Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1901 — Page 9

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Part Two

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Pages 9 to 16 PRICK PIVK CJEXTS. INDIANAPOLIS, SUNDAY MORXIXG, AUGUST 4f 1901. PRICE FIVK CENTS.

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VOX CAJV'T HAVE TOO MAJty

Stil, for afternoons and occasions which demand dressy garments, the wash frock C of lawn, dimity Or Swiss is decidelv the vorriif Anrl nprrinn wfinf vnn crnrfor, tho

season with are the worse for wear. Get a new one. assortments right up to the pink of perfection in every

Printed Was? Goods i l':;nt- I lU:l;e, iu white, navy, black and 4 f tin:.- I L'nrii-4U, witi s:n-i! neat flrure-4 IZ an i an; gocui va.ue; yard- lOo t riln--l!in.(,rif I0:s-m.l!.?an'l Batiste, in P.'ht and tiute i grounds, with rl-ures nnd -,l - ; yra aco '4 A Bin -d Ducks la dots and stripes, also, , plain c!or; yur t xtJS 'o J-? h:n. nn l double-fold Denims fcr ldslrts. - x - 1) ia;-Jo and lOo V All black cotton Grenadines, In laco and co;d?d vetalso black India Linen and lial i -'; yard4 l-.';0, ISO. ÜOO, Ii O AM black cotton Grenadines and Swiss, with colored tl-urcs, former price up to1 -c; yard lCS'o Ladies9 Summer fleefctvear Libe rty Silk Boes, in black and black and white, plain and trimmed. Prices, each, from OrJo to MO OO White Mull Tics, with laco stocks, from liro to rl OO White Mull Tic, with colored border?, (ach irro to üül.OO Lar.re white and 11 k:. color Sailor Collars, all '.Inen, tucked avl trimmed with lace; also lace and embroidery Sailor Collars f. r low-neck gowns. Price, each to .OO BIacK Goods 50-lnch black Pebble Cheviot, former price C 1 Ji"; y a i d 8l OS 50-inch plain blak Cheviot, spoused and shrunk, $1.00 quality; yard t12.: ü-lnch black Home -ums, sponged and shrunk, valu-? ?!; special, yard.."Oo 41-Inch black (iranite for skirts, S.c quality;. yard 313o 40-inch plain black Mohair felcllllan, an quality; yard OOo 41-inch bri-ht finish black Mohair ltilli in-1 tine, regular quality; yard HOo Svinch bluck Mohair, a ZOa value. yard 550o 1 Kjnit Corbet Coeiy White Knit Corset Cover, eacu. üSoandßOo) 5 Kfte&rsrMnSESJi. mm m w

WE MUST HAVE ROOX!

August Clearance Sale on Reed Furniture We have a large assortment of Reed Rockers, Chairs, Settees, Couches, etc., which we will close out at reduced prices.

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We offer you any Piano in our entire stock at a reduced price. It will pay you to see us before you buy. W

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...THE PRICE CUTS INO FIGURE... When vou Ket first-class laundering that is what we always give you. THE EXCELSIOR LAUNDRY 17 CAPITOL AVENUE SOUTH. 'PHONES 249. SUNDAY JOURNAL. BY MAIL, $2 PER YEAR

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i uwwn mtf i 7 of XÜhiie Goods I3" yards white fancy I. K. for skirts, 50c and COo grades; yard 15 Oo One lot, of havy whitft corded P. K. for skirts, former price o"o; yard ir: 5o Another lot of inch white Persian Lawns, sheer and pretty, was 30;:; yard....lso A ac quality white l'erslan Lawn, 3J inches wide; yard iSiio Knit ndcrbeJcar for Women Ladies low-neck sleeveless Swiss Ribbed Vest, taped neck and arms; colors, white, pink and blue. The 13e ones, each lOo Ladies sleeveless low-neck Swiss Hlbbed Vests, with taped neck and arms, inequality, each loo . Ladies' iow-neok sleeveless Swiss KIbbed Vest-, taped neck and arras. Our ic ones, each lOo Ladies' iancy weave Kwis3 Ribbed Vests, low neck and taped neck and arms. Söc quality, each ü5c Ladies' mercerized low-neck Swiss nibbed Vests, with wing sleeve. C03 ones, for each 2. Ladies' 1 ow-neck sleeveless Swiss Ribbed Vests and taped neck and arms. A 35o quality, each 1 Ladies' mercerized low-neck sleeveless Swiss Ribbed Vests, taped neck and arms; colors, pink, blue and white. 50c quality, each 53to Ladies' hl?h-neck long-slccve. White Lisle Vests and knee-length Drawers, extra value rOo White Lisle Drawers, umbrella shape and laec trimmed. A Tös value, pair !Oo Fancy Silk Vests, low neck, sleeveless, lnoe trimmed; colors, pink, white and blue. 75c quality, each SOo Silk Tights, flesh color, pair. I.OO White Lisle Union Suits, high neck and long sleeve or low-neck, sleeveless. Prices riOoand 1 OO 'ilK. J-tocKjngs Pure silk-thread Stockings, black, sizes S to 0:, regular price $..0. I'alr... OS Trank Tbat's our business. We make them and know how. Our prices les tbun others. ...... h Beehive Trunk Factory is (DO. 37 and 39 South Meridian St. W., PlüIlUlUtiuicio, Penn. St. FILLED WATCHES 4R W Wasliinfffnn Sfrpef this month. A e ofTer a .fVyenr gold-filled ease American movmmt at -Now is your and silverware this month. Look at our prices galea.

