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NEW AUSTRALIAN BALLOT Form of, as it Will Appear at the Polls in Nebraska. November 2,1897. STATE TICKET ■■■■■BIB—^™™■!■^■■■■■ For a straight ticket mark within this circle. I'or Judge of the Supreme Court ALFRED M. POST, - [" For Urgent* of the State Univer»ity Vote for Two CIIAS. W. KALEY, - JOHN N. DRYDEN, - ■ " 1 | ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Peoples Independent For a straight ticket mark within this circle. o Vox Judge of the Suptcme Court jj JOHN J. SULLIVAN, • □I .□ mmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmm For Urgent* of the Stale University Vote for Two E. VON FOR ELL, - - \ GEO. F. KENOWER, - [H . • ■ - '■ ■ Democrat_ wmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmnmm For a straight ticket mark within this circle. o mmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Forjudge of the Supreme Court IOIINJ. SULL1VAW, - □I .□ ranaMBBOBnaHiHa■ For Urgent* of the State University Voir for Two 2. VON l'ORELL, - 5E0. F. KENOWER, - ~l< Silver Bepnblican For a straight ticket mark within this circle. Q I Forjudge of the Supreme Court IOIINJ. SULLIVAN, - □ .□ For Krgentaof the State University Vote for Two 2. VON FOR ELL, - JEO. F. KENOWER, - For a straight ticket mark within this circle. o For Judge of the Supreme Court I). M. STRONG, - - .□ For Regent* of the Stute University Vote for Two MRS. ISABELLA SPURLOCK, D. L. WHITNEY, - - National Democrat For a straight tloket mark within this circle. Q Forjudge of the Supreme Court WARREN SW1TZLKR, □ .□ For Regents of the State University • Vote for Two j. STERLING MORTONf JAMES C.CRAWFORD,f INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS - i I'.enri ( nr* fully Mi* Following Taken From 1 ' Mi* Klertlon I.mwn. J, I’crsons desiring to vote must procure their ballot from a judge of the election board. 2. They must then, without leaving ] the polling place, proceed to a com partment and prepare their ballots. The bullots are prepared as fol lows: If you wish to vote a straight ticket, make a murk in the circle at the top of the ticket , and your ballot will then be counted for every candidate on the ticket under the circle. If you m !sh to vote otherwise than the straight ! tii'kit. you place a cross with uu in delible pencil in the square on the right margin of the ballot opposite the name of each person for whom you wish to ote; If you wish to vote a straight icket with tile exception of certain iflices, place a cross in the circle a* lie head of the ticket you wish to vote n tlie main, and then place a cross op posite the names of the candidates you x'ish to vote for on other tickets, or ■vhen two or more eundidutes are grouped on the tleket for the same jfllce, as two or more representatives, ind the voter wishes to vote for one or store on another ticket or tickets in iny* group, the voter must make the •ross mark after each candidate in tin group on his own ticket that lie wishes to vote for. and also after the name of i-neli candidate oil any other ticket or tickets grouped for tile same office tie wishes to vote for, lie eureful that you do not mark the names of persons for whom you do not wish to vote. Do not make any mark on the ballot, save 1 as above directed, or the ballot i will not be counted. If you i spoil a ballot return it to a judge of tile election board and obtain | from him u new ballot; you cannot get t more than four In all; take this to a compartment and murk it properly. ( 4. Having marked the ballot, fold t it so us to conceal tile names and , marks on the face and to expose the , names on the back. ■ ft. Take it to the judge of election before leaving the enclosure, und see It deposited in the box. •i. immediately leave the railed en closure. 