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Hf INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
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H | Head Carefully tlio Following : Taken From
HS the Election Laws.
Hl 1. Persons desiring' to vote must
BJj * procure their ballot from a judge of
flffj the election board.
* * 2. They must then , without leaving
the polling place , proceed to a com
partment and prepare their ballots.
I 3. The ballots are prepared as fol-
I lows : If you wish to vote a straight
ticket , make a mark in the circle at the
fl top of the ticket , and your ballot will
B then be counted for every candidate on
Hffi the ticket under the circle. If you
Hjl wish to vote otherwise than the straight
ticket , you place a cross with an in
I delible pencil in the square on the right
I margin of the ballot opposite the name
B8 of each person for whom you wish to
flj A DEVOTEE OF MORPHEUS.
U The Duke of Devonshire Sleeps in the
HH I House of Lords.
Bn It is said the Duke of Devonshire
H goes to sleep in the house of lords.
Bfl What else is he to do should that au-
H gust house sit late , as it does three or
Hf four times a year ? Resides , it is the
H custom to go to sleep in parliament
Hf when you have a mind to. The rules
HI forbid the perusal of a newspaper , a
H magazine or a book. If a peer or a
H | member of the commons desires to
R read he must go to the reading-room
B or the library.
B I Therefore , when a bore is on his
| H legs about 10 or 11 o'clock , and his dif-
B fuse and uninteresting commonplaces
B are running out in turgid verbosity ,
B what better thing can a statesman do
fl than go to sleep ?
B When in the lower house as Lord
R Hartington the duke was a confirmed
Hf sleeper , with his legs against the
Hj clerk's table , his hat tilted down over
B his eyes , his mouth open and arms
Hj folded , or balancing his body upon the
H [ scat. At times his lordship was guilty
H | of an approach to snoring. People
H | who go to bed about 3 or 4 in the
H morning must take their sleep some-
H where.
B A Gigantic Goddess of TVnr.
H In the Japanese capital there is a
H gigantic image of a woman made of
H -wood , iron and plaster. The time of
H its erection and the name of its design-
H er are in dispute , but it is known to
H have been dedicated to llachiman , the
H | _ god of war. In Iieight it measures 54
HH feet , and the head alone , which is
| H rca. 'hcd by a winding stairway in the
M interior of the figure , being capable of
M holding a company of 20 persons. The
B goddess holds a sword in her right
M hand and a huge painted wooden ball
m in the left. Internally the statue is
M the finest anatomical model in exist-
m encc , every bone , joint and ligament
Hp I being represented on a gigantic s'jale
M in proportion to the height and gener-
H [ al size of the huge figure itself. The
Hj large eyes are magnifying glasses ,
H | through which a fine view of the sur-
B rounding country may be had.
A Ciosslngr With a String to It.
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The other night a very young Ainer-
ican was being " put to bed by his gentle
B little mother. The youngster had just
H been engaged in an affray with a
H neighbor's boy , and had got decidedly
H the worst of the battle. His mother ,
B thinking it a good time to inculcate
H the principles of forgiveness to our
H enemies , told young James that he
B must say , "God bless Richard ! " Rich-
H ard being the name of the odious and
Bj victorious antagonist. Jame3 demur-
Bj red. His mother insisted. After some
Bj discussion James yielded , with a very
Bl bad grace. "God bless Richard , " he
H said ; but then added with grim satis-
H I faction , "but Til hit him a lick in tlia
H I morning. "
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vote ; if you wish to vote a straight
ticket with the exception of certain
offices , place a cross in the circle at
the head of the ticket jou wish to vote
in the main , and then place a cross op
posite the names of the candidates you
wish to vote for on other tickets , or
when two or more candidates are
grouped on the ticket for the same
office , as two or more representaxives ,
and the voter wishes to vote for one or
more on another ticket or tickets in
any group , the voter must make the
cross mark after each candidate in the
group on his own ticket that he wishes
to vote for , and also after the name of
each candidate on any other ticket or
tickets grouped for the same office he
wishes to vote for. Be careful that
you do not mark the names of persons
for whom you do not wish to vote. Do
SMART RATS.
They Found a "Way to Got at the
Cakes.
The reasoning bump in a rat's head
is not as distinctlj- visible as the same
protuberance in an elephant , yet the
rodent occasionally shows a fair sup
ply of horse sense. Sirs. James Hewlett -
lett of Somerset , Ky. , recently wit
nessed an exibition of intelligence on
the part of a couple of rats that raised
the genus in her estimation. Mrs.
Hewlett has for some time been miss
ing little cakes or cookies from the
pantry after her Saturday's baking.
She kept these cakes in an old soup
tureen , and would carefully place the
cover on. She would invariably find
this cover raised out of the groove in
which itfitted tightly and turned cross
wise over the tureen.
