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STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, JR- the Raleigh
Standard, the organ of the Republican
party in North Carolina. In the same
year he was appointed Adjutant-General
of the State, and in 1872 became a
Presidential elector. Four. years later
the party honored him again in SINH
lar way.
Arriving at Chicago in 1879 he began
the practice of law, and was, the follow
ing year, elected in company with the
famous Long John Wentworth, Grant
delegate, to the Republican National
convention, from which the two men
mentioned, together with sixteen other
Illinois delegates of the same faction,
were expelled. Since that time young
Douglas has devoted his political
talents to stump-speaking, but has not
yet succeeded in securing reward for
his labors. OF personal appearance the
namesake of the Little Giant has no
reason to be proud, unless he might
happen to run across an admirer of
short stature and a mass of adipose
tissue. Vulgarly speaking, Stephen A.
Douglas, Jr., is fat, so fat in fact that
his eyes have hard work to peep out
into the world. He has, however, a
great name and has inherited some of
his fathers eloquence, so that what ma
ture has denied him is more than bal
anced by what his ancestry has given
him.
The name of Douglas will forever be
honored in Chicago, and, for that mat
ter, throughout the West. Still it is to
be regretted that the grand gift of
great man to the cause of American edu-
cation is to be parceled out among real
estate spectators and that where once
was aseatoflearningm may in few months
stand two or three beer saloons and GIN
shops. But then the ways of Providence
are inscrutable, and kicking against the
pricks is a useless occupation.
G. w. WEIPPIERr.
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ViciOusness of Elephants.

Not long ago l met George Arsting-
stall. one of the greatest animal tanners
ever known. In speaking of the recent
escapades of elephants in this country
and abroad he said: people are pain
fully ignorant about these brutes and
imagine them docile, affectiOnate. kind,
generous. brave and 6 ateful, when they
are almost the very opposite. They
form rough attachments to each other,
to dogs. and sometime to horses, but to
human beings never. They are cow
ardly. cruel. selfish and thankless- The
females are better than the males. The
latter invariably grow moody. morcse
and murderous as they age. and finally
have to be shot. The she elephants be-
come cruel, clumsy and unintelligent,
but seldom dangerous. Neither male
nor female deserves the ELECTION in
which they are held by the public N.
v Star
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Mothers. don't scold. You can be firm
without scOlding your children: you can
repr0ve them for their faults; you can
punish them when necessary, but don't
get into the habit of perpetually scold-
ing them. 1t does them no good. They
SOON become so accustomed to fault-hnd-
ing and scOlding that they pay no atten-
ton to it. Or, which often happens,
they grow hardened and reckless in con-
sequence of it. Many naturally good
disposition is ruined by constant scold-
ing. and many child is driven to seek
evil associates because there is no peace
at home. Mothers, with their many
cares and perplexities. often fall into
the habit unconsciously; but it is a sad
habit for them and their children
Watch yourselves and don't indulge in
this unfortunate and often unintentional
manner of addressing your children.
Watch even the tones of your voice, and,
above all. watch your hearts: for we
have divine authority for saying that
''out OF the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh- Farm and Fireside.
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fore Senator Douglas, who at that time
owned large tract of land fronting on
Cottage Grove avenue, near Lake Michi-
gan. DR.. Burroughs was anxious to
have the institution placed under Bap-
fist control, but to this Douglas object
ed. Six months later, however, he re-
treated from his position and gave the
land to DR.. Burroughs individually
with the understanding that the board
of control of the university should be
composed of no more than a majority of
gentlemen of the Baptist denomination.
DIR. Burroughs then raised subscrip-
tons amounting to 1925, 900. and in 1859
the erection of the grand, but scarcely
practical, structure, a picture of which
accompanies this article, was begun.
DR.. Burroughs, the prime mover in the
enterprise, was elected president of the
institution, and established as high
standard of study as that pursued in the
New England universities.
The people, however. suffering from
the consequences of the financial de-
preston of 81 and SO, and the civil
war were unable to support the col
lege, and, at the close of DIR. Burroughs
administration in 1878, the property
was mortgaged to the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company to the amount
of three hundred thousand dollars. DIR.
Burroughs was succeeded in the presi-
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the worm" This is coil of pipes
contained in large vat kept filed
with cold water. The condensed steam.
and with it the oil, flows from the
lower open end into a receiver made
of tin. The oil being lighter than the
water, always remains on top, while the
water flows off through pipe, near the
bottom. bent upright at a right angle
and ending in two branches.
When it is desired to run of the oil
the water-discharge pipe is plugged up,
and water filled in through the funnel
at end Of pipe, until the oil rises in the
receiver and flows of. The oil is stored
in cans. When it is all run of the plug
Is removed from the drain pipe and the
water allowed to pass out Our illus
tration shows all the details of the in
terror arrangement. A still of this kind,
with . capacity of producing from sew
enty to one hundred and fifty pounds of
oil in twenty-four hours, can be put up
for from $500 to 81, 200.
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Working Barren Land.

