Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1890 — Page 12

INDIANA ELECTION LAW

NEW METHOD OF CASTING THE BALLOT. A Complete Synopsis of the Requirements »1 a Voter at the Polls—How Polling Places Must Be Arranged—Duties of Sheriff andDeputies—Electioneering Prohibited—How a Challenge Must Be Made and the Vote Counted, On March 6, 1889, the General Assembly of the State of Indiana passed an election law which is now in force. The first election which will occur under the ■provisions of this law takes place on the 4th of November next. The law is very cumbersome and liable to mislead those not familiar with its provisions. The law does not require the repeated registration of citizens who reside continuously in the same county, but it does require the registration of every person who moves into the county within six months preceding an election, whether he previously resided within the State or not, and also of every person who, having once been a citizen of Indiana, shall have voted in another State or gone there with the intention of voting, or who shall have been absent from the State for six months. The important features of the new law are the registration of voters and the secrecy of depositing the ballot. The reader may get an idea of the arrangement of the polling place from the diagram given below, and as the plan shown is the simplest and most convenient it will probably be the one most generally used.

D S.—Deputy shorltfs stationed at, tile ends •f the cliute. C.—Challenging window. D.— Door where the voter enters election room. E. B. —Election board. B. B. B.—Booths ior elector to prepare his ballot in. w.—Windows. The chute is a passageway, with a railing, rope or wire on each side, and it must extend fifty feet away from tho challenge window. All persons except election officers and challengers are prohibited from coining within fifty feet of the polls, except as they come through this chute to enter the oleetjon room. The election sheriffs are special deputies appointed by the County Sheriff to act as officers at the polls. The sheriffs must be at the polls when they open and remain until the count is concluded. They must make arrests on the demand of any member of the Board, and also on affidavit made before tho Inspector by any qualified voter that any person who has voted is not a legal voter. The new law puts a stop to needless and indiscriminate challenging, and but one challenger and one poll book holder, designated by each party organization, are entitled to stand at tho side of the chute next the challenge, window. When a person is challenged he must stand aside or make affidavit that he is a legal voter. If lie makes affidavit that he is entitled to vote, unless the challenger or some other person makes affidavit that he is not a legal voter, tho voter must then bring a qualified voter of the precinct, as a witness, who must swear that of his own knowledge the claimant is a legal voter. According to law the voter must be screened from view while marking and folding his ballot, and for this purpose election booths are to bo used. These are nothing more than little stalls pro-

vided with a small shelf or counter and with curtains or doors which the vote closes after him. These booths contain three apartments, or enough for three voters at one time. The accompanying illustration shows a voter in the booth with curtain drawn. The County Board of Election Commissioners will prepare and distribute ballots for the election of all officers who are to be voted for in their county other than those to be voted for by all the electors of the State, and the names of all candidates of their respective juris-' dictions will be printed on one ballot, all nominations of any party being placed under the title and device adopted by such party. The ballot shall be of uniform size and of the same quality and color of paper, and sufficiently thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from the back. The ballots prepared by the State Board of Election Commissioners will be printed on red tinted paper and put up in blocks of 100 each, while those prepared by the County Board of Election Commissioners arc to be printed oh white paper. The arrangement of the ballot is to be after the mauner shown. The device adopted and list of candidates of the Democratic party must occupy the first column on the left hand side of the ballot, that of the Republican party in the second column and that of the Prohibition party in the third column. The list of candidates of any qther party shall follow in such order ais the Board of Election Commissioners may decide. Samples of the ballots plainly marked “Sample ballot,” and printed on different colored paper from that on which the genuine ballot is printed, will be posted in the vicinity of the polling

plAce for the instruction and information of voters, but no voter is supposed to see the genuinp until It is given him by the polling clerks after he enters the election room. If the printer of the

