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GRIEF IN LOS ANGELES.
Mrs. Cooper Highly Comm endet
for Her Noble Qualities.

Mrs. Cooper Highly CONNIE ended
for Her Noble Qualities.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 11.-Few
instances OF death in this State can be
recalled in Los Angeles tonight which
have occasioned such universal expressions
of regret as that of the untimely taking
off of Mrs Sarah B. Cooper.
This pure, Christian woman had scores
of dear and loyal friends in this city who
stood by her like wall OF adamant in her
late controversy with Rev. G. 0. Brown.
Her friends are among this city's noblest
womanhood. all of whom are deeply
grieved over her death. She has been pro-
nounced over and over again the noblest
of women and the most unselfish of phil
antrophists. Many of these friends knew OF
the sad and melancholy state of Hattie
Cooper's mind and insist that Mrs. Cooper
never com omitted suicide.
The deceased is commended very highly
for her noble, generous womanhood, but
most of all for her indomitable courage in
taking a firm stand for right, honor, de-
cency and the cause of Christianity against
her own pastor in the First Church scandal.
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the daughter retired also; when she arose

the daughter retired also; when she arose
Miss Cooper arose.
The dey was passed together. Their devo-
ton to each other was something more than
the love OF the ordinary mother and daughter.
1t was engrossing and passionate.
1t was especially tried when Mrs. Cooper
found herself face to face with q repugnant
duty In connection with her church. She vas
leading member of the First Congregational
Church, and one of the first of the congrega-
ton to be made aware of the unworthiness of
the pastor, the Rev. Charles o. Brown. Peo-
pie who regarded her as q mentor, told her OF
the preachers unfitness to i'll the pulpit, and
she conceived it to be her duty to act for the
right whatever might ensue. When the great
church scandal broke out and the City was
rent with animosiiies growing out of the fight
of the factions, Mrs. Cooper took firm stand
and remained steadfast to the last. She be-
lieved DR.. Brown guilty, and not all the male
dictfons, the threats and the malevolent Cos
sip of his partisans could prevent her from as
serting that he was not worthy to guide the
flock of which he was the chosen leeder.
In this controversy Miss Cooper as
sailed and her mother flew TO her defense.
The assaults made upon the mother were
likewise warded off by the daughter. 1t was
a trying ordeal for them. but it told more on
the younger than the elder. Mrs. Cooper s
serene faith in the justice of the divine mas
ter was an armor OF steel against the sings
and arrows of her enemies. Miss Cooper,
though sharing her mothers pious nature,
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was a little dirty money in it, have had the
management OF affairs. They have had two
chances to foul their own nests, and they
have accepted them. The legitimate profits OF
the Corbett-Sharkey mess were enormous but
they were not sufficient. The temptation TO
cheat party of strangers was too great. They
loathed the idea of letting that $4,000 purse
get out of the State, and, worse than that, the
. thought of giving Grammar and other big bet
tors from the East an honest run for their
money could not be entertained for moment.
With them q crooked dollar IN hand is worth
five straight dollars in prospect. Well, they
now have the crooked dollar, and much good
may it do them.
II have passing acquaintance with Wyatt
carp, the man who refereed the fight, and
speaks so toploftically about his honor in the
dispatch which follows this. l never dresmt
of him in connection with refereeing fist
fight upon which cham pionship possibly
depended, although he might be qualified TO
adjudicate upon the fine points arising in a
bowie-knife duel. He comes OF a family who
kill and was until he got civilization, so to
speak, by the San Francisco route, more or
less picturesque DO rder character, with q
reputation OF killer. He gunned his way
into notoriety in Indian Territory and Arizona
before he went to San Francisco with a halo OF
blue smoke about his head. With ell its
boosted progress San Francisco worships gun
fighter as devotedly now as it did in 40. If
carp has the reputation for squareness that he
boasts about presume he acquired 1t In the
same way Alkali Ikes and Rattlesnake Jims
acquired theirs-by boring holes in persons
who had made assertions to the contrary. II
one man accuses another OF being horse
thief the accuser may fully vindicate himself
and stand before the world as an honest man
by simply blowing the brains out of his
accuser according TO the ethics of the society
in which Wyatt carp has mingled. We look at
things differently on this side of the divide.
Here we do not necessarily hold man guilt
less of horse-stealing because he has killed his
man. carp is regarded as a Square man in
San Francisco because he has several notches
on his stick and is still quick on the draw.
s'His knowledge of boxing must be limited
In his heart he must despise man who de-
ponds upon natures weapons to defend him
self He has the reputation of being game but
the chances are that if you unstrapped the
stock of blue hardware from his hips One
eyed Connolly could make him jump out OF a
window"
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was not proof against them. They wounded
her and had a perceptible effect on her subse-
quent life. She became nervous, deeply irri-
lated and Respondent 1t is believed that she
had inherited from her father suicidal ten
deney, for she often spoke OF death and wish ed
for it.
Friends of the Coopers assert that they have
ever dreaded some such termination OF their
lives that which has shocked the City To-
day. Mrs. Cooper WAS more content TO live
out her allotted span of life. She knew OF her
daughters desire for death and deprecated it,
but she herself was always ready for the end
She held herself amenable to the will of the
Creator, bat she would not presume to hasten
her taking OF.
In their home life the Coopers were re-
markable couple. They had made themselves
one of the contest and interesting domiciles to
be found anywhere. 1t was q charming spot
and reflected the character of its occupants
Mrs. Cooper and Colonel Robert 6.
Ingersoll were cousins and warm personal
friends, in spite of their opposing religious
views. Colonel Ingersoll presented Mrs.
Cooper with volume of his lectures q
few years ago, with the inscription: ITO
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The following is from a gentleman in
terested in sporting matters:

