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SIR THOMAS LIPTON. Tells the Story of His Business Career to a Reporter. All First Week's Pay Was One Dollar, •ad the Earning of It He Re calls as His Greatest Happiness. "Something about me, outside yachting?" questioned Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sinking back into the solt cushion of the forward deck house of the Erin. "A great many will fancy that is like giving Hamlet with the principal character left out, will they not? I am sure they must think of me as a man whose life is bound up in chal lengers and racers perhaps they will not be interested in its other side." He paused doubtfully. The visitor, a correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, hastened to assure the Irish knight that the reverse of the last statement was the truth. "I was born in 1851," he said, "the year th^t saw the birth of the Amer ica's cup, and my birthplace was Glasgow, Scotland. My father and mother had come there some years before from the north of Ireland, and my father had started as a deal er in provisions in a small way. I was one of three children, but my brother and sister never reached adult age, dying when quite young. "Up to the age of 14 I attended school, and when I was old enough I helped my father at odd hours. Then I wanted to do something for the family, and induced my parents to allow me to leave school and be come a messenger for another shop keeper." He paused here as if thinking of something then: "I do not know and I cannot conceive of any greater happiness than I experienced at the end of my first week's work. My hours were long and my work hard for so young a chap, but all that was forgotten when my master handed me one dollar as my week's wage. SIR THOMAS LIPTON. (Famous British Merchant and Owner of Yacht Shamrock.) I ran with it home and gave it to my mother. "I had other ambitions for my family as I grew older, and they were in a great measure realized, but I do not remember that any of them ever gave me half the pleasure or half the pride I felt over my first week's earnings. "I remained with the merchant for a comparatively short time, and d)H this more because I could attend night class than anything else. I appreciated then the advantages of a good education as I do now, and ev ery spare hour I had I spent in study. "Besides, I already had begun to look about me, and I realized that in this country, over in America, there were opportunities for young men, and I wanted to try them. "I came to America at the age of 18, and I was a steerage passenger. I had very little money—only enough to get me across and then to take me to Charleston, S. C. There, in look ing about me for an opportunity for work, I heard of the rice fields and after a time I secured a position with the owner of one of them. I was not a laborer, as has been stated, but more of an accountant, and later an assistant manager. 1 worked hard, and after several years, when Hear ing my majority, I returned home with money in my pockets sufficient to engage in the provision business, as my father had done before me." "Sir Thomas," interrupted the vis itor, "how about the advertising at that time?" A chuckle prefaced the anwer. "Oh! that was begun soon after I started in business. "I tried hundreds of schemes. One of these was by placing clever ly drawn cartoons in my windows touching upon popular events or of a humorous character. One of these, I recall now, was a picture represent ing two men, one very stout and the other very thin. The lean man had a legend: 'I'm going to Upton's the stout man was supposed to be say ing: 'I am just coming from Lip ton's.' "Another was sending a drove of hogs through the streets with signs saying they were intended for Lip ton. It attracted attention but was never repeated. The authorities thought that was a little too much." Progress In South Carolina. prosperity is encouragingly pro gressive in South Carolina. Twenty years ago that state had IS cotton mills, with 95,530 spindles—small mills, most of them. To-day there are within her borders 136 mills, con taining 2,249,709 spindles and 63,612 looms. ASSISTED THE TEXANS. Gen. Sickles When a Lad Helped the Lone Star Patriots to Win Independence, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles began his career as a typesetter. He always had a taste for adventure, relates the Sat urday Evening Post, and when a lad was thrilled by