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r A Bit of National History Eeoalled by Its
Anniversary.
DECORATION DAY AN INTERESTING EPOCH
JUny 30 , 1804 , the Nebrasltn and Kmi-
BUB 11111 , that Did 80 .Much to
Urine ou the Civil War ,
W'ns Approved.
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Besides being the annual Decoration day ,
next Wednesday Is the fortieth anniversary
* of the approval of the Nebraska and Kansas ,
It1
N bill of 1864 and the organization of the tcr-
rltory of Nebraska. A moment's reflection
will show the appropriateness of the co
incidence , especially wnen the legislative
nnd political history of the bill Is taken
Into consideration. The Nebraska and Kan
sas bill not only conferred territorial govern
ment upon a largo portion of , the northwest ,
but occasioned n most vindictive struggle
between the friends of slavery In the south ,
and the almost unanimous north. While the
victory was with the south , the preliminary
Bklrmlsh more firmly united the enemies of
slavery , and prepared them for the civil war
It hastened on. Further , the effects of that
bill are to be felt oven In the present dny ,
for It was the first of a series of legislative
events In which party lines were drawn
along sectional lines. ntiJ which made the
couth the "solid south. "
In 1803 Louisiana , the largest peace
ful acquisition of any country of any
time , was ceded to the United
States by Franco What was after
ward called the "Nebraska country" formed
n comparatively small portion of this Im
mense purchase. Yet the Nebraska country
wns larger than Texas nnd California com
bined , extending from the southern boundary
of the purchase , thirty-six degrees thirty
minutes , to the northern boundary of the
United Statei on the forty-ninth parallel , and
from the Missouri river and the state of
Missouri to the Rocky mountains.
The settlement ot tho.Nebraska country
was slow. In 1810 , seven years alter the
purchase ot Louisiana , John Jacob Aster's
American Fur company established n trading
post nt Bellevue , making the first settle
ment In Nebraska. When the Indian trading
post at Fort Calhoun was removed to Bellevue -
vuo a dozen years later , Bellevue became a
place of Mime considerable Importance. The
Indian tribes for hundreds of miles made It
the market for. their furs and pelts , and In
llellovuo obtained arms and ammunition , and
the , liquor and trinkets so dear to the red-
ekln heart. At Bellevue was located the
firs ! mission In Nebraska , and there the first
postmaster served as the first editor and the
first schoolmaster of the country. Bcllovue
was the commercial , social , religious and
educational metropolis.
TERRITORY FOR TRESPASSERS.
As early as 1844 petitions were presented
to congress asking the organization of a ter
ritory west of the. Missouri. Though under
the patronage of no less a man than Senator
Stephen A. Douglass , the petitions were
hcarcely given a passing thought. Aside
from the Ilttlo settlement at Bellevue , the
country had but few white Inhabitants , and
they were , In the strict letter of the law ,
trespassers on the reservations of the In
diana. Of the Interior the Ilttlo ttmt was
known was not favorable for the organiza
tion of the territory. Congress was not apt
tq organize a territory for the benefit of u
handful of trespassers squatting on the land
that belonged to the Indian.
But with tlo | growth of the country came
a moro favorable reception * for the proposl-
lions. At each successive congress the mat
ter was presented , but for years failed to
pass the committee stage. In 1849 came the
discovery of goU ' " California , and the mad
racp to the west. Many a wtary tenderfoot
Involuntarily settled on tbo prairies of Ne
braska In 1819 and 1850 , oud In the dcupera-
tlon of his extremity undertook the appar
ently hopeless task of forcing a living from
the soil of the Great American Desert. To
his astonishment and delight he found
land fertile and easily cultivated , and that
ho could "tickle the earth with a hoe , and
It laughs with the harvest. " Then settlers
multiplied along the rivers ; the possibili
ties of the country were better known , dnd
the propositions for the organization of a
territory "more respectfully received.
