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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-01-24
Nothing but Leaves.

Nothing but leaves; the spirit grieves
Over wasted life;
Sin committed while conscience slept,
Promises made but never kept,
Hatred, battle and strife;
Nothing but leaves
Nothing but leaves; no garnered sheave
Of life's fair ripened grain;
Words, idle words, for earnest deeds;
We sow our seeds-lo tares and weeds
We reap, with toll and pain,
Nothing but leaves!
Nothing but leaves; memory weaves
No veil to screen the past:
AS we retrace our weary way
Counting each lost and mis-spent day
We find, sadly, at last,
Nothing but leaves
And shall we meet the Master so,
Bearing our withered leaves?
The Saviour looks for perfect fruit
We stand before him, humbled, mute;
Waiting the words he breathes--
"Nothinq but leaves ~
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-01-24

sG~All great workers ought to be
also great resters.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-01-24

BarA young man who was Tilted by
his girl, and subsequently married her,
says she treated him like bottle ol
patent medicine. He was "shaken be-
fore taken"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-01-24

bG Those who understand the value
of time, treat it as prudent people do
their money; they make little go a
great ways.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
Senator StanfOrd's University.

The magnitude of the plans OF
Senator Stanford's great university
in California may be comprehend
ed by comparison with other lead
ing institutions in the country.
The endowment is understood to
be the round sum of $2O,000,O0
while Harvard has funds aggrega-
ting se,S03, 1888, with an income of
s241 1926; John Hopkins Univer-
sity has $3,437,000; Amherst has
about 81 900, 900 columbia luxuri-
ates So, S66,090, while Cornell owns
So 1867 ,561. The aggregate value of
all college property in the United
States, in the report OF the Com
missioner of Education for 1928,
was 'oaly s90,O00000, with an in
come of 100000. Mr.. Stanford
proposes that his institution shall
not be inferior to any in this
country or Europe.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
MOnkeying with Linlment.

A resident of Bethlehem, Pa,
owns monkey and an ostrich.
Upon a recent day the ostrich
sprained one of its legs, and the
owner ordered his hired man to
battle the injured leg with power
full liniment. The hired man did
as directed, and secured a lotion,
which he applied in the presence
of the monkey, who was an intent
observer of all his actions. He had
scarce quilted the building when
the monkey climbed up to the
shelf, and securing the bottle of
liniment, withdrew the cork and
drank the entire contents. Scarcely
had the liquid entered his stomach
than he became aware that he had
been monkeying with something
that he had no business with.
The burning pain he suffered set
the animal frantic, and Selling
upon pair Of shears lying close
by he scissored his own tail Oft
The monkey has survived his
terrible experience, and will know
better next time.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
A Christmas Symphony.

Oh, Christmas stars your pregnant sileEo-
Mute syllabled in rhythmic light, mess.
Leads OF tonight,
And beckons, as three thousand years ago
1t beckoring led.
We'sin9ple shepherds, know
Little,wse can confess,
Beyond that we are poe, and creep,
And wander with our sheep,
Who love and follow Us. We hear,
If we attend, a singing III the sky;
But feel no fear,
Knowingtthat God is always nigh.
We arenot weary; we can wait;
Gods RCurS are never late.
The wise men say they will return,
Revealing unto us the tia ngs they learn.
Mayhap' Meantime the Star stands stilIs
And, having that, we have the Sign.
II ne mistake, God is divio,e!
Oh, not alSne because his name is Christ!
Oh, not alone because JEdea waits
This maRechild tor her King the Star stan&s
The Babe has mates. [stiil,
Childhood shall be foreves on the earthI
And no man who has hurt, or lightly priced
80 much asOne sweet hair
On one sx eet infants head,
But shall be cursed! Henceforth all things
frotection TO each sacred birth. fulfill
No spot shall dare
Refuse SHELTER. Beasts sh2ll tread
More lightly and distress
And poverty, and loneliness,
Yea, and all darkness, shall devise
10 shield eaeA place wherein an infant lies,
ana worship it with myrrh and franklin
and kings she'll tremble if it Lift Tcense.
1ts hand against throne.
But mighty in its own
ureat teebleness, and safe in GOES defence,
NO harm can touch it, and no death eau kill
without its Fathers will!
M, christmas Stars! Your pregnant sill emit.
mute syllableG in rhythmic ligkt, In ess,
fills all the night,
nv doubt, on all Z our golden shores
Full music rings
OF Happiness
AS sweet as ours.
H.H.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
Brooklyn Bridge.