-ballots shall give, or knowingly permit any one other than the Board of Election Commissioners to take, any of the ballots, he then, aecording to the law, has committed a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for a term not less than three nor more than ten years. If you are subject to registration, as before stated, you must register at the County Clerk’s office at least three mouths before the election. On going to the polls on election day pass through the chute to the challenge window, and if challenged, swear In your vote or stand aside. The necessary forms for affidavits will bo supplied at the challenging window. If not challenged, or after swearing in your vote, pass on through the chuto to the door, where you will be admitted in turn. When you enter the election room announce your name tb the poll-clerks, who will furnish you with a red ballot

containing the names 6f all candidates for State offices, a white ballot containing the names of all candidates for local offices, and a stamp for marking them. If you do not understand how to mark your ballots ask the poll clerks. If you cannot read English, or are physically unable to mark your ballots, the poll clerks will mark it for you, and on request will read over the names marked. Go alone into one of the unoccupied booths and mark your ballot with the stamp. If you wish to vote a “straight ticket” mark the square in front of tho title of your party at tho head of the ticket. If you wish to vote a mixed or “scratched” ticket mark the square in front pf tho name of each candidate for whom 'you wish to vote. If by accident you tear, mutilate, deface or spoil your ballot, go at once to the j poll clerks, explain how the accident occurred, and ask for another ballot. Before leaving the booth fold each of your ballots so that tho initials of the poll clerks on the back will show, but so that no part of the face of tho ballot can be seen. When your ballots are marked and folded come out of tho booth. Give tho stamp to the poll clerk from whom you received it and hand tho folded ballots to the inspector, who will put them in the ballot box in your presence. Then leave the room. When you have voted, and before you arc ready to vote, remain fifty feet away from the polls. As tho voter doubtless now understands pretty well what to do it is right that he should alike understand what he must do. Do not attempt to vote if you are not a legal voter. You are not a legal voter if you have not lived in the State six months, the township sixty days and the precinct thirty days. You are not a legal voter if you have lived in tho county less than six months and have not registered. If registered you must have your certificate with you. Do not accept a ballot from any person outside of the election room. Any ballot obtained outside is fraudulent, and It is a penitentiary offense to Have such a ballot in your possession whether you attempt to vote it or not. Do not attempt to hold any conversation iu the election room except with the members of the election board and the poll clerks. It is a penitentiary offense to declare that you cannot read English or cannot mark your ballot if in fact you can. Do not mark the ballot with tin? stamp at any place except the squares in front of the title of tho party, or the names of the candidates for whom you wish to vote. Do not put any mark of any kind on your ballot except with the stamp. Do not tear, mutilate, deface, or mark your ballot in any way so that it could be identified; and if you should do so accidentally do not attemptWo vote it. Do not show the face of your ballot to any person; you will lose your vote and be subject to lino and imprisonment if you do. Do not attempt to see the ballot of any other person. Do not attempt to vote any ballot except the one given you by the poll clerks. Do not injuro or interfere with any of the railings, posters, booths, or any of tho furniture used in conducting the election. Do not advise, counsel, or abet any vote buying, bribery or other violation of the election law. Severe penalties are provided doing or attempting to do any of those acts. Arty* voter tvh<J attempts to leave the election room with a ballot or stamp in his possession shall be immediately arrested, and any person having possession outside the election room any ballot or stamp, whether genuine or counterfeit, during the election sluHl be guilty of felony, and shall be imprisoned

