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By CHARLES T1
Author of The Vay / Soul
(Copyright 1111. The Bobbs-Merri
CHAPTER XXn
Nemesis.
EYom that night Curr&n went about
hie work ae if a lamp lighted the way
for hie feet. He amazed his supporters
in the concluding weeks of the
campaign. A serene, yet boyish Joy, a
confident step, a brightening eye, and
brilliant daring in debates; a sense of
power discovered and the rapture of
achievement.
"What's come over him?" muttered
Arne Vance to his sister. "It can't be
Just the election! Elected? Why, he'll
roll up the biggest majority any man
ever got in this county! Jhe Democratic
central committee have as good
as thrown up the fight. And the Tanner
split is a joke?I'll bet Curran will
even carry the High street precinct.
Rube Van Hart and I went all around
the square offering three to one on
Curran and couldnt get a bet!"
Janet looked calmly at her brother.
In his ardor of the light he had not
noticed her preoccupation of late. Steadfast
in her work; resolute and untiring
in her counsels to the impetuous and
ill-controlled young men who dominated
the headquarters of the impecunious
Progressive League, over in Eariville
and managed Curran's light "Thad
swears he'll resign the county chairmanship
If Wiley wins," he went on,
"and that means the end of things!"
"Yes," she answered, "the end of
things!"
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now her weariness. He wondered if
she had come upon that story of Ladeau's
which he and Purcell and Rube
Van Hart had so successfully kept
stilled. Wiley himself might have told
her. At least, with all Janet's loyalty,
Anne discerned some unfathomable
negation in her heart He laid it to her
tiredness; the stress was inevitably
too much for a woman, even for Janet's
superb health and iron vitality.
But with a brother's constraint he did
not intimately question the matter.
He was busied with plans for the big
meeting the night before the election.
Curran had never spoken in his home
town. He had always evaded it. and
early In the campaign his managers
had thought It-wise. But now, when
he had addressed the people in every
country district, in every town of the
constituency?when he had met every
lssae and the progression of his cause
had spelled his triumph everywhere,
McBrlde, Purcell, the Vances, and all
the exultant group of young men in
Earlvllle, had Insisted that they conclude
the battle in his home spot. That
battle, indeed, was won; but they
wanted to brawl their victory in the
faces of the old county ring at Rome.
Curran had assented; he caught the
tire or tneir araor. nere, wnere uc uau
been the failure, he would sting them
with his success!
"It can't go wrong," exclaimed Arne,
"not even if every mossback in this
town stayed away. We'll take care of
that. The Earlville bunch will send
over enough to pack that dinky operahouse
and then we'll overflow on to the
court house lawn. Two bands and red
Are, and we'll burn up half the sidewalks
on High street. Rub it in?yell
it In their faces damn 'em!"
The town was talking of that windup
meeting for two weeks. The oldline
county committee was helpless.
Old Thad Tanner might curse impotently
in his office; but on the street Curran
walked with the consciousness that
men looked back at him. The transformation
suddenly became acute In
the minds of his townsmeh; the farmers,
over their Saturday trading in the
fttnres said that "all the folks would
'
come in to Wiley's meeting:."
Old Mowry, the undertaker, with his
ten years' grievance against the county
crowd since they threw him out of
the coroner's office, ambled into the
News and sat where he could stare at
the Widow Steger"s?always "waiting."
"Busted, Wiley!" He cackled: "Why
this mornln' even Dickinson admitted
they was busted! Some of these days
there'll be a board that'll pay me for
that nigger I burled! Wiley, wa'n't I
always your friend?"
Friend? The town, the county, the
vast Midlands all voiced it.
He was getting his mall the day before
election when Cal Rice, a whitefaced,
young-old man, habitually reflecting
the last word of his first wife's
father, Thaddeus Tanner, detached
himself from a group In the postofflce
lobby to detain him. His pasty smile
was apologetic.
"How's prospects, Wiley?" The
Kankar hnH never hefnre had anvthinar
but a grim nod for the editor.
"Splendid!" He felt a throb of magnanimous
condescension.
"I suppose you'll want to renew your
mortgage on the first?"
"I think not, Mr. Rice." Wiley smiled
leisurely. "The Merchants' Bank of
Earlville will take it up."
Rice looked up quickly. "Ah, your
friend, Purcell, I suppose?"
"I've a good many friends over there.
Well acquainted these days. So I'll take
up that mortgage when it's due. Bight
hundred and forty dollars, interest and
all. isn't it?"
"Something like that. Drop in this
morning. We'll look it up." Rice fidgeted
a moment. "There's another mat
ter. Mr. Curran. Come at eleven."
Mr. Curran drew out his watch lazily.
He found it hard to conceal his
triumph. Cal Rice of the First National
coming to him. wanting a conference!
Beaten, eh? And they knew it?
the whole court house crowd! They
wanted to placate the victor, that was
It. In a flash Wiley guessed it?Thad
Tanner was going to offer some compromise,
plead for some agreement
with him?anything, so that Thad
might retain control of the county committee.
