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SEEN THROUGH SILVER EYES.
Denver Republicans IndOrse the Standard of
the Boilers.

the BOlterS.
Denver, Col, June 18.-In its lead
ing editorial the Denver Republican
(republican) says:
"When he (McKinley) accepted the
nomination of the money power he
justly forfeited the respect and sup.
port OF all true believers in bimetal-
ism, and we hold that the Colorado
delegates who went out with them are
entitled to the lasting gratitude of
their constituents for the courage
and independence they displayed in
the matter.
GAS the chief representative OF pro.
lection, Mckinley will prove a popu
lar candidate in the manufacturing
centers of the eastern and middle
states, where that policy is deemed
sufficient to insure return of pros
perity which the country enjoyed un-
der President Harrison's administra
ton, when we were adding $50,000,000
to our currency on account OF pur-
chases of silver, but we believe that as
the campaign progresses, the money
question will rapidly become the lead
ing issue in every section, and If this
opinion is sound, it is wholly within
the range of probability that the plat
form and the ticket approved at st.
Louis yesterday will be defeated by the
greatest majority in the history of
American politics next November"
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THE HUSBANDS NAME.
Taking 1t by the Woman Originated After
the Roman Occupation.

The practice OF woman changing
her name on marriage originated from
Roman custom and came into use
after the Roman occupation. Thus,
Julia and Octavia, married to POmpey
and Cicero, we're called by the Romans
Julia of Pompey, Octavia OF Cicero,
and in latter times women in most
European countries signed their
names in the same way, but omitted
the "of." On the other hand, at the
beginning Of the seventeenth century,
the usage seems doubtful, since we
find Catherine Parr so signing her
self after she had been twice married,
and we always hear of Lady Jane Grey
(not Dudley, and Arabella Stuart
(not SEYMOUR, etc,
Some persons think that the custom
originated from the Scriptural teach.
ing that husband and wife are one.
This was the rule of law 80 far back as
Bracton, and it was decided in the
case of Bon vs. Smith in the reign OF
Elizabeth that woman by marriage
loses her former name, and legally re-
ceives the name OF her husband. The
custom, however, is not universal. In
Spain and Portugal married women
do not take the names of their hus.
bands, but continue to be known by
their own. In many parts of the Uni
ted States woman never relinquishes
her maiden name, and is called by it
as often as by that of her husband.
Even in the rural parts of England
one often finds a married woman
called by her maiden name, and in
country districts of Scotland it is
sometimes found that both names are
used, In many parts OF France and
Belgium the husbands and wlfe's
names are used together when either
OF them is used.
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Missing Maids.

Lebanon, Ind, June 19-Miss Fan.
ME Eden and Miss Minnie Randle
man are missing. Miss Randleman,
whose home is in Denver, arrived here
about month ago to visit her uncle,
Rev. Frederick Orr. On the train, it
is said, she made the acquaintance of
a travelling man. The latter visited
this city few days ago, and was met
at the hotel by the preacher uncle,
who attempted to shoot him.
Yesterday afternoon the two young
ladies boarded an eastbound train, say
ing they would never return. All eff
forts to locate them have been fruit.
less Miss Eden has always been prom.
lnent in Lebanon society circles and
her sudden disappearance has created
profound sensation.
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THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
The Republican Party Hopelessly
Dismembered.
LIFETIME REPS LEAVE THE G. o. P.
Because the st. Louis Convention Declared
for Gold.

st. Louis, June 18.-The twenty
three silver men who walked out of the
convention today demeaned them
selves bravely as they left The hall.
They were given encouraging cheers
by the crowd on the outside as they
turned their backs upon the hall
which contained the chosen repre-,
sentatives of the party, with which
many Of them had been affiliated all
their lives and almost during the life
OF the party. Not one of them hesi.
tated.
awe have only done what our cpn.
sciences approve of" they said. "Our
easons have been clearly set forth on
he floor. We have nothing to add.
We had duty to perform and we
performed it,"
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Mrs Langtry's Debut.