A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker earnestly advises any young man
who has a few hundred dollars to invest
in a small farm not to purchase poor or
half barren land with the hope of bring
ing it up TO fertility, but to buy else
where. This advice accords with the
practice of some good farmers whom We
have known, one of whom had farm
of his own in a portion OF the State
known for its sterility. He did not un-
dertake to work that farm, knowing
that it would not produce enough. but
let it to others. Not being rich enough
to buy another farm, he then rented
one in a fertile portion OF Western
New York, where his share from the
land was greater than the whole prod
uct of the poor farm, and he did we'll
by the operation. 1t often happens
that the same amount of labor must b
performed on both; and it requires nc
more labor in blowing. cultivating and
other work on the best land than On
that which gives only twenty bushels Of
corn to the acre.
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SWINE TALK.
Hints rs to the Care and Treatment of
Brood SOws.

Hints as to the Care and Treatment OF
Brood SOws.
The brood sows should be kept in fine.
thrifty condition. BY this do not
mean fat enough for market, but so they
look we'll. Old sows that have reached
maturity, if of any Of the improved
breeds, need but little feed to keep them
in prime condition, except when suck
ling pigs or for short time after rear
ing their young, in order to gain the
flesh they have lost by the drain the
pigs have made on them. Young sows
should be fed about all they will eat, OF
a variety of food, such as oats, corn,
middlings and milk. with the run of a
grass lot Oil meal is very good, in
proper quantity. Keep them growing
50 that they may be large and we'll de-
veloped before having their first litter
of pigs. They should be eight month.
old before being bred; they will then be
one year old at narrowing time. and if
properly taken care of will have nc
trouble in being delivered Of their
young.
Often farmers have trouble with
young sows at time of giving birth, sim.
ply because they are coupled too young,
or have not had sufficient feed to de-
velop growth. Many young SOW has
died at narrowing, either through the
carelessness or ignorance of the owner,
by being bred too small and young. !
have been called in to give assistance
at such times when it was impossible to
render any, except with an instrument
made especially for the purpose.
After the SOW has been coupled she
should be tnrned by herself in a close
pen, where she will keep quiet until the
heat has passed of. Watch her from
eighteen to twenty-five days after
coupling, as that is the time they gen.
orally come in if not safe in pig, al
though have known instances where a
SOW would come in in fourteen days, and
have known them again to go twenty
nine days, but these are only rare cases.
When safe in pig feed on good whole
some food, with clean warm place to
sleep, and above all allow them plenty
of exercise whenever the weather will
permit. l can not impress this word
exercise too strongly, as upon it depends
to great extent the crop of pigs. A SOW
that has been allowed the exercise she
should have will be delivered of her
young much easier. and her pigs will be
more fully developed, will come strong
er, grow better and make better pigs
than a SOW that has been confined in a
close pen and fed principally on corn.
The SOW that has been confined will
give birth to more runty pigs than the
one that has had exercise. l. Van
Doren, in Ohio Farmer.
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THE LITTLE STROUD.
Why Mothers Darling Could Not SleeT
In His Grave.

