QUAY PLEDGES
BALLOT REFORM.
Republican Leader Heady to Meet
' the Democrats to Agree Upon
a Fair Measure.
MUrrprrarnmtlnna to Malta II Be
lieve That They Are the Only
C hampions ot Heform, Bat Senator
Kocht Shows That the Meaaare He
Maa Presented Meets a I'opalar De
mand. (Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, March 5. A lot of
cheap notoriety is being given several
members of the legislature who have
presented bills providing for changes
In the present ballot law.
Whonever any one of these bills is
opposed by a regular Republican the
cry goes forth from insurgent Repub
lican organs that the Republican lead
ers are against ballot reform. The
insurgents who offered these bills prob
ably knew at the time they were of
fered that the regular Republicans,
who are in control of both branches of
the legislature, Intend to assume the
responsibility for any changes that are
made in the system of voting. They
do not propose to permit any Insur
gent to dictate to the Republican or
ganization as to what changes shall
be made In the ballot.
Senator Quay, while In Harrlsburg,
last week, conferred with Governor
Stone and leading Republican members
of the legislature, and it was agreed
that no one should be permitted to In
terfere with the carrying out of every
pledge made by the Republican party
for ballot reform. Col. Quay had a
conference with Senator Benjamin K.
Tocht, of Union county, who has In
troduced a ballot reform bill, and who
is chairman of the senate committee
on elections, which will have to pass
upon all ballot and election measures
this session.
TO CONFER WITH Gt'FFEY.
Senator Quay stated that Inasmuch
as the Democratic party has also de
clared In favor ot ballot reform, he
would be pleased to confer with Col.
Guffcy, the leader of the state Democ
racy, with a view to an agreement upon
a fair election ballot bill which Re
publicans and Democrats alike could
support. It Is manifest that Col. Quay
does not believe that the Republican
organization should shirk its duty of
giving the people an honest ballot re
form bill.
There are severnl other reforms
which the Republican leaders desire
to see accomplished.
While the insurgent newspapers miss
no opportunity tyi misrepresent the ac
tion of the Republicans in the legisla
ture on the ballot reform issue, when
the legislature shall have adjourned
the people will know that the Republi
can party has fulfilled all its pledges.
THE FOCHT BALLOT BILL.
A bill which is attracting much at
tention and which will be amended to
meet any program that the stalwart
Republicans may determine upon, is
known as the Kocht bill. It was intro
duced by Senator Kocht.
In explaining the provisions of this
measure, which is now in the hands of
the elections committee, Senator Forht
said:
"First Recognizing that party or
ganization is fundamental to any elec
toral system, it Is proposed to divide
nominations Into those made by regu
lar political parties and those made
by non-political and Individual effort.
"For a party nomination it is requi
site that there be either a national,
state or county organization, governed
by a set of rule3 and requiring a fixed
minimum public notice of the time and
manner of making nominations. This
Is the first step toward legislative reg
ulation of primary elections, and by
giving official recognition to party
unities will naturally lead up to this
result.
"Provision is also made for free nom
inations by any group of citizens not
affiliated with nny political party. Such
nominations are all grouped under one
head as independent nominations. It
would seem most unwise to allow any
group of citizens, having probably no
affiliation outside of their own munici
pal division, to dignify their efforts
with a political name and the sem
blance of party regularity. The Mar
tin bill, in 1S93, required representa
tion from every county In the state for
nomination by papers; this is an on
erous requirement, and would practi
cally be prohibitory. The nronoaed
law requires representation from at
least ten counties for a place upon the
state ticket, and was so fixed for the
reason that it does not seem right that
B disaffected group of citizens, or any
number of citizens not members of any
political party, should be able to secure
a place upon the state ticket without
definite representation in some regU'
lated number of counties.
CANDIDATESGROI'PEDTOGETHER
"Second In the printing of the bal
lot the names of all candidates for any
particular omce are to be grouped un
der one heading, giving priority of
place to the dominant party, and ar
ranging nil other party nominations In
the order of votes cast at the last state
election. Following these are the
names of all independent candidates.
arranged In alphabetical order, under
each office, following each name with
the designation 'Independent nominee.'
Except that Independent nominees are
Dot permitted to choose a party deslg.
nation, this provision does not differ
from the Martin bill or any other Dro
posed measure for decreasing the size
of the ballot or doing away with party
columns.