7. If you wish to vote for any per son whose name docs not uppeur upon Die ballot, write or insert his full naiuo in the blank space on the ballot under he proper office you wish him to Hold, ml make u cross mark in the proper inrgiii opposite tlie same. H. Do not take any ballot from the silling place; you thereby forfeit the Ight to vote. No person whomsoever shall (lo any leetlonearlng on election day within iny polling place, or any building In vhich an election is being held, or vitliin 100 feet thereof, nor obstruct he doors or entries thereto, or prevent 'ree ingress or egress from said bulld og Any election officer, sheriff, con itable, or other peace officer is hereby luthorized and empowered, urul It is Hereby made his duty, to clear the passageways und prevontsueh obstruc tion, and to arrest any person so do ing jmo pcraon hiiiiii remove uny mwoi from the polling place before the clon ing of the poll*. No pcmon nhall allow hin ballot after it in niurkci! to any pcmon in nuch it way un to reveal the content* thereof, or the name of the candidate or candi date* for whom he ban marked hin vote, nor nliall any pcraon nollelt the elector to ahow the name: nor ahull any pcraon except the Judge of elec tion receive from any elector a oallot prepared for voting. No elector nhall receive a ballot from uny other pcmon than one of the judgen of election having charge of the bullotn, nor nliall uny pcraon other tliun nuch judge* of election deliver a ballot to nuch elector. No elector nhall vote, or offer to vote, any ballot except nuch an he re CCivtMi iroiii li»• juiigr^ ui uiixmm nav Ing charge of the ballots. No elector shall place any mark upon his ballot by which It may after wards be identified as the one voted by him. Kvery elector who does not vote the ballot delivered to him by the Judges of election having charge of the ballots shall, before leuving tile polling place, return such ballot to such judges. Whoever shall violate uny of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of com petent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum of not less than »'!■• and not more than 9100 and adjudged to pay the costs of prosecution. Mick (writing)—‘'Dear ilriget: If I ain't bach before I comes, I shall ar rive as soon as i cun get there, so mind and don’t miss me when we meet. A DEVOTEE OF MORPHEUS. TUh Oak* of Oftvoiisltlr* fclc*i>» In tli* Hoag* of l.orilt. it is said the Duke of Devonshire goes to sleep in the house of lords. What else is he to do should that an f-ust house sit lute, as it does three or four time* u year'.’ Besides, it i* the c 1st on to go to sleep in parliament when you have a mind to. The rules forbid the perusal of a newspaper, a magazine or a book. If a peer or a member of the commons desires to read he mult go to the reading-room or the library. Tile ref ore, when a boro is on his legs ; bout lo or 11 o'clock, and his dif fuse and uninteresting commonplaces arc running out in turgid verbosity, svhat better thing can a statesman do than go to sleep'.’ When in the lower house as Lord llartington the duke was a confirmed sleeper, with his legs against the clerk's table, his hat tilted down over Ids eyes his mouth upon and arms folded, or balancing his b »dy upon tho heat. At times his lordship wasguilty of an approach to snoring. People who go to bed about II or 4 in the morning must take their sleep some where. A (•ifcMiitlc Uoilil*** of War. In the Japanese capita! there ia a gigantic image of a woman made of wood, iron and plaster The time of It* erection and the name of itsdesigu cr arc in dispute, hut it is known to have been dedicated to llachiman, the god of wui In height it measures :>* feet, and the head alone, which U re a he i by a winding stairway in the interior of the figure, being capable of holding a company of 30 person* The g.sides* hold* a sword in her right lintt.l is kttsi**s r%<siiit*s,l Hi.sMiiais Is* I 1 ill tin- lull. Internally tint at* tint l« tli* llnoat anatoiulval iu<kI*1 in **i»t Olti*. every bun* Joint ami llyaim-nt Wintf ruprew-uliHl »tt a irlgantl* a-at* in (MvfHirtiou in tli* h*i|flii an I ifftier at *u* nl tb* Imif* (li(ur* iu*ll Tli* Ury* ryva ar* magnify >ii|( *iaw*. llir<i.iy)i witn-li a ttnu vim* nl tli* »ur ruuniiitiK mm a try may b* bail. A Wlik a airia* i» It. Tb* utbor ni*M a »**y yunttir bw* lean *•> Wtvy (ml l * tail by Hia yvutli littir rnutbt r I h* yu*Mfaler bail Ju*l been *utrair*'l in an affray a lib a •t* 14b lair * buy, ami ba*i *'•» ilaeblmlly IlM ttoitl ul lb* battle Ilia mother, tblnhnijf it a ifiaal tint* tu InuuUaU III* |trimi|>i»r ul turgttwavaa tu war euemt** tul4 yuan4 Jaa»*a that ba •naat aay. "that bleat Hl.har.t Hleh ini 1*01*4 tb* aaw» ul tba .about anU *t*turma^bbtn«"",*« Jam** Jam** real Ilia mother laatalml Alter mum 4i» uaa *b Jmmm yiebtel with* very b»i CW ‘ that hi*** tin Hard " ha aa|4. Wat then bMwl «itb yrla aiir faett-m "bnl l*U bit him a IWb In lb* murviat * SMART RATS. They Fouml a Way to <l«t at tlia