Curran In congress and solid as
he was In the county would dethrone
Thad from his local power "sure as
shooting fish in a bucket!" AH over
town they had discussed that days ago.
If Thad lost his grip some mighty unpleasant
stories of board contracts
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might come out. They were gossiped
about, had been for years.
And now Curran thrilled with it. He
had felt it coming. He had told Arae,
and Arne had cried sourly: "Kick the
onn.nf.a.iriin rtllt nf VnllT ahoD if
he ever comes to you!"
Rice's next words sealed it The
banker shuffled nervously and then
went on: "Curran, you've been dead
wrong about the First National's attitude
toward your fight ' We're not?er
?against you?not at all?not at all.
And er?you'll come over at eleven?"
"Hardly," Wiley drawled with irritating
amiability. "Expecting a telegram
from Governor Delroy?something
about the campaign." He looked
at his watch again, conscious that every
man in the group was listening and
in fifteen minutes would spread the
report that Thad Tanner was going to
quit the light on Curran. Then he said:
"Make it eleven-fifteen, Rice. Best I
can do today."
"Ah, that will do?that will do!"
Rice rubbed his palms and smiled.
"Thank you, Mr. Curran." He hurried
on as if some elaborate programme
was to be arranged for Mr. Curran.
Mr. Curran looked about the group of
county politicians. The red-necked
Boydston was frowning evasively. The
others were still. It was Curran's moment
of triumph. He went leisurely
down the street with his mall. Mrs.
Van Hart was driving into the square.
She did not notice Curran of th News,
but Curran smiled airily. He could afford
to be complacent to High street
now. He was Curran, the insurgent
leader, of the south counties; he had
broken the ranks of the reserve. He
was a friend of the governor. Best of
all, the country folk knew him. He was
"their man." He wished he could see
Janet. He would have liked to tell her
this.
At half-past eleven?purposely he
had kept Rice waiting fifteen minutes
?he strolled over to the bank corner.
The door?a small one at the side used
hv th* nffloers?oDened before he touch
ed it. He had had an impression that
Rice had been watching hlin from the
shade of the window in ft-ont and had
scurried back to let him in. That was
another sense of his winning. Even
now Rice bowed and trotted ahead
down the gloomy bank corridor.
"This way, Mr. Curran. Ah, late? Not
at all?not at all!" He opened the door
to his private office and the guest went
in. It was rather dark, but Curran knew
that a number of men were there. He
paused, surprised to see Ransdell, the
editor of the Earlville Mercury-Journal.
But, then, Thad controlled the
Journal. Boydston, the supervisor,
whom Curran had fought six years,
was there. Judge Van Hart was there,
sitting obviously 111 at ease by the
door; and Old Thad, the wizened county
boss, in his swivel chair before the
bank directors' table. Curran looked
them over with a belying calm. They
were a representative gathering of his
I ancient enemies?men of the old regime
in politics, in wealth and social
place in the county. He was received
in a Silence that somehow was slowly
strangling the fine glow of confidence
in which he had come. He relt nimseir
intuitively brace as one does to whom
a physical peril is Imminent. The air
was hostile. It breathed evil; the room
had the menace of a trap.
Thad was cutting a cigar leisurely.
He did not rise nor extend a hand.
When he spoke it was with a precision
as one stating a prearranged programme,
a conclusion to which the
others had given assent.
"Good evening, Mr. Curran. We were
expecting you."
"So I imagine."
Tanner sat forward, his brows contracted
over his narrow eyes. Then,
in his raspish voice, with the direct
disregard of courtesy which always
made his authority, with a weaker man
take the aspect of bullying, he went
on: "We sent for you. Curran, to ask
you to withdraw your candidacy before
the people of the eighteenth dis
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Curran appeared unmoved. So swift
had been his revulsion, so sure was he
of a trap, that he had steeled himself.
He had an instant struggle to speak
with the cool satire which was all they
saw.
"Gentlemen, you ask a good deal."
The other stirred. They had expected
amazement, at least.
Tanner eyed the victim shrewdly.
"It's our duty to ask a good deal. The
party's welfare, the go<d name of our
people?I may say the purity of our
homes?demand it. I presume you
know what I mean."
Curran looked steadily at him. "I
presume, in turn, that you mean a story
of my early marriage?a story brought
to this town and to your attention by
Maurice Ladeau?"
Thad was irritated at this cool pertinacity
and frankness. He had boasted
a moment before to Judge Van Hart
that he would make the News man
cringe and crawl.
"Yes. An Incredible story, Curran,
an Intolerable story! A girl you deserted?and
without marriage."
"There was a marriage."
"We have the facts. They came to
light strangely enough. You left this
girl?Adrienne Le Ganla?in New Orleans
In 1891. She died the following
year during an epidemic of yellow fever."