While the amount of travel over
the Brooklyn Bridge has rapidly
increased, the income is not yet
sufficient to make the bridge a
paying investment. For June the
receipts were $4,000, for July $46,-
OO0, for August $4,000, for Sep
TENDER $50 900, for October SOL 900.
The expenses were from $32, 700 to
$4,000. In order to pay a four
per cent income on the Investment,
in addition to the expenses of
runoing and repair, it would need
about $4,000 month.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
s'TKIXIE."
Fer THE FREEMAN,

Fer THE FREEMAN.
She comes like burst of sunshine,
After darkness and storm and showers,
To fill all the house with brightness,
And tighten the weary hours.
She comes in the early morning,
While the earth is 'bathed in dew,
When the sunshine is waking the flowers
And the.day is fresh, and new.
She comes in her grace and beauty,
With her eyes of violet hue,
And her face of smile-liu dimples,
As she whispers, 81 loves you"
GLOW much does Trixie love me?"
ask, as 1 bend down low
To catch the whispered answer,
That comes, so sweet and low.
81 loves you a hundred dollars"
Comes up from the full hearts deep,
81 loves you hundred dollars
And l gives you it all to keep"
50 thisyvss the answer, ample;
She gave all her ksOra to me,
And kissed the wicsome darling
For the love so full and free.
That so weak and,unworthy,
Should be blest ash am to-day,
With the love of these little dear ones,
Makes me lift my heart and pray;
And thank the Lord for the children,
With love so full and free,
And praise His name forever
For His wonderful love to me.
,M9LLIE A. LoCKHART.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
Mail-Clad Warriors OF Nature.

The armadillos are the mail-clad
warriors of nature, and the most
completely armored of the whole
odd family of armadillos is beau
tifully ornamented little fellow
called by the naturalists Tolypen-
ties, and by the Brazilians "bolita."
"Bolita" means 'little ball. and
the armadillo was so named because
it has the power of rolling itself up
into the shape of a ball. Its var
ious shields are so arranged that
when the bolita rolls itself up it
makes perfect ball or hard shell.
A traveller in Brazil tells of
watching some little children at
play tossing large ball, about the
size of football When they were
tired of the game they threw the
ball on the ground, and to his sur
prise it turned into an animal and
ran hastily away. 1t was one of
these little armadillos.
The same traveller says that he
has seen these animated balls used
by little child in playing with a
kitten. The game may have an
noyed bolita, but it could not have
caused it any injury, because of the
perfect protection afforded by its
armor.-S. Nicholas.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN
The Home Folks.
Songs of the Christmas Time.

YULE TIDE.
With vibrant c,ang the great church bell
1reaks on the frosty midnight air,
while sweet with memory's lingering spell,
There rings across the meadows bare
the Children's song, Noel, Noel!
The christ is born, Immanueln'
And. Joyous thought, the Frightening morn
And fading day, the tidings glad,
nm ministering wings upborne,
Re-echoing softly in each sad
And fainting heart. Noel, Noel!
the Christ is born, Immanuel"
Until with mellow tone the bell
Again thrills through the starlit air,
While tender songs the story tell
That comforts sorrow, pain, and care
With truth divine-"Noel, Noel!
THE saviour comes, Immanuel!"
adelaide c. Wdldron
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
ONE OF A 1000.
PROH|BiTiONiSTS, PREPARE

To answer all DIRECTORS, procure and study
Finchs "PeopIe VS.. Liquor Traffic" 2S5 pps.,
81 90 in cloth; so cents in paper. "Hand
Book OF Prohibition" 1884, 100 pps., 18S5-l92
pps. in cloth, 80 cts, 25 cts in paper. sour
Appeal to Caesar" SPACE tract, 30 cts per
hundred Frost's Workers Manual" 50
pages, single copy, 10 cts, per hundred, $500.
Send to A. J. JUTKINS, 81 Washington
st., Chicago, Ills,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
Oath day of Decemb Der, 1885,

