NEW ELECTION LAW.
CON 1 1 NT K.I).
Si:i tmn 14. The face of every bal
lot which shall lie printed in accordant c
with the provisions of this act, shall
c ontain the names' and residences of
all candidates whose nomination for
uny office specified in the ballot shall
have been duly made, except such as
may have died or withdrawn. The
names of candidates shall be present
cl in tnc loiiowmg manner and order:
inmccascoi ccruiicaics ot nomi
nations made by a convention of dele
pates or otherwise, as described in sec
tion two, representing a political party,
wmcn, at tnc election next nrccedini
jwlled at least three per centum of the
highest entire vote cast in the State or
electoral distjict or division thereof for
which such nominations are made as
described in section two, the names of
all the candidates so nominated by
such political party, shall be arranged
in group) as pre: e ited in the several
certificates ol nomination, under th
nesignauon 01 me oince, witn the par
ty, descriptive words or political aniicl
htion at the head of each group: such
groups shall be printed in the order of
the vote polled by each political party
at the last preceding election, begin
ing with the party w hich secured the
highest vote. In all other cases of
nomination by nomination papers, the
names of the candidates for each office
shall be arranged under the designa
tion of the office in alphabetical order,
according to the surnames. " There
shall be left at the end of the lift of
candidates for each different office, (or
under the title of the office itself for
which an election is to be held, in case
there be no candidates legally nomina
ted therefor,) as many blank spaces as
there are persons to be elected to such
office, in which the voter may insert
tlic name of any person whose name
is not printed on the ballot, for whom
he desires to vote as candidate for
such office, and such insertion shall
count as a vote without the cross mark
(x) hereinafter mentioned. Whenever
the approval of a constitutional amend
ment or other question is submitted to
the vote of the people, such questions
shall be printed upon the ballot after
the list of candidates.
The bal'ot shall be so printed as to
give to each voter a clear opportunity
to designate his choice of candidates
by a cross-mark (x) 111 a sufficient mar
gin at the right of the name of each
candidate, and in like manner his an
swer to the questions submitted, and
on the ballot may he printed instruc
tions how to mark and such words as
will aid the voter to do this, as "vote
for one," "vote for three," "yes," "no",
and the like : Provided, That a voter
may designate his choice of all the
candidates of a political party or group
by one cross-mark in the margin to the
right of the party name or political
designation of such group, and snch
mark shall be equivalent to a mark
against every name in the group.
Section 15. All the ballots used at
the same voting place at any election
shall be alike, and shall be at least six
inches long and four inches wide; they
shall be printed with the same kind or
kinds of type, (which shall not be small
er than the size known as "brevier" or
"eight point body,") upon white paper,
without any impression or mark to dis
tinguish one from another, except as
expressly authorucd herein or uy ine
Constitution of this Commonwealth.
Kach ballot shall be attached to a stub
or counterfoil,' and all the ballots for
the same voting place shall be bound
together in convenient numbers in
books, in such manner that each bal
lot may be detached and removed
separately.
A diagonal folding-line shall be print
ed on the right hand upper corner of
the back of each ballot, and the said
corner shall be edged with adhesive
paste so that the corner, when folded
at the folding-line, can be securely
fastened down over the number now
required by the Constitution of the
Commonwealth, so that the said num
ber cannot be seen without unfisten-
ing or cutting open the part so fastened
ilfktin rrka -. rf nr.i rtfilfrtf alia 11 !
top
have a margin of equal size on both
back and face, ard the said folding
line shall be upon this margin, but
nothing else shall be printed thereon
except instructions how to mark : Pro
vided, That if at any time the said
Constitution shall cease to require bal
lots to be numbered, the foregoing re
quirements as to the folding-line, the
margin and the adhesive paste shall
be void.
