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The true northerner., 1899-12-13
WHAT HAD HE IN MlNDq
A Word Which Fits I'm Very Nicely
Sometimes.

There is word of four letters that
holds a unique place in the affections
of the masculine world. There is a
word of three letters that sounds ex-
actly like IT, but it is very different.
The word of three letters means to
confine or restrain. The word with the
extra letter is used when things break
loose.
IT was on State street, and the horse
attracted the eyes of everyone who had
an eye for the beautiful. He was a
bay, with dark points, and he was at
tached to the delivery wagon of one of
the big dry goods houses. The wagon
was work Of art. but the horse was
just as much handsomer as nature is
cleverer than man. The beautiful ami
NAL trotted down the street with the
dignity of king and the docility Of a
faithful servant. His driver pulled him
up short at the crossing, and the per-
fectly trained animal stopped in his
tracks. But his shoes slipped on the
smooth cObble stones, his hind feet
went out from under him, and he sat
down hard with n clatter. Even in this
awkward and undignified position the
noble animal showed his good breeding
and training. Instead of making n
fuss and breaking things he sat per-
fectly still a moment. Then he gath
cred himself together got his feet I'M
der him. gave himself a little shake,
and trotted off down the street. with an
air that said as plainly as words:
Didn't | get out of that nicely?'
In the meantime his driver-he had
the shape and semblance of "A man
was busy getting out his whip When
the horse was fifty feet or more from
the spot of the accident and the thing
was all over. the driver swung the in
strGment of torture as high as his arm
would reach and wound the lash with
all his might around the horses belly.
Thereupon every man who saw the
whip fall simultaneously uttered the
word of four letters. Some added
fool TO it, and went on TO add that
the horse knew more than the driver
and was great deal more of a gen
tleman. Everybody wished him all
sorts of disagreeable things; the least
was the loss Of his job
The women didn't say the word with
four letters-at least. out loud. But
when il broke in unison from the men
they unconsciously nodded approval
one old maid whanged the sidewalk
with her umbrella. as if TO demand an
bestowing such IA warm glance Of com
mendatlou on a young man who had
said it real loNd that she didn't get
over blushing for a whole block.
It's great wOrd-in its place
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
in THE NET.
Grand Jury at Lansing Revi In
dictment Against Ex-Att9kty
General Maynard.

Lansing. Dec. lit has. developed
that the defendant named i'm the in
dictment returned by the grand jury
Saturday is Fred A. Maynard, of
Grand Rapids, who was attorney gem
eral of Michigan for two terms end
ing January last, and who was n
lrominent candidate for justice Of
the supreme court before the republic
an state convention last spring. The
charges against the respondent are
that he caused the pay rolls of his
office 10 be falsified, and by this means
was able to obtain "rake-offs" from
the salaries of his clerks. Testimony
10 this effect was given by George H..
Kuhus and Roger Wylles, clerks in the
Office of Former Attorney General
Maynad d. and by State Accountant
Humphrey, who presented the vouch-
ers TO the grand jury showing the
fraudulent transactions. 1t is al
legged that from one of these clerks
more than s. 400 was taken in the
course of Maynard's term of office.
The exact charge contained in the in
dictment is not known. but there is a
separate count for nearly every trans
action. The Indictment of this Off
cial Will cause a great sensation
throughout the state by reason of the
'rOminence of the person accnsed.
Maynard is a resident of Grand Rap
ids, and served four years as attorney
general. He was candidate for the
I'M ION loo Of ha
court I a year ago. The grand jury
continued the investigation of the
stat3 military expenditures, with spe-
cial reference to the Blake rife con-
trait.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
STEAMER BURNED.
The Mary. Graham ~ Morton Boat.
Is Destroyed ny Fire at
Benton Harbor.

st. Joseph. Dec. I0.-The steamer
Mary. owned by the Graham d Morton
transportation company, was de-
,troyed by fire at three o'clock Satur-
day morning near the company's office
at Benton Harbor. Capt. w. a. Bos-
well. of the steamer City of Louisville,
was asleep on the boat and narrowly
escaped. The Mary ran on the st.
Clajr river between Port Huron and
Algonac before she was bought by Gra-
ham& Morton, who intended to operate
her on the Chicago o-Waukegan-K Kenosha
routea She was taken TO Benton Har-
Dor November 20 to be refitted, and
the work was nearly completed. She
was valued at S25. 900. and was insured.
The boat was built by McElroy d Nor
ley, of Marine City, in 1882. She was
l26 feet long. 20 feet beam and had a
gross tonnage OF 40.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
The Austrian Emnress.

