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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

The Literature Committee of the Good
Templars have just issued a new book with
the above title, which should be in the hands
of every man and woman.
1t contains seven great speeches by Hon.
John B. Finch, made in Iowa, Kansas and
Wisconsin campaigns. Every argument of
the liquor dealers is taken up and answered.
A great speech by Hon. o. p. Mason, eX-
Chief Justice of Nebraska, care Liquor Deal
ers entitled to indemnity for property injur-
ed by Prohibition
A great speech by Hon. Albert Horton
Chief Justice of Kansas, "Loyalty to Law"
These speeches were made in the great bat
ties which have shaken the continent and
meet the real arguments of desperate traffic.
No such book was ever before offered the
workers. Every prohibitionist should get
one for himself and his neighbor.
In the great battle to be fought in the next
few years, every man should have these
facts.
The book is printed on fine paper, bound
in cloth, contains 800 pages, and a fine steel
engraving of Mr.. Finch. Price, one dollar
Send on your money, and if you are not
satisfied after examining book, money will
be Refunded.
Send all money by p. o. order, Draft, or
Registered letter, to
REV. A. J. JUTKINS,
Room S-No.S Washington St., Chicago, H.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
The Scott Law.

From Meigs County Bee.l
The repeal by the Scott liquor
bill Of the law of 1854, and the
Amendment thereto, which made
it unlawful to sell whisky to be
drank on or about the premises
where sold, and vesting city coun-
ellis with power to pass ordinances
to suspend the Sunday law, SO as to
allow the saloons to be open
and run on the Sabbath day,
was the work Of legislative con
troll regulated by whisky control :?
Be certain and get the right mean
ing of the expression of legislative
control, 1t means nothing more
or less than the rum-shops shall
control the Legislature on the IL
quor and Sunday question.
J. U. M.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

Do you know that the State of
Pennsylvania drinks up its entire
capital every ten years-actually
drinks up all its houses, farms and
property of all kinds every ten
y ears? Yes, says one, but don't
they also eat up and aoear out all its
capital in ten years? Yes, but
there is this difference-their eat
ing and wearing makes men but
their drinking makes DEVILS
Beecher.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
StarROute Luxury.

The expense Of the Government
in the Star Route cases up to the
present time is estimated at $780,
900. The special prosecutors get
$500 a day and $50 a day for their
expenses. The total cost is 81 900
a day exclusive of the cost of wit
nesses. Over 300 witnesses were
summoned by the prosecution, most
of them from west Of the Mississippi
pi, involving an outlay of nearly
$4,000.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

TIE WORLD MovEs.-Spurgeon's
sermon, preached to 5000 people,
sent by cable, published in Mon
days Commercial Gazette and read
by scores of thousands in America
the day following its delivery in
London
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

SMALL Pox IN MERCER.-An ex-
change says there are Sc cases of
small pox in Mercer county, and
Is persons have been exposed to
it. DIR. Gooch, who has these cases
in charge reports the disease 20 be
of the worst type.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
LANDS BOUGHT and SOLD ON
COMMISSION.
w. f. ATTKESSON.

Sale, number of desirable farms in
Jackson and adjoining counties. Also Tim
Der Lands, and Houses and Lots in the town
of Ravenswood. Several tracts of Land for
sale on the line of the o. r. R. r., and will
double in value in the next three years.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

AZ acres, lies on Sarvis Fork of Sand Creek
10 miles from RavenSwood, 20 acres cleared
young Orchard. Price $500, one-half cash
the balance on time.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
Proctor Knott for Governor.

Was it Proctor or Knott who was
nominated at Louisville, Ken
lucky, last Thursday, as the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor 1t
was both Proctor and Knott
was Proctor Knott.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

60 acres, miles from Ravenswood, front
So poles on the Ohio, 45 acres cleared; two
houses on the line of the o. r. R. R. Price
S2O.per acre, and half cash in hand, the bal
ance on time.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30


10 miles from Ravenswood, 20 acres cleared
young Orchard. Price $780, one-half cash.
the balance on time.
NO. 49,
100 acres, 9'miles from Ravenswood, on the
Pike from Ripley to Parkersburg, on the
left-hand fork of Sand Creek, 55 acres clear
ed, plank dwelling-house, good well of wa
ter, good out-buildingS, convenient to school,
A acres bottom, 30 acres in grass Price
81 800, one-third to be paid cash in hand, the
balance in two equal annual payments.
NO. Is.
1917 acres, % miles from Cottageville, 81
miles from the Ohio river, near the line of
the o. R. r. r., IS acres in grass, % acres in
meadow, 50 acres splendid Timber, Frame
Barn, two tenement houses, good out-build-
ings. Price, $500, one-third cash in hand
the balance on time.
NO. 20.
127 acres, on Turkey fork of Sandy, II miles
from Ravenswood, good limestone land, well
watered and we'll timbered is acres cleared.
Price $40 per acre, one-half to be paid in cash,
the balance in one and two years equal pay
mentS.
For information concerning these lands,
call on or address
II. HI. H. LEMLEY.
Ravenswood, w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
What Whisky Does.
from Meiggs County Bee. |