On the back of each ballot, or on
the right hand side of the back, if the
ballot is printed in two columns, there
shall be printed as a caption, 4 official
ballot for" tollowed by the designation
of the voting place for which the bal
lot is prepared, the date of the election
and a facsimile of the signatures ot
the county commissioners of the re
spective counties who have caused the
ballots to be printed, unless they have
been printed by township or borough
auditors. ; A record of the number of
ballots printed and furnished to each
voting place shall be kept and pre
served by the county commissioners
of the several counties. When it is
thown by affidavit that mistake or omis
sion has occurred in the publication of
names or description of candidates, or
in the printing of the ballots, the court
of common pleas of the district or
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Gastcrla,
t any judge thereof, may, up-'
application of any qualified!
on the
elector of the d
tit.. r .. . V" " ' equire
e ( Strirf fr .
. v....,,nj iiii:iunssii
the mistake or
oners to correct
omission, or fn kIi,.u
cause why they should not.
Skciion-16. The county commis
sioners of each county shall provide
Tor each election district in which an
election is to be htld, except in dec
lions for township and borough offices,
t wo sets of sach ballots, cadi of not less
than seventy five lor every fifty and
fraction of fifty V()tcrs therein, as con
tamed upon the assessors list. They
shall also prepare full instructions for
the guidance of voters as to obtaining
ballots, as to the manner of marking
them and the method of gaining assis
tance, and as to obtaining new ballots
in place of those accidentally sailed,
and they shall respectively cause the
same, together with copies of sections
thirty-one to thirty six, inclusive, of this
act, to bo printed in large, clear type
on separate cards to be called cards of
instruction. They shall also cause to
lei nnted on tinted naner and -;ilmn
the fac.imile endorsements, an equal
dumber oFes , , J'i
K,n r 'J,
iuniwu iui cacn voting place
at each election therein, which shall be
called specimen ballots; and at each
election they shall furnish to each vot
ing place, together with the ballots to
be used there, a sufficient number of
care's of instruction and specimen bal
lots for use as required in section twen
ty one of this act. They shall also pro
vide for eacn election district, at every
election therein, two copies of the asses
sor's lists of voters and siull deliver the
same as s ich lists are now delivered,
one copy to be called the "ballot check
list," for the inspectors in charge of
the ballots, and the other copy to be
called the "votinir cheek list" tn 1...
used in marking the name of those who
have voted and the numbers of their
ballots as now required by law
MicrioN 1 7. I he two sets of ballots.
together with the specimen ballots and
caeds of instruction printed by the
county commissioners as herein provi
ded, shall be packed by them in separ
ate, sealed packages with marks on the
outside clearly designating the election
districts for which they are intended
and the number ol ballots of each kind
enclosed.
They shall then be sent by the coun
ty commissioners of the respective
counties, separately and at different
times or by different methods, to the
judges of election at the several voting
places so as to be received by them,
one set on the Saturday before the day
of election, and tne other set on the
Monday before the day of election.
1 he respective judges shall, on deliv
ery to them of such packages, return
receipts therefor to the commissioners,
who shall keep a record of the time
when and the manner in which thJ
several packages are sent, and shall
preserve for the period of one year the
receipts of the said judges of election.
ror elections of officers of townships
and boroughs and of election officers
and school directors in the same, the
auditor shall provide for each election
district, seventy five ballots for every
fifty and fraction of fifty voters on the
assessor's list, and an equal number of
specimen ballots, and shall obtain from
the county commissioners the requis
ite cards of instruction, which shall be
delivered with the ballots to the judges
Of election the day before the da of
election.
Section 18. In case the ballots to
be furnished to any voting place in ac
cordance with the provisions of this
act, shall fail for any reason to be du
ly delivered, qr in case after delivery
they shall be destroyed or stolen, it
shall be the duty of the judge of elec
tion of such voting place to cause
other ballots to be prepared substanti
ally in the form of the ballots so want
ing, and upon receipt of such other
ballots from him accompanied by a
statement, under oath, that the same
have been so prepared and furnished
by h'm and that the origin! ballots
have so failed to be, received or have
been so destroyed or stolen, the elec
t!0,Q mr3 shall cause the ballots so
substituted to be used in lieu of the
ballots wanting as above. It shall be
the duty of the county commissioners
of each county to mail complete spec
imens of the ballots and other neces
sary pajers, by registered letter, to the
judge of elections of each election dis
trict, at least four days before the elec
tion, to enable him to comply with the
directions of this section.
Section 19. i'he county commis
sioners of each county shall provide
for each election district therein, at
each election, a room large enough to
be fitted up with voting shelves and a
guard rail as hereinafter provided. If
in any district no such room can be
rented or otherwise obtained, the said
commissioners shall cause to be con
structed for such district, a temporary
room of adequate size to be used as a
voting room 1 they shall also cause all
the said rooms to be suitably provided
with heat and light and with a suffic
ient number of voting shelves or com
partments at or in which voters may
conveniently mark their ballots, so
that in the marking thereof they may
be screened from the observation of
others, and a guard-rail shall be so
constructed and placed that only such
persons as are inside said rail can ap
proach within six fjet of the ballot box
and of such voting shelves or compart
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Csstorln.
cotinty or
shall be
Un trn... 1 t. -II t I ' 1 t
view of those jVt outside the ai
guaru mil. 1 ne number of such vot
: t .1 ...
ing sneivcs or compartments shall not
be less than one for every fifty name
on the assessor's lists, but shall not, in
any case, be less than three for the
voters qualified to vote at such voting
puce. io persons, other than the elec
. o- 1 . .
mm owners ami voters admitted as
hereinafter provided, shall be permit
ted within the said rail, except by au
thority of the election officers for the
purpose of keeping order and enforc
ing the law. Kach voting shelf or com
partment shall be kept provided with
proper supplies and conveniences for
marking the ballots.
continued nkxt wkkk.
Charming pconle, these exceptional
people 1 Here's a medicine Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
instance, and its cured hundreds,
thousands that're known, thousands
that're unknown, and yet yours is an
, "-Ptiona. case f I,o you think that
mat nit 01 htima
an nature which vou
can "i is ditierent from the other par
eels of human nature ? "But you don't
Know my case.' ( rood friend, in ninety
nine out of a hundred cases, the causes
are the same impure blood and
that's why "Golden Medical Discovery"
cures ninety-nine out of every hundred.
ion may oe me exception. And you
may not. But would you lather be
the exception, or would you rather be
well? If you're the exception it costs
you nothing, you get your money back
but suppose it cures you f
Let the -Golden Medical Discovery
take the lisle.
Desirable For Ladies-
The new Fashion Journals published
by a. McDowell & Co., 4 West 1.1th
Street, New York, are Again on our
table, l he superiority of these journ
als is abundantly shown on every page
"l.a Mode' is the smallest of the
three, and is intended for family use
It has many styles for children, and is
only $1.50 per year, or 15 cents per
copy. "j.a Mode de 1'ans is an ele
gant journal, filled with everything of
me latest styie in rans Ins is a great
favorite with ladies who wish to keep
posted in the new styles as they come
out, "Album des Modes" is also a
popular Parisian publication, many la
dies giving it the preterence. It is re
plete with such styles as are patronized
by the middle classes, its designs being
neat and plain, yet all of the richest
character. These three monthly journ
als claim to give the earliest fashions,
and they are all printed in Paris. They
contain lessons in practical dressmak
ing, which arj of incomparable value
and easy to understand. "La Mode
de Paris" and the "Album des Modes"
are each $3 50 per annum, or 35 cents
for a single copy. Samples can be ob
tained from the house at single copy
prices if there is any difficulty in ob
taining them from newsdealers.
A Real Balsam is Kemp's Balsam
The dictionary says, "A balsam is a
thick, pure aromatic substance flowing
from trees." Kemp's Balsam for the
throat and lungs is the only cough
medicine that is a real balsam. Many
thin, watery cough remedies are called
balsams, but such are not. Look
through a bottle of Kemp's Balsam
and notice what a pure, thick prepa
ration it is. If you cough use Kemp's
Balsam. At all druggists'. Large
bottles cents and $1.
Literary Finish The wastJ basket.
Washington Star.
The average ballet dancer is like the
brook. She "goes on'' forever. Yonk
era Statesman.
Sailors are the Only class of men
.... ...:n ..-1. .1
MIUW.I W11U Will YUlUllUUliy Ml uuwu
on a tack. Philadelphia Press.
What Does It Moan?
uioo Does One Dollar" means sim
ply that Hood's Sarsaparilla is the
most economical medicine to buy, be
cause it gives more for the money than
any other preparation. Each bottle
contains 100 doses and will average to
last a month, while other preparations,
taken according to directions, are gone
in a week, Therefore, be sure to get
Hood's Sarsaparilla, the best blood
purifier.
The dear hunting season has been
transferred from the beach to the draw,
ing room, Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Hardly a week passes but we are
constantly surrounded by perils seen
and kerosene. Texas &i flings.
Soda water should be quite a favor
ite drink with the impecunious. They
can always get it charged Boston
Bulletin. . .
Stop and Think
How much money you have thrown
away buying worthless medicines, pre
pared by unprincipled parties, who
care not what harm they may do to
your system. You can depend on every
pouie 01 ouipnur Hitters as being a re
liable medicine. It searches out and
cleanses from the blood all impure
nutter, and makes you feel like a new
1 y :t3on. UostoH Daily Globe. io-i6-2t.
ments. The arrangement
such that neither the ballot
What a
COMFORT!
muiHT! HO FUSS! NO BACK ACHE!
" " nmor (bin nbH will
hara u and Kb; shoultTnot moo likewise tie
Wolff'sAGMEBIacking
1 cent a foot
will pny for chnngini! tha a p.
pearnrx-a or old Furniture
complete! ythat it will look lilt new.
U WILL DO IT.X row it.
WOLFF RANDOLPH, Philadelphia.
. j&URE
Pick Itoariaehe rod rollers all the trnnbto tnef
ticnt to a bllloue atntoof the arflt'.tn, nueli a
ZJIulncflN, Nausea, llrowntuoM, bintreiis after
rating, l'ain la the KM", ke. Whilo thuirmoit
roinvkable uccqur baa been ihown iu coxing ,
moil
Headache, yot CiiWi Little Liver PflU ara
equally vuluablo in Conntluation. curing ami pre
venting Cilanoonyinacomilaiiit,wlillo tlu'jalio
cornet aUiliaunler of tbeatomaolijitlniiilate tha
liver and regulate Uiebowala. Etuii U Uicj oulj
'Aehatlieywonldbealmoatprlcvlceetothemwhc)
ufcr from thla dlHtrcining complaint; but forta
natoljr tbolrgnoUueMdoca nntend bore,aml thoaa
Whooucetrjr them will find theee littlo pilln rate
able In so many ways that they will not be wil
ling to do witboot thorn. Ilut after allsick bea4
ACME
'l the bane of bo many llree that her fawner
I We make our great boast. Our plilacureltwbUa
i others do not.
I Carter's Little liver Pill ara very (mall and
very aasy to take. Cue or two pills make a dose.
Thpy are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
porno, bat by their gentle action please all who
Use them. In vlalsat 25 cental five for $1. Sol4
bj drugylats OTexywUcxo, or aunt by mc.IL
CARTIR MHMOIMI CO.. New YorV:
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE
PILES
AHA SI8 " rlvM Inotant
relief and la an lufiillihle
Care for I'llra. Price!. Ily
rree.Allrms"AXAKl(H,"
l)ox2Uu,Muw York City.
Persons who have engraved plates
for visiting cards, can have cards
printed from their plates at The Co
LUMitiAN ollire. We are also pre
pared to fill orders for engraved invi
tations or cards on short notice. Our
work is done by one of the leading
engravers of Philadelphia," and is
guaranteed as to quality and style.
Samples can be seen on application.
Don t send out of town for what can
be ordered at home. tf.
Be Tour Own Doctor,
It Won't cost you one half as much.
Do not delay. Send three two-cent
stamps for postage, and we will send
you Dr. Kaufman's great work, fine
colored plates from life, on disease, its
causes and home cure. Address, A.
P. Ordway & Co., Boston Mass. 10 2-
2t.
The Hunting season will soon be
here, when the country steer will need
a hide about a foot thick. Columbus
Post.
How's This ?
We offer One hundred Dollars re
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO , Props., To
ledo, Ohio.
We. the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to cairy out any obligations made
by their firm.
Wkst & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O. Wai.ding, Kinnan & Mar
vin, Wholesale I )ruggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Trice 75c, per
bottle. Sold by all druggists. 9-25-4U
Intemperate words Have another
on (hie) me. New York Herald.
First dude "I say aw where do
you get your hair cut?" Second dude
" On my head." lirooklyn Eagle.
Electrio Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no spci-ial mention,
All who have used Klectrie bittcia siur the
tame song of praise. A purer medicine does
1101 exist uiui 11 is Kunrameea 10 uo an mat
is claimed. I'.lecti ic Bitters will cure all tlis
eases of the Liver mid Kidneys, will remove
l'l 1111 ilcs, IJoils, Salt Klieum and other alloc
lions caused liy impure lilooil ill drive
Malaria from the system nn l prevent as well
ns cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of
1 Ic.1d.1che. Constipation and Indigestion try
r.lccti;c liuteis l.imre s.iti Caelum euaran
teed, or money refunded. Price S eis. and
if 1.03 per uolt'.e at C A. Klcim 4 Drugstore.
W VVii fc-w l wr m
yftS fjvzers
CARTER'Si
1 MM
Mr I I rili ifj
OBflCCO
I Good qifrllh
ntlt nrd in
only one sftajbe
3x IX-full 6ozJb
te most conencnf
to cut for jbocfcet or
to carry Wjjole,
Insist onh&yinq ffie
Genuine with -trie red H
tin Tag , made only ty,
John "finzer $Bm,boufcvillt,fy:
mm mm SALE.
Well established, situated in
Espy, Pa.
All in good working order.
CONSISTING OF
MILL SHOPS, SHED AND
DWELLING HOUSF.
Office with all the fixtures Connected
therewith, also tools, patterns
bitts &c. connected with
the machines in
the mill.
The amctmt of Sales from this mill
avcragad whon3a:t.in operation
TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS A MONTH-
Apply to, THOS. W. EDGAR,
317 Spruce St. Scranton.
June 17 6-m.
irKENDALL'S
USPAYINCMI
The Moat Sneeesafni Krmedr over dlseov.
snd, m It Is certain In It Reota and dues not
blister. 1UJ proof bolow 1
KENDnli'S SPAVIN CUBE.
DeLVEuaox, Pa,, Nov. 27, DO,
Da. n. J. Kihpat.t, Co. :
Oonta I would Hk to miike known to thos who
are almost fieniuailed to uhu KeiMlatl's 8jMvtn Curti
thefttt't that Ithluk itlaa intrntexrellent Llniimmt.
tlir Ifirtf for Hiiro vara when 1 commenced b
I liav used Itoo a blood spavin. 1 ut noraa weni on
use your Kendall's Spavin Cure. I used teu bot
tlxs on the none and have worked bliu fur thrve
years sluuc and him not becu lalue.
VUIM ....111 V
Yours truly,
Wit. A. CCRU
n
rrn
G ERMaNToWK, K. V., Nov. J, 13SS.
Da. D. J. Kkxdau Co., . .
Euosburgh Falls, Vt.
Cents t In pralaenf Kendall's Bpavln Cure I will
say. that ayear aa-o 1 lutd a valuable youuu horw In
come very lame.liork eularwxt and swollen. Tim
horaemen atiouS herntwe have no Veterinary Sur
geon lit-rel iirotiouurod hts lameness lilood hpaviu
or Tbonniffhpln, tlmy all told me there whs n
cure for It, he liec-ame about useless, and I con
sidered him almost worthless. A friend told nieef
tne merits of your Kendall's Bpavln Cure, so I
bouithta bottle, and I could see very plainly great
Improvements iiiiincdiettoly from lis UKe.und beioi j
thehoitle waaueed up wossttfianed that It was
doliiu blm a Kreui deulof good. I bought u net-on I
bottle and fiefore it was utter! up my horne wu4
cureo1 and has been In the team tloinw heavy wor't
all the season siuee taut April, ahowlnv no more
sltfiisof It. lcoiittlilnr your Kendall's Skiv1ii t'uro
a valuable medicine, and It should In) lu every
stable In the laud, lU'spevtfiilly you re,
EUOKNli DEWITT.
Price tl per bottle, or six bottles for $1. All drug
gists bave It or can vet It for you, or It will be scut
to any address on receipt of prlca by the proprie
tors. DK. II. J. KEN DA I. It CO.,
Enoaburgb Fallot Ycriiiout,
SOU) BY ALL DKI'UGISTS.
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING
G. V, BERTSCH,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
GEI-ITC FUF.!!ISHI!;2 GOODS.
HATS AllD CA:3
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits nade to order at short notice
and fit always guaranteed or no sale.
Call and examine the largest and best
selected stock of goods ever shown in
Columbia County.
Store next door to First Nationa
Bank.
MAIN STREET,
BlooitaHburir, Pa.
The Best Eu:r.:-S Gil Tha. Car. to
Mado Frcni Petroleum.
It gives n brilliant li;,ht. It will not
smoke llie chininujs. It will not char the
wick. It has a hith fire test. It uill ,mt
explode. It is re-tmineutly a family gafctv
oil.
We Challenge Comparison with am
other illuminating oil mad.
We stake our Reputation, as Refiners
upon the statement that it is
The Best Oil
IM THE WORLD.
ASK YOL'U DEALER FOR.
Crown - Acme
-:o:
ACME OIL COMPANY
LLOOMSLTKG,-
PA
J. R. Smith & Co.
i-lMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
DEALEHS IN
PIANOS,
Br tbe following1 well-known makers :
ChickcrittK,
Knabc,
Weber,
Hallct & Davis.
Can also furnish any of the
cheaper makes at manufact
urers prices. Do not buv a
piano before getting our prices.
n
Catilsgne and Price Lists
On application.
O HATEFUL COMFOKTINU.
EPPSS COCOA.
BREAKFAST.
"By a thorough knowlmlfre of the natural Iaw
bk'h irovurn the oiienitlons or dlvi-stlun and
nutrition, and liy a direful tippllcutlon of l ho
line propertti'S of wi'll-Mcli-ctedt'ooou. Mr. Epos
liu provided our hivHkfiiHt tubli-H with a di-ll-Ctttely
riuvored tx-veniirt) which nmy save tm
ninny heavy doctors' bills. It In by the Judicious
use oi Biu-u arm-it's or diet t iiui, a constitution
uiuy be gradually built up until strong cuoukIi
to resist every tendency to disease. lIuudreiH
of subtle maladies are tloatllntr around us ready
to attack wherever there Is a weak point. Ve
may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well fort Hied with pure blood and a prop
erly nourished frame." C'itI Serrhv Utuelle.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Hold
only Id halt pound tlus, by grocers, labelled
thus :
JtHEH Kfr tk CO.,
CUcuilsls, Loudou, Euglaud.
Homoeopathic
PATENTS.
Caveats and Trade Marks obtained, and all
Patent business conducted for MOUEUATK
oi'K OFFK'K IS OPPOSITE THE U. 8. PAT
ENT OFFICE. We have uo sub-agencies, all
business direct, hence can transact patent busi
ness In less time and at Less Cost thau those re
mote from Washington.
tend miKlel, di'awlnjf or photo, with desf-rtrw
tlon. We advise If patentable, or not, tree ol
charge. Our fi-e not due till patent Is secured
A book, "How to oleum Patents," with, roter.
ences to actual clients In your Slate, county, or
town, sent free. Address
C. A. know a co Washington, U. Ci
(Opposite U. s. Patent onice.)
KEMP the Artist,
gives a fine Crayon
with a Doz. of his fine
cabinets.
Over Schuyler's
Hardware titorc,
Klooansburg, Pa,