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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11
THOSE GOLD BEARING SPRINGS.
Mark Twain Tells What Ho Knows
About Them.

MIR. Mark Twain writes as follows to
the editor ofthe EveMne Pest: al have
just seen your dispatch from San Fran
cisco in Saturdays EUcning Past, about
"Gold in Solution" in the Calistoga
Springs, and about the proprietor hav-
ing Extracted $1,000 in gold of the
utmost fincncss from ten barrels OF the
water" during, the past fortnight by a
process knowff nniy 70 himself. 1hie
will surprise many Of your readers, but
II does not surprise me, for ! once owned
those springs myself. What does sur
prise me, however, is the falling off in
the richness Of the water. In my time
the yield was 81 dipperfull. do not
say this to injure the property in case a
sale is contemplated. am only saying
ii in the interest Of history. II may be
that this proprietor's process may be an
inferior one-yes, that may be the fault.
Mine was to take my uncle-I had an
extra uncle at that time, on account of
his parents dying and leaving him on
my hands-and fill up, and let him stand
fifteen minutes to give the water chance
TO settle we'll, then insert him in an ex-
hausted receiver, which had the effect
of sucking the gold out of his pores.
have taken more than $1,000 out Of
that old man in day and half. I
should have held on to those springs
but for the badness OF the roads and the
difficulty in getting the gold to market.
| consider that gold-yielding water in
many respects remarkable, and yet more
remarkable than the gold-bearing air of
Catgut Canon, up there toward the head
of the aurifcrous range. The air-or
this wind, for it is a kind of trade
wind which blows steadily down through
600 miles of rich quartz cropping dur
ing an hour and quarter every day,
except Sundays heavily charged with
equisitcly fine and impalpable gold.-
Nothing precipitates and solidifies this
gold SO readily as contact with human
flesh heated by passion. The time that
VIM. Abrahams was disappointed in love
he used to step out doors when that
wind was blowing, and come in again
and begin to sigh, and his brother, An
dover l., would extract over a dollar
and half out of every sigh he sighed
right along. And the time that John
HARRISON and Aleck Norton quarreled
about Harbison'sdog, they stood swear
ing at each other all they knew how
and what they didn't know about swear
ing they couldn't learn from you and
me, not by good dea,-and at the end
OF every two or three minutes they had
tn stop and make dividend il they
didn'r their jaws would clog up SO that
they couldn't get the big nine-syllabled
ones out at all I; and when the wind was
done blowing they cleaned up just
little over 81 600 apiece. know these
facts 10 be absolutely true, because got
them from a man whose mother knew
personally. | do not suppose a person
could buy water privilege at Calistoga
now at any price; but several good To-
cations along the course Of the Catgut
Canon Gnld-hearing Trade wind are
for sale. They are going to be stocked
for the New York market. They will
sell. too; the people will swarm for
them as thick as Hancock veterans-in
the South"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11
For the "Union."
FORGOTTEN FRIENDS.
ny BESSIE ALLEN.

You say that tho dead arc forgotten
In very little while;
That our hearts soon regain their lightncss
4 And our lips their wontsd smile.
True, We on times may seem fOrgetfui,
Careless, and happy, and gay,
lnt whether there's Joy ut heart or not,
'Tis only We who can say.
For words and actions on Danish thought,
And . smile drives away tear,
Ad Ne .npe knows II The struggle within.
fc1 there's none 70 see or hear.
Thsrd would be many fond hearts sadden
And many tear be shed,
Did e think that friends would not cherish
Our mem'ries when We are dead.
Then say not that friends are forgotten
After they are laid TO rest;
For such thought would bring fresh sorrow
To many throbbing breast.
lRLiSeroS, MD., Dec. s, 1850.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11
SPENCER r. BAIRD.

