Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1898 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

How To Vote. The Law hasj Been Changed.-Read V’ery Careful. ' Mai, i, (A?*.— a. if ¥ Republican Ticket. For Secretary of State, KEP UNION BANNER HUNT. For Auditor of State, REP ‘ W. H. HART. For Treasurer of State, REP. LEOPOLD LEVY. You must get your ballots and the blue pencil of the polling clerks in the election room. If you want to vote a STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN TICKET, make a cross, thus X. within the LARGE CIRCLE at the head of the ticket containing the EAGLE- If you DO NOT wish to vote a straight ticket, you MUST NOT make a cross in the large circle containing the device of any party, but you must make a cross, thus x, on the small square to the left of the uame of each candidate for whom you desire to vote on whatever list of candidates it may be. IF THE LARGE CIRCLE AT THE HEAD OF THE TICKET is marked, and the ballot is marked at any other place, IT IS VOID AND CANNOT BE COUNTED, unless there be no candidate for some office in the list printed under such marked device, in which case you may indicate your choioe for such office by making a cross, thus X. on the square to the jieft of the name of any candidate for such office ou any other list. The cross must be ( placed within or on the circle or square, or the ballot is void and and cannot be counted. DO NOT MUTILATE YOUR BALLOT or mark it either by scratching a name off or writiugoueon, or in any other way EXCEPT BY MARKING IN THE CIRCLE OR ON THE SQUARES, as before mentioned. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. After marking your ballots, and before leaving the booth, FOLD THEM SEPARATELY, so that the face of them cannot J>e seen, and so that the INITIAL LETTERS of the names of the polling clerks on the back therof can be seen. Then hand your ballots to the inspector, the penoil to tliß polling clerk, aud leave the room. If you are physically uuable to mark your ballots, or cannot read English, so inform the polling clerks, and tell them how you wish to vote, aud they will mark your ballots for yon. But neither you or the olerks most permit any other person to hear or see how your ballots are marked. It is a penal offense to declare that you cauuok read English or cauuot mark your ballots, if, in fact, you can. If you should accidentally, or by mistake, deface, mutilate or spoil your ballots, return them to the poll clerks aud get. new ballots. Yon must not accept a ballot from any person outside of the electionroom. Any ballot outside is fraudulent, and it is a peuiteutkiry offense to have such a ballot in your possession, whether you attempt to vote it or uot. Yon must uot attempt to hold any conversation iu the election room except with members of the election board aud the poll clerks. You must uot put auy mark of any kind ou your ballot except as before mentioned. Use only the blue pencil hauded to you by tire polling clerk in marking your ballot. If you mark with any other pencil your ballot is void aud will not be counted.

For a thorough-bred Berkshire piy:; fora thorough-bred fox hound pup, or for a dog from 1 to 2 years old, address S. A. Havens, Shelbyville, Ind. Chicago Peace .Jubilee. Biggest event since the World’s Fair. Grand military and civic parades, illuminations, fireworks, etc., etc. The Monon Route will ‘‘ell tickets to Chicago from points within 250 miles, for one faro for the round trip Tickets on sale October 17 and 18, end for trains arriving not Inter than noon Oct. 19; good returning to Oct. 22 inclusive. W. H. Beam, Agent. Farms tor Sale. We have for sale several tracts of land varying in size from 40 acres to 280 acres, which will be sold at prices to suit the times. Only a small cash payment is required. balance on easy payments at ti pei4\ cent, interest. Prospective will find it to their advantage to call and see us. Holl¥*gßWorth & Hopkins.