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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1900)
WE TWO. ftt two make home of any place we go Wc two liml Joy lu any kind of wcath cr: Or If the earth it clothed lu bloom or snow. If iumitior days Invito, or bleak winds blow. I What matters It, wo two are together? I We two, wo two, wc make our world, our weaiuer. Wc two find youth renewed with every dawn; 1 Each day holds something of an un known dory. We waste no thought on grief or pleasure cone: Tricked out like hope, time leads us on and on. i And thrums upon his harp new sons or i story, ' We two, we two, wc find the paths of jrlory. We two make heaven here on this little earth; Wc do not need to wait for realms eternal. We know the use of tears, know sor row's worth. And pain for us Is always love's rebirth, Our paths lead closely by the paths supernal; We two, we two, we live In love eternal Century. CX33 P Alicia's Experiment. o 003 ,08 LICIA WELLINGTON was 20 years old niul she hail never re- ' celved an offer of marriage, nor had a lover. Her two younger sisters were both happily married Gertrude to a young man who lind adored her from childhood and Lottie to an elderly wid ower who had fallen lu love with her at her coming-out party. Gertrude bad refused three offers before marrying John Nelson; Lottie, who was n born coquette, had received homage from al most every man she knew from the time she could tall;. Alicia was serious and rather haughty. Her friends called her "in tellectual," and tills same Intellectual ity made her unpopular with men, who were generally her Inferiors in her cho sen style of conversation, If not In depth of thought. Until now Alicia hnd affected to despise the other sex. Lottie's flirtations and Gertrude's con quests hnd seemed frivolous to her. But ihe wished to be a well-rounded woman nnd It suddenly occurred to her that she knew nothing of love, although It wns one of the chief things of life. The fact that she was different from other girls and their Inferior In one respect "SHK THINKS ilK CI.BVfclt." was brought home to her by n medita tion on love and matrimony which fol lowed the receipt of a letter announc ing the engagement of the only un married one of her classmates. To be sure, Alicia was younger thnn the other girls, but she bad come out the same year. "It Is all very well not to marry," she said to herself In conclusion, "but It Is odd not to attract a single suitor. There must be something lacking In me. I have always known that I didn't like men, but It 1b strange that men don't like me. I can accomplish almost any thing If I make up my mind to It I will have a lover. I need not marry him, of course, but I will have him des perately In love with me, so that I shall have an Impassioned offer; then I will refuse him." Alicia cast about her list of male ac quaintances with a view to selecting a suitable man for her experiment. Fi nally she chose Kcggy De Greve. Iteg gy was a year younger than Alicia. He was as frivolous as any girl and de cidedly effeminate In his looks and ways. He had been one of Lottie's nu merous admirers, In nn Impassive wny, but he had never gotten up courago to propose to her. He had not been sure that he wanted to do so. Now ho came to the house rather because he was used to coming to see "the ladles," once In so ofteu. Alicia's mother wns fond of him, for she had known him since he was in dresses and she regarded him ns a boy. Of Alicia ho stood somewhat lu awe. "Iteggy will be a good one to begin with," thought that young woman. "He. will be easy to Influence. After I have refused lilin I can try some 0110 more dilllcult." Thus Miss Wellington begnn her ca reer ns a flirt That evening Iteggy came to the house. Ho found Allelu wonderfully Interesting. . Bho talked about cotillon figures, pretty girls, fudges, and golf. Iteglnnld was lu de mand ns n cotillon leader, ho was a chevalier des dames, nn expert chafing dish cook, and nn aspiring golf player. "Gwaclous, I never thought she knew to much," ho said to himself ns ho left the house. But this was only because Alicia had displayed knowledge of the object with which Iteggy was con- Ycrsnnt, for ho had always known thnt she was 'intellectual." It was scarcely n. week before Iteggy again presented himself at the Welling tons'. He asked for Miss Wellington Instead of for "the ladles." He was un conscious of the neglect of Mrs. Well Inirton. but wary Alicia smiled when she, nlone, was summoned to the draw-' lug-room. I "Oh, Mr. I)e