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the choice of terms and weapons. He
selected muskets at twenty PAGES, for in
a quarrel growing out of a question Of
courage he was determined to leave
nothing undone to show his grit. Col.
Bissell was brim full of pluck and Davis
was no less brave. Both would prOba
bly, have been killed had the duel been
fought, but the seconds interviewed, fur
Their correspondence ensued and arbi-
tration resulted in the withdrawal of the
hostile notes in the order of their dates.
The full details of this affair of honor
were never given to the public; the mat
ter was quiteed and soon forgotten. Now,
the Constitution of Illinois contained a
provision requiring every executive off,
Ger, before assuming his duties, to take
an oath that he had never sent or ac-
cepted challenge to fight duel. Some
active Democrat who had been burrow-
ing in that document had run against
this clause, and hurried off to Sheahan,
of the Chicago Times, to apprise him Of
the big find, but was surprised to hear
the editor already knew Of it. Judge
Douglas pooh poohed the whole matter.
He likened the case to that of Judge
Trumbull, who had been elected to Con-
gress and taken his seat the year before,
Notwithstanding by the State Constitu-
ton he was ineligible, on account of he
term for which he was elected Judge Of
the Circuit Court not having expired.
The Constitution said he was not eligi-
BILE for any office during his term as
Judge, nor for one year thereafter, and
that any votes cast for him were null
and void. There was the case, too, of
Gen. Matteson, who had sought to be
elected to the United States Senate un-
der substantially similar circumstances.
But behind all this were two other i'm
portant points; first, that the challenge
and acceptance having been withdrawn,
and the case left as though no belliger-
ent correspondence had taken place, It
was purely a matter OF conscience with
Col. Bissell whether he could take the
oath or not.
AS the day Of election approached the
excitement gained In intensity. In the
previous Presidential contest, 1852, the
vote had stood: Pierce, Democrat, 3d.
597; Scott, Wing, 64,934; Hale, Adolf
ton, 1896. 1t was generally assumed
that the Abolition vote would go to Bis
sell for Governor. But the great num-
Der OF virginians, Kentuckians and Ten
nesseeans who had been "old Wings,
and who had now attached themselves
to the fortunes of Douglas, made the
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gone over with the utmost care, reports
received from the different districts and
counties, and public speakers assigned
to the several localities where it was
supposed they would do the most good.
Mr.. Douglas placed himself wholly at
the disposal of the Democratic commit
tee, and no amount of physical tension
was too great for his massive, tireless
constitution. The home talent engaged
on the Democratic side embraced the
eleven candidates for electors, among
whom were A. NJ. Harrington, Charles
II. Constable, Samuel NJ. Moulton, Or
lando B. Ficklin, VIM. A. j. Sparks, and
the then rising young orator, John A.
Logan. together with host of speak
ers. many OF whom have since reached
more or less distinction. The Repub-
mean electoral ticket was made up of
inhps M Palmer. Leonard
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thousands OF CrOws

1t seems as if all the crows in the
country were now congregated on the
~ NJ mississippi River. Every winter after
the first heavy snow falls, crows from
from the surrounding country cone ia
the river in search of food.
Thousands of them NAV be seen ha.
tween st. Louis and Jefferson Barracks
among the banks, perched on floating
masses of ice. and all busilv engaged
IN discussing the offal and refuse Which
ls thrown from the dumps into the
:, 1t is surprising from what distances
they come, for it is known that the
crow roosts eighty miles from the river
are deserted before daybreaL the
crows leaving for the Mississ; m;
y, whence 81 they return by nightfall to take
u up their winter quarters, SAYS the be at At.
d; one hundred and sixty miles is a lono
Ct crows have plenty of time. noth;no else
70 10, and do not seem to mind * and
when the fields are covered with ~ sn nnu
ana . other food is difficult to find thew thew
appear to have an abundance On they icy
banks OF the Mississippi River ~ VIC
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Bromwell, Ebenezer Peck and Richard

Bromwell, Ebenezer Peck and Richard
Yates.
In their nominations for county
officers, members of thf Legislature,
Circuit Judges and Congress both par
ties put up the very best material that
could be brought in the field. Many Of
these were pleasing and earnest speak
ers. The members Of Congress elected
that year were E. B. Washburne, John
F. Farnsworth, Owen Lovejoy, William
P. Kellogg, Republicans, and Isaac N.
Morris, Thomas L. Harris, Aaron Shaw,
Robert Smith and Samuel S. Marshall,
Democrats.
Among the distinguished Democratic
campaigners were John A. McClernand,
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Ugly and Cheap.