in the penitentiary not less than two not more than five years, and shall be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than ten years. Immediately on closing the polls the Board shall count all the ballots remaining unvoted, record the number of the same on the tally sheets and destroy all of such ballots by totally consuming by fire. The Board shall then proceed to canvass the votes, beginning first with the State ballots, and completing them before proceeding with the local ballots, by laying each baNot on the table in the order in which it is taken from the ballot box, and the inspector and judge of the election, differing in politics from the inspector, shall view the ballots as tho names of the persons voted for are read therefrom. In the canvass of 'the votes any ballot which is not indorsed with the initials of the poll clerks, and any ballot which shall bear any distinguishing mark or mutilation, shall be void and shall not be counted, and any ballot or part of a ball 'mm which it is impossible to determine the elector’s chojee of candidates shall not be counted stS’to the candidate or candidates affected thereby; provided, however, that on protest of any member Of the Board such ballot, and all disputed ballots, shall be preserved by tho inspector, and at the close of the count placed with the seals of the ballot packages in paper bags, securely sealed, and so delivered to tho Clerk of the county, with notification to him of the number of so placed in such bags, and of the condition of the seals of the ballot packages. The poll cierk shall also record on tho tally sheets memoranda of such ballots and the condition of the seal of the ballot packages, and in any contest of election such ballots and seals may be submitted in evidence. On completing the count and recording the same on tho tally sheets all the remaining ballots, except those marked, mutilated or otherwise defective, shall be destroyed by the election board by totally consuming by fire before adjournment, and thereupon tho election board shall immediately mako a memorandum of the total vote cast for each candidate, and deliver a copy thereof to each member of such board. By this it will be observed that the practice of petitioning courts for a recount of tho votes, as was frequently the ca.se under the old law, is abolished under the mandatory clause to burn the ballots. The only ground left for contest Is the disputed tickets uncounted, which will require almost a tie vote to be available. .The new law contains stringent provisions against tho use of money or anything of value to influence voters directly or undirectly, either in nominating conventions or in elections. As they are equally stringent as to hiring persons to do electioneering, or to use their influence in any way, tho occupation of the professional “worker” is gone. Anyviolation, direct or indirect, subjects the candidate to fine, imprisonment and challenge as a voter.. It also prevents him from holding the office to which lie is nominated or elected, disfranchises him and makes him liable to the person hired or bought in the sum of S3OO. It is not safe for a candidate to enter a campaign without carefully examining the new laws, and it will be found advantageous to know the provisions, as the penalties prescribed will be sufficient answer to tho parasites who will demand money of him.

Woman’s Power Over Man.

Eccentric bachelors, if you want to be cured of your oddities aud become polished Christians, marry! You, sir, with the slouching gait, the pocketed hands, the ill tailored frame, just pair off with a neat, smart little damsel, who has an eye for the picturesques, and Before the honeymoon is over she will so transfigure you that you will scarcely know yourself in the looking glass, according to a writer in the New York Ledger. “Beauty and the Beast” is ne fable. Many a monster” has been transformed into a gentleman •by the necromantic influence of a pretty woman. You, Sir Nimrod, whose talk is of double barrels and setters, of deer shooting on the Adirondacks, or moose huating in the Canada wilds, do you wish to be civilized and socialized? Doubtless you do. Then marry a true geutlewoman, and she will soon make you as gentle and gailant a cavalier as ever shawled a lady at tall or opera. Even the miser may be won from his golden pagoda by a generous wife, though it most be confessed that of all eccentricities the greed of riches is the most difficult to eradicate. The fact is that every eccentric bachelor is like a helmless ship that lia3 yawed more or less out of her proper course. A good wife’s advice is the tiller that he needs to bring his head round and steer him safely and happily over the sea of life.

Some Mistake.

Sharpwit—l have a neighbor whom I want to drive out, so I eau get his property cheap. I have tried keeping chickens, dogs, and parrots, but without success. A neighbor of yours, however, tells me you have a pet which he will warrant to clear a neighborhood of inhabitants in less than no time, but 1 forgot to ask what it was. Have you any particularly noisy parrots or anvthing of that kind? * Suburban Woman—lndeed, I haven’t anything at all except a little kitten. There must he some mistake. Jane I Jane! Tne baby has waked up. Go to him quick." —Good Neivs.

Why the Fire Went Out.

An Irishman, in addition to his duties ar gardener, had the care of the furnace which heated the house. To the irritation of the household there came a morning bitterly cold when the furnace gave forth no heat, for the very good reason that an investigation showed there remained not a spark or ember in the grate. “Mike,” cried the angry paterfamilias, “the furnace fire weut out last night.” “So did I, sorr,” returned the culprit serenely.

Bliffers' Escape.

Whiffers—Narrow escape Bliffershad yesterday, wasn’t it? Miffers —I didn’t hear of it. Whiffers—Why. that bore, De Gabble, button-holed him on the street aDd began telling lam ail about that first baby of his; but fortunately just as he got started, a runaway horse dashed into them and Bliffers was killed.— Good News. There is no sense in weeping over spilt milk when it is two-thirds water

BEFORE THE BATTLE.