From Meggs County Bee.l
One John Hysell was employed
last Monday by Mr.. Schrader to
work in his garden. When his
work was done, Mr.. Schrader,
knowing that Hysell was in the
habit of spending all he made for
whisky, bought groceries to the
amount due him, and told him to
take them home to his family. In
stead of doing SO, he took the goods
to some dealer in drinks, and trad
ed them for whisky, his family at
the time without mouthful in the
house to eat, and had had nothing
for "a hours. Any one guilty of
furnishing such man with whisky
will steal, in fact is guilty Of this
offense by accepting the goods, and
should be punished to the full ex-
tent of the law. If we had the
name of the party, we would be
glad to give it to the public.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

The Convention June 20-21, at
Clarksburg is the most important
III Getting to be held in w. Va. this
year.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-13

system contemplated and now commenced,
cannot say. but II must be very large, running
into millions Of acres. Il b STATED that eight
millions Of acres are embraced IN this drninAgc
scheme. Most Of the aeitlers throughout that
region grow enough sugar<Ane to supply their
families with sugar and syrup. ThAt the cane
grows TO great perfection, and that Il needs no
replanting for eight or ten ysar3, b we'll known.
Another great advantage Is the aboence of frost
during winter, % that there b no need fof hurry
In working it up. II can grow all summer and
be worked al through the winter, which will
enable q factory to work double or treble the
amount Of cane which can be done in localities
where the manufacture b confined to the short
season between the ripening of the cane and its
injury from frost.
That the soil is productive Is shown By the
growths which spring up 90 the excasated
material on the bank. The superintendent
had portion Of II leveled and sown with
jute seed In a few weeks the jute plants were
SIX feet high, when the cattle found it 0ut and
statements - TO the vigorous growth.
Der of rabbits-swamp rabbits. which scamper
through the water when disturbed. These
animals are larger than our field rabbits, and
darker in color. We had one cooked, bat it
was not very desirable eating. On the pine
lands and dry ground deer are plenty. Wild
turkeys are also In abundance. As TO fish, all
the rivers and lakes are full of trout, % they
are locally called, but they are species of bass
They are easily captured. We caught ell we
needed. Some specimens weighed over ten
pounds but heavier fish than these are CON-
monty caught. They are very palatable
food"
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The Chicago Tribune is impressed with the
great importance of what it calls A New In
dustry," and says that the proceedings Of the
Jute State Convention, held at jackson, Miss.
on the 18th instant, have not received that de-
gree of public attention which their importance
deserves. II was their first step in what prom
ises TO be great Southern industry, that may in
time almost rival the kingly claims of cotton
A paper read before the convention by Mr.. c.
Menelas, prominent planter of Mississippi, and
the first to introduce jute culture in the United
States, conveys much interesting information
concerning it, and subsequently, led to practical
action by the convention looking to the extention
of the area of its cultivation.
Jute is an Indian plant, whose bark is very
fine, and is used for making wrapping and writ
ing paper, ropes, gunny cloth. bagging, mating
and carpets, and is also mixed with cotton, woolen
and even with silk goods In 1899 the produc-.
ton of jute in India reach 5000 600 bales of 400
pounds each. and the annual productive value
of the Industry is estimated at about 500 ,O00,-
600. AS to the imports of iute TO this country,
Mr. Menelas says:
The money value Of the imported raw and
be over $1O,OO0OO0 annually-an item very
large even for this great country, and which we
may easily save in few years if we only make
an intelligent effort to raise jute Our wants
for that article are enormous and yearly increas-
ing. We need it for our cotton crops of $780,
900 bales, this year, with prospects to reach 7000,
600 or 5000 900 bales of the next two or three
years. and every bale of cotton requires seven
yards of two to two and quarter pounds each
yard. We need it for our breadstuffs for ship
ment to Europe, and for innumerable ther pur-
poses as above stated.
Mr. Menelas, having made practical expert
ments in the jute culture;sis authorized to speak
as to the adaptabty of the South for the rails
ing of the plant. He says: "As 10 our soil
aad climate. Wr cenld ns,t esuiah Eir anviI.inx
Uetter, and my experiments OF the last
four years in raising jute enable me to
state in the most positive manner that
jute grows in the Southern States a. it
does in India, if not better" As to competition
with the cheap labor of India. that is already
settled in the affirmative by American ingenu-
iiy which has introduced and placed at the dis
posal of the jute industry decortcating ma
chine by the use of which he is confident that
not only will the South compete with India in
raising jute, but that it viii speedily raise all
that is needed for home consumption and be
able TO export a better quality of it than raised
in India.
Mr. Menelas also laid before the convention
detail statement OF the method of preparing the
soil, planting, harvesting and decorticating, and
the yield per acre, which he estimates at from
800 to 20O0 pounds at the start, yielding $75
to 800. which Is considered good result, as
fho ont1irr. laoau ynFk hal nd Cou
be turned into money in four months AS to
the cost Of production, he estimates that II can
be made ready for the marke, at two cents per
pound.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-13

