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WOE oHcC lSutru EOFt
prayers. The tavern did a thriving
business On Sundays. and when a ball
room was erected as a wing it became
the social center Of the district. When
the Methodists wanted to organize a
church in Passaic the old ballroom was
the only meeting place available, and
for two years they held services In the
room erected for dancing, Fifty years
ago it was purchased by Alfred Speer,
who owned it at the time Of the fire.
A tablet vas recently erected to mark
the site Of the house.
Few of the many persons who are
interested in copper mines and stock
know anything about the discovery Of
the first copper mine In America. 1t
is a legend over in New Jersey. and
the story was often told around the
Speer f1reside.
Isaac Kingsland sold the farm on
which the mine was discovered to
Aren't Schuyler, who raised crops Of
various kinds with success for a num-
Der of years. One day in the spring
Of 1719 a negro slave, Nose by name.
came to the house with a heavy rock
Of a peculiar greenish shade. He gave
1t to his master, saying hat it must
have fallen from the sky, as never be-
fore had a rock like hat been found on
the farm. Schuyler "a going to
Perth Amboy. and put the rock in his
pocket. He showed 1t to a friend who
knew something about minerals, and
it proved to be copper ore. Schuyler
fastened back to the farm and had the
slave take him to the spot where he
, 1902-02-26

Every subscriber and purchaser OF
The Sunday InterOcean March 2 will
receive a souvenir groupe of Prince
Henry and his entire family. The
picture will be a beautiful souvenir OF
the Princes tour of the United States
and especially of his visit in Chicago
where elaborate preparations are being
made for his reception. The groupe is
artistically finished and is one of the
most valuable of the art supplements
issued by The Inter Ocean. The edi
ton will be limited, and therefore il
behooves news dealers and others who
wish to secure this picture to order at
once.
, 1902-02-26
S OUTLOOK.

The postofice, used by all the peo-
pie, is perhaps the surest index Of a
city's business, and therefore the in
crease Of lore than 20 per cent for
the month Of January as compared with
last year is very gratifying. Nor is
port business good and the receipts
for freight at the Union Pacific Offices
are heavier than in former years.
Business generally Is as good as in
former and all look forward to
an active and prosperous season.
Ranchmen are particularly jubilant
over the outlook. the price Of beef be-
ing high and all kinds Of ranch produce
being easily marketable at top figures,
More attention than ever before will
be given to the raising OF small grain
and vegetables, while alfalfa will be
cultivated to a greater extent than ever
before.
The completion Of the Laramie,
Hahn's Peak and Pacific railroad to
the Centennial will give cheaper rates
for the mines Of the Douglas creek dis
trict and thus open to successful oper-
alton many mines now unproductive.
At the same time it will be possible for
the ranchmen Of the Little Laramie
and the Centennial valley to reach this
market at slight cost compared with
wagon transportation and keep with
in the precincts of the county a large
portion Of the money now transmitted
to market gardens OF northern Colo
RADIO.
1t Is also within the realm OF prob
abilities that oil will be discovered on
the Laramie plains, as the indications
are very encouraging. The test will
be made during 1902. Coal is at hand
and the opening Of the Monarch mines
will likely do much for US in an indus
trial way. The owners promise a road
to haul their product to this market.
II they should succeed in carrying
their expectations into realities, Lara
mile will have cheaper fuel, something
that every town must have before It
can conduct successful manufactures. |
Tbs plaster works, already . great
, 1902-02-26

Now that the politicians of the east
have decided hat we owe it to Cuba
to set her on her feet, industrially and
financially, and that our own sugar
and tobacco industries should pay the
country's debt in this regard, we trust
that the execution will be levied speed
lily. Get on with the debt-paying at
once, and let us know how big a debt
you gentlemen Of the east think that
you owe and that we should pay, so
that matters can be adjusted for the
beet-planting season. 1t must be a
very pleasant feeling to realize that If
you owe a debt you can make some
body else pay it; but at least you
should let the victim know as soon as
possible what is expected of him, so
that he car adjust his business accord.
ingly.-Salt Lake Tribune.
, 1902-02-26
Clerks wise Suggestion.

