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lad there are the lines which allude to the
custom named:
II thought you had been at the wedding" she
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II thought you had been at the wedding" she
cried
ITO wait on the squire and give him his bride"
And it has been pointed out that the
same custom may be limited at in the mar
rage service rubric-"The minister recev-
ing the woman at her fathers or friend 5
hands"
Custom in Shropshire.
Among the Shropshire peasantry in quite
recent years something of the old custom
seems to have prevailed. Miss Burne, in
her delightful book on shropshire Folk
lore says that at weddings in humble life
the brides father is seldom and her mother
never present. AS a rule the only COM
panions to church of the bride and groom
are the best man and the bridesmaid. In
such circumstances 1t is obvious that the
lady must be given away by her lover 5
friend, on whose arm she has walked TO
church.
A still more curious thing is that it is
considered lucky, Miss Burke tells US lor
either the best man or the bridesmaid to
be already married. Il have really seen,
she writes, "a married woman acting as
bridesmaid!' Less than twenty years ago
Newport newspaper, describing village
wedding, said that Mr.. and Mrs. So-and-so
of - accompanied the happy couple
and performed the offices of best man
and bridesmaid, respectively"
Another old function of the brfdemen,
or bridesquires as they were sometimes
called, was to carry round the cake and
the bridebowl. The bridebowl, or cup, was
handed round at a wedding, so that the
friends might drink the health of the newly
married pair-a kind of loving-cup cere-
mony
But before the proceedings had reached
this pleasant point, it had been the duty
Of the bridemen to lift the bride over the
threshold This is an ancient and wide
spread custom, the meaning of which has
caused much shedding of ink. In the west
of Scotland, of old, says Mr.. Napier, in his
book on the folklore of that region, Tho
threshold of the house was disenchanted
tain unctuous perfumes, but as 1t was con-
sidered unucky for the wife to tread upon
the threshold on first entering her house
she was lifted over 1t and seated upon a
piece of wood. symbol of domestic in
dustry."
The custom is not confined to European
peoples, for a somewhat analogous prac-
tice exists in China, where the bride is
carried into the house by a matron ana
at the door is lifted over a pan of char
coal. Apart from marriage, even in this
country there are folk who are careful
on entering a house to step over and not
on the threshold. There is a world of lore,
indeed, surrounding the subject of the
threshold into which we cannot here enter.
The modern best man may feel thankful
that his duties are not so onerous as those
of his predecessors Of long ago; nor need
he trouble to be on his guard against I'M
lucky omens, or on the watch to propitiate
the uncertain goddess. Fate.
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lapk Omitted.

FINANCIAL flduh OnlIlcu.
The Carmack proposition was voted down
! without division, and Mr.. Carmack then Of
fered the following, which the committee
also failed to accept:
I'VE recognize that the great and un-
looked for increase in the production OF
gold, amounting in the last few years to
four thousand million dollars, has relieved
the stringency caused by the scarcity Of
metallic money, and that because Of that
fact the money question as it was present.
ed in the last two presidential campaigns
is not now acute or pressing for legislative
relief; but it has at the same time vindi-
Gated the demands Of the democratic party
in the past for an increased volume of me-
tallic money, that demand not being Tor
silver as silver, or for gold as gold, but as
for a sufficient quantity Of standard money
to maintain the level of prices and transact
the business of the country"
Mr.. Bryan presented suggestion declar-
ing 1t to be the sense OF the democratic
party that the volume of currency should
not be diminished, but Mr.. Hill complained
that in view of the action of the commit
tee last night in voting down the gold
plank the insertion OF the o pad fsb
The committee accepted this view and
voted down the resolution
No further financial planks were sug-
gested, and the platform, being considered
complete, was then adopted by a rising
vote and in the midst of general applause.
No Report Until Tonight.
| Just before the committee concluded its
consideration of the platform the commit
| tee of the convention, consisting of Repre-
sentatives James of Kentucky, Clayton Of
Alabama and Ball of Texas, appeared to
secure information for the guidance of the
| convention as to when the committee would
be able to report s.
The reply of Senator Daniel. on behalf Of
the committee, was to the effect that the
| various planks Of the platform had all been
agreed upon, but that there had been such
| a number Of changes made in the draft of
the document as presented by the subcom-
mittee as to render 1t impossible to make a
satisfactory report to the convention be-
fore o'clock tonight
| The visiting committee withdrew, and the
general committee took recess until 6
| o'clock, instructing the subcommittee to
proceed with Its work of putting the plat
form in shape, with the understanding that
| it be ready to report the completed docu-
| ment to the full committee at o'clock this
afternoon.
The members Of the general committee
| then withdrew from the room AFTER con-
| tinuous sitting of sixteen hours.
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production or distribution of any articles OF
trade outside the state of it's origin it may
be restricted by appropriate legislation
from continuing to do business in such
states.
The trust matter disposed Of the race
Question was taken up. and after a brief
discussion, a plank deporing the injection
of this issue into the campaign by the chi
cago convention was adopted 1t was IN
troduced by Senator Daniel.
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handled by the subcommittee met the ap-
prevail of the full committee
But not so with the navy plank Gaining
for a liberal annual increase for the navy
senator Tillrnan said this plank would
gain no votes, and there was no necessity
in his opinion, of mentioning the navy
The first part of the navy plank was
stricken out. o,.
The plank proposed by Ex-Governor
Thomas of Colorado, regarding labor, was
adopted by committee
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Carmack's Money Plank.

