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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
SOMETHING OF A WHEAT KING.
A Former Clerk Who Bought Kansas
Farm Land and II q Millionaire.

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Farm Land and Is a Millionaire.
The wheat rentals Of John T. Stew
art, Of Sumner county, will amount to
nearly 100000 bushels Of wheat this
year. In his home county he owns lis
quarter sections Of land and about 30
quarter sections in adjoining counties.
He rents the lands on the basis Of half
the yield, he furnishing all the seed and
taking chances Of securing crop.
It is estimated that II all the wheat
due him on rentals this year was ship
ped in one consignment it would re-
quire II freight trains Of Is cars each to
take 1t to market. His rentals in wheat
last year netted him $4,000. In addi-
ton to owning about s35O,O0O worth of
land, every foot of it paid for, he has
nearly s25O,OOO worth Of bank stock and
$500, 900 invested in farm lands in Sum-
ner county and Oklahoma.
About rs years ago Mr.. Stewart be-
gan life as a clerk in an obscure Of
flee in this city at $50 month. He
slept in the office and was economical
in other ways. He began loaning mon
ey in Sumner county when about 20
years old and has developed into a re-
markable financier. It is said that his
ambition Is finally to own railroad
and he may crafty 1t, as he Is still a
very young mar, not more than As. He
carries a small memorandum book and
It Is said that he can take 1t out at
any hour Of the day and tell every
debtor exactly what his account Is. In
deed, 1t is said that accounts of his
vast transactions are always kept in
book that fits his trousers pockets.
It is said that he lives on less than
500 a month and that outside Of this
his largest annual expense Is $500 to the
Methodist church, which his wife
and a large family Of children at
tend. He is not fond Of travelling,
except to go to Democratic
convention, a diversion he is passion
tely fond Of. He is a pronounced tenn
perance man. and. 1t Is said, believes
in the prohibition laws Of Kansas.
The people Of wellington insist that
his success is due to luck, but 1t isn't.
He has a genius for making money
and nine-tenths of it is hard work.
That luck attends him, however, Is GER
tain.
The great wellington cyclone of 1892
picked him up and absolutely pasted
him to the gable end Of big barn and
kept him stuck to 1t for more than half
a minute, as II he were the picture of a
man instead Of the real thing. When
the tornado had passed he dropped to
the ground and landed on his feet with
out a scratch.
The same cyclone passed over his
house without doing IS worth of dam
age, although it reduced every house
for a block to splinters. 1t cut on two
or three of his fine maple trees at the
base as smooth as II they were sawed
off, Just to show him what 1t could
have done IL 1t had wanted to, and
passed on to pick up church across
the street and make it turn complete
somersault in the air.-Kansas City
World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
KYLE AND PETTIGREW.
The Queer Customers Sent to thu
Senate By South Dakota.

Politicians in Washington are specu-
lating upon the effect the death Of Sem
ator Kyle, in South Dakota, may have
upon the future of former Senator Pet
tigrew. The senatorial careers Of the
late Mr.. Kyle and former Senator Pet
tigrew furnish an interesting and at
the same time peculiar chapter In polit-
ical history. Pettigrew was elected to
the senate as a Republican, and there
was not a more bitter and unscrupu-
lous partisan in the chamber than he.
By degrees, circumstances and condi-
tions in South Dakota changed, and the
foxy Pettigrew deemed it advisable to
change with the conditions in his state.
He, thereupon became first free-sil-
yer Republican, then an anti-adminis-
tration Independent and finally wound
up his senatorial career by trying to
pass as q leader Of the Democratic MI
nority in the senate.
He Is young. ambitious, supplied with
unbounded resources, a fighter who
never knows when he Is licked, and 1t
Is understood he still harbors further
political ambitions.
Since leaving the senate only few
months ago 1t is said that through the
friendship of James ]. Hill, the million
aire railroad magnate Of the west, Mr..
Pettigrew has made severah hundred
thousand dollars speculating In gilt
edged mining and railroad stock. AL
though the state Of South Dakota is
now controlled by the Republicans, 1t. is
said that Pettigrew still has a very
strong following in that state, which
cannot be controlled by either political
party. With plenty Of ready money
and Jim Hills powerful influence back
Of him, Mr.. Pettigrew may come back
to the senate one Of these days.
The late Senator Kyle was just the
opposite Of Mr.. Pettigrew. Kyle, when
he first entered the senate, announced
himself to be IAN indocrat." In other
words, he claimed to be Independent OF
both political parties, but with lean
ing towards the Democrats. The DEM
ocrats were in the majority then In the
senate, so he located himself on the
majority side Of the chamber and affili-
ated with the Democratic party on all
party questions. Gradually the politi-
cal complexion of the senate changed,
and a noticeable change In Mr.. Kyle's
political department was observed. In
stead Of sticking closely to the Demo-
cratic party, he scattered his votes on
political question with both political
parties, according to circumstances.
By degrees he showed decided prefer
ence for Republican policies, and event
ually he became STEADY company"
with the Republicans in the senate.
At his last election he had Republican
support and upon his return to the
senate he was classed with the Repub-
licans right along, although he did not
go into the Republican caucus. Mr..
KYLE seldom figured In the senatorial
debates, but it Is said that he was very
effective in securing official patronage
for his relatives and personal friends.
The Kyles were a thrifty family during
their official residence in Washington,
and Mrs. Kyle did not allow senate
rial dignity" to prevent her from con-
Quoting a boarding house on Capitol
Hill to help swell the family income.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.
yey Mills and EnlargementS During
the Month of June.

