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Then there's Mr.. Sullivan's annual
Christmas dinner That costs him about
$4,000 His guests are "all who will
come" To each. besides unlimited tur-
key and trimmings. unlimited beer and
tobacco. he gives pair of buckskin
gloves-as a Souvenir" Again, he does
not pose as philanthropist, but he gives
twelve or fifteen thousand a year to hos
pitaIs and other institutions. He has
some twenty odd families whom he sup
ports entirely or in part. because they
need it. and because some member there
of once did him a service. All. no. 1t
isn't "pauperizing::" aside from that he
finds jobs for those that can work; it is
simply being q very present help in time
OF trouble. and heaven knows-and so
does Tim SulIvan-that there's plenty of
trouble in the Eighth New York
Moreover, Mr. Sullivan is the self~ap-
pointed host Of all who have business
with him-whether in New York, or AL
bany Hct Springs or Washington. They
may. after a day or two in town. ask
the hotel clerk for their bill-to be told
smilingly that there is no bill. Mr.. Sui
livan has paid it, They may wish Mr..
Sullivan wouldn't; but that does nc good.
It's his way-and what are you going to
do about it? Obviously 1t would be
foolish to pay the hotel a second time.
And aside from all these extraVagances
of hospitality and benevolence. Mr.. Sui
nvan's personal expenditures are ex-
travagant And then the racesi He bets
on every horse race he hears of-and
he's a gold mine TO the bookfes.
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Branded an Iconoclast.

When two wears ago Mr.. Sullivan
made his historic remark as to repre-
senting his district better than Daniel
Webster could II resurrected for the
occasion. respectable New York, Fifth
avenue. the better element" etc,
lifted voice and hands of protest. II
called upon heaven to smite him for
an iconocIast He must have felt
rather as the fish wife did when
Charles Lamb called her an isosceIes
triangle. However. heaven was other
wise occupied just then. and Big Tim"
went unsmitten. Though the aforesaid
better element pelted him with other
pleasing epithets. the sum and sub
stance Of its remarks. added all up
and reduced to pounds. shtnings. and
pence" as Alice in Wonderland would
say, being that such q statement was
the apotheosis of ignorance and con-
ceit
They would have saved breath and
been better understood # they had
simply remarked. Wei. If dat amt de
limit" And, anyhow, they We're
wrong. convicted Of that very ignor-
ance and conceit whereof they accused
Tim Sullivan. Had they known the
district. they might not have been so
headlong. Had they known the Hon.
timothy -. SuIilNatl3 LfieE might nave
realized that there abides no more
modest soul. nor one more gifted Of
exact Judgment OF his worth as re-
CARDS that peculiar fragment Of the
body polite Of which he is the choice.
and which he has represented here in
washington these TWO years past TO
the abiding satisfaction OF all con
cerned. They would probably have even
admitted that he showed a fine concep-
tion Of the eternal fitness OF things.
Consider the district. Roughly. il
IS the southeastern section OF Man
haitian Island. It extends from the
Battery 10 st. Marks Church at Sec
ond avenue and Eighth street, and while
at the Battery il extends from river
TO river, further north II loses its river
front TO the west. and narroWs east
ward 1t has n population OF something
over 25e, 900 souls-or, perhaps, the less
said about their soulful aspect the bet
ter-say just a population of more than
a quarter OF a million. OF course. the
very large majority Of these-probably
The tiar:er-million-are honest, hard
working, apathetic as to politics. But
they don't count. except in the census.
It's the more than" that run the dis
trtct. These are banded together for
purposes OF politics and crime into in
Vulnerable gangs or clans.
Remember. the district takes in
Cherry H.u. Five Points, the Bowery,
and Chinatown. and it's a mighty dull
day when a New York newspaper can't
dig up a good lively story from each
one of these These gangs may war
among themselves, but for purposes of
ofYense and defense, they are enrolled
in one of two grand divisions--the Five
xsofrfars and the Monk EaStenanS And
these, in turn, though they turn the
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No "Blind Tigers"

There are no blind tigers in the In
dian country, but the Federal Govern
ment, in its suppression of liquor traf-
fic, has 10 deal with far more dan
gcrous parsonage in the ''boot-legger. -
who peddles the worst kind of whisky
to the negroes and Indians at big profits
When the Government began TO make
treaties with the Indians it found that
the greatest foe 10 the country and the
natives was the natural addiction of
the red man 10 whisky So in the treat
les it was written. Witnessed and sealed
with the great seal of Uncle Sam that
So Ions as he exercised a guardianship
over poor Lo, he would prohibit the sale
OF liquor of any kind or character in
what is known as the Five Civilized
Nations. For more than a quarter Of a
century he has been doing it. and to-
day it probably costs the Government a
dollar a minute TO live up to that
agreement.
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Recalled Complete Manuscript.