The committee resumed consideration of
the financial question on the basis of the
following plank introduced by Mr.. Car
mack
THE Secretary of the Treasury shall not
melt the silver dollars that are now legal
tender and convert them into subsidiary
coin, thus reducing the volume of currency
so fortunately increased by the recent re-
markable increase of the gold production
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Specials.

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Hills Substitute Adopted

The discussion continued at length and
until Mr.. Hill presented a substitute for
the trust plank, which was unanimously ac
cepted with applause. The compromise
antitrust plank offered by Mr.. Hill and
adopted provides that whenever a trust
or combination effects a monopoly In the
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cried,
ITO wait on the squire and give him his bride"
And it has been pointed out that the
same custom may be limited at in the mar
riage service rubrc-"The minister receiv-
ing the woman at her fathers or friend
hands"
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Extraordinary Sale of Straw
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One Sample Straws of various straws
width of brim and height of crown.
Regular Price S. For the first time present
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Also Chdrens Sample Hats with all that great variety given
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| The Trust Plank.
| The committee then took up the trust
| plank This was the subject of considera-
bic discussion, Senator Bailey being among
| the more important speakers in defense of
the subcommtttee's report.
| Mr. Bryan offered an amendment to this
| plank declaring in specific terms for the
| prosecution of the trusts, and reciting the
| manner in which 1t should be done. This
| was voted In by % to 20.
| The majority of the votes came from
| Iowa Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska.
! Wyoming, the territories Porto Rico and
| Hawaii while the negative votes were from
| the east and west.
| Severe comments were made by a number
| of representatives from these states to the
| effect that radical amendments were being
| forced into the platform by men from re-
| publican states and territories, which could
| not contribute single electoral vote to
| the democratic candidate.
Government Ownership.
| Mr. Pettigrew offered an amendment pro-
viding for the government ownership OF
| railroads and telegraphs.
"Oh, that's silly" remarked Mr.. Hill, Il
don't mean that to be offensive" he added
ooh, I'll not take offense at anything the
gentleman says" retorted Pettigrew. "espe-
cially II II were a matter of opinion"
| Pettigrews amendment was voted down
| and he remarked: 1.-The gentleman from
| New York called that amendment silly,
but he put a plank in the New York plat
| form two years ago not only for the gov
eminent ownership of the coal-carryine
| roads, but of the coal mines as well. AnC
the ticket got a larger majority In New
| York city than was ever before given Q
democratic candidate"
Reciprocity and the Monroe doctrine al
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will suit them better than to see the
people continue to divide over Issues
SO trivial in their corrective projects,
SO complex in their application or so
profound CO land chimericaD in their
philosophic delineation as to offer lit
tie inducement to the majority OF