To the Sporting Editor Of The Call: Pug1lstic-
ally speaking the evidence rcga riding the Fitz-
simmous-Sharkey fasco is becoming decidedly
pointed and interesting, but it may be as well
to suspend judgment for q while, as, although
lots of us know Sharkey only by reputation
yet we consider him too brave man to stoop
to anything so low as becoming one OF band
of vile conspirators TO defraud beforehand
manly opponent of the laurels OF victory and
reward OF his skill. Still, if there has been
anything really 'crooked," it is 10 be hoped,
in the interests OF decency and fair play, that
it be sifted to the bottom and the guilty, who
ever they be- held up to the contempt OF every
decent admirer of boxing, even though the re-
suit wipe the manly art off this City's list OF
sporting attractions completely and forever.
The writer's opportunities for observing this
contest were as good perhaps as those OF any
one, his seat being selected Immediately they
were placed on sale and the one chosen being
gallery reserve" directly over the ring.
Both men were watched as closely as one
pair of perfect eyes could do SO; and although
personally desiring to see Sharkey win, there
were two distinct occasions during that mem
orable contest when every shred OF hope on
that score was entirely abandoned; and then
when the eventful eighth occurred, and F1tz-
simmons stalked over toward the clock, and
directly facing the writer, with his long arms
dangling at his sides and wearing that what
did-I-tell-you" smile OF his, mentally elacu-
lated, eyes, you got him, didn't you," ana
am positive Fiz felt he had woD. But then,
when the knowledge dawned upon him that
he had lost on foul, the transformation scene
that swept over the Australians face was pos
itively painful to g. conscientious onlooker to
witness; and felt convinced, then and there,
that if Fitzsimmons had fouled Sharkey, 1t
was so far un1ntentional that he tFitz) was
unaware of it. / certainly detected none, but
it doesn't follow there wasn't any.
Apropos of Sharkey's idea published so
prominently in one of the yesterday morning
papers, that Fitz would be comparatively easy
game for Corbett, Sharkey surely must have
been joking, there being little real doubt but
that after Fitz's disposal of Sharkey the other
evening, he was still in a condition to have
given Pompadour Jim the fight Of his life,
without any interlude or intermission what
ever before proceeding about it. J. G. B.
San Francisco December 10, 1896.
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THE FATHERS DEATH.