Besides this there are two stories that
have come down from Magliabeecht' $
time to ours that give color TO its
truth. On one occasion a gentleman of
Florence desired TO test Ma MagliabeechI's
memory and ascertain for himself
whether the wonderful stories told
were truth or fiction. He gave him
manuscript to read then some days
after its return. pretending to have
lost II. he asked Magliabeechi to recall
it. which, II is said. he did with re-
markahIe exacJness
Florence asked him if he could pro
cure a certain book for him. lmmed-
ately came the response: No, sir; it is
impossible; there is but one in the
world; that is in the grand seignoir's
library at Constantinople and is the
seventh book on the seventh shelf on
The right hand as you go in
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In certain sections of the Territory
permits are given TO dealers to sell a
drink that is known under various titles,
being low grade beer. This has made
the dealers rich. Patent medicines are
good sellers. especially if they are part
whisky. Varnish. where corn alcohol is
used. Is a favorite drink. especially
among the painters. the drink being
prepared by the precipitation OF the
body, which leaves the alcohol standing
alone.
Lemon extract where it is composed
largely OF corn alcohol is another favor
ite. 1t is prepared by the use of large
quantities of water. sugar and fruits
Occasionally. though, the drinker gets
hold of an extract on a wood base. and
death usually results
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away against the proverbiaI rainy day
represent the profits Of successful poll
tics.
The modern Robin Hood" Alfred
Henry Lewis calls him In a sketch in
the Cosmopolitan, whence some of the
foregoing facts and figures are drawn.
And in that phrase he answers the
question, Where does he get it?" Mr..
Lewis points out that. whether or not
/ New York is the worst governed city on
Fpecord. It certainly is the most governed
He calmly estimates the graft Of New
York's municipal government az mot a
dime less than $50. 900 a year Some
get more of this than others-much
more" And after enumerating some Of
the many channels through which 1T
triekles he says, abruptly: six build
ings fell the other day in Harlem while
In process of construction. Do you Inn
agine they paid nothing for the priv
ilege?"
Which is TO put it mildly. suggestive
very suggestive For Alfred Henry
Lewis knows whereof he speaks; none
better-scarce even excepting the Hon.
Timothy D. Sullivan. He knows his
Tammany-which is Big Tim Sullivan.
He is authority for that statement. and
any New York politician who is allowed
to look inside once in a while viii cor
roborate It Murphy is the nominal
head but Sullivan is the dominating in
fluence He holds all the strings and
pulls them as he pleases. He is
modest man. be keeps out Of the glare
OF the calcium. he doesn't yearn for
the center of the stage. He seems as
open. frank, and obvious, as-to use Mr..
Lewis simile-"as a Waterbury watch"
but to achieve what Big Tim Sullivan
has achieved. to hold the position that
he holds. requires with many other quail
ties character compounded OF caution
and force in the proportion of two to
one.
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Resembles a Highland Chief.

