Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1893, Page 11

FO R LITTLE GIRLS. | Bome Dainty Costumes for Future Young Ladies, BECOMING SHORT FROCKS. The Long, Combersome Coats and Dresses inced by Gowns That € # Chance to Mave About—A Number of Ap- | Little Girts vropriate Tollets Carefully Described. Bappice for: Be even more # Nothing is prettier fof children tan tis} picturesque Josephine gowns. They can . Written for The Evening Star T 18 A GOOD THING 2 SPPnat the tong, cam Py some coats and dresses “4 for little girls have goneout of style. Now they are free to ran and romp as they will in short frocks that reach just below their | knees. They are much | chagge, and the costumes will coming. f made up from of light blue. £ ten years. is dress is fawn- ‘ *t velvet ribbon Across the wide pointed over slightly 1 at the end of th wal ribbon to join them, fect. This pattern makes best dress for a little girl. | slender grace, and the matrons who rejoice in |B | evening gowns, for none of the other forms of fashi overnment popular on the street and in the house ean hope to overtarn the em- pire of the ball room in the full-dress function. To be sure, the dressmakers are past mis- on the under- | a or short, though the latter are pre- jerrable. The fifth picture is that of s child in a Jose- phine cortume. The dress is of green and red plaid, and is edged around with red braid of | about one inch in width. The skirt, which is | ent bias, is joined to the waist by a braid belt, | The pleated collar and long | sleeves, left open at the bottom, are algo w a. | Por an older girl the sixth ent makes a very | effective house dress. It will make up nicel; | from a navy blue serge with yoke, sleeves | belt of tan silk. The skirt, which is held with a single box pleat in the back, is trimmed by a | double raftie of tan silk. The dress is made all in one and buttons up the back. The body is full in the back and front, and is ga to the broad yoke that reaches from armhole to would also be pretty in green | armhole. aud tan. | The next young lady anticipates the rumor concerning hoop skirts and resembles a butter- tly in her amethyst chali garnished with velvet of adarker shade. Que-half of the waist is of velvet, gathered full and crossed diagonally by 8 piece of the macerial. The lower sleeve, akirt cording and belt are of velvet. ‘The latter is tied im a bow at the right side. A golden brown school dress in the eighth cut. The skirt, blouse and long, sleeves are made in one while the et is separate and goes on over, fast- e ross the breast bya strap ands tiny brown button. All school dresses should have the full part of the sleeves extend down te the wrist, as then the elbows will not rab through 80 soon, represented { The last picture is one of a dainty party frock. Pale pink or bine surah would be the | The skirt is plain and the | ‘ody is without fullness, Kose quillings | red ribbon to mateb the dress border of the full dotted net yoke, and there | p and another at the bottom F white lace falls over the | ters and wrists, The watered ribbon is sewed around the waist in three strips, with | three little bows in front and back. Dain stockings and slippers of the same shade as the ress complete this little toilet. Maniax Dwicat. > IN TULLE AND SILK. A Sleader Girl's Compromise With the Em- pire and Her Vanity. ‘The maidens who pride themselves upon their well-preserved girlith outlines, groan in spirit the tyranny of the universal empire. tit is not possible to rebel against it as to tresses genius empi 2 their art, and almost creative in their detining physical curves beneath an . Yet, by the very nature of their pation they are bound only to de- displaying, to the best advantage, nine form divine. And as we all Recamiers or Josephines, are it im not mt therefore possible for us to dance oss aroom with noteworthy grace when wearing a loose gown in which we can't feel at home, however hard we try. One girl had | thought of all this long ago. I know, as I | watched her coming into dinner the’ other nig She had clothed ber very slender body ina white silk fourrian, which waé as smooth and t as patience could make it. covered with soft folds of tulle, bound vn bya berthe of apple green silk, tied in | the center, From teneath the berthe the __ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. (1) Evening wrap of white satin, shoulders of pink velvet. Bos of feathers. , patterned with pink and gold, collar and frimming, or Sides of cloak outlined with gold balls. (2) Dinner gown of geraniam satin and velvet figaro and sleeves of velvet adorned with jet. broidery. Front