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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25

Peter Cooper came to highest honors.
The learned and the great sought his
home. He was President of three tele-
graph companies, one of the fathers OF
the Atlantic Cable, and was nominated
for the Presidency of the United States
by the National Independent party in
1876, but he died, as he had lived, tho
same gentle, transformations, unsel6sh
man. He said a short time before his
death: ''My sun is not setting in clouds
and darkness, but is going down cheer
fully in q clear armament, lighted up
by the glory of God. 1 seem to hear my
mother calling me as she used to do
when | was a boy: Peter, Peter it is
about bed time.'"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25
How Carolina Became a Rice State.

The destiny of South Carolina was
changed by a single lucky experiment.
In 1896, when the colony was more than
thirty years old, the pioneers were still
engaged in buyingfurs from the Indians,
extracting rosin, tar and turpentine from
the pines, cutting timber for shipment,
and growing slender harvests of grain
on the light soil along the coast. At
tempts had already been made to grow
indigo, ginger and cotton; but these had
not answered expectation. A small and
improbable kind of rice had also been
tried in 1858. But one Thomas Smith
thought that a patch OF wet land at the
back of his garden in Charleston re-
sembled the soil he had seer bearing
rice in Madagascar. 1t CHANGED in 1896,
that a brigantine from that island
anchored in distress near Sullivan's
Island, and the Captain, an old friend
of this enterprising Thomas Smith, was
able to furnish him a bag of Madagascar
rice suitable for seed. 1t grew luxu-
riantly in the wet corner of the garden,
and the seed from this little harvest was
widely distributed. In three or four
years the art of husking the rice was
learned. African slaves were easily
procured in the West Indies, and the
face Of society in the young State was
presently changed. South Carolina be-
came a land Of great planters and of a
multitude Of toiling negroes. Smith was
raised to the rank Of Landgrave, :and
made Governor Of the colony three years
after the success of his rice-patch. The
new grain was at first grown on uplands;
but the planters afterward discovered
thatthe neglected swamps were more
congenial and less exhaustible. The
cruelty hard labor of separating the
grains from the adhering husks crippled
the strength and even checked the in
crease OF the negroes; but in the years
just preceding the Revolution this task
came to be performed with mills driven
by the force of the incoming :.and outgo-
ing tides, OF turned by horses or oxen.
A hundred and forty thousand barrels OF
Carolina rice, Of four or five hundred
weight apiece, were annually exported
before the wal Of independence.
Through the example of Governor OF
Georgia, the culture of rice spread into
that colony, and completed the ruin Of
the silk business.-Ihe Century.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25
PETER COOPER.

1he following biography OF one OF Il
country's most noble and helpful citizens
appeared in a recent number of the
Vide Awakc:
On the 18th of April, 1883, the great
city of New York was in mourning.
Flags were at half-mast. The bells
tolled. Shops were closed, and in the
windows the picture Of a kind-faced,
white-haired nan was draped in black.
All day long tens of thousands passed by
an open.. coffin in All Souls Church; Gov
errors and ~millionaires, poor women
with little children in their arms, work
men in their common clothes, andragged
newsboys-all with aching hearts. The
great dailies like the I1ibunc and Herald
gave six columns to the sad event. Mes
sages of sympathy were cabled from
England.
Who was this man whom the world
mourned on this April day?
Was he a President? Oh, no. A great
General? Far from it. One who lived
magnificently and had splendid car
tiages and diamonds? Not at all.
He was simply Peter Cooper, ninety
two years OLD, the bestowed man in
America.
Had he given money? Yes; but other
men in our rich country do that. Had
he travelled abroad, and so become
widely known? No. He would never
20 to Europe, because he wished to use
his money in a different way.
Why, then, was he loved by a whole
Nation? for even the Turks, Parsees
and Hindoos talked about him. A New
York journalist gives this truthful
w
'.Peter Cooper went through his long
life IS gentle AS a sweet woman, as kind
as a good mother, and as honest and
as guileless as a man could live, and re-
main human"
Some boys would be ashamed to be
considered as gentle as a girl. Not SO
Peter Cooper. He was born poor, and
always was willing that everybody
should know it. He despised pride.
When his old chaise and horse came
down Broadway, every cartman and
omnibus driver turned aside for him.
Though a millionaire, he was rather
their friend and brother, and they We're
personally proud and fond of him. He
gave away more thanhe kept. He found
places for the poor to work, if possible,
gave money if they were worthy, and,
though N Of the busiest men in Amer.
lea, always took time to be kind.
His sunny face was known every.
where. His pastor, Rev. Robert Collyer,
said this of him:
ellis presence, wherever he went,
lay like a bar of sunshine across a dark
and troubled day, SO that l have seen ii
light up some thousands of careworn
faces as if they were saying who looked
IN him: 1T cannot be SO bad q world as
we thought, since Peter Cooper lives in
it and gives us his benediction.'n
And how did this poor boy come to
his success and his honor?
By his own will and perseverance
Nobody could have more obstacles tc
overcome. His parents had nine chill
dren 70 support and no money. His
S~~~- - e. So
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25
SNAKES IN THE GRASS,