II have been much troubled with
dyspepsia, belching and sour stomach
writes NJ. 8. Mead, leading pharmacist
of Attleboro. Mass. My clerk suggest
ed Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1 have had
no more trouble and when n can &c
to eating mince pie, cheese, candy and
nuts after such a time, their digestion
must be pretty good. l endorse Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure heartily. Eat all the
good food you want Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests your food. Laramie Drug
Co.
, 1902-02-26

That was a manly, fair article Lewis
Tidball wrote the Sheridan Enterprise
in relation to the university and Presi-
lent Smiley. He is the son of his IA
Their. The elder Tidball may differ
from some Of us in politics, but no man
ever questioned his integrity and hon
esty Of purpose. He is too fair-minded
to permit any man to be wronged in
his presence without protest. and his
son is following in his footsteps.
, 1902-02-26
CONVENIENT POCKET MAPS
OF STATE NJ WYOMING


There having been so many calls re.
emily for maps Of the State of Wyo
ling, The Republican has been prompt.
d to put in a supply for its patrons.
Tie map selected is issued by Rand.
icNally & Co., and is up-to-date in ev.
-ry particular. It is arranged In neat
book form and is suitable for carrying
in ones pocket, is neatly covered and
very durable. in addition to the map,
there is a large amount OF valuable in
formation concerning the state con.
tanned in the book. It has a new and o.
iginal compilation and ready index,
showing in detail the entire railroad
system, the express company doing
business rel each road and accurate
ly locates all cities. towns. postofices,
'ailroad stations, villages, counties, ISL
Ands. lakes, rivers, etc.
The special features of this pocket
map are: Locating the branch or par.
ncular division of railroad upon which
each station Is situated; the nearest
mailing point of all local places; desig-
mating money order postofnces: tele-
graph stations. and naming the com.
pany doing business at the point where
the several companies have ofnces.
The population Of the various towns
ls given according to the 1900 census.
These pocket maps will be sold for
the small sum Of % cents each and al
be had only at The Republican ONCE.
A copy will be given free with every
SIX months subscription to The Dali,
Republican. paid In advance.
The Republican also furnishes the
very latest wall map issued by Rand.
McNally 4 Co, for the sum Of 81. or
will give It free with esch yearly sub
scription to The Daily Republican pail
In advance. This map is kept right up
TO the time and shows the United
States and it, new possessions on ths
one side and the world on the other.
The Rand. McNally L Co. Atlas Of
Three Wars may also be had 1t Tho
once for the low price Of
cents per copy. or It will b given
Tree with every six months subscfip-
Ion to The Daily Republican paid iii
ADVANCE. The Atlas 10 the latest pub.
ishsd and Ike the pocket map o. wvo
ming and the wan mag ID right up-eo- ,
late In every particular.
, 1902-02-26
While Wise Doctors

are studying the bacillus of consump-
ton. thoughtful laymen realize that a
bad cold accompanied by coughing,
sore throat and tightness across the
chest is too serious a matter for delay
or experiment. They also realize that
Aliens Lung Balsam cures a common
cold in a day or two. Obstinate cases
take more time, OF course.
, 1902-02-26

success, is to be ENLARGED and the mar.
ket for the product broadened to a
great extent.
II there is any real reason for the
croaker to croak it is not apparent to
his more optimistic neighbor. Lara
mic is in line for a push onward and
upward.
, 1902-02-26

Over 100, 900 men killed. wounded
and disabled represent the total Brit.
ish losses to dale in the South African
a That Is my ambition" said Ce,
Gil Rhodes once, passing his hand rap,
idly over the map of South Africa, "to
nave that all English, all red" 1t is
getting pretty red now, 1t must be con,
fessed, n more good British
blood stands ready to incarnadine the
soil in order to crafty Mr.. Rhodes
ambition.-New York Evening Post.
, 1902-02-26

Drying preparations simply dsvsl.
opdry catanh; they dry up the sscrstions,
which adhere to the membrans and dscom-
rose, causinga far moro serious trouble than
the ordinary form Of catazzh. Avoid Ill dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and mukl
and use that which cIsansss, sootbss end
heals. Ey's Cream Balm Il such . remedy
and will cure catarrh o. cold In the hsad
easily and pleasantly. 4 trial sizs viii b
mailed for 10 cent?. All druggists sen The
joc. size. Ely Brothers, IS Warren st., NY.
TIE Balm cures without pain, does not
rritate or oaass snssxing. HsprsaAs fsssk
'rer an irritatsd and angry saffAss, fslisv.
ag Immediately The painful tnAannaHon.
With Ely's Cream Balm yos NJ axaed
sainst Nasal Ca1axrA and Hay Fsvse.
, 1902-02-26
"One-Way CoIonist Excursions"