that being Circuit court day, proceed to
execute said decree, by offering for sale, at
the front door of the Court House of Wood
county, West Va, the following described
tract OF land in the bill aud proceedings III
said cause mentioned.
First tract: Beginning at stone pile near
the Bull Creek road, at the Northwest cor
ner Of II tract OF % acres Of land heretofore
conveyed By James Hiett and wife to
said stone pile and corner $. l32 poles TO II
White oak, being the South East Corner Of
SSd rao NJ Az w POLES POLES TO
stone at Johnson's Run thence, with n line
of land late owned by Geo. l. Norris, N. ST
poles 10 n stone in the Nerth line of The orig
inal tract, and being the North East corner
to the Geo. l.. Norris rtact; and thence, i. II
poles to the ginning, containing 45H acres
Bernard Gormley by Charles II. Norris, by
deed dated March %, ls7j, and recorded in
Dee % book No; 49, Page 8, OF the land records
Second tract: A tract of land situated on
the waters OF Pond Run and Worthington
Creek, in the county OF Wood, numbered
Lot Y in the plat OF u survey made by John
G. Riley, for Enoch Rector, containing 100
acres, less 4 acres conveyed to John McMa-
nus; said 100 acre Tract was conveyed to Ber,
May 10, 1851, and is recorded in Land Book
No. 20 page 50, Of the land records aforesaid,
to which reference is here made for n m ore
particular description OF said tract.
And in the event that the proceeds of the
sale OF the above tracts are not sufficient TO
pay off and discharge all The liens against
the real estate OF said Bernard Gormley,
then IN that case, the undersigned will, at
the same time and place stated above,
proceed to sell the following tracts:
LIST. tract Of land containing SO acres
conveyed to Bernard Gormley by Israel
Barnes and wife, by deed dated October 4th,
1873, and recorded in the County Clerks Of
flee of Wood county, in DEED Book No. ~,
page 2U.
md. tract Of land containing IS acres
conveyed to said Bernard Gornley by John
w. Stout, Commissioner of School Lands,
by deed dated June 3. 1879, and recorded in
the County Clerks Office of said county in
Deed Book, No. Al, page PSI.
The two last tracts join each other, and
with the rSt two tracts above named COM
prise the home farm of said Bernard CORN
ley.
TERMS OF SALE.
One-thrd of the purchase money is re-
quired to be paid in cash on the day Of sale;
the residue to be paid IN two equal install
'ments, in and II months from the day of
sale; the purchaser to execute his promiso-
ry notes to said Special Commissioners,
with good personal security, bearing inter
est from the DAY Of sale, and the title to
said tracts OF land retained as further Sc
curity. A. /. FOREMAN,
BARNA POWELL,
Special Commissioners.
Bond in the pen atty Of $1,000 has been filed
in the above entitled cause as required by
the decree of sale AID the law.
o. M. CLEMENS, Clerk,
CT. CT. Wood Co., w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
The Great Diamond.

The great African diamond
weighs about four hundred karats
as cut, at Amsterdam, and is
valued at over 81, 100000. Its size,
according to the several accM nts
that have been given, varies from
that of the egg of the domestic hen
to that of the stately ostrich. The
history of this magnificent gem is
somewhat involved in clouds,
though there is a report that it
dropped from the bosom of an
American hotel clerk hunting in
South Africa, and was picked up
by q native savage.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
CHRISTMAS AT OUR HOESE
BY REV. G. n. MEAD.
A TRUE STORY.

1t was Christmas morning, in
1854, when gentleman standing
IN store in Southern city heard
q Ssweet voice say, elias you got any
ohrlstmas at your house?" Look
ing down, he saw standing at his
slae a blue-eyed, sunny-faced, curly
mead little girl about eight years
ootua.ge gazing eagerly up at him.
WE'LL" said the gentleman, we've
sot kind OF a Christmas"
"A kind of q Christmas! Why,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
CONSUMPTION,

which is ScrofuIous Disease OF the
Lungs, is promptly and certainly arrested
and cured by this God-giVen remedy, if taken
before the last stages of the disease are reached.
fatal disease, when first Offering this now cell
ebrated remedy to the public, DR., PIERCE
thought seriously OF calling It his "Con.
as too limited for II medicine which, from it's
wonderful combination of tonic, or strengthen
ing, Alternative, or hlood-cleansng, anti-bilious,
not only as Il remedy for consumption of the
lungs but for all
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23
Commissioners Sale Of Valuable
Real Estate.

BY virtue of a decree of the Circuit
Court of Wood county, West Virginia, rem
dered at the Nov Term 1885, in a certain suit
in chancery therein pending, wherein Frank
the Homestead Building Association, and
others, IRE Defendants, the undersigned,
who were appointed Special Commissioners
for the purpose, VIII, on the
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-23

Keep your family we'll supplied with
"Sellers' Cough syrup" Use 1T In time
you will avert bronchial and pulmonary at
fectiOns. rs cents.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
THIRD DISTRICT COURT.
Cases Before Judge Zanc-An Adj
iourument Till January 9th.