At last she determined to wait for
the depredators , and this is what she
saw : First an old gra\ ' rat came cau
tiously on the shelf where the tureen
sat. He reconnoitered , then made a
slight noise , and another rat appeared.
One of the rodents went to each end of
the tureen and backed up against it ,
the hind legs sticking up against the
sides of the cake box. Their tails were
then wrapped around the handles on
each end of the cover , and at a given
signal the rodents pushed upward to
gether , and the cover was raised. It
was an easy matter after this to turn
the cover so as to rest crossways on the
tureen. This left an opening at both
ends , and the rats went in and helped
themselves.
Free 'Soda "Water.
An up-town dry goods store in New
York last summer tried the experi
ment of giving soda water to its pa
trons free. An enormous fountain ,
well equipped for service , was placed
in the back part of the store , and on
each hot day half a dozen attendants
were kept busy serving a clamorous ,
thirsty and never diminishing crowd.
One day upward of 7,000 glasses of
soda water were drawn from that free
fountain. This year the firm charges
three cents a glass for its soda water ,
and asa result the patronage has fallen
off to a remarkable extent. On two
very hot dajs some time ago , although
the store was well filled with custo m-
ers , the soda fountain at no time was
overworked.
Origin of Dtmuln _ r.
During the reign of Henry VII. there
lived in Lincoln , England , a famous
bailiff named Joe punn. Joseph was
very clever in the management of his
business , and so dexterous in annoy
ing those who iefused'the payment of
an account with which he had been in
trusted that , "to set Dunn on him , " or
"to Dunn him , " became common ad
vice to the owner of a bad debt. To
this personage we owe what to not a
few people is one of the most disagree
able words in the language.
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not make any mark on the ballot , save
as above directed , or the ballot
will not be counted. If you
spoil a ballot return it to a
judge of the election boai'd and obtain
from him a new ballot ; you cannot get
more than four in all ; take this to a
compartment and mark it properly.
4. Having marked the ballot , fold
it so as to conceal the names and
marks on the face and to expose the
names on the back.
5. Take it to the judge of election
before leaving the enclosure , and see
it deposited in the box.
G. Immediately leave the railed en
closure.
7. If you wish to vote-for any per
son whose name does not appear upon
the ballot , write or insert his full name
in the blank space on the ballot under
HOW HE TESTED THE TRAIN.
Dora Pedro's "Way of Trying- Now Brake
and Its Inrcntor.
The late Emperor Dom Pedro , of
Bazil , once gave audience to a young
engineer who came to show him a new
appliance for stopping railway engines.
The emperor was pleased with the
thing and said :
"We will put it at once to a practi
cal test. The day after to-morrow have
your engine x-cady ; we will have it
coupled to my saloon carriage , and
then you can fire away. When going
at full speed I will unexpectedly give
the signal to stop , and then we will
see how the apparatus will work. "
At the appointed lime the emperor
entered his carriage and the engineer
mounted his engine , and on they went
for a considerable distance ; indeed , the
young engineer began to suspect that
the emperor had fallen asleep , when
the train suddenty came to a sharp
curve round the edge of the cliff , on
turning which the driver saw , to his
horror , an immense bowlder lying on
the rails.
no had just sufficient presence of
mind to turn the crank on his brake
and pull up the engine within a couple
of yards of the fatal block.
Here the emperor put his head out
of the window and asked what they
were stopping for. The engineer
pointed to the piece of rock , on seeing
which Dom Pedro burst into a merry
laugh.
"Push the thing on one side ! " he
called out "to the engineer , who had
jumped down from the locomotive ; and
when the latter in his confusion blind
ly obeyed , and kicked the stone with
his foot , it crumbled into dust.
It was a block of starch that Dom
Pedro had ordered to be placed on the
rails the nisrht before.
Cash and Credit.
An enterprising grocer in the town
of Santa Clara , California , has adopted
an original method of trade. Each
side of the store is fitted up for busi
ness on its own account. In the
general arrangement each side is a
duplicate of the other , the difference
being that one side is for cash and the
other for credit. When a customer
comes in , the first question asked is ,
"Do you wish to buy for cash or on
account ? " If it is a cash customer the
goods on each side are shown ; but if
it is one who wants credit he is shown
to the other side , and for the first time
in his life perhaps made to realize the *
value of ready money.
Her Day Would Come.
We are all prone to retaliate for per
sonal slights , but perhaps the funniest
incident of it is one of an. old Irish
woman , who , seeing a funeral to
which she had expected an invitation
pass her door , expostulated angrily :
"Oh , go on wid ye ! go on wid ye ! go
on wid ye ! But maybe there'll be a
funeral at our house soon , and thin
well see who'll be axed ! "
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the proper office you wish him to hold ,
and make a cross mark in the proper
margin opposite the same.
8. Do not take any ballot from the
polling place ; jrou thereby forfeit the
right to vote.