New York Journal Of Commerce.
Textile interests in the South have
been in rather a quiescent condition
during the past four weeks, but indica-
tions point to a revival of the manufac-
turing activity Of a year ago. Southern
mills have received encouraging indi-
cations that the trade formerly enjoyed
with China and which was interfered
with by the war, will within a short
time resume it's former volume. Seve-
raj factories have filed good-sized con-
tracts for export. One South Carolina
mill shipped to the Orient last week ten
carloads of goods that were ordered
from China. These facts are especially
important to the several mills now con-
structing in the South that were de-
signed originally to supply the Chinese
demand for cotton cloths.
A feature Of the month was the act
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
TO BE CONTINUED.
His Exhausting Pose.

HE EXhHuBtinE FOHe,
Henry had to go to bed after that
visiting clergyman went away"
What was the matter"
"He Frustrated himself trying to give
the clergyman the impression that he
was pillar in our church."
Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10

DENOMINATIONS In THE UNITED
STATEs.-The following table by the
eminent statistician, DR.. Carroll, is
given as quite as authentic as any COM
no ra tive fa hle that can he obtained.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

don, but divides her time between
Newmarket, where she is conspicuous
among the women devoted to racing
and her magnificent country seat, Eas-
ton Neston This is the ancestral home
of the Earls of Pomfret, whom her
husband, Sir Thomas, represents
through the female line-his mother.
Lady Arabella Fermor, having been
the eldest daughter and heiress of the
last Earl of Ponlfret How times flies,
to be sure! 1t does not seem so long
ago since the writer, a guest at Sena-
tor Sharon's country place near San
Francisco listened with tears of SYM
pathy to pretty Flora Sharon's tale of
woe. Her father was then living, and
the family were deeply annoyed by a
certain "Althea," who afterwards made
a scandal in connection with the Sena-
tors will. Flora, however. was too
young to understand much about that.
Her trouble lay farther back, in the
loss of her mother, whom she hardly
knew, having been sent away to school
in France when mere child. She said
that she had always the most
lonesome little thing in the world, FIN
ing for home and parents, and that her
undying sorrow would be in having
been allowed to spend so little time
with the mother whom she passionate
ly loved. The slender girl in her white
gown, wandering sadly under the mag
nificent live oaks of Belmont" made
never to- be- effaced picture in my
memory Only few months afterward
Prince Charming came along, in the
person of Sir Thomas-then rather
shy and silent youth, who was yacht
ing in American waters. Senator Shar-
on invited him to Belmont" as he
did everybody of note who came to San
Francisco, and almost at the first
glance the young people fell in love
with one another. 1t was pretty ro-
nance, and, happily, the sordid facts
that the Prince possessed title and
the Sleeping Beauty" a dozen mil
lions, more or less, did not spoil the
sweetness of the old, old story.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
SEAS0NABLE HINTS.
Guard Your Health in Fall and
Early Winter.

A change from warm to cold is al
ways attended with more danger than
from cold to a warm temperature,
hence the greater mortility from lung
and throat diseases at this season of
the year as compared with spring
The best protection against colds is
not so much in extra clothing as in
good digestion.
If the digestion and circulation are
good, colds will be unknown.
Poor digestion causes poor circula-
ton of the blood and when in this con-
dition severe colds are contracted on
the slightest provocation.
People who make a regular practice
of taking Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets
after meals are free from colds, sim
ply because their digestion is perfect.
the heart strong and regular and the
whole system fortified against disease.
1t requires little argument to con-
vince anyone that the best safeguard
against colds, pneumonia and changes
of temperature is a good stomach
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken
after meals are dissolved. and mingling
with the food cause 1t to be promptly
digested and assimilated; they do this
because they contain nothing but
harmless digestive elements, which d.
gest meat, eggs and other food even
when the stomach itself is weak and
flaccid
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets make peo-
pie well and keep them well, and the
best habit you can acquire is to keep
daily use of them at meals to make
the digestive organs strong and vigor-
GUS
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

