ALONE, & mytes you, my darling, my darling ; The embers burn low on the hearth ; And stilled is the air of the household, And hushad is the voice of its mirth; The rain plashes fast on the terrace, The winds past the lattices moan; The midnicht chimes out from the minister, And I am alone, » % want you, my dariing, my darling; I am tired with care and with fret ; ¥ would nestle in silence beside you, And all bat your presence forget i In the hush of the happiness given, Fo those who through trusting have grown fo the {uiiness of love and contentment; But [ am alone, % call you, my darling, my darling; 8 « voice echoes back on my heart; I stretch my arms to you in lounging, And lo! they fall empty apart, i whisper the sweet words you taught me, The words that we onlyshiave known, Till the biank of the dumber air is bitter, For T am alone, my darling, my darling ; With its vearning my very heart aches; The load that divides us weighs harder ; I shrink from the jar that it makes $d =orrows rise up before mae ; Old doubts my spirit they own. €3h, come through the darkness and save me, Fr ¥ vy THE TEAM. i ad a of the damsels whose stand on t apon the stage with giddy velocity for being al of very che to execute an endless variety and precision. several of the crowned heads of Europe, and the crowned heads were reported as having nodded graciously in pleased APPL Off the stage, divested of ghitt bangles and mechanical effects the little dancer seemed a very sallow of generally deed. Khe while RXCilse when . vile diya erg individaal, n- tired and wom, commonplace looked which characterized them i ling public. arious daiiylife of a tramp, I pitied the poor little } informal is sls not consider “80 Vers ew n regardiug her methods. ur profession attended with ¢ physical pain?! Linquired. he positions and steps are at first?’ she repiied. He Liles 1 t prac at we never overcome it entirely.” “Do vou have any means of relief?" «We bathe our joints This red y the feverishness temporar- ily. Whirling on our toes is perhaps the most painful of all.” ““What requisites are essential success in your profession?” s“izrace apd beanty of form. 1atter is absolutely indispensable where the public is to be pleased altogether through the eye. girl is never successful public approbation in the spectacular.” *t As age approaches and your plump- ness d vitality forsake you, how do you manage to retain hold upon public affection?” “We « ot do it. The a dancer, in a professional capacity, is a hort one. The fatigue upon one fearfully. at an end in a very few years and wo withdraw from the glare and glitter of the footlights to pick up a | ing best we can. Sometimes succeed. and sometimes we—starve! costs a great deal to satisfy the de- mands of the human eye in this modern world of sensation.” I went from the presence of the little American dancer—with the charming French name—to one of the pretty parks for which Detroit is noted and i aleahol 44 ALCON 04, for faa yous iF * life of da intona 13 1pienss Our use- § ad tate. 1 pleasing task oo deavor. the modern eye. bat {ound the herculean for humble I glanced about me Mmedita- en sion upon which an army of workmen were busily engaged in placing the finishing touches, This abode wealth and luxury faced the park and must have cost an immense fortune in the building. Then I noticed another orotehets of my present train of thought. lavished upon that modern residence therein, 1 thoroughly believe mn ren. dering the world as bright and beauti- ful as, possible, and, therefore; have nothing to say in regard to the wisdom of spending for show what is so badly needed for the relief of existing miscéry. "The building, at least. cannot be turned out to die when its beauty is tarnished, I wandered into a Griswold street carryi tp a load of cosl which had just been deposited at the door below. i have grown into the habit of regard- jung such odd jobs as my legitimate prey, and depend upon themas the only .apeans at comand by which to provide against actual starvation. The fegal gentleman who owned the coal and Soups the neatly fitted up: suite of Sa6nts aa in his oflice ahd als in Lf very bad temper—sa wntly. 