Thad was looking at a slip of
memoranda, and with each point he
tapped the table with his pencil, his
face, under the light, pallid, graven
mercilessly as that of a prosecutor of
an inquisition. He looked up briefly:
"Am I right in these facts?"
"You are."
Again the group moved at Curran's
quiet confidence. Again Tanner leveled
an eye, for the moment non-plussed,
upon him. "You left her and went to
Mexico. She lived on at an old woman's
house?Madame Artois?and
died there the following year, leaving a
child!"
The man standing before them did
not move. His eye was as steady as
Tanner's own. But he twitched inwardly
with the shock.
"You recall that?"
"No. I never knew of that?and it is
a lie!"
He had broken from his spell at last.
He started forward with a hot menace.
Thad raised his hand deprecatlngly,
but his grin of triumph came. He had
made his boast good to the others that
he would crush the editor.
"There was," he went on laconically,
"a child born on the third day of June,
in a hospital on Rampart street. We
have the name. The child was baptized
on the first of August. We have that
name?the name or the priest; it was
taken charge of by an institution?we
have the name of that institution. We
have the after history of that child?
we know its identity today. Do you follow
me, Mr. Curran? Do you believe
me?"
"No."
"You admit this?marriage?"
'1 admit nothing except that my wife
died during the yellow fever when people
were rushing out of the city. I
wrote to ask of her?to this same Madame
Artois, you mention?yes. But I
did not desert her?and there was no
child of this union."
He spoke steadily again. Judge Van
Hart was studying him. They all were
watching. He had impressed them.
Bven Old Thad nodded appreciatively.
Then he went on: "Well, we need not
quarrel on the issue. The point is that
we, as representatives of the party, of
the honorable men and good women of
the community?for the good name of
that community?aak you to withdraw
from the congressional contest. It is
not a pretty tale, Mr. Curran, and we
have no desire to spread it broadcast.
Our people, you know how they detest
a double life?a concealment?a lapse
In personal morality?the honest wholesome
sense of decency In our. country
people?"
Wiley had raised a hand. "Wait," he
retorted, "what if I do not deny the
matter?"
There was a pause. Ransdell, of the
Mercury-Journal muttered. Boydston
glowered. They had been gibed so often
by Wiley Curran that they had
glutted their imaginations with the picture
of him dumfounded, crushed to
earth.
"Not deny the matter?" Tanner
looked up sharply.
* "No."
"You dare admit It?"
"I <ln oHralt It Rut Pf>llt|pmi>n
I will tell you this: You have called me
in here in secrecy and menaced me
with this story. You have called on me
to resign under threat of this story.
And I tell you?No!"
He stepped nearer, his eyes flashing.
He struck the table before the county
chairman's face.
"Go ahead with your story!" He
whirled on Ransdell of the MercuryJournal:
"I know what you were
brought here for! Go on?spring that
damned story tomorrow In your sheet?
scatter it over the county! And you"
?he faced Boydston?"I've called you a
thief for six years, and you've never
had the nerve to come to my office and
tell me I'm a liar! And you, Cal Rice
?a poor dog who rattles his chain
when the boss speaks! And you, Judge
Van Hart, I'm surprised at you, a good
man. Yes, a good man?the most pitiable
object in American life today?a
good man who stands for other men's
crookedness. You are all a pack of
blackmailing liars!"
Ransdell was on his feet furiously.
Dnviliitnn trrowled honrsftlv. JlldSTA Van
Hart arose, paling to the Hps. But
quicker than all, Thad Tanner was on
his feet and between them.
"Gentlemen! Be still! This heat?
this is uncalled for!"
"I refuse to withdraw! I call your
bluff! I'll print that story myself! The
story of my life?all of it?the least of
it. And with that story I'll go before
the people of this district and say that
I was summoned here and blackmailed.
That you bought this story of a hound
and with it tried to force me out of
public life. -You, who profess to guard
the morals of ihla community! I'll publish
today?press day?my story. It
shall have all your names?all your
smug respectable faces?and in It I
fish way. Judge Van Hart hastily
reached for his hat. "Gentlemen," he
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for this! I beg of you"?his voice failshall
tell that you brought me here and
for a consideration, agreed to hush up
this villainous awful past of mine?you
the Best People, tried to force and
bribe me out of politics! That shall
be my story."
Cal Rice, of the Presbyterian church,
muttered. Boydston moved in a jellyed
him?"let me withdraw?let me
withdraw."
Curran'8 grim smile was on him.
"Yo;ir honor, it is no place for you."
"A moment." Thad rapped the table.
"Let us have this clear. You refuse to
withdraw?"
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Yes, tonight?at my meeting?here
among my home people. Let any man
of you arise tonight and accuse me?
I'll admit it! And by God, I'll ask the
people what manner of men you are.
I'll appeal to them?their sympathy,
their hearts, their reason?with just a
story of my youth?a story that might
have been any man's! The people?the
great, honest heart of the people!"