of gown scattered wi ray of jetted JACKETS AND CLOAKS Some of the Newest Things for Fash- ionable Women, THE CHIN "PAGODA GIRL. SE The Terraced Coat~A Warning Against the Return of Crinoline—Times Are Different Now—How a Handsome Visiting Dress is Made—Old Silk for Hat Trimmings. ——— Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Youx, February 3, 1899. HE GIRL WITH the Louis VI cape on, its collar turned well up about her pretty ears and a tiny toque poised above with one big rose nodding over it, does look uncom- monly like a jardi- niere, plant and all, marching out to take “the air, As for her shadow as she comes out in theelectric light these evenings, well, the whole thing looks as if the young man “S=was taking a floral SiS tribute of very big dimensions to his girl, instead of taking the dear girl herself to the theater. The girl who wears the terraced coat vies with the capo girl for looking like something besides a girl. ‘The terraced girl looks ina high wind for sll the world like a Chinese pagoda on a rampage. But, be it derstood, the Chinese pagoda on a rampage is a ery lovely spectacle, and we wish there were more of them. The initial illustration shows a visiting toilet of yellowish drab cloth, trimmed with a border of white lambs wool, ‘Bands of white cloth could be substituted for the bor of black velvet surrounds it, forming a large wired bow at the back. This bat can also be made in any other combination of colors pre- ferred. PLUM-COLORED CLOTH AND VELVET. Do the creators of modes realize that when A SLIM GIRL's PLAN. le green also--hung long, straight sparent to the floor. It was caught to the bottom of the skirt with large bows of | wreen silk, and was heavily embroidered in all the shades of green toa depth of several inches, The short, puffed sleeves were of the silk, and the white gloves were stitched in green. A Honeymoon Incident. | From the Binghamton Leader. A well-known local carpenter tells a story that if intended as @ good joke on his wife. When they were married they rented apart- ments in a block, the rear of which overlooked one of the rivers, and among the wife's earliest culinary efforts was a batch of bread. The young husband sampled his wife's contribution to the world’s stock of the ‘staff of lif arising from the table, “My dear, east your a wet, made a tour of Ritovering who Gumped his craft. crinolines were worn years ago it was a differ- ent country from what it is now? There were about eight lines of cars here in New York. Of those only the 4th avenue and the University place lines were used by the “better class” and the swells. The charge was 10 cents a ride, and there was no such crowding and jamming as there is thesé days. The Broadway stages were big then. There were stages on 4th ave- nue, too, and they were big and roomy. Almost every house of any consequence had its own stable. Cabs were in proportion much more used than now, and carriages were regarded much more a matter of hecessity to the well-off than they are now. Besides there were fewer ‘ople. Nothing was crowded and jammed. Dateay dears, ceusiders ath avenue cer with ite daily jam on! And imagine it jammed with women crinolined and hooped! Remember our grandmothers did not have to take the cars to go shopping. They walked around the corner from Union square and Washington square and bought their buttons and. tape. ‘They didn't come from 125th street on the L. Oh, children, and consider how different now, and don't do it. ‘The clonk seen in the next picture is of plam- colored cloth, with revers and pelerine in vel- vet. The collar and cuffs are of beaver aud the large felt hat is trimmed with feathers and velvet. use, my ings are picture is made of lead or mouse gray atriped rep goods, and is trimmed with light far, which is applied in such a way asto give it the appear- ance of a zouave jacket. The sleeves’ bave epaulets trimmed with far. The figure upon the left wears a walking cloak made of wood- brown cloth. It is trimmed, as shown, with Persian lamb. The flowing sleeves have two narrow bands of the fur, and three rows run sround the bottom of the skirt and are con- tinued up the front, The high standing collar is fur lined, The right-hand figure in the picture which shows two cloaks wears a very stylish long cloak or mantle having a cape ornamented with a Roman border of passementerie. A rich fur A RED CAPE AND JACKET. collar is worn with it. At the left yon will see stylish cape with a tight-titting jacket be- neath, Both cape and jacket are of red cloth and ate made together. “From the short upper cape hang long pendants of passementerie which end in ornaments of beads. Black feather trimming borders the bottom of the | Jong cape and the Medici collar. ‘The jacket is tight fitting in front. is made with darts and fastens with buttons, There is a very charming jacket of the empire | shape at the left in the last illustration. It is of dark green cloth, trimmed with imitation mar- ten fur, and has a full collar of green velvet shot with old gold. This jacket would look, how- ever, equally well in dark blue, drab or the fashionable “tabac.” ‘The hat should be in felt of the same shade as the jacket and the feathers either a shade lighter or black. The other fig- ure is a very stylish jacket of gray cloth, dcnble- breasted, with large buttons, and with the}fnsh- jonable full sleeves. Simple as it looks it needs to be very well made and to fit perfectly. * For those desiring to know just how the handsome visiting dress of the initial picture is made I give here a detailed description of it. The fur trimming which borders the entire dress is carried up the front and around the jacket. ‘The costume is cut princess fashion and is closed with hooks and eyes for about half a yard under the waist, this fastening be- ing. however, entirely concealed by the fur trimming. Beneath this fastening, that is, at the lower part of the dress, the front is sewn together. ‘The front of the waist can be made either with or without darts. If the curve of the bust is very full, thes8 darts must be em- ployed, being put toward the side as much as possible. If the bust is small or inclined to be fiat, it is not necessary to use them and the material can be Inid flat on the lining. If a dart be employed, it is advisable to make it only in the outside material, not in the lining, so that when well ironed out it is as little visible as Possible. The back breadths are very much sloped, so as to be net in tight to the figure, aT in order to preserve the bel but the circumference should be the bottom from three to _three and one-quarter yards. ‘The lining must be cut to the exact size of the upper material and must fit line by line with it. The seams must be well dampened and very carefully ironed so that they show as little as possible. If you wish to avoid the middle seam at the back, slope the back side breadths very much, as this gives the same effect as goring the back and sewing it uj The skirt has no second muslin lining and the seams are made before being laid on the lining. This obviates any unnecessary fullness and stiffness and makes the seams leas easily sei The “whalebonea are covered with bone CLOTH FUR TRIDED. casing and.must be sewn in only above the \waistimnd; underneath that they must be either cut off or left loose so as not to ontline the form too closely. The double nds out a little behind from breadths must be left considerably wider in or- der that they can be shirred in the manner shown. These ts are made without lining 80 as not to be clumsy, and the material € be sewn with the Intter in such w raanner as to | tie f ~ SATIN AND ORCHIDS. ‘The Greens and White of Spring Caught ina ‘Maiden's Gown. For a woman who has youth,a round form and individuality, nothing is more effective than the simplest fashioned gown. This is a troism, and very trite at that, but girls, nevertheless, will forget it in emulating the wall patterns and court costumes of dow- agers and dames. ‘There is nothing daintier—for » girl—than an empire gown, slightly modified by republi- ean principles; not en empire gown which A SPRING-LIKE PICTURE. makes her look as thongh she had wandered into « ball in ber morning neglige, but one con- strained to everlasting fitness by a fine suppott beneath the lovely bust line, and a taper toward the waist curves which suggests the proper smount of iingerie. Such a triumphant empire was worn “at home” the other evening, Involuntarily one thought of “Idylls of the Sprin; and fragrant blooms of green and white epringing fresh in the country's quiet places, as one watched her pink cheeks dimpling above her softly clinging gown of white satin and tinted orchids, But poetry is not for the chronicler of fashion, though fashions may inspire the poet, This symbolic gown, then, was of empire satin, fitting the figure over the hips and fal ing almost straight, like the old bell skirt, to the front. Beneath the bust a broad crumpled | sath of darkest apple green velvet was caught | by a butterfly bow. The corsage was of light, | deliente tulle, the color of new leaves, crossing, | surplice fashion, into the sash. Puffed sleeves, for a wonder, were made of tulle instead of velvet. Edging the low-cut corsage were white or- chids, shading into green here, back to white there, so cunningly made that ‘one scarcely knew whether they re natural or not. Some of the biooms fell against the girl’s neck. The trained skirt was trimmed with three narrow rows of dark green velvet ribbon and orchid sprays. Slippers ‘and gloves were of the green-like shades of the orchids and tulle. ss AN 1830 BALL GOWN. The World of Fashion Was Divided Into ‘Two Factions, When the season opened there was a wild scramble, an unorganized warfare, between the adherents of the empire and followers of the 1830 regime. Both warred for the winning of the same territories, asin the feuds of eariier days re- tainers of the actions met in public places, But now in midwinter we appear to have reached state of semi-truce. The empire has taken its stand in the ball room; the 1830 A BOLD BALL ROOM GOWN. garment goes forth upon the street. Conse- quently an empire upon the street or an 1830 ata dance, if not a grievance, is considered a | trifle irregalar. One of the latter will make its en- trance at a small and exclusive dinner dance next week. Its model came from Bond street. ‘Ihe fabrics are deep laven- der satin, white chiffon and bla not a hackneyed combination. The skirt, very fall and alarmingly short, is wired around the bottom, and lined with crinoline. It is an un- binshing attempt upon the houpskirt. most hideous and senseless of fads. ‘The waist, long and sloping, is confined by a narrow buckled belt. Achemisette of white tulle softens the effect of the huge crinolined shoulders. Old- fashioned brown embroidery in black cord and Jet passementerie trim these revers, as a slight ‘concession to grace. On each shoulder is a bow of lavender ribbon and the balloon sleeves are bout the elbows with more ribbon fastened ty little butterfly bows. They strike on old and flaunting things in the midst of sad sobriety. +00 Queens of Fashion. In Paris it is the great actress who creates mode, ‘There modistes and contourieres await the seal of approval from the queens of the stage before they give larger orders for fabrics, | trine of higher law in which ck jet; certainly | THE KANSAS CONFLICT That Which Came With Its Birth as a State. THE PRESENT MUDDLE. Ite Whole History Has Been One of Strife and Contention—Some Incidents While It ‘Was Adopting a Constitution—Many Gov- ervors in » Very Brief Period. ———o EN WHOSE HEADS show the hoar frosts of time doubtless remem- ber the latter half of the “fifties” and the “Kansas conflict,” in which the “crime against Kansas,” to say nothing of the criminal atrocities in Kaneas, formed the sole topic of conversation, filled the newspapers and occu- pied congressional at- tention for a period of seven years. Of this “Kansas conflict,” Theodore Patker said in 1856, “‘I know of no transaction in human his- tory which has been covered up with such abundant lying, from the death of Ananias and plein Kansas who would like to amend Mr. Parker's statement by bringing it up to date. Still another set of people, notably ex-presi- dential candidate, Mr. Weaver, exclaimed re- cently in import if not the exact language of William H. Seward on the Kansas-Nebraska Dill, ““All legislative compromises are radically Wrong and essentially vicious. There is doc- _ constitutions as well as statutes must be read. THE HOME OF POLITICIANS. Kansas, by origin, education and environ- ment, is essentially the home of politicians and political parties. So it was in the beginning. and soit ever shall be, When Congress, on March 6, 1820, enacted that in that part of the Louisi- ana purchase lying north of 36 deg. $0 mi north latitude. “Slavery © shail be and ¥ hereby forever prohibited,” it sowed dragons’ teeth, the poison of whose fangs is potent yet, though two-thirds of a century has sifted dust upon the dial of time. Out of the heart of this purchase a strip 400 miles long and 200 miles wide had “Kansas” carved upon it in 1854. The litical graves. William H. English, during the debate upon the Lecompton constitution, said: “The vote for the Kansas-Nebraska bill brought the democrats an overwhelming defeat in all the northern states, and of the northern meh who voted for the bill only one Senator and two Congressmen were returned. “Take down your map, sir,” said Charles Sumner to the President of’ the Senate on May 19, 1856, “and you will find that the territory of Kansas more than any other region occupies the middle spot of North America, equally dis- tant from the Atlantic on the east and the Pa- cific on the west, from the frozen waters of Hudson's bay on the north and the tepid gulf stream