nc fTOIeSSOT is tremendous WOrker.
Probably no man in Washington works
harder. He keeps two or three steno-
graphers, and for four hours in the
morning he dictates reports, letters, in
structions, and scientific articles. His
correspondence is very large. The In
stitution has its agents in every part Of
the world, and the foreign correspond
ence is very heavy. The work Of the
Professor can be done by nobody else.
Professor Baird's hobby, next to fish
and birds, is electric bells and burglar
alarms. His house is strung full of
wires and batteries. Every window
and every door in the house has its
special wire and burglar alarm, and it
is said that one cannot move about the
house without setting a dozen bells a
ringing.
The building for the new National
Museum, an immense structure, cover
ing over two and n half acres Of land, !,
now being built in the grounds Of the
Institution. is undeEthe supervision of
'rruressor 1nrd, Gehefafs fsoiies anu
Peter Parker, but it is easily to be seen
that Professor Baird is having his own
way in the premises, for the wires are
going in by the hundreds in every part
of the great structure. There are to be
over hundred rooms for experiments
and preparing articles for exhibition,
etc., to say nothing Of the grand exhi-
bition rooms. All are to be spider
webbcd with electric wires. believe
every case for snakes, stuffed birds or
what-not is to have an alarm, so that
nobody can steal the snakes, etc. This
museum, by the way, will be a great
thing for Washington. 1t will be the
largest in the country and the most
varied and interesting in its character.
A year hence it will be the most interest
ing place to visit in Washington. Pro-
fessor Baird, in addition to his electric
machines, has an thermometer on the
top Of his house to register the wind
4 rod from the top connects with a
dial in the basement.
Professor Baird has been, and is yet,
a great walker. In all the expeditions
he has made he has never ridden horse.
He always goes afoot from the base OF
supplies, and has often walked ten or
twelve hours day. His endurance is
a matter Of envy to all who know him.
He can do more work with less fatigue
than any man who ever went with him.
With age he is growing stout, and can't
weigh less than aao. He looks like a
farmer walking about the streets with
his gray clothes and SLOUGH hat. He
scuffs along without noticing anybody,
and walks as though the weight Of his
brains pulled his head and shoulders
down. He has great magnetism and
the people about the Institution are
strongly attached to him. His habit:
are simple. He goes out to dinners
and receptions half dozen times dur.
ing the season. He retires early and
rises early. He is temperate in his eat
ing and drinking. He never goes to q
theatre, a concert or a lecture. He
says that in the first place he don't want
to 60, and in the second place he know:
he would 60 to sleep. All the leisure
time he has (little it is, believe me y he
employs in novel reading, and his favor
ite paper, strange as it may seem, Is the
New York Ledger.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

p0The trouble about taking medi-
cine warranted to cure all diseases is
that it may not know exactly what is
wanted Of il, and in that case Il will go
fooling around in the system trying to
cure you Of some disease that you have
not got.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

EeS~They were at dinner party, and
he remarked that he supposed she was
fond of cthnology. She said she was,
but she was not very well, and the doc
tor had told her not to eat anything for
dessert but oranges.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

k45' Some people are born to ill-luck.
An old woman who has pasted nearly five
thousand medical receipts in 4 book
during the past forty years has never
been i'll day in her life, and she is
growing discouraged.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

n1-A new doctrine should be fitted
to the mind as women fit dresses
Baste it loosely, try it on carefully, ex.
anime it thoroughly, take it in here and
let il out there, and finally, when it is
just right, sew it together with strong
thread,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

f-D-A girl just returned to Hannibal,
Mo, from Boston high school said,
upon seeing fire engine at work:
"Who would cvah have dweamed such
a vewy diminutive looking apawatus
would hold so much waitah -
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

sS-"How do you like me now1" asked
a belle OF her spouse, as she sailed into
the room with her long train sweeping
behind her. "Well," said he, "to tell
the truth it is impossible for me to like
you any longer"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

EY-A recent accident called up the
old question as to how long man can
live on very little brains. And the old
answer to the question also recurs to the
effect that some people can live great
while on none at all.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

s0-A Philadelphia clerk, who issome-
what smarter than his employer, was
heard to remark the other day: "Thank
fortune, the boss has stopped advertis-
ing for the season. Now we will have
a rest"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