Among the Central European He
brews the married women all wear
wigs, no matter whether they be
bald-headed or not. Indeed, the
more beautiful the woman's hair the
more necessary the wig, for it is worn
upon the theory that a married
woman should make herself unat-
tractive to every man save her hus-
band. The wigs are ugly, brown,
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The Lily.

The Gala lily is being cultivated in
the swamp regions Of Florida as an
esculent. The Department Of Agri-
culture is interested in experiments
being made in it's culture, as it is
said to be a strong rival of the potato,
and equal to it in many respects.
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He Wanted to Know.

Il see," remarked Mr.. Stockyard, of
Chicago, that the Venus de Milo il
to be here during the Fair"
"De Milo" replied Mr.. Riverscomb.
thoughtfully; Il don't know that /
ever heard OF her. What's her spe-
cialty?"-Puck.
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tba aa aa,sE was once OH a time q row in
i h;mg anl,, Ola Dublin theater. Throw
cries woe vocifera Turn him outp' were the
But dn ,I;I,ae tta y, yelled by the gods.
Ing voice: BE aisy. bhnusi o bn,,t
wastehim! Spite fddle un Wld hin p 81
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THE reason it is SO hard to speak of
/ musical composers work as a whole
IS because it is generally In pieces.
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ILLINOIS OLITICS.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BIG
CAMPAIGN OF 1855.

Opening of the Greas Prelude to the War
-Bisse1i and Richardson-The Leaders
on Both Sides-BisseIrs Controversy
with jeff Davis.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29

birds Of different species in Europe is DR..
Carl Russ Of Germany, the greAtest living
ornithologlst. And he pays tEa highest
compliments to a large numbef Of our
birds, claiming that they are e(sy to ac-
climatic over there, and that because OF
several sterling qualities possessed by
all of them they would make very valu-
able acquisitions to the list of Euro
pean birds. As qualities Of this kind
he names the beauties of their plumage,
their docility, intelligence, amiable dis
position, their song, and-most important
of all-their experiences in destroying
noxious insects, especially caterpillars
and Larvae. DR.. Russ mentions the fact
that the expectation of American birds
has of late diminished in number, due to
laws prohibiting this which have gone
into effect in a number of our States, and
he expresses the fear that within u short
time the Importation of American birds
into Germany and other European
tries may, on this account, cease alto
getller. All the more does he rejoice
that several thousands OF the most valu-
able AmericoN birds have been brought
into Germany last year by the large
firm of C. Rciche, in Alfcld, near Hun
over, and that specimens of them-nota-
bly, of the brilliant-tinted cardinal gross
beak and ros%e-hreastcd %groshcak, OF the
~rcsplendent nonpareil and of the purple
finch-can now be bought of all the bird
dealers throughout Germany and AUS
tria.
a number Of experiments have been
made, in Germany us we'll as England,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29
lzu:,.an Relics OF ro,nnc!i.

In the mtiseum at Pompeii arc pre-
served the most horrid and pathetic
relics of the last days of the. i'll -fatcd
city. Early i'm 1863 the worlmen wht
We're helping to uncarth an immense
palace struck into cavity in the lava.
the nature of which. of course. was a
mystery. Without breaking further
into it. they poured plaster of pari:
down the crevices that were already
opened. and as soon as the plaster haG
hardened the crust of lava was care.
fully removed. and 10! the form of q
human being in his last struggles wa:
revealed. The outlines and form Of.
the person were perfectly preserved.
showing plainly that he had been bur
led i'm boiling lava, which had hard.
ened about him. The intervening
1880 years, and the heat of the lava
besides. had reduced the body to a
handful of dust. but the lava had left
Il cast natural as life.
Since that time several bodies have
been reproduced--onc of them with
the features so perfectly preserved az
to show the cAp.ession OF the face. liz
some of the plaster casts parts of the
skeletons arc Embedded. Two female
casts which are clasped in each others
arms, have been called "The Mother
and Daughter" Persons who have
seen this group say that there is moth.
ing in all Pompeii more touching thar
the utter despair depicted upon the
face of the "mothnr."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29

