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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23


Thackeray was the son Of an Indian
civil servant, and his grandfathers
were Indian civil servants, both on the
fathers and the mothers side. He was
born at Calcutta, in July, 1911, and
was thus but one year older than
Charles Dickens. When he was five
years old he lost his father, and his
mother married again while he was
boy. From India William Makepeace
Thackeray was brought to London as
q child, and sent to the Charterhouse.
He was gentle and sensitive, with
quick sense of fun then as in after
years. He carried into manhood-as
part of the strength of manhood more
OF tho charm of child's nature than
men usually keep unspoilt by the expe-
to his kindness. Much of his higher
comic writing has its charm in rare
union Of mature wit with childlike
playfulness. At the age of eighteen
Thackeray kept few terms at Trinity
College, Cambridge. He did not stay
to graduate. Then he went to Paris,
to study art. When he came of age
there was little fortune for him of
$500 year. 1t was soon lost, chiefly
by newspaper speculation. He felt
that he was not born 20 succeed as
a painter, and was drawn, as he
had been even when q schoolboy,
to the use of the pen. His nose
had been broken in school fight
ut the Charterhouse. Michael An
gelo, too, had his nose broken. But
hon E 70 hn
Angelo; he dubbed himself playfully
michael Angelo Titmarsh. In 1887
and 1888 he was writing in Fraser's
Magazine "The Great Hoggarty Dia-
mond, and in the year 1887 he married.
After the birth of three daughters, one
of whom died in childhood, there came
into Thackeray's life an abiding sorrow.
His wife's mind failed. He worked on,
all sensitive tenderness within, and
half afraid of the unchildlike people
against whom he asserted himself by
making them the victims of his frolic-
some burlesque or satire. Not long after
the establishment of Punch, In lS4l,
Thackeray found in that paper q
playground for his wit. But there
was no full recognition of his genius
until the appearance of VANITY Fair"
when he was thirty-six years old.
"Pendennis, another novel, followed,
and while this wes being written
Thackeray had an illness which left
him subject to painful spasmodic
attacks. There was suffering enough
in mind and body to bring the gray
hairs before their time, but there re-
NAMED the childlike heart, with the
sympathetic insight of the man of
genius, the ready play of humor. and
the sociable yet sensitive nature, more
of itself with three or four friends
than with thirty. By his lectures on
"The English Humorists" and "The
Four Georges" in England and in
America, Thackeray secured lasting
provision for his family. He added to
his first novels, 1.-The Newcomes,"
"Esmond," and "The Virginians," be-
fore the CornhiH Magazine was estab-
lished under his editorship. That was
in 1859. He withdrew from the editor
ship in April, 1862, but continued to
contribute. In 1863 all English Christ
mas days were saddened by the news
that. on the day before, Thackeray had
1iad suddap1v
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
Sclatica Relieved by Cocaine.

DR.. w. b. Menu, of Vidalia, La,
writes to the Medical Record that he
was called to see lady 50 years of
age, who had been q constant sufferer
from sciatica for ten years. The pain
was very severe, and extended along
the entire length of the nerve. She
has run the whole gamut of anti-neu-
ralgic remedies, and had never OBJ
tanned anything more than very transit
tory relief. Having with him vial of
q 4 per cent. solution of cocaine hydro
chlorate, DIR. Menu determined to try
the efficacy of simultaneous injection.
The hypodermie needle was inserted
deeply over the sciatic foramen, and
about twenty drops of the solution were
passed into the tissues. The pain
ceased almost Immediately, and during
the six weeks that have since elapsed
has not returned, although there has
been no further treatment, and one in
lection only was practic ed. The relief
given by other remedies had never
been of more than from two to four
hours duration. american.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

AN invention which, il is claimed by
gas engineers, will revolutionize the
present system of gas-lighting has been
perfected by DIR. Auer in the chemical
laboratory of the Vienna University.
Briefly described, the invention may
be said to consist in rendering a cotton
wick incombustible by impregnating it
with metallic liquid. Thus treated
the wick, instead of burning, merely
glows, emitting a radiance not unlike
that of the electric light. The whole
process is very simple; and the great
advantage Of the invention is that IL
may be applied to any gas-burner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
Well Named.