A FULL STATEMENT OF THE STRIKERS’ CASE. The Chief of the Knights of Libor Appeals to the Public to Stand by tne Workingmen In Their Great Fight with Capital. Mr. T. V. Powderly, Grand Master of the Knights of Labor, has issued the following appeal to the public: To the People: For some time the management of the New York Central and Hudson Elver Rall*oad have been discharging employes who have been active In labor affairs. It happens that all those who have been dismissed are members of the order of Knights of Labor, and have at one time or another been officers of the order, or have served on committees which waited on the officials with a vlow of presenting grievances. These discharges became so frequent and were so clearly evidence of a settled purpose on the part of the company to disrupt and destroy the organization of the Knights of Labor on tho Central System that the Executive Board of District Assembly In which the Knights of Labor upoiF *h« system are enrolled, found It necessary<t«srtill a special meeting in New York to consider the situation. >A» In the meantime the Executive Board, having been apprised of the condition of affairs, sent one of its members, J. J. Holland, to New York with instructions to use all possible efforts to bring about an amicable adjustment ors tho difficulty. On his arrival in New York, after a conference with representatives of the District Assembly, he waited upon H. Walter Webb, Third Vice President and acting manager of the company. Mr. Holland stated to Mr. Webb that he had called to endeavor to adjust the unpleasantness existing between the company and its Knights of Labor employes. Mr. Webb denied that there was any trouble existing between the company and its employes. Mr. Holland told him that he, as a member of the General Executive Board of tho Knights of Labor, had come at the request of the men, through tho organization to which they belonged, District Assembly 240. Mr. Webb frequently declared that he would not discuss the matter with any one not an employe of the company and closed the interview by saying: "I don’t care to state what preparations we are making for a strike. We are making such preparations as_ would seem reasonable and proper to any’prudent railroad man. But I dou’t believe there is going to be a strike. I can’t believe that the men will act in the ill-considered manner in which it is alleged they will act. Should a striko be ordered, I am pretty confident that neither tho Federation nor tho Knights would move many of our men from our service.” ' Finding all efforts to effect a peaceful settlement of their grievances Impossible, and being convinced that It was only a question of time when they would be one and all discharged unless they forfeited their manhood and abandoned their privileges as citizens of a free country, by renouncing their rights to join their fellows in an organization calculated to protect their just rights without intrenching upon those of others, the District Executive Board had no alternative but to order a strike, which they did. Ou Wednesday morning John Devlin, of the General Executive Board, and myself waitod on Mr. Toucey, General Manager, and endeavored to have the matter arbitrated or investigated. Mr. Toucey was emphatic in his refusal. On the afternoon of that day Mr. Webb was visited and he reiterated what Mr. Toucey had said. If was suggested to him that disinterested parties hear and determine; it was also suggested that during the investigation the strike be declared off and the investigation proceeded with. That was refused. Then Mr. Webb refused my proposition that he sit with me in the presence of the men who were discharged and allow me to question them in his presence that I might know the facts of the case and bo better able to arrive at a decision.