alton, makes the question of bird impor-
tation and expectation, IL especially
that of domestication, timely and inter-
esting. Right here let it be stated that,
with the single exception of the s~o-called
English sparrow, no European bird that
has found a second home in this country,
has abused the hospitality shown it.
And quite a number OF Transatlantic
songsters and warblers have been inn
ported during a decade or two. The
great lovers and knowers of birds, the
Germans, have especially distinguished
themselves in systematic efforts ut inn
porting and then propagating a number
Of the most charming little song birds
that render the forests and glades, the
hedges and bushes of the fatherland SO
tuneful. Among these may be men,
toned more particularly the nightingale
and redbreast, the linnet and thrush, the
finch and the lark and the robin. Speci-
mems of these may now be net with in
the parks and gardens, or, as in the ease
of the lark, on the boundless prairies.
While thousands of these have persisted
in the dangerous process of acclimatiza-
ton or as the prey of winged slayers, thou
sands of others have survived, have be-
come used to the great climatic differ
ences between their old home of more
equable temperature and their new,
bracing, trying atmosphere.
1t is true-though known to but COM
%parativcly few Americans-that Il much
greater number of American birds have
been exported of recent years to years
to Europe. And it was likewise again
the country where birds are cherished
and petted, and loved and praised the
most in prose and song, in Germany,
where these little American strangers
were received most kindly and domestic
Gated most quickly. There are, it is
true. a few varieties of American birds,
among them our national favorite, the
m%ockingbird, that have. become pets in
thousands of European homes, in En-
Rland and France as we'll aus in Ger
any and i'll the Scandinavian north.
little fellow, the cardinal grosbeak,
popularity known across the water as the
Virginia nightingale, are kept in cages,
and hence never acquire citizens rights.
There are other pretty American birds
kept in captivity over there as we'll,
such as the catbird, the Carolina parrot,
the r%ed-winged b%lackbird, the yellow
hammer and the bobolink, the meadow
lark and the bluciay and indigo finch.
These are all valued more or less highly
in Germany especially, either because
vuftheir melodious song. orr : because
of then brilliant l%lumagef /4eir docili-
ty and clevernAss at exceeding tricks.
The most expensive of these Gagged
American pets, the m~ockingbird, is, how
ever, at the same time one of the hardi-
lest of them, because very quickly ac-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29
thing that the people should remem.
Der, and that is that for ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain the
average mail thief beats the sheathcn
Chinee. Cincinnati Times-Star.
A QUESTIONABLE PRACTICE.
Putting Boys In Terror of Their Lives to
Make Them Good.