"The provision for following all the
nominees Tor each office by as many
blank lines as there are persons to be
elected to that office gives onnortnnltv
for every voter to cast his ballot strict
ly in accordance with his views with
out danger of losing his vote through
marking in different columns and so
not being counted by either the haste
or neglect of an election board.
"Third For the same reasons that
recognition Is specifically given to par
ty nominations provision is made for
voting a party ticket by placing a hor
izontal row of circles across the top of
the ballot, printing therein the names
of all parties making nominations, ar
ranged In the order of party dominants
In the last preceding spring election,
lu onler that there may be no iiiisuu-dit-staniini.;
ns lo the Import of these
circles, this Instruction is to be print
ed undi rneaili:
TO FACILITATE VOTING.
"TO VOTE A STHAir.HT TICKET
MAKK AN X MARK WITHIN ONE
or inn i lKUi.r.s. ami i rii
MARK THE BALLOT ELSEWHERE.
"TO VOTE A SPLIT TICKET. THAT
IS FOR CANDIDATES ON DIFFER
ENT TICKETS. 1X1 NOT MARK IN
ANY CIRCLE. PIT MAKE A MARK
AFTER EACH CANDIDATE VOTED
FOR.
"Fourth The vexed question as to
how assistance can be rendered to a
voter who is unable to mark his ballot
is compromised between those who
would allow a free choice of any voter
and those who would restrict this duty
to members of the election board, who
now have more than they can well do,
by restricting the choice of the assist
ant to one ot the duly appointed watch
ers, and each watcher is required to
take an oath prohibiting the disclosure
of the way in which he marked any
ballot, and is further subjected to all
the penalties Imposed by the bill upon
election officers for any such offense.
"So far as possible, the lines of the
existing law which are now fairly un
derstood and reasonably well settled by
Judicial Interpretations have been
closely followed, except so far as it
seemed possible to simplify eithir the
method of nomination or the form of
the ballot. The time within which pro
tests must be made is limited and nom
inations are required to be filed with
the officers promptly so that neither
the office of the secretary of the com
monwealth nor the Dauphin county
court will be congested with a multi
tude of contests within a short time of
the election
IN CASE OF CONFICT.
"When two or more bodies seek to
use the same political name, claiming
to represent the same party, the secre
tary of the commonwealth is required
to accept and file the first papers ten
dered, and the other party is compelled
to look to the court for redress. Ex
cept as to matters of form the duties
of the secretary of the commonwealth
are made purely ministerial, although
he may reject any certificate or nomi
nation paper for patent fraud In its ex
ecution. "Every candidate Is restricted to a
single place on the ticket, and where a
candidate receives nominations from
more than one party or group of voters
he Is held to prefer to have used on
the ballot that one which shall be the
first filed, unless he shall within a lim
ited time file a paper under oath ex
pressing preference for some other
nomination.
"This absolutely prevents any name
appearing twice on the ballot, and yet
by grouping all candidates, under each
title, gfves ample opportunity for every
candidate receiving the votes of all of
his friends. It Is senseless for a candi
date's name to appear more than once
when no elector is entitled to more
than one vote.
"It is estimated that this ballot, on
account of Its reduced size, will cost
from two hundred to many thousands
less for each county each year
"The question of registration does
not form any part of this Kocht ballot
bill, because the constitution must be
first amended before any reform in that
line can be provided for by legislative
enactment."
A GAME THAT TWO COULD PLAY,
Only Old Man Ritchie Tlnyed It Bet
ter Than Ills Partner.
"Old man Ritchie was a great char
acter in the early days on the Mississip
pi," said a local sportsman, spiiinini;
yarns about antebellum gambling and
gamblers. "He had made a living out of
cards for years and, of course, was up to
all the tricks of the trade, but he was
such a bland, Innocent looking old boy
that he was continually beiug picked out
as a mark by sharpers. On one occasion,
while he was loafing around Little Rock,
a very smooth individual of the nnme of
Gridley, who had Just drifted Into the
country from somewhere up in New Eng
land, made his acquaintance and, after
sizing him up pretty carefully, took him
aside and proposed that they go in to
gether and open n game of faro.
'I have JU.UtHi,' said Gndley, 'and if
you can raise a similar amount we will
start a nice little gentlemeu's club, cater
ing to none but the boiled shirt trade,
and the chances are we can clean up a
big pot of money.' 'I guess I can get the
three thousand all right,' replied the old
man, 'but we will have a nighty smnll
capital. Somebody may come in and
break us in an evening.' 'Oh, that's a
risk we've got to run.' said Gridley, 'but
we won't encourage high play. Our spe
cialty will be tone and respectability.'
