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Show IMG DEMAND FOR HEAVY DRAFT HORSES STILL CONTINUES BIG Ito Mechanical an Contrivance or Motor Vehicle Mas Yet Been DUsewred to Replace This Magnificent Animal Most ValnatiU Asset the Farmer Has W ho Breeds Him Properly. YiTiiSom: imoimL 'CLAIM n ftic woman CWUsTownSENDBDADY fcU3T0K3 8YNOPSI3. A foolish youn tenderfoot becornes faartnaled with the bold, artful wife of drunken prospector In a western mln'osn town. They prepare to elope In a buna-lbilliard but are confronted ty maudlin husband. He la shot by tne wife, but the chivalrous boy P,ncrime note to the body taking the th upon himself. In their nlshti to noree railroad station the womans falls exhausted, the youth put on his own and follows lanetng to in t, Is sn Impem-menstirrup sirap. Hecinit he her escort ini the woman thrusts e a snow- drift and rides on. he stumbles Into the railroad station jus . as the train bears the woman awa Twenty-fiv- e years later, this man. Georg Halr-fros- - In New Gormly, is a a York. He meets Eleanor Haldane, beautiful and wealthy settlement worker, and with her In her worx Gormly becomes owner of a steamamp line and finds himself frustrated In and track extension plans by sraftlng aldermen. backed by the Gotham Traction brings Company. An automobile accident Gorm-lthe Haldanes to his country home. be mayor oi announces that" he will New York and redeem the city from corruption. Mr. Haldane In a long deslrea Interview with Gormly. makes an Indirect proposition to compromise the light which the latter has been waging In the newspapers against the Gotham Traction com-of pany. and which Haldane Is suspected being the head. Gormly boldly announces his plan of campaign to Haldane. Gormly rides to Haldane's place, carrying word of the auto accident. The next morning he refers to the ride of the night before as mild compared to one he experienced anIn his boyhood days. The paper nounce his candidacy for mayor. The pomerchant litical declaration of the prince sensation. The produced a tremendous minority party, seeing In him a possible Moses, make overtures looking to the In; 5 -eW'-T , - doreement of his candidacy by the "outs. Gormly. however, rejects all proposed alliance. A meeting of the Bacnem Society or the "Ring, Is held at the Haldane Home. Many political dignitaries and henchmen are present and ways and means are advanced to dampen Gormly Team. One of Clydesdale Gelding That Bring High Prices for mayoralty aspirations and sidetrack his candidacy. The younger Haldane Is proas an opposition candidate and the more of the biggest, best, and most posed (By CAPTAIN A. H. WADDELL.) whole machinery of the citys detective someInNever the history of this country, suitable individuals of the western force Is to be Inrolked to dig- up Haldane, thing damaging to Gormly.or any other, for that matter, has the grade mares, and breeds them to one Jr., refuses the nomination and anheavy draught horse been in such de- or other of the great imported stal- nounces tbat he will support Gormly. mand or so valuable as he Is today. lions of the Clydesdale, Shire, Suffolk, CHAPTER IX Continued. Indeed, he is the most valuable asset Percheron or Belgian breeds, will, in re y ,' Six-Hor- - three years from the time of foaling What does It cover? asked tb have a youngster that is worth from vehicle has been discovered tbat will $300 to $400, or it more mares have mayor. "It covers pretty much every availfill the place of this magnificent, ani- been bred, pairs that are worth from mate creature of flesh and blood, or $600 to $800, and which he would have able route by which w can connect tbe ends of the traction company," : will any contrivance of any kind be no difficulty, whatever, in selling. "How much territory?" Being able to work his mares up to perfected for 'many a long day, that "Ob, a mile or p mile and a bait I will accomplish what he can, and do within a short time of their foaling, the work as well and so thoroughly, he Is making good and certain money should say; but every possible right o as wdn ksmcneneapiy can. at both ends, for the young stock cost way is included tu And. if we dont get it?" Motor trucks have failed not only him comparatively little to keep, and to cope with the heavy loads 'Imposed if be has been careful In his selections "Somebody else will get it upon the brewers dray for instance, and wise in his breeding, there is no course. Hs will build the connection and the hauling of' cumberous and telling what he might not produce in and hold us up for anything that M heavy machinery, but have been un- valuable