those who earnestly protest against
existing conditions.
If refOrmers want to see these cor
ditions so vitality changed that the in
terests and wishes of the great major
Iity will be served first, they should
combine on. measures so radical and
simple, so clear and real, so certain iii
their operation and SO easily within
our reach, that no oratorlcal sophistTy,
no wild talk over the glOries OF a
"world power when mixed with the
blessings of benevolent assimila-
tion," no promise to American labor
of a full dinner pail will prevent
the purpose of the measures being I'M
derstood, or the blessings they would
confer, if enacted, being readily seen
and fully appreciated. If the laboring
classes could be organized and COM
bined on such measures, they might
carry the country in 1904, in spite of
the hungry horde of pie hunters or the
divisions Of "fioaters in blocks OF
FIVE" PERCY DANIELS.
Naragansett Farm,
! Girard, Kas.
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and in pensions to the aged, are such
measure and process.
There are millions of voters in each
of the old parties who want to see JUS
tice restored and the pltnder of labor
by capital stopped; but most of them
are likely to remain where they are
until there is some sudden upheaval:
or until an organization based on such
purpose, offers them an opportunity
to assist in the enforcement of some
specific project that they can readily
see would confer on them a tangible
and valuable benefit.
Certainly the best way to break the
compact ranks of the oligarchy is to
offer labor a chance to assist in push
ing projects that will give them short
er hours of work, better opportunities
for progress and acquiring the. COM
forts Of life and higher pay-a short
and sure road to better conditions and
more justice-wlich would nullify the
willy argument and wild harranguers
of the g. o. p. about protecting the
American laborer," and side-traclz
their catchy chatter over "full din
ner pals"
The hope Of plutocracy is that the
masses can be kept divided over minor
questions as they have been for the
past twenty five years. 1t is more than
a hope. 1t is an expectation based on
a judgment from the past Nothing
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Report of enrolment in the Van
guard and the Old Guard Of Populism
for the first three weeks in March, up
to and including the 18th:
ALABAMA
Autauga county: Ira Campbell.
Coffee: J. r. Patrick.
Crenshaw: e. A. McFerrin.
ARKANSAS.
Logan county: w. D. Gibson, David
McInturf, w. T. Vinson.
Nevada: John w. Brown, A. 3.
Luck.
Sharp: w. w. Fishe~.
Washington: Robert Greathouse.
CALIFORNIA.
Fresno county: J. S. Stanley, re-
Gently removed from Nlckolls county,
Neb.
Humboldt: John McMillin.
SiskiyOu: G. T. Wood.
Sonoma: H. l.. Yarbrough.
COLORADO.
Fremont county: J. McGowen.
FLORIDA.
Jackson county: John Doe.
Lee: G. H. Bryant
Liberty: John A. McAliley.
GEORGIA.
Berrien county: w. I. Mathis.
Carroll: T. J. Wallis.
Morgan: B. T. McHugh.
IDAHO.
Bingham county: Chas. York.
ILLINOIS.
Marion county: w. A. Hays.
INDIANA.
Daviess county: John Arthur, ST.
Decatur: John Doe.
huntingdon: Samuel German.
Jasper: Lee e. Glazebrook, James
Welsh.
Knox: Riley H. Pickel, John p.
Westfall.
Owen: T. Fl. Lucas.
Warren: VIM M. Rhode.
IOWA.
Crawford county: Sol Peterson.
Monona: Chas. w. Bisbee.
KANSAS.
Russell county: John Meharg.
Smith: w. O. Goode
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ODE Vanguard Of Populism