In the second session of the Thirty-second
congress Representative Wlllard P. Hall of
Missouri Introduced a bill for the organi
zation of the territory of the Platte , com
prising all of the Louisiana purchase be
tween the Missouri river and the Rockies.
Nearly two months' consideration was given
the bill by the committee , which then 're
ported It back as a "Bill for the Organiza
tion ot the Territory of * Nebraska , " there
being no. Important changes except In the
name. No reference was made In any way
to slavery , but by Implication the bill would
follow the Missouri compromise of 1820.
That compromise provided that Missouri
might bo admitted as a slave state , but for
ever prohibited slavery In the rest of the
purchase north of the line of 3C degrees
30 minutes. Nebraska territory , as de
scribed In the committee's bill , was within
the prescribed area , and therefore when ad
mitted would come In as a free state.
OPPOSED BY THE SOUTH.
The bill met the bitterest opposition of the
southern members , who were unani
mously opposed to the organization of fur
ther free soil territory. A stormy session
ot the whole house closed with n recom
mendation for the rejection of the bill , but
In seine way Its defeat at that stage was pre
vented. The bill was passed by a vote ot
98 to 43 , but when sent
to the senate It mot an opposition most
strongly organized to secure Its defeat. The
bill was referred to the commltteo on terri
tories , of which Senator Douglass was chair
man. Though a strong minority of the com
mltteo , headed by Douglass , Is said to have
favored the bill , no report was obtainable
from the committee. As the session drew
near to a close , the friends of the
Nebraska bill made a ctrcnuous
though futile effort to obtain a
report. In the closing hours they became
almost frantic. On the last day of the ses
sion but one a motion to take the bill up
was defeated by a vote of 25 to 20. The
next day a similar motion resulted In the
motion being tabled for the few hours 'left
of the session by the solid vote of the
southern senators.
On the following day Franklin Plerco was
Inaugurated president. Mr. Plerco was a
New Hampshire democrat who had been
triumphantly elected over General Scott , the
whig candidate , The campaign had been
ono ot personalities alone ; the national plat
forms ot the two great parties being almost
Identical on the vital question of the day
slavery.
Mr. Plerco In his Inaugural address con
gratulated the country on the successful
termination of the Mexican war. Though
the acquisition of new territory had brought
now responsibilities they had been faithfully
met , and the over disturbing slavery ques
tion , as far as concerned the Mexican acces
sion , settled by the compromise measures of
1850. These Jio regarded as a final settle
ment ot the questions they contained , and It
was his Intention , ho declared , by every
means In his power to prevent any shock
to the repose of the country by a renewal
of the slavery agitation.
Mr. Plerco was but reiterating the resolu
tions contained In the democratic anil whig
national platforms of the year previous. A
majority ot the members of congress had
been elected on the strength ot their pledges
to prevent a renewal of the slavery agita
tion. It would have been Impossible to
liavo moro emphatically or officially declared
the conflict at an end. The Thirty-third
congress assembled on Monday , December 6 ,
following tha Inauguration. Tuesday Presi
dent Plerco submitted his annual message.
In the strongest language ho again promised
to regard the compromises of 1850 an end of
the discussion and denounced any attempt
to shock tbo repose ot the confederacy.
PRESIDENT SWITCHED.
But on the day previous Senator Augustus
0. Dodge of Iowa had given notice of hla In
tention to Introduce a bill for the organiza
tion of the territory ol Nebraska , and
Dodge's bill later on rdtclly changed the
president's position. On the llth Dodge In
troduced the bill , which , on examination ,
was found to be practlcaly Identical with the
unfortunate measure of the preceding ses
sion. After the first nnd second readings
It was referred to Senator Douglass' com
mltteo on territories.
The next day It wns reported back with a
number of amendments , which were received
with surprise not unmlnglcd with doubt.