heavy draught horses. Look wants. able to handle them in the narrow for instance at the geldings that go tc "But it will be no good to anybody and congested thoroughfares of the make the great teams of the else without what weve got" suggeA great cities, where backing and twist- country, the horses that constitute th ed Van 81yke. ing and turning is absolutely neces- teams of the great packers. These "True; but we have got eeveral has sary. Besides the great service and animals fetch great prices. The heav- dred millions Involved and cant adopt Imperative use of these mighty ani- ier, the stronger, the better boned, and a policy. Probably tsi mals In the large towns and cities of more active they are, the better they millions or even less will cover the the country where their demand and are for such work, and the mors expenses required by rebuilding unvalue Is Increasing day by day, they money will they fetch in the market der the old or new franchise, and tht are a power that cannot possibly be ten million has us by the throat". done without in the agriculture dis"It should be easy for five hundred Borers Injure Tress. tricts where the farm produce resaid While the trees are not always kill millions to freeze out ten, quires great hauling power; and in ed when Infested by the borers, theii Rutherford. those sections of the country which vitality Is lowered, so that they be "Under other circumstances it would have as yet not yielded to the plow, come liable to some other attack, and uot be at all difficult" answered Hal they are a pre requisite that cannot futhermore they do not produce th lane; "but the people are to be cobe done without. amount of fruit which might otherwise nsidered in this case. This road wai The farmer who purchases one or be expected. built as a public convenience and, gentlemen, it has to be run." This Is a hell of a fix for men si To put a low priced, basket on the as you, to git yourselves In! smart PROFIT IN market with raw willow at its present said Llffey. As I take It, we can price the wages must be cut iowei BASKET WILLOW than the normal standard in America secure the franchise, or we can make For this reason the trade la almost Its future grant the issue of the camAmerican Grown Rod are oi entirely- - in the hands of immigrant paign; and if we win, pass It thes; Good Quality When Proper basket makers, who know no othei and if we fail, take our medicine." Care Is Taken In "Youve stated It exactly." trade and who are seldom or nevei Their Culture. "For myself, Im in favor of grabreinforced by native workmen. The remedy ilea In a reduction In bing tbe franchise now," said tbs (By WILLIAM F. HUBBARD.) Money! the cost of tbe raw material. Thi boss. "It means money. Willow growing gives an uncomcheaper the willow (when good in what were here for. The object monly high margin of profit A 'large quality) the better the wages which politics is money for the crowd thats In. The aim of the crowd thats out demand for willow Is now supplied by can be paid to produce a low priced import and as American grown rods basket, and a low priced basket oi Is to git in so they can git tbs With money we can buy are of good quality when proper care good quality will find an almost un money. votes we can get office; with U taken of their culture, there is no limited votes; On this point the enpiarket with office and money we can get reason why the further development tire trade agrees. of the industry should not be possible. Great care should be taken in the immunity , from the consequence. If more American farmers can be con- selection of the willow bed. Even if were beaten by the mayor, Rich vinced of its practicability. permanently moist sandy loam glvei well still have the district attorney Of late years willow furniture has best returns, though ordinary moist well still have the police force. Ill Hasprung Into fashion, and today no sandy land often yields profitable still be here; so will you, Mr. And therefore, rathern take ldane. minor industry Is more prosperous crops of willow. any rtX, I move that the franchise be Poor soils produce paying than that devoted to Its supply. The eropi renewed aa soon as It expires, and where there la a market for short rods that the grant be made to the Gotham Avoid land on which water ia stagnant during the summer. If by drainage Freight Traction company. Id rather have eottething substantial than play the water levej on land can lowered at least six feet below the for a chance any time. I guess v masurface, the situation may be consid wouldnt suffer any therefore, no tter what happened. Besides, all Itd