the stories of heroism which floated up from Texas and formed part of the history of the struggle of that state for freedom from the Mexican rule. Sam Houston became the boy's ideal hero. "I want ed to run away and take part in the business myself," said he while chat ting one day with some Texans in the GEN. DANIEL E. SICKLES. (Union Veteran Who Is Prominent in tha Grand Army.) cloakroom of the house of representa tives, "but my father exercised the veto power, and traveling was not as easy then as it is nowadays. "A man named Hitchcock was rais ing a company to go down and help the Texans in their war. About that time my kind-hearted old grandfather gave me $500 to buy a horse and buggy. A horse was the one thing I had always promised myself as soon as I should be rich enough, so I was delighted with the gift, but when I heard Hitchcock talk so eloquently about the wrongs of the Texans and their noble struggle lor liberty I couldn't stand it I sim ply threw my grandfather's money into his lap. "Naturally my grandmother began to wonder pretty soon where my horse was. I told her that I was waiting to get one that would trot in 2:40, which was great speed for those days. Her unsuspecting soul was satisfied with the explanation. Next day my father became inquisitive, and after I had made two or three stammering at tempts to put him off I had to come out with the whole story. I am not sure whether he was more angry or amused over it. "But the funny part of it came later. Another man arrived in town, one Col. Hunt, who was raising money to fur nish supplies for the fighters in Texas. He came after my father, I came to his assistance, and between us we got the old gentlemen so interested that he handed out another $500 from his own pocket." Gen. Sickles is so impressive in ap pearance that people stare a good deal at his crutches (he lost a leg at Gettysburg), and not a few strangers have had bad grace to stop him and in quire how he met with his supposed ac cident. The general does not take these impertinences any too kindly, though he usually avoids giving expression to his opinion of the questioner. PREDICTS A REVOLT. Congressman Hnll Warns Against Religious Interference with the Moro Tribe. Congressman Hull, of Iowa, who re cently returned from Manila, in aii interview declares that if mission aries are allowed to go to the island HON. JOHN A. T. HULL. (Chairman of House Committee oa Mili tary Affairs.) of Mindanao, where the Moro tribe Is dominant, the United States will face a big revolt. He said: "Moros are Mohammedans and polygamy is part of their religion. Just as soon as preachers get to work among them, preaching against plural wives, the trouble will begin. They are a fierce warlike tribe, who do not know what surrender means. Like all Moslems they are fanatical to the last degree and will fight for their religion to the bitter end. They area stay-at home race and have mingled very lit tle with other islanders. "Spain never made any attempt to govern them and thus avoided trouble. As long as we do not meddle with their affairs there is little danger of con flict, but any attempt to make them conform to our standards of morality or religion will provoke war. There are no fewer than 300,000 Moros and war with them would make the recent trouble with the Filipinos look like child's play/^ Borneo Idea of Deanty. In Borneo elongated ear-lobes ai* considered a mark of beauty. SULTAN'S HOME LIFE. Ruler of Turkey Afraid of Conspir ators and Assassins. Rises Early and Pays Strict Attention to State Business—Is Easily Mis led by Members of His Official Stall. Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, must always be a figure pregnant "with interest for the world at large. A new work shortly to appear in an English translation is from the pen of Georges Dorrys and is a clear and apparently authentic account of the life and reign of the only monarch in Europe power ful enough to successfully Withstand the march of civilization in his own dominions, whose temporal authority is without limit, and whose spiritual authority exceeds, perhaps, that of any priest on earth. Turkey and its ruler have so long presented a vexed problem, the issues of which are of such moment to Europe, that a nearer acquaintance with the vie intime of the sovereign cannot fail to be wel come and instructive. To western eyes the orient has ever appeared shrouded in a veil of mystery and romance which, though