"To make s long story short, tltey went
In together, and on the first night Ritchie
went out to get supper, leaving his part
ner In charge. hen he returned, Grid
ley pulled a long face. 'We've had bad
luck,' he said. 'While you were gone a
little bowlcgged fellow came in and won
$3(i0. Oh, well, that s a risk we have to
run" replied Ritchie and said no more
about it. Next night it was the same
story. 'That confounded bowlcgged fel
low w as In again while you were eating,'
said Gridley, 'and won out another $500.'
'Too bad,' grunted Ritchie, 'but I guess
we'll catch even ou somebody else.'
"The following evening the old man
said he d'ulu't feel hungry and offered
to look after things while Gridley got a
cup of coffee. The New Englander was
back in about three minutes. 'Well,
partner,' iid Ritchie, sighing, 'fortune
certainly does seem to be ag'in us.' 'Why,
how is that?' asked Gridley, looking
stnrtlwl. 'That doggoned bowlegged fel
ler was In ag'in,' replied the old man,
heaving another deep sigh. The New
Englander changed color nnd for a mo
ment si'i'ined at a loss to know what to
sny. 'Well ei what did he do?' he
finally maiinged to inquire. 'He busted
us,' said the old man calmly." New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Clergrniats and the H,
A true anecdote of the old election
days, which Mr. Gladstone used to relate,
will perhnps bear retelling at the mo
ment. At the celebrated election lu 18t5,
at which Mr. Gladstone lost his sent for
Oxford university becoming, to use hit
own plirr.se, "unmuzzled" his opponent
was Gatlioinc Hardy. The practice at a
contested election was for each elector to
record his vote by word of mouth before
tellers for each party.
The late Professor Henry Smith wss
acting as teller for Mr. Gladstone, when
nn uncouth country clergyman entered,
and, to the usual request for whom he
wished to record bis vote, replied, in his
confusion, "I vote for Mr. Glad I mean
for "Ardy."
"I claim that vote," quietly put lu Pro
fessor Henry Smith.
"No, no," protested the clergyman. "I
did not finish the name."
"luitc so, but you did not even begin
the other," retorted the professor. Lon
don (hrotiicle
A Mnrreloua l.lnirnlat.
Frofessor Thomas Dnvidson was a inns
tor of many languages. On oue occasior.
be had nn Interview with the pope. Tin
conversation was cnrrhil on in several
languages, including ecclesiastical Latin.
At this last his holiness remarked that
his visitor must be nn Italian. "Ego sun
Scotus," replied Professor Davidson; "I
am a Keotchniun." London Sketch.
It Is a pretty fashion to give the first
boy of the family his mother's surname
for a Christian name. If the name Is
not too masculine, It may often serve for
a girl's first name lu a family where
there are no boys. . A
GREAT TRIUMPH
F0RREF0RJ1.
Flinn Riug Beaten in the State
Legislature.
COL. QUAY LED THE FIGHT.
Cltlsens of I'lltxlinm M ho llnve Se
cured Their lleslre.l pn- rhnrter
Stronul? Coii.tiiriiil the Action of
Itcmilar lleptil.llcnn l.entlcrihlp.
(Speclnl CorrTtondenoe
Harrlsburg, March 5 Citizens of
Allegheny county are already nt work
In a campaign to get forthetaxpayersof
that county the full benefit of the pass
age of the reform charter bill by the
legislature Inst week.
There Is reason to believe that the
ring which has been dominating the of
ficial life of Pittsburg, under the lead
ership of Insurgent Chief William
Fllnn, Is about to be broken and that
the demand for a reform administra
tion of public affairs in that munici
pality will be complied with through
the efforts of the leaders of the Re
publican organization of the state.
After a most remarkable battle, a
struggle lasting several weeks, the Fllun
contingent and their Democratic allies
and a few recruits from the ranks of
those who started out as stalwarts In
the senatorial campaign, were finally
beaten In the house on Thursday morn
log last, when the so-called "ripper,"
or charter reform bill, was passed final
ly exactly as it came' from the senate,
by a vote of 106 to 93. I'nder the pro
visions of the constitution 103 votes
were required to pass this measure, so
that there nas but a small margin over
this in the final vote.