Stafford: G. A. Williams.
KENTUCKY.
Anderson county: w. P. Marsh.
Caldwell: H. c. Hunter.
Graves: I. A. Wesson.
Lyon: G. Lady.
MARSHALL Joseph Copeland.
Pulaski: j. M. Phelps.
Taylor: Henry Hash.
Webster: John Doe.
LOUISIANA.
Caddo parish John Doe.
MAINE.
Waldo county: John Doe.
MICHIGAN.
Gratiot county: Frank M. Wander
iercook.
Saginaw: John M. Harris. P. P.
Miner.
Wayne: John Doe.
MINNESOTA.
Fillmore county: Thos. J. Meighen.
Norman: John Doe.
MISSISSIPPI.
Amite county: DR.. H. L. Magee.
Scott: A. Carr.
Yazoo: John Doe.
MISSOURI.
Gentry county: John Doe.
Howell: w. r. Tune.
st. Louis City: John Doe.
MONTANA.
Yellowstone county: F. Davis.
NEBRASKA. s..
Adams county. Charles e. Doty.
Buffalo, |. NJ Ramer.
Cass: G. w. Wolf
Chase: J. Davidson, D. J. Pugh,
J. w. Pugh.
Custer: Oscar Burnsworth, James
Stoclkham, G. T. Holiday, J. G. Pain
ter.
Dawes: T. G. Harris.
Frontier: E. H. Weeks, John Shell
ton.
Furnas: L. e. Eubanks.
Lancaster: Rude Daily, Arnold
Egger, VIM. III. Shoemaker
Madison: Fred w. Tegeler.
Pawnee: John Doe.
Saunders: ]. d. Under, John Doe,
Thayer: Joseph Lamb.
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man Of the executive committee OF
the peoples party OF Texas. and In
conformity 10 the request OF the state
executive committee. precinct conven-
tons are hereby called throughout
the state TO be held at any time be-
fore April 20 prox.. 10 select repre-
sentatlyes to county conventions 10
be held on or before April 81; 10 Sc
iect delegates To congressional con-
ycntlons 10 be held on or before May
10. and delegates 10 the state con-
yenttou To be held In the city of Dali
las. June Is. prox.. at which time and
place delegates will be chosen 10 the
peoples party national convention 20
no held az Springfield. H.. July 4.
1901.
I'm precincts, counties or districts
where from any cause the regular par
~ officials fall 10 laaue calls for said
conventions. any popuist Ii author
IEcd 10 Issue call for convention. and
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MRS. n SUMMERS, Box ~ Notre Dame, Ind U. S. A

Washington: Jerome Bailey.
NEW YORK.
Monroe county: Twelve unpublished
names.
New York: S. M. Biidison.
Westchester: Dennis M. Downing.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Edgecombe county: r. e. Pittmal.
Iredell: w. M. Cornelius.
OHIO
Seneca county: John Seitz.
Stark: VIM Allerton, Charles Jenk-
ms.
OKLAHOMA.
Canadian county: s. J. Dyer.
Greer: M. A. Bryan, T. NJ. Ed
wards, T. A. Putnam.
Payne: G. J. Cox. @-
OREGON.
Polk county: P. C. Sears.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Pennington county: A. J. Mccain.
TENNESSEE.
Carroll county: |. J. Pate, J. D.
Taylor.
Clay: Y. C. Clark.
Moore; Martin Adams, w. f. Ben
nett, G. F. Burt, VIM. Burt, w. E. Egg
gleson, John Fullmer, e. Lawson,
Martin W. Lawson, Wiley Lawson, A.
r.. Mullins, JOS. Pagen. #
TEXAS.
Bosque county: G. w. Stubs.
Cherokee: L. M. Dickey, N. Huston
Eastland: ]. J. Eager. u
Gonzales: F. F. Wood.
Hill: J. e. Gilbreath, z. Hamilton,
Johnson: T. N. Lawson.
Lamar: G. B. Stewart.
NacOgdoches: F. P. Perry.
Palo Pinto: G.. w. Bevers.
Scurry: John Y. Bowen.
Smith: John Doe.
Tarrant: v. e. Cummings, H. l..
Malone. :
Travis: S. G.. Cranberry.
Van Zandt: H. T. Constant, e. F.
Sides.
Williamson: J. H. benson.
VERMONT.
Franklin county: A. ]. Beebe.
WASHINGTON.
Chelan county: HI. B. Miller.
King: John Ut. Barnes.
Lincoln: J. g. Wolfe.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Harrison county: d. L. Perine.
Lewis: G.. w. Crook.
Monroe: Jas. G.. Young.
| WISCONSIN.
Oconto county: John W.. Whipple.
States and territories embraced in
this report, 80; counties, 1O6 enrolled
Vanguards and Old Guards, 149 Total
enrolment to March 10. 1,40S. Total
receipts to date. s3l450 During the
first IS days of March there were but
80 contributors out OF the 149 en-
rolled: their contributions amounted
to S22.06. For the same period the
expenses for printing and postage. fill
ing cabinet, cards, etc, amounted to
nearly $500. With something over g.
900 unanswered invitations~to enroll
outstanding, II the results do not show
better In the next two weeks. the wor K
must stop. Every cent received Is OK
pended In extending the work. The
question Ia. Shall II continue?
There are on hand now about 1000
names OF populists 10 whom Van
guard Invitations should be sent.
Printed matter Ia ready. Lack OF
postage-or money 20 buy 1t with ID
all that stands In the way.
The results Of Grand Enrolment
Day tMarch ail Will be reported next
week AS fully as possible. For Aprll
the 3oth II set For second Grand En.
rollment Day Let IA make an extra
EFFORT for the entire month OF April
and extend the work into at least hall
the counties Of the United States.
CHARLES q. DE FRANCE.
Lincoln. Neb.
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ny authority vested In me a. chair
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-16
FREE LIBRARY REPORT.
Annual Statement is Made 10 the Pub.
lie by the Board in Charge.