Halsey z. Cooper's Tragic Suicide
Ascribed to Impulsive Insanity.
The suicide of Haisey F. Cooper, hus-
band of Sarah B. Cooper, which occurred
on Decem Der g. 1885, in its incidents sug
gests strongly the same condition of MIND
which must have been the unhappy heir
loom of mis- daughter during the months
that she sought the life of herself and her
mother. In the case of the father how
ever. there were well-defned reasons for
his discomfort and discouragement.
Mr.. Cooper had for great many years
been Deputy Surveyor of the Port-so
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HER DAUGHTERS MIND.
Two Weeks Ago Mrs. Cooper Said
1t Was Sound.

TWO weeks Ago Mrs. Cooper Said
1t Was Sound.
The rumor that Miss Hattie Cooper had
gone insane was first circulated about the
time that Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper wrote
from a sanitarium at st. Helena to the
ladies IN charge Of the suffrage campaign,
stating that in consequence of her daugh-
ter's state of health she was unable to be
present in San Francisco during tho elec-
ton. By the time, about two weeks ago.
that the mother and daughter returned to
what Mrs. Cooper loved to call her wine
EMPOWERED home on Vallejo street. the
rumor of Miss Cooper's unfortunate con-
dition had gained such widespread cred
ence among Mrs. Cooper's friends that she
was asked by representative of THE CALL
whether Miss Cooper's state of health was
so serious as 1t was reported 10 be.
The great kindergartener was in her
library adjoining her daughters room at
the time. She looked pale and worn out,
as if from overmuch watching, but she
was continuing her correspondence as
usual.
my daughters mind has never suffered
in the least during her illness, said Mrs.
Cooper, who seemed panied and intensely
surprised that there should be any ques-
ton of Miss Cooper's nervous prostratlon
having affected her mentally. Hattie
has been working very hard" continued
Mrs. Cooper. Not only has she had
her own kindergarten work to attend to-
but she has done great deal of work in
connection with the suffrage campaign.
She toured part of the State with Miss
Anna B. Shaw, and undertook the ardu-
GUS trip to Eureka, but as for her mind
being affected that is absurd. She Is
ready and anxious TO continue her kinder.
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Her unfortunately afflicted daughter
was her constant companion and aman.
uensls, and was almost as widely known
as the mother, whose death was the result
of her insanity.
Sarah B. Cooper was born in Cazenovia,
n. Y, in 1884 She was given a good
education, and was trained in The faith OF
the Presbyterian church. After her mar
riage, which was at the age of 20. she went
to Tennessee with her husband, Halsey f.
Cooper, where she was deeply interested
in the slavery question, and devoted
great deal OF hei energy to trying to &C.
complish the abolition of the institution.
Her daughter. Hattie, was born at Mem
phis in 1856, and.was consequently 4Oyears
OF age.
When Mrs. Cooper married Halsey Fen
nimore Cooper he was a professor in the
seminary of Cazenovia. They lived hap
PLY until ten years ago, when he COM
mit.ed suicide while suffering from inn
pulsive insanity.
The following extracts from an account
OF the dead woman's life work was pre-
pared by one who knew her well and was
intimately acquainted with her life work.
garten work. The Pioneer kindergarten in
this City was founded by her. Mrs. Leland
stanford and other wealthy women were her
patronesses and such was their confidence in
her that she could always command their
financial aid when she had good work to
Carry through. After the Pioneer Kindergar-
ten had been established Mrs. Cooper founded
others. Six months ago she stated that she
was an officer of nineteen societies for the
prosecution of charitable work. Generally she
was the president, sometimes vice. president or
secretary, utalways she was the moving spirit
OF The undertaking whatever it was.
In this work she was ably assisted by her
daughter, Harriet. Miss Cooper was her
mothers mainstay. She was beloved with an
undivided affection, which never failed to be
the subject of remark by all who observed the
TWO together. Miss Harriet was her mothers
secretary, her child, her companion and her
shadow. When the mother retired at night
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long that he and his family had come to
look upon the situation as settled source
of income for lie. In 1884 came the
change in administration and soon after
Cleyeland's Inauguration Cooper was let
out.
He was So years of age. All the years of
his maturity had been spent IN public SER
vice and he felt that he was untitled for
anything else. To add to his EN- barrass-
mens there was $4,000 mortgage upon his
property at 1902 Vallejo street A flooded
sewer inflicted damage to his property
which demanded an immediate outlay of
cash and he had nothing with which to
meet the demand.
His friends, and they were many, per-
eeiving the magnitude of his cares, de-
cided to testify their appreciation of the
many exemplary qualities OF himself ana
wife, and commenced subscription to
pay off the mortgage. They were par
TALLY successful, but the relief came too
late.
1t was Sunday and the husband excused
his non attendance at church by pleading
the prevalence of burglaries in the neigh
borhood.
He escorted his wife and daughter to
the car and himself returned to the
house. When the ladies returned from
Sunday-school, which followed the morn
ing service, they found Cooper appar-
emily asleep on a sofa. They strove to
wake him. He was dead.
Investigation showed he had taken the
contents of four-ounce bottle of carbolic
acid. He left note to his wife and
daughter which was affectionate in the
extreme. He recounted their love, truth
and fidelity to him, but stated they would
be better off without him. sSoftening of
the brain, old age creeping on and pauper-
ism is more than can endure" he wrote.
"Your lives, SO useful and so noble,
should not be buruened by one who de-
votedly loves you but who has failed to
nrovIde'
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THE SHADOW OF DOOM.
Mrs. Cooper's Last Kind Thought of
Sisters Need.