why MOtnefS DaTllnS SOuiu NOT SseeE
in His Grave.
There was once a woman who had 4
little son about seven years old. whc
was so lovely and beautiful that no one
could look upon him without being kind
TO him. and he was dearer to her thar
all the world beside. II happened that
he suddenly fell i'll and died. and his
mother would not be comforted. but
wept for him day and night. Shortly
after he was buried he showed himself
at night in the place whore he had been
used in his lifetime to sit and play. and
when his mother wept he wept also. and
when the morning came he departed
Since his mother never ceased weeping.
the child came one night in the little
eofiir- and with the chaplet upon his
head and seating himself at her feet
upon the bed, be cried:
''Oh. mother, mother. give over cry
ing or else l can not stop in my cof-
fin. for my shroud is never dry because
of your tears. for they fall upon it,
When the mother heard this she was
sure dir1lu anu "epI no more ANU
the babe came upon another night,
holding in his hand little taper, and he
said:
Look. mother, my shroud is nowouite
dry and can rest in my grave"
Then she bowed to the will of PrOvi-
dence and bore her sorrow with silence
and patience. and the little child re-
turned not again. but slept in his under
ground bed.-German Folk Lore
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ABOUT WOMAN'S DRESS.
Modjeska': Mantle-Artistlc Gowns-Japo-

Modjeska': Mantle-Artistlc GoWns-Japo-
nese Flowers. :.
There Is . difference Of the stage
wardrobes of to-day and those Of even
twenty years ago. Paper muslin served
for gowns then and white canton flannel
spotted with ink made the ermine man
ties. The mantle that Madame Nodes
ka wore as Lady Macbeth was not of this
sort. 1t cost $500 for the embroidery
alone.
japanese tea gowns are popular with
certain women. I would not advise
those who weigh over a hundred and
sixty pounds to wear them. however.
A pretty girl from Philadelphia wore
one of the most successful toilets seen
at the Patriarchs' ball. white tissue
beautifully worked with sheaves Of
corn in gold over Greek toilet of En-
glish rose" crepe de chine. pale. beau
tiful tint seen for the first time in the
ball gowns of this winter.
1t is as impossible to keep pace with
the new gowns as with their wearers-
Some of the richest gowns which have
yet appeared are for dinner dances. and
pale cream grounds. with damask buds.
violet sprays, silver roses Of natural
size. orchid blossoms and hawthorn
flowers displayed upon them, made up
as short dresses with round skirts. half
high round bodices and short sleeves
open down the top to show the arms.
i wonder that the fashionable world
has not discovered that Japanese arti-
fetal flowers are much more beautiful
than French artificial flowers. The
former are the only flowers not real
that any one of taste could tolerate in
vases for decorative purposes, or for the
toilet.
WaistcOats for women are again the
fashion. Whether one likes them or
not. their convenience in the way Of
pockets must be admitted by all.
The white petticoat must go except
for special occasions. 1t is not the in
expensive and old-fashioned 'balmorar
that has taken its place. but the very
expensive watered silk and satin skirt
which may be worth fortune in lace,
if one can afford it, and often is where
one can not afford it-N. Y. CONNER
cial-AdvertiSer.
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CHICAGO UNIVERSITY.

dency by Rev. Lemuel Moss, Hon.
Alonzo Abernethy and Rev. Galusha An
derson, but none of them succeeded in
Tightening the financial load. Finally
the university was abandoned, and the
property passed into the hands of the
Union Life Insurance Company, whose
agents are now engaged in tearing
down the historical college building.
Thus, charitable work, which should
have forever perpetEated the memory
of Stephen A. Douglas in the hearts OF
the Western people, was wrecked by
the financial vicissitudes of war
which he had so earnestly desired to
prevent, and. had it not been for the
DISTINGUISHED efforts of his countless adj
mirers, nothing in the shape of last
ing structure would remain to remind
coming generations of one of the great
est of Western statesmen.
Thanks to the efforts of these men,
however, grand monument, which cost,
with the ground about it, S97, 200, was
dedicated in the city of Chicago August
Is, 1881, twenty years after it was orig
inally proposed. This monument was
designed by Leonard w. Volk, the IA
NOUS sculptor. Around the main shaft.
which is IS feet inches high, sur
mounted By heroic statue of Stephen
A. Douglas, gazing over the waters of
Lake Michigan, are four allegorical fig
cures, representing Justice. History.
Eloquence and Illinois, each on sepa-
rate pedestal. In has relief around the
base are groups depicting the advance Of
civilization. The base is octagonal. 20
feet in diameter. On one side is this in
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STALKING YOUNG TREES.
An Excellent Device for Protecting Young
Orchards.