Greve," she said hereto-, fore sho hnd called him lteggy-"l am so glad to see you. 1 know you cau help me solve something that has been worrying my poor brain." She took a sent beside the young man nnd submitted the "something" thnt hnd been worrying her. It was only n charade, nn Intricate one, however, tc which Alicia knew the answer. Heggj did not suspect thnt and he was good at puzales. He solved this one easily and explained the elaborate process tc Miss Wellington. "Thank you, Mr. De Greve, you art so clever," said Alicia, exactly as six had heard Lottie say the same words to different men at least a hundred times. Thnt evening ns Heggy went away his predominant thought was "She thinks me clever." In the course of time Allcln convinced Reggy thnt she "was uncommonly pret ty, agreeable, not too wise, nnd nttO' gethcr charming Just the woman to preside over his house and help him spend his rather large patrimony. She also convinced him thnt he was good looking, clever, witty, ami manly, lu deed, under the sun of her approval he grew wonderfully until he was quite a different Iteggy. At last the schemed for proposal took plnee. Satisfied with himself and muck more thnn satisfied with the accom plished Alicia, Iteggy asked her to be his wife. Alicia foresaw the comli8 offer, of course. Sho made ready to re fuse It. She even chose her next vic tim, William Giles, a lawyer of skill and renown. He would be dilllcult tc enthrall, but a foeiuau worthy of hei steel. But she did not think of William when Iteggy proposed. She watched "the boy," as sho called him lu hct heart, with a curious pride. "How well he does It," she thought "Love has made a man of him. He Is desperately In earnest; he Is charming he Is adora ble." "Why, Iteggy," she said aloud, to hex own astonishment, "I believe I do love you. Yes, I will marry you, after all yes, yes I will." The happy Iteggy did not notice the peculiar wording of Alicia's acceptance of his heart aud fortune. He had wor her and his Joy seemed complete. Ne oue but his wife ever knew that he hnd been the subject of an cxperiment.- Ghlcago Tribune. least NIGHT IN A BUFFALO HIDE. Hunter in Queer Imprisonment of a the zsorthwest. A party of scouts from the stations on Bledsoe's Creek, In Sumuer County, was over In Wilson on a tour of obser vation for Indian signs, says the l'oit- laud Oiegonlun. As they prepuied to camp late oue winter afternoon capt Jennings, who was oue of the number, started out to kill a buffalo from a hetd wh.ch was ntar by. Theie was a heavy sleet on the ground, and he found It dilllcult to get a good range on account of the noise of his feet ou the crackling Ice, but af ter following the game for several miles he at last killed a very large bull. Fearing that the meat might be In jured If left until the next morulng, he skinned the anlmnl and took out the Viscera. By the time he was done night hnd come, aud he decided to remain with his meat Instead of seeking camp In the darkness. So, wrapping the huge hide around him, flesh side out, he lay down and slept very comfortably until morning. On waking he found himself tightly Imprisoned In the hide, wh.ch had frozen hard nnd now resisted all his efforts to escape. Hour after hour rolled by in agony to the captain, He yelled at the top of his voice for help and strained and kicked with nil his might at the raw hide Inclosure, but It proved stubborn to the last degree. He doubtless swore many a bitter oath, for ho was of too Irascible a temperament to submit tamely, ne expected bis companions to search for him, and they did, but with a grent deal of caution, fearing that he had been killed by the Indlan3. His prolonged absenco could be ac counted for In no other wny. ne gave up all hope of extricating himself as the hours wore away, but help which he had not thought of was to save him from a death which would have been extremely mortifying, at the least to a man who had escaped Indian bullets nnd swam Icy rivers like a beaver. We will let him relate the Issue In his own words: "Well, the sun came out In the afternoon, nnd this softened tbo hide QUAKTElt of n century ago when a citizen desired to vote he wns beset with difficulties at nniiovnnees from the tlmq ho hove lu Bight of tho army of "heelers" ' at tho polling place until ho reached tho ballot box hnudlers. He was crowded out of line, Jostled, yelled at. I'delnyed by challenges. Voting was a I matter of strength, brute force nnd en durance. There was no privacy or so crccv of political Inclination. Tho