OXthlIO 1Av AAAI
Beneath the ample shadow of their wagon
Some lonely emigrants have built tnelr nIes
The flames leap up like some fierce, captive
Which struggles in its ire.
Mother and children peacefully are sleeping
Beside the roaring camp-hre's cheerful glow;
The settler, gun in hand, his watch is keeping
'GainSt wolf and Indian foe!
an Now oVe he "'n must %aa Watch W. t a ali through the weary
And, 4 Iii the dawn, must scan the rolling
Patched with the young moons light.
How chill the moonbeams are! How sad and
The drowsy waters mid the rushes weep!
He lets his tired eyes close, with watching
Lies down-and falls asleep!
The pale moons beams upon the plain are
lying,
Tho night wind through the swaying grass is
And all things else are still. =;
Is it the night-wind signing in the grIasses2
Is it the wind which makes them bend and
All, no! Into the moonlit space there passes
A coiling rattlesnake!
1t sees the Waterman sleeping, at mis- statlon,
And glides along with flercely flaming gaze,
Its eyes reflect in dreadful concentration
The roaring camp fires blaze.
And are the slim stems stirred at It's com.
mand?
MOL From the shade into the moonlightpasses
An Indian, knife in hand!
He sees the wife, he sees the children dream
ing;
Sees, on the slecper's gun, the freight stream
And swears to take his life!
He knows not of the snake, and both arc
creeping,
With poisoned fang, and direr poisoned
blade,
To where the WORKOUT emigrant is sleeping,
In the great wagons shade!
Two snakes they are! and through the grass
With gliding body and soft-trcading feet;.
And where the singing brook swiris past the
bushes
Serpent and Indian meet!
The pale moons beams upon the plain are
A gentle murmur rises from the rill.
Hark! a sharp hiss, a rush. a horrid crying,
And all again is still.
The settler Observation-Disclosures his rifle.
scream?"
And then he smiles-"Afraid at such a trifle!
Twas but some dreadful dream!"
He PAGES up and down the camp till morning,
Almost forgcts the dying Indians cry
Forgets quite when the goddess fair OF dawn.
ing
Dyes gold the Eastern sky.
He eats his morning meal, then feeds his
horses;
Prepares them both for journeyingo on again;
The wheels from out their tnrfy bed he forces,
And starts across the plain.
Lightly he walks along; the warm rays fill
him
From the bright sun which shines high over
head;
He knows not of the snake which sought to
kill him,
But saved his life instead.
He knows not that there lies, black and bitten
A swollen corpse among the trampled weed
A record in the grass the night has written
Which he will never read!
Detroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25

One of the cute old fellows: ..Be
yetu a reporter" asked a Cape Cod man
CT a Globe scribe whom he saw writing
IN a book at the Old Colony DEPOT.
EYES, was the reply. "Well I've lust
mad q narrow escape: just before I got
herea chap came through the car With
q ring filled with checks and wanted
nifty ent in advance to deliver nv
baggage anywhere here. but he didn't
catch your Uncle Ezra. I'm too sharp
for these confidence chaps. reads the
papers. L reads the papers, 1 do."-
Boston Globe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25
A Modern Instance.