An Excellent Device for Protecting Young
Orchards.
Young trees set last spring or in the
autumn, il in An exposed situation,
should be staked up and if this matter
has been neglected it should now re-
ceive prompt attention. as the constant
moving to and fro by the wind not only
causes the tree to grow out Of the per
pendicular, but strains and often checks
the bark. not infrequently girdling the
tree where it continually CRATES against
the frozen ground, all of which should
be avoided. The general plan of stalk
ing is shown in the illustration. and
three forms of bands are also exhibited.
They are best made from old rubber
boots or shoes cut in strips seven inches
long and from one to two inches wide;
but in the absence of rubber thin leather
may be used. In either case connection
may be made with the stake with No. II
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LOVES LABOR LOST.
The Beginning and End Of the Chi
cego University.
Base Uses to Which Stephen A. DouglAs'
Gift to Chicago May Come-The
Little Giant and HIS
Weighty Son.

Especial Chicago Correspondence
The name and fame of Stephen A.
Douglas are closely identified with the
growth and development of the State of
Illinois and the city of Chicago. The
Little Giant" who, born in 1913 in
Vermont, and early apprenticed to the
trade of cabinet-making, was compelled
to educate himself, always had loving
sympathy with struggling young men;
and prompted by this feeling he was
easily persuaded to contribute portion
of his possessions toward the foundation
of university in Chicago. How he ac-
cumulated his wealth is matter of his
tory. Ill health compelling him to give
up the trade for which his parents had
intended him, he studied law in Canaan
daigua, n. Y, and in 1888 came West,
settling at Jacksonville, Ill. His tai
ents were quickly recognized and ap-
preciated by the progressive people Of
Illinois, who made him Attorney-Gener-
al before he had reached the age of
twenty-five.
In 1910 he was elected Secretary of
State, and in 1S41 was appointed Judge
of the State Supreme Court. Two years
later he entered Congress, where he
soon became conspicuous for his views
on the Oregon boundary question, and
his eloquent advocacy Of the annexation
OF Texas. In 1858 he became noted
throughout the world as the author of
the bill for the organization of the Ter
ritories of Kansas and Nebraska, which,
as is well known, brought about revo-
luton in the political parties of the
United States and played a most impor-
tant part in bringing the slavery ques-
ton to a crisis. In 1852 and again in
1856 he was an unsuccessful candidate
for the Presidency, two blows from
which he never entirely recovered and
which probably led to his premature
death in 1861.
While at the height of his political
glory, and while being in the regular re-
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HE SAID mo"
A Senator Who Has the Courage OF His
Convictions.

A Senator Who Has the Courage OF His
Convictions.
There are few men in public life who
have the courage to say No" when
called upon to do improper things.
Hence it is worthy of note when states
man can be found who deliberately and
positively refuses to indorse person or
scheme which his Judgment indicates
should not receive his assistance. A
young man from Missouri was in Wash
ington seeking an important consulate.
His Endorsements were excellent, but
he KEEP. adding to them whenever he
could do so. One day he called upon
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, with whom
he was slightly acquainted, and re-
q .ested his reco mmendation. The SEN
ator, in brusque, frank. earnest fashion,
Immediately replied:
81 won't indorse you, but will de-
feat you for the appointment if can do
so. am sent here by the State OF
Kansas, and it is my duty to represent
that State. Hundreds of people from
other States have come to me for my rec
ommendation, and say "No" to ali of
them. You are from Missouri, and you
must depend upon your Missouri
friends to help you. There are several
Kansas men who want just such a place
as that for which you are applying. l
shall not jeopardize their chances by
indorsing you. On the contrary, shall
do all that 1 can to help the people of
my own State, and if can defeat you
and get a Kansas man appointed to that
place you may rest assured that 1 shall
do So"
The young man was astounded, but,
being bright, intelligent and expert
enced in affairs. he appreciated the sit
uation and said:
ssYou are right, Senator Plumb. You
are right. But you are the first man in
either branch of Congress who has said
NO to me, and you have surprised me.
I like you, and if you heat me in this
matter 1 shall emigrate from Missouri
to Kansas Iwant just such a Senator
to represent me IS you are"
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Picturesque Women.