A number of northern senators expressed
their surprise at some of the amendments ,
which seemed to operate as a repeal of the
Missouri compromise. On January 4 , 1851 ,
the committee made a special report In ex
planation of the amendments which divested
the bill of any ambiguity of meaning. The
compromise of 1820 , the commltteo said , wns
no longer operative , It having been repealed
by the passage of the compromises of 1850 ,
with which It was Inconsistent. Congress
had no right to Interfere with the domestic
Institutions ot the states. As each sovereign
eign state was said to have the power of
controlling slavery within Its own boundaries
the territory of Nebraska was , on organiza
tion , to be free soil or proslavcry , ns a ma
jority of the voters might choose at the first
election. The Issue , the committee claimed ,
was "The great principles of self-govern
ment , that the people should be allowed to
decldo the questions of their domestic In
stitutions for themselves. "
The people of the north were first as
tounded ; then as the full conception of the
effects of the bill dawned upon them , for the
repeal of the Missouri compromise there was
awful Indignation , for "squatter sever
eignty" bitter sarcasm.
The south was also surprised , for the pro
posal to glvo slavery another opportunity to
obtain additional territory came unexpectedly
nnd gratuitously from northern sources. The
proffer was as quickly accepted ns mado.
Indeed the south was In desperate straits.
Slavery could no longer control the senate
If the north would unitedly oppose tlio insti
tution. Unless Texas could bo divided , an
unlikely contingency , the south could not
add one new state. The north still had the
vast unorganized portion of the Louisiana
purchase to form Into states In which the
Missouri compromise prohibited slavery , and
many of which would bo physically unfitted
for the Institution. The Nebrnska country
wns the unorganized portion of the purchase
best adapted for the slave. For these
reasons the couth coveted Nebraska. The
conditions were now changed. Those who
had been the friends of the bill now became
Its most unrelenting foes , and these who In
the last session secured the defeat of the
Hall bill now were most eager to secure the
passage of the committee's bill.
To account for the sudden change of front
various theories have' been advanced. It
seems highly probable that two elements
compelled the embodiment ot the repeal of
the Missouri compromise. The journals of the
tlmo openly charged that a conspiracy had
been formed In the Thirty-second congress
to give the slave power additional territory-
nnd the Investigation of later times tends to
confirm this statement. U certainly appears
strange that on the day before the Inaugura
tion of the Thirty-third congress , known to
be of pro-slavery views , a bill to organize
the territory of Nebraska under the Missouri
compromise should have been killed by the
unanimous vote at the slavo-holdlng sena
tors , and then that the Thirty-third con
gress should have received the same bill ,
modified to please the slavocracy , with great
avidity.
SENATOR DOUGLASS' AMBITION.
Again , Senator Douglass was known to
cherish an ambition for the presidency that
was all but overpowering. With the south
he rightly believed himself popular. It Is
thought that he used his tremendous influ
ence as chairman ot the commltteo on ter
ritories und his glowing eloquence to more
certainly secure the favor ot the south while
appeasing the north by engineering another
compromise with Insatiable slavery. Having
committed himself , and having found that
his course was not popular In the north , ho
bent his wholu energies toward accomplish
ing his original plan. The combination of
these two motives will account for the trend
ot the bill. >
On the second day after the special re
port Senator Archibald Dlxon , a Kentucky
whig , gave notice ot his Intention to amend
the Nebraska bill when It should come be
fore the senate by Inserting a clause re
pealing toe Missouri compromise. Dlxon
was a man ot marked Influence and charac-
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ter. Ho liatl served as governor of Ken
tucky until sent to tlio senate to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry
Clay. Mr. Dlxon was a representative of
the first element named ; the clement which
must have formed the conspiracy against
the first Nebraska bill If such a conspiracy
existed. Ho was a pronounced pro-slavery
man , and had the frankness to announce
that by the repeal of the Missouri com
promise he , jped "the citizens of the vari
ous states shall be at liberty to take and
hold their slaves within any of the terri
tories. " Clay had been "honorably Identi
fied" with the compromise of 1820 ; his suc
cessor In the senate was the first to openly
commit a breach of the old compact.
