THK AUSTRALIAN BALLOT LAW.
(Continued.)
.Sec. 60. Immediately upon receiving
the ballot from the elector, the chairman
shall repeat the name and residence
distinctly, and shall remove the remain
ing half of the stub from the ballot with -out
exposing the contents of the ballot
or the marks or- crosses thereon, and
pass the stab to the second clerk, who
shall compare it with its counterpart
and observe that the name written on
the counterpart corresponds with the-
- name given by the person voting. If no
objection is made to the elector, and the
indsres are satisfied that the elector is
legally qualified,' according to the consti
tution and laws of the state, to vote for
mil offices to be filled at that election, and
that the ballot presented is the identical
white ballot received by the elector as
aforsaid from the first clerk, the chair
man shall immediately put the ballot in
the box marked "general," without any
; one inspecting or seeing ' the names
Written or printed or the crosses or
marks upon the ballot, and without un
folding the same, and the second clerk
shall enter opposite the name and num
ber of the elector in the poll-book the
work "voted" or the letter "V" to indi
cate the same.
Sec. 61. If a majority of the judges are
satisfied the elector is legally qualified
to vote in that precinct only for "state'
officers, the chairman 6hall immediately
write with pen and ink upori the back of
the ballot the word "state" and sign nis
(the chairman's) initials thereto ; if the
elector is qualified to vote for district of
ficers also, the chairman shall write as
aforesaid the words "state and district'
In either such case the ballot shall then
2e deposited in the box marked "state
and district," and the clerks shall add
the name of the elector upon the poll
books the words "state," or "state and
district," ' as the case may be. The
elector shall then immediately pass out
1 by the way indicated by the judges.
Sec. 62. If an v elector by accident or
- mistake spoils his ballot so that he can
not conveniently vote the same, he may
on returning said spoiled ballot, receive
another in place thereof. If the elector
spoil three such ballots, it shall be con
clusive evidence that the elector is un
able to prepare his ballot without f-.ssis
twice, and he shall request the assistance
of two of the judges to prepare one for
him. Vhen the elector spoils a ballot
and returns the same to. the first clerk,
the clerk write upon the Btub the word
'"spoiled and sign his initials, and re
move the stub from the ballot, and im
mediately pass the stub to the judges,
and he shall then immediately destroy
the spoiled ballot, without any one in
specting its contents, and issue another
to the elector as in the nrst instance, af
fixing the same name and number to
the stubs as the original ballot.
oec. o3. JNo person shall take or re-
Tnove any white ballot from the polling
place and immediately upon the closing
of the polls the judges shall cause all the
white ballots remaining unused to be
immediately destroyed by tearing them
in pieces or by burning them.
oec. 04. as tast as electors vote as
aforesaid, the second clerk shall string
the mated stubs upon a strong thread
and immediately upon the closing of the
polls he shall securely knot together the
ends of the thread and carefully preserve
the same.
Sec. Go. Xot more thin one person at
one time shall be permitted to occupy
anyone compartment or place provided
for electors to prepare their ballots, and
- no person shall remain in or occupy such
compartment longer than may be reason
ably necessary to prepare his ballot
.every elector wuo does not vote any
ballot delivered to him shall, before
leaving the polling place, return Such
ballot to the first clerk, who shall write
upon the stub thereon "Not Voted,'
and sign his initials, and treat the stub
"and ballot in the same manner as in the
case of a spoiled ballot, and both clerk
shall note the fact upon the poll-books
by drawing a line with- pen and ink
across the name of the person, and writ
ing the words "Not Voted."
Sec. 66. Any elector who declares
the chairman that he cannot read
write, or that by blindness, or other
physical disability, he is unable to pre
pare his ballot, shall, upon request, re
ceive the assistance ol two of the iudges
in the preparation thereof, and such
officers shall ascertain his wishes and
prepare his ballot in accordance there
with, and Buch officers shall thereafter
give no information regarding the same,
The chairman may, in his discretion, re
quire such declaration of disability to I
made by the elector underoatb. When
ever an elector receives assistance in this
manner," the second clerk shall write
upon the poll-book,, opposite the -name
. of the elector, the word "assisted," and
it sworn, also - "sworn." in preparing
his ballot, any elector shall be at liberty
to use or copy any colored or sample
ballot provided by this act which he may
choose to mark or have had marked in
advance, to assist him in marking the
official ballot.