INSURGENTS WERE SURPRISED.
Flinn and a full hundred of his lieu
tennnts from Pittsburg were on hand
lobbying against the bill, and they had
counted upon 12 majority against it
when they on Wednesday night, called
for a vote upon a motion to indefinitely
postpone consideration of the bill
They demanded the yeas and nays, and
were given a terrible shock when they
found that 102 members voted against
postponement and only 92 in favor of
sidetracking the measure
From that moment the stalwarts be
came stronger and the Flinn men
weaker nnd weaker, although the
Fllnn lobby remained at work all
night, many ot them not going to bed
at all, and they still hoped when the
vote for final passage was taken that
there would be one or two votes, or
less than the constitutional majority,
for the bill.
RING METHODS INTRODUCED.
In 'their desperate efforts to prevent
a vote on the bill the Flinn henchmen
resorted to fiilibusterlng tactics of the
most drastic character. One of the
Fllnn supporters, Representative Ho
sack. in defiance of the rulings of the
speaker of the house and in violation
of parliamentary law. refused to take
Ms seat and continued to Interrupt the
clerk while he was railing the roll
When an assistant sergeant-at-arms.
In pursuance of Instructions from the
chair, went to Hosack and requested
him to be seated, he still refused, and
then he was firmly pressed down into
his place. A small sized riot followed,
with partisans of the disorderly insur
gents rushing at the assistant sergeant-at-arms
and roughly handling him.
The speaker finally obtained order,
but the actions of Hosack and those
who attempted to break up the session
has called forth very severe criticism
from every section of the state. This
conduct was in line with the action of
the Insurgents who organized a rump
house during the last session of the
legislature, when they were working
against Col Quay for senator, but it
quite surpassed in the desperate char
acter of the work anything attempted
two years ago.
Col. Quay, who arrived from Florida
to personall direct the forces in favor
of the reform charter bill, expressed
great satisfaction over the victory of
the regulars.
The people of Pittsburg fully appre
ciate his services.
Copies of resolutions passed at a
large meeting of Influential citizens of
Pittsburg have just been received here.
COL. QUAY PRAISED.
These resolutions, after referring to
the passage of the reform charter bill,
set forth:
"That It Is the duty of all friends ot
good government, without party dis
tinction, to lend their hearty co-operation
to the work which has been so
splendidly begun.
"That the earnest thanks of the
whole people of Pennsylvania are due
to the legislature and to the Republi
can state organization for the adoption
of the above act for the better adminis
tration of second class cities; and par
ticularly should popular congratula
tions be extended to the Hon. Matthew
Stanley Quay for the aid he gave In
this timely victory of upright civic
principle, the assertion of which at
this Juncture and In this manner Is. as
he reminds its, merely the redemption
of pledges made by the Republican
party of this commonwealth; and
"Whereas, It is publicly announced
by those whose interest It has been to
antagonize those pledges that the fight
against the fulfillment of the Republi
can party's obligation to the people
has only been opened, nnd whereas it
is beyond doubt that they will continue
their opposition with all the means and
all the energy nt their command.
WILL FIGHT FOR REFORM.
"Resolved, Thnt the Republicans of
this assemblfigepb'dgethemselvHsto me
every honorable means to complete the
political regeneration for which the
act of the legislature has opened the
door; that we promise to Inaugurate
our part of the task by perfecting at
once the organization of our re.ipec
tlve districts and renewing our cam
palgn for the bringing of the city nnd
county government Into closer rela
tion with the interests of the taxpayer
ana tne private citizens, where we left
oft after the unavailing but Inspiring
ngnt of ih'.iij; and that we stand ready
to Join with the leaders of the reform
movement In any and all steps neces
sary for the consummation of the work
In Pittsburg and Allegheny county
that the legislature at Harrisbnrg has
begun. We nccept tlje implied chal
lenge of the champions of the ring gov
ernment contained In the declaration
that the linttle is only in Its nrellmi
nary stares, anil we confidently app"al
to i no people oi our districts to nn'e
well the Issiiei upon which that battle
has l,en Joined and upon which it will
nn.Hly have to be determined.
"Resolved further. That the hiir
mnn of this meeting he autlnrized
hereby to nppolnt a rninniittce of
seven, of whom he shall be one, to
confer w.f nnd co-operate with any
Himihir ffiiorniltHos 1 1 1 1. 1 imiv l.n nn-
pointed to carry on the tight for good
government In other pnrts of the city
and the county,"
FLINN RING DESPERATE.