The annual report of the free public
library board OF this city for the year
ending May 81, 1904, contains the FOL.
lowing statement Of the condition of
the library and the progress It has
made.
1T is gratifying TO note the Increased
popularity and usefulness Of the lib,
rary. II has been the aim OF the
present board to maintain its high
standard, and TO raise Il. An effort
has been made to specialize Il some
what particularly I'm regard TO tho
great mining industry OF the state.
and also in discoveries and explora.
tons In the west and northwest. IL
VIII also be the aim Of the library TO
make such a collection Of works on
Utah and her people. as Will be recog-
nlzed rs Of FIRST Importance Such
a collection viii OF necessity take n
long time, and be governed I'm large
measure by the means at the librarys
disposal.
Superintendent Christensen Of the
public schools has been IN consulta-
ton with the board Of directors regard.
Ing the bringing OF the pupils OF the
schools and the library into closer touch.
IL VIII be the pleasure Of the board
10 further this purpose.
While the library IA crowded for
accommoda lions for its patrons and
It's books, still the inconvenience IL
not 70 great as II might have been.
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SERIOUS RUNAWAY.
Mc0mie Family Run Down by a
Frightened Pair of Horses,

A careless boy and a bunch OF fire.
crackers all but swept four lives into
eternity yesterday afternoon The boy
threw his fre-crackers under a team
near the county jail and the frightened
animals dashed madly down Second
South street towards the Rio Grande
depot AT Fourth West street. j. Nc
Omle, accompanied by his wife, who
wheeled their two Infants In baby
carriage, failed TO see the approach
Ing runaway and an inevitable coll
lision followed The family was scat
tered over an area of 30 or 40 feet after
the awful happening and persons who
witnessed It did not believe IL possible
that any Of them had escaped death.
The father was unconscious, the mother
crying pitifully for her babes and the
children were In the hands OF neighbors,
being cared for first.
The injuries are not believed to be
serious, the fathers being the worst
and consisting OF several bad cuts i'm
the head and a badly bruised leg. The
injured We've taken home by kindly
disposed driver OF an excursion wagon.
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PICKLED HUMAN HEAD.
Gruesome Relic Of Barbaric Chief to
Be Seen at Worlds Fair.

st. Louis. The head ~ South
American tribal chicftain cut OF and
preserved by his conQueror, noghborng
barbarian king. Is grewsomc but inter-
csting exhibit In the Brazilian section Of
the anthropolosl building at the worlds
fair The head is a part OF collection
of relies Of the native tribes Of Brazil
After being cut on, the head was treat
ed after the custom IN such cases by hav-
ing all the facial and skull bones removed
II was then put through a process Of cur
ing that hardens the flesh and preserves
the original color. Az a result the head is
practically unchanged, except In Size.
The process reduces the size and the once.
savage chieftains head now appears
about the size Of a mans INST. A luNur-
liant growth Of hair Of more than foot IN
length is appended to the dimnutlve relic
the features Of which are perfectly pre-
served The mustache and beard are also
perfect
The specimen was secured from the
warrior who dcCapitated IL In the interior
of South America and Is the only relic Of
this nature on exhibition anywhere,