Thad was smiling coldly. But a curious
admiration was in his eyes. He
lifted his hand. "Gentlemen, he defies
us!"
"I defy you!"
The little gray boss smiled on. Cal
Rice wa3 wringing his hands. Boydston
was wriggling uneasily, red-faced,
frightened. Judge Van Hart was already
in the doorway, lifting his hat
with a gesture of deprecating despair.
"A moment." Thad waved them to
the door. "I shall ask you to withdraw
gentlemen. And say nothing of this?
nothing whatever. I think"?his voice
was now ingratiatingly friendly?"that
Mr. Curran will withdraw. We will
discuss the matter." He waved them
on with his subtle authority. "Eh,
Judge Van Hart! I shall ask you to remain.
The rest of you?"?he smiled
and rubbed his white hands?"well, I
can assure you that Mr. Curran will
withdraw! He will see the wisdom?
the urgent need?I assure you."
(To be Continued.)
Kicker?Some ask for bread and
get a stone,
Bocker?While others ask for ice
cream and get a brick.
pistellatteous Reading.
"BIG TIM" SULLIVAN
Native Kinfl of the Bowery?Politician
and Patron 8aint.
"Big Tim" Sullivan, whose body
was Identified in a New York morgue,
was a child of the Bowery. He was
born in a Leonard street tenement in
1863, and all his life he resided in the
down-town section of New York. He
was one of the four children left
fatherless. "Big Tim's" wealth was
I npniilroH frnm monv omifhofl PhlAf I
among them were saloon and racing
and theatrical Interests In which his
association was eagerly sought At
one time, says the Springfield Republican,
his fortune was estimated at
more than $2,000,000, but his satellites
and pensioners were constantly
increasing, and during the last few
years his ventures were less successful.
Worry was the last ailment his
friends could associate with Sullivan's
sunny disposition, but it was worry,
they agreed, that finally broke down
his keen mind and probably brought
him to his death. The death of his
cousin, Alderman, "Little Tim" Sul- 1
livan, was the first blow. The treach- '
ery of one of his trusted friends cost "
him, It was said, $100,000. Then
came the death of his wife. He first
showed signs of breakdown in August,
1911, and although since then there
were occasional flashes of his old
wit, his health steadily declined.
Viewed from the Bowery's standpoint,
"Big Tim" was, of course, the
greatest of the great While outsiders
.called him a professional politician,
the East Side regarded him as a
statesman and philanthropist, handing
out Jobs to his followers who worked
for him, and free shoes or picnics
to the rest. Formerly he was a liquor
dealer. In 1889, Thomas Byrnes,
superintendent of police, described
him as "an associate of thieves." The
City Reform club called him a member
of "the worst class of bar room
politicians," in 1892. Two years
later stubs of checks payable to him
were found in a raided gambling
house.
These were merely a few Incidents '
in Sullivan's course. After long service
in Albany, he decided to ascend
higher than state legislatorshlp and
pocketed a Tammany nomination for
congress, but he was lonesome in j.
Washington. "Too far from the Bow- .
ery." he said, and arranged to return j
to the New Tork state senate. All
the while, as he held one office or another,
he acquired a fortune. The
methods of accumulation are not a
matter of official record, but it Is
known that whatever funds he collected
in mysterious channels were augmented
by theatrical ventures, occasional
real estate enterprises, and
speculation in Wall street He always
denied that he made money at
gambling. "I'm a steady looser on
the ponies," he remarked once, "and
any faro banker or expert at poker
can take it all away from me in the
long run."
Personally the Bowery boss was
most likeable, good-natured, and possessed
of much droll wit Until recent
years he rarely made a speech,
but few Tammany leaders were so
adapt in the distribution of favors, in
helping law-breakers to escape pun'- ?*
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tlon for charity by giving aid to suffering
families in his bailiwick.
Sullivan Inherited his turn for polltics.
His father, Daniel Sullivan,
whose family had come from Ireland
about 1840, organized a political club
In the old fourth ward and was a
good Job-provider for his friends,
though he never held public office.
He died a poor man. His sons were
Patrick and Timothy Daniel, both of
whom were afterward in the liquor
business. The youngest child, a daughter,
became Senator "Tim's" housekeeper
in his years of prosperity.
For a while Timothy's mother sent
him to the old school in City Hall
place, but he wanted to go to work,
and at the age of eight he stopped
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his nickname of "Dry Dollar" has
had many versions, and he admitted
the truth of them all. The accepted
story Is that he brought to school a
revenue stamp which he had found
plastered on the head of an ale barrel.
He thought it was money. It
was wet and he was seen holding it
against the stovepipe. "Sullivan,"
said the teacher, "what are you doing?"
"Drying a dollar," answered
Tim, and his schoolmates called him
"Dry Dollar."