Mrs. Lilly Langtry, famous for her
dresses, made her debut in society in a
simple black frock, which she wore all
through one season. Immediately af
ter her picture appeared she became
the rage and duchesses themselves did
not hesitate to stand on chairs to
catch glimpse OF her as she passed
Everywhere she wore the black gown,
sometimes turned in, 80 that the
beautiful curves of her neck we're re.
vealed and sometimes drawn up close
in front with only bunch of lilies to
relieve the blackness. 1t was mended
it was pressed, but at dinner party OF
ball, at private gatherings or at social
entertainments, the famous beauty
wore the one black gown.
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Senator Dubois said that in his i'm.
preston there would be a great many
silver republicans at the democratic
national convention at Chicago. awe
have not bolted the republican party"
said Senator Dubois, earnestly. eve
still remain true to the principles OF
the party. We are republicans, but
the men in control of the party have
repudiated its principles, They are
the boilers, not we."
Senator Teller asserted that prlnci.
pie was at stake and he would lose his
manhood should he ignore the issue.
1t is also asserted that he said all the
talk regarding his nomination for the
presidency by the Chicago convention
was without authority. 1t is said by
his friends THAI he has not considered
this possibility. He can, they assert
continue to represent his state in the
senate notwithstanding what the re-
publican party does in Colorado, and
that he prefers this to any other posi-
| ion.
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Kate Fields Romance.

Miss Fields death recalls a story OF
her youth that was first given publici
ty in the worlds congress of journal
lists in 1898, and may contain the Sc.
cret OF her having never married. The
story as told by one who claimed to
know, was that in the beginning OF
her journalistic career Miss Field
worked On the Cincinnati Commercial
in collaboration with Whitelaw Reid,
at that time her accepted lover. When
Reid became an editorial writer on the
New York Tribune he sent for his old
sweetheart to come and take q posi-
ton on the paper. Until after the de.
feat of Horace Greeley for the presi-
dency the pleasant relations between
Mr.. Reid and Miss Field continued.
When Greeley returned to his oil !
desk, defeated and broken-hearted, the
stock of the Tribune was put upon the
market at very low price. BY the
advice of Mr.. Reid majority of the
stock was purchased by D. o. Mills,
and Reid was given full control oi the
paper. AS result of the relations
thus established Whitelaw Reid mar.
ried Miss Elizabeth Mills, the daugh-
ter of ID. 0. Mills, and became the
owner of majority OF the stock Of the
Tribune. When the news of the en-.
kagement of Mr.. Reid to Miss Mills
became known, Kate Field severed hel
connection with the Tribune, and left
the Office never to enter it again.
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American Pluck,

The city of Johnstown, Pa, which
was overwhelmed by the waters OF a
broken dam May 81, 1889, engulfing
several thousand people, is now a
handsome and thriving place oil 10000
inhabitants, having added 10000 to its
population since the calamity. Johns.
town lost 7 per cent. OF its citizens in
the raging torrent, and yet it is now
one of the most prosperous cities OF its
size in the state. American pluck has
always been found equal to every
emergency.
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THE PLATFORM REPUDIATED.
Detroit Tribune Says 1t Is Damnably Unpat-
riOtic and Unrepublican.


Detroit, June 18.-The Tribune, one
of the Oldest daily newspapers in the
west, and the leading REPUBLICAN pa
per of Michigan since the birth of the
party, unequivocably repu1iates the
action of the republican national con
ventlon in declaring absolutely for the
gold standard, as against bimetallism
The Tribune will say that while the
party's candidate is all right, "the
platform, the only important issue be-
fore the country, is damnably unpa.
triotic and unrepublican."
"No mans repubhcanism can be i'm.
pugned If he continues to stand
squarely on the national and state
platform of the past, and if he repudi
ates utterly the false and un-Ameri-
can illumination of the st. Louis con.
spiracy, and advises active campaign.
ing against gold monometallist' con
gressional candidates."
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Significance of the Bolt.

The strength OF the free silver bolt
from the republican convention can
not be very formidable in itself as to
numbers The significance in the de-
parture of Teller and his free silver
followers from the convention hall lies
rather in the possibility of all advocates
OF free silver uniting and making a
solid front in opposition to the repub.
lican party. If the republican boilers,
the free silver democrats, the populists
and the free silver party whose con.
vention is called for July % at st.
Louis unite in support of single
ticket they will make very formid-
able showing.
The states which it is commonly
conceded will be lost to the republi.
cans on election day as a result OF the
bolt are Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, with a
total OF nineteen votes in the electoral
college. The free silver men claim
that the electoral votes of California
Kansas, North Dakota, Oregon, South
Dakota and Washington, numbering
thir:y.four, will also be lost to the re.
publicans in case there is fusion
ticket uniting free silver men of all
parties in opposition. But the repub.
licans maintain that these states will
remain with the republican party. At
the sane time the republicans claim
that Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland
and West Virginia. with thirty elec
toral votes, would be doubtful states
in contest between republican gold
standard ticket and a fusion free silver
ticket. But leaving these states out
of consideration the republicans claim
they will receive the support of the
following, with 235 electoral votes, or
eleven more than enough to elect /:
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vernon and Wiscon-
sin. The states in this list to which
claim is made by the silver advocates
are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota and Wisconsin, with total
of eighty-seven votes. Unless the sill.
yer ticket can secure the votes from at
least a part OF the states last enumera-
ted, they have no chance for winning,
no matter what support they may gain
from the far western states that here
tofore have been republican.
The silver forces can not hope for
success except through fusion on a
single ticket, and fusion would be like
ly to cause bolt of gold standard
democrats from the democratic party
of greater dimensions than the bolt OF
free silver republicans at st. Louis
Chicago Record.
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THE BoLTERs WERE RIGHT.