During the session of the State Legislature the Knights of Labor of New York wore active in the passage of tho weekly-pay bill. The committee of the knights, representing the employes of the New York Central Railroad, wore met at Albany by the attorneys of the railway and browbeaten, questioned, and terrorized. Some of the members of that committee, who were at 0 the time employed by the New York Central, were discharged without any given cause. There is not a doubt in the minds of the committee that these men were sihgled out for endeavoring to secure the passage of the above-mentioned law. After thoroughly Investigating the causes Which led to the strike, and after making every effort in their power to induce the company to arbitrate or submit to an investigation by impartial men the question at issue, the general executive board have, by a unanimous vote, determined to stand by the men, who, whether their strike was opportune or no, had no alternative consistent with their manhood. Everything that could In honor be done to terminate the strike on an honorable basis for the men was done, and the alternative of unconditional and absolute surrender on the part of the men or a protest against the tyranny of the officials of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad was presented to us. Under the circumstances It would be unmanly. It would be cowardly and unworthy of the sons of men who struggled and died for the rights of humanity. We did not seek tho quarrel. The General Executive Board know nothing of it until It was thrust upon them and now that we have to face it we ask of the entire order of the Knights of Labor to come to our assistance with the means to win the strike. We are not craving for sympathy. We are not in need of moral support. We have to fight a power which owes its lofty bearing to the wealth it has piled up from the labor of its employes; untold millions are at its command and we want money to carry on the struggle. We ask all members of organized labor to come to our aid. We not only ask labor organizations, but we ask of the groat public beyond our organizations of labor to come to our relief- It Is not because a few cents taore a day or some paltry concession to the lien was required that this strike was precipitated. The real animus lies in the fact that our order has been struggling with the questions which concern the control of trusts, corporations and syndicates by the Government of the people. The allied forces of the Knights of Labor and the Farmers’ Alliance are marching on to Washington to secure legislation favorable to the whole people .and secure tho repeal of certain unjust laws. It is in the hope of turning out attention away from these matters that this warfare is made on this part of the allied forces. The conduct of the men since the strike begun has been most orderly and commendable, and until it closes no Knight of Labor will be found in an unlawful act of any kind. We are pledged to maintain .the law. We will obey the legal commands of the State, but not of the corporation which defies public opinion and has no regard for justice when dealing with its employes. Conciliation and arbitration can deal with the most intricate questions of dispute. The unchristian attitude of the New York Central officials is best illustrated by the manner in which they violate the laws of the land through their agents. During the strike Robert Pinkerton Is the agent of that railroad company. He advertises for men, they respond and are hired without regard to qualifications or manhood. Apparently the brute alone, is sought for, and such creatures as will do any deed of desperation are best appreciated. Adolph Polleshek came to me Aug. 16 and made an affidavit that he was hired in New York by the New York Central Railroad as a watchman and sent to Albany, and upon arriving there was handed a commission appolntlug him a deputy sheriff without expense to the county, and given a club aud pistol aud told to use them. Polio-

sheV could scarcely speak the English language. It will be well to ask why bla ak commissions with the Sheriff’s’name attached are placed at the disposal of Robert Pinkerton to be placed In the bands of ignorant men,' who believe that under this authority they have the right to shoot citizens to death. In order to test this case still further, and to learn If all citizens would receive the same treatment, I telegraphed Sheriff Tap- ! pan, of Rensselaer County, asking him If he would swear In two hundred deputies to protect the lives of our members. He replied that he did not think the presentwltuation would warrant the appointment. W. Walter Webb applauds the action of the Pinkertons In shooting, and says they did right. The Knights of Labor bold themselves in readiness now, and will continue to hold themselves ready, to yield to the will of the public in this matter. The company, on the other hand, holds Itself above and superior to public opinion. I would here ask the men still in the employ of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad whether it be not to their interest to stand by and support those who are striking to vindicate the common right to organize. The General Executive Board will condifct this contest with all of their ability within the law- and without violence. To do this we require funds, and that at once. Public-spirited citizens, who believe in fair play, are asked to contribute to the liberty fund in aid of tho striking employes of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Send all contributions to John W. Hayes, 814 North Broad-Street, Philadelphia. Pa. T. V. Powderly, G. M. W., K. of L. WHERE DOES ARTHUR STAND? Mr. .Powderly Calls on tho Head of tho Engineers to Define His Position. Powderly has written the following letter to Mr. Arthur, Grand Chief Engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers: There is at present a strike in progress on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. In this strike is involved a prin- j ciple which you cannot afford to ignore, and the principle is that of fair play. Many of I tho men on strike are firemen and belong I not only to the Knights of Labor but to the i Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. They j are manfully contending for the right ta maintain their organization. They are now at a standstill, and In some Instances their places are being filled by members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who have stepped down from the footboard to pick up the shovels which were stopped by the firemen. Are you willing that this should continue? Are we to understand that this action is to receive the sanction of the organization you represent. The Knights of Labor desire to know where you stand on this question, for you are authorized to voice the sentiments of your order. The members of the various brotherhoods of railway employes are desirous of knowing where you stand, for on your answer, and we desire that it be a public one, depends the future of your association. We desire to know where to place it. Shall It be classed among the organizations of In- j dustry or among the allies of capital? If your members continue to do the work of firemen we shall know that it is with your consent, and the future will be plain before us. We-do not ask for your-offlcial sane-, tion of tho strike: we only ask for fair treatment at your hands, and that we.have I a right to expect. The man who takes J the place of another in this contest is untrue to the cause of organized labor. The organization which approves of such conduct must be regarded in the same light, and we want to know from your own lips where to assign the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the rosterof organizations. Wo have asked of other organizations of railway employes to take sides with us. They are responding nobly, and the future of labor seems to indicate that between us all there is a far better understanding than ever before, but your voice must be heard either on the side of the railway or the men. Which will it be? I remain, very respeotfully, yours, T. V. Powderly. G. M. W., K. of L.