impeding a clearer vision, greatly enhances the fascination. The tortuous ways of the east are not our ways, nor is it possible for us to en tirely fathom the workings of the oriental mind therefore, such an in sight as M. Dorrys gives us becomes all the more interesting, for it helps us to lift the veil a little and to pierce the gloom with our own eyes. The ordinary daily life of the sultan seems to be comparatively regular. Risingat4:30, or at least 5, every morn ing, his entire day is spent in a cease less round of occupations. That these bear little on state affairs is proved by the fact that current matters often drag along for months, and even years, in spite of the timeless activity of the master mind. In fact, most of Abdul Hamid's time is spent in his study, ab sorbed in the perusal of reports sent by his spies from every quarter of the globe, for, as it has been truly re marked, the sultan's subjects may be BULTAN ABDUL HAMID. (Turkey's Ruler Who Is a Hopeless Victim of Distrust.) divided into two broad classes—name ly, the spies and the spied upon. Very opposite traits in this strange character are Abdul Hamid's extreme credulity and his overwhelming suspi cion and distrust. In proof of the for mer it is told that all his drinking wa ter must be brought from Kiathane, because years ago the Bohemian Aafital prophesied he should reign on condi tion that he drank no other. On a sec ond occasion he met a wandering gyp sy in his park at Kiathane, and asked her to tell him his fortune. Oddly enough she predicted his accession to the throne, as well as a long reign, wars, etc.,concluding with the ominous words: "Your death will be caused by an illness coming from outside." Like all despots, the padishah has a horror of death, and, consequently, dreads illness, especially anything of a contagious nature. Cholera and the plague have found him a determined enemy, and if Constantinople of to-day boasts a perfect system of sanitation and advanced colleges for the study of bacteriology, it owes them to the gyp sy's warning. His majesty himself is no mean chemist, having devoted a good deal of time to the study of med icine, for, like the wise and far-seeing monarch he is, he fully realizes the benefit of being able personally to analyze such drinks as may appear sus picious. Moreover, he doctors his own ailments, and has done so since the physician who formerly enjoyed his confidence became old and fell into dis grace. At the first alarming rumor or em barrassing political crisis all his usual habits and occupations are swept away before the threatened storm and he remains for long periods plunged in thought, his active mind preparing plans against an enemy or busily en gaged conjuring up visions of imagin ary danger. He has been known to remain 48 hours without either food or sleep when suffering from one of these fits. Such long watches, together with the tremendous mental and physical strain endured, bring on nervous at tacks of great violence, which render the monarch perfectly ferocious, so that while the paroxysm lasts no one dare approach him. It is, therefore, not surprising that, in spite of the care he takes of his health and the precau tion with which he surrounds himself, Apul Hamid, after a reign of 25 years, lftoks prematurely old and broken. His weakness is extreme and his body so thin that it is little more than a skel eton in fact, it is only by dint of will power and nervous energy that the sultan manages to keep up. A Country of Vegetarians. Nearly all of the inhabitants of northern China are vegetarians. Their diet consists chiefly of ricc, millet, maize, turnips and potatoes. NEWT GRAVITY WHEEL. Ita&lnventor Thinks It Constitutes the Solution of the Secret of Per petual Motion. An improved automatic or self-act ing gravity wheel is the modest title of an invention by Mr. Herbert Rose,* of Australia, which has recently been patented all over the world, and which, if the claims of its inventor ere real ized, promises to supersede steam as a motive power. The invention relates to the con struction of a gravity wheel, with con centric rings, secured to arms radiat ing from the center. These arms or weights act as balance and driving levers and are so nicely arranged— those on the downward grade being ROSE GRAVITY WHEEL. (Apparently It Is Capable of "Going On Forever.") two-thirds heavier than those on the upward grade in action—that a natur al falling of the weights