80 blind his usually keen vision to the fact of my presence. His son-an effemi- ‘mate appearing swe!l of about 20 years WAS only other occupant of the yoom. He sat upon the extreme outer edge of one of the leather covered office chairs, a light-waisted rattan walking stick, and appeared very warm and {il at ease. The old gentleman was pleading a cause with much angry earnestness—a cause in which he was evidently more deeply interested than any which he had pre- viously brought before the bar of human ‘justice, “Robert,” he was saying, as I quietly .sutered and remained standing near the door, “you know something of my past, history, 1 believe?”* “Yes, sir,’ stammered the young man, rolling the handle of the rattan to ane side to allow the words to escape, You dre aware that I started in the to my name and with but advantages in the way of education?” i “Yes, sir.) “You also know that my father bad previously died penniless and that I had nothing to depend upon except my | “YXe-e-ssir!” “How much am I worth now?" | The young man rallied the small stock | of brains at his command and wrestled | for a moment with a problem 1n mental | anthmetic, | said at last. “A little more than that sum,” the old gentleman corrected, with evident “Now, how old am I, tobert?”? “Fifty-three,” the young man replied with a slight drawl, the words sliding “Size of my family?” . myself.” “Exactly. In some respects your Now, with more energy than he had “Eyer see me smoke a 25-cent cigar?” ““N-n-no, sir!” “Do I break any considerable n of bottles of champagne at $2 break?" “Never knew you to drink a drop of » nmber Lh] per Robert asserted, shifting his shght form to the opposite edge of the chair ner- vously. He was beginning to eateh the drift of the conversation. “How many times per week do I find my way into the green-room of the variety theatres, and chuck the pretly actresses under their painted ¢ al bottle of wine per chuck. Robert?” “Y-you don't FAILS there at ali, ted. Oh, I don’t go there at ail—don’t I? Never made any of my $200,000 clean cash capital in smoking eigars, drinking champagne or chucking giddy mal under chin, didn’t 1? Then tact for business must have develope itself direction. I in see; go s the some other perhaps I made my way world by running up hvery bills at the rate of $15 or $20 per week. Do you know of any collection of bills of tl in dis my sot **N -no, sir, “Then the speedy damsels that look me for their fund of amusement in direction, cannot have enjoyed as many privileges as those of some other persous i might name. Evernoticeithe manner in which 1 handle a a sechnd-class saloon, Robert?” «I. guess you never play, sir,” “Oh, I don't play, eh? Fault is located in the sad fact that 1 pever enjoyed the advantages of a college education, 1 suppose. How many times per month do you come down stairs just before daybreak to issue a search warrant for the key of the front door for my benefil, my son?" “You are in very early, I believe, sir,” man replied, now gsed and the ouchly un hole genera the ve ‘ : hi embarr nforiable, “+ ppon’t you think parting my watch middle and i across the outside of my coat no strol genius and of 1 commercial ability sir!” stammers PEE ¥ rr VEL) " s in the festoaning it i of indication yt No blushing beautil “You me to-day, iy seem ined to disagree son. Have you | any fault to find with the imported En- glieh drawl which I use in telling a jury, ‘By jove! you knaw; it would weally be too nawsty on youah pawt to | ssYour accent is thoroughly and | purely American,” the son corrected. | “If 1 found myself reduced to pover- | ty between this hour and sunset do you to secure a situation?” “ At a moment's notice, sir.”’ ** How is of with i narself, Robe The young man started with such | suddenness that the rattan dropped | from between his lips to the floor. The | had suddenly abandoned lus | bantering style of address and turned | towards the son with grave earnestness, #...I—don’t know, sir,” the young pt 1 +f think I am pretty well acquainted with your capabilities, Robert. If the prop formed of my money were sudden- i ly removed from your grasp, you would | fall to the ground with sufficient force | to break every bone in your body. Can you lay the charge of failure to inform you in regard to what constitutes a useful and progressive citizen at my door?" Robert seemed to reflect for a moment upon a series of past lectures. . “ N-no, sir!” he replied. “Pid I send you through school?” Y -yes, sir!” “Did I not select the best college in the entire country and send you there, at an expense of something like $2,500 per year?” “Yes, sirl” “Did you graduate with honor to ourself and me?