on the south. and constituting the pre- cise territorial center of the whole vast conti- nent. To such advantage of situation cn the very highway between two oceans is added » soil of unsurpassed richness and fascinating w dulating beauty of surface, with a health-givi clémate calculated to nurture a powerful an generous people, worthy to be the central pivot of American institutions.” RESPOSSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THINGS. That was Kansas as she stood in the estima- tion of the statesmen who helped to create her, and as she stands today enriched and enhanced by the advance of civilization, Nevertheless, her most ardent admirer is forced to acknowl. edge that, firstand last, Kansas has been re- sponsible for a whole lot of things, political and paradoxical. She has been the’ pride of Preachers and politicians and the despair of oth. 4 The very name of Kansas has been a thorn in the flesh to purists, and historians have taken most peculiar liberties with its spelling. It bas figured in literature a8 Okanis, Konza, Canzas, Kangez,Kansa,Kanzan,Kauzau and Kew,the last being simply the spelling of the French pronun- ciation of the Indian name and the preceding one an error of the types, a whole edition of an early Kansas work having turned “n,” making it a ““u.” NEVER DORS ANYTHING BY HALVES, ‘That Kansas never does anything by halves the present Siameso legislature evidences. When the sun shines there it beams likea brazen furnace, seven times heated. When it rains, = — of oe world oes to deluge it. Her grasshopper plagues r ancient story, and Sahara isan canis compared with the dronths that have devastated ite prairies at various periods. Its people, subjected to such extremes in physical condititions, seem to ex- hibit in their personality the same peculiarities, and by education as well as environment be- come extremists. Lake a porous plaster, a fixed idea or principle is not removed except by force, either mentally or physically exerte True to her uniform uniqueness, Kansas bas now upon the stage a twin legislature in which may be viewed for the first time in the history of the anion (of states the spsotasis of tw speakers sitting side by side at the speaker's Sank; ouch prowling over a body of men which each has decided with much flourish of docu- mentary evidence supported by indubitable eloquence to be the legally organized house of representatives of the state of Kansas, Amica- biy, and with side interchange of jest, two sets of chief clerks, reading clerks, journal clerks, docket clerks, seargeant-at-arme, and doorkeepers, carry on the business of the re- spective bodies, the main aisle of re tative hall marking the line between the real and bogus house, but which is which nobody cars to risk an opinion until due process of law has been taken. For the populists a corps of “assistant attor- ney generals” patroled the floor, wearing in their buttonholes a bit of white ribbon as their badge of authority. This white ribbon symbol was long ago adopted in Kansas as the probibi- tion badge, and at the present time a large inti Gov. St. John hangs on the pop- ntative hall, the wreath long white satin ribbons, a about it tied wit governors similarly hung. In the early terri- torial days in Kansas this same little white rib- bon bow was used for political purposes. It or cay with authority that a fsucy bas become @ passion. A PARISIAN WOMAN'S COSTUME. ‘The stage gowns worn by a tragic star, or a popular danseuse, are used as modes by. the chatelaines of France;whoin turn pase them to "Then ¥ them voracionsly, and wear them with less discretion than creators [ho have designed them, each to enbance an the radicals lke Bernhardt and ,who tend toward the bizarre, there are, of ives. Buncoing » Buncoer. was when the first territorial election was beld end was worn by invading voters from Mis- souri, who were by this sign recognized by the election judges as “fixed” to vote for the “ad- ministration” ticket. “THE MILITIA IN 1856. Only once before has the militia in any form invaded the legislative halls of Kansas. This was on July 4, 1856, when the free state legis- men who made the territory found init their po- | FEBRUARY 4, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. Sapphira to the present day.” There are peo- | February 9, 1861, thirteen good men an | | ¢ | instiinted officers fled the country. distinction given no other of the pictures of | 8°. |annals there i#no other course for good. gh what there was of it, end plenty of itench a Fifteen counties “tad their senses took.” Nineteen were alto sovereign’ Jobn Brown, the repatjican party. Abgaham gether omitted “because their population was Lincoln, civil war, than peace. came St. Jobn, Jobn J. Incalls and Mi ‘to say nothing of the boom in the hal!