NlCGOr hugo sketches iii LeS NAiScE.
ables a charming picture of two young
lovers in a moonlit garden, who confess
their mutual love, and contide to each
other their secret sorrows, before she
asks him: .sWhat is your name?" This
seems improbable and unnatural, but
such indifference to ordinary habit and
practice is not confined to works OF fic-
ton; for the spirit of this garden scene.
if not the details, was duplicated not
long since in a Western town.
A,man and woman, advancedin years,
tramped together into the town from a
remote country district. He carried his
coat on his arm. His ~collarless neck
and shoeless feet showed that he did not
cultivate personal vanity. The woman's
appearance indicated that she also ig-
nored the rules of fashion. The man
left her at a store where he learned the
way to the County Clerks Office.
Entering the Office of that official, he
said: 81 want to get apair O. licenses. -,
Experience enabled the clerk to un-
derstand that the man wanted q
marriage license and he asked the usual
questions:
whats your name"
"Huh?"
"What is your Nance" *
"My name?" So
eyes, your name"
ooh! It's Jones'"
eyes. But which one Of the Jones
are your"
Erasmus Jones'"
The clerk looked thoughtful for a
moment. Words disguised by their pro-
nunciation we're problems that he was
often called upon to solve. He seemed
relieved in a moment, as he. concluded
that the name of an ancient scholar had
somehow fastened itself upon this un-
scholarly person.
"Erusmus JONES'" he wrote. ''Whom
do you intend to marry?"
"Huh?" as if uneasy at too many
questions.
"What is the lady's name?"
"Oh! sum"
"Susan what? What is the rest of it?"
"Huh?" perplexed again.
"What is her family name? Her last
name? Hers it Susan Smith. Susan
Jackson, Susan"-
ooh! 1 dunno"
"You don't know"
"No. Dyer hate to know that!"
"Of course / dol"
"Well, you just holdon a minute. I'll
go'n' ask her," and off he went.
In a few moments he returned with
his intended bride, whose named proved
to be Susan Williams. The license was
made out, and a Magistrate was sum-
moned to marry the pair. The bride
groom, reluctantly, put on his coat dur
was :.finished off it went again.
Hanging it over his shoulder, he
glanced at his bride, and announced that
'.he'd been lookin' seventeen years for
Il woman that suited him, m he guessed
he'd found her."
The pair received the congratulations
of the spectators and began their bridal
trip homeward.-Youth's Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25
"A Crematory Association has been

"A Crematory Association has been
formed in Washington, and Congress is
to be asked to give it a charter. A Ger
man physician has given u lot on which
to erect a crematory similar to that in
Washington, Penn. One Of it's men,
bers says that the expense OF burning a
body will not be more than thirty-fvo
dollars, and that 500 they may able to
reduce it to twenty dollars Washington
St4y,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25

Some fifty thousand acres of land
nave been discovered to have been
fraudulently entered in Uyalde County
TeA-C Chicago Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25

Beneath the ample shadow of their wagon
flames leap up like some fierce, captive
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09
Harvard CnIIeRe.

AT recent meeting of the oyerseers of
Harvard College, discussion was held
upon the resolution which had been be-
fore the board for several weeks, that in
the opinion of this board, the statutes
making attendance on morning prayers
and other religious exercises compulsory
should be repealed. The board, by a
strong vote refused to adopt the resolution.
But Mr.. George Shiffer, lately from Mar
rnsburg, Blair Co., Pa, who had a Can
cerous growth on his nose, and who was
advised the use of Peruna before a visit to
Cancer Hospital, was allowed to take
that par-excellent remedy, and by its use
for very short time, was cured Complete
ly-page "A in the ''Ills of Life''-get one
from your druggist,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09
TRIAL LIST.