An amusing anecdote is told of the
pride the Empress Of Austria took in
her magnificent chestnut tresses.
which fell down to her ankles. She
used to have her hair brushed for
hours every day. Her majesty was
particularly anxious that the dresser
who brushed her long braids should
avoid pulling out n single hair. This,
of course. was an impossibility. and
the unfortunate maid concealed in the
pocket of her apron any hair which
became entangled In the brush. One
day the Empress, happening to glance
into the looking glass before which
she sat, caught sight Of the maid con-
cealing a small roll of hair in the
above-described fashion. Jumping up
from her rocking-chair, her majesty
grasped her attendants hand, exclaim-
Ing:
81 have caught you at last. You are
running my hairr
With a presence of mind that would
have done honor to an expert diplo-
mat, the maid replied, atingly:
81 implore your majesty to forgive
me; it never happened before. / only
wished to have some of my sover-
eign's hair TO put in the locket which
my little girl wears around her neck
as q talisman."
Whether the Empress believed this
clever invention or not, do not know,
but, Struggling her shapely shoulders
she resumed her seat, laughing heart
lily, and the next day she presented
her maid with locket enriched with
diamonds. saying. with n mischievous
twinkle in her eyes:
81 think this is the kind Of talisman
your little laughter deserves for hav-
ing such clever mother"
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
BURNED TO DEATH,
SOn Of n Farmer Makes Desperate Hut
Futile Efforts tn Save His
Fathers Life.

Shanghai. Dec. 9.-William Buckle, a
farmer 50 years of agt, was burned TO
death i'm his home four miles northeast
of Nassar at two o'clock Wednesday
morning. There were four occupants,
Mr.. and Mrs. Buckle. a son James and
a granddaughter, aged six, who was
visiting them. Mrs. Buckle is 65 years
of age. At two o'clock in the morning
she was awakened by smoke and gave
the alarm. The young man jumped
out with his niece in his arms, and then
got his mother out. He then made des-
oerate attempts to rescue his father.
lie could hear his fathers cries as he
tried 10 get through the window, but
the flames drove him back. The young
man was badly burned about the face
and arms. The old lady went insane
after the fire. and it took several people
30 hold her The case is an extremely
.ad one. The fire was caused by de-
fectiVe fue
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
- ~ Jail Bird.

A prisoner in the Marshall county,
s. d.. Jail wrote the following letter to
the sheriff re other day:
"Dear Sir: Inasmuch as | may
board will vou a couple of weeks. |
will respec ally suggest few points
about my hi' of fare. First. there are
many things can not eat without ser
ious injury T. my health. The follow
ing things | hould not eat at ALL /.
pork; .. cheese: 3, doughnuts; 4. fresh
bread; 3, biscuits; 6, pancakes; Z, fried
potatoes; 8. pie: .. cake; 10. no rice
pastries of any kind.
"Some of tie chief things | may eat:
/, rye bread graham bread. or graham
gems and cprnbread dread two or
three days old): ,. meats. fish, sausage.
beef, etc; & any kind of porridge that
is well cooked: 4, soups of various
kinds. alwavS good; ,, baked potatoes.
are the only ones may eat; 6, simple
made puddngs are all right; z, soft
boiled eggs for breakfast, when they
are not too dear; 3, n good dish Of
sauce either for breakfast or supper:
9, a good coffee. but no tea; 10, little
variety i'm the bill Of fare, so a fellow
can not tell six months ahead just
what he is going to have for supper or
breakfast. New York Tribune.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
Tribute from the south.

from the New Orleans Times Democratl
Apropos of all this. and other, news from
Paris. take this opportunity to express
cur admiration of the extremely able and
Interesting news service from Paris and from
London which 1.-The Chicago Tribune " has
been running daily in its columns for several
months past Several of the New York dailies
sometimes other European capitals in their
Sunday Issues, but they appear as a rule only
once week. the brief dispatches which they
get the other days Of the week not amount
Ing to much in the way of an ineligible and
adequate presentation of European news
" The Chicago Tribunes foreign service
signed Grace Corneau I" from Paris and
H. J. Whigham - from London, taking IL
all the week around. is long way ahead OF
the foreign news service of any of the New
York papers.
had for years deservedly high reputation
for presenting their readers with news Of in
tcrest from foreign parts. and the public Will
not forget its indebtedness TO them on that
account. But IL is beyond dispute that the
star OF journalism is Westward taking its
way. and that the journalism of Chicago is
beginning TO be the metropolitan Journalism
OF the present and will certainly be- IL thiars
r19ye as they, are moving now. the metro
poiltan Journalism Of the future. We do not
generally, III at all. approve the politics OF
The Chicago Tribune but apart from ifs
politics, IL is. in our opinion, superior TO any
OF the New YORK papers. Not only is its for
states. but its home news service covers The
country with fullness to which the New
\ ork Dape rs are strangers +" The Tribune's -
eaition go last sunday must have caused qualms
a. journalistic effort to which hitherto none
Oh the Gotham papess has been equal.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
Away with Office BOYS.