--1 mean in your | egitimate studies. I am fully aware | that you graduated with distinction in | several branches of modern cussedness.”’ | SN 110 sil” “What was the reason, Robert?" «J ..] was expelled before the close of the sophomora year, sir?" “Your expulsion was my fault, was it not?” “Oh, no! sir.” “If you suddenly found yourself without resources, what could you do for a liviiiood?"’ “fef'm sure I don’t know,” “Have you attempted to master any profession?’ “No, sir.” “Did I ever request you Lo coneen- trate your energies in this direction?” “Often, sir.” “And you always put me off, did you not?” “1 believe I did, sir.” “* Are your muscles sufficiently devel oped for manual labor?” #l1"m afraid not,” the young man veplied, glancing dewn at the willowy to rely for support. “Don’t you sometimes hate yourself, grand specimens of manhood?’ nothing in reply. manhood, [If the test satisfactory, I shall at once expend all start in the world in any direction you may faney. The test may seem Lo you you at your age I should have regarded it in the hight of a picnie. At the street door lies a ton of coal which shonld be carned upstairs and deposited in the bin before night. I can hire it worthless companions by the task for me. 1 will gladly pay you $10 dollars for the job, and consider have made a good bargain, Will you accept my offer, Robert?” I listened to this proposition without regret, glad to lose the coveted half dollar for the sake of proving Robert's manhood. s¢fI'11 try, sir,” I heard the young man reply, with a roeful glance at Then 1 stole quietly out of the vanished down the stairway. 1 desired that Robert should have field and no favor. At sunset [ again turned my steps in the direction of the door. When the locality was gained I glanced anxiously about me and found that the coal—loomed up in the gather- ing darkness exactly where 1 had last arlier | Robert's ood had been room a [alr seen it the afternoon. ma ' proved | Two Tellers, Une 18 a Gre keeper, country life ina 14 for board and room. afford oat of snaker. ths other 4 book latter from a comfortabl wme. For a year she endu 3 board g winter eve! i read naker 1a room: r looke rw, 80 that the) undisturbed. consenting : Of two set out ted to ther means and projeet grew and resolved i two rooms system of DOSS nent. They ats and dres hand parlor cook stove am ir rooms very eap quarter and en life, They breakf * 3 1 rented i : ‘ 3 wed in ac on thelr new after tea, book keeper ne at no 2 34] it ’ Pi evening recreation. 7 dt he 3 #3 # 4 ight a sewing ma a writing d¢ nn because destined SOT the cozy hon 80 hard Ut that will or a nice girl to Keep with, as the least compensation ¥ marry, and EE ie How They Vote In Germany. A striking teature of the German mu- tions provided that he has lus own household and is not dependent upon father or mother; that he has not receiv- ed alms from the funds for 12 years;that he has paid all municipal dues; that he Under one or another of these five conditions cluded. That all votes should count equally is regarded as unbueiness like. The arrangement adopted to meet this point of view is this: Voters are divided into three classes, each of which elect one-third of the city council. To the first class are assigned so many of the largest taxpayers as pay one-third ot the taxes assessed; to the second so many as in the aggregate pay the sec- ond-third of the taxes; to the third class belong all not included mn the first and second. Each of the three with its tax payments, The City Council of Beslin has long been con- spicuous for the educational and fi nancial standing of its members. Election to it is accounted an honor, to which the ablest men of the eity aspire, Mrs. Polk. Mrs, James K. Polk, who is now ing of the time when sbe was lady of the White House, said that she enjoy- ed that period of her life, and looked leasure. She is fond of recalling neidents of Mr. Polk’s administration, and is proud of lus career. She says she regards the annexation of Texas and the results following the Mexican war, that la, the acquirement of the Californias, New Mexico, and all those Territories so rich in mineral ore, as some of the most important