a Sisters Need.
A tender little story came to me to-day
that told of the kind heart of the woman
that passed away leaving no word or line
to tell the story of her death. Her sudden
departure has been great snock to those
who knew and loved her, IL has been a
greater one, perhaps, to those who have
been benefited by the kind and charita BILE
deeds that have identified her throughout
her busy life.
Three weeks ago young girl who was
greatly in need of help went to Mrs. Coop
er's home on Vallejo street and asked 10
see her. She came down to the parlor
where the girl was waiting. The motheriy
face, framed in gray hair, touched the
homesick heart of the girl and she con-
fided to Mrs. Cooper her whole story. She
told of her long weeks of hopeless seeking
for work and OF the many discouraging
failures, of want and of longing for home.
Mrs. Cooper kindly.
II want work, Mrs. Cooper" answered
the girl.
"What-can you do2"
"Well," said the girl, II have never
gone out TO service; [ shouldn't like to do
that; but thought you might hear OF
some one who would like com panion. I
have been so discouraged that l have even
thought of suicide"
Mrs. Cooper walked over and sat down
beside the girl and took her hands. mot
that, not that, she said. "You must not
give up. When once we give up. you
know, then all is lost. You must try to
be brave. A young woman has hard
time of it alone in the City,
For an hour they chatted, in the dusk
of the evening, the young woman who
had thought of suicide and the older one
who had infinite pity for her. Mrs.
Cooper explained during their converse
ton that her daughters health would not
permit OF her leaving her for any length
of time, but she agreed to do all that Law
in her power for the girl. She took the
girrs card and wrote a few explanatory
words below the name.
Then the girl left, followed by the mem
DRY OF sweet, kind face. Two weeks
passed and the girl alone and without
work had begun to despair of ever hear
ing from Mrs. Cooper, when one day she
received note. my dear girl" it ran.
81 have found place for you. l am
afraid that you have felt forgotten, but l
have been very busy. VIII you cali p'
Buoyed up again by hope the girl went
yesterday morning to Mrs. Cooper's home
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TWO VIEWS OF WYATT carp
FROM MIR. FIEARST'S NEWSPAPERS
The Kind of Man Whom Long Green Andy Lawrence of the
Examiner Thought Good Enough to Referee the
FhzsimmonsSharkey Fight

be deadly He
his blood
seal o.
blackleg gamber-crooked
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gameAlfred
in 70
July
men
all
oil the knowle edge for the nstrucho OF Tiers"
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MRS. COOPER'S CAREER.