TELL Me-, YE ANGELIC Hosrl-Rev.
DIR. McAnally, Of the st. Louis Ch'Is-
HaH -AdtOcafe, being annoyed by the
failure Of his subscribers to come to time,
like Mr.. Silas Wegg, "dropped into
poetry" and the result proved that
there was money in it. His production
ran as follows:
"Tsll me, 20 angelic host,
Ye ministers Of love,
Can suffering printers here below
Have no redress abover
The angel band replied:
"To us 10 knowledge given,
Delinquents on the printers boob
Can never enter heaven"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

r@There is no time in mans life
when he is so great as when he cheer
fully bows to the necessity Of his posi-
ton, and make the best Of il.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

pD-A North Carolina lady was hug.
ged so hard that rib was broken-by
another woman, too. North Carolina
men devote entirely too much attention
to politics.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

pD-When milk sours, scalding will
render il sweet again. The whey sep
arates from the curd, and the former is
better than shortening in bread.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

n1~A poet sends a poem beginning:
al gaze at the moon in the sky
That's right, young man that's where
to gaze at it. Don't try to gaze at It
under the bed or in the woodshed.-
Stick to the sky.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

pas-Another poet comes forward and
says "and hear the kissing Of a scorch-
ing kiss" Beats all what man can
hear il he is only mean enough to listen.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11

p5rThe only respect in which DIR.
Mary Walker resembles a deer Is that
she pants.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-11
A 4. WARNER.
DEALER W rixE
WATCHES AND JEwELRY,
ias w. BALTIMORE ST.,
Near Calvert Street, BALTIMORE.
SAMUEL G. WILSON,
AUCTIONEER,

TowsoNTowy, BALTIMORE CO.. Nh.
Prompt attention given 10 sales Of Real Estate
and Personal Property, in any part Of the eoanty
A share Of patronage solicited. MAY e.-tL
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27
CONFECTIONERY STAND.

To the renter OF this stand the usual confec-
toners privileges will ,,r granted. Here as ose-
where on NE grounds Of the Society, the salo of
disillcd spirituous liquors is prohibited.
Those who intend Ia lid for these privileges ap,
requested to examine the buildings and Surround
intS, aud sec or communicate with the Secretary
before sending in their proposals, in order that
they may ascertain definitely the advantages here,
offered.
J. NJ. STREETT, Sec'y,
auo Bel Air, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27
RIPPER y ROADS
DUB GIN,

The OiIIccr of Registration for The Fifth Flee
ton District Will sit al
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27
REGISTR-ATION.
To the Voters of Hartford County.

'INIIE undersigned Officers of unristration for
i iiariurd county, in complained with The re-.
quiremcuts of the Act of 1s7d CHAPTER 80 which
lii"k"s II lhE duty OF Officers of Registration TO
respective Districts for Ave successiye dayn com
mrncinc ON the first Monday of aentrnbcr in
49, 1',li lpi lic purpose 81 dscharging their
as foilowf:
The Oliicrr Of Registration Tor the First EIer
... ....
hhfNIn"n'
r't,I "''"'y ""u.'' wednesday, Thursday and
Septcmher, ls.U from . o'ciock. A M IN {;
O'Clock, T.. NJ.
--.-
EIr't,on ni.t,i"t nNhi,'i.'''h lof the second
..
On Monday Tuesday aud "Wednesday. the 9TH.
n'',n "I' ''it "4}S 81 september, 1850, ifom9
v.,avy
N ""hS'
of September 1850, from O'Clock, A. NJ to &
O'Clock, T. NJ.
IN. oaio., -, po,,i-,--,,o
tion District will slt at
uxs az,
, gh M"noay lne5u"y and Wednesday, the 9th,
O'Clock, a. M, 10 O'Clock, p. ~. at
n,s..,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27
ClIURCHVILLE HOTEL,

ArsA G, This oii-Cstahiistr0 and popular Ii0-
w. tel Is prepared Ia accommodate the
~ itiyTnts irayciinp public i'll the very btst man
sseosasszaa dntr. Horses iniicn at Livery Per-
mancnt ana 1mnacnt iioariCr3 accommodated Mt
reasonable rates.
No efforts viii hc spared that WILL add 10 the
comfort ami pleasure Of guests.
The bar IA well supplied with the choicest
WINES LIQUORS and SEGAnS.
WM a. MACK lNSON,
lya-iih Proprietor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27