"one-Way colonist Excursions"
will be sold daily during March anu
April, 1902. Special one-way second.
class colonist tickets will be sold from
Laramie to Butte. Anaconda and Hele-
IA, Montana, $4,000.
Spokane, Wash. and intermediate
points, $3.50.
Portland, Ore, Tacoma and Seattle.
$500.
For further particulars apply to
f. r. BREISCH, Agent.
, 1902-02-26

Il have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for a number Of years and
have no h~esitancy in saying that It Is
the best remedy for coughs, cold and
Group have ever used In my family.
I have not words to express my confd-
ence in this Remedy. Mrs. J. A.
Moore. North Star, Mich. For sale by
F. H. Eggleston.
, 1902-02-26

The Buffalo Bulletin turns 10 the
Sheridan Enterprise, n democrat pa.
per, for consolation in it's defensr of
ex-Receiver Smock of the Buffalo land
office, the editor not having sense
enough to know the breath of tn" op.
position is merely n blight.
, 1902-02-26

The Masonic fraternity has complet-
ed a handsome temple at Cheyenuy and
are this week conducting through the
mysteries of the order n consistury
class. Leading men from all over the
state are present.
, 1902-02-26
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 90. 1909.

This is the proper time of year to
plant an advertisement n keep cul
tivating it. Advertising pays if / is at,
tended to, and the best merchants OF
America freely admit it.
, 1902-02-26
TALES OF OLD DAYS.
LEGENDS OF EAST JERSEY HAVE
BEEN WELL PRESERVED.
Interesting History of House built by
the Dutch for "A Fort. and Afterward
Used AS n Church Memorial to
Warrington.
Especial letter.

Srandlathers of the region
~ have been famous story-tell-
O ers for more than two hun
~ dred years; in fact, ever
since there were grandfath-
ers in New Jersey. The old men of to-
day have not forgotten the tales they
heard in youth from their fathers
fathers. Some of them indeed have
preserved journals in which the old
stories have been chronicled in elabor-
ate detail.
There are legends OF the Dutch who
came from Holland in 1916 in the good
ship Faith. rowed up Newark Bay in
small boats. n purchased many broad
acres on h east side Of the Passaic
River from the Acquackanonck In
dams. The English divided the other
side into large estates, and are re-
sponsible for many romantic tales. Be
sides, there are legends of the Indians
who were there before either Dutch
or English.
The oldest house in Passiac, after a
remarkable career of more than two
uiui years, WAS DuTHtu u lew years
ago. 1t was built when the Dutch
first came to Acquackanonck and orig
inally intended for a fort. The stone
walls were nearly three feet thick, and
there were portfolios through which
the settlers could fire at the Indians.
Owing to their ability to make treaties
and Willingness to bride the rather in
dolent savages around them. the fort
was never used. Eventually they
erected a church neal the site OF the
fort and turned it into a parsonage.
When Washington passed through
New Jersey on his way to Philadelphia
he Is said to have spent one night
there as the guest of the parson.
Soon after the revolution the par
sonage was turned into a tavern at the
request Of the congregation. The
farmers made long Journeys in order
to attend church. and there was no
place for them to get refreshments in
the interval between and
, 1902-02-26

The Paris-Nienna automobile race.
under auspices similar to those of the
Paris-Berlin race Of 1901, will be held
in July.
, 1902-02-26

The Visland-Bolmen Railway in Swe-
den has made q satisfactory test o,
dried peat as fuel for locomotives with
out changing the tirebed.
, 1902-02-26
FavorIte Nearly G~verywhsrs,

Constipation means, generally dis
ordered health De Wits Little Early
Risers relieve this condition. They
never sripe. Favorite pills. Laramie
Drug Go.
, 1902-02-26
Mr. Wheeler Got Rid Of His Rheumat.
lam.

ism.
During the winter Of 1898 I was 80
lame In my joints, in fact all over my
body, that I could hardly hobble
around, when I bought a bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. From the
first APPLICATION I began to get well, and
was cured and worked steadily all the
Year,. Wheeler. Northwood, N. Y.
For sale by r H, Egsleston.
, 1902-02-26
A Tribute of Honor to
George Washington and his Army
And a Memorial to the Spirit that
Founded and Preserved the Republic.