Before the commencement of the debate
proper on the bill a delegation appointed by
the nominal Inhabitants of the Nebraska
country arrived In Washington and waited
on congress. They made two requests that
the southern boundary be fixed at the Thirty-
seventh parallel , and that the Nebraska
country be divided along the Fortieth par
allel Into Nebraska In the north and Kan
sas In the south. The first suggestion was
made to avoid a division of the Cherokee
country , the boundary line being placed
thirty miles north of the original Missouri
compromise line , the first boundary pro
posed. The reason for the second sugges
tion was not readily apparent , but It was
Intimated that there were more ulterior mo
tives than the gratification of local pride.
For Nebraska the slavery clement cared
but little ; Its climate was thought too vig
orous and its toll too difficult of cultiva
tion for profitable Blavo holding. Then Ne
braska was bordered by Iowa , a free state ,
and Minnesota , Washington and Oregon ter
ritories , all free soil , BO If finally obtained
for slavery It would be Isolated from other
slavery states. Kansas was thought to bo
warmer and more fertile , and then it was
nearer to Missouri , Arkansas and Texas ,
all slave states. If Kansas could be made
a slave state the south would have one more
link In the chain of such states , reaching
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. To gain
this the slavocracy was willing to glvo the
north Nebraska , that It cared little for.
thinking that such generosity would make
the north more willing to give the south
Kansas However , the Missouri and Iowa
delegations united In recommending the
changes , and the committee on territories
renorted a bill to the senate providing for
the organization of the territories of Ne
braska and Kansas , and which was as em-
phatlo In declaring ! the compromise of 1820
Inoperative as theircport of the 1th of Jan
uary.
DOUGLASS' SPEECH.
A week or so jotter the spjclal report
Senator Douglass opened the debate. It was
a battle of giants * The master minds of
the nation engaged In the terrible combat.
Tacticians nnd generals whoao sheer weight
bore all before them ; skirmishers and
ponderous nrtlllew guerrillas and plodding
Infantry fought Inlthe war of eloquence and
logic with desperation never equaled In the
history of the country.
Mr Douglass' opening speech brings to
view the second clbment not at all radical
on slavery questions , but standing on techni
calities , like n qalUbllnB lawyer who Is un
willing to go Into dho merits of his caso.
Senator Douglass"- argument was highly
Ingenious. In 13481 Just after the acquisi
tion of a largo amount of territory from
Mexico the senate'amended n bill lioforu It
by extending the compromise line of 30-30
to the Pacific. In this amendment the house
did not concur , lly defeating the senate
amendment Mr. Douglass claimed the Mis
souri compromise had been abandoned. This
compromise ended and no longer operative
a new discussion arose In 1850 and closed
with fresh compromise measurta whoso lead
ing feature was the doctrine of noninter
vention by congress In the domestic Institu
tions of the territories. The measures of'
1850 were ot universal application , the old
line of 36-30 being entirely disregarded.
The cffJct of the Nebraska and Kansas
bill , said Douglaes , was neither to legislate
slavery Into or out of the territories , butte
to leave their Inhabitants free to act as they
chose In the premises. What could be more
reasonablu than this ? Thus half of the
states which recognized slavery nt the adop
tion of the constitution had abolished tha
Institution. If there was any bad faith
manifested It was on the part of the
abolitionists , who opposed the compromise of
1E20 , who opposed the continuation ot the
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compromise line through the Texas acces
sion In 1845 , and who refused to carry the
line through to the Pacific In 1848 , aqd yet
were so zealous In keeping unprofaned the
compromise they maligned for a third of a
century.