No person whomsoever shall do any
electioneering on election day within
anj' polling place , or any building in
which an election is being held , or
within 100 feet thereof , nor obstruct
the doors or entries thereto , or prevent
free ingress or egress from Said build
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Any election officer , sheriff , con
stable , or other peace officer is hereby
authorized and empowered , and it is
hereby made his duty , to clear the
passageways and preventsuch obstruc
tion , and to arrest any person so do
ing.
A RUSSIAN BELL.
Returned to Its Home After a Banishment
of Three Centuries.
A distinguished Siberian exile snug
ly packed in a wooden box and honored
with the regretful farewells of a whole
population has just been returned to
European Russia under an escort of a
committee of citizens glad to receive it
back after its many privations. The
said exile is no other than the famous
bell of Uglich , banished to Tobolsk in
1593 by order of the Czar Boris Godu-
noff for having rung the signal for the
insurrection in Uglich at the time of ' I
the assassination of the Crown Prince
Dimitri. Writing of it in his book Mr.
Kennan says : "The exiled beil has
been purged of its iniquity , has re
ceived ecclesiastical consecration , and
now calls the orthodox people of To
bolsk to prayers. The inhabitants of j
Uglich have recently been trying to
recover their bell upon the plea that j
it has been sufficiently punished by i
three centuries of exile for its political j
untrustworthyness in 1j9. ? , and that it {
ought now to be allowed to return to
its home. The mayor of Tobolsk
argues that the bell was exiled for life ,
and that consequently its term of ban
ishment has not yet expired. He con-
tendsfurthermore , that even admitting
the original title of the Uglich people ,
three centuries of adverse possession '
b3' the city of Tobolsk have divested
the claimants of all their rights , and j
that the bell shall be allowed to remain
where it is. The question , it is said , i
will be carried into the Russian I
courts. " The latest news from Tobolsk ,
besides showing that a decision has
been reached in favor of Uglich , illus
trates the inconsequential character
of Russian justice , which closes its
tribunals to the wrongs of thousands
of sufferers in Siberia and opens them
to a miserable squabble about a belL
BRITISH CONSCRIPTS.
The Unpopular lair Adopted In British
Guiana.
The absence of the conscription is
one of the distinguishing features of
the British empire. In one portion of
the empire , however , namely , British
Guiana , the conscript has just been
adopted. The ordinance in question
met with the strongest possible oppo
sition in the colony on the ground of
its "un-English" character. However ,
in the face of the fact that it has been
found impossible to maintain the vol
unteer force at anything like an effi
cient numerical strength , and as the
governor pointed out that unless they
had a drilled force they would be at
the mercy of a wretched mob of a hun
dred well-armed Venezuelans if they
came , the ordinance was agreed to ,
and now , at the proclamation of the
governor , every male resident in the
colony between the ages of 18 and 45
is compelled to turn out and drill with
a view to making himself an efficient
member of the colony's forces.
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No person shall remove any ballot
from the polling place before the clos
ing of the polls.
No person shall show his ballot after
it is marked to any person in such a
way as to reveal the contents thereof ,
or the name of the candidate or candi
dates for whom he has marked his
vote , nor shall any person solicit the
elector to show the same ; nor shall
any person except the judge of elec
tion receive from any elector a Dallot
prepared for voting.
No elector shall receive a ballot
from any other person than one of the
judges of election having charge of
the ballots , nor shall any person other
than such judges of election deliver a
ballot to such elector.
No elector shall vote , or offer to
vote , any ballot except such as he re-
CURIOUS RAILWAY RELIC.
Specimen of the Fir < t Passenger Ticket
Used on the itailroads.
Among various trophies secured by
Chief Smith , of the transport.ition de
partment of the world's fair , during
his recent visit to Europe , is a small
brass pocket piece resembling an
ordinary baggage check , which is
worth a great deal more than its
weight in gold. It is of octagon shape
and on one side is stamped the inscrip
tion "L. and S. Railway , " "Bagworth.
No. 29. " On the opposite side the
number is repeated. This fortunately
preserved relic represents the kind
and form of tickets in use in 1S32 for
"open-carriage passengers" on the
Leicester and Swannington Railway.
The distance covered by the main
line was a trifle over sixteen miles ,
and the passenger fares charged were
one and a quarter peace per mile.
There was one class only , and passen
gers stood up in an open carriage ,
generally known as a tub , which was
nothing better than a high-seated
goods wagon , having no top , no seats ,
no spring buffers. These brass tick
ets were issued to the various stations ,
the guard of the train carrying a
leather bag something in the stj'le of
a collection box , having eight separate
divisions , one for each station. At the
end of each passenger ' s journey his
ticket was taken up and placed in the
bag by the guard to be returned , re
corded on the books and again used.
A COUNTRY OF REPTILES.