He is really very much in the posi-
tion of a Highland chief. In his own
territory his word Is law. Socially,
commercially, politically. he can make
or break his people They prosper Or
perish by the lifting of his little finger.
No; that's not exaggeration. it's a fact
But imagine Daniel Webster trying to
hold down that job
Big Tim is an able man; there need
be no mistake about that. He was not
born 10 many advantages. He has, how
ever, managed fairly well without them.
from the S0,000.000 of people in this
country he has raised himself by HIS
own sole effort to his seat among the
$50 odd in the House of Representa-
tsves. He not only has his seat, but of
sn that sit with him there is mono more
secure in it. for as long as he chooses
to occupy il, none more sure of sue
ceeding hirnself-which is, perhaps. why
he has decided TO resign. There's no fair
gambling on a certainty. To be sure,
full five of his fellow members for black
or white deliver their votes as he or
Gers But what of that? When he gets
cut, there will be six, that's all. and
he can play stronger hand somewhere
else. For Mr.. Sullivan is TammaHy- Of
course. there's AdurDhy-but ne wouldn't
| be there if Big Tim didn't say so. What
he says goes.
It is this desire to play a stronger
hand somewhere else that Mr.. Sullivan
announces as his reasCn for quitting.
| He doesn't put it that way. He feels
that he can be OF more service to his
party and constituents in the State
senate" This sounds better and means
the same thing.
4 rDDSt ttuentS We're al
most in tears at mis- announcement as
he was boarding the Campania 10 re
/ turn home from short European holI-
dav-the announcement that he was GO
| ing to resign his seat ia Congress. But
now II is one broad smile Of welcome
2. smile that is considerably more than
three fingers wide-and a smile that
Y. .cn't come off
His most intimate friends were pre-
pared for the resignation. They say
that Big Tim has been contempla ting
the step for over year. He sized up
/ the Congressional game very quickly
and decided that it was hardly worth
pIaving. Being a Representative didn
appeal to him in spite Of The boast that
he could represent his district. etc
! And he certainly could. On the Bow
/ cry they are saying mournfuily, His
/ place can never De Illtu. i ain @DouI
| Daniel Webster, he was a four-fusher
| compared 10 Big Tim The Bowery has
never been represented, and never will
/ be. by a stateman like Big Tim.
Didn't ne july President Roosevelt
| into giving the Sixth twenty-five jobs,
| and every mothers son of them never
voted anything but the Tammany ticket?
/ Didn't he get 1900 railroad passes for his
constituents: And look at the men he
| got pardoned and out Of jail. Why,
| there wasn't thing he wanted that he
didn't get from the President. Those
are only a few of the things he did,
Show US another statesman that's got 4
record Ike him. But they'll miss him
| liz Washington The halls of Congress
Will never see another statesman like
him. Daniel Webster amt even four
nusher compared 70 him. He is a pikeT' -
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are exaGgerations. Others are fabulous;
and only a comparative few admit Of
verIhcation.
Three cases are so we'll authenticated
that they may be used to illustrate the
wonderful power of a well cultivated
memory in mind of strong native en-
dowment. In each instance. too. this re-
markable retentiveness seems in no way
to have retarded the fullest development
OF other mental powers.
Probably the most remarkab Bile of the
three was the memory of Leonard Euler
Euler was a native of Basic. but most
OF his life was spent in St. Petersburg.
He was born IN 1907 and died in 1888. He
was teacher of great power and
most prolific writer. More than half OF
the forty-six quarto volumes OF mathe-
matics published by the St Petersburg
Academy between 1927 and 1888 were
from his pen At his death he left more
than two hundred manuscript treatises.
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ItR IG TIM" gutter? Not on


And yet he himself has said
IL
Timothy D. Sullivan. who said some
two years ago that he could represent
his district better than Daniel Webster,
if extant-"an' anyhow. he's dead
says he's had enough OF representing
his district, and is going to resign.
Timothy D. Sullivan-"Big Tim" as his
tribesmen love to call him-who holds
Tammany Hall in the hollow of his
hand. the boss of its boss. who holds
down one seat in Congress and controls
at least five more. who all his life has
been more given TO saving wood" than
saying things, has said it. So, presuma-
bly,. it's true. For anyone in the Bow
cry viii tell you that what he says
goes,'
It's a great pity. Washington will
miss him. He Is the sort of man who
is bound to contribute to the gayety
OF nations-the most picturesque char
aeter that has enltvened Congress for
many long day. It's a shame to let
the other end of the Avenue monOpoIize
the city's visible supply of picturesque
ness.
Eighth district-Tmothy D. Sullivan.
Democrat, of New York city. was elect
ed to the Fifty-eighth Congress. receiv-
ing 26.107 votes.
That is his autobiography as recorded
in the Congressional Directory. There's
no waste of words about it. If there Is
briefer way OF putting it Mr.. SulH-
van failed 10 find it out No one else
discovered one anything like so short.
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Some Marvellous Memories

The other instance in the seventeenth
century is that of DR.. John Wallis. It
is not as a theologian, however. that
Wallis name is permanently enrolled
in the temple of fame, but as a math-
eInatIcian. His great work is the
''AIithmetica Infnitorum. In this he
makes the successful attempt to solve
a number Of the more simple prob
lens of the calculus by the summation
of series 10 ininity His power of con-
centration and memory We're so strong
that while in bed in the dark he ex-
tracted the square root OF number OF
flfty-three places in tWenty-seVen terms
and repeated the result twenty days
afterWard' -
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A Hot Time in the Bowery.