Among those who have been in at
tendance upon the republican con-
vention, though not as delegates, is
Chas. A. Towne, republican con-
gresham of Minnesota. When asked
Tor an expression of opinion as to the
withdrawal of the silver delegates from
the convention, Mr., Towne said;
81 am in full sympathy with the
purpose of eleCting congress and a
president pledged to the restoration OF
Oimetallism in the United States.
Such also is my judgment in the senti.
ment of an overwhelming majority Of
the people of Minnesota. Prompt
organization of the state will be made
for the purpose of giving expression
to the sentiment at the forthcoming
election Among those who will give
co the cause in that state the support
Of their talents and influence are many
of the brightest and strongest republi.
cans and it can be safely stated that no
campaign since the war has equaled
that which is about to commence, in
point Of popular interest and of the
force and eloquence with which the
campaign will be conducted on the
stump.
ain my judgment there was abso-
lutely no possible course open to sin.
cere bimetall;sts in the convention
other than to walk out of it. No
compromise was possible, and nothing
was it to bimetalists but to be true
to he conviction at the cost of sever
inc party ties. 1t is no expression ol
petulance or ambition, but pure case
of following conviction and must
merit the respect of even the opponents
Of bimetallism who were honest in
their convictions"
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Senator Teller said that he should
not permit his nomination as presi-
dental candidate by the silver men.
"I know that the boys are talking
lab ut it," he said, "and | appreciate
such mark OF confidence, but | am
not an aspirant for the presidency. /
do not think the democrats would in
dorse me, and | am very positive that
such an action would be misunder.
stood by the public. We do not leave
the convection for the sake of seeking
office, but in defense OF principle in
which we and the people we represent
believe. If | were to be nominated we
would be accused Of other motives.
l shall therefore prohibit the use oI
my name in any such connection, and
am confident that my associates in
this movement will respect my
wishes"
Nevertheless, Senator Dubois anC
other silver men are determined tC
carry cut the plan described in these
dispatches yesterday, nominate Mr.
Teller and appeal for the support OF al
those who believe in free coinage re
gardless Of previous political associa
ton.
at was just like funeral" said R
w. Patterson. II do not know that
ever heard a more touching speecl
than that made by Senator Teller.
tell you he looked as though he mean
every word he said. The tears tricklet
down his cheeks and he trembled viii
emotion. He has been a republican
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For the Minds Sake.

She-We women 60 to the seashore
in order to have as little as possible on
our minds.
He-Then you are ready to admit
thas women think only of dress?-
Detroit Tribune.
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He-Miss Kitty, I've heard it said
that kiss without a mustache is like
an egg without salt, Is that So?
She-Well, really, l don't know
can't tell-for in my life l never
He-Now, now, Miss Kitty!
She-Never ate an egg without salt.
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For the first time in a republican
convention since 1880 the name OF
Webster Flanagan was not quoted
with applause. Mr.. Flanagan is the
man who in the convention sixteen
years ago demanded. "Well, if we
amt here after the offices, what are we
here for?"
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China's New Sect.

A queer sect has lately sprung up in
the Loo Choo-Fin district, in eastern
China. In order to intimidate their
followers into eating meat or not eat
ing (according to the sex) they teach
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opposite. Vegri lille eating males can
only gain admi- ION to paradise upon
proving that tAey have done some
valorous deed and even then they can
not pass the p"Srly gates without being
instantly transformed into women
The natural conclusion one arrives al
after reading the tenets of this queer
sect is that unless vegetable-eating
man can prove that he has been an
earthly hero, he will not be admitted
at all, even as woman. This peculiar
people are known as the Wung-Foo
Cheti-Sen, and are said to be making
wonderful progress wherever they go
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"That Wilford girl doesn't know
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at is time she was learning. then, l
heard her say she had bought BIZ
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She (coyly)-Oh, Mr. Mushly, h-have
you-er-have you ever loved before?
He-No. / didn't get here till last
night.
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The fellow who qpits work and lays
around every court week and has bus