on the former grade insures perpetual motion. A cessation of the driving force can only be effected by preventing the weights from falling, and this is done by a very simple contrivance in the form of a spring which acts on all the weights simultaneously. Taking a wheel 40 feet in diameter and three feet wide, it is estimated that it will carry 1,050 weights and that the driv ing power will be equal to 1,443% tons from the center of the wheel. The cost of construction is about one sixth the cost of machinery for steam power, and it is also claimed that the new motive power will reduce the working expenses 95 per cent. The working model, says the New York Herald, has been subjected to continuous tests, as it is apparently capable, like the brook, of "going on forever," which, of course, is what is expected of an invention claiming to constitute a solution of the secret of perpetual motion JOHN J. HEMPHILL. Bx-Congressntan*s Return to Active Politics Stirs the Democracy ot South Carolina. The return of John J. Hemphill to active South Carolina politics is at tracting very widespread attention in the democratic party. When Tillman rose to power in South Carolina in 1890 Mr. Hemphill, who was then the representative in congress of the Fifth congressional district of the state, was one of the victims of the alliance and the reform movement, controlled and led by the senior sena tor. There is little question that he would have obtained national recogni tion as a party leader. It was thought by the friends of Mr. Hemphill that between Senator Mc Laurin, representing many views in HON. JOHN J. HEMPHILL. (South Carolina Statesman Who Wants' to Be a Senator.) national affairs which are repugnant to the democracy, and Congressman A. C. Latimer, who is a typical represen tative of radical Bryanism in politics, Mr. Hemphill would have more than an ordinarily good chance just at this time to appeal to a large conservative element in the party. He has taken up his place in the quiet campaigii which is being waged from county seat to county seat by the opponents of Senator McLaurin, and it seems to be now a foregone conclusion that he will be one of the chief features in the senatorial race in South Carolina next Alleged Sorcerers Darned. Hanrtn, a village on the borders of Anatolia, was the scene of a horrible tragedy recently. There had been an epidemic in the district, and as its ravages ever became greater the villagers finally felt satisfied that it was the work of sorcerers. Aftc a thorough investigation they arrested a man named Asian and his sister, and openly charged them with being the direct cause of the disease. The two prisoners avowed their inno cence, but the mob insisted that tliey had been heard using incantations and other evil spells, and that their sole object in doing so was to invoke an epidemic. Without delay sen tence was pronounced. Asian- was burned alive on an improvised scar fold and his sister was mercilessly. tortured with red-hot irons. MINNESOTA NEWS. Fair Receipts. The total number of admission tick ets taken at the state fair during the entire six days of its session was 185, 584, againBt 13#,279 for the year 1900. This number does not represent the total number of persons who entered the grounds, for there were many tick ets issued for two persons. Every day of the week beat the corresponding day for last year. When all the money is collected and all expenses paid, there will be a very nice balance. The money will be used in fitting up the grounds and increas ing the facilities, in order that next year's fair may be better and brighter than the one just closed. The state fair management already has decided to expend a portion of the surplus for the erection of new sheep barns and other improvements, which, it is ex pected, will be decidcd upon soon. Showed Defects. D. B. White, of the state dairy de partment, claims that some of the men who have been winning premiums at fairs need instruction in the art of butter-making. That at the state fair was scored on Monday of fair week, and on Saturday a second inspection was made by experts, when it was found that some of the prize-winning product had greatly deteriorated in flavor, which proved that there was something radically wrong with the methods of the prize-winners. The state dairy department will try to lo cate the defects. Rode 1.0'i Miles. Walter A. Thomas, a Minneapolis grain man, who has the distinction