Upon leaving school he became a
newsboy at Fulton ferry- After
learning to know the men who distributed
the papers to the newsdealers,
he made Inquiries at to whether there
was any chance of getting a place In
fViA /HolrlhiiHncr rnnm U a flnQ 11V
found employment with the Commercial
Advertiser. get a larger salary
he went to work on the Dally
Graphic. From the distributing room
he drifted to the press room. From
the Graphic he shifted to the Standard
and then to the Dial. Then came
his active interest In the politics of
the district.
Active Interest in Politics.
When the county Democracy organization
wanted an assembly candidate
In the 2nd assembly district,
Sullivan's friends suggested that he be
nominated. He went Into the fight
against Tammany. His election followed,
and even intimate friends were
surprised. After that, on six different
occasions, the voters of the 2nd
assembly district sent him to the assembly.
He was only 23 years old at
the time of his first election. Each
year after that he was elected by a
larger plurality than the previous
year. In the meantime he opened a
saloon on Center street and bought an
Interest In an undertaking establishment
on Leonard street. The found
atlon or his career as a leader was
laid rapidly.
From the beginning he was known
as the rare Tammany district pilot
who used no tobacco and did not
drink intoxicating liquors. And he
was always In good humor. In whatever
role he was appearing, as sport,
lobbyist, professional politician or
handy bondsman, he never lost his
temper and little he cared what men
said or wrote about him. When asked
once why he did not sue the newspapers
for libel he replied: "They
don't bother me." And he meant
It, to judge from hie consistent attitude
towardB the critics, though, as
a part of the political game, "vindicating"
speeches were Indulged in
every now and then.
In 1888, he left the county Democracy
and Joined Tammany Hall. He
was induced to do this by his close
friends, one of whom was Thomas
Foley. It was in the parlor of Foley's
home that the arrangement was made
by which Sullivan became a member
of Tammany.
The reapportionment of New York
county's assembly district In 1892 created
a new 3rd district for which a
satisfactory Tammany Hall leader was
wanted, and Sullivan was asked to
move Into the new district and assume
the reins. He repeated there
the political successes which were his
In the old 2nd. The same attention
to the material wants of his constituents
made friends for him. Was there
one of his followers in need of a Job.
Mr. Sullivan never rested til he had
landed him in some soft berth in the
city's employ. Was there a voter
held In bail. Big Tim was at his call
at any hour of the night or day, and
was ever ready to help to square matters.
The result of his methods was
soon made apparent to the leaders of
all political parties In the city, and
"Dry Dollar" became a quantity that
had to be considered In the political
reckoning.
His Accountability for Votes
His ability to account to the Tammany
organization for every vote In
his district was marvellous. On one occasion,
at the close of the polls on election
day he called upon Richard
Croker at the Tammany headquarters
and apologized for three votes that had
gone astray. Two of the voters, he explained,
had got political places through
the Republican leader of the district
"I cannot for the life of me account for
that third vote," he said.
When the group of leaders had finished
laughing, Sullivan explained that
he was sure none of the Chinamen In
the district had voted the Republican
ticket, for the reason that all of? the
Chinamen were his friends. This was
true of mambers of all the other races
In the district, too. In Sullivan's district,
they were all Sullivanites.
, FYom the 3d he moved over to the
6th district, and succeeded Harry Mitier
as leader in 1893. He made It the
banner Tammany district of the city.
His strength grew and his shrewdness
and wit increased his popularity. Finally
he became a state senator.
Though never a skilled speaker, "Big
Tim" had an effective way with him in
the legislative arena. In the course of
the debate on the Cable road bill in
1887, when Sullivan was an assemblyman,
a speaker who favored the measure,
explaining why he had changed
front in a twelve-month, said: "No one
n*n rhflrsre thia year that stocks and
bonds are being distributed to influence
members of the legislature."
"No, Mr. Speaker," interrupted Sullivan,
"this year it's cash." The speech
was never finished. The bill died.
Charities on the Bowery.
Sullivan had standing orders with all
the lodging house keepers in his district
to provide from 10 to 15 beds a
night for men who said they were his
friends. When a Bowery lodging house
was burned, he provided funerals for
the victims who met their deaths In the
fire. Every Christmas he provided a
dinner for 5,000 and distributed 1,000
tons of coal among the poor families
In his district.
Another yearly affair to which the
Bowery looked forward was the Sullivan
picnic in August. The clan and Its
guests went by boat to College Point,
L. I., where, in a grove, the heelers
feasted at long: tables, were fleeced by
gamblers, played games, fought, drank
and listened to speeches.
In the autumn of 1907 "Big Tim's"
friends were surprised to hear that the
owner of thoroughbreds and habitual
bettor, who had been known to wager
as much as $20,000 on a single race,
had announced his Intention of quitting
the racing game. He said he was weary
of being a "sucker." In race-track parlance,
that meant a loser at somebody
else's game. Until "Big Tim" spoke the
Bowery never suspected that the racing
gamble was not his own subsidized
specialty.