-bose in- | dustry incident to iridescent and evanescent Statesmen. Discord in republican ranks gure Kansas ber first démocratic governor and the widening waves of family warring sent St. John | fterward | insignificant and would not materially change irs. Lease, | the result’ THE PRO-GLAVERY CONSTITUTIO: Having a~‘censased” population and a eapi- tal, the pro-tlavory party wanied « constitution, They proceeded to form oue in which slavery abroad, resulting in Me €leveland’s first elec- declared “perpetualand irreversible.® tion. Kansas is also responsible for the Farm- | Th se only was eubmitted to the ers’ Alliance and farm mortgages,which in turn | people. J unanimously, the free are alleged to be responsible for ‘the populist | state men ref Ther, ‘however, Mr. and legislative twins. convened the then free state legislature and **A load would resolved to submit the whole of this *Leeomp- For much hone The ex-statesman may have drawn it « little heavy, but there are grounds for belief that Kansas has many crimes of commission to answer for when the “last journal is made up and the last speaker lays down the gavel when Time's clock stops at 12. One branch of the “‘twin bon: bound to be pronounced “1 only one can heir the throne, but it will be “bogus No. 2.” For once will repeat berseif, Having tried about everything in stock in legislative her to Darsue. | She has hed capitals in prospective enough to stock the thirteen original states and state constitutions to match, with convention trimmings in lavish profusion. ALL KINDS OF GOVERNORS. In governors she has had ali kinds and condi- | tons. Andrew H. Reeder took the territorial oath of office on July 7, 1854, and when Charles Robinson pledged himself to sapport the con- stitution and the laws of the state of Kansas on trae, with full retinues of state officers, bad camped for longer or shorter periods in the various state houses, not counting one long-headed man, who refused to forfeit his hopes of heaven by accepting an office which, at that period, had hard work to hunt the man. Three of these governors, Reeder, Shannon and Geary, good democrats and fair-minded | men, refusing to play second fiddle in border rafian rule, forfeited the friendsh: ministration and were forced night from the inhospitable state where as- sassination was cheerfully promised them. Three governors, Walker, Denver and Medeary, were removed ““for cause.” The others were “acting governors” or secretaries on whose shoulders the gubernatorial cloak fell when the regularly ” in Kanes is “poor xo. 1." The first territorial legislature of Kansas, known to history as the “bogus” legislature, | and to be known ere long as “bogus No. 1,” set | the precedent for irregularities and disregard for “technical” construction of the organic law. In six of the districts, four for the coun- cil and two in the house, no returns were ever | made to Gov. Reeder.’ While the mild-man- nered old gentleman, who was an enthusiastic advocate of popular sovereignty, was desirous of pleasing his pro-slavery friends —in the terri- tory at that time there were no “parties,” only “free state” and “pro-slavery” men—he was the same time well reputed asa lawyer knew that such flagrant violation of territo statutes might impeach him if tried on hard enough, so he issued « prociamation for a new election in the defaulting districts. He issued certificates of election to the six men— cree state this time, for the pro-slavery men regarded the former lection valid, de- spite “technical” failure to comply’ with law—who were elected according to proclamation, The paper and ink was wasted. The new members-elect never even got inside the hall of Pawnee on the Re- serve,” where the first legislature convened on July 2, 1855. The town—prospective—was 60 close to Fort Riley that Secretary of State Jef- ferson Davis decided that it was upon the military reservation, therefore ineligible for town site purposes. The capital building | looked like a warehouse, Mr Stringfellow, a member of the house, wrote to his paper, the Squatter Sovereign, “When we arrived on Saturday it bad neither foor nor roof, but by working all day Sunday and Sunday night the roof and floor were finished, but the doors were notcompleted while we stayed, #0 we had to te with open doors. There are two other houses, which for the time were converted into hotels.’ Members bad to camp out in tents and | ‘This was probably no hardship, ax most of the members were “campers” anyhow, who had come over from Missouri to be elected to office. OUSTED UXCEREMOXTOCSLY, Despite the fact that the six men to whom the governor issued certificates of election were unceremoniously ousted by curt resolutions and the six men whose election had never been legally made known to the properly constituted | authorities were seated, Gov. Reeder recognized | the body as the legal legislature and delivered | an elaborate message in due form. The only | free state members recognized by the body were Conway in the council and Houston in the house. They immediately repudiated the whole thing and withdrew after presenting scathing denunciatory resolutions. ‘The “bogus” legislature, enraged that Gor. Reeder should bave ordered the second election, which they considered an “insult to gentle- men,” resolved to withdraw their honorable body from Pawnee, where it was rumored the | governor had “great expectations” for real estate speculations, and reconvene at the Shaw- nee Mission. ‘The governor vetoed the resolu- | tion to that effect and it was passed over his, veto. Shawnee Mission thus became thesecond cApital of Kansas. The Pawnee state house still stands, a gaping hole in its side as a memorial of the cannon turned loose upon it by order of the Secretary of War. Gov. Reeder refused to recognize the body as convened at the Shawnee Mission, and with- held his signature from the bills. Whereupon the council petitioned for his removal and his life wag threatened. Pending the action of the President Gov. Reefer, recognizing the fact that his political hopes were blasted and life in in , abdicated, and in disguise of a wood chopper left the ‘compromise country” be- election returns of this first legislature is @ curiosity in literature. Tbe name, nativity, occupation, age and length of residence in the territory are given and oppo- site this “biography” is set some quotation from the owner's campaign bh. Among others quite as spicy, considering the pro- slavery orators, was “Justice to all,” “Tbe Union, i®must and shall be preserved,” for negro stealers,” “Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must,” “Union when it protects our interests” and ‘Money makes the mare Lurid lightning made mild ink for the edi- torial utterances of that period. Every pfper in the nation took sides pro or con, one of the very funny features of this newspaper war being that as facilities for transmitting news were few and far between one of the transitory governors would enjoy reading his “roast” after he had had two or three successors. LAWS OF THE BOGUS LEGISLATURE. ‘The laws of this “bogus” legislature filled large volume, and were mostly adapted from “ed | on” to the vote of the people, we and the constitution as a whole was defeated by a far larger vote than tte dlavery clause bad received. feared that the administration was werfal enough to carry the territory inte tehood under the Lecompton constitution spite of the last emphatic protest of the peo- ple. So the free state advisable to ignore their own T tutmtion and the officers elected under it and proceed to elect under the obnoxious Lecompton constita- tion, so that if it did carry in Congres they would be in position to siow their power. The utter inconsistency of the thing seems to have troubied them not at all. 0: January, 1858, the election was he: free state ticket wai ; houn, the president of the convention, who with the council and speaker of the Kansas bouse was to count the votes, withbeld certificates and hid the ret inder « wood pile ina candle box at Lecompton. box was found, the returns intact. The box is now kept ine giass case in the roome of of The legislature passed stringe: frands im elections, and He afterward printed fons of his conduct in the) Washington Stam but he never outlived the title, “Candle Box Calhoun. THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION. The Lecompton constitution was submitted to Congress and 900 pages of th Congressional from the se norted as follows: ut to be admitted the secomptos quai footing with the nded by the Presdent. During the intertainable debate in Congress the free state men got fearing that the infamous measure would ectuaily be fastened, ind advocated another constita- mn. to be called by the legisla- ture, in which they then held the balance power, The bill pansed in the last day by of the session, but the governor gave ita © pocket veto. He thought the territory fair well supplied with constitutions, He knew thy if be sent the bill back with bis veto that it would be passed over that veto. ture was equal