Such were the cries of sorrow and of
pride that were heard up and down the
whole length of the famous old b0ule-
ward at the announcement that Big Tim
was going TO quit. But in the JOY OF his
Homecoming his constituents have for
gotten their grief. and by this time the
most unreconciied has doubtless drown.
ed his sorrows in the flowing bowl
Trust the Honorable Tim 10 provide the
bowl and the bowl 10 help his con
stituents 10 rally to the old cry, What
he says, goesr'
Politics is his business as we'll as his
pleasure. his profession no less than
his pastime. lie has been in this world
forty-five-or perhaps by now il is forty
six-years, and it is safe betting that
he has been in politics forty of them.
A man who sticks TO one business. and
devotes himself 10 il, body and soul, for
forty years, as Big Tim has done, de
serves to succeed. ana generally he does
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To Satisfy a Thirst.

To satisfy a thirst for a thing that
cannot be had bad men who are ad-
dicted to the use of alcohol will go to
any extreme. Many have lost their lives
in trying to quench their thirst Some
have been shot down by United States
marshals, while others have resorted to
patent medicines, lemon extract. red
ink, extract of ginger, or any com
pound that had for its base alcohol
Hardly week passes without some poor
man. and occasionally a women, leaving
the world by one Of these routes.
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II YER live in a land where the
F lid" is on every day in the
] week. 865 days in the year?
Ever live in country where
the punishment for being under the in
tuence Of the products of stills, vine
yards, breweries and cider mills is
dollar and costs and the punishment
for having liquor n vonr possession
from thirty days to six months in
Federal prison
That Is the condition of the Indian
Territory
I'nC,e Sam puts his stamps on the
products Of distiIleries, breweries and
kindred institutions, but he puts his
stamp OF dIsapproval on the sale OF
these goods in Indian country
He has no objection to granting a
license to sell liquors in Kansas where
the State laws are against it, and the
blind tiger" does a big business.
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An Unusual Flask.

A Choctaw negro carried his stock in
the iron handles Of a set of garden
tools. Each would hold nearly a quart,
and he carried them across the terri
torial line for months before he was sus-
pected. He is in jail.
A woman was suspected of being
'peddler." The officers arrested her one
day and found her skirt on the under
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though, incidentally that may be true
and his vote may thereby become the
Honorable Timothy's to do with as he
sees fit, to multiply rs many times as
he's able. so long as the man shall live
and perhaps longer.
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$50, ,ooo,o 900 a Year for Graft.

In fact one of his fntimates trying TO
answer the question, How much does
il cost him to liver after few mo-
ments' calculation replied; Not a cent
less than 100000 a year" And that
and the 100000 q year he has salted
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Resignation Of the "Bowery Salesman
Robs Washington Of the Most Interest
ing Figure in National Politics Since
Ante-BeIun Days.

streets of the Eighth Congressional dis
trict into a battle ground. and wise
citizens-including the police-lleep out
of the way when they start into settle
up their scores both swear fealty TO
Big Tim Sullivan. What he says goes.
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SURE OF IT

What makes you so sure Blank is
not a total abstainer2"
when | asked him where he was last
night he rubbed his head and said:
Let me stop and Think Detroit Free
Press.
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A VOLUME.

I<nicker-Does your wife know any
thing of finance2
Bocker-What she doesn't know tus4
Alls my check book.-NeW York sun
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k RITERs on psychology and
NV philosophy have cited many
Y y examples of prodigious mem
orv No doubt soy,,A Of tb.a %
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-27
SHE WHO HesITATES LOSES
The Girl Who II SLOW 20 Decide Upon
Proposal Of Marriage Some
times oe,n Left.