Balston, the grocer, calls upon Juck-
les, and, while in the drawing-room,
Juckles' little hoy comes in and says:
"You amt got bird like we have,
pointing at a cage).
Balston-That's fact, my little
man.
Boy-His name ulster be Jim tell we
gunter trade with you, an since then
pa has been calm him Balston.
Balston-Ah, and why does he dc
that?
Boy-Pa says he calls the bird Bal
ston because he's always got such big
bill. Funny, amt it?
Balston says that it is very funny,
but he knows that when the next
monthly account is made out some
body is going to suffer.-Arkan sd,c
TrdceLer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

AN exhibition of Siemen's electr ic
furnace for the melting of refractory
metals, such as platinum, iridium,
steel, ETC., was recently given before
the Royal Society In London. In the
small furnace operated on this occa-
sion the positive electrode, which was
made of iron, entered from below the
crucible containing the metal to be
melted, whereas the negative electrode
this being a rod of carbon-was at
tached by means of lever to SOL
enoid regulator. The crucible was sur
rounded by charcoal contained in a
copper vessel, to prevent loss of heat,
and so intense was the heat accumulated
that, in about twenty minutes two
pounds of broken files were complete
ly melted. The arrangement is such
that it may easily be applied, it is said,
on large scale. Electric fusion has
the great advantage of entirely exclud-
ing the atmosphere, and consequently
the products of combustion, from the
substance in the crucible.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

An. Vaughan. editor of the 0resnpfch Rerie,o.
Greenwich. Ohio, writes: Last January met with
a very severe accident. caused by runaway horse.
used almost every kind OF salve 10 heal the wounds
which turned TO running sores, but found nothing
do any good till was recommended HENRY's CAR
BOIIC sALVE. bought box and it helped me at
once. and at the end Of two months was completely
well II is the best sslve in the market and never
fail Of telling my friends about IT, and urge them to
use IL whenever in need"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage. e1pressage, and % carriage hire. and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot
6l3 rooms, fitted up at cost Of one million
dollars, OIL and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the
best Horse cars, stages, and elevated rail-
road TO all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other frat class hotel in the city.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

claimed he proposes to do, and that is,
in 1890, to convert his empire into
q constitutional empire, with Parlia-
ment exercising the delegated authority
of the people. 1t will be seen from
this that the Mikado is really pro-
gressive ruler, and that he has no idea
of allowing his country again to re-
lapse into semi-barbarism.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
3Rough ON Toothache." Instant relief 6o

INDIGESTION dyspepsia, nervous prostra-
ton, and all forms OF general debility re-
lleved by taking Mensman's Peptonized Beef
its entire nutritious properties 1t contains
blood-making, force-generating, and life-sus-
tanning properties; is invaluable in all en-
feebled conditions, whether the result of ex-
haustion, nervous prostration, overwork, or
acute disease; particularly if resulting from
pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard &
Co., proprietors, New York
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
Another Life Saved.

About two years ago, a prominent citizen OF
Chicago was told by his physicians that he
must die They said his system was so debili-
tated that there was nothing left TO build on.
He made up his mind 10 try "Dew depart
ure" He got some Of DR.. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery" and took il according TO d.
rections. He began 10 improve at once. He
kept up the treatment for some months, and
IL to-day we'll man. He says the Discovery
saved his life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
The Wrong Tip.