The Flinn ring has, ns above indi
cated, already started In to fight for
their political existence in the last
ditch. They propose to interpose all
manner of legal nnd other obstacles to
the enforcement of the new ehnrter,
which provides that within 30 days of
the date upon which the governor at
taches his signature to It, the governor
shall appoint a recorder for each of
the three cities afTected Pittsburg,
Scranton nnd Allegheny. The present
mayors ot Pittsburg nnd Allegheny In
tend to resist the enforcement of the
law, which legislates them out of of
fice, and a hot struggle In the courts
will result.
In Scranton Mayor Moir seems to be
willing to accept the pledges of the
party leaders that only where the In
terests of reform demand shall changes
be made. He was one of the most ac
tive supporters of the bill when it was
up before the legislature. Ho says the
citizens of Scranton desired the pass
age of Uie bill, and he Joined with them
In advocating It.
NO EXCISE COMMISSION.
There have been many reports mis
representing the attitude of the Re
publican lenders regarding the grant
ing of liquor licenses.
There has never been nny Intention
on the part of the influential leaders of
the Republican organization to ad
vance the bills which provide for the
appointment of excise commissioners,
who shall have full control of the
granting of liquor licenses. The policy
of the Republican leaders Is to have
the Judges of the courts of common
pleas continue to pass upon all applica
tions for liquor licenses.
It is believed that the story that the
party leaders were going to take this
power away from the Judges originated
from the desire of one of the fudges,
who Is opposed to granting any liquor
licenses, and who wants to be relieved
nf what to him Is a very unpleasant
duty.
WHAT LIFE IS."
A Utile crib beside the bed,
A little face alnne the spread;
A little frock beliinil the door,
A little shoe upon the flocr.
A Utile lad with dark brown hair.
A little blue eved fice and (air;
A little lane thai leads to sthool,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
A little blithesome, winsome maid,
A little hand within his laid;
A little cottairo. aires four,
A little old time fashioned store.
A little (amity gathering round,
A little turf hrapetl, tear dewed mound;
A little added to his Mil,
A little rest from hardest toil.
A little silver in his hair,
A little slool and emjr chair:
A little night o( earth lit gloom,
A little cortege to tiie tomb.
WHAT WE CALL OUR WEIGHT.
And What It Would Be In Entirely
Different Circumstances.
You step upon a weighing machine,
drop a penny in the slot, the hnud goes
around the figured dial and, stopping at
a certain point, tells you that your weight
is so many pounds. Yon kuow by this,
In a sort of comparative way, tbut there
is a certain amount of the matter which
composes the universe contined under
your skin. You have appropriated a cer
tain portiou of it iu the construction of
your llesh and boues. There is a definite
amount of the elements combined togeth
er which produces an effect upon the
machine, and that effect is trauslutod in
to pounds. You do not know exactly
what a pound Is, but it is some sort ot
an arbitrary measure of the force of
gravitation, nnd after reading the fig
ures on the scale you know about how
much there is of you by comparison with
other objects that have weight and
density.
When you stand outside of yourself,
there seems to be no reason why you
should have any weight. The mind, which
is the most important part of you, does
not apcar to have nny weight, is a mat
ter entirely outside of yourself. You can
not increase or diminish It by any act of
will, though sometimes Iu dreams you
seem to have divested your body of the
downward pull which you call weight
and find yourself floating as easily as a
mote lu a stiubnm. It may be thnt t his
is a sort of recollection ou the part of the
matter which enters iuto our composition
of a tune when it was really not subject
to this tugging called gravitation and
floated free. Iu our present environment,
however, this law of matter has us in full
control, nnd we-ennnot escape it for the
smallest fraction of a second. It operates
steadily all the time, and we are obliged
always to take it into account.
But does the scale actually tell us how
much we weigh? It simply calculates the
balance between two forces that are
working against each other, the one tend
lug to ding us down to the center of the
earth and the other to send us spinning
out iuto space. The pull of gravitation
has the advantage by so many pounds,
otherwise we should leave our happy
homes in a hurry and start on a Journey
from which we would never return go
ing out iuto space to hobnob with comets
and asteroids nnd other celestial wander
ers. This old earth is a whirler nnd a
twlrler. It bus more curves than n base
ball in the hands of nn expert pitcher.
lou have seen the experiment of swing
ing a pail of water over the head without
spilling the water. The earth is giving
us the same sort of a swing.