ered appropriate. mean woqld be a wait for four year Do not plant willows in localitlei These reform movements always ret where early frosts occur. The tendei shoots are easily Injured by the tired of themselves, and then one or the other of the old parties comes lacold- wsll be the one. Plow 10 or 12 inches deep in th( am to fall, prior planting the following of "IMr. Inclined to believe that muck Iifteys contention is sound spring. This turns the top layer oi Machine for Budding Wllloms. the scill so deep that weed seeds can- said Van Slyke at last said Haldane, "Well, gentlemen, not spring up. iges are good and the manufacturers - Returns depend very largely upon "what do you all think about it?" imand a steady supply of superior the method "Lets get what we can," aald the of culture, but more upon lllow. the willow planted, becausi mayor. of, variety This Is now almost entirely received tbe shoota of even tbe best varieties "And' keep all weve got" added om France at a price which will give and In the most suitable ConnelL ' soli gros e entire trade to the American if he brittle after the stools become old. "Very well then," said Haldane, so m equal the quality. be it We are united upon a nonExperience has proved that no partisan tleket which we can select Rabbit Now of Value. ock is equal to a willow when dur-l- e presently, with Warren at the bead Tbe Rabbits which have been a great of it Mr. Llffey will see Mr. Benson baskets are demanded basket has made a place pest in Australis have now become oi and induce Lie Mr. Cod' r itself in the market even ufider commercial value. During tbe past nell will Investigate Mr. Gormlye esent circumstances, and the entire five years, 45.400,000 frozen rabbits career. Mr. Rutherford will arrange clJne in the trade has been in the were exported, mainly to England, to have the franchise renewed as soon with $8,000,000 rabbit skins. The as it Is possible to do so. Mr. War w priced basket which competes 1th the foreign willow product or the United 8tates last year bought akint ren will at once announce bimself a to the value of $48,000. merlcan made wooden basket By DeHP&OfHy MelvlI Ae mw raw 4 (wewo rand1datp for ion. Messrs Urtey, Habberley, and Connell will $et their fortes In line And I think thats all" "Not quite, Mr fey "What elst ? Tonll git the barrel open for the peceggary expenses of the campaign T Quite St., said Haldane, dryly. Tou may depend upon u to do shat is proper, f h, gentlemen?" Sl)ke and MrRui.aUl nodded. I think aeve done a pretty good nlght'a work," said the district attorney, rising to his feet. Don't go yet," said Haldane. "We must fix up the slate flist, and that will be all." 11 88 a half hour later w hen the lest one departed from the house. Haldane was quite aware of the conditions under which his fortune was being Increased and his power extended. He had been brought In contact with the. naked reality of the sltua-tloa great many times; but it seemed to him that never before had It presented Itself In so hideous and unattractive a guise aa on that night. The financier was .hardened. His conscience, while keenly alive In other directions, in matters concerning politics and the people was seared and indurated. But what had been said and what he had discussed that night had sickened him. Haldane felt quite lonely, quite old, sa he sat there In the small hours of the morning, his cigar gone out, musing over the situation. He pulled himself together at last. The battle was not lost. The enemy had not won, 'n every direction. Before the. enemy realised It, ample time had been cured in every 'possible assembly room and there were nightly meetings all over the city. In the Gormly store Itself was a great auditorium In which free concerts. lectures, and entertainments had been given for the employes and patrons of the store This auditorium had outside entrances and could be completely cut off from the other business. Every afternoon he assembled in the auditorium the workers and speakers, and every afternoon there was the freest possible discussion of the Issues, of what was to be said in tbe speeches of the night, of the places to be covered. The man Bhowed a genius for leadership and direction that was amazing. He de-eloped a power of succinctly presenting the facts, which in large measure be was able to communicate to his followers. Livingstone Haldanes example had been followed by not a few young men of fortune and position. It became in a certain sense among a certain set the fashion to campaign for Gormly. Automobiles of all sorts were available for transporting speakers, and classes and Boclal