The benefits which drug-stores con-
fer on q community by enabling a fell
low to take a drink under conditions
where his dearest and most aristocrat-
ic friend cannot accuse him of bad
taste cannot be overestimated. Whisky
is rather vulgar. But No. 8 is q medi-
cine, and acts purely as a life-giving or
life-saving article. The trouble is that
the code is not universal, and different
drug-stores have different names for it.
Consequently you have to be very care
full. One night young man took his
sweetheart into O drugstore to give her
some soda water. She had her vanilla
and cream. He did not know the drug
store.
Have you any No. CO"
Certainly, sir"
"I'll take some of that.
He watched the clerk take down the
bottle and measure the stuff very care
fully.
"rhis fellows q Jewell" he said to
himself. She'll never know it's whisky,
he's so particular about it"
Then with great satisfaction he drank
it off and they walked out. Next day
the young man reappeared in the drug
store.
What was that terrible stuff you
gave me last night?"
"When?"
Il came in here with my girl and
asked for No. g"
well, 1 gave you No. 6-No. 6
drops, good for stomach ache; the best
in the world"
"But 1 wanted whisky. Didn't you
understands"
40, whisky! You should have asked
for essence of tomato. San Francis
co Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
HEART PAINS.

Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness, In
digestion, Headache. Ague, Liver and Kidney
Complaint, Sleeplessness cured by" Wells Health
Remover" Elegant Tonic for Adults or children.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

We ought not to be too anxious to encour-
age untried innovation. in cases OF doubtful
improvement For quarter Of century DR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been before the
Is Anr tbe most rslsbs rsmss1
for that disagreeable malady. Thousands OF
testimonials OF its virtues. 50 cents per bottle
BY druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
THIN PEOPLE,

@Wells' Health Remover" restores health, an(
vigor cures Dyspepsia, M alaria, Impotence, Nerv
GUS Debility. Consumption, Wasting Diseases
Decline. II has cured thousands, will cure you
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
LIFE PRESERYER.

II you are losing your grip on life try wells
Health Remover" Goes direct to weak spots
Great Appetizer, and aid to- Digestion, giving
strength to stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

MIR. G.. E. REARDoN, Baltimore, Nd,
Commissioner of Deeds for all the States,
suffered for long time with rheumatism,
which Welded promptly to st. Jacobs Oil.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

KING KALAKAUA-is reported as wishing
to dispose Of his kingdom. Perhaps he
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

MRS. McLAsE must be a lover of the
male race, as she has one hundred mail
routes In daily practice.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
ROUGH ON RATS

Cures all Kidney Alterations, Scalding, Irrita-
tons, Stone, Gravel, Cstarrh Of the Bladder 81.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

Dunn Ague can be speedily cured by taking
Ayers Ague Cure. Try it,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
BED-BuGS. lilies.
RUCHU-PAIRA.

Flies, reaches, ants, bed bugs, water bugs,
oths, rats mice, sparrow !, Jack rabbits. gophers,
ipmunks. cleared out by Rough on Rats" l5c.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

"STRUCK down, as the barber said when
he shaved the first crop of fuzz from O
youths charlottesville Breeze.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
"Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman"
Hamlet
That she is frail often in body,
-'Tis true, IT'S true, tbs : pity.

DIR. Pierce's .favorite Prescription" il the
best restorative tonic for physical frailty in
women, or female weaknesses or derange-
ments. BY druggists. Price reduced TO one
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

WE hear great deal Of talk about the
consumption of fish. We wonder they don't
try cod-liv oil.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

In Paris it costs So to cremate body,
and il is we'll urn ed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

DIPHTHERIA is frequently the result of
a neglected sore throat, which can be cured
by a single bottle of Red Star Cough Cure.
Price, twenty-five cents a bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

Is NOT dye, and will not stain or injure tho
skin. Hall Hair Remover.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
Rough on Corns" hard or soft corns, buni

clears out rats, mice reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs, vermin, water-bugs, skunks 15c
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23

ARE hatters and bootmakers diyinities
because they shape our ends2
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
An Editors Testimonial.

The best cough medicine Is Piso's cure Tor
Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-24
lie sho, Centipede Off His Toe.