The office boy is likely to lose his
job. large examination room of the
municipal civil-service commissioners,
at the top of the criminal court build
ing. was given over to the new girl
Friday. Its 100 desks were occupied
by that number of girls. between IA
and Is years of age. undergoing an in
QUESTION as TO their fitness to be placed
on the eligible list from which office
girls in the municipal departments will
be drawn. Exactly 102 girls were
seated-two being placed at the large
desk on the examiners rostrum. The
desks are separated, so that there
could not be any exchange OF conf
dences or information. Work began at
10 o'clock and consisted of dictation.
A section of the declaration of inde-
pendence was rapidly read TO the can
didates Slow dictation, word by
word. followed. Five examples in
arithmetic were then given out, after
which 40 words were called off to the
competitors to be properly spelled. A
letter covering one page OF foolscap
was then asked for, the candidate be-
ing expected to describe therein the
progress of the examination up to that
point. The percentages were scaled as
follows: Dictation 10; arithmetic, 20;
handwriting, 30; spelling, 10, and let
ter. 20.
The examination was entirely writ
ten, and some Of the girls finished their
tasks by l o'clock; others remained un-
til 4. They were an ambitious lot and
regarded the post Of office girl as a
mere stepping stone to n junior clerk
ship, a grade for which they will be
eligible after two years service. That
carries a salary of $50 a month and
leads through senior clerkship to the
fifth grade with compensation OF 50, 500
a year.
Chief Examiner Ireland was delight
ed with many of the papers. The
chirography in most cases was excel
lent and remarkably similar among the
public school pupils. One specimen
was like copper plate engraving. AS a
rule the figures were not we'll made,
but the examples" were generally
worked successfully. - New York
World
The true northerner., 1899-12-13

Did you ever notice the man in the
switching tower? Does il ever occur to
you that the lives of every living person
on train frequently depend on the prompt
ness and intelligence with which he moves
the switch levers under his controlr
If men could only realize how small
thing may act at the critical instant to
switch them from a dangerous track on to
one of perfect safety, the yearly deaths
from lung diseases would be less by many
thousands.
Il had a regular consumptive cough, OF winch
was afraid, and everybody cautioned and
Novotny p. o. Box I437, New York, in a signit-
cant letter to DR.. K. v Pierce of Buffalo, N. X.
"When I started to take your medicine was
losing aOeigH gdpfdlys 1 was very pale and had
no appetite whatever. l used three bottles OF
DIR. Perce's Golden Medical Discovery and now
my condition is changed entirely / do not
cough at all; / have gained eight pounds in
weight, have gained my healthy color; aud my
appetite is enormous. / can and will recommend
your medicine to everybody who may be III need
of II; as it is sure cure, and no hurnbug as SO
many other patent medicines are. 1t is by far
the superior of all"
One chapter of DR.. Pierce's great thou
sand-page illustrated book, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser tells of
nearly one hundred men and women thus
promptly switched from the track of death
by this matchless remedy. This book is
sent free for the bare cost of mailing, 2I
one cent stamps or cloth bound for 81
stamns But oulv one COW to one family.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13

Progress Of the Marie Sanderson
Case, Charged with the Murder
of Her Husband I'm Marshall.