pro gram then In vogue disgusted the re epectablo voter, and there wns no rem edy or Improvement afforded until tho Australian system came Into use. This plan exceeded In purity nud ac curacy anything that America had been able to devise. Its salient benefits wcro thnt tho Intending voter has. a clear 200 feet In which to npprunoh tho voting booth unattended, thnt no man or trebled. Tho otllco expenses of the commissioners nro "No oxtronid) heavy. . , , Without too ctoe analysis n snM h could bo effected by the use of umcliln erv that can be shown at once. H is estimated that on this basis tho num ber of voting precincts could bo if duced to IWO. The printing of ItallotB would bo done away with. Of course the enre of the machines would be an expense, although not nearly ho heavy. On nn equitable table of reduct on, after careful computation. It la calcu lated that the enormous sum of f.ti.000 could bo saved on every city election. Itemlxed, this plan shows as follows: number of pre- ltedtietlon lu clacts ltotl notion lu of election talnrles of officer 470 .$30,030 lteductlon In rentals at $15 a pre eluit 7-o:, 1 I 1 " ' ' - ' . OLD-TIME VOTING. but the Judge of election could bund 'hi in a ballot, thus preventing tissue ballots nnd vest-pocket voting; thnt he retired to make his choice of candi dates free from prying eyes, nnd thnt he suw his ballot get inside the box. But nt this point the lesson ended, for nfter trying the Australian system beneficial as It has proven It Is cer tain that progress demands still further Improvements, with eight tickets In the field, and each ticket with sixty candi dates, all printed on one sheet of paper, many a voter, even of average Intelli gence, has been bewildered. Outsldo of this, the (luestlou of economics, In money and time, has arisen. Tho "blanket ballot" has been found cum lteductlon lu ballots aud hand ling 10.000 STANDARD VOTI.VO MACHINE. jjersomc; to the uneducated voter It has ofteu provod a puzzle. Intricacy has been the fault To show how common Is the confusion, tho faulty marking of ballots, It may be stated that In the New York election of 1807 some 122,080 ballots were thrown out as blank or de fective. Add to this the fact that In tho city of Chicago It costs $70,000 merely to hold on election for two Judges, and sorno of the defects of tho Australian system may be understood. For theso and many other reasons tl.n nnliltr. mlml la tivnlt t n r ,nHiuilti on the top so I could got one arm out, j on the theme of voting by machinery, nnd when I got one arm out I worked It Is certain that tho voting machine like plzen through." uutll I got my body Archibald Korbrs. Tho recently deconsed Archibald Forbes' entrauce upon tho career ol war correspondent was, It Is said, de cided by chance. His first step wns to j ng, and tho consequent reduction In would In time be ablo to defeat the workings of the party machine. Sev eral things are asserted In Its favor that appeal strongly to tbo honost voter. One Is tho reduced expense of conducting elections, which Is brought about by the Increased speed In ballot- enter a cigar shop at tho bottom of Ludgato hill, where ho bought a cigar, the number of polling precincts. A grent stride has been made In this dl- nnd threw tho names of tho four or , rectlon In tho way of practical cxporl llvo principal dally nowsspapers Into ment, and, In order to understand tho his hat before drawing lots to decide , workings of tho new system, a typical which of them ho should first np- case would be that of a great city llko prouch. The name that ho drew out Chicago. Hero there are 1,120 pro was that of the Dally News. Without ducts, with an average of 328 regis delay he sought out Mr. (now Sir .1. It) teied voters. Five men to tho precinct Itoblnson, whom ho then met for tho ore officials at overy election, and each first timo, nud wns promptly engaged. 1 man receives $5 dally. Tho city seta aside $124,000 for Judges and clerks. snlarles of these Tho rental of tho Economy in Wire ess Telegraphy. In one case $200,000 haB been saved nreelnet headnuartern nv... ik owing to the establishment of wlrelesi The balloU cost over $5,000. When telegraphy between the East Goodwle the care, keeping nnd distributing ox lightship and tho South Foreland. penees are added this cost 1b doubled Total ?.