Out of the few set speeches delivered
by Sullivan were to be culled real
gems of expression. Soon after he grew
tired of congress, in 1907, and decided
he preferred to be a state legislator In
Albany, ne appeared on me awgc
Miner's Theatre and announced that he
accepted cheerfully the title "King of
the underworld," given to him by a
magazine writer. But his acceptance
was not quite in the sense intended by
the writer. The kingship, as Sullivan
pictured it, was standing by the poor
when they were down and out. It was
one of those "vindicating" speeches.
His Theatrical Ventures.
As a theatrical manager, "Dry Dollar"
started with the Dewey, which
once had been a church, as a burlesque
house in East 14th street. He had
many a controversy with the authorities?as
to water pilfering- charges, improper
shows, Sunday violations and
other charges and Infractions. They
say he had made much money out of
the place. The accusations never seemed
to bother him. Then he and his
partners had a theatre in East 125th
street, called the Gotham. There was
a big hubbub over Its lack of fire protection,
and the owners were forced to
make certain improvements.
"Big Tim's" smiling adaptability to
every turn of the political wheel was
evidenced by his friendship for District
Attorney Jerome years after they had
vilified each other. Jerome, In the red
light campaign of 1901, attacked Sullivan
unmercifully. In reply Sullivan
said: "Jerome is a liar to the heart's
core. I knew he was going to make
this attack on me four days ago, and
some of my friends wanted me to call
him off. But I said no. I wanted a
chance to answer him openly. His
statements about me are nothing but a
tissue of falsehoods."
But a few years later both had good
words for the other, and it was said
that "Big Tim" and "Little Tim"
wanted the district attorney to return
to the Tammany fold and run for
mayor.
tUf" Ella?What a beautiful moon.
Stella?It doesn't look so to me.
Ella?You don't seem to realize
that the man In it Is the only one In
sight
AN ESTIMATE OF MAYOR QAYNOR
He Was the Moet Interesting Man in
New York.
Death has suddenly removed from
the whirl of this city's life the most
striking: and extraordinary figure In it;
and he was snatched away at a moment
when the part that his personality
was playing In the city's affairs
was at its maximum of distinctiveness
and perhaps of Importance. If
any one had been asked yesterday
why there was any prospect of Mr.
Gaynor's election as mayor next November,
the best short answer would
have been that It was because he Is
the most interesting man In New
York. The nature of the Interest he
excited was not simple; it was compounded
of many elements. There i1
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This building was erected in the 1
spring of 1891, all the cost being raised 1
by private subscriptions with the ex- .
ception of 833 from the school fund.
Mr. T. E. McMackin taught the school
for the first six months, during which 1
time he received a salary of $20 a
month.
was admiration of his courage; there :
was appreciation of his originality;
there was delight in his wit and his '
almost unparalleled power of terse i
and pungent expression; there was i
wonder at the comprehensive range of <
his interests and sympathies, the
readiness of his response to anything
that smacks of genuine human inter
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This building cost complete about $1.
affording a seating capacity for 64 pupil
est, from the plainest of astraphang- ,
er or a pusn-cart man 10 me areams
of a Tolstoy or the theories of a Henry
George.
In his public career, whatever its
faults?and in our Judgment they
were many and grave?the dominant
note was courage. It was his courage
and success in lighting Boss McKane,
at a time when bosses were far more
difficult to fight than they are now,
that first brought Mr. Gaynor into
public notice; and we believe it can
oe said without qualification that
from that day to his death he never
flinched from attacking what he
wished to attack, or defending what
he wished to defend. Whatever position
he made up his mind to maintain
on any subject that position he
was never deterred irom maintaining
by fear either of criticism or of consequence.
Sigrnal examples of this
will easily occur to any one. Among
them are instances which we do not
count to his credit, but which, in spite
of the condemnation they aroused,
unquestionably served with many only
to emphasize the identification of his
personality with the idea of audacious
courage. Of this his course in
the Rosenthal-Becker police scandal
and its sequels is the most remark- 1
able example. Eut his career abounded
with manifestations of courage and
firmness for which unalloyed praise i
is due him. No politician or group of i
politicians, dictated his policy; and
he was afraid neither of labor organizations
nor newspapers. His mas
terful dealing with the garbagemen's
strike was a signal proof of
the former; and, though his sweeping
denunciations of newspapers in i
general often overshot the mark, the <
predominant feature in them was a <
scathing contempt for yellow journalism.
His undeviatlng and unstained i
hostility to Hearst is deserving of
special recognition and gratitude.
That this rare courage, this unusu- t
al Independence of mind, and the remarkable
power both of thought and i
of expression with which Mr. Gaynor
was gifted, did not result in such a
career in the mayorallty as might
have been hoped from these qualities,
was due to elements of character
into which it is the less necessary
to enter today because we have
so recently discussed them at considerable
length. But while his faults
were such as sufficed to Justify most
serious criticism, they were far from
being such as in the heat of the present
situation, were by some being
imputed to him. No appeal to the
consideration due the dead is needed
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Mr. Gaynor, or for the acknowledgement
of much faithful and valuable
service rendered by him to the city.
