land is oil excellent quality and well i'm
proved.
TERMS OF SALE:
one-third ofthe purchase money cash in
hand, and the residue upon credit OF
twelve and eighteen months, taking bond
with good security for the deferred install.
ments bearing interest from day OF sale,
and retaining the title to the land as
further security
w. r. GUM,
fcb2-4w. Special Commissioner.
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four years Travelled through the State.
He has been nearly aifoyert the State,
and speaks in seven different Ian
gnages andscan read and write Eve.
and is willing to gpbefore The Com
mitiee on Emigration aud explain
ttothem any point in regard 60 tie
above plan and any other qiestion.
in regard to emigration.
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FmlnI gr,ttlon 10 Wesl Virginia..

+GAAh7AAApSA AZ W S9t v . AAsSs
The Ohio State Journal calls the
attention of the young farmers of
Ohio who are inclined to emigrate,
to the Inducements and advantages
offered, by the Slate Of West Virgin
ia. s
There is some drawbacks to West
Virginia which it specifies. One is
the lack Of a dog law for the protec.
ton of sheep. On this point it re,
marks as follows:
"West Virginia opinion should he
wrought up to the point of passing
and enforcing a stringent dog law
Sheep husbandry ought to be one of
the principal industries of such a
State as West Virginia. We know
of some instances in which Ohio
farmers decline to settle in West
Virginia, and engage in. wool grow
ing, because of the liability of hay-
ing their hocks destroyed by worth.
less dogs, too often owned by equally
worthless people. The dog nuisance
i bad enough III Ol.io, where we
have stringent dog law, pretty
well executed. Bat in West Virgin
ia, except in u few of the more den.
sely populated counties, tho wool.
grower is compelled to be on the
alert day and nj ght in order to pro.
tect his lambs and sheep from drpre-
dating dogs, foxes, wildcats and other
vermin. Wild animals caa be ex.
terminated or will retire before the
advance of civilization; but dogs will
multiply as fast as sheep unless their
propagation be checked by law and
sound public opinion.
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PoINr PLEASANT. Jannary 25th.

M, Editor Give this space for the
benefit of others; | believe in pursu-
ing the bridge that carries you over
safe. Two winters ago got my feet
badly froze while at Gallipolis, re-
pairing the wharfboat there, ] had to
get something for them, so / tried
Thompson's Rheumatic War Iini.
ment, in less than two weeks they
were well. The Liniment alsocurinc
my corns that had been bothersoms
for years. | still keep it in the house
aud use it as Il generahiniment, and
find it ahead oS all others | ever
Lricd. rERRN VI. KEnMnnn.
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commissioners Sale OF Valuable
Real Estate,

THE undersigned Special Commission.
L ers by virtue Of n decree made by tho
County Court OF Mason county, West vir-
ginia, on the 2lst day OF May, 1880, in the
chancery cause Of Samuel Casio and others,
against Margaret Kintzel and others, will
sell by way Of public auction TO the highest
bidder, at the front door Of the Court
House OF Mason county in said State, on
the I2tli day of February, 1881, the
following described real estate. A tract OF
29B acres, situate in said county, in the
district of Cologne, upon which there Is
about 20 acres cleared and in high state
OF cultivation, there being on said land
good dwelling house, barn and other suit
able buildings for farmers use, andupon
the following TERMS, to-wt:
Cash as to one-third OF the purchase
money, the balance on credit of six and
twelve months, the purchaser giving bond
with good security, and the Commission
ers' retaining the legal title us furtherse-
cnrity.
The abovesale viii be made subject to
the. widows dover right, in sNid land
which has already been allotted to her by
proper mctes and bonds.
CHAS, II. H00G and
HENRY j. FISHER, JR.,
jan.l2- Special Commissioners.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Coming Pageant-Cheap
BOARD in Washingt0n-Sug-
gesfiOns 20 Visitors.
L'From 0ur ReauIar Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 90, 1881.
Preparations for the inaugural tctc
on the fourth of March are fast ap.
preaching completion, and its spec.
t2cular and festive features have
been fully arranged. An unusually
large number Of visitors is expected
at the Capitol, bent, not only on
witnessing the inaugural ceremonies,
but also on seeing the city, its ami.
mate and inanimate lions and lion.
esses.
1t may be of interest to some Of
your readers to know about hotel and
boarding. house Accommodations in
Washington, and l will write briefly
on this subject, in their interest-the
READERS, not the hotels and boarding
houses Comfortable and respectable
board. and lodging can be had here
for 81 per day, at various board.
ling houses and at some few hotels
The hotels that furnish board and
lodging at 81 per day are, of course,
not such as are called first class,
but, for those who are COMPEL.
ed to economic, q comfortable bed
and wholesome food can be had for
that price. No city, of its popula-
ton, has so many and such good
boarding houses as Washington. A
large majority of the government
employees live in boarding houses,
ana many Of them have rooms, which
can be secured for a short time, by
transient visitors, at a price of not
more than one dollar per day, for bed
and board. 1t will be impossible, in
the space of this letter, to give the
exact location of these places, and,
for those who desire 10 come to the
city, and yet feel it necessary to
practice economy, it will be well to
write to some friend or acquaintance,
who will meet them at the station,
and direct them to such places as are
well known to every resident of
Washington. 1t will be difficult to
procure cheap accommodation long
in advance, for the reason that, those
who have furnished rooms to let are
anxious to rent them for = longer
time than they will be wanted by
transient visitors, and will not be
willing to risk the possible loss of
rental for longer period by pre.en-
gaging them for the brief interval of
the inauguration. If the weather
shall be fine, the number of visitors
will doubtless be large, but l under
stand that the military organizations
which, it is said, will aggregate 25,-
600 men, will 60 into temporary en-.
campment, and will not trench upon
the quarters Of civilians, and, I have
no doubt, there will be ample accom-
mediation for all who will come.
Washington hotels arc numerous
and good, and those who are able to
pay higher prices will doubtless go
to them.
There seems to be a lull in Cabi-
net prognostication. We are so close
upon the time of accurate knowledge
that political prophets are not so
much disposed TO risk their gucsses
as they were a month ago. II is SAID
that Mr.. Garfield will come 10 the
city week after next, and then,
doubtless, there will be boisterous
revival of policical gossip,
G. AS.
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The Business of.Llfe.