(To be Continued.)
Something new Pabstsx Bohemian
p "Milwaukee Beer only one bit' a bottle.
Hot clam broth after 5 p. m. at J. O.
Mack's. Call and try them. 2-23tf .
The HiTUt Sprout.
The leading cigar now, with Bmokers
about The Dalles, is the Havana Sprout.
It is A No. 1, and is to be found at
Byrne, Floyd & Co.'s. Call and try it.
2-24-dtf
MARKET REVIEW.
There has been considerable improve
ment over last week's business inl the
grocery and provision line as well as. in
other lines of trade. ' The trade in agri
cultural implements -has shown more
activity." ' Quite a number of freight
teams have loaded with merchandise for
the interior merchants, and jobbers in
the city are filling an increased number
of orders - for country dealers. The
Dalles, Portland and Astoria Navigation
company steamers are bringing targe
freights to the city for home merchants,
and also 'country?, towns." Traffic has
opened briskly in the freighting business
and there is a general movement in all
branches In home produce there' is a
good supply in stock and the increased
delivery has a tendency to bring down
prices in some things. Eggs have fallen
off in supply since last week for two
reasons, the demand for shipment and
the setting seaibn is beginning, has
checked the stocks on band and - prices
are a little better, we quote .14 to .1
per dozen for fresh eggs. ..
The wheat market is quiet. Prices
are nominally quoted at 75 to 80 cents
for milling and $1.00 for prime seed
wheat.
.In th is immediate section nearly all
is out of nrst hands, in K.lickitat we
hear there is still a considerable quantity
remaining in granaries awaiting better
prices, which under the present condi
tion of markets and outlook, is hardly
warrantable. It is doubtful whether
there will be any advance, at all this
season. Flour is maintaining its former
quotation but the tendency is a drop in
prices soon. Markets are weaker abroad
and our markets are governed largely by
the export demand.
The wool season is too far in, the
future to make any forecast of probabil-
ties for prices for the season's clip. In
conversation with a last year's wool
buyer, he gives it as his opinion thai
prices will rule lower this year than
last, for various reasons. One is the
over supply iq, excess of demand, and
the importation of Australian wool into
eastern markets, which is of a finer and
better grade, and of course manufactur
ers catch at that quality, which checks the
sales or demand for our domestic- fleeces
Congress is monkeying over free wool leg
islation and tnat as an influence, in a
measure, though remote, partially puts
a paralyzing tone on markets,- and more
so on the producer. .
Wheat We quote 75 to 80 cents
per bushel. Seed wheat finds readv sale
at $1.00 per bushel.
Oats The oat market is short of sup
ply. We quote 1.20 cents to $1.25 per
cental. .
Babley The barley supply is fairly
good with a limited inquiry. Brewing
$1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents ner cental.
Flour Local brands wholesale. $4.50
per Darrei at tne mills wfo.uu retail.
millstuffs we quote bran at 20.00
per ton. Retail 1.00 per 100 lbs.
Shorts and middlings, $22.60$25.00
per ton. . -
Hay Timothy hav is in good supply
at quotations $15.05 to $17.00. Wheat
hay is in market at $10.00 per ton loose,
and 12.50$13.00 per ton, ami-scarce.
baled. Wild hav is quoted at $14.00
per ton Alfalfa $12.00 baled. Oat
hav $13.00.
Potatoes Abundant at 60 to 65
cents a sack and demand limited.
Butter We quote Al .50Cm. 65 cents
per roll, and more plentiful).
G6S Are not coming in freely and the
market strong, we quote 14 to 16? 3 cents
Poultry Old fowls are in less de
mand at $3.003.50. ' Young fowls are
easily sold at $2.00300 per dozen
Turkeys 10 cents peril), undressed
Ducka $4.00 to 5.00 per dozen.