Marshall, Dec. Or. Prescott re-
sumed the stand Saturday morning
for further cross-examination in the
trial of Mrs. Marie Sanderson, charged
with attempt to kill her husband by
feeding him ground glass. He was
asked regarding the fragment of crys-
tallized vitrous arsenic found in the
stomach and professed inability to ex-
plain its presence. Arsenic would not
crystalliZe i'm the stomach and he
found no crystals in the embalming
fluid. Portions of the preliminary eN-
animation were read TO DIR. Prescott
and he was asked why he did not
testify in the lower court to the find
ing of the numerous small particles Of
glass, which he now stated were pres
ent, yet, perhaps, fully narrated the
entire result of his analysis. lie
thought that the bulk of the smaller
particles would exceed quite largely
that of the particles preserved, at
least in the ratio of two to one. He
would not have been surprised If the
entire infusible matter collected had
amounted to from one-half to one
drachm. Perhaps one-half, perhaps
more, of that amount would have
fused 10 globules, losing all angularity
of outline. This estimate was offered
solely as guesswork by the witness.
Asked as to the comparative effect of
glass on the stomach of a healthy
young woman and on feeble old
man, he said that, other things being
equal. the effect would be worse on
the old man. In answer to a question
of the prosecution he said that he
thought that large fragment would
be more injurious than small one.
That would depend, however, on the
sharpness of the fragment.
William j. Ladd, trained nurse of
Battle Creek, was next called. He at
tended Mr.. Sanderson in his last ill
ness and was present at his death.
He was called by DIR. Wattles, who
told him that it was a case of paralysis.
He found the patient in state of col
lapse, unconscious until his death.
Mrs. Sanderson waited on him and
manifested such interest and anxiety
in his condition as dutiful wife
should under the circumstances. She
sat on the bed the night of his death
until II o'clock and then went up
stairs. About midnight man called
and asked for her. The witness called
her and she and the visitor went up
stairs together. Later the witness
called to her that her husband was
dying, but got no response. She soon
came down, however, and remained
until her husbands death. Upon
cross-eXamination the witness was
asked if he did not know that the man
who called was Mr. Richey. whose
wife was upstairs with Mrs. Sander
son at the time. and he replied that he
did not know Mrs. Richey and did not
| know that she was in the house.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
New Conner ComnnnN.

Houghton, Dec. S. - The Champion
Copper company filed articles of incor-
poration here Thursday. The capital
ization is 81, 100000. with cash capital
of 100000. William A. and Charles II
Paine and Frank X. Stanwood, George
L. Leonard and Frederick Hail. of Bos-
ton, with John ii. Rice and Albert X
Gray, of Houghton, are the directors OF
the new company. The mining proper
ty, which is valued at S50O,000 is located
20 miles south of here, and is now being
opened with 100 men employed.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
Hurts Michigan wheat.

Lansing, Dec. 11.-According to the
official crop report wheat suffered ma
terial injury during November. Good
growth would have been made,
but for the ravages of the Hes
sian fly, the presence of which is
generally reported. In many instances
late-sown wheat was as badly damaged
as that sown early. Fields were being
plowed up or pastured to sheep. The
condition of the crop for the state is so
as compared with the average.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13

The New York Herald of April IL printed an
editorial statement that the previou. day
(Sunday. April 16) its paid advertising reached
the high water mark IN that journal : history.
" The Chicago Tribune " on that same day, last
Sunday. April 10, printed not only more adver-
tiging than the New York Herald. but what is
believed to be the greatest amount ever printed
in single issue OF any regular main edition OF
newspaper. Leaving out of account the TWEEN
ty-two columns of advertising printed by the
New York Herald on that day in the special sec
ton devoted to the interests OF Brooklyn and
New Jersey and appearing only i'm those editions
the record OF The Tribune " for April 16 sur
passed that OF the Herald for the same day by
more than 10000 agate lines of paid advertising
ing its Brooklyn and New Jersey supplements,
the New York Herald on that day still fell short
OF The Tribune = by more than 1 600 lines in
the actual amount of paid advertising.
New York Herald OF April 10 printed i'm its main
edition. exclusive of its Brooklyn and New Jer-
sey supplements. 81, SOB agate lines OF advertise
ments. INCLUDING those supplements IL claims
day ss450 agate lines OF paid advertisements
The comparison should be made in lines of agate
measure. because the columns of - The Trib-
une are longer and contain 305 agate lines.
while those of the New York Herald contain only
2SS lines OF agate each.
For the four Sundays ending April 16. the
number or columns OF advertisements in the New
York Herald, according TO its own claims and
section was 1,oe7. %. In the same period OF time
tuai paid advertisements. These ',ti reduced % to
,g agate lii lines E eve the New York Herald so7 $Ss
Tribune there were printed in that period
%, 3s3 more agate lines than in the New York
Herald This excess was equal to eighty-ona
eolumns columns Of the size Of those Of the New York
an average OF POPS columns less each Sunday
than - The Chicago Tribune"
The true northerner., 1899-12-13

The Man Had Lost All Control of His
Nerves.