On Thursday and Friday, the oh and 10th days
OF i'rptcmhcr 1854, from O'clock, A. NJ, to q
O'clock, T.. NJ
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27
lfAV1tE DE GRACE.

the ollicer OF Registration for the sixth Elcc-
ton District will sit ut -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27
SrEARNS' sl<ITEI.-

On Monday, T"oedoy and Wednesday, the 9th
7th and Stn days of September, 1850, from
n'cl"rk, A. NJ, 10 q O'Clock, T.. NJ, and at
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27

a NEW DEP ARTURE-
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

two full slsters-the two daughters by the
SECOND marriage, ltappeau that this latlor
matter was, In the estimation OF sum aud
Tom Myers, neglected by Mrs Hester aud tho
sisters, quite young married two men who
were not liked by Sam aud Tom Myers. Ono
OF tho sisters married man named Clear
lige whom she was but twelve yeara old. aud
tho other married j NJ Bowden, These
unions were brought about, II Is alleged, by
The eonniyanoe OF Mrs, Hester, aud caused
Incorporating opposition and hatred on
the part Of sam towards her, Ito hud
Cleardge arrested on charge Of
abduction, but failed 10 establish
q ease, Tho day Of the killing Sam and
Tom Myers were both nj Clearldges house,
aud Ind angry words with him, They after.
wards called nj tho old homestead on Mrs,
Hester and then departed, ostonsiby for Ole.
burne, They returned about ,unsot and nAer
spending n short time nj Me,l Iostor's LEFT for
the home Of Bowdon. After dark, Ms Mr.,
and Mrs. ll0star woro seated nj supper, Il
charge Of buckshol, bred through n window,
tore away one side of her head, killing her
instantly. Parties who were drawn to the
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

scene OF mnrdor traced
n man by boot tracks
TO the house Of Bow.
den. They also found
whore n horse had
been hitched TO n
fence u short distance
from the Hester dwell
ling, After Bowden's
arrest, citizens Of John
son county, by the per-
sunsion ofa rope about
his neck, got from him
\ confession TO the Of
feet that Tom Myers,
sam Myers and him
self were guilty Of
planning and cxeou-
ting the murder,
prompte ! by n desire
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20
A Scheme for CeIoniginE North McN,
leo with Americans,

SpuclNI 10 The IIeIaId, y
San Antonio March ia grand
scheme for the colonization of northern
Mexico with Americans is being
concoctod here which, it is thought, will
settle the border trouble question, If carried
into execution
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20
STATE SPECIALS,
TEXAS TOPICS ny TELEGRAPH,
Fire 40 Denison IN which u ChiId II
Burncd 90 DeAth Suicide la Mem
tagne Couniy Shooting az
MdKaViti, Rte, Etc,
shoo,Ing Array AZ McIkn,ll,.

San Antonio, March l0,-An Expires,
MoRayltl special says A misunderstanding
arose this evening between Quinn, q bar,
keeper and Rmbrey, porter for Wallack 4
Ogden, Quinn knocked EmbNy down for
calling him liar whom Embroy obtained n
pistol, aud the two mon commenced llrng NJ
each other, Quinn was hit four ilmcs---
through each hand, the right shoulder and
Jaw Quinn 10 from Wisconsin and Embrey
from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where no WIS
formerly In tho drug business,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20
suicide In MONTAGUE COUNTY.

special 10 tho Herald,
llonrlotto, March l9,--Tho nows has iust
been received Of suicide ut Burlington
Montague county, last "Wednesday night, by
Pat Mclaughlin, aged twcnty-soycn years
lilo was of good reputation. lie placed n
pistol TO his hoad and blow his brains out
Tho affair Is shrouded with mystery, II /,
thought that the killing of Driskll, in 1879
by Pats brother, was the cause Of the rash
act.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20
Austin