Hipes Prime dry hides are quoted at
"0 per pound. Culls .0405. lireen .02J4
.03. Salt .03.04. Sheep pelts
l.uutoji.o; butchered. 70 to cents
bear skins $6 to $8; coyote.60; mink 50
cents each ; martin $l".00 ; beaver, $1.75
(&3.00 per lb.;, otter, $2.005.00 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badeer. .25 each :
fisher, $2.50 to $4.00 each; Red Fox,
$10.00; Dilon gray, $25.00; Black Fox,
$2o.00; Pole cat, $.25 ; Wildcat, $.50;
iieagnog, $i.uu to ?3.uu.
.beef tseel on loot clean and prime
ins 94, ordinary ; and nrm.
. Mutton Choice weathers $4.25 ; com
mon 6.io.
Hogs Live heavy, .05. Dressed
.06. . -
Country bacon in round lots .09. 10,
Lard 5ib cans .12W.13; 12ft.
401b .08.09.
Lumber The supply is fairly srood
We quote No. 1 flooring and rustic
$26.00. No. 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
$16.50. Rough lumber $9. to $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.50$2.60. Lath $2.85
Lime $1.65$1.75 per bbl. Cement
$4.50 per bbl.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Coffee Costa Rica is quoted at 23
cents by the sack : - -
Sugars Chinese in 1001b mats. Dry
Granulated, $6. ; Extra C, 5 cents
j, oy cents.
American sugars Dry Granulated in
barrels or sacks, 6 cents ; Extra C, in
00., o?4 cents; u, x cents.
Sugars in 30 Bj boxes are quoted
Golden C $1.80; Extra C, $2.10; Dry
Granulated $2.25.
Syrup $2.25 to $2.75. can, kegs 1.90
to z.uu ft Keg.
Ricb Japan rice, 6J6 cents ; Is
land rice, 7 cents.
Beans Small white, 45 cents;
tint, 4(g4& cents oy tne iudm.
Stock Salt Is quoted at $17.50 per
ton. 'Liverpool, 60 lb Back, 70 cents
100 ftsack, $1.25; 200ft. sack, $2.25.
Apples .751.25 V box and scarce.
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carrots
and onions, 1 cent per pound.
NOTICE.
R. E. French has for sale a number of
improved ranches - and unimproved
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. ' They will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms.
Air. trench can locate settlers on some
good unsettled claims in the same neigh
borhood. His address is Grass -Valley,
enerman county, uregon.
A nrnu Worth Over V,00. '.
Sixty thousand dollars in cash and
bank books representing $30,000 were
found at Lyme. Conn., recently. They
are the hidden wealth belonging to the
late Mrs. Jane Kingsbury, who was sup
posed to be poor. '
Attorney Cunningham and a Mr. Cirris-
wold came across several bankbooks
concealed in a chest in a spare bedroom.
They were found in bureau drawers
which had not been used to the knowl
edge of the other persons in the house
for years.
The books represented deposits amount
ing to about $30,000. The search was
continued and $60,000 in money was
found bidden in different places.
Of this sum $14,000 was in gold pieces
in denominations ranging from one dol
lar to fifty dollars.-. -The balance was in
currency. . - it was all bidden in the bot
toms of ' trunks, bureau drawers and
beds. '
How Mrs. Kingsbury hoarded ' this
money is a mystery to every one famil
iar with her manner of living. What
her income was no one knows, bnt it
was always thought she lived up to "
Years ago Mrs. Kingsbury, wu.
the wife of Major Kingsbury and im...i
er-in-law of ex-Governor Buckner. ot
Kentucky, figured in a series of law
suits in this state and Kentncky. They
tasted for twelve years. Cor. New York
Sun
CheM by Telephone
A novel nse of the telephone has been
made in England on the occasion of a
chews match between the British Chess
club in Loudon and the Liverpool Chess
clnb. . All the moves were made by tele
phone, the transmitter having a nickel
plated mouthpiece and being of the
granular type, which is specially fitted
ror long distance tarn. Two games were
played simultaneously, the first beini
lost by the London club, and the second.
which lasted more than seven hours, be
ing a draw.