In the case of Samuel Bennon VS.. Dirk
Bockholt, the motion for leave to answer
in the case and to vacate the judgment
was argued by j. r. Mcbride for the de-
PENDANT and by 2. Snow for the plaintiff.
Submitted.
In the case of the No-You-Don't VS..
The Wade Hampton mining company,
represented by James DeCourcey, plain
tiff, and Gustave johnson, defendant, the
matter was submitted yesterday on mo-
ton Of plaintiff to amend pleadings.
Motion denied and findings and decree
allowed.
In the case of Maria A. Trim VS.. Hy-
rum p. Trim, for divorce and alimony,,
plaintiff moved for continuance OF trial,
which was allowed.
The Third District Court adjourned this
morning until Saturday, January 9th,
1886, at which time the Court gave notice
that session would be held at 10 clock,
and that twenty names would be drawn
for Grand Jurors, also thirty-five names
from the jury box for petit jurors for the
February term of 1886. This recess gives
the Court, attendants and attorneys a
much-needed rest from many weeks
energetic work.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
TERRITORY OF UTAH,
SAT- T,lRr Gottu,ry
HOME DRAMATIC" CONFUSION"
This Popular Comedy TO Ise Played
Ia Salt Lake For the First
Time.

The Home Dramatic Club will render
for the first time tomorrow afternoon the
popular comedy "Confusion," and will
repeat it tomorrow evening and also Sat-
urday evening. No better evidence OF
the merits of the piece could be desired
than the fact that it enjoyed six
months run at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
of New York, and is at the present time
meeting with similar success in London.
Mr.. j. 7. White, who played in the piece
during its phenomenal run in the East,
has the stage management in his hands,
and will undoubtedly aid the Club much
in giving a first-class performance
During the career of the Home
Dramatic Club it is questionable
whether it has ever brought out q
stronger cast than that Of Confusion,
which is given below. Miss Lottie Clar-
idge and Miss Edith Clawson will both
appear in suitable roles, and the entire
strength of the male members is in the
cast. The piece has been rehearsed with
unusual care and will, it is safe to pre-
dict, be put on the stage in manner to
place it side by side with the most nota-
BILE successes OF the club.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
McMurrin,s Condition,

Positively nothing can be learned re-
specting the whereabouts OF Joseph Nc
Murrin whose failure to appear before the
Grand Jury on Tuesday, and the subse-
quent revelations regarding his mysteri-
GUS disappearance, caused so much specu-
lation. His relatives, as might be
expected, are entirely ignorant of any
facts in the matter, as are also his
intimate friends and those who had
been so devoted in their attention to the
wounded man at his bedside. 1t is,
however, q moral certainty that his hid
ing-place is situated conveniently close at
hand, and there is even less doubt as to
his condition, his father having been
heard, this morning, to say in answer to
an inquiry as to "Joseph's health" that
"He is getting along pretty WE'LL" Ii
McMurrin is wanted very badly there is
little question but well-systematized
search would discover his secret retreat,
even il his father cannot be compelled to
disclose il.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
Butte,s Salt Question Settled.

1t is learned from q reliable authority
that the salt question is now virtually
settled, says the Butte Inter-Mountain OF
the 2Sth, or so near it that the result will
o o Which ~ ,''s sot,,emont 10 n roa pasS
is the terms offered by the Union
Pacific, although it is possible
some more favorable arrangement for the
mill men concerning the shipment OF bar
silver may be arrived at. This insures
the continuing of work in the mills, and
is guarantee against the realization of
the fears entertained by all last week.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31

1885, at Salt Lake City, in Utah Territory,
the defendant published in a newspaper
called The Salt Lake Daily Tribune, a libel
GUS article of and concerning plaintiff, which
article was and is in the words following,
to-wit: "There is some talk of extraditing
Mr.. Austin (meaning plaintiff) }, late manager
of the London Bank (limited). but there
seems to be some question whether that can
be DONE"
That defendant meant thereby that plain
tiff was guilty of some crime punishable by
the laws of Utah Territory.
That by reason of said publication plain
tiff is damaged in the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Wherefore plaintiff prays judgment
against the defendant for seventy-five
thousand dollars and costs of suit.
SHEEKs d RAwLrNs,
Attys. for Plaintiff.
TERRITORY OF UTAH, -.
SALT LAKE County. IS.
Edward Austin being first duly sworn on
his oath says he is the plaintiff in the above
entitled action, has read the foregoing COM
plant, knows the contents thereof, and that
the same is true of his own knowledge.
EDWARD AUSTIN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, De-
cember 31st, A. D., 1885.
JOSEPH H. HuBD.
Notary Public.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
PERSONAL.