Senator Salmon P. Chase of Ohio , after
ward appointed to the supreme bench ,
opened on behalf of the opponents of the
bill. Mr. Chase began by moving to strike
out of the bill a clause which declared the
compromise of 1820 Inoperative , leaving the
committee's bill an unconditional repeal of
the compromise. It was his Intention , If
the motion carried , to then move to strike
out the whole clause , leaving the bill with
no reference to the compromise of 1S20.
The statement that the omnibus measures
of 1S50 superseded the Missouri compromise
ho promised to "demonstrate to be without
any foundation In fact or history , " and his
masterly speech he directed at this point.
Mr. Chase represented another class of
senators men whose love of liberty or
hatred of slavery , or whoao deference to the
expressed wishes of their constituencies led
them to fight the bill. There was anothT
class , small and unimportant , who regarded
territorial organizations west of the Mis
souri as unnecessary , In bad faith with the
Indian tribes who occupied the land , nnd
as altogether too costly luxuries , But where
a principle was at stake mercenary motives
could not long bo the issue , and this class
was compelled to join Chase , nnd Simmer ,
and Sewnrd , and Fessenden , In opposition
to the bill. Just so the Douglass element
coalesced with DIxon's following , and fought
under a pro-slavery banner against aboli
tionism.
MADE IT DEMOCRATIC.
Tha discussion had not progressed far
before the administration adopted the meas
ure , and made It n democratic , aswell as
southern bill. Many northern democrats
still refused to support the bill , protesting
that they could not , with honor to them
selves , disregard their pledges made In the
campaign preceding. Then , many northern
congressmen opposed the bill on account of
the effects the Missouri compromise would
have In opening additional territory to
slavery. The whig party was unharmonlnus
when the discussion opened , and the.debate
completed the demoralization of the party.
The democrats were much stronger In the
south than over before , but were much
weakened by rebellion and desertion In the
north. The northern whlgs were badly
divided ; In the south they no longer had an
organized existence.
For over four months the debate pro
ceeded. The mercurial public opinion fluctu
ated from one extreme to the other. As
the bill ncared a final vote In the senate
the excitement became Intense. The last
formalities of the senate were watched with
feverish anxiety The Issue at stake was
nominally the organization of two frontier
territories ; really it was the extension or
limitation of slavery. The northern sena
tors mot their first defeat In the rejection
of Chase's amendment. Then the commit
tee's substitute for the original Dodge bill
was adopted , and an amendment proposed
by Clayton of Delaware disfranchising for
eigners who had taken out only their first
papers and making them Ineligible for ofllco
In tha two territories was Incorporated ,
The bill passed by a vote of 37 to 14.
A week after the senate committee had
divided the Nebraska country Into Nebraska
nnd Kansas , Hepresentatlvo William A.
Richardson of Illinois , chairman ot the
house committee on territories , reported n
bill for the organization ot the territory of
Nebraska , which hud been recommended
by a majority ot the committee. The Rich
ardson bill soon became the subject of as
much debate as the matter had received In
the senate. The public mind In the mean
time , was Incredibly Inflamed. "Town-
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denounced the repeal of the Missouri com
promise , " Three thousand Now England
clergymen , "In the name of Almighty OoJ ,
and In Ilia presence , " protested against
the extension of the Institution of slavery.
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remonstrances Into congress. But the pro
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ure allayed the excitement caused by the
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to the bill which Keemed too unpopular to
permit Its passage. Then the nation was
again tranquil.
On the 8th of May Mr. Richardson offered
an amendment to the house bill , making
the latter almost Identical with the bill
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mediately re-awakened. The debates In the
house were much moro violent than the
discussion In the senate even marked with
malignity of feeling. The sessions were
unusually prolonged. Once the house re
mained In session thirty-six consecutive
hours In discussion over the bill. The de
bate lasted but two weeks , yet the suspense
was awful. No other theme was publicly
discussed. Business suffered In the general
stagnation. May 22 the house took up Its
amended bill for action , and the efforts of
the opponents of the bill to prevent a vote
were even reckless In the height of their
despair. It was well known that the vote
would be very close ; both sides used every
exertion. Twenty-nine roll calls were or
dered In a twelve-hour session. Just before
midnight the clerk called the roll for the
last time , and the house passed Its amended
bill by a vote of IK ! to 100. The house bill
omitted the Clayton amendment to the sen
ate bill which disfranchised aliens who had
declared their Intentions but had not com
pleted naturalization.