garded as a newly coined word until
one had read it Hebrew fashion from
right to left. SAMUEL Butler was gull
ty of a like offence in"Erewon," though
he transposed two letters in spelling
Nowhere" backwards.
The following story is told of an en-
thusiastic admirer Of Ian MacLaren,
evidently an American admirer.
He was tall, thin and alert and fol-
I lowed his card so quickly that DIR.
Watson had barely time to read 1t be-
fore his visitor was in the room.
my name is Elijah Higgins" he be-
gan. and / am a busy man. You are
also busy and have no time TO fool
away. -Four days is all 1 can give to
the United Kingdom, and / wished to
shake hands with you. Goodbye. am
off to Drumtochy." He left the room
swiftly, but the novelist caught him
at the 'front.' door and asked him IL he
knew where Drumtochy was.
Guess / do" replied Mr.. Higgins.
Got the route in my pocket, northwest
from Perth, N. B."
DR.. Doyle, who supposed he had prac-
tically written a complete work in his
History of the Boer War, published
last year, has evidently realized that
his last chapter, THE End of the
War" belongs in some future edition.
At any rate he has thoroughly revised
his book of a year ago and will bring
out shortly a new edition which will
include all operations up to the second
year Of the war. DIR. Doyle has changed
his chapter on The End OF the War;
TO How 10 Capture the Boer Govern
ment," his main theme being the me-
cessity Of this action on the principle
that the best way 10 Kill a serpent is
TO cut off its head instead Of looping
AZ It's tail To accomplish this, says
the author in the revised version, one
should choose 5000 OF the lightest and
hardest men in the army. give them
5000 OF the best horses Zone led horse
for every mani, no guns or baggage
ana young leader like Plumer ~ De
Lisls for choice. Let them loose with
free hand and help them BY stopping
the drifts and let them follow their
chase across Africa II neoeesary but
LEI them ride Il down "a last
Aierbert Brewster.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
YELLED WOMEN OF MALTA.
Women of Malta Condemned t.
Wear Wells 100 Years.

women OF mana condemned TO
Wear Wells 100 Years.
The women of Malta. of the Basque
provinces, and the Portuguese women Of
Hong Kong and Macao are not in the
slightest degree restricted in their daily
lives-that is, they may go out and
about as they please-still they wear
a curious sort of hood with no luminous
folds that are brought over to cover
the lower part Of the face when strange
men are about.
The custom Of wearing the faldetta
in Malta is a comparatively recent one
and it's origin shrouded in no mystery
A century or more ago, when Napoleon
and his reckless soldiers landed on the
island, the beautiful women fell easy
victims to the wills of the soldiery The
priests expostulated in vain and finally
ordered that no woman should go in
the streets without her face covered
by the faidetta.
That the sins of the mothers might
be visited upon the daughters, the
women were commanded to wear the
ugly hood for one hundred years. That
time has passed. and only a few fall
dettas are now seen in the streets, and
these are worn principally to church
and by old women who have become
welded to the habit.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

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THE INTENT AND PURPOSE.

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The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

ed upon as the successors of Tolstoi
though that wonderful old man has
not yet shown any signs of a decline in
power Just at present, THE Death of
the Gods" by Merejkowski, the gentle
man who spells his name chiefly with
the last few letters of the alphabet, is
being loudly praised. So much for
successful advertising and careful
booming. The same book, brought out
by a Philadelphia publisher some time
ago. under the title, Julian the Apos-
tate" did not attract nearly so much
attention. There was no reason why
this latter version should be superior
or more attractive, as the translator
of the Philadelphia publication was Sc
lected by the author, and, moreover,
the first publication of the brilliant
young Russians work in this country,
should have received a much greater
notice than fell to its lot.
Edmund Gosse in a recent article
tells the story of the first meeting Of
Thomas Hardy and George Meredith.
II so happened that Meredith was one
of the readers for the publishing house
10 which Thomas Hardy. then very
young man. submitted his first book,
THE Poor Man and the Lady" Mere
dith recommended the book to the pub
fishers, but. at the same time asked
Hardy TO come to see him. The book,
as a matter of fact. says Mr.. Gosse,
was full of revolutionary and anti-so-
cial extravagancies native TO unripe-
ness OF the youth Of genius. Meredith
recognized a certain literary power In
the book, but he urged Hardy TO soften
the story. Hardy Immediately with
drew THE Poor Man and the Lady"
and set about writing, Desperate
Remedies" As a result Of this proyi-
Dental meeting with Meredith his first
book never saw the light Of publication,
and. doubtless. his future reputation
was saved considerably.
II Is a curious fact that many au-
thors find more difficulty ia getting
satisfactory title for their books than
in writing many chapters Of a story.
John Uu lloyd avoided trouble and
an the same time. nystifed the public.
BY selecting a name and then spelling
n backwards. Etidorpha might BE- re-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
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From, Bright fresh
bo,t The Lots Picked
c. n From He e
O and There.

