NEW AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
Form of, as it Will Appear at the Polls in Nebraska. November 2,1897.
STATE TICKET
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I'or Judge of the Supreme Court
ALFRED M. POST, - ["
For Urgent* of the State Univer»ity
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CIIAS. W. KALEY, -
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Vox Judge of the Suptcme Court jj
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For Judge of the Supreme Court
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MRS. ISABELLA SPURLOCK,
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JAMES C.CRAWFORD,f
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
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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.
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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.