eyents in the history of this country. In fact, ghe thought Mr. Polk's administration was second to none, and she would not even except the results obtained by Mr, Jefferson. She says history is now pro. ving the advantages gained by these accessions, all dus to Mr. Polk's ad- ministration Doils, { aa | Mlilions of china, wax and other dolls are sold in this countrv, yet none are | manufactured here. From Germany, | cheap, the supply emanates, and the ‘in number that they can manipulate | doll famines and corners in any quarter | accordingly. The most surprising fact | about dolls is that their facial features i | that of the human race. remembered that one girl wears out an | average of fifty dolls, and that seventy million girls are using an average of five of comprehension, produced and reproduced in dolls by means of models. the models are active sketches of pretty faces, in They acquire any face attracting attention, who has passed througha great toy establishment must have marveled at the long rows of faces of exquisite beau- ty. To the close observer it is apparent duced in clay the features of the suce ions of children, If there were in existence a musuem contaming : of each type of feature manufac tured es year, it would faithful! panorama of humanity as nfancy yea: after year, y of cessive generatic Iie ery Comprise a it It the modeler of dolls examine consecutive generations he haman family in different countries in yles in faces may keep Of ountenances » dut of t order that pace with thec of ehildren, fiange + have here the {i Daiion that there ar as well as in dress, i wing that not always of lated shi the 1 # ¥ Tw . ¢ ¥ § 1 ¥ s celebrated mode £2 ountenance d ever above manufac he was done life, fearing the « Mean had not beet Alarm was 801 through tl and failing in this way to we the child, detectives were detec. tion, rossed over inte great toy iiren were empl t find the chi hop where beautiful wed as pages. He |, but on the shelves th Ww Fre A We 3 hie Ix ged in making a arm, 4 dress, ture, or at or elsewhe hi they are sent to school, sion, where they remain 14. Then the girls retum work for life, and the boys go to army for a period of years, after which they return for life, unless called out by war. These wretched people have been trained to this drudgery so Jong that it has become a matier of instinct with them. They are fitted for no other work, and if they were, have no money by which to get away. If they went away, there are few doll makers else- where, So it happens that whole fami- lies, from the grandsire to the grand- chiid, labor from genération to genora- tion, and from morning te night. Eaeh to tu to it it few potatoes are cultivated, a mishap befalls the potatoes brings more misery and woe to them. If these families have bacon ana po- tatoes once a week during the year they regard 1t as a season of prosperity. Yel without their beer. They can go with. Every day people may be seen dustry. For this they receive a dollar, or fifty cents more, which 1s greedily sities, The manufacturers of Paris produce the finest wax dolis, The skeleton is constructed out of lime and plaster of Paris, and the eyes, nose, hot wax anddried. It then goes to the work girls to be diessed, The money value of the dolls depends upon its coating of wax; the thinly coated ones usually crack in gold weather, The the agency of the bee, but a substitute je begining to be found in ozocerite, or wax made from the residue of petro leum., China dolls are more exclusively the product of the factory. After being modeled by hand, they are baked in a great oven for a week. During this time the utmost care and watchfulness are required. The tenders are never permitted to sleep, A draught of air will produce disastrous results. A single even contains 5,000 dolls, and thirty ovens are often full at once in one factory. At the end of the week the dolls come out, in all conditions, | About one in five is perfect, After | baking, tho dolls are painted and gla zed. The imperfect ones are separated by themselves aml sold to *‘fairs’”’ and “cheap-John'’ concerns, which dispose of them to people who infest such pla ces, One German factory has been running about one hundred and thirty and has produced one billion Some of the manufacturers are rich, All attempts at dolls in this country have failsd owing to