That he would have been unable to
render that service had his Tammany
associates been elected with him four
years ago, as he wished, we feel quite
certain; but none the less must it be
acknowledged that he set his face
grimly against the Tammany idea of
city government, stood staunchly by
the merit system in subordinate offices,
and from the first stamped upon
the city's affairs, as a whole, the
mark of a business administration.
How profoundly the city was impressed
with this when it was fresh was
amply manifested in the unqualified
praise he received from newspapers
that had opposed him throughout
the first year of his mayoralty?
praise which reached Its climax when
he lay wounded, and in peril of death,
three years ago. His death was, in all
human probability, a consequence of
that shot, and that shot would, In
all human probability, never have
been flred but for the mayor's fine
and defiant refusal to run his office
on the spoils principle.?New Tork
Evening Poet.
FRENCH INVENTI0N8
Architect of Paris Claims Many Marvala
for His Countryman.
What nation has created moat of the
marvels of modern science? A French
architect. M. Hanin, replied to this
question in the following manner:
The first practical automobiles were
built by Serpollet and Lebussor, about
1889, both Frenchmen.
The first dirigible balloon able to reBist
the wind was built by OlfCart in
1855. In 1883 the brothers Tisaandier
and in 1884 Renard and Krebs built '
balloons which could be steered perfectly.
All five were Frenchmen.
Another Frenchman, Ader, constructed
in 1897 the Avion, the first heavier
than air machine to leave the ground.
This was built on the same principle
as the aeroplane, which was later
practical by the Wright brothers,
transformed completely, and made
Americans, in 1904.
A Frenchman, Adler, built the first
nractlcal submarine In 1897.
The telephone wpe Invented by two
Americans, Graham and Bell, in 1876,
ind the phonograph by an American,
Edison, in 1877.
The elements of the clnermatograph
were discovered by a Belgian, Plateau,
lbout 1866. A Frenchman, Marey, pho:ographed
the movements of living
features about 1887, and an American,
Edison, in 1895, invented the modern
noving picture camera.
Ltppmnn, a citizen of Luxemburg,
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raphy in 1891, and the Lumlere brothers,
two Frenchmen, Invented a practl- '
:al method, which was entirely differ- 1
ent, in 1904.
A German, Roentgen, discovered the '
X rays in 1896.
Another German, Hertz, discovered
In 1890, the Hertzian waves, which a
Frenchman, Branly, about 1900, utilized
in inventing wireless telegraphy.,
A Fronrhmnn Mntnaan. manufac
tured diamonds and rubies in 1893.
Two French citizens, M. and Mme.
Curie, discovered radium about 1900.
A Frenchman, Pasteur, in 1865, discovered
and applied successfully vaccination
against hydrophobia.
A German, Behrlng, and a Frenchman
Poux, discovered and applied an ftntidiphtheria
serum and other serums.
A Frenchman, Carrel, who settled in
America, kept animal tissues alive after
separation from the bodies in 1912.
The north pole was reached in 1909
by an American, Peary, and the south
oole by a Norwegian, Amundsen, in
1911.
The list, drawn up by a Frenchman,
therefore mentions thirty-two names
(counting those mentioned twice as
two), of which nineteen are French,
seven American and three German. i
"A Border Incident."?The killing of ,
a Mexican lieutenant by two American
officials on the international bridge
between Juarez and El Paso, over ,
which the Mexican attempted to cross
to "kill a Gringo" is one of those "border
incidents" to which an English paper
recently referred as possible sparks
to a flame of war between the United
States and Mexico. This particular oc
rurrence will doubtless pass off without
serious consequences, but, had it
turned out as the Mexican Intended, It
might have been quite otherwise.
There Is not likely to be any excitement i
In the United States over the matter,
Beelng that the "Greaser" was killed
instead of the "Gringo," but had he
succeeded In his homicidal invasion,
there would probably have gone up
considerable of a cry for revenge that
might have given some concern at
Washington. Even as it Is, the incident
is somewhat disturbing, more in
its evidence than in its effect. It shows
that there is not only hot feeling on the
part of the Mexicans against Americans,
but a degree of boldness in Its
expression that might lead to something
really serious should occasion offer
and warrant. The undertaking of
the Mexican officer to invade the American
city, on murder bent, is likely to
Are the indignation of American residents
along the frontier, and to move
them, moreover, to an expectation and
a preparation for conflict that may precipitate
it. If instead of an individual
affair such as this there should be a
clash of parties, if Americans in Juar
ez or Mexicans in Ef Paso should run
afoul of hostile demonstrations and become
Involved in quarrels with fatal
termination, then, Indeed, there would
have to be a demonstration to bring: the
jingroes within bounds. The prompt action
of the military authorities on the
Texas border In ordering: troops of
United States soldiers to stations at
the bridges leading across the Rio
Grande river and to those in the garrisons
to be ready for emergency call,
should bring the situation caused by
this occurrence under control and prevent
serious development?Charleston
Post.