On Saturday , the 25th of May , the senate
took up the house substitute. The upper
house was known to bo strongly In favor of
the bill , nnd the opponents of the measure
of course saw how useless further attempts
to delay Its passage would be. The closing
hours wore , therefore , devoted to solemn
warnings of the results to follow thu passage -
sago of the bill , and the scene was memora
ble as Sunnier rose to close the dcbato just
before midnight.
SUMNER'S WARNING.
"Sir , " ho said , "tho bill which you nro
nbout to pass Is at once the worst and the best
bill on which congress ever ncted. It Is the
worst bill , for It Is a present victory of
slavery. In a Christian land and In an ago
of civilization n time honored statute of free
dom Is struck down , opening the way to nil
the countless woes and wrongs of human
bondage. Among the crimes of history a
new ono Is about to bo recorded , which , In
better days , will ho read with universal shame.
The tea tax and stamp act which aroused the
patriot rage of our fathers were virtues by
the side of this enormity ; nor would It bo
easy to Imagine at this day any measure
which moro openly defied every bcntlnicnt
of justice , humanity nnd Christianity. Am
I not right then In calling It the worst bill
on which congress ever ncted ? But there Is
another fildo to which I gladly turn. Sir , It
Is the best bill on which congress ever ncted ,
for It prepares thewny for that 'All hall
hereafter' when slavery must disappear. It
annuh all past compromizes with slavery ,
nnd makes all future compromises Impossi
ble. Thus It puts freedom nnd slavery face
to fuco nnd bids them grapple , Who can
doubt the result ? It opens wide the door of
the future , when at last there will really bo
a north , nnd the slave power will be broken ,
when this wretched despotism will cease to
dominate over our government , Impressing
Itself upon nil that It does at home and
abroad ; when the national government shall
bo divorced In every way from slavery , nnd ,
according to the true Intent of our fathers ,
freedom shall bo established by ociigrssi
everywhere , at least beyond the local limits
of the states. Thus , sir , now standing at
the very grave ot freedom In Kansas and
Nebraska , I find assurances of that happy
resurrection by which freedom will be se
cured hereafter , not only In thojo territories ,
but everywhere under the national govern
ment , Moro clearly than ever before , I now
see the 'beginning of the end' of slavery.
Am I not right , then , In calling this measure
the best bill on which congress ever noted ?
Sorrowfully I bend before the wrong you are
nbout to perpetrate. Joyfully I welcome the
promises of the future. "
Just after 1 o'clock on Sunday morning ,
the 20th , the bill was finally passed. Mr.
Bumncr called for the yeas and nayu , but a
chorus of "Oh , thcro IB no necessity for
that , " prevented the call from being put.
The senate stood , however , Just about an at
the passage ot the Dodge bill , 35 yeas , 13
nays. Thursday , the 30th of May , 1851 ,
just forty years ago , President Pierce ap
proved the bill , and Nebraska und Kansas
entered upon their history as organized com
monwealths.
The effect * of the passage of the bill were
tremendous. The Indignation shown In the
north was only equalled1 by the Joy maul-
foiled In the south. The first effect was the
widening of thu sectional breach between the
north and south. Douglass had hoped to
roach the presidency by the old of the bill ,
but ho had no political following In New
England , the middle and western states
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now. Ills aspirations for the highest post of
honor In the nation were completely frus
trated. The second effect , then , was the
removal of Douglass as a candidate. The
whig party , In the third place , was com
pletely destroyed. Fourth , the democracy of
the north molted away , but made gains In
the south until It was the only party having1
any perceptible Influence. Then after a
short period of political unrest the rem
nants of the whig nnd democratic parties who
opposed the Nebraska bill were compelled to
unite in a new permanent party whoso chief
tenet was opposition to slavery.