Cakes. The reasoning hump In a rat'a head is not us distinctly visible as the same protuberance in an elephant, yet the rodent occasionally shows a fair sup ply of horse sense. Mrs. James How- ! ; iett of (Somerset, Ky., recently wit- j nessed an exibltion 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 j I pantry after her Saturday’s baking. She kept these cakes in an old soup j tureen, und would carefully pla-*! the - cover on. She would Invariably find ! this cover raised out of the groove in j ' which it fitted tightly and turned cross wise over the tureen. At last she determined to wait for 1 the depredators, and this is what she saw: First an old gray rut came cau tiously on the shelf where the tureen sat. lie reconsoitcrud. then made a slight noise, and another rut appeared. One of tiie rodents went to each end of tiie tureen amt hacke i up ugainst it, tin: hind legs sticking up against tile 1 sides of the cuke box. Their tails were ' then wrapped around tiie handles on | ! each end of the cover, and at a given signal tiie rodents pushed upward to gether, and the cover was raised. It | was an easy matter after this to turn tiie cover so as to rest crossways on the tureen. This left uri opening at Isith ends, utul the rats went iu und helped themselves. - --— I r»r Huilit An up-t»wn dry goods store In New York last summer tried the experi ment of giving s sla water to it* pa trons free An enormous fountain, well einiliitieit for serviis- w as nltterd > 1 in thr U 'k |wrt of thr store. unit un rarli hut day half a ilni»n attendants | were kr|il busy serving a clamorous, thirsty uiid never dlminkthing crowd. ii«« dav upward «f Tim glasses .,{ mala w ater were drawn (runt that free fiiuutaiii 'l itis year thr lirm charge> tlirwe nuts u glass tor its node water, i and asa result the patronage ha* (alien ell I** a remarkable rstent Oil two very but days so<tt* time ago although i the store was well tttled with custom' era, the sasla fountain at no time war , overworked Itrtgla at Uauaiaa Ininug the rtignol lleury VII them lived In t.imsdn l.nglaa-l, a *amo o bailiff named Joe thina Joaruh was very clever in the mnnagement o| his business and «• deateroue m annoy ing those who tefuerd I be payment o| bn neuuunt with whb-h be had been In trusted that, “to set Itunn on him or “to thsaa him became common ad vtea to ibe owner o( a M debt. To Ibis personage we owe what to not a few people is -me o| tbv moat d‘**g*ee* able words I* the language HOW HE TESTED THE TRAIN, Dow Pedro's Wsy of Trying a New Drake mill Its Inventor. Thu lat" Emperor Dorn Pedro, of Baxll, once gave audience to a young engineer who came to show him a new appliance for stopping railway engines. The emperor was pleased with tho thing and said: ‘•Wo will put it at once to a practi cal test. The day after to- morrow have your engine ready; we will have it coupled to my saloon carriage, and then you cuit tire uwuy. When going at full speed I will unexpectedly give the signal to stop, und then we will see how the apparatus will work." At the appointed time the emperor j entered his carriage und the engineer mouuted his engine, ami on they went j for a considerable distance; indeed, the , young engineer began to suspect that the emperor had fallen asleep, when the traiu suddenly came to a sharp curve round the edge of tlie cliff, on i turning which the driver saw, to his ! horror, an immense bowlder lying on ; the rails lie had just sufficient presence of i mind to turn the crank oil his braku und pull up tlie engine witliiu u couple of yards of tlie fat al block. Here tlie emperor put ills bead out of tlie window and asked avhut they j were stopping for The engineer I pointed to the piece of rock, on seeing whieh Dorn Pedro burst into u merry laugh "Push the tiling on one side!" lie called out to the engineer, who hud jumped iloavu from the locomotive; aud when tin’ lutler in Ills confusion bltmi ly obeyed, und kldie I the stone with his foot, it crumbled Into dust It avus a block of starch that Dun I'eilro liu l ufilarail In l> • plai'-xl mi lint mil* the nil'll! before. € >«I| mil «mill. An enterprialug groeer la the town of Kanin Clara California. linn adopt*! mi original method of trade Knelt *!'!