4 company of immigrants had camped
in New Mexico, and one night one OF
the party, who was sleeping on the
ground, was awakened by peculiar SEN
salion on his toes. He looked and saw
an enormous cenhpede crawling across
his foot. Only few feet from him was
the camp fire, and he could see every
fiber Of the reptile. Knowing its pecu-
iarities and the effect of its sting, he
was in a fever of excitement, Afraid to
move muscle, he dared not attempt to
shake it of. After a seconds pause he
reached under his head, got his pistol,
and, taking deliberate aim, fired. 1t was
a lfe-saring shot for the man. The
centipede divided and dropped on each
side Of his foot But here comes the
most remarkable part of the story.
Within an hour after the shot was fired
the men heard terrible groaning from
one of their mules tied only a few yards
away. They went to them and found
one of them with his left foreleg swollen
to IN immense size. The swelling in
creased. as did the agony and groans OF
the brute, until it died il about thirty
minutes thereafter. An examination was
made, and it was discovered that the
bullet that had severed the ccntipede
had entered lhc mules foot just above
the hoof ant. inocuIatcd it with the
poison from the rcptilc.-Tombstone
Epitaph
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-24

mouths Dutch Ovcn-;l forty to On'
chance and one Of the most sensational
races on record; in 1855 with Lore
Hastings Melton, and this year viii
Ormondc. The champion stakes were
taken by him in 1878 with Janncttc. Il
1881 with Bend Or, in lSS3 with Tristan
in a walkover after a dead heat viii
Thebias, and IN 1885 with Paradox. The
Middle Park plate was won by him IL
three successive years, beginning IN 1883.
Busybody, Melton. and Whiting being
the winning horses. He took the Dew.
hurst plate on Wheel OF Fortune, BaI
Gal and Dutch Oven, and won the
Czarewitch for the second tine in 1SIt
on Roseberry. He twice won the French
Derby, in 1880 with ". Lefcvrc's Beau,
mont, and again in 1888 with the Duke
de Castree's Frontin. IN 1852 he Won
the grand prize of Paris with Mr.. II.
Rhymil's Bruce. His record Of winning
during the past six years is as follows;
1850, III vi; 1881, 2i9; 1882, 210:
1883, 2322; iS:':. 2+1; 1855, 2+6. He
leads the list tbs year also.
Mr.. Archer rode for Mr.. Lorillard
whenever that gentleman could secure
his services, AMI with Poole he won the
City and Suburban, the Great Metro
politan and the Great Cheshire stakes In
1876. With Lroquois he wo2 tie Derby,
Prince of Wales stakes and the ST.
James Palace stakes at ASCOT, and the
Doncaster st. Ledger.
The "Demon Jockey made a remark
able record during last month, winning
the Maiden Plate of 100 guineas at New
market for tie Prince Of Wales with his
two year old Lady Peggy, a ten to one
chance. he wan the Free Handicap
Sweepstakes 1t the same meeting with
Ormonde, and had walkover with him
on the 29th, his last race Of the season,
in a private sweepstakes Of 1000 sover
eigns each, Melton and the Bend both
being withdrawn. In the first three days
of the meeting Archer had Ii mounts,
winning five races and belGS second
three times. The week previous to this
meeting he had ridden for the first time
on the Irish course at Curragh. winning
the Lord Lieutenant's cup for Lord
Londonderry on Cambusmere on Octo-
ber -.
Archer was married in February, 1888,
to the niece OF his old trainer, Matthew
Dawson, Miss Nellie Rose Dawson. The
wedding occurred at Newmarket, where
Archer owned famous hosteIry, the
Falmouth House The wedding was
attended by many Of the nobility, and
the presents to the young couple were
of as great value as those ordinarily
given to Prince. Mrs. Archer died in
1854, while giving birth to a
daughter. Archer grieved greatly over
her death, and came to- this country
spending three months here and making
the trip across the continent. He had
never recovered from the grief caused by
the death of his wife, and remained on
the turf only because he hoped by this
means to partially forget his loss. Hc
was not only the richest jockey III Eng
land, but the most popular one, and had
ridden more horses, young as he was,
than any jockey living at the time OF his
death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-24
p:,a,o. yr,yG TIE TELEPHONE.
Tahiti. Witn fr' Outside of the Throat and tine
Yep OF the Mend.
N:rom ;hc Cb;caso HsralI.l