It is as if some giant were stationed at
the point of space where the center of t lie
earth is, with a string upward of 3.0OC
miles in length attached to us and were
swinging us around nt the end of it. Thii
rnte of circular motion is approximately
1,000 miles an hour. It is a pretty rapid
swing, and the fact that on account ot
this rnpidily we have a considerable tend
ency to take a long jump several thou
sand miles Into space must mnke a con
sidernble difference in the pressure when
we step ou the weighing machine. If the
earth were to stop its whirling some day
lor a short tune, we should all suddenly
become henvy weights, nnd it is a ones-
Hon whether the ordinary weighing ma
chine would be adequate to measure th
tendency which our bodies would have tc
press toward the center of the earth. It
is plain, therefore, that we should weigli
a good deal more if it wasn't for the giant
swing given us by the planet upon whkli
we urc involuntary residents. Pittsburg
i lmes.
Voting; In Frnnce.
In France voting is by ballot. Th per
sons who help iu receiving nnd counting
inc vote are volunteers drawn from the
ranks of the electors. Prior to the oncn
ing of the poll nt each station the pro-
sioing ollieer unlocks the urn providid
for the reception of the votes nnd satis
fies those present that it is empty. He
then locks it again, places the key in his
pocket and hands a duplicate to one of
nts nvlpers, who are termed assessors.
'J he poll is open from 8 in the morning
until li at night, nnd at the close Ilio
votes are counted nn the spot by the vol
unteer helpers, 'the result is then for
warded to Ihe central bureau.
The Chinese have n record of a nt
fall as far back ns IH-I Ji. , nuj ti,y
have an older tradition of a mass of 40
feet In height which fell frolu the sky iu
western China.
HULLTED THE BULLY.
ONE RAILWAYTRIP FOR WHICH TERRY
THE TERROR PAID.
On Thla Oreaalna the lla.1 Man Fell
In With n Train (unductur Who
Wna na Brimful of Itenourcea na He
Was tit Dlneretlon.
James Terry, the terror of the Red
Rock mining district, had a reputatiou
tor trying to ride on railway trains with
out paving his fare. So when the train
men saw him get aboard they thought
there would be trouble.
Ah the tiaiu moved nut of the station
nnd the conductor. Hilly McMasters,
tatted through the cars to collect tickets
the Terror, who had diopjH'd iuto a rear
n-nt in the last cur, was very much lu
tcrcsted in ns much of the passing land
scape ns he could see out of the car
wituloM' iu the gathering darkness. Fiual
l.v I he conductor reached the Terror and
st:cthid out his hand for a ticket. Itut
it was no use. Mr. Terry kept his eyes
fastened on the whirling tnoraiua of
lights outside. McMasters began to real
ii'.c I lint he was lnoUod for trouble.
"Ticket, please," said McMastets.
lie t no response. Hecoining slightly
uuuoyul, I e placed his hind on the shoul
der of the Tenor. That worthy then
t uracil and seeing the conductor's out
stretched baud grasped it heartily, ex
chimiing: "Ilov.'dy? I'm glad to see yer."
! !c Masters, losing patience, shouted:
" Leie's your ticket? How far are you
goi .!:"
"Aw," said the Terror, "Is t'at nil?
Why. I'm a fren' of t'c president of tills
licic pike, 'n I ride for uuttin. See, t'at
g"l S."
Well, it don't go, cither," said Mc
Allisters. "Yon cither pay jour fare or
;;-( oil." And he raised his hand nnd
pi. !h d the signal rope, notifying the cu
gicivr lo stop the train.
'iuo train stopped, but Air. Terry made
no uioliou to gi-t off.
"Here, you boys," culled .McMasters
to a couple of bralvcttifii who had been
standing near In anticipation of hostili
ties. Put as i hey approached the Terror rose
fioiu his scat, whipped out two revolvers
nnd issued nil ultimatum nn the spot.
"Now, you Kmk here," said James
Teny, "I want tor put yer nex' to t'e
fac' t'nt I'm goiu tor lied Rock, about
:to fiiles from here. Where's me ticket?
Right here iu tne two mits, 'n if yer go
ter any queer business I'll put ye fellers
on t'c Upper Sandusky iu two shakos.