-)7.000 This Is a showing based wholly 011 the assumption that the voting ma chine cuu handle double tho number of voters that cau be bundled under pres ent method. The machine, according to reliable experts from cities where It bus been tested, cuu bundle COO voters to the precinct without trouble. It Is asserted that tho voter can record his vote In one minute. In one city pre cinct lu Detroit It was reported that 150 men voted In exactly 150 minutes. In Its adaptation to villages .nud to country districts generally tho voting machine appears to bo even at present within the compuss of all as to econ omy, utility and expense. One machine can be taken for a type of nil. To a city like Buffalo It sells for $500. Tho great feature of tho tuachlue Is that It In sures absolute accuracy In expressing the will of the voter. It Is automatic, registers only what the voter wills, cannot be disturbed without being wrecked, and casts up the totals as It goes. As soon as the polls are closed the returns nre there, totnled up nnd ready for transcription to the records for ennvnss. It provides for the voting or "spilt tickets" by un Ingenious de vice, varying, of course, In the vnrlous types. But It Insures one thing It ren ders nny contest Impossible. Tho cash register was ouco scoffed nt as a thing of wills and buckfulncsB, designed to toss tho store proprietor lu the air and bungle bis accounts. It wns remarked with scorn nnd hilarity that one graduate of a commercial eollego was worth more than 1,000 machines In casting up the receipts In cash. That day, as all others, passed. Compaia tlvely few concerns In theso days omit the humble cash register, because of Its peed and approved accuracy In assem bling totals. The longest-headed arlth Dieticians the world has ever produced cannot calculato skillfully enough to destroy tho equipoise of the dcllcntc machine, which attends to business and merely rings a bell when cleared for action. At least half n dozen voting machines have been Invented, each of which litis points In Its favor, according to tho re ports of Investigators. A typical one deserves a detailed description. It Is about four feet square and ten Inches deep, and Is supported by legs, the top 011 the front of the mneliliio In full view of the public- before It In closed by the curtain Ik " Australian Imllut, 22xlh liiohei. At the head of each ticket over the party emblem In a straight Jlelcot kniib. nud In front of eacli immo where the marking Hpnce should be Is 11 11 hull eator which limy bo i.atvisl over I ho iiiuiiu to Indicate the volef'H choice, which connects lb" counter, but does not register the vote until tho lever Is moved to open tho curtain. Tho voter first selects his party ticket, and by pulling the straight knob nt tho top over the party emblem down to tho right, moves all tho pointers for that ticket. If he desires to spilt his tli'kot ho can movo the pointer buck from over tho name that does not suit hint, nud In the same office lino move the pointer over tho name ho wishes to voto for. After pulling the straight ticket knob, n pointer may bo moved back and foitli, making click n,t Intervals to luillcaio splitting, ami "t the "" lime, vole straight, lu splitting IiIh vote ho can move ihe pointers silently, with a llttio care. Having arranged his vole satis, factorlly, ho Is now ready to register It, which he does by throwing the curtain open by menus of an opera I lug lever, with which he closed It. thus easting nud counting his vole lu perfect se crecy. After the votes are closed and tho miuiiino locked agaliiHt voting, tho doors lu the rear are unlocked, and tho voto of each candldalo Is shown 011 tho counters, ready to bo copied over tho election returns. Tho miuiiino Is constructed of steel and noucorroslvo nielal, and where steel Is used It Is protected from rust by plating with copper and nickel. Every movement Is positive, the machine Is wholly different In construction from nny other, nud cannot be manipulated fraudulently. The iiiachluo weighs nbout 500 pounds, and when boxed Tor storage or shipment occupies a space about four feet square and sixteen Inches deep. There Is nnother device, known as the Tnltcd Slates voting machine," that has a keyboard on which Is placed 11 printed ballot, or labels, with the iintm1 of each candidate, with a separate push button adjacent to inch inline. The mniiilne has a law push button for each party ticket. The operation of tho door through which the voter passes out of tho booth registers the voto ho has Indicated. This device will readily accommodate up to S00 voters. Hy actual test a voter cau enter the booth, vote the straight ticket, and make his exit In from live to ten second. When the polls close the door Is locked III an open position, which locks the mechan ism of the machine, nfter which tho counting compartments nre thrown open to Inspectors nud watchers and tho total number of votes received by each candidate taken off nnd read In public aud ample opportunity Is given to compare Jho figures with tho dial on the machine. It Is mounted on wheels, and is as readily transported ns any ordinary truck. perfected which wm ,. m 1 Heetirlty nnd legality "f wt,.n, ttonLfc 552$ nipt mini may,,,. ,. " r t,fl """'K, 'ho nainu t 'f'N I'liin long dead , r,..,. 