evening.
%: Salisbury returned from the north
by last evenings train.
Col. u. Wall returned to the CITY last
evening from trip to Haley, Idaho.
w. A. Burke leaves Saturday morning for
Denver, to assume the duties of his new
office. '''' A'"
w. ii. Yearian returned TODAY from n
business trip through Wyoming, Idaho and
Montana. "''N
mas night but has not been seen yerv mncb
on the streets.
=; X. Savage, the photographer, has been
xlsItlhg the south for several days and re-
turned last evening.
, hey. James ID. Gillian, of Tooele, ia in
tne CITY, having returned from Ogden, where
Terence of the M. Il. Church
Ike Trnmbo, who for several years has re-.
sized ~ San Francisco, is visiting Salt Lake
tomorrow. = '"'''
Ahthony Godbe arrived home this morn
ing, having been summoned from California
the ranant ,';a.; vi ms mule daughter, one of
Miss Ida Hitchcock, the talented youno
elocutlonist who recently appeared on The
ros.iem OF Butte, gave a reading at Boze-
man saturday eyening.-Butte Iiiier-JIoun-
tain. 'o""-
Colonel y. A. Wall returned to-day from n
"Trip 20 washington, He believes the silver
Pies liking. AS to the Bullion prospect for
nter-idaho, 2Sth. ''""ev
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
Salt Lake City Brewing COmpany

We notice that certain of our com
petitors advertise Beer OF superior
quality" Now, we do not wish to detract
from the merits OF that article, nor do we
claim that our manufacture is the finest
IN the world. We do maintain, however,
that we are selling as much Or more Beer
than all the other Breweries in Utah
combined, which fact is sufficient
evidence that the public realize who
makes the superior quality" Beer.
We are prepared to deliver Holiday
Beer promptly. Orders can be left at any
oil our depots, or telephone direct to
Brewery office.
JACOB MoRrTz,
Secretary and Traasurar
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
Auction! Auctions!

On Monday, January 4th, at the Rev.
II. q. Dewitt residence, No. l57 s. First
West street, at 10 a. m, will sell the en-
tire Household Goods to the highest
bidder. Parlor Set, New Piano, Bedroom
Sets, Chairs. Rockers, Centre, Extension
and Kitchen Tables, Fine Hat Rack, one
Revolving Book Case, one Writing Desk,
Bed Lounge, Fine Mirrors, Bureaus and
Commodes, Blinds, Curtains and Lam
brequins. Bedding and Carpets, Hanging
Lamps, Crockery, Glassware and Cut
lery, two Cooking Stoves and Heating
Stoves, fine lot OF Canned Fruits, Horse,
Harness and Carriage, Side Saddle and
Double Harness, ETC., etc.
DURGIN & ANDREWS,
Auctioneers.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
The Big Hole Placers.

NJ. L. Pratt, one of the Big Hole placer
claimants, has been in town during few
days past, and went back to the diggings
to-day. He speaks very confidently of
the mines, and says that over 81 per pan
is no unusual result OF prospecting. His
claim is on Gibbons battlefield, and the
placer area is quite large. He says that
no one should go there this winter, as
they can do no work whatever, and those
who might expect to depend on the camp
for a living through the cold weather
would inevitably suffer. Butte Town
Talk. 9Sth.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31

For your millinery, hats, bonnets and
trimmings, stamping and pinking, hair
ornaments, notions, etc., fancy goods,
embroidery, silks and cotton, ali kinds OF
fancy woods, zephyr, chinelle, arrasene
mats, tides, splashers, stamped aprons,
ETC., Wax Flower and Fruit material, a
full line, and THE ONLY LINE KEPT IN THE
TERRITORY, go TO Mrs. b. $. Long, at Nos.
~ and 81 y First South street. Remem-
Der that she is NOT at her late stand on
Main street. Orders by mail promptly
attended to.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-31
Protect Your Family.

1t is the duty OF every man, rich or
poor, who has created Il home, to make
some provisions against the inevitable
Tor those who are dependent upon him,
and this most desirable result can be oh.
tanned by procuring policy in the Mutual
Llfe Insurance Company OF New York,
the oldest active company in America and
the largest life insurance company in the
world. Rates, etc., furnished by Louis
Hyams, Agent, So Main street, Hooper <
Eldridge Block, Salt Lake CITY.