of being the originator of the idea of vis iting the wheat fields of the northwest in an automobile, has returned from a 1,000-mile tour of the wheat fields of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. As a result of his personal inspection, he places the total wheat yield of the three, states at 175,000,000 bushels, the bulk of which, he believes, will grade No. 2. Many Pasaeiigers. During the six days of fair week the conductors in the employ of the Twin City Rapid Transit company collected 2,265,032 fares, of which 468,235 were in the shape of transfers. The increase over the corresponding week of last year was about 16 per cent. The mileage covered by the company's cars was 347,648 miles, and there was not a single accident. The biggest day of the week was Thursday, when 429,111 fares were collected. News In Brief. An alleged jury briber, Edward Mc Nicholls, wanted in Chicago, was acci dentally arrested in St. Paul. About 100 survivors of the Seventh Minnesota regiment attended the re union in St. Paul. An nnknown woman was found by the side of the railroad track near Rice by the section crew. She was about 60 years of age and well dressed. Thomas Milgrave, residing in St. Paul, in attempting to board a moving freight train at Elk River, slipped and fell with one foot under the wheels. The crushed foot was amputated at the ankle. A young man giving his name as Harry Sorell was threatened with lynching by an angry mob near Harris Park, in St. Paul. He is charged with attempting to assault a daughter of Charles Hauck. Richard Hill. 53 years old, postmas ter of Paddock, was killed in a run away. Congressman J. A. Tawney was con fined to his home in Winona as the re sult of being accidentally struck on leg with a golf ball. Peter Wood went to bed with his pipe in his mouth at Fertile, went to sleep, and the bedding caught lire. The building was partially destroyed, and the man was nearly burned to death. Blackduck has 82,800 worth of new fire fighting machinery. It was put to use within an hour after its installa tion to extinguish a fire that had broken out in the woods near town and which threatened to become seri ous. The German-American Central Bund observed its third anniversary with ex ercises at Fort Snelling. The event was in memory of "German Day," when the first thirteen families landed at Philadelphia, in 1G83, and settled at Germantown. Mrs. George D. Perkins, a prominent lady of Minneapolis, committed sui cide by drowning. Despondency was the cause. A new milling company was organ ized at Red Wing, with a capital of (100,000. Emma Abbe, a domdstic for C. L. Gray, Owatonna. was severely burned by an explosion of kerosene she used to start a fire. A snake six feet long was killed on the streets of Minneapolis. Fred Culbert, a long-distance walker from New York, will leave Sept. 25 to walk from Mankato to Boston on a wager of 85,000 put against 810,000 of fered by a New York club that he can walk the distance of 1,600 miles in 70 days. Thomas C. Metcalf, aged 59, super intendent of the St. Anthony Elevator company, Minneapolis, dropped dead in his office. Fred Blumcrof Minneapolis, arrested on the charge of robbing Joseph Fease of Hastings,, was discharged. A flower of the stramonium, a weed commonly known as the "thorn apple," caused the death of Daniel II. Doyle, 18 years old, who lives in St. Paul, and is employed in a foundry. On his way to work the boy picked the flower and nibbled it to pieces. He became un conscious almost immediately and died a few hours later. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. A son of Paul Kruger has surrendered to Lord Kitchener In South Africa. Joaquin Walker Martinez has been ap pointed minister of Ch'ili at Washington. Secretary Wilson advocates the aban donment of public receptions by the presi dent. Seven men were killed and four others seriously injured In a railway collision at Jamestown. N. D- Returnlng Americans report that 25,000 persons have been killed during the pres ent outbreak in Colombia. The Union League club of Baltimore ex pelled Senator Wellington for his expres sions regarding the president. The Chicago limited on the West Shore road was wrecked near Eastwood, N. Y., and 26 passengers were injured. Americans and natives in the Philippine islands gave sincere expressions of grief on hearing of McKlnley's death. Commissioner of Immigration Powderly is drawing up a bill for the exclusion of