Brief Items of Interest. The German minors’ congress will meet at Halle Sept. 15. The Tilbury dockmcn’s strike has ended In a victory for the men. fcTHE Chemical Union will assume control of the European trade in chemicals Oct. 1. The French Government has sent relief to the storm sufferers in southeast France. A French syndicate has offered a loan to Uruguay to enable the Government to withdraw the paper currency. The Mexican Government has granted a concession to ex-Deputy Orisini, of Rome, for an exhibition of Roman art in the City of Mexico. The British Company in South Africa has had trouble with the King of Matableland, and a savage war against the colonists Is expected. English landholders, members of the Property Defense League, have issued a circular denouncing the socialistic tendencies of legislation in Great Britain. The Boston Gazette says that the estate of the late John Boyle O’Reilly will amount to $150,000. Marion Crawford keeps himself in fine physical trim by fencing and indulging in other athletic exercises. Young Mr. Thurman, son of Allen G. Thurman, is gray-haired and has but one arm. He lost the other in an accident many years ago. “Mose” Jacobs, a Des Moines (Iowa) newsboy, has a fortune of SIO,OOO invested in real estate. He is one of the best-known persons in lowa. William Walter Phelps effectively disposes of the story that he is to come home this fall from Berlin and run again for Congress in his old district. The young Duchess of Leinster, who has been called the prettiost woman in England, is tall and slender, stately and calm, with perfectly chiseled features. She is an aristocrat from crown to toe. The rumor that Freddie Gebhard and Lily Langtry were out is very much»conflrmed by the news from Paris that Lord Lurgan has settled $50,000 on the Lily, and is her most obedient in many respects.

No Light from That Text.

It is not always safe at critical moments in one’s life to rely upon receiving guidance from the passage of Scripture which the eye may fall upon. An earnest Christian layman who was in the leather business was in great perplexity not long ago over complications in his business. Thinking the problem over in his office, from which he could view in the warehouse piles of leather and skies of one sort and another, he resolved to try the expedient commended to him by devout souls of resorting to the Bible. He happened to open at the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, and the first word? his eyes struck were these: “They went about in sheepskins and goatskins.” He still believes, however, that the good book contains piles of comfort and counsel. Gold is worth about $240 per pound, troy; platinum, $130; and silver about sl2. Nickel would be quoted at about 60 cents, and pure aluminium $8 to $9 to the tiqy pound.

MORE OR LESS AMUSING.

Weather report—a thunder clap. Many fine dinners are served in a oonrse way. An after-dinner speech: Waiter, bring me the tooth-picks. Isn’t it rather rough to call a grocer who simply sands his sngar an adulterer ? “I’m having a ‘gallus’ time,” said the old bachelor, as he mended one of his suspenders. Chawlie —l thought yon took an interest in my welfare. Madge—No, sir; •only in your farewell. f Chicago girls object to rubbers, “they draw the feet so. ” It must be an awful load, even for India-rubber. Miss Wiseman —lsn’t your husband a little bald ? Mrs. Hendricks (indignantly) —There isn’t a bald hair in his head. Chacncey Depew needn’t brag about seeing-the Queen. We knew a man once who “saw” four queens and it cost him about $4,000. Mother —And what did you say to the gentleman, Ethel, when he gave you the apple? Ethel—l told him that I liked oranges better. Barber (executing an artistio swipe down his customer’s cheek) —Does it pull? Customer (with his teeth firmly set) —No, it don’t pull—lt ex cavates. Mrs. McCarthy (to pedlar)—ls thim cabbages nice, Mr. O’Leary ? O’Leary (gallantly)—Bedad, they’re as fresh and green as yourself, Mrs. McCarthy. Average wife—My dear, aren’t you going to church with me this Sunday? Average husband—Good lands! Why, I went to churoh with you last Sunday. Irate better half—Jeremiah, von’re a goin’ ter hey a piece of my mini now. Henpecked husband (feebly)—l rather hev a peace of mine, wife, darned es 1 hedn’t.