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its style or desirability, We are keeping summer way TucKjrtgs and Lace 1 Complete line of White Tucklns, in plain and hemstitched tucks, and embroidery and lace tucks, 1- and '.27-inch widths. Yard .jj;i.J2C5 to l$-?2,.00 White French Revering, 06 inches wide. Yard tl.SJS Light blue ani pink Chambray Tucking, vith lace stripe. Yurd 81 1S 1 See our line of Point Venice Laces, in whlto and cream; widths from 1$ to 4 inches. Prices, a yard. . . jiX. OO to XV ash Petticoats In Percale, Gingham and Madras, made with deep flounce, ru filed and tucked; were priced earlier up to Jl.'JS'. Choice OSo TilK. Glomes Knyser Silk Gloves, with double finger tips. Colors: Black, white, gray and mode. Pair Oo and tl.OO 'Bathing fxxits Your summer outint will not be complete without a Rathin? Suit. We show a larso and well-selected lino of these garments, made of brllliantlne and flannel, in the popular colors blue and black. Prices range from....-Tt.OO to 10 OO Dress JKirts A few cream flannel Skirts, trimmed in mohair braid or the plain tailor effect. . a very swell. Were priced at $13.50; now, f!z each tjO.O A Rrilliantlne Skirt, in blue or gray, made with three narrow flounces set on, trimmed in taffeta silk, banda of same color. Price was $10.00 each; now litrr.C5 O A blue Rrilliantlne Skirt, made with Hare; top of flounce trimmed with white mohair braid. Special value, each JHir.TÄ TilK. Etons Not a larcje. assortment of Silk Etons remain. Styles are good, however. Some of them plain tucked garmcntot hers with Russian lace collar. Sold up to $15. Now, each . . o. Our entire line of öOc. oöcaml 7oc China Silks we will offer Monday at the very lowprice of x 37c a Yard See our West Window. In our Kast Window we will offer our entire line of domestic Cretonnes, Tickings. Denims and Chintz that sell at '20c and 35c a yard; Monday, at 16c a Yard Albert Gall, Carpets, Wall Paper and Draperies, 17 and 19 West Washington Street 53 Always Buy the Best It is the Cheapest. I J. " """"1 Vehicles p OUIt Urm of Roadw.ions, Phaetons. Surrcj-J, Traps. Stanhopes, Carriages, etc., include all the up-to-date styles of the best m:ike. Take your vacation in your own carriage. You will find comfort, health and satisfaction in owning your own vehicle. The H. T. Conde Implement Co. Opposite Statehoase W. Washington Street. HAVE YOUR SKIRTS "tailor rwrADK Of new cloth, which ie continually coming from our looms. You will be better salisüed and nave money. Ci ICO. ZXIIIIIIT CO. Manufacturers of H IG1M4KAPK WOOLEVS and "TAILOK-MADt" SKI I ITS. ' Sil West Wasölnjcton btreet, I ndianapolis.In'i. SU3IMLU 11ESOHTS. BEAUTIFUL WAWASEE LAKE 100 miles north of Indianapolis. Largest lake in lndl?.na. Highest lake In the Central West. The Wawasee Inn is now open. Best service; low rate?.. Write for booklet. CLINTON G. WIGGINS. Wawasee, InL

Monday Bargains

PLENTY OF BIG GAME

TRAVELERS IX TIIIPET FID AIU.NDAM USE Füll T1IEIU GUNS. They Shoot the Wild Ynlc, the Wild Sheep and Other Animals to Secure Food, N'ot for Mere Sport H0ENEL BEAST OF MANY COLORS AS CODITIONS OP LIVING IMPROVE NATIVE WOMEX GItOW C03IELY. Transformation of n Tencefnl Scene Into n IV lid 3IIiik1Iiik of Fleeing Herds uud Tursuin Hunters. "Amcrc the Farthest rporle." Coryr'erit by W. C. J. -Heid. Continuing our march on the 2Hh we reached Y"ong-Char, a small village of thirty dwellings, half Mongol and half Thibetan, in ten hours' easy travel. For the preater part of the day our route lay over a smooth, graduated surface, formed by the debris rolled down the slopes of the mountains, scoured by repeated snow and rainfalls to a gentle slope, In the lower valleys luxuriant with areas of coarse grass and shrub growth. Here and there cropped out a monster bowlder, half imbedded in the gravelly soil, which had rolled and thundered wildly down when displaced by some landslip or detached from Its resting place by a torrential shower. Evidences of habitation became more numerous, and at intervals cf every mile or so we would come upon encampments of black tents, their gloomy forms rblng up from the ground through the mist like gigantic, bloated spiders. As our supply of fresh meat had reached Its lowest ebb, and the surrounding country abounded with game, we halted at one of these encampments to hire guides who were thoroughly acquainted with the district lo assist us in chasing several large herds of yak and kuku-yamans that were hardly ever out of sight. The latter animal is one of the most Important of the fauna of this region, and, although Prejevalsky asserts that It is abundant throughout the whole region from the Charing Nor to the steppes of Ordos, this was the first time that we had seen it. It is a little larger than a full-grown sheep, which it much resembles, the color of its wool a tawny gray or tawny crimson, the upper part of the face, the chest, forepart of the legs, the line marking the divisions of the sides from the stomach and the tip of the tail, black, the belly white, the hinder part of the legs yellowish white. The strangest feature is the extreme length of the horns, which curve upward from the base for several feet, with the points twisted back. The ewes are much smaller than the rams and have short, spikelike horns but a few inches in height. Owing to the swiftness of their movements it is almost Impossible for the Mongols to shoot or spear them, therefore their skins and horns are highly prized They are exceedingly shy ami difficult of approach, their powers of smell and sight being very acute. They generally wