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JUST FOR VOTERS.
Chicasos Ballots Would Reach from That
City to Kansas.

Chicagos Ballots Would Reach from That
City to Kansas.
About 1,125, 900 ballots, each twenty
four by thirty inches, will be printed
by the election commissioners for Chi
cage at the fall election. Although
there will be no more than 400, 900 reg
dstered voters, if anywhere near that
many. the excess is required by statute
go that no voter, owing to the acci-
dental or designed loss Of a package,
need be deprived of his prerogative as
4 free man, to mark and deposit his
ballot.
Stacked one upon another in a tow
~srlike pile, without wrappers, the l.
1885, 900 ballots would reach 52S feet
in the air, an altitude loftier than the
topmost peak of the pyramids and al
most as great Is that Of the Washing
ton monument. The ballots are fold
ed in half when placed in the pack
ages prepared for the judges and
clerks. Each package will have 100
ballots in it, and the 1880 packages
stacked one upon another would ex-
tend 1900 feet high.
That does not include about 100,-'
900 women's ballots, which must be
printed. For an untraveled Chicagoan
to conceive what a sheer height of
1900 feet is like, there being no such
height between the Alleghanies and
the Rockies, he would have to imag-
tne what a shaft five times as high as
the Masonic Temple would look like.
Two carloads Of paper, weighing in
all forty-two tons, will be needed for
the ballots. If the paper were cut in
one enormous sheet that sheet would
cover an area as large as the down.
town district between the river, the
lake and Van Buren, street. The bal
lots laid together lengthwise would ex-
tend a distance Of 542 miles, or con-
siderably further than from Chicago to
Kansas City, Memphis or Buffalo. A
strip of paper wide enough to cover a
railway track and long enough to ex-
tend from Chicago to St. Paul could
be cut from the huge sheet. Something
Nike 1000 or $500 ballot boxes will be
needed at the 1 ,125 polling places with
In the Chicago election district. Each
ballot box fills about six cubic feet Of
space. II stacked in one pile the bal
lot boxes would fill a room forty feet
wide, forty feet long and forty feet
high. AS 1t is they cannot be put in
any one o but have to be divided
among several floors Of a warehouse.
Several barrels Of mucilage are re-
CURED to seal the various packages
which are delivered. duly stamped to
the judges and clerks the night be-
tore election. The crosses Of penhold-
srs, barrels Of ink, and other para.
phernalia, to say nothing Of the six or
seven thousand bulky booths, needed
q part Of the election machinery, will
MI q good many wagonloads and Chief
Clerk Isaac N. Powell, who has to ar
ALE ia Atf8L L - ALA NAII TE24H HNtN 10y.
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Clumsy idiot.

Woman" said the lecturer at the;
informal meeting, Sin the east is only
a domesticated ANIMAL"
WELL, said the foolish man that,
wanted 30 make a complaint. "shss
lacks a lot OF being q domesticated
animal here!!"
The ladies present in large numbers
glared at him Observation-Disclosures
Press.
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what Il. Might TAKE.

81 sss yer novin' out. boss" re-
marked q very disreputable looking
Weary Willie. who had stopped to-.
watch the operation. .'Is dey anything:
;YQn don't need at ! might take3""
Yes" snapped the crusty suburban.
!!ite, tossing q bundle into the yan..'th
MISUNDERSTANDING and Times.
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Caught Monster

0AA0S0A
Turtle.
Charles NJ c G a r
ten, Roscoe, starey
and Harvey Peace
caught q large tur-
tie in the bay
while fishing with
q net. They haul
ed near the Hum
mocks and caught
tn 9. m onste +
Weighing seventy
two pounds. Some
%pronounce;
# q genuine green,
turtle 81 southern
yVatara. IL Id II
very rare thing toI
catch one o. these
turtles IN the bay
Brooklyn Timex
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They DON'T. work.

They Don't. Work.
''Gee Whizz! That blamed watch Is
stopped again. What an awful, liar
that jeweler Isl"
What's the natter"
81. left the thing for him ia, M. He
charged me 81 and said It would work:
like q charm now. 80
well. he doubtless meant al watch
Observation-Disclosures Press
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one ON the Clerk.

He thrust the sealed letter: through
the. window and put down q cents.
well. what do you want?D asked,
the stamp clerk grufly. Il
"An automobile. please he re-
piled Observation-Disclosures North
American.
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Bound to, ne unh.pnv

Hound to Be Unhappy.
WELL" said the jovial citizen, .'it.s
beginning to get cooler
) YES answered MI. Blykins.
care you, not ~pleased?"
In a measure. But Ilsee no. rea.
son for manifesting surprise. 1t.ss got
to. begin to get cooler some time or
other SO as to. lead up to the billiards.
and chillblains that make life q. bur-
den. In the winter. Washington Star:
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range for it all, is a busy man these
days figuring out quantities needed
and attending to purchase and distri-
bution,-Chicago News.
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1850, Wooden bullets were used by
some Of the Spanish soldiers in Cuba,
while in Mashonaland the natives con-
verified the telegraph wires into bull
lets.
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easy to save and he believed his two
older children could help him. But
the months went by and the house
seemed no nearer in sight. Even with
the two boys working in the Cedar
Cliff mills there was but a meager sur
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May-You may call on me, but papa.
always turns out the gas at $3.50
o'clock
Dasher-That's all right I'll beS
sure not to come before that time.
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Father (sternly)-Keep your mouth
shut and eat your dinner!!-Philadel-
-phias Press
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Planet Is Named Gyptis.
The small planet which was discov-
cred by M. Coggia at Marseilles on,
March 81. 1899. No. 444. has been
named Gyptis.
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Hard Obey,

Miliie-oh, WOW! hoo-hoo! want
DESSERT now. 4 don't want any old
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n. YoinG Wed--LM tshs I sseeonlld GOT
some bread lilk |, 10Th go to u \ kes
Tor mi. ss ~ s@S#s gH aSSs sasS@s & \
al Mllrras.Syonln gxssd-Iw wish Icoould sc
some clsotheeslS iikasL fathsrsSSu III buyl
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| lost standing. But he did not care to re-
| fuse. He was too good a Mormon. And so.
without purse or scrip" he started out.
The church does not furnish money for
these missions. The devout propagandist Is
expected 10 depend entirely upon his own
resources. On his way TO New York young
Snow stopped 10 see his fathers birthplace
IN Mantua, o. Eight miles from there. in
the village OF Auburn. he found a number
OF his fathers relatives, and one evening
he was introduced to Miss Maude NJ. Ford.
who was an accomplished musician.
When Miss Ford found that this quiet.
dark young man was Mormon she was
astounded. Her ideas Of a Mormon were
rather vague. She was reasonably sure
had never entertained the image OF one
without whiskers.
This 24-year-old Mormon did not forget
for an instant that he was on a mission.
The two became deeply interested in each
other. and he Immediately began to talk
MormoniSm TO her.
She scoffed at first. She told him she
didn't propose TO be any old Mormon's third
or fifteenth wife. and that it was n fright
ful religion. anyhow. But the ardent young
missionary was persistent. He had studied
the religion all his life, and he was well
primed. They roamed together about Man.
tua and Auburn. visiting many points of
interest In connection with the Stow fam
lily. and by the time he left for New York
she was almost persuaded.
Then the young Mormon went to Ger
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for when a party Of officers hurried back
70 the scene later that same dag they found
among the papers. empty purses and wrap
pings CT parcels dropped by Black Bart,
linen cuff. The robber had evidently
dropped IL in a hurried fight 20 his refuge.
The cuff was turned over 10 the express
company detectives. They found. after
weeks Of inquiry. that the laundry marks
on the cuff We're those OF Chinese laundry
on Bush street In san Francisco. and that
the cuff belonged 10 one Charles E. Bolton.
Then Il appeared that Bolton was 4 quiet.
unobtrusive, spare man Of about 80 years.
He lived IN a modest boarding house, where
sedate and oid-fashioned business men had
rooms. and every one there was his friend
When detective went 10 live IN the same
clearinghouse he found that Colonel Boil
ton WAS a studious man. lived a correct
life. was q reader OF new books dabbied In
poetry, and every few weeks went away to
visit one Of the several little mines about
California In which ho had Investments
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He impresses upon the couple the solem
nifty Of the occasion. explaining that the!
are taking each other for all eternity. ant
| then reads to them long document whici
begins:
''Th., Is the revelation on the eternity OF IN,
marriage covenant. including plurality c: wives
given through Joseph tire seer. IN Nauy0O. Han
cock County. III. July u. Isi3.''
The document concludes:
But n y. enter not into my law ys came, re-
ceiye the promise Of NY Father. which he made
unto Abraham.
Abraham received conout.ncs. and they bear
him children. an! II accounted unto him for
righteousness because they were given unto him,
and ne abode IN my law. as Isaac also. and ia
cob did none other thing. than that which they
were commanded. and because they d.I none
other things than that which they were command
ed. they have entered into their eSa!tation. sc-
csrlng 70 the promises. and sit upon thrones
ard are not angels. but are gods
David's wives and concuhines were given unto
him Of me. by the hand Of Nathan. my servant,
and others of the prophets who had the keys OF
this power: and f. none Of these things did he
sin against me. save in the case Of Criah and
his wife: and therefor, he hath fallen from ox-
siia,ion and received his portion: and Re shali
not inherit th-r, out OF this world; for gave
them unto another. saith the Lord. And verify.
verify. say unto yUa. whatsoever you real on
earth shan be eealei In heaven.
At this point IN the ceremony all informa-
ton TO the outside world ceases. No Nor
mon will further describe the rite OF seal
Ing.
The Bee Hive House is an historic struc-
ture. 1t was built by Brigham Young. ana
was the home of several of his nineteen
wives. 1t is directly by the Eagle Gate.
which was the entrance to the Old walled
city. Adjoining It is the Lion House and
across the street is the Gardo House
c'Amelia's Palace'O. both them built by
Brigham Young as residences.
All young men in the Mormon Church are
expected at some time or other 10 go on q
three years mission, and President Shows
son. who is now "a years old. was sum-
moned in the regular way. he was asked
by the presidency of the church TO prepare
himself for a three years mission TO GER
many. II he had refused he would have
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In the course Of Black Bart's trial II was
learned that he made his first attempt at
highway robbery after he reached Califcr-
MA holding up the paymaster of a mine In
Plumas County. The job was easily done,
and he got about $500 quickly, that he
gave his whole time thereafter TO planning
highway robberies. He confessed that he
had gone as deliberately and stIdiously
about his career in highway robbery as one
goes about the practice of a profession.
For seventeen years he kept half the
Sheriffs and Constab!es. lot OF detectives
and all the United States Marshals In Cali
f0rnia ceaselessly watching for Black Bart
Many time he walked down the street
10 local bank carrying a snug fortune IN
his gripsack. the proceeds OF a recent affair
out on the road, and passed hundreds OF
San Francisco people while they were ex-
citedly discussing Black Bart's latest
hold-up. He told how lie had often met
face to face in the parks and on the streets
of San Francisco men who were In the
stage coaches he had robbed shortly be-
fore. Once he rode from Sacramento 20
Oakland and sat reading a book directly
behind a Sheriff and several expert GRIM
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many. but during all his missionary worn
he corresponced with Miss Ford. When he
returned to America he went to Auburn,
bought ring ard baptized his sweetheart
into the Mormon Church.
Meanwhile she had not been idia She
had graduated as trained nurse, taking
up this calling merely for the lore OF doing
good. At the age OF % she was head
nurse in the Ohio State Hospital In Clevs
land.
Her father opposed the match and thsI
conversion vigorously as soon as he could
overcome his astouishment But It was to
no avail Her heart was set upon the mar
and his religion. and so the wedding day
approaches. At first the startling rumo'
spread that the presidents son was to mar
~ 4 Gentle. But later the hearts Of I'll.
devout were gladdened by tho announce
ment that the prospective bride was a con
vert
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
There Is a belief in tho Southern part OF
California that Black Bart one Of the most
Caring and successful Tone hishwaymen"
that ever took liberties with other peoples
money Is at his old tricks. Black Bart
has served one term IN prison. and after he
got out he promised that he would be good.
But recently some bold highwayman has
been holding up stage coaches In that coun-
try with degree OF success that reminds
! tho chalmers OF Black Bart In his palmy
days The theory OF the Sherins of the
counties surrounding Los Angeles is that
Black Bart has taken up his residence In
some large city-most likely considerable
distance east OF the scene OF the cepreda-
lions. the list OF such possible rendezvous
including St. Louis. Chicago and Kansas
C1ty-and that he makes clandestine trips
TO the w,ldernesses and mountains OF the
West. holds up stage or does something
elss equally daring. gets large sum of
money, and then quietly returns TO tho city
of his abiding. There Is 1900 reward Of
fered for Black Bart. and the detective who
nnds him will get fame as well as q tidy
sum.
Black Bart hasn't any other name-that
q. any real name. For q time 81 his career
he went under the name OF Colonel Charles
E Bolton. That was when he lived IN
San Francisco and when he committed his
naring hold-ups and then mingled with the
detectives while they Looked for him. Il
is known that he was born near Hannibal.
No. IN 1899. and that he was expelled from
Oberlin. o.. College, where he was finishing
his course IN law. because OF gambling He
changed his name and went TO Chicago.
~
IN Wisconsin regiment. After the war
he went West-first to Nevada and then TO
CaliforIia-aIld took up tbs industry Of
stage robbing.
Black Bart Is far and away tbs most
Notorious highwayman Of tho West
Among the miners and the people In the
mountain settlements Of California there
u quite ss much romantic lore about him
as there was about Dick Turpin. Black
Barfs jinsles the bits OF doggerel he used
20 post up at the scenes OF his robberies.
are known By heart by school children all
over the Pacific Coast. 30 other bandit
Ii Amertca, possibly, was ever surrounded
by such an air of romantic mystery as he
has had for twenty years. His trial for
highway robbery at Visaiia, Cal. in Nav.
lss4. revealed a mass OF Information about
him. Although he was the lone performer
In some twenty-five stage-coach hoid-ups
In California alone. between 1867 and 1854.
he was never once apprehended on the road.
His arrest came about in this way; In
March. 1884, stage coach going from q
gold mining camp in the Sierras to Marys-
Vile, Cal. was held Up by a masked Ions
hghwayman, whom tho driver and all the |
passengers recognized as Black Bart. When
the coach had runbled out of sight on fits |
way down tho mountain side, Black Bart |
turned his attention to splitting open ths |
wooden box containing the Wells Fargo Ex |
press Corpany's treasure. Something must |
have disturbed him IN the midst Of his work
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exterior is carried out In the interior in
massive spiendor.
One OF the first things the bridal pair are
told IL that no mortal may enter the sacred
chambers in his ordinary garments to pass
through the rite of sealing. Each is set
into ret;ring-rcom, there to take off all
the regular garments and replace them
with white, flowing robes. This done. the
bridal procession takes up the march to
the sealing ROOM
This is chamber on the second floor of
the temple, next TO the wonderful "celes-
tial-room." The latter Is believed to be
the most magnificent chamber of the kind
In the world. Its archec ceiling and high
walls are finished in white and gold, genu-
Inc ivory and solid gold entering largely into
the construction.
From the floor Ii built up q bower Of
magnificent plants. coming from Hawaii,
Australia and every other quarter Of the
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willing to earn his living by actual hon
est work The recent one-man stage rob-
berries occurring in this State bear so many
Characteristics Of Barts artistic handiwcrk
that We are fully convinced that he has
resumed his former mining operations and
Is again prospecting for bullion In express
company treasure boxes. He is too subtle
and Keen to risk suspicion by selecting any
small town as place OF residence, for the
reason that his frequent absences would be
noted and discussed. and he would natu-
rally desire 10 avoid particulars In regard
TO his trips. his mine, etc.
For these reasons we believe that he has
selected some such city outside Of Califor-
MIA as Denver. Kansas City. Omaha, Salt
Lake. or even Chicago or ST. Louis and
without creating surprise or suspicion
makes periodical trips for the purpose Of
cleaning UP his mine and replenishing his
exchequer and then returns to lead the
same apparently innocent. blamelesS life
which he pursued in San Francisco. under
the name OF Colonel Charles f. Bolton for
over ten years, while police and peace Of
ficers chased over mountains and through
canyons TO get clews TO his Identity
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inal catchers. who were at that time work.
ing up u clew to the arch bandit OF the
coast.
Black Bart was convicted. and because
OF his confession and apparent determina-
tion To lead a new life. he was sentenced
TO San Quenten prison for only eight years
He was model prisoner and earned all
the Communication Of his sentence by good
conduct. He was liberated in July. 1889.
For few weeks he lived in Sacramento.
waiting. he said. until he got some money
from Eastern relatives, when he meant to
so 10 Seattle to earn an honest living. Then
he disappeared. Several San Francisco
Constahles say they have seen him leisure
" walking the streets IN that city during
the last few years. but they did not knew
then that 1900 would be paid for his ar
rest.
Why. there isn't a shadow Of a doubt
that Black Bart IS highwayman again."
said Sheriff John W. Hunter. who secured
the robbers arrest in 1854. He IS an ac-
complishad stage robber, ard pursued the
business go long and successfully that we
have no reason TO believe that he would be
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NO DISLIKES.

From the Youths Companion.
The recently published diary OF the Ouch
ess o. Teck contains this remarkable quota
ton from Queen Victoria, q signalling 10
young and old: God has been so good I
me that row. in my old age, l want to con
fess that l have not any dislikes." One :
the greatest Generals Of Victoria's whs
reign. Charles Napier. once made a SINH
statment: II never feel angry at any on
beyond wishing TO break their bones with
broomstick." Then. as IL repenting Of e.
his laughing exception. Napier added: 1T
was not my mind that spoke. ] am q oh
In the hands Of God"
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Bill Dobscn bought peddler's book.
To tell the bumps with on yer head.
Bill got so alfred interested
He'd take the book with him to led.
''Wiu power. Force. Comoativeness.
Is gin'rals. p'ints. see." says Bill;
AN Caution. Brav'ry. Order. too;
III feel my head. by sum! / will"
So then Bill laid the book aside
To feel his head. "By gum!' says he.
TN analyzs my Uranium
Accordin' to Phrenol-o-ges."
VIII power, Force. Combativeness,
Them there's my p'ints a-sticiin' out.
Hope. Wonder. Ideality-
could write poetry-no eouht.S
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An so Bill unused. delighted. sir,
To think he knowed himself at last.
Before his new mentality
Proud victry's visions fitted past.
Next day with pride his chest was swelled
| He wrote a poem to a girl.
HIS great Importance greater grew
Until his head was in a whrl.
His "gin'ralship' kept bubblin' up
Until 1t seemed his head would bust
But when Bill tackled-like a fool
Big Charlie Goff, BIZ bit the dust.
Once more Bill searched the peddler's book.
An found IN that "Phren-olo-gee:
Perverted bumps denote q fool"
Bill felt his head an says. "Thets mer:
DICK WOOD.
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Ii ROY C..>N0W..

thick. Even this forms only small part
OF the value OF the Temple. which cost. all
told. close to s3,5Oo,ooe
Behind the altar is handsome and rich
plush seat for the church official perform
ing the ceremony.
The bridal couple in their white robes
stand In front of the altar. and the priest
performing the ceremony stands behind It,.
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siope "nere the church has missions. The
massive furniture is Of native woods.
mo crowning glory OF the room IS a
series OF paintings. worked out beautifully
with the use OF stained glass. These rep
resent the Prophet Joseph Smith receiving
from supposedly divine sources the plates
on which were the writings of the Book
OF mormon" showing the prophet visited by
oi'ine beings. and representing other event.,
IN the church history. Thousands Of little
incandescent lights can be thrown rnon
'hese paintings. nluming them with truly
marvellous effect and relieving the natural
gloom Of the grand interior.
Inc sealing-room' il smaller, but It 4.
also beautiful. White and gold are the pre-
waning coiors there. carried out In the most
sonspicuous object in the room-the altar.
Inc cost OF this altar IL unknown Ivory
sn.els largely into its construction, while
ne too - plate Of solid gold two Inches
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When Bolton was arrested in his room
one day on n charge of highway robbery.
the landlady boiled with Indignation and
the other guests stormed Colonel Bottoms
pastor wrote a letter TO a local newspaper
Genouncing the blackening OF an honest
mans name. When II went abroad that
Colonel Bolton was accused Of being no less
an outlaw than the notorious Black Bart,
the Colonies friends were crushed. They
began putting together facts about Colonel
Bottoms absences from his rooms, and
found that these absences occurred when
robberies by Black Bart were committed.