Special 10 tho Herald,
Austin, March l9-Justlco Leo to-day
held Shubcrt to bail in the sum of $4,000.
The communication in Yesterdays HERALD
in reference to Captain Kendall meets with
universal appreciation, and tho people with
one voice gay TINT under the circumstances
the Governor ought TO intorpose pardon.
The weather is sprlng-lilc and farmers are
encouraged, despite the recent breeze.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

Large Sales and Small Profits

We bought largely for Spring trade for reasons namely In
anticipation Of largely increased trade Northern Texas provide
against advancing market ho prices oeyeryhng Our Spring
large that We have been compelled 10
still procure need crowded
departments and will entire Spring
adaace cost Charge Sales and Small Pods has been motto from
the business motive induces keep old prices
possible BY selling largely buy advantageous figures
selling apdy sell very small advance therefore
the pubS buy The prices of all staple goods advancing
from month to month"; and have goods storage in
York We have every motive sell rapidly possible and low
prices will aid low prices will DO rule prices that will only DO
small advance n
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

Continued on Fourth Psse)
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

iual procedure upon the csculohcon of hi,
reputation,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

inal procedure upon the eseuloheon of hi
reputation,
MIS-, HKsrEg'' MURnRR,
AAer his death his widow married j, A.
Hester In tho year 1870, She was murdered
February 2l6t, 1877, AZ the coronor'a In,
quest tho Jury brought In verdict that Mrs
Hester came 10 her death by gun-shoi
wound hom the hands Of j. NJ
Howdon, lilo was placed In Jail
IN johnson county upon this charge
Ailor remaining IN IL until tho 10Th day Of
May, no then made confession, duplicating
me, On the l1lh day of May was arrested,
and on tho Goth ! WIS taken 10 WaNahachIe,
on u writ Of haboas corpus, and released on
bail In tho sum Of $4,000 on the 9Th, was
arrested again on tho 10th Of June, 1877. |
WINS eighteen years old when my stop.molhor
was murdered. On the LIST day of July my
brother Il, j. Myers, was alss arrested, upon
the Same charge, and PLACED In Jail.
Tho Myers family have stood tho tost of
nearly twenty years, IN johnson county, In
the scale Of honesty ind integrity, rs good
law-abidlng citizens This Is the first charge
over brought forward against their fair name,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20

hhNlllNN NhNA lNll lllliltt
and that was gormina.
ted In the cell OF tho
self'aocused witness,
The evidence upon
which | was convicted
was james NJ. Bow
dcn's confession, Ho
testified at my trial In
the District court that
no and ] made tho ar.
rangoments 10 assassi-
nate Mrs. Hester on
the way from Fort
Worth ON tho Monday
prior 10 tho murder Sn
"Wednesday, and that
we also talked the mt
tor over Monday night
ut the supper table, nf'
tor we arrived at Bow.
don's residence. John
Hampton and Mike
Decker testified ms fol-
lows That ON Mon
day, coming from Fort
Worth, | rode in the
wagon with Hampton
nearly all tho way from
the Fort, and n short
time before tho wagons
separated, that he ask
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-17
Mammalian. Eiwart b..

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:. Nl,i!e-, jouftsG b'ckJur., ,:,',! d,
Ashby, L. :. fleming, Jai.= Tsg;o., r =
Windsor, IT,, Gho;asa Scnu9s. Eha7, Ny#..
MI.co Pa:5y, c. y. Ws;.cs KEITH S.r:.,,,'
acd = .CS G:heFa.
hmo1z the DOS; ha@rtjtil ladies' in The ,,.-
@e-e oc.iocd Miss Kote NGst, Mss l.;,.,>~
S:13or, .jtss L0c2 GhH,oo, Mss Msc.ic N,.~~
Niss f.iritSe. sd Hiss Merry Braot. -
ancur the 5ass gcG:!emor dapcc7s 1ora j.
Bryan, ". D rcadail, rno0ss u. kjh,r:.-,..
3. 4. Eoae, Joltday 8.ck5u,u; aud 2s r....
ne !2di2s. Ms. blov Howard lira. Rr%,,.
LeaTy, 4 IS Carrie bsg4n ADD Piss E..,.,.
Mote;
This hon will be followed By l.gsp Yo..
Hop, eteee ag II. ladiee, EcAt week.