Know Everywhere as Brave and
Ambitious Leader.
Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper was known
throughout the civilized world as a woman
of great energy and ambition in educa-
tional and religious matters. She was
pre- eminently the most distinguished Cali
fornia woman in the line of charities and
the peculiar phases of educational work
embraced In kindergarten efforts. At
every woman's congress she was the most
honored of guests, being woman of fine
tainments.
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from the New York Herald ]

The subscription to lift the mortgage
was raised one week after. Mrs. Cooper
died in the same house which had been
the death scene of her husband. ~
Friends who remember Mr.. Cooper we'll
say that his daughter was like him in
action. temperament and feature. At the
time Of his death nothing was known of
his hereditary faint, but Coroner's jury
brought in verdict of "impulsive insan-
ity." The softening of the brain TO which
he referred was imaginary.
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1t was only then that she heard OF the

1t was only then that she heard OF the
terrible tragedy.
When a prominent person dies little
episodes or "reminiscences connected with
his or her life that never otherwise would
receive attention are brought to light.
This story told me by the girl herself
seems worthy Of commemoration.
1.-THE evil that men do lives after them;
the good is often inferred with their
bones" says Shakespeare, but it does not
always follow MAE GATES.
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sense that her mother was. Size was
practical in all things, and attended to
the practical side of their lives. Her be-
liefs, however, were the same as her
mothers"
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BOTH DEAD, AND BY
The DAUGHTERS HAND

Continued rom First Page.l
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-06

best crops for July feed that we have
yet tried. The large-growing western
oats are to be preferred. Sown at the
rate o fone and one-half bushels of oats
and n and one-half bushels of the
peas, the amount of fodder may be made
to reach ten to twelve tons per acre.
II q large, strawy variety Of oats be
sown, they will afford support to the
pea vines, and serious lodging OF the
fodder will not result, except in case of
very severe storms. The best plan APP
pears to be to make two or three SOW
ings, one week or ten days apart, and
to use the fodder from these areas sue
cessively. AT our station in Connect
cut latitude 49, the first sowing was
made one year on April II. Feeding
from this area was begun June rs and
continued until July II, the yield being
at the rate of 15a tons of green fodder
per acre. The second sowing was not
as heavy, but gave good feed from July
IL to 18, the yield being at the rate of
I34 tons per acre. Oats and peas give
n of the best crops for summer feed
ing during the month of July that we
have yet tried. 1t is also valuable for
making into hay, but requires a large
amount of drying in the cock; indeed,
so much that it is often difficult to make
it into good hay. During the first part
of August, aud some seasons late in
July, there is a period that seems
rather difficult to cover. At this time
we have used to advantage hungarian
grass sown about the first of June. In
fertile soils a heavy second crop of red
clover will become available early in
August, and this will ill out the time
till corn or some other crop becomes
available.
FODDER CORN.
There is perhaps no forage plant bet
ter known TO our farmers than corn.
The total amount of food materials fur
nished by this crop is without doubt
greater than from any other of our COM
mon green folders. The nutritive
value of the fodder is, however, much
less, pound for pound, than the fodder
of c~lovers, peas, or soy beans. We are
firmly of the belief that some of the
more highly nutritious fodder plants,
like soy beans and cowpeas, can be sub
stituted for corn, and be grown with q
much smaller drain on the fertility of
the soil.
SOY BEANS.
This valuable fodder plant was intro.
duced from Japan. There are several
varieties, some of which are especially
valuable for the seeds, while others pro.
duce little seed but a large amount OF
forage, MEDIUM Green" being best
for forage. The plant grows about
three feet high, is leafy and quite sue,
culent and ia we'll eatpn nv cattle In
fairly fertile soils it will produce ten
tons of green fodder per acre. II
should be sown in drills two and one
half feet apart at the rate of one to one
and one-fourth bushels per acre. 1t may
be sown about the same time that corn is
planted, and will produce valuable fod'
der for stall feeding, August 1870
Cultivate freely in the early part of The
season of growth.-Professor G. S
Phelps, in New England Homestead.