There II a Philadelphia glrl Who has
learned that ~ far A. a proposal n con.
cerned he or she who hcsitaies N lost
says the Philadelphia Record. A very
eligible and estimable young man had
long been making II evident that his nj
tentions 10 her were serious and the
other evening he made n formal dec.
laration. She could not even put for.
ward the orthodox ruse about the sud.
denness Of the proposal.
Being OF a rather vacillatinr turn OF
mind. she said she could not give him a
decided answer. Il am not at all sure
that love you" the girl declared: you
must give me time to think about t."
Considerably taken aback by shst he
considered her lack OF decision Of char
acter the young man agreed To wait a
week for her final decision.
So the wooed but not yet won maiden
went TO her bed that night ponderins
deeply. About IL o'clock she was awak
ened TO receive a telegram which read:
you need not mind about deciding tina,
matter until next week: I've found o
girl who said yes fought"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-27
Sheep in Spain.

There are about 10000. 900 on migrat.
DRY sheep In Spain. which each yeai
travel some 200 miles from the plains
to the mountains. Their march. rest
ing places and behavior are governed
~ special regulations dating from the
fourteenth century. At certain times
no one may travel the same route as
the sheep, which have the right to
Craze on all open and common land on
tho way. For this purpose a road 81
yards wide must be left on all enclosed
and private property, The shepherds
lead their focks, which are accompanied
by provision mules, and by large dogs
to guard against night attack b,
wolves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-27
WIN Probe Diss Tragedy.

WASHINGTON. dee. 1.-THE state
department has telcgraphed American
Consul Mills at chihuahua. uexico. the
nearest consul 10 Dinz. the soenc Of the
recent killing Of Rutherford and Ne.
Murray. TO proceed Immediately 10 that
point and investigate the cnsc. Fin
stad. the owner OF the ranch where the
tragedy occurred. and shorty" COW
boy. are held In Jail On the charge Of
having committed the crime. notwith.
standing their protest that II was the
work Of Mexican lnfgands. and Mr..
Mills Will see that shcy have a fair
hearing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-27
MISTAKEN FOR A
His Lerdship spends en- Interesting
Five MINUTES In Servants
Company.

Lnndos society folk are much
amused si q recent missd,en,urs al
Lard Newton. butler. -ho IL . disnihed
man Of rather stin carriage. aud ~ho
10 himself responsible for the story,
u ~As . musical a. home In bel
Ersyis. 10 which the lord ~ss invited.
and. it being Q fainy night. he wore
. felt M, and . lons waterproof oaai
over his evening dress The family
butler opened the door 20 him. looked
puzzled fof . moment. and then asked
tentatively; Name. please"
Lard Newton. Butler" wss the 70
ply.
oh. Lord Nsw,on's butler. are you :
Come along. old chap. and have =
drip Of something In the houseksep,
crs rom. They've got . sob 10, up.
stairs tonight. and your master
ain't c'ms yet. u you're looking Tor
him"
win pleasure" said his lordfhip
Who spent a chaliy ave minutes with
the butler over a glass ~ Burton ale.
"Mu'h obliged 4" yon. I'm sure. ,na
nov III 80 aud have q look At The
Job lot in the drawinE.room
And 10 n. buffers horror bis nsw
acquaintance STROBE up the stairs and
wa soon warmly shaking the hand Of
his hostess.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-27
Roosevelt. Co go 60 p,sis Dealing.

WASifiNtION. Dee. -s.-frrsid"nt
and Mrs. Roosevelt. accompanied by
several of their younger Children. left
Washington this morning for visit Of
some days TO their country place. Plain
Dealing. In Albemarle county. Va. This
Is the place purchased by Mrs. Roose-
welt some time ago rs place where
the members of the family could 20 ne
frequent intervals II they desired with
out extensive travelling. The negro
caretaker's wife will do the cooking Cor
the president and his family.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-27
Horse. 10. Of ,,.,.ria sp,s.mi-.

NEW YORK. pec. q. Owners Of
horses la brooklyn have been panic
stricken by the sudden appearance 81
the rare discns. known n aNoiuria.
which has killed ofr -cor,- % the anl-
mails Horses have BEEN dropping dead
In every part 81 the borough. aud the
veterinary surgeons have bcen work.
ing nj top pressure attending to them
n far a. they were able. The supply
OF horse ambulaDccs l. quite made
duate to deal with the rush 81 work.
There has not been an epidemic ~ this
mysterious disease for fifteen years