*• >*f III ' *l»re in tin. a U|> f,.r Il.tM. Hew on It* mtn menu lit III III* general arrangement em-b nltlo U u iluplWtla of the other, the ililfereur* being thnl one *M* U for eanb mot the other for eredil. V\ In n a eunloiner •omen in, the rtrnt i|ue»ti>u naked U, ••Ik# you wdah to buy for e«ah or on nevount *' If it U n e*»h . uat.mier in* good* on eavh aide are nbou n. built It U one who nub an4il be l« nhoaa to the other ante, iml for the tnl lime in but life p#rbai» made to r»«IIM the rniu* of n ml» mi ittey. Mo I In I n naM t aim " * nr* all )•••>»* to rvtutui* for (■**• noMal alight*. but |*f ,in|m the fuuuietl tfcebteal of It In on* of au 44 |mk • •>.,,»« 'I to* nr* tag * fun*t *i to • bleb »b* bml **p# l#4 an latlUIMu |u« bet 4,«o *«|<n«iuUi*4 angnijr ' ttb go on uid |v go o« tauf **’ go on uhl v#' Hat mat be lb*a« II b* • fun*r*l at <«tr b uo ou nut tbla • w It nee ubo II U an.4 * A RUSSIAN BELL. Returnril to Its Home After a HanUhment of Three Centuries. A distinguished Siberian exile snujj ly packed in a wooden box and honored with tlie r"|fretful farewells of a whole population lias just linen returned to European Russia under an e/tcort of a ! committee of citizens (find to receive it hack after Its many privations. The said exile is no other than the famous hell of U(filch, banished to Tobolsk in 1593 by order of the Czar Boris (iodu noff for liuvinif runjf the signal for tlie insurrection in Bgiieli at the time of tlie assassination of the Crown Prince Dimitri. VVritinjf of it in his book Mr. Kennan says: "The exiled bell iias been purjfed of its iniquity, lias re ceived ecclesiastical consecration, and now culls tlie orthodox people of To bolsk to prayers. The inhabitants of l’(filch have recently been trylnjf to recover their liell upon the plea that it has been sufllcicntly punished by three centuries of exile for its political untrustworthy ness in 1593. und that it oiifflit now to lie allowed to return to its home. The mayor of Tobolsk urtfurs that the bell was exiled for life, and that consequently its term of ban ishment has not yet expired. He con tends, furthermore, tli at even ad mitt in jf tlie original title of the I'lflich people, three centuries of adverse possession by the city of Tobolsk have divested tlie claimants of all their rltflits. and that tlie Itcil shall be allowed to remain where it is The question, it is said, will be carried into tlie Russian courts." The latest news from TolsdaU, besides showing Unit a decision bus been reached in favor of 1'iflieh, Ulus n... i..I ..!■». ...i., r of lillK'IUU Jll»tU'». will i'll I'loMM iu trilmiiuU to tlio wrong* of thouuainl* of kulfiovr* In Niburin uml ope tin tlo'iu to it inlkorablt) *<|uubbli) ilnut u ImiIL URITISIl CONSCRIPTS. Tk> • !.*<• t>lu|.t*<l In null'll t. Ml*..*. The n bn* tier of Ih* eunn.'rlpllon l* on.. <>f lltt> dUtingnublng feature* of tin. ilrUl*b empire In oi.n portion of the empire liuw«««r, unmet/, Itrltlah tlnlnun, llw ...na.ripl lt»* ju*t adopted The 1nJ11.1t nee In .|U**tlou met wttb llm •lr..ug..*t p wwtibU' «>p|Mt •111.m In tit# eolon)' »u lb* ground of tu "Hk l.ntlhk" ehuru'trt II..were*. In Uw fare «l tit* fn.it Hint II bn* b##n found imp-tMibi* to ntnlntnln tbn *>.!• unterr l..r.v nt anything lib* nn .trui uniurri.nl *tr*ugtb ini nn thn gv«*r«..* pointed not thnl wnlr•• tb*jr hn4 n dr*t*d Mi* tk*f wooltl bn nt tb* *••■ ) »*f n »trUb.nl knob of n hun« tlrr.l w*ll armed V»u*«o*lan» It tbnf .nutv lb* wftliiinn.'* wn* ugivml H nn<l non. nt lb* ^.wlt«Mii*b nt tbn pitxibM'. rtwf *.*>• rw*ld*nt In tbn 1 .-dotty between tbn age* of I* n«4 II in ..iiuprH*»i tu turn *.et *t*l drill with n »i*w W ntnbutg blwunlf nn t# i«*l iM- ntbwt uf tbn . uliM.t • forma CURIOUS RAILWAY RELIC. Mpeelmen of the First Passenger Tlskat I mill on the Kail mails. Among various trophies secured hy Chief Smith, of the transportation de partment of the world's fair, during his recent visit to Europe, is a small brass pocket piece resembling an ordinary baggage che :k, which Is worth a great deal m ire than Its weight in gold. It is of octagon shape and on one side is stamped the inscrip tion "E. and N, Railway,” “Hagwortli. No. 3k.” On the opposite side the number is repeated. This fortunately preserved relie represents the kind and form of tickets in use in ls.'U 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 charge 1 were one and a quarter penes par mile. There was one class only, and passen gers stood up in an open carriage, generally known us a tub, which was nothing lietter than a high-seated