Pay you to catch them ere
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

About two years ago Mr.. Frank
Norris published serially a novel call
ed "A Mans Woman" The work is
being brought out this fall by a New
York publisher. The present interest
in Polar exploration ought to give a
certain timeliness to Mr.. Norris story,
because the plot begins on the love for
the same woman of two men who go to
seek the pole together. The story has
a certain grim force and gruesomeness
similar to that of "McTeague." l have
often wondered why publishers did
not bring out this class of books for
summer reading. Each one is guaran-
teed or might well be guaranteed, to
send cold shivers up and down the
spinal column, a sensation which
might be made more or less season.
able.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

Whether the serial publication of a
novel is a help or hindrance to the sale
of the book is a question of consider
able Importance, but one which is yet
to be solved to the satisfaction of many
New York publishers. Experience
proves little in the matter. for of the
recently successful books perhaps half
of them were published serially. You
cannot eat your cake and have 1t, and
no more can you tell how a serialized
book would have sold had it not been
serialized. A poor book may be made
successful, in a numerical sense, by
persistent booming, but, if such a book
were first published serially the public
would probably so be enabled to
judge of it's merits that it's material
success would be very much hindered.
On the other hand, it is probably true
that the specialization of a good book is
beneficial to its sale. William Dean
Howells recently remarked that no
great serials are written now a-days,
a statement, he adds, which he would
not have dared to make fifty years
ago. The popularity of such serials
as those produced by Thackery and
Dickens could not have been question
ed in their day. The story is told of a
famous writer of Dickens time, who
afflicted with long and serious ill
ness exclaimed to his nurse one day:
well, thank God, Pickwick will be
out in a few days" Life seemed
worth living if he could look forward
to Pickwick.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

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THE LITERARY OUTLOOK.
kIPLING AS a REPORTER AND
PRACTICAL STUDENT OF LIFE.

Is Serial Publication Il Help or a
Hindrance to Books SUGGEST.
News of the Authors-A story OF
Ian MacLarcn-Dr. DoyIe's Revised
Version of the Great Boer War.
New York, Oct. est is a favorite
theory with literary critics that great
literature is entirely the product of
creative Imagination and not at all
of experience. The Academy, one of
the very best London literary week.
lies, recently commented in this vein,
saying 1T is characteristic of all
great writer's that they never con-
sciously or imaginatively studied life.
They absorbed it and when the
time came they wrote with full kaleid-
oscope knowledge and endless insight
for art, truth and life" The writer
went on in this strain to some extent,
including even Dickens in this class.
Doubtless he would have also included
Kipling. AS a matter of fact both
Dickens and Kipling made a very dis
tinct business of studying life for the
purpose of writing. Both of them were
newspaper reporters ana Dotn worked
hard at the profession until they ac-
quired the dignity of book covers. Kip
ling's first volume was bound in brown
paper and tied with a pink string, but
with that rise to literary standing he
did not cease his former methods of
literary work. The point cannot be
better illustrated than by relating the
story of an American cores pondent
who, having gone to South Africa, met
Kipling at Cape Town and tried to
persuade the famous author to take
him along to the front. mo. sir" re-
piled Kipling. Your business is to see
things and write about them. just the
same as myself. and" the author con-
tinued, half jocularly and with a twin
kle in his eye, you might secure a
beat on me-"
Who can read a chapter of Kim"
Kipling's last novel, without being i'm
pressed with the fact that the author
studied life consciously all the time?
The book isn't a story, but series of
wonderful pictures, along the Great
Trunk Road of India, in the crowded
streets of the cities and in the noun
tains of the north. Here are shifting
scenes of Indian life, man and woman.
priest and soldier, Hindu and Moham-
medan, all centered about the adven-
lures of the orphan son of poor Irish
soldier, a street Arab of Lahore whom
kipling must have studied for all his
years in India.