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CO A .V Vll T. ILITIKS.
He Well , what sort of a mood nro you la
this evening ? She Well , ns I have *
squeezed your hand nnd let you kiss mo I
think I'm In my Indicative mood.
"Two men fought for n wife In Oregon , "
remarked Mrs. Knags , looking up from tha
paper. "Which had to take her ? " asked
Mr. Knags sarcastically.
Calloc Women liavo .mighty queer ways ,
don't you think , Uncle SI ? Undo SI I
kaln't say thct I know much about women.
I only been married four times.
The formal announcement Is made ot the
engagement of Miss Hope Goddard , the only
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. William Goddnnl
of Providence , II. I. , to C. Oliver Iselln of
New York city.
Mr. nnd Mrs. William Strnnsberry , the old-
Cbt married couple in Stark county , Ohio ,
celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary of their
marrlago last Tuesday. They are both In
good health , ho bolng 88 yearn old and she 87.
They have cloven children and have lived on
the same farm since their marriage.
President Carnet has elgncd a decree for
bidding members of the consular or diploma
tic corps to marry without first asking the
consent , not only of the young lady and of
her papa , of the prospective mother-in-law
und of a minister of the gospel , but of the
minister of foreign uflalrH as well.
A Cincinnati man recently presented hla
wife with a piano lamp , which she said ulio
would call after him. On asking her the
reason she replied : "Well , dear , It haa a.
good deal of brass about It , It Is handsome to
look at , It Is not remarkably brilliant , re
quires a good deal of attention , is sometimes
unsteady on Its legs , liable to explode when
half full , flares up occasionally , Is always out
at bcdtlmo nnd Is hound to smoke. "
"Who Is that young man standing over
there by the door ? " Inquired the lady In
black , "Let mo tec , " replied the modern
and advanced girl , observing the young man
critically through her lorgnette. "His face
In familiar. Why , I ballovo that that's the .
young man I'm engaged to , " "
When a man points out to his wife an
other woman who dresses , as ho lays , just
the way ho would like to sco her dress , aha
can usually get her revenge by telling him
how much the other woman's clothes must
cost.
Another elopement of n beautiful and ac
complished white girl with a. Sioux Indian
Is to bo recorded. The girl this time l
Miss Allco Tucker , n daughter of prominent
people living at Nlobrara , Neb. , and tha
Sioux , known by the adopted name of John.
Lauman , belonging to Rosebud agency. Mls
Tucker Is 10.
At the marrlago of the oldest son of Babu
Raj Kuma Roy , SSomlmlar of Narnll , recently ,
the procession was u "lost Imposing ono , the
bridegroom party alone consisting of 1,200 to >
1,600 men. A notable Innovation In the shape
of an Indian female string band , which drove
with the procession In a wagonette , attracted
a great deal of attention.
The silver wedding of the emperor and em
press of Japan , according to foreign papers ,
was celebrated with great pomp a few weeks
ago , There was a review of the soldlen In
the afternoon , and In the evening there warn
n gala dinner , to which all the prominent of
ficials and their wlven and foreigners wer
Invited , Afterwards there was a reception
and dance In the throne room. Male danc
ers produced the famous "Banzalraku , " a
dnnco which was composed by the emperor
Yomel 1,300 years ago ; the "Talhelrnku , "
which was the fashion 1,037 years ago , ana
the "lialro , " a dance brought from India ,
about the year COO , which , In Its various evolutions
lutions , represents the subjection of all cne- >
mles of the state , All the uuost * receive *
silver momentous ot the coloration.