to the emerge At 12 o'clock, midnight, just as the ‘session closed, @ bill was brought to ‘the governor purporting tobe the one he had “sequestered” Ht bore his veto mesaage—ns it purported —and was in- Gorsed as passed by the requisite two-thirds Vote over that veto. The governor called the officers of both houses together, explained to them the en mity of the crime contemplated, but con: sented not to prosecute on condition thet the bill be destroved. It was immediately con- signed to the flames before his eyes, Notwith- standing this, after the midnight hour, when the term was legally closed,» resolution was Pareed bs the joint house declaring that the ill had been properly passed. And yb the bill actually failed of becoming « law, it was decided to hold the constitutional convention at Minneols, where the capital had been located after one session's trial of Lecompton, bat the governor refused to recognize it and kept the archives at Lecompton. The dolegates met At Minneola, but adjourned to meet at Leaven- worth. The failare of the legislature to make the proceedings legal, left the Leavenworth constitution branded N. G., just as that formed at Topeka bad failed. Nobody seemed to have much faith in it, but it was submtted toe vote of the people, and as more vote! were cast for than against it, it was declared ted, and a legislature and state officers elected under tte provisions. Of course these “constitutional elections” amounted to nothing but « declare tion of principles, but it was held to be the proper caper to havea new set of officers to match each constitution, the tenure of office being understood to bold ’from one constitu- tional convention to the next. THE THIRD VOTE ON ONE CONSTITUTION. Meanwhile Congress found out “where it was at” and passed the Lecompton bill, with e proviso that it be submitted to the vote of the people. This made the third vote on that one constitution, It was adopted the first time, re} the second time and suffered humiliating defeat the third time. With the three votes on the Lecompton constitution, one on the Topeka constitution and one on’ the Leavenworth constitution, the people of Kansas territory had voted five times in four years on a state constitution and yet bad not found one that would stick. When the Lecompton constitution fafied the third time the state officers and legisiators jelected under the Leavenworth constitution were filled with hope that they might be play- ing a winning game. They conclu ad- journ their legislative session from Topeka to Lawrence, where the nomadic territorial legislature bad relocated another capital. In this action the twin freak in Topeka pos. sibly finds a precedent. The territorial state legislators held council with each other, and the strong men in each coanseled modera: tion and a new constitation’ The Wyandotte constitution was framed, bearing the name of the town in which the con- vention was held. The people ratified the work of the convention with a two-thirds vote of all those cast. Congress ratified the work of the people, and in 1861 Kansas came into the Union us the thirty-fourth state, with ber capital fixed at Topeka. ° Men whee hair was black when they partici- pated in the territorial legislatures and eonsti- tutional conventions «mile out upon the belli- cose statermen of the present “which is it” from under thatches of silver white and aay the utter disregard of constitutional provisions re- minds them of the “Kansas conflict,” and this in a state that had thirteen governors, «ix con- stitational elections and six capitals in seven years! Isapen Bau THE SPOTTER SPOTTED, Street Car Condactors Are Getting on t Their Tricks. From the New York Telegram. “The railroad epotter has about outlived his usefulness and will soon have to seek another occupation,” was the remark of » Broadway street car conductor. “Nearly all the spotters in the city are now known personally to all the conductors, for the new men are introduced to the conductors by means of « secret code of signals while they are being “broke in. “The system of checking is also so well nn- Gerstood that the moment a new spotter com- mences he is himself spotted and laughed at. ‘The most popular method is to read a book and to turn over a page every time # passenger enters a car or pays a fare. “Many of the ladies who skim through « book carelessly as $hey ride on a car are spot- ters, and some of them are so careless that they use the same book day after day, never Siatiog that it must be spotted and detected. ters of both sexes use a row of has os emake = and, acti fer them the con- the mo ti ef ii $ if I