It istbe aim ofeyery man in this
life tomake. money and to make i.
easily, and quickly. The Mechanic
bripgsinto requsition all the latest
inventions to aid his skill, the pro-
Tessiorii man adopts the newest
theories andsoon the day labor brings
to aid advantages that will enable
.him TODD days work in less than a
days time.- The.frst idea is to make
honey, and the next to make it
quickly. So long as this desire is
based upon labor, or productiyeness
and integrity, the country is the
better for ii. But there is large
element in this country that IN seek.
ing to.make money, simply by buy
ing an imaginary thing at certain
price and hoping TO geta greater price
the next day or next week. Men
grow wild and frantic, and strain
themselves beyond endurance in this
effort to buy low and sell high. But
this is all wasted energy, utterly I'M
productive and ruinous to real bus
ineas. In the great comm srcial
cities Of this codntry, millions Of
bushels Of wheat are bought and sold
that are never sowed or reaped;
thousands of hogs drop under the
auctioneers hammer that are never
raised or slaughtered, and SO with
every product and interest in the
country. This speculative gambling
was never so wild as at present. In
New York it is said the whole city
is crazy with this kind Of excitement,
betting from one dollar up to millions
on telegraph wires, railroads, mining
stocks or products Of the soil. Some
few are successful and get enormous
ly rich, but by far the greater num-
Der loose at the game and get
wretchedly poor While for some
few shrowd and lucky men there may
be q shorter, quicker way, for the
masses of the people there is no other
or better way to make money than
in actual productive business, and
an economical living.
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Unenuai Tazatiosl.

In some parts of He State Of West
y; ,,,;n;a leba cas,,,la,nts asa .,ns,,s
-, 4 x -
Ap9as u''elvAi sAAa'isn, vnssos Wy
exchanges, touching upon this mat
ter say:
erbe attention II lie I.ecisiatore
Is called Is thesini0st cliiiinat ION
ii taxes IN this State There re
many tracts Known aud issesse,I x
tsNild land. which nay 40 laxes
onipasatiselv. These tlacss are
'held'by spectators aud are II no nse,
tcthe State. Anan maynwn d farm
of i few acres ia 4 high state oicnltis
walton and he is obliged 10 pay %
onerous TAX thereon, Nliilelais Neigh
Dor with a large tract pays scarcely
no lax al all This IS i saddiscrini.
nation in favor 81 the rich man
Hereis anothsrand = worse one:
Theiarge tracts cannot be sold for
taxes under FIVE years, while the poor
man farm, perhaps bought Oh this
same tract can be sold In one year.
Here is a Discrimination far worse
than any othofand can be construed
an noother way than as 2 fine placed
upon enterprises q deternent on
~ fahN ~ ~ awaN -
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ATTENTION FTDUCTARIES,

HAVING been appointed by the County
Ii Court ofMason county, West Virginia,
on the 9Th day Of January, 1881, their sOtS
Commissioner to settle with Fiduciaries
al Administrators, Executors, Curators
and Guardians, will govern themselves
accordingly, as lam the only legally consti-
tuted authority before whom they can
make their settlements.
JNO. F. TIMMS,
Com'r Fiduciaries OF Mason Co. Court.
ian.l2-tf
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State Of West Virginia, Mason County, IS:
4 i Rules held in the Clerk Office OF tho
II Circuit Court Of Mason County, on the
last Monday in the month Of January, 1881.
Jermiah Iauger, who seus for tho use Of
W. II. Tomlinson and D. W. Polsley,
Plaintiff,
Jacob Plants, Leonard Plants and George
Daugherty, trustee, George w. Pulin
and G. B, Waggener trustee and W.
IL. Tomlinson, Defendants,
In Chancery.
The object OF this suit is to enforce
judgment lien in favor Of the Plaintiff
against the Defendant Jacob Plants, and to
subject the land OF said Defendant Jacob
Plants, to the payment Of said judgment,
and other liens thereon, and it appearing
by the returns of the sheriff that the De-
PENDANT, Leonard Plants is non resident,
il is ordered that he do appear here NJ
Rules to be held in the Clerks office OF the
Circuit Court OF said county on the first
Monday in the month OF March next, and
do what is necessary to protect his interest
in this suit. TcSte:
CHAS. B. WAGGENER, Clerk.
Tomlinson & Posley, Soils.
feb, 2-4w.