Mrs. Upton —Yes, that is my daughter’s piano; bat she has scarcely touched it since she has been married. Mrs. Downtoo —Jest the same with my darter an’ ’er typewriter. “Do You believe that spirits can return, Doctor!” “Oh, my friend, how can you ask such a question ? If I believed that I would not be able to practice my profession any longer!” Benevolent: “Well, Fritz, you got whipped at school to-day ?” “Yeff, but it did not hurt.” “But you certainly have been crying?” “Oh, I wanted to let the teacher have a little pleasure out of it.” First resorter—That mosquito just came'up and presented Ms'bill as cool as could be. I never had anything sting me so. Second resorter—That’s nothing. Wait till the landlord does the same thing. Benevolent party—My man, don’t you think fishing is a cruel sport? Fisherman—Cruel? Well. I should say so. I have sat here six hours, have not had a bite and am nearly eaten up by mosquitoes. Sleeker —Yes, sir, I always kept a diary. And there never was an entry in that diary which I would have been ashamed that my mother or my sister should see. Ruffen—Same here. I put down “sundries” for drinkables. “I feel,” said the young man to her father, “that existence without your daughter would be only a dreary task, whose .completion could not come too soon. ” “Very well, ” said 'the old gentleman ; “take her, and presently you’ll feel the same way, only more so.” “Papa,” said the young mother, “I have decided on a name foY the baby; we 'will call her Imogen.” Papa was lost in thought for a few minutes; ho did Dot like the name, but if he opposed it his wife would have her own way. “That’s nice,” said he, presently. “My £rst sweetheart was named Imogen, tnd she will take it ad a compliment.* “We will call her Mary, after my mother,” was the stem reply. the frisky summer girl. When tho grass widow loves to repose In ihe shade. And the bank clerk affecteth to doze In the glade, The frisky young lass Tumbles round In tho grass, Nor of strangers who pass «, Is afiad. -f Nonght cqres she for curl or skirt, Not she; She rompishly loveth to flirt • With some he. He may be a granger, he may Be a drummer who stops for a day; Men are scarce, and young maidens are gav—• Fall of glee. —Son Fmneitco News Letter.

Large Reservoirs,

Omitting lakes, which are .in many cases natural reseivoirs, the largest reservoir or artificial lake in the world is the great tank of Dhebar, twenty miles southeast of Udaipur City, Bajputana Province, India. It covers an area of twenty-one square miles. The masonry dam is 1,000 feet long by 96 feet high; 50 feet wide at the base, and 15 at the top. In Southern India, also, there are some immense reservoirs. That of Cumden in Guddapath district is formed by damming the Gundlakamana River by a dam fifty-seven feet higii thrown between two hills. The reservoir has an area of fifteen square miles. The Sluekere reservoir in Mysore state is a very little smaller, and, next to Cumbum, is the #nest in Southern India. Compared with these artificial lakes, Loch Katrine (supplying Glasgow), four and one-half square miles, and Vyrnwy reservoir (supplying Liverpool), nearly two square miles, are insignificant in size. The Manchar tank in Scinde has an area et onfe hundred and eighty square miles, but only when fed by the waters of the river during the months of flood. In dry months it shrinks to quite a small area. The growing together of the middle , and end bones of the little toe is of frequent occurrence and has been attributed to tight boots. A German anatomist, however, finds about the same percentage of cases in men and children as in women, and concludes that the phenomenon is a normal tendency to a change of structure just beginning before our eyes, “It was a pretty piggish thing in Eve to eat the apple when she had everything else she wanted.” “Oh, well what could you expect? She was only* sparerib, anyhow.”