There are women who look pictur-
esque in almost any kind of dress. They
have invariably well-shaped heads and
graceful outlines fat shoulders and a
pretty line of arm and shoulder. They
seldom have very small waists. but pos
sess very beautiful hair in great guam
titles. Their eyes need not be very
large. but they must be well set-.'put
in with dainty fingers" as such setting
has been described: and. though the
complexion need not be perfect, it must
be natural. and the nose unaccustOmed
to the powder-puf. Such women look
poetic. and inspire the poet. the painter
and the sculptor. Enquirer.
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Even the much despised tramp has
often more honor than he's given credit
for. as witness the following from New
jersey. Fourteen years ago tramp
knocked at the door of Daniel Palmer,
in South Orange Township, Essex
County, and asked for a hat. BY mis-
take one Of the daughters gave him her
fathers best silk hat, discovering the
mistake Just as the tramp started away
with it. An exclamation by her sister
apprised the tramp of the prize he had
received. Little Thought was afterward
given to the matter until few mornings
ago, when clean, new hat box was
found on the front porch. 1t contained
. new silk hat, and this explanation
within a slip of paper: ITO replace your
father Best silk hat, taken BY me :oar.
teen years ago."
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should be located upon the windward
side of the tree, and when large trees
are set two or three stakes should be
used. In all cases the band should be
large enough to contain two years
growth of the trees without pressing,
and unless in a very exposed situation
in two years from setting tree should
be SO firmly established as to dispense
with further suppOrt-Rural New
Yorker.
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ceipt of a large
income derived
from successful
real estate spec
ulatio ms, tn g
statesman was,
in 1855, visited
by Rev. DIR. ].
C. Burroug b s,
then a promi-
nent Baptist
clerg y m a n OF
Chicago, at his
Wa s b i n g t on
h ON e. 7 h e
worthy doc t or
laid his plans
for a university
IN Cbioonn no
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Carolina, Missis-
sippi and Texas.
In 1870, before he
was twenty years
old, he was made
chairman of a
Republican coun-
.ty delegation to
the State cOnven-
ton, and subse-
quently became
editOr-in-chief OF
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"THE devils got into swine two thou
sand years ago, and all of them never
got out, said . man who had been try
ing to get pig into the pen for half An
hour. There is good deal Of devil in
. hog. and there is some in man. The
pig NO doubt thinks some men are all
devil.
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The Princess of Wales wore the frs.

The Princess of Wales wore the first
Jersey ever seen on lady in England.
She wore it at Sandown in 1879. A little
tailor of no particular account was first
struck with the capabilities Of the gar
ment, and sold the idea to the tailor Of
the princess, and the style was reserved
for her for q month. Paris took up the
fashion after . season or two, and in the
winter of 1880 all the leading houses inn
ported jerseys, and very gradually
learned how to fit them.
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DOUGLAS MONUMENT.

who was a Democrat to the backbone,
young Stephen is strong Republican.
Born November 8, 1850, in the family
home of his mother in North Carolina,
he received thorough education at
Georgetown College, and subsequently
supervised his mothers estate, consist
ing Of several plantations in North
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scription: ''Stephen A. Douglas. Born
April %. 1913; died June 8, 1861. Tell
my children to obey the laws and up
hold the constitution
Stephen A. Douglas left two sons,
Robert and Stephen A., Jr. The latter
has since 1879 made Chicago his home,
and has. at different times, appeared in
the role of politician. Unlike his father,
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Raw Jack rabbit and goat meat
formed the food of number of people
who were caught in a snow blockade be
tween Emery Gap and Folsom, n. n.