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 '
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Sir. vyiinpii-V :. e t0 ml
this .Ife la to do soinctkW
world better. rolJ.i
Mrs. Wlmpley-MK" -
feel sure of that. 1
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that vou have ror uuv. -..n
v :.r .. . i.nvo rail"
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Mrs. W mploy-xcs, ,
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day. Then tho worm ,
Chicago News.
ra mnv hnVO fnH'V ' ,n
nnnnnt tell them by tllCU v