be considered and constn I % be an acknowl-
edgment Of The due sxecu "a accordinx 10 Tie
import ol the language of me dced.
When biil b fiIed 70 reform deed or per
1ect title, it being alled that there are imper-
ieciiens in the deed Mhiak reader the title preca-
are not material. but that 4 conveys good title
In law, the bill Is demnrrAble for want Of equity
and should be dismissed
John w. Price, Zoe Appellants; 81. Clair
Abrams & Sumnerlin. fof Appellee.
David Petty, Appellant ~ George Il. Mays
and o,hers, Exccuio1s, &c, of Richard Jones,
deceased, Appellee Appeal from Judgment
off, F. Fleming, Referee, Duval county.
RANDALL, G. j.:
l. When court of eqnity having Jurisdiction
of parties, and Of the subject matter In suit to
foreclese q mortgage directs by it's decree that
the master make sale Of the property and on
such sale to execute and deliver deed 70 the
purchaser and that upon the delivery Of the con-
veyance the purchaser be let into the possession
Of the premises, the record Of the decree and
the deed constitute evidence Of title Ia the
purchaser, in an action Of ejectmsnt against q
third person not party 70 the foreclosure suit
2. The masters deed in such case is evidence
without showing confirmation of the masters
report of sale.
3. Certain tax deeds copied by the clesk and
annexed to the record in sa ejectmcni s.lll SI3sl
before referee, but which deeds are not identi-
fed by the referee in his record, or by q bill of
exceptions as the papers offered IN the evidence
and rejected cannot be considered upon appeal
Nor can the refusal of the referee to permit a
witness to testify as to the location and identity
of the land described in the tax deeds be re-
viewed, because the deeds are not in the record,
and this court cannot determine that the testi-
mony offered was necessary or proper.
A. tax sale at which the owner of the land
or another person, at the request Of the owner,
whose duty it was to pay the taxes. bids in the
property and afterwards obtains tax deed under
such sale, amounts only to the payment aud sat
isfaction of the tax, and confers no new title
upon such purchaser
g. Immaterial testimony Improperly admitted
by referee at the trial, aud not affecting the
judgment, is not good ground for granting a new
rial.
g. In ejectment in this State the plea of not
guilty puts in issue the legal title, and an in
choate or equitable right which might he avsila-
bic in equity cannot avail the defendant as
against the legal title.
z. The possession Of land by one who holds
under an oral agreement with the owner TO pur-
chase, cannot be an adverse possession as against
the owner of the legal title or his mortgage.
Judgment affirmed.
G. z. & j. @. Cooper, for Appellant; J. E.
Hartridge and M. G. Jordan, for Appellees.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-13

The machine has at last been invented to rem
der the iute fibre merchantable ct lew cost OF
manipulation. as has been, proved by sufficient
experimental test. The inventor is Franz Luft,
German mechanic Of New Orleans, and the
1imes- Democrat makes such statement of thesuc-
cessfdl opera ton Of the new machine as leaves
no doubt OF its efficiency, for il cleans the fibre
perfectly and with great rapidity. 1t was man.
ufactured IN New Orleans at the foundry of
Lewis johnson, and we presume that the In
ventor is entitled to the prize Of 5000 which
has been sometime offered for q machine which
would accomplish what it certainly does. We
extract from the report Of 1Smes- Democrat
The machine is very simply. and can be very
cheaply, though durably constructed, and the
gentlemen interested are perfectinK arrangements
to enable planters to conveniently procure ma
chimes in order that they may prepare their fihre
for market the same - cotton and ether South
ern staple2
The machine consists Of large iron drum CYL
inder, feet long and 5 feet in diameter. covered
with galvanized iron. and supported by large
and strong wooden frame Extending the length
of the cylinder, on the outside are 4 removable
slaves Of long steel teeth, three rows on each
stave. On the front Of the frame, near the bot
tom, are two steal fsed bars exteadine the length
OF the frame. with . wcdge-shAped opening. one
inch in width at the feed end and one and . half
ct the other. In front Of The machine, eleyated
. few feet from the ground. ID . platform capable
Of holding 10 men. The jute stalks are drst pre-
crushed and taken By the ten men 70 the
cleaner, each In suCce6siOn clipping the crushed
stalks through the feed end AZ ihe ope1ing be-
tween the feod bsm and pulling them along TO the
other end where, Ii the iWlpkline of m eye, the
GbFe = palled ont pcrlectIy eleAn During this
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EGYPT.

CAIRo, Dec. 1.-Two men who left Flo
beid between the 18th and 18th of Novem-
Der arrived at Khartoum yesterday. They
say they saw Ell Mahai march out to meet
the Egyptians before the recent battle, and
afterwards saw him return to Elobeid with
guns, rifles, large stores of ammunition
and train Of camels belonging to the
Egg ptians, which had boon abandoned in
the entrenched positions owing to the
scarcity of water. They report that the
E Egyptian army had been COM
pletely annihilated after two
days fighting. No prisoners
were brought into Elobeid. 1t is reported
a rising has occurred in Darfour, and that
Stettin Bey, governor of the province, a
native of Austria, had been attacked and
wounded. 1t is also reported there has
been rising of the Bedouins in the yicin-
ity of Kasala, in Nubia.
PARIS, Dec. 2.-The Plays referring to
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