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ttCHUUL. FOR PAKM1M
Demonstration Agents Must Undergo
Monthly Examinations.
At the meeting of the United States
farm demonstration agents at Clemson
college last week, W. W. Long, state
agent, presented each agent with a set
of 41 questions on agricultural sub*
Jects. These are to be answered at the
rate of Ave a month by each agent, the
object being to develop the habit of
reading ana an amoiuon ior greater
efficiency.
The questions follow:
1. Discuss some of the reasons why
we should study agriculture.
2. Discuss the formation of the soil
and some of the most Important ifse*
cies that helped form it
2. Why Is not the composition of all
soils the same?
4. Why are certain elements in the
soil considered more important than
others? Name them.
5. Discuss the relation of plants to
soil, In regard to composition.
9. What Is a seed? Explain your
answer.
7. What is germination of seed and
what are the conditions necessary for
itt ;
8. Tell how plants feed and how
they digest their food.
9. Show the sap current by diagram.
10. What are all the sources of plant
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cent taken from each eource?
11. Discuss the Importance of soil
moisture.
12. Name and define three kinds of
ho il moisture.
18. What la the Importance of each?
14. Discuss the effect of humus on
the soil moisture.
18. What is meant by capillarity of
Bolls, and what is its Importance?
18. Discuss the effect of deep plowing,
time to plow deep and why. s^
17. What is a mulch? How does It
affect soil moisture and why?
18. Distinguish between available
and unavailable plant food.
II. What are some of the ways by
which unavailable food can be changed
to available?
20. What is the value of a chemical
analysis of soli. Why?
21. Explain the Importance of bacteria
In the soil, and what are some of
the ways that we may help the bacterial
content of the aoll?
22. Explain the difference between
soil and subsoil, and the causes of the
differences.
28. Discuss the amount of plant food
In the soli.
24. What la the effect of plowing soil
when wet?
28. Discuss fully, the legumes, and
men iui(ivi lauvv*
SC. What fa nitrification, what causes
It, and what ia tta Importance?
17. Discuss crop rotation, name some
advantages and five a good three-year.
rotation.
18. What -are winter cover crope, and
why are they Important?
29. Tell what you can about drainage
and explain three klnda
SO. Explain the Importance pf commercial
fertiliser*. What la a complete
Fertiliser?
31. Name three plant foods in commercial
fertilisers, and five some
sources of each.
32. Explain how we may cut down
our fertiliser bill, and not decrease our
crop yield. i
S3. Discuss the advantages of home
mixing fertilisers.
84. Discuss the importance of farm
manures.
35. Discuss the care of farad manures.
as. Discuss seed selection. Tell.how
to test seed.
37. What are some of the reasons
why we cultivate our crops?
33. Compare deep and shallow csl*
tivation.
39. Whai is cotton wilt, and give a
remedy?
40. Tell what you know of smote
and the remedies.
41. What are scale Insects, name one,
and give a remedy?
43. What are true Insects, and give
the life history of one.
43. What Is the method of lighting
the boll weevil?
44. Nhme some beneficial insects
and some of the ways in which they
benefit us.
45. Name some harmful Insects and
discuss their work.
43. Discuss Insects and health.
47. Discuss the advantages of raising
live stock on the farm.
. 48. Name and describe four breeds
of horses.
49. Discuss mules.
50. Name and describe four breeds
of hogs.
si TOneum the advantages of rats
ing hogs on the small farm,
52. Name and describe three breeds
of beef cattle.
63. Name and describe three breeds
of dairy cattle.
54. Discuss the care of milk on the
farm.
65. What is a balanced ration, and
what are the advantages of feeding
one? What is nutritive ratio?
56. What are some of the things to
be considered in growing feed stuffs on
the farm?
67. Discuss the home garden.
58. Discuss the methods of growing
and harvesting corn.
69. What is Inoculation and give
three ways that it may be done?
60. Discus* the teaching of agriculture
In the common school.
61. Tell how, why, and when ws
graft trees.
Modern Traveler.?The modern traveler
(the heroic explorers of old belong
to another class) 1* formed by leisure,
opportunity and a certain easiness ha
pecuniary matters?like that plant
whose seed vessels burst In heat, so
explodes his shell of habit when the
sun of prosperity shines warmly, and
forwlth he is scattered? to the four
wind*. "It's a small world," quoth be
bromidicaily, as he goes to and fro
over the earth, and finds therein many
delightful persons resembling himself.
Like the man in the cabinet lined with
mirrors, his reflections ore numerous,
and all alike. No wonder he feels like
fionohn Panrho Pansa's hazelnut in
habitant of a muatard-seed world.?C
E. D. Phelpa.
1W Howell?Meat la pretty high.
Powell?I should say ?o- I was In af
restaurant today, and I couldn't afford
to buy a controlling . interest tn a
piece of steak.