'f clfy. When sucii ,uv)w t NITKI. STATK. VOTIKO MAfJ and why may not iiimtomrii,.! er science abet? na. voIId,,,J 1. Mm- mi lium- ,xpresioB(. j pie's will. The n-iiM, ,,f end. for tho em.n. electori'i A UUBHi The Kliiiiciiir ..r 1 . . . "'"HI mill miuiii kiiukii 11 llio bMitfl most exuding it ( 1WtJ ingaie, a 11111 nKK-i Uiree lauyl ship, fifty live r.i-i m lenjuL ,1 but four feet of w uter, nnj uj capacity or tliirtj tons. Ttititf, heirloom In the imperial fau.il iiiaiiy, having u prcuwitalti, lam IV.. Kliu .r 1 iiulninl, tou,. fill Ccrumn fiujirror't ;rwf fathei. I'leik-ri. k William 111. . the reigning 1 nr. ii iiii flr,t llfe on the a- mul latuM days one of lU ritiriu mwA was to sail mi tin- watery IVJ company with m UwUi'-t 11a tills tiny man "f u or AlttJ the ship's illtm-n Imiik are live, but a man t 1 1,. rallcrUij lug alongside '".it tiriiiin out. kj I trust, the smallii-of the rnltl frigate cau bo sa int iu tbotiiiJ iter as the Inrgi-M slilp. but t must be I.lllptitlaiiH in lwiWt lu number; a seatmin of onlluqj would be totally out of i!mi ynrds of this vend He mm ably be Sn grave danger of MtfJ spars down to tin- deck will 111 weight. "Itoynl I-onlne' It t4 of this kingly toy. sho wm rial after Prussian Queen tonlte tl tie frigate was built on ikti I'ULUNO PAltTV TIOKBT I.KVEIl being a llttio over six feet from tho floor. From tho upper corner projects a semicircular bar, on which Is hung curium, wnicn rorms a booth. An oporatlng lover extends from tho conter of the top of the mnchlno, tho outer end of which Is attached to tha enrtntn Tho voter throws this lever, whinh elos tho curtain a'mut blm. riaced I'M TUB AUSTRALIAN BAI.WT 8YSTKM The mnchlno tried ut tho Irvlngtou, Ind.. election, a venr airo tho nresunt month, has some advantages over both or tne machines Just described. It In arranged to handle seven different tick ets, with eighty numes to ench ticket, wniio tne face, or keyboard, Is .10x44 Inches In dimensions. This dovlce both registers nnd records ovorv vote cast- first on the dial, and then In addition on a perforated tiroof. or tallv hUmi. it has also a tlmo lock, which can ha sot to stop voting nt any hour fixed by law for tho closing of the polls. Further, It handles fractional votes. In a recent election In Rochester. N. Y., tho voting machines mado It possi ble for the first return to bo given to tho public within six minutes lifter thn closing of tho polls, whllo tho final re turns wero declared just thlrty-ono minutes Inter. Tho entire result win known three-nunrters of an hour after the closing of tho polls. From all of this It will bo conceded that voting by machine has innnv iUu slrablo features. Tho reduction of tho cost of holding elections, the speed with which tho votes can bo taken, nnd tho speed with which returns can hn tnnilo all linportnnt elements to consider. Onco ndopted by law, tho Inanimate faces of theso engines formed to toll what tho people want will bo tho modi, um of stopping foolish contests, which cost tho people heavy sums of monoy. Ono lack will yet remain, hn Comnlote nurlOcatlon Of thn hnllnt nnn. not 00 effected until some dovico Is,1 Itlver, nt Woolwich. KnglanOl nnil Willi fntl'iwl liniVU l n npno thn TCnrt ll KPtl UJ ' Hiimburir! from this Pl"' ... At. i.'iiiA mil noaiiMi ner up iuu Ilnvn nt I'Atuiintn. Willi mnftia WAinmiSt HoinO V" . I -HI iJWo.ra ArO mm' romaW UU1 LIICUDIIilU .ki 1.. i a 1. M,..ittir MAm"'. KTiitr itruut- 1 u . .wi i'lnfiDe, ' nuru V.I.-UIW h."" .,,5 ... .. I An f ns li'l- . "w " - In M' wen ns in me bwiiic- In MJUl1" itruiiBwicu llt0iy, supply ties for tho local ran , . iliin A J Sir. vyiinpii-V :. e t0 ml this .Ife la to do soinctkW world better. rolJ.i Mrs. Wlmpley-MK" - feel sure of that. 1 .... . , . mill.-. ill!, in tm- that vou have ror uuv. -..n v :.r .. . i.nvo rail" dlcatcu inai you "--,1,11 Ity to nccompiiBii ....'UP Mrs. W mploy-xcs, , . win w day. Then tho worm , Chicago News. ra mnv hnVO fnH'V ' ,n nnnnnt tell them by tllCU v