Make Thorn Good.
"Captain," began a manly looking
boy, leading by the hand a soiled,
tear-stained, but still defiant-looking
youngster, apparently about ten years
of age, to Captain Hemenway. of
Boston Police Division No. ., this
morning early. Captain, here is Il
boy who won't obey his mother; what
can you do with him?"
"What?:" thundeycd the Captain,
won't obey his mothers: Come here,
SIR" at which command the kid APP
preached. giving vent to what seemed
p%rcmonitory symptoms of IL howl.
"Wherc do you livc?:"
Spring street, SIR" blubbcred
bub.
do you know what We do with
boys who won't obey their mothcrs?:'
NO. s-sir."
SWELL, Ill show you. Here, officer,
take this boy into the cellar and show
him what he is coming to. Don't
lock him up yet, but let him see,'
and, escorted by the burly officer, the
precocious youth was led away.
"A lGM minutes lStlCl III was CSCOI USu
back with the same solcmnity, and,
with a face very pale and a little
dirtier, was brought again before the
stern-looking Captain, and tearfully
promised to act in future as cherubs
are supposed to do.
After he had gone Captain Hcmen.
way said to Il Herald reporter: This
is a common occurrence here. and il
usually has a much better effect ON q
boy than either Furnishing him cor.
porally or sending him to a reforma'
tory institution, where associations
will ruin what still remains in him
interrupted. Some time ago two
boys, really bad, we're sent here by
their parents prior to having then
placed i'm some institution, and after
thoroughly soaring them by picturinl
to them an imaginary fate, had then
put in the guard-room with the door.
ajar, and left them to themselve.
after telling them that hope of escape
was useless. for the police would
finally III them down and rccaptur,
them.
"As I expected, love of libcrt,
proved too strong a temptation, ant
they Slipped out, supposing they wer
unnoticed. Now. that was severe
months ago, and. led on by thei
parents, who were posted, they be
licve thai they are iugitives from TIL
law. and in every b%luccoat they see
pursiler. There arc as Il result. II,
two bnT.f. ar- hnlinycd lads i'm Ecsfon
Such results could not liayc been oh
tanned i'm the best-managcd refolnla
tory i'm the country"
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olimated and learns to mate and
to e a young ones on foreign soil.
Hence, too, the mockingbird is such q
general favorite with dealers and lovers
Of birds in the old country. With that
-ths bird is capable of learning new
tunes all the time, and it therefore richly
repayssthe patience and attention re-
quired to teach it and to develop 1t into
q flrst-class songster. The case is SIM
liar with that other European favorite,
the cardinal grosbeak. They are in song
from March to September. beginning at
the first appearance Of dawn and repeat
ing q favorite stanza or musical passage
twenty or thirty times successfully.
While their song, therefore, must be
termed a little mOnotonOus, these ex-
ceedingly handsome birds more than
atone for this one little deficiency by
their sprightly figure and gaudy plumage,
as we'll as by the bell-like clearness OF
their voice and the inexpensiveness Of
W board and lodging.
Tut these American varieties, as we'll
hs some Of the others mentioned, while
aKording pleasure to their keepers and
owners, cannot be eaid to have acquired
European citizenship. It is quite likely
: that II they were given q chance to re-
turn to their old haunts in this country
they would gladly forswear all allegiance
to Emperor Wilhelm or Queen Victoria.
It is different with some other American
birds.
The one man who has especially ex-
erted himself In acclimatizinR American
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29

having i'll vic the acclimatization and
propagation in the open OF some of the
prettiest American birds. Baron Won
Cramm, IL wealthy noblcman with u
hobby for birds, thus succeeded in maxi
ing several pairs of our American cardi-
nal grosbeaks pass unframed through
the severe winter of 1S90-91 on his es-
tate e Brunswick. In the vicinity Of
Stettin, IL city v moro northerly than
Brunswick, n pair of the same birds es-
capped from their cage and managed to
maintain themselves all through the
same hard winter. Last spring they
nestled in Il clump of tall pine trees and
raised a healthy and independent brood
of young Americans right there by the
shores of the Baltic. Reports from sew
eral other parts of Germany are to the
same effect-everywhere this hardy
American traveller, nicknamcd the Amer
lean nightingale, managed to make HIM
self at home and to perpetuate his spe-
cies without any sort Of artificial shelter.
Similarly the mo%ckingbird, it's cousin,
h catbird, the rose-breasted grosbeak
and the blue jay and purple finch, even
the summer redbird-although in the
case of the latter a much more southern
cline has been habitually its winter
quarters-have been doing nicely in the
open in different parts of Germany.
DIR. Russ several years ago, during a
popular lecture, advised the farmers of
Germany to people their poplar trees
with parrots. At the time he was ridi-
culed by everybody, but recent events
have shown that his advice was not ILL
considered. For where the thing has
been tried adequately since it has been
found that parrots are the most valuable
assistants OF the farmer in exterminat-
ing noxious insects, provided they we're
supplied with good quarters. Lord
Buxton, for instance, has bred on his
estate in England q number OF parrots,
of all sorts and varieties, including AUS
tralian and Carolina ones, with the best
possible results. They all did remark
ably we'll and raised families, excepting
the North American ones-the so-called
paroquets-although to all outward APP
pearances the latter had been the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29
MAHocANY.
How the Beautiful Wood Was discovered
and Brought Into Use.