goods wag in, having n > top. no seats, no spring buffers. The** brass tick ets wore issued to tile various stations, the guard of tin* train carrying a leather bag something in the style of a collection box, having eight separate divisions, one for each station. At the end of each passmgers journey his ticket was taken up ami plan id in the bag by tile guard to lii returned, re corded mi tlie bmlcs an 1 again used. A COUNTRY OF REPTILES. No I.siel Urals Australis fur snnlit*«| l.lsarils sail Ft’ugs. A Scotchman who bus lately traveled i extensively In Australia say* that it is ' a great reptile country “I have traveled" he said, “in almost eveiy j country and I have never found a lau I . that went ahead of Australia for i analma. littrlt and frog* Thor* ara mini* alxtyllvu apaclet of tnitkct In that country, of which fort v-two nr# veumnout aud twelve po«itttr"iv dan gcroua. Them am forty or fifty dif* femnt itliwlt of fro/a. uiahra day carry variaty from a muni oi (ran fr *g l 1 a Urge gmeu variety with bine cyat and a gold barb, matin ( a wonderful j allow ing of color at h« ho m ah ml Thara am probably foity bin It of llMi lt of which (wanly ua!oug to a clatt baown at night lltordt many of which hlbaraata ttn* apaela* caa altar a cry when hurt or alarmed, aud aaotbar bind, tb* frilled llturd caw lift tit fir* lagt and bop about lib* a bangatwo Tb# in •nllor, or furb< tonga#- llaartl. Uairowt la tb* aartb, climb* and awita* and gruwt to a length of ala# or tea feet Tba crocodile* a! tjuaaaaland bow«tar, Cim to a length toiw*!tut*t of forty t. howt# of tb* Awtlr*it«w tpeba ut lit** It aaa ehaag* tbttr color wot •mly front light t * d* a but fr.ua g* tr to rad All hmdt of turtle *r«c**|ghi. I *uw wtr <• tgbt it*** that «*» taa fact tu Irnglh WHENCE CAME THE FROGS7 A shower In New Jersey Suggest* Some Solootilth Speculation. Haring a thunderstorm In New Jer sey lately it “rained frogs" to such an extent that, according to the testi mony of multitudinous witnesses, tho streets of I’ort Morris were alive with hundreds of these creatures. Here's a state of things which science can no more explain to-day than it could two thousand years ago. It Is still said, of course, that these frogs were sucked up in marshes and carried into the cloud*, lull no human being ever yet saw a frog thus taken up. and it is odd that nothing is ever "raised to emi nence in this way except the frog, though plenty of other living thing* may bo near by ail ready to be sucked up. A good many observers hold to tho curious and interesting opinion that under certain very rare electrical cou ditious life seems generated spontane ously. The frog is a peculiarly elec trical creature, and in fact, first sug gested the existence of animal inug netism as a distinct force to science. 1 f any uniinai could be thus suddenly and strangely called into being it might well lie the frog. Now that the university extension professors are setting to work teaching the people science, it would he interesting to hear them explain mysteries such as the descent of frogs, which lias lieen tin* tulk of l’ort Morris und all the region round about. Joint Johnson's Complaint. Men who become suddenly rich should tie judged leniently. They have many temptations from which the rest of us are, happily, delivered. Mr John Johnson, a man of this eiaas, was desirous to lie known as of a literary turn of iniud, and to that end pm, ceded to lay in a library. One of »»» |»ur h.»« * nil* Nil wui llli'liuiliiry, » hlvli, Wa| wmawkat mil ut ri’|u*lr, " u. tent tu thi' hlHtlara VVIivii It wa« i.turtifl tn thi’ purvliater he f.attu.t printe.l mi It* hank ilia w ir.lv “Julia* •.•n'* IMetlmiary." The night thrvie him Into a f.in.mt |i«»i.iii amt he ilw mnii.lvtl ut the me m>< tiger. “Why ithln't hi< put the fall tiama mi. 'Jmut JuhutuU • Ihi’tl .lian T ’• » '»i>J l«4taa ti|Mn. I Kara w a* -lug up iw antljr at Kllhitv vie . a «mUI nag, Wight ami ahlaiag. Waring the lut.ripiimt II.mi t hat, l>»| . nk M Kah. IHM t || ' H.m Julia tW a at the >.« ,.| t «pt t lit flat l'r«»l. whu w tt hllte4 k> the ImUaat a»ar the IWrai h lta« ,.f Kit* levy aWml l»*J »apt treat waa » Mai India* ftghta*. ae4 wbea he km W»rle4 by hi. I«te«4* the Wl.aa. 4tig Mm ap ami *le.ale4 tha Italy mi pule* the akltM were «»bltga4 tu Wiry tha Waty tgam at a great 4«ptb awl auvaf tha grara with Maiarla prereat lap the* .hrte.rtl. ut.