the cheap labor abroad, Congress, however, levies thirty five per cent. duty on those toys (which make women of our girls), in expectation of future manufacture here, The dolls form a miniature world of inanimate women, since the young ladies who play with dolls prefer young dolls, lady dolls. It is diffieult to compre- hend that they require every article in | use by the human being except food and drink, The styles of doll outfits charge | with the fashions in dolls, The “‘chig- non’ and “waterfalls,” the high back hair and the Langtry bang, with | cessively within a few years, All sty- | lish dolls to-day have hair a la Rem- | brandt., Their furniture, dresses and other articles of wear and tear are pat- terned after the fashions of the animate world, The dolls themselves have un. dergone a marvellous evolution, They can walk, kneel down, sit , stand up or placed in any attitude, Not inti Yenior 114s pro- * apparatus to squall and anatomically | In a word, avored by s and animals are by satens talk to us Lr will ped fou Fara GOWwWn De piay mu iaugh artificially. They say ** and ‘mamma, tie modern doll has been | invention, as papa” to toward artificial tendency on the il object of the doll Romans—an ob- I all later nstory mind of naternit f endowed with an i . ay dl 4 ¢ 8 énnined Lo re A _—— “ The ITsight of Waves § have of waves in al Unea been INens Tis ditions of : . and and the § : } reach be that pth. Of this ph osopher 1t may be sumed that he was y martyr to sea sickness, and that he 1 imsel{ with mak- On the eet is almost i in corres ive feet can possibly be onception of the altitude of wiiich under s of wind al mig i * oceans, 11 is sa wd rely - WAAAY « gt ho iy La UE juake wave has G0 fect: yet kind are happily = occur they ar been cnown to rise stirges of th ng wh ries Lo of the wave Cc yup % a sample 4 Airy’s table with dimensions, and as of bis calculations, it way be t a wave hundred thousand feet in breadth will travel at the rate of 533 90 per second in waler | that is ten thousand feet deep. This is possible, but it difficult accept such conclusions as exact, Atallevents there is nothing more deceptive than the height of waves, The SOAS in the world run off Cape Horn, where, whether the wind blows east or west, they have a holiday ground within a belt of eight or ten degrees thal com- passes the globe without the interven- tion of a break of land. Any man who has run, say, before a strong westerly i gale round the Horn will know the magnitude of the seas which follow his ship, Viewed from the stern, when the vessel sinks in the trough, the oncom- ing sea that is about to underrun the ship, and It her soaring to the flying heavens, will seem to have its rushing summit to the height of the mizzen top; but when the su momt is gained by the observer, and the waves viewed from there, it will then be geen that those | erests which from the deck looked a long way up, will now appear to be a’ long way down. It is a common shore | going phrase that the seas run moun- | tains high, The idea implied 18 not very | generally accepted by sailors, though the term may be sometimes used by | shown tha one is £0 $411 + Led 1ESL waves were as tall as they are popular- ly supposed to be, no ship could by any possibility live in them, They are lofty to the fancy, because at sea they are To a spectator on a steamer, with a six a mountain compared to the aspect it would take from the deck of an old line of battle ship, with a thirty foot: dip,or trom one of those lofty, glazed, castel- | lated structures whieh in former times | took six months to jog soberly from the | Thames to the Hooghly. ———— cl To prodnoe an electric spark it is'only necessary to warm a sheel of paper in front of a good fire or stove oF Over » lamp. Upon going into a dark place and applying the knnakle to the paper a very decided spark will start from the latter, accompanied by a slight eraoking sound. Take fwo sheets of paper and interpose a sheet of goldieal between thom. After elootrifying thew as above described, 18 will be only nectssary to pass a pencil t in a pigzag manner over their surface to onuse the appear ance thereon of a Inmivous flash of considerable intensity, These experi. ments, which are very easy to perform, may servo to demonstrate the fanda- aotial rules of statio electricity to chil ren, The