distinctions were wiped out in the greater issues involved. By these methods what was picturesquely described in the city papers as a whirlwind campaign was inaugurated. It must Cbt be supposed that the opposition was idle; by no means. Never had Its activities been so great, its energies so manifestly put forth. It had welcomed with Joy the news of the refusal of Gormly to become tbe candidate, of the minority party. Llf-fehad at once decided in his own mind that that settled the issue. Even farther sighted men like Rutherford were of the same opinion. Haldane glone, the wisest, shrewdest, and ablest of the group, was not convinced, and under his vigorous though secret urging the ring redoubled its efforts to beat the man. At the proper time the proposition from the party in powerJta make a combination with the outs was sprung upon tbe public. It was helled on one side as ,an evidence of the fairness of the party In power and the 8achem society, which many people imagined needed no alliance of that kind. It x y the farmer has who breeds him right. No mechanical contrivance or motor vhe n six-hors- e . MUCtf r . ' . gb-cla- . sed e would go. He still kept to his plan of printing every week sworn statements of his expenses, challenging the other party to do the same. Tbe reason the society did not publish its expense account was not because it was ashamed of theamount, for it waa vastly greater than what Gormly expended. They had nearly as many expenses as ha, except for the newspaper advertising, which they got free, and In addition they disbursed sn Immense bribery and corruption fund through Llffey, Connell, Habberley and Benson. , Again and again were Haldane and his associates called upon for 'remittances. which were invariably forthThere was no possibility ot coming. refusal. Failure to win a victory would mean financial ruin to many of them. Fortunately for him, it did not mean so much to Haldane,, although his great fortune would be seriously Most of the Impaired by defeat others, however,' had turned over everything that they possessed, and pledged their credit as well, to th vast syndicate of which he was th bead. Indeed, h and Van Blyke would be the only ones not totally ruined by the election of Gormly. Consequently they paid and paid and paid, protesting in their hearts hut shutting their teeth grimly and handing out the cash, which was disbursed to the best advantage by Llffey and Benson.' Gormly himself spoke every night somewhere, snd th crowds that greet ed him were enormous. Meanwhile every detective in the employ of th city, and all others who could be their suborned, were concentrating efforts on Gormly past and present He could not take a step outside of his office without being shadowed. It was not difficult for spies to mingle with the crowd of buyers In his store tpd scrutinise every person who entered his private room. They had so far discovered nothing. Gormly bad lived sn absolutely clean, upright, honest, hardworking life since he landed in New York. They did not find out where he came from or even where be was born. The only possible clue they had was the statement that he had once been in th west, with which Haldane had supplied them. Men bad scoured the principal cities of the west; but nothing bad been learned. Connell was In aespalr. He and Llffey and Benson bad again and again been on the wee. of determining upon the manufacture of some degradstory which ing or incriminating would at least serve their purpose. It would hot be difficult to get witnesses to such an endeavor; but it would be such an highly dangerous to resort-texpedient, and they were still hesitating and undecided. About this time the disputed franchise expired. A 'resolution was Immediately Introduced In the board of aldermen at the city hall granting a renewal of it to the Gotham Freight .Traction company. Every move in the game was watched, and the resolution bad scarcely been read and referred to a committee when It was communicated to Gormly. Tbe next day the Gormly papers rang with th charge that tbe city fathers Intended to give sway its most valuable remaining public franchise to the Gotham Freight Traction company. At tbe next meeting, despite the furious protests of the Gormly party, the resolution was put upon Its passage. Gormly her played his greatAttended by a est political card. himself he of presented friends, body at the council chamber and forced adWhen tbe resolution remission. franchise waa about to be tbe newing voted upon, as a citizen of New York deeply Interested in tbe matter he demanded tobe beard. Before permission was either