No Land Beats Australia for Snakes ;
Lizards and Froj- .
A Scotchman who has lately traveled
extensively in Australia says that it is
a great reptile country. "I have
traveled" he said , "in almost every
country and I have never found a land
that went ahead of Australia for
snakes , lizards and frogs. There are
some sixty-five species of snakes in
that country , of which forty-two are
venomous and twelve positively dan
gerous. There are forty or fifty dif
ferent kinds of frogs , embracing every
variety from a common tree frog to a
large green variety with blue eyes and
a gold back , making a wonderful
showing of color as he hops about.
There are probably forty kinds of
lizards , of which twenty belong to a
class known as night lizards , many of
which hibernate. One species can
utter a cry when hurt or alarmed , and "
another kind , the frilled lizard , can
lift its fore legs and hop about like a
kangaroo. The monitor , or fork-
tongue lizard , burrows in the earth ,
climbs and swims and grows to a
length of nine or ten feet. The
crocodiles of Queensland , however ,
grow to a length sometimes of forty
feet. Some of the Australian species
of lizards can change their color not
only from light to dark but from gray
to red. All kinds of turtle are caught.
I s .w one caught there that waa ten
feet In length.
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ceived from the judges of election having - H
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No elector shall place any mark H
upon his ballot by which it may afterwards - H
wards be identified as the one voted by B
Every elector who docs not vote the |
ballot delivered to him by the judges H
of election having charge of the ballots j H
shall , before leaving the polling place , H
return such ballot to such judges. j B
Whoever shall violate any of the * * H
provisions of this section shall , upon H
conviction thereof in any court of com- B
pctent jurisdiction , be fined in any B
sum of not less than § 25 and not more BH
than S100 and adjudged to pay the B
costs of prosecution. M
Mick ( writing ) "Dear Briget : If I B
ain't back before I comes , I shall arrive - H
rive as soon as I can get there , so mind |
and don't miss me when we meet. M
WHENCE CAME THE FROGS ? _ _ _ HH
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A Shower in Vew Jersey Susce ts Sours i _ ? _ ll
Scientific Speculation. _ B
During a thunderstorm in New Jerf s ' H
sey lately it "rained frogs" to such an | / M
extent that , according to the testimony - B
mony of multitudinous witnesses , the M
streets of Port Morris were alive with M
hundreds of these creatures. Here's a H
state of things which science can no W
more explain to-day than it could two • BH
thousand years ago. It is still said , of H
course , that these frogs were sucked , |
up in marshes and carried into the B
clouds , but no human being ever yet j B
saw a frog thus taken up , and it is odd B
that nothing is ever "raised to eminence - B
nence in this way except the frog , H
though plenty of other living thing3 B
may be near by all ready to bo sucked B
upA _ _ B
A good many observers hold to the _ _ H
curious and interesting opinion that - B
under certain very rare electrical conditions - B
ditions life seems generated spontane- H
onsly. The frog is a peculiarly clec- B
trical creature , and in fact , first suggested - B
gested the existence of animal mag- H
netisin as a distinct force to science. B
If any animal could be thus suddenly B
and strangely called into being i\ B
might well be the frog. Now that the M
university extension professors are H
setting to work teaching the people H
science , it would be interesting to B
hear them explain mysteries such-as B
the descent of frogs , which has been v H
the talk of Port Morris and all the |
region round about. H
John Johnson's Complaint. B
Men who become suddenly ricTx |
should be judged leniently. They |
have many temptations from which H
the rest of us are , happily , delivered. . B
Mr. John Johnson , a man of this class , H
was desirous to be known as of a H
literary turn of mind , and to that end | |
proceeded to lay in a library. One of H
his purchases was an old dictionary , \ H
which , being somewhat out of repair . % _ |
was sent to the binders.
When it was § P _ H
returned to the purchaser he found f _ _ _ _ H
printed on its back the words , "John- , < ? _ |
son's Dictionary. " The sight threw I H
him into a furious passion , and he demanded - / H
manded of the messenger : "Why ' B
didn't he put the full name on. 'J&a H
Johnson's Dictionary ? ' " _ _ _ H
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A Noted Indian Fishier. I iJ _ _ _ B
There was dug np recently at Elliott , i _ _ |
Me. , a gold ring , bright and shining , - ? M
bearing the inscription : "Hon. John _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Frost , Esq. , ob. 23 Feb , 1822-3 e. si. * < H
Hon. John Frost was the son of Capt. ? n _ _ _ _
Charles Frost , who was killed by the HiiH
Indians near the Berwick line of Kit- " _ _ _ !
tery about 1782. Capt. Frosfc was _ M
noted Indian fighter , and when he was H
buried by his friends the Indians dua H
him _ p ana elevated the body on poies. a I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The whites wore obliged to bn _ TS t W M
body again at a great depth , aadco-e- / M
the grave wth stoaes to M
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