tieturning Gold-Husster, ————— A —— In the crowd at the Lake Bhore Depot was a big fellow wearing z fur overcoat and 8 broadsbrimmed hat, He walked up and down the great plat- form with his hands in his pockels, smoking and singing, apparently in the best of humor, One of those mguisi- tive men always to be found near a rallway train, who had been walching him tor some time, finally ventured to address hi. “From the West?” The individual in fur removed cigar and replied: “You bet.” (rolng East?” “You bet.” The inquisitive man became Interes. ted, He was going East too, It was eleven years since he had been east of Lake Michigan, and he was going his “That awn’t a marker to ” said the Westener, with great velhemence., ] West in '49, and this 18 my firet appearance this side of the Rocky [ live when I am to home in Maine and that’s where 1 am When I left there I was a boy of 22 or thereabouts, Do vou think they will know me stroked his gray beard thoughtfully me, wens SOLE DOW, nowy” you've got rich in the aid the Gan, to appear a he did the question implied answered or not, He : 1 surprised when his com- “They wil inquisitive § remark was equally . I’ve been thirty-five years, iink of it-—a lifetime mor’n a thousand fered immense, something, hing, Sleeping wasing : litter of gold Did you hat way? No, of course you I have seen gold everywhere wild not find 1. The with their snowy peaks, the he sparkling frost ha s Wilh wonder, EH } : t 3% + Sen: ous i ¥3 3 i've Lag SLOAL were consi vist no or Seay ‘ y ever red 1 didn’L. and vet Wins Moun. oriin. gli ve all avarice, greed. ne has tempted rained se man i esl mother, and that's t's taking me over the divide, stran- ger, A Mighty cur gave Li y frequently ¢ that. 5 years I hardly ought. She wrote and I wrote when I had tims have done. 1 i hunting when one letter her She’s more’n ck me like an id mother,’ says I, up I saw myself, wrin- kled and gray, in a glass, and observed, ‘Poor fool, boy.” Well, sir, from that i lost interest in gold, quartz placers. When 1 the BAW mother, 1 A Her eyes 1 swimming in re the day we parted. ™ nnvertad Line al thing about but not like I ought to was absorbed in I received a from TR : Ay con Lhiotograph. looked at ms night, ne, TT lured t hipr' FOLher cians nn AI — A Pigeon BEanch. Mgj. Ryan has returned to Austin, from a trip to San Antonio, “Well. who did you see over in San asked Monroe Miller, on “Did you see Dave Pul- fryer UR "he meet him. “Yes, 1 saw Dave. He is gelling rich, making money hand over fist. He i{e has got a pigeon ranche.” “A pigeon ranche! Why, there can’t be money in that.” “I3ut there is a bonanza in it the way Dave manages, 1 wanted t= buy a half interest in it. but he wouldn't sell.” “yo the people eat 80 many pigeons over at San Antonio.” “Np, they don’t eat any more pigeons overs there than we do bere in Austin, but you sée Dave has a contract to far- The Gun club is practicing every day, in order to get up a match with the Austin Gun club.” «1 don't fee how he can make 80 mach money at that.” “You have never seen those San An- tonio marksmen shoot, They only hit pigeon mm ten. Dave has those pigeons trained so that as soon as they and next day, Dave sells them over again to the Gun club, and back they come again all safe aod sound. Dave hasn’t got a pigeon on his ranche that has not been shot at forty times, and he has got more pigeons now than when the San Antonio Gun club be- gon shooting at them.”’ A A rasmiogasue dude who had been spendisg the summet at St. Albans became acquainted with a pretty coun- try lass oh an excursion, and received an jnvitation to cali upon her at her home in East Swinton, Hireing a nobby outfit he drove up there one day last week and drew up at the farm house door in great state. No one making an appearance, he reached ont and tapped on the door with his cane. Presenuy a Woman appeared with her arms oov- ered with flour up to her elbows, “Aw is Muse Blank at home, may 1 awak?” “Naw, she mn't—nol to callers.” “Will you kindly inform me where she ws?” “wall if you must know, she ain't a nandred miles off. Bat she's busy,” “Ah! watering hor roses, I do not deubt—or perliaps twining her vines?" “Naw. she isn't. She's ont on the len roof helping the old man to shin. g a The dude drove back to St, Albans,
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