A very amusing incident happened
when London, at 7 p. m., proposed an
adjournment of the game over the din
ner hour, and board No. 2 at the same
time offered a draw. Both offers were
declined by Liverpool with thanks, an
answer which was received with shouts
of laughter by the members of the Lon
don club, who bad mustered in great
force for the occasion. "
"We beard yon laugh." was the mes
sage sent at once by the Liverpool men,
tnnch to the amnemeiit of the London
audience. At the conclusion of the sec
ond game" a return match was arranged
for the following Saturday, with a time
limit of twelve moves per hour, and a
hearty cheer was given by Loudon and
responded to by Liverpool. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
A JJeff Aluminium Alloy.
The Alnnnriinm , Brass and Bronze
company announces a uew- metal which
is exceedingly tough, very ductile, and
when either hard or soft drawn into
wire, possesses an . extremely tensile
strength, for ordinary size annealed it is
86.000 pounds per square inch, and for
hard drawn titft.OOO pounds per square
inch, its ductility is such that .the a
nealed wire will stand. 124 twists in six
inches, and the hard drawn wire thirty
twists.
it solders with facility with resin,
chloride of zino or any of the ordinary
solders and fluxes. In electrical resist
ance, comparing this new metal, ordi
nary copper taken as one. German silver
is thirteen and the uew metal is thirty
five. It is this qualification that makes
it valuable for resistance work in dy-H
uauio machinery and all electrical ap
paratus. Its specific gravity is about
the same as copper, which it resembles
as to finish. Mechanical World.
Advertising on Letters.
The idea of advertising by means of
what purports to be mistiirected private
post curds has apparently been improved
uih.u (like many of our ideas) in the
United States. A lady tells me that she
recently received from her son in Amer
ica a letter, on the envelope of which
was written in writing closely resemb
ling that of the address, "Head the last
number of the Review." On inquiry
it appeared that the son had uot written
this inscription, which had therefore
been added (presumably) in the post-
office. It is to be hoped that this Yan
kee notion will not catch on" in this
country: but I take it that most of our
postoffice clerks have their time too well
occupied to permit of their undertaking
to inscribe advertisements on the letters
which pass through their hands. Lon
don Truth. -
A Ho j Attacked by M auk rats.
When a .Morion (O.) boy attempted to
kill a muskrat caught in a steel trap a.
few days ago the animal showed fight.
and as it gave a death wail the banks of
the creek seemed to be fairly alive with
the little animals a they came to the as
sistance of their companion. The boy
was attacked on all sides, and was getting
badly scratched - and bitten, when his
dog. which had been chasing a rabbit,
came to his assistance and proceeded to
battle with the enraged animals. In less
than five minutes seventeen of the musk
rats were lying around dead, while the
rest scampered to a place of safety. Ex
change. ,
Cariosities In Arlzrina.
Parties out deer bunting ran across an
old ruin on the top of the highest moun
tain nine miles north of Phoenix. It is
of stone, and some of the walls are still
standing ten feet high. The old bnild
: ing or bnildings covered an area of
about two acres of hind. The large
stones around the place are covered with
hieroglyphics. Phoenix (A. T.) (xazette.
Bolivia, with Improved transportation,
will send large quantities of coffee and
rubber to the seaboard. The new rail
way being built to the headwaters of the
Amazon will ' greatly facilitate such
transportation.
While a traveling man was in Lima,
O., recently, he received within fifteen
minutes three telegrams, each announc
ing the unexpected death of a different
member of his family at home. .-
Debt Paid Alter Many
In the town of Dexter, away back in
1867, a mill operative was approached
by another young fellow and impor
tuned for a loan of ten dollars for a few
days. The operative had just, that
amount, but having a wife and aged
mother to care for hardly dared spare
it, for fear or need, but finally did di
vide, loaning the fellow" five dollars.
Soon after the borrower disappeared.
and nothing more was heard from him
until last Christmas, day, when the !
lender, who is now a leading business
man of Skowbegan, received a letter
containing a" check for the five dollars,
accompanied ' by the most beautiful dia
mond solitaire stud . be ever saw. The
incident had long passed from bis mind.
but the letter and present recalled that
loan of twenty-five years ago in Dexter.
It remains to say that the borrower is
now a wealthy jeweler m western New
York. Lewiston Journal.
A Carious Chair.