anarchists from the United States. Three explosions occurred in the works of the American-Schultae Powder company in Oakland, N. J., and five men were killed. At Caspar, Wyo., Hans Wagner, who ex pressed sympathy with the assassin. Czol gosz, was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. Gov. Odell will not call a special session of the New York supreme court, as he has been assured the trial of Assassin Czolgosz will be in progress within 15 lays. John S. Rydell, of Vincent, Wis., was compelled to kneel and kiss the flag and McKlnley's picture for having spoken dis respectfully of the dead president. The death of the president was the thems of sermons in all parts of the country. Many congregations sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee" as a further mark of respect. Three negroes, Ernest Harrison, Sam Reed and Frank Howard, who confessed to the murder of Washington Thomas, an aged colored man, were hanged by a° mob at Wickllffe, Ky. The wife of Lieut. Peary, the arctic ex plorer, has arrived in Portland, Me., hav ing met her husband In Payer harbor, after waiting ail winter. She says he will make another dash for the pole next summer. SETTLE STEEL STRIKE. Union Leaders Agree to Accept tha Terms Originally Offered by Schirab. New York, Sept. 16.—Official an nouncement was made Saturday that the steel strike was settled. The news was given out upon the authority of VV. T. Graham, president of the American Tin Plate company. The strikers have practically come to the terms which the company offered several weeks ago. It had been specified at other con ferences that the company would not recede from the position which it had taken with regard to the opening of the mills. Work in all the plants is to be resumed to-day. The understand ing is that the company shall operate as nonunion mills all the plants that it succeeded in opening, and that the mills formerly controlled by the union that were kept closedshall be reopened as union mills. THE NAVAL INQUIRY. Court Opens In Washington to De« clde Schley-Sampson Controversy -Howlion Rejected. Washington, Sept. 13.—The Schley court of inquiry opened yesterday with the declaration by Schley's counsel that the sole point at issue is whether he or Sampson was in command at the battle of Santiago. Admiral Dewey sustained the protest against Admiral Howison serving as a member of the court, and the court adjourned until his successor is ap pointed by the navy department. Washington, Sept. 14.—Rear Ad miral Francis Munroe Ramsay, re tired, has been selected as the third member for the Schley court of in quiry, to succeed Rear Admiral How ison. SYMPATHY IN ENGLAND. Expressions of Sorrow at President McKlnley's Death Universal Throughout the Kingdom, London, Sept. 16.—It would be al" most impossible to record in detail the remarkable outburst of sympathy in Great Britain and her colonies over the death of President McKinlejv proofs of which are continually ar riving here. Not only has King Ed ward commanded the court to go into mourning for one week, but wherever a public meeting of any kind has been held or wherever a public man has had occasion to speak, expressions of horror and sympathy have been heard. THE MARKETS. New York, Sept. 16. LIVE STOCK—Steers $4 30 5 40 Hogs 0 ^5 6 S5 Sheep 2 50 3 75 FLOUR—Winter Straights.. 3 10 3 45 WHEAT—December 76%© 6% May 79%® CORN—December 61% May 62%@ 62$J OATS 38 V2# 4 RYE—No. 2 60%@ 61 BUTTER—Creamery 15%@ 20% Factory 4 15% CHEESE 8%@ 9V* EGGS 13%@ 19 CHICAGO. CATTLE—Prime Beeves ... $6 25 6 50 Texas Steers 4 10 5 25 Stockers 2 00 2 30 Feeders 3 40 4 25 Bulls 2 00 4 60 HOGS—Light 6 15 6 50 Heavy Mixed 6 25 a 6 55 SHEEP 3 25 4 10 BUTTER—Creamery 14 20 Dairy 13 17 EGGS—Fresh 13 1G POTATOES (per bu.) 1 05 1 15 MESS PORK—October 14 75 @14 SO LARD—October 9 37%® 9 40 RIBS—October 8 55 8 62% GRAIN—Wheat, December. 70 70% Corn, December 56%® 57% Oats, December 34%@ 35% Rye, December 64%@ 54% Barley, Choice 58 60 MILWAUKEE. GRAIN—Wheat, No. 1 Nor'n $ 69 69% Oats, No. 2 White 37%® 37% Barley. No. 2 5454% Rye, No. 1 64 54% KANSAS CITY. GRAIN—Wheat, December $ 66%@ 66% Corn, December 57 57% Oats, No. 2 White 38 38% Rye, No. 2 55 55% ST. LOUIS. CATTLE—Native Steers ... $3 00 6 25 Texas Steers 3 00 4 20 HOGS—Packers' 6 25 6 55 Butchers' 6 60 0 6 95 SHEEP—Natives 2 75 3 35 OMAHA. CATTLE—Native Steers .... $3 70 4 85 Cows and Heifers 3 00 @454 Stockers and Feeders 2 75 4 10 HOGS—Mixed .' 6 50 6 55