'T take a drink when feel like it,"
said Canal street business man, "and
can't see that ID has ever done me any
harm, but | witnessed little episode
this morning that has haunted me
ever since, and has forced me TO do
whole lot of thinking. | had stepped
into a bar very early to get a cock
tail, and while it was being compound
ed middle-aged gentleman came and
asked one of the attendants TO pour
him out little plain whisky. He was
carefully dressed. and had all the
marks of refinement and good breed
ing. and his request was so unusual
that / turned involuntarily to look at
him. The bartender exhibited no sur
prise, and placed half small glass
full of whisky at his elbow, but the
instant he stretched out his hand
saw that the man was on the verge OF
nervous collapse. He shook like an
aspen, and when he finally managed
to seize the tumbler its contents flew
in every direction.
LET me assist you, colonel said
the bartender quietly. and pouring out
another drink, he leaned over and held
it to his lips The old man said moth
ing, but gave him a haggard look that
went into my heart like a knife. My
God! what look! Shame, humilia
ton and abject animal terror. 1t start
ed the sweat on me like water. Well,
he drank his whisky, stood still for a
minute as If gathering himself togeth-
er. and sauntered out as cool as ever.
/ asked the bartender whether he had
many such customers. and he laughed.
"Lots of EN-, he said. There isn't
n tirst-class bar in town. he went on,
that don't patch up few old boys like
that every morning. They're not
drunkards, but they have been at it
so many years that their nerves are
gone, and, although they don't know
it. they are working on absolute y
nothing but whisky. As soon as they
get little fresh fuel i'm the morning
they are all right. but they come in
scared and out of their wits and
thinking they're going TO drop dead
every minute. I'll bet that gentleman
you saw can sign his name without n
CULVER
Il walked out rejecting. 1t was q
weird sight, gentlemen. and | don't
want To witness it again. Suppose we
go and have something Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
HELD NO OFFICE.
u Grand Jury's Report i'm the
French Case.

Lansing, Dec. s. - The grand jury
sprung sensation Thursday in the
shape of a report declaring that the Of
fee of commissioner of the state land
office has been vacant since January
last owing to the failure of Commissio3-
ef French 10 file the bond which the l4w
requires shall be filed previous TO en-
tering upon the duties of the office.
French was reelected last November
and his bond for the previous terri is
still on file. The report also declares
that il cannot continue its Investigation
of alleged official misconduct ~ the
part of French inasmuch as noGndict-
ment could be made against a fe facto
officer, even though the testimony
should prove to warrant the finding of
one 1t appears that French Neglected
to ne his bond, but had executed one in
~ last few days, and thai this had
FEN approved by the attorney general
<9nd was awaiting the approval of the
secretary of state, who is out of the
state.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
sent TO Jail.

Grand Rapids, Dec. s. - Charles NJ.
Butts, until recently secretary of the
Worden Grocery company, was arrest
ed Thursday on a capas issued at the
instance of the company as the begin
ming of suit to recover $35, 900 VIII. Ia
it is alleged Butts embezzled. Butts is
son-in-law of Judge John w. Champ
lin, former justice of the supreme court.
Butts is now in Jail. 1t is supposed he
lost money in speculation.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
JURY FOR SANDERSON CASE.
Trial at Marshall OF the Woman
Charged with Feeding Pounded
Glass to Her Husband.

Marshall, Dec 5. f. A jury was Sc
cured Thursday afternoon in the case
of Mrs. Sanderson, Who is charged with
attempting to mugder her aged hus-
band by feeding Vim pounded glass in
his oatmeal. Prosecutor Clark opened
the case with a Summing up of Mrs.
Sapderson's history from the time she
rs her husbanF until her examination
by a justice otSbe pecce almcst a gear
ago. The physician who performed the
post mortem testified to sending parts
of the body to Ann Arbor to be exam
ined for traces of glass. He also stated
that in his opinion paralysis caused the
death of Mr.. Sanderson.
The true northerner., 1899-12-13
Declines IA Call.

Detroit, Dee. 11.-Rev. Lee S. Me-
Collester will remain in Detroit as pas
aor of the Church of Our Father (Uni-
versalist) and will decline the pastor
ate rendered him in Worcester, Mass,
which call included ahlncrease of 81 500
in salary. The condition upon which
Mr.. McCollester remains has been com
piled with. viz, the clearing of an in
debtedness of nearly $20,O 900 on the
Church of Our Father.