/ rom ttc S0:ca1o ltsfdli.l
/ Several friends met AZ tic residence Of
James LoWth, 7.l2 West Congress street,
10 witness some of tie very curious and
interesting features Of his new system OF
transmission, by contact with the body
cf The speaker through solid medium
instead Of through atmospheric i'm
pulses, as practiced in all diaphragm in
str2umentS. Ia the new system the in
strnment is actuaicd by placing a button
projecting from it against the side of the
throat, the operator speaks, and the
vibrations that occur in the exterior sur
face Of the throat during the uterance
of the words are conducted by the but
ton and its stem to the electrodes, and
they being disturbed, in accordance with
the vibrations that form the muscular
word, so to speak, transmit q perfectly
articulated word. Conversation is car
ried on with facility through combined
instruments, the tone is much louder
and fuller than found in any of the
diaphragm class. and its tinbre is of
smoother and more solid character.
One OF its peculiar and very important
qualities is that it is independent of all
accidental sounds or disturbances which
so often interfere with the good surface
of the instruments of the telephone sys-
TEN; the speaker may be surrounded by
any number of people talking loudly,
and only his voice will be transmitted.
The loudness and clearness with which
speech is transmitted with these instru-
ments is wonderful. During the ex-
hbition of this curious new princi-
pie the inventor applied the button
to the top of his head and trans
mitted speech in a perfectly clear voice,
only not as loud as in the usual way of
holding; also to the back Of the neck,
various parts OF the chest and other
parts OF the body, all in 4 good, clear
tone, every word well defined and in
telligiblc. \ test was made with 4 ten
pound weiglt Of lead, and through this,
as III all o;her cases, the transmission
was perfect.
The inventor has line at his house in
operation having q two-mile resistance.
He has taken out American and foreign
patents covering this new art.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-24
THE EFFECT ~ :>~e.
Henry George 20 he Labor Candidate ior the
PresjiencN.

Henry George 20 he Labor Candidate ior the
Presidency.
The widespread interest III the Henry
George movement and the large vote
polled for him emphasizes the impress
sion created within the last few weeks
that new and important element must
be taken into account IN considering the
chances Of the old parties in the Presi-
Dental struggle ST 1888. Suppose that
George should then poll the same votes
in New York city that he polled recently.
That he will be the Labor candidate for
the Presidency two years hence was de-
cided weeks ago, when it became appa-
rent that he was to get something Of u
vote His right hand manager, Mr.. Louis
T. Post, said three days ago that enough
votes were assured and enough interest
had been awakened in Georges canvass
to warrant making him the Labor candi-
date against Cleveland and Blaine, and it
was a settled fact that he would run.
eve shall draw votes from both parties, >
he said, "and enough Of them to hold
the balance of power and to give us re-
cognition as a party and as force IN
politics. So, then, suppose the men
who voted in New York city yesterday
for Henry George should vote for him
for President, what would be the effect
on national politics?
It is conceded that the George votes
came more from Democrats than from
Republicans, yet tits difficult to estimate
the proportion from the figures, for the
reason that many Republicans who We're
frightened by the apparent strength Of
the George movement voted outright for
Hewitt, the Democratic candidate, on the
principle that he was the strongest can
didate. They desired above all things to
defeat George. It is conceded that the
Republicans would be the chief gamers
in national contest in which George Is
the Labor candidate, and they have been
in high glee since Georges strength has
increased. They say that Blaine would
surely carry New York were George to
get 10,00Ovotes in 1SSSin New York city
alone, and they hail the situation with
great Joy as an offset to the damage
threatened to their party by the proLibi-
tloniStS.