Causes set down for trial in the Court of
Common Pleas of Forest County at Special
Term commencing the Third Monday of
January, A. ID. 1884:
l, J. Il, Blaine VS.. Henry Swaggart, No.
6 February term, 1879.
,. w. Il. Collner vs.. Daniel McKenna.
No. 6 May term, 1889.
3. The Salmon Creek Lumber and Min
ing Company VS.. w. A. Dusenbury, No.
l December term, 1882.
T. Helen S. Bates ct alVs L. L. Watson
No. 81 December term, 1852.
5. Robert Gilmore va. A. ]. Landers
6 Co., No. -, December term, 1882.
6. ID. w. Clark VS.. Peter Berry ct al,
No. u May term, 1883.
Z. J. e. Dayton & Co. VS.. The Salmon
Creek Lumber Company, No. 2S May
term, 1888.
s. Eugene Berlin VS.. o. j. Delo &c G. p.
Delo, No. 27 September term, 1883.
y. John Thomson We. Jacob Range OF
al, No. AZ Sept. term, 1888.
10. w. Byron IL Co. VS.. James b. Wat
sou, No 81 September term. 1888.
JUSClS SHAWKEY, Pruthonotarv,
Tionesta, Pa, Dec. 10, 1888.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09

THERE is something significant in
the concerted efforts of the Carlisle
Democrats to conciiate Rep resenta.
tive Randall for the bad feeling which
they fancy he entertains toward his
victors in the speakersbip contest.
Whether this rather profuse fawning
upon Mr.. Randall has its motive in a
conviction that his growing prominence
in national politics makes him good
man to keep on the right side of, or a
desire to allay some of the popular
alarm excited by the election of a
Free.trade speakar car be only con-
jectnred at this time; but that one of
these two theories is the true explana.
tion of it cannot be doubted. At
present it appears that Mr.. Randall's
defeat for speaker has made him the
best courted and yet the best feared
man in his party. PhilG. Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09
AWorId of Trouble.

lhls world ls tull OF trouble. lt rs
great pity, and greater pity It's, that
we must acknowledge il. There is no
use denying it, no use hanging back ;
no use trying to dodge the issue; we
may as well meet it fairly and brave
ly and let the fact be an acknowledged
and undisputed fact al once and be
done with it. If had not been for
one thing we might have postponed the
confession for time, we might even
have pleaded that while the common
lot of men was trouble, and while those
who invested their funds in industry,
and those who married their wives and
attempted to rear families on the pro.
ceeds of their labor employed in in.
dustrial establishments, were fated to
the failure of their hopes, those judi
cious gentlemen who are wise ennugh
to live by their wits, the Democratic
politicians preaching reform until they
get elected and then suddenly discov-
ering the fact that they are free trad.
ers, with nearly two-thirds majority
in one House of Congress, we're surely
happy, With what exuberance they
said "At last when Mr.. Carlisle was
elected Speaker and told how they
were going to reform the revenue in
the direction of free trade. Of course
every man whose money was tied up
in business that must be ruined by
free trade, was miserable, and felt as
If his courage and snap were all set
tling down 10 his boots and likely TO
leak out at the seams, but the festive
politicians who were about to put their
theories in practical operation at last,
after the long weary waiting, we're
happy. Alas How short lived is
all that is called happiness. Even
they are already in peck of trouble,
because all the fellows who listened
to their fine spun theories that proved
free trade sound op paper, meant re.
duction of duties or everybody's pro-
duct but their own, ald now they are
confronted by the western wool grower
by the southern sugar planter, by the
northern lumber cutter, by the rice
planter, all with their fists in the air,
and hurling blue streaks of anatho.
mas at them if they dare TO reduce
the duties on their product. 1t is no
use that the Morrisou's aud Hurd's
show them that they cant break down
the greasy northern mechanic without
consenting to suffer little sacrifice
themselves, they are just as mulish
and obstinate as if they had never
read tract from the press Of the New
York Free Trade league, or one of
Hurd's or Morrison's speeches, or their
hearts had never been fred by the cry
of monopoly. Alas, it is true. Even
for the Democratic politician, there is
nothing but disappointment and trou.
BILE in this weary world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09

AS usual the Democrats of certain
grade calculate upon investigations
of the departments to supply the m
with the material with which to make
the Presidential fight. TIE last time
they essayed that game, it proved
sort of boomerang, but like the mule,
it never learns from its experience.
Mr.. Brewster is to be the victim now,
according to the Washington Critic,
and the investigation is to be had
with a view to his impeachment.
They do not charge that he is corrupt,
only that there are some scouudrels
10 the department.. This is probable.
There are lot of Democratic Law.
yers still hanging on about it but as
'oou as the investigators run against
hem they will stop, as they did be-
fore.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09