SaveyV"
Conductor Alt-Masters was a good
strategist. lie saw at a glance thnt it
would be a ucfdli'ss risk of life nnd blood
to carry Terry's intrenched position by a
frontal attack. lie therefore reached
for the si-mil cord nud started the train,
ut the same lime waving his hand to the
arriving ro-ciiforcvuionts to follow- hiin.
There was an immediate session of the
bourd of strategy in the baggage car nt
which a plan ot enmpaigu was mapped
out. although cadi number of the board
uVi'limil lo lie interviewed at .no rlose of
the session. The Terror uifauwliile re
mained standing with his buck to the
window nud his eyes searching the situa
tion before hiin to rctfl any uttiu-k from
the front.
When tha train stopped at the next
slati'Mi, llollygrove, a figure moved
stealthily along the station plat form from
the luiggnge car to a position directly un
der the window where the Terror of Red
Rock stm d, master of the situation.
There had always la-en iiniuiosity le
twecn the Ilolljgrovors and the Red
Roekitcs, anil it took very little to pro
voke a mix up when men from the two
places met. When the figure, which was
that of one nf Alc.Masters' brakeuicu,
rt ached the l'etror'i window, he uttered
a loud yell:
'1 kin lii k the (test man from Red
Rock that ever livi-d. I kiu lick two men
fiom I 'nit dead tow n with my right hand
tied behind my back," was what the fig
ure said.
The Tenor of Ui-d Rock grew rcj In
the face. He silli ly colli. In't allow such
insults to he htirhsl against his town
without resenting them. He hesitated.
"I would think thai the Terror of Red
Rock with two revolv-.s was the juiciest
him of clieri-y pic."
This was too much. The Terror hes
itated no I n, -er. Ho would uphold the
honor of his town, come what might.
Ouiek ns a Hash he threw up the win
dow sash mi.! stuck out his head nnd
shoulders.
"Where's the mut that wants tu fight?"
he screamed.
Rut when he put his head out of the
window li n .1 turned his back on passing
events within the car the Terror played
right into Conductor McMasters' long
si'il. Following the plan of cnnipnigu
mapped out in I ho baggage car, the con
ductor w os near ut hand w hen Air. Terry
stuck his la nd and half his body out of
the narnv car window. AlcMnsters
made n quick motion mid before the Ter
ror could realize his position had shut
the windo-.v half way down and fastened
it so tiiat the bottom ' the sash passed
ncross the small of the Terror's back,
holding him as iu a vise.
CotiilueMr AlcMnsters had provided
himself with a Hat stick which made an
excellent paddle, and he soon was giv
ing the Terror the worst paddling he
ever had in his life. A luakeniau came
lilting nud joined in the Hunk attack with
tin enfilading tics' from allot her paddle.
The Terror's pistols were aliont ns lunch
use as a divining rod is ulong the Chi
ta go river.
I'nder lhi terrific punishment from the
rear the Terror soon cupiltilated nnd
diopped his revolvers to the platform.
So the attack ceased, and the rough mail
from Red Rock v.ns ellowcd to draw his
head in nud pay his fare, although he
protested t l;:it it was a swindle to make
a in "i li pay his f ile who was compelled to
stand up the rest of his ride owing to
the stress of leci nl events. New York
Hun.
Ap t'nnnl.
"Isn't il a nuisance to button one's
gloves?" remarked Ihe fair young girl
whose engagement had recently been an
nounced. "I always let my huslirnnl do it .for
me," said her married fiietid. "He but
tons t hem in a jilfy. Why don't you let
your young man button yours?"
"I did the other evening, nnd it took
him nearly half an hour." Philadelphia
Press,
Eiplalnrd.
"Slrnnge that yon have never played
golf when you live so near the links."
"llaidly strange. .My inothcr-in-law.
w ho lives with us, is a lieud at the giuue."
Brooklyn Life.
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Idea to purchase a memorandum book In
which to jot down the Items of his daily
expenditure. "I can compare notes from
day to day," he said, "lind out how much
I spend and so learn to regulate my ex
penditure here and there." So the book
was bought. After the great lawyer's
death his executors, w hile going over his
effects, came across the book. Interested
to know how successful McAllister
had been lu "regulating his expendi
tures," they opened the book to find this,
the sole Item contained therein:
"To one memorandum liook. 23. cents."
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