They collected a fund Of over $500
for the purpose. and held elaborate ex-
ercises when the monument was un-
yelled. More than that. they have be-
gun to collect legends on their own
Account, and the old men and wonso
for miles around have beeL visited By
enterpristng youngsters In search Of
old-time stories and folklore. Some
Of the legends have been written out,
at the request Of Professor n. Il.
Small and will be published by the
schools.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-26
Wise Things to Do.

Let us go forward in this New
Year with hope and trustfulness'
Let us improve whatever opportuni-
ties for good and usefulness may
come in our way. We can be happy
ourselves in advancing the happiness
of others. Let us cherish in our
hearts all good desires and see to it
that in this New Year they blossom
into the flowers of good deeds. II
it brings to us cares and trials, let
us gather from them the precious
fruits of patience and trustfulness.
If the waves of sorrow break upon
us, may we be lifted thereby nearer
to the heavens. Let us go forward,
then, with all gentleness and love,
for He who has promised to be with
us to the end is walking with us.
God knows our every step, and
guides it, too. What, then, have we
to fear?
Let us walk softly, friend
For strange paths lie before us untrod;
The New Year, spotless from the hand OF
God,
Is thine and mine, Q friend"
Christian Work.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-26
SOUTHERN
Many Skeletons Unearthed.

The workmen engaged in grading
the grounds of the new capitol at
Jackson, Miss, unearthed fifteen skel-
etons. The skeletons are those of
convicts within the penitentiary walls
some twenty years ago, and it is
claimed that there are many more of
them to be found on the old peniten-
tiary site. There is a story in connec-
ton with the graves that the prison
ers were some of the unfortunate VIC
tins of the leasing system horrors
and died of the cruel treatment exper-
fenced while at work on the Gulf &
Ship Island railway during the early
days of its construction, when a mile
of the railroad represented some half
a score of dead men and dozens of
cripples. These men, it is stated,
when they dropped in their tracks
from the cold and overwork and the
straps of the drivers,w were taken up to
Jackson, and when they died they
were Immediately taken with little
ceremony to the unmarked burying
ground inside the walls, and many of
these interments took place at mid
night by torchlight.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-26
MARSHES OF THE KANKAKEE.
A Waterway to he Cut Which VIII
Reclaim Hundreds of Thousands
of Acres of Land.

Crown Point, Ind, Dec. 19.-Prelim-
mary steps are under way in the
northwestern counties of Indiana, in
Guiding La Porte, Starke, Porter,
Lake and Jasper, to erect what will
probably be the largest artificial wa
terway of its kind east of the Mis-
sissippi river. When completed it will
reclaim hundreds of thousands Of
acres of Kankakee marsh lands which
are now regarded as worthless.
A contract has been let for the
first Ia miles in La Porte and Starke
counties for $780, 900. The ditch will
be so feet wide and 16 feet deep. 1t
is the plan of the other counties to
continue the great ditch to the Hill
nois line, a distance of 60 miles. The
total cost will be about a million
dollars.
The project has been taken up by
the owners of large ranches along
the Kankakee. The payment is to be
made by assessments on benefits de-
rived from the ditch.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-26

OF its comedies as well as its dramas, and,
sometimes, tragedies.
At such times the slaves of the planta.
tons enjoyed their annual two weeks
vacation and these crowded the villages
to buy all manner of gimc, acks-cheap
jewelry, ribbons and laces, and, having
. sweet tooth, cheap candies as well. Any
well-ordered slave could make Overtime
money, and 1t was a very sorry one, in
deed, who had not a few dollars at the
New Year, to throw away in folly upon a
wife or a sweetheart.
The white trash" gathered then solely
with a view to looking on and to picking
up what they could. AS they were de-
spised by both the well-to-do whites and
the negroes of all degrees, they usually
kept to themselves. They neither hired
nor were hired, but in some manner con-
trived to secure their full share OF
whisky.
Like the old general muster day OF
the ante-bellum days, the 'afo' de wah'
New Year has passed away with all its
scenes and shiftings, yet the memory OF
1t remains with the older residents as re,
minder that one day at least, and that the
initial one, of the Southland, was one OF
potential energy and s~ignally characters.
tic In its incidents of the age and times.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-26
A SURE SIGN OF GOOD TIMES.
The Mail Money Records of the New
York Post Office Tell Their
Own story.