granted or refused by 'the astonished presiding officer, Oortnly drew from his pocket a piece Amid the deepest silenew of paper. he held It up and aald: , . -- the parf In power, and those that were favorable to tbe new candidate. Incidentally, nothing that he could, have said or done could have so the business of his store! His business rivals and associates indeed suggested, and the suggestion was quickly seized upon by the administration papers, that the whole thing was a clever advertising dodge, and that Gormly was simply using his candidacy to boom his business. There was no satisfactory answer to this argument, which was one of the best that could have beeir devised by tbe opposition, and it was harped upon Immensely, although their leader was vigorously Justified from this charge by his army of fighters. The expenses of tbe campaign were enormous. Not one cenT was paid out for bribery or for tbe purpose of influencing votes in any improper way; but the, hiring of halls, the payment of the expenses Of meetings, organization. transportation, printing, salaries, and so on aggregated an extraordinary Fum Even Gormly himself had not realized how great these expenses would be; but he paid them without His resources were vast, hltnching lie put at tbe disposal of his candidacy all the accumulations and earnings of twenty-fivyears. He saw that by the time the vote waa taken, his ready money would be expended. Of course, he would still have his great business, which would be entirely unencumbered; but everything els "You Cat the Barrel Open for the Necessary Expenses. and before that came about there Would be a struggle which would beg-l- r description. Tbe cards seemed to he in his bands, or in the bands of the tiftg of which he was chief.- - No more experienced players ever sat st a feme than those associated with him. They ought to win; but would they? Haldane was by no means certain. CHAPTER X. Th Voice of the People le Heard. Gormlya refusal to accept the indorsement and become tbe nominee of the outa created a great sensation. R was an evidence, which by and by ven the stupid could apprehend, that Gormly literally meant what be said when he declared that he was to be an absolutely Independent candidate, Hod to no faction, bound by no party, entirely free and unfettered. The men who rallied to his support, while aa Innocent as babes In the affected by Llffey and Benson, were nevertheless men of abounding seal, keen intelligent, and 5Hgh quality. Nor were the workers Hat gathered round the new leader entirely from the social set and circle of the Haldanes. Gormly In one way or another Employed a vast number of working men. His relations with hem had always been not merely square," aa they phrased It, hut kind nd generous. They were organized and started at work immediately la prac-politi- was considered as testimony to the fact that the party in power had noth lng to conceal, since it admitted the outs to Its councils, and that it was sincerely desirous of giving New York a business administration In which all factions and parties should be represented. There was truth in tbe contention, too. The only faction or party that would not be represented by this alliance would be the common people. Wiser heads, however, realized tbat altruistic methods were inconsistent entirely with the real pplrlt of either party and saw In tbe alliance a con fesslon of weakness. And the editorial papers contingent of the Gormly seized upon this idea and made the most of It In the beginning, Gojm-lyadvertisements. Including his political manifestos, had been printed In every paper In the city. They were paid for as other advertisements are and why not? But the Sachem so clety had put the screws on certain Journals which owed much to its influence, and because of this pressure they had summarily refused any more of Gormlys unique proclamations. They professed themselves entirely ready to print bis business advertiseGormly ments at the usual rates. retaliated, of course, by withdrawing all advertising of any sort from them, and .doubling the .space he purchased in the other papeft. Naturally, theresecfore, the' press divided In two tion;' Uiose that were controlled by ' - (TO BE CONTINUED.) . Riches and Honor. It Is sn honorable thing to be rich. It is not dishonorable nor discredit- able in any sense, so long as he who acquires It has remembered and has practised th golden rule. Labor and Drudgery. It Is claimed that nine-tenth- s , , of alT The productive labor:ia drudgery. overwhelming percentage of all the effective work In every vocation 1 done by the average man and woman. |