ADDITfoNAL TRAIN - Leaves Kinzua
ll;5Oam, Warren l:35pm, Irvineton $50
pm, Tidioute 3:54pm, Tionesta 5:2Opm, ar
rives Oil City 7;00pm.
ADDITIONAL TRAfN-L caves OIL City
6:lO am. Oleopolis 1854 am, Eagle Rock
7C9am, President 7:l5am, ridnesta 7:4Sam
Hickory S:37am, ,Trunkeyvihe 9:G4am, It'd
Quite lO;l5am, Thompson 11:C6, arrives
lrVine'Cn ll:55pm.
PITTSBURGH DIVISION - Trains leave
oil City 2;05, 700, l0:45 a. m, 2;46, Ass
p. m, arrive Oil City 2:30, 7:45, 9;45 a. m,
2:2O, 3:45, $3.50 p. M
Flag stations, stop only ON signal
Trains run on Eastern Tine, " hichis I6
minutes foster than BRlf;f1o time.
, Pullman Sleeping Cars and Through
Coaches between Buffalo and Pittsburgh
ON trains arriving Pittsburgh 7:50 a. M,
and leaving Pittsburgh $40 p. m.
Parlor Cars and Through Coaches be-
tween Pittsburgh and Buffalo on trains
leaving Pittsburgh S.45 a. M, arriving
Pittsburgh 500 p. m.
aa1~ Tickets sold and baggage checked
TO all principal points.
Get time tables giving full information
from CompanY's Agents.
VIM. ;. BALDWIN, Gen'l Pass'r Ag't
GEO, S. GETCHELL, Genl Sup't.
Nos. Al Il AZ Exchange ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
j. l.. CRAIG, Agent, Tionesta, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09

We cannot see how Carlisle's parti-
cular views should cause the Republi.
can editors so much trouble. His acts
suit the Democrats aud the nation
exactly. National Democrat.
Alb i they do eh? And so the Dem
'ocrats of Pennsylvania are suited with
Mr.. Crrlisle's ultra free trade views ?
Well if that's the case, "nuff sed !"
We were Of the opinion that at least a
small portion of the Democratic party
were in favor of some little protection
to American labor, but if the editor of
the Democrat is bouud not to have it
that way, the Republicans are ready
to go into the fight on that issue.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09
A Miracle in Oil City.

Doctors mfounded-druggists and the
people wild with excitement. From the
Oil City Derrick, July Dist, 1881: Miss
Maggie Martin, of this city, has been i'll
and confined to the house for several wears.
Our best physicians failed to give her re-
lief. She took Peruna and, to the aston
ishment Of all who knew her, she Is now
up and abont again. Mr.. Simmons. the
druggist, sold l84 bottles last week. He
buys in gross lots. Mr.. Cawell, too, sells
u. AskLyour druggist for DR.. Hartman's S
pook-"llls OF Life, gratis, or address
DR.. H., at Osborn, o., for one.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09
Court Proclamation.

At an adjourned term of the Court OF
Common Pleas of Forest County held on
November lst, 1888, a special venire was
ordered for the trial of Civil Cases in said
Common Pleas Court, to meet on the
Third Monday Of January. A. d. 1884, at
. o'clock z. NJ.
BY THE COURT.
Attest, JUSTIS SHAwKEY,
ProthonOtarv.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-09
1883. FALL & MIN Err t. IIRR4

ta Is here and Winter fast approaching, and
next thing in order and happy inform
est County that prepared supply ut as Low
Prices rs the quality of Goods produced Western
Pennsylvania We mute you inspect making
your purchases will SAVE YOU MONEY. buy Iarpo
Quantities of Goods for Spot Cash. having supply
and buy together Quantity i'm question to get the Price
ana being all workers and having idle support
being compelled to live on the profits line
are confident that will and MORE GOODS FOR
THE MONEY THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THIS SEC
TTON COUNTRY