New York, Dec. 19.-Mail money
records have been broken in the cen
trail post office, Wednesdays trans.
actions amounting to 81, les, TAI. This
included money orders issued both
domestic and foreign, the certificates
of deposit issued to out of town post
masters, money orders paid and
money order drafts. European ad-
vices brought the information that
the coming Christmas mail would be
much larger this year than ever be-
fore. The Cymric, bound for New
York, is said to have or board 2,6oo
bags of mail. The Etruria is also
coming with 1905, the Kaiser Wilhelm
Der Gross with $50, and the st. Louis
with 800, a total of 5,415.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-26
OUR PERSONAL INTERESTS.
We Should Endeavor to Benefit from
the Lesson That Experience Has
Taught Us in the Past.

This assurance of the eternal veri-
ties of life and character is something
to be truly thankful for, but it is not
enough to be thankful-here is some
thing to be eagerly embraced as a
step in our own onward progress,
writes d. II. Z. Goodale, in Country
Gentleman. Shall we give our whole
lives to the cares of the body, how
ever needful? Shall we not take nor
thought for the spiritual and intel
lectual life, in ourselves and in all
those with whom we have to do? Will
not the New Year give opportunities
for a fuller and wider usefulness
happier and more generous activities?
These are the things that make life
better worth living. In rue SYM
pathy, in practical eXertion for others
as occasion offers, in self denial-for
we are called upon to lend our voices,
our hands and our purses when re-
quired-shall we not in the coming IL
months reach out more freely and eX-
tend the use of whatever gifts we
possess? Can we not do better than
ever before? Have we learned nothing
in the past year or years? Have we
neither made mistakes by which we
can take warning nor gained clews
which will serve to guide us?
A year that promises personal ad.
vance in the inward gains of expert.
ence-a year of earnest effort toward
the best that we know, the highest
truth that we are able clearly to per-
ceive-cannot fail to be a good year.
And it is never too late to take up
threads that have been dropped, inter
ests that have been crowded out in
the hurry and amid the ~thronging
duties of a busy life. 1t is a good time
to think of them now-to recall the
friend or relative or, alas! the friend
less one whom we might perhaps have
helped, but whom we have lost sight
of among a host of prescriptions
Who cannot recall some neglected or
forgotten opportunities? 1t may be
the golden hour is not quite gone.
Will it not be a real good fortune if
the New Year repairs the omission of
the old?. Better still if there are no
palpable omissions to repair, but even
in that case there may be room for
many a good deed before unthought
of. Every year may have its blessed
BEGINNINGS,
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-26

@S''~ w.
and he'd start up as scared as he
could be. And many's the time I've
been in there, and he'd start to go
out, and she'd tell him to set down,
and he'd set without a murmur.
Mehitable she bought all his
clothes, an she favored long-tailed
coats, an he bein' such a short man,
never looked well in 'em, and she
wouldn't let him have store shirts
and collars, but made them herself,
and she didn't have very good pat
terms, she used her fathers old ones,
and he wasn't nc such built man as
Lemuel, and [ know he suffered ev-
erything, both in his pride an his
feelin's. Lemuel began to look real
downtrod. He didn't seem like half
such a man as he did, and the queer
est thing about it was: Mehitable
didn't pear to like the work of her
own hands, so to speak.
One day she talked to me about it.
81 dunno what 'tis," said she, "but
Lemuel he don't seem to have no go
ahead and no ambition and no will of
his own. He tries to please me, but
it don't seem as if he had grit enough
even for that. Sometimes / think he
amt well, but I dunno what ails him.
i've been real careful of him. He's
worn thick ~fiannels, and he's had
wholesome ~victuals; ! never let him
have pie"
s.Lemuel was always dreadful fond
of pie" / said. j felt kind of sorry,
for / remembered how fond poor
Lemuel had always been of mothers
pies, and what good ones he used to
make himself.