People in the Central Street station at
1 o'clock Saturday afternoon saw a very
odd and decidedly novel chair put aboard
the train leaving at that hour. It is
about six feet high, being built after the '
manner of. the furniture nsed in lodge"
rooms. .- .
Charles Roberts was the maker, and
the chair is a gift from him to his broth
er, J. U- Kooeris. engineer on tne Man
chester express.
The chair is made out of wood col-
letM in airrerent localities and am.
braces twigs and smaii limbs of trees
and from the outskirts of the city.
There are walnnt. birch, butternut,
bass wood. ash. willow and maple limbs
in it. all blended prettily together in
rustic rasuion. ijowen uuzea
Bad Blood,
impure or vitted wood unto
times out of tea caused by some I
form ol constipation or Indians-
"httfc
comes iinprecnated with the el-
fetematter- TbeoKlSarsapariUas
attempt to reach this condition
hr nttackiue the blood with the
drastic mineral ' potash." The potash theory is
old and obsolete. Joy's Vegetable S&rsapaftlla is
modern. It goes to tiie scat of the trouble. It
arouses the liver, kiduevs and bowels to heaJth
iul' action, aud invigorates the circulation, and
the impurities are quickly carried off through
the natural channels.
rTry It ana note us ocusuum (-zli "
action. Chas. Lee, at Beomish's f jjU'
Third and Market Streets, F., fck h
orritoa- I took it for vltia'.L-J il I.
oioo ami wnue 0:1 me ju-m cut-
Uo became couvim-ot of its raer- 7t
its, for 1 could feci It was work- SrSp$l
ingacbange. It clcar.se.:, puri- fcTOfSf
lied and braced mo up generally, 1 f
and evcrytuina is now worting full nud regulj ."
Joys
For Sale by
Vegetable
SarsapariHa
Sale by SNIPES &" KI NER SLY
THE DALLES, OREGON.
IH GRIPPE
OUJbtXIJJ
Bv usiuir 8. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and 8.
B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were
8TJCOEBSFTJT iT i"ST
Tirol t-n-o vpjirs sen durinir the La GriTTe epi
demic, and very ilatceriiiK testimonials of their
power over that disease are at band. - Manufact
ured by the 8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur,
Uregon. 1-or sale by all aruggisis.
A Necessity'.-.-
The consumption
of tea largely in
creases every year In
England, Russia, and
the principal Euro
pean tea-drinking
countries. But it
America. Ana not
alone that, but thou
sands of Europeans
who leave Euro pa
ardent lover of tea,
upon arriving In the
United States gradu
ally discontinue Its use, and finally, ceasa it
altogether. - - '
- This state of things is due to the fact that
the Americana think so much of business
and so little of their palates that they permit
China and Japan to ship them their cheapest
and most worthless teas. Between the
l. wealthy classes of China and Japan and the
exacting and. cultivated tea-drinkers of
Europe, the. finer teas. find a ready market.
The balance' of the crop comes to America.
Is there any wonder, then, that our taste for
tea does not appreciate? -
- In "view of these facta, Is there not an Im
mediate demand for the Importation of a
brand of tea tbat la guaranteed to be un-
colored, unmanlpelated, and of absolute
purity? We think there is, and present
Beech's Tea. Its purity Is guaranteed in
every respect. It has, therefore, more In
herent strength than the cheap teas you have
been drinking, fully one third less being re
quired for an Infusion. This you will dia
; cover the first time you make is. Likewise,
the flavor la delightful, being the natural fla-.
ver of an unadulterated article. It Is a revela
tion to tea-drinkers. Bold only In packages
bearing this mark:
Price Mo per pound. Tot gale at
o
'PureAsSrtdhoodr
. . THS 0A1U1S, U KKUUS,' '
Tne Dalies
IS
Of the Leading City
During the little over
TIE
has earnestly tried to fulfill the obiects for -which, it
was founded, namely, to
industries, to advertise the resources of the city and
adjacent country and to -work for an open river to
the sea. Its record is before the people and the
phenomenal support it has
of thei approval. Independent in every-
thing, neUtral in nOthinff.
-' '
ior wnat it believes to be
Commencing -with-the
vclume the -weekly has been enlarged to eight pages
while the price "($1.50 a
Thus both the weeklv
more reading matter for
published in the county.
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