How the Beautiful Wood Was Discovered
and Brought Into USE.
The discovery of the beautiful and
costly timber known as mahogany was
purely accidental. The first mention
made of it was by Sir Walter Raleigh,
who used it in 1897 at Trinidad for
repairing his ships. About the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century a
small quantity of it was taken to-
England by Il West India captain
named Gibbons, who sent a few
planks to his brother, a physician re-
siding i'm London. This gentleman,
at the time of the receipt of the
wood, was having Il house built, and
placed the planSs i'm the hands of the
carpenters. They attempted to cut
it, but because of it's hardness very
quickly threw it aside. The Doctor
eXpostulated, but the workmen re-
manned fixed in their determination
to have nothing to do with a lumber
which so successfully resisted their
attempts to saw it. The planks were
then taken to Il cabinet-maker named
Wollaston, who was directed to make
a candle-box with a portion of the
wood. The SAME objection was adj
vanced by this workman, but, being
a pe%rsevering individual, he persisted
and finally made the box. When pol
ished it SO outshone anything pre-
viously made that it very quickly be.
came an object of curiosity, and the
people tlocked to see it.
AS a consequence the wood became
quite popular. especially after a por.
tion Of the physicians treasure was
employed in the construction of two
bureaus, II for himself and the other
for the Duchess of Buckingham.
These specimens of cabinet work
caused the rejected wood to become a
prominent factor i'm the construction
of luxurious pieces of furAiture. Thus
Wollaston was amply rewarded for his
perseverance in fashioning it into the
candlc-boX, and his name. together
with that of the physician and his
nautical brother, became i%nseparably
connected with the history of the i'm.
PRODUCTION of this wood into civilized
iands.-Frec Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29
Held Hard to Life.

A woman who died in the aims,
house at Biddeford, Me-, recently,
aged nearly 100 years, had passed
through some queer experiences. She
came to this country in 1S46, and fol
thirty years she was an inmate of the
almshouse. In that time she had
been laid out as dead three times,
but on each occasion she came to lift
In time to put a stop to the funera,
arrangements. Only a few days be
fore her death an undertaken wa,
called to prepare her remains fol
burial, but when he arrived she wa
sitting up In led.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29
beaks. the ose-breasted and the cardinal

beaks, the rose-breasted and the cardinal
one, would be Of vastly more benefit
than injury to the farmer. They fced
their young almost exclusively on in.
sects, especially catcrpillars and larvae.
Their prime value, of course, would con.
sist in their being birds of decorative
plumuge as we'll rs songsters. The same
might ne said of the American thrushes,
finches, etc. Both the American indigo
and purple finch would be of use tc
farmers around orchards. Their acces.
sion to the ranks of our native birds.
therefore, would mean q distinct advan.
tage."
A wealthy merchant of Hamburg,
Melkers by name, has begun, since
spring Of last year, q series OF acclima.
tizing experiments on a large scale,
using mostly American birds for the
DurDOse
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29

A CURIOUS observation made by DIR.
Tcre. an Austrian physician, formed
the subject of a paper read sometime
ago at a meetings4f the Frenlh En-
tomological Society. He assertk that
a person stung by bees is for a time
exempt from the effects of further
singing, and is protected in the
same sense that vaccination gives inn
Munity with regard to smallpox.
This protection lasts for six months
or less, according to the number Of
stings received.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29
TWO ovMNAsTs.
Aad rIow tho Delinquent Cat Was fsfrect.
uaily Punished by Thorn.


Big newspaper space is daily taken
up with accurate throwing, and catch.
ing, and hitting of balls, the aim OF
the human eye, the speed of the hui
man foot, the accuracy and dexterity
Of the human hand, and the young
people who play baseball and tennis
enjoy this reading matter.
But a short time ago I saw two
creatures only a year old Guido in aim
and accuracy any human being | eve
knew, says a writer in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
They were Il pair OF barn-swallows.
\ very gentle little housc-cat was i'll
the habit of taking her daily nap in
the hay-loft, directly under the nest
among the rattcrs. All went we'll
until the mother bird began to sit on
her eggs. Then, presumably, the cat
lifted her eyes to contemplate the
pretty sight. for about 4 o'clock of
the first day the bird staid upon the
nest the cat came rushing out of the
barn, the two swallows after her.
Giving her in turn a vicious peck,
they rose i'll air, swooped down and
peckcd her sQuarcly on the back, one
after the other, though She was rum
ming i'm all directions.
Twenty three times / w~atchedthem
rise i'm air so high as to be out OF
sight, then come sailing down, one
behind the other, and each time
giving the poor cat Il peck apiece on
the back, although she was speeding
hithcr and thitllcr, bewildered, seek.
ing to hide under carts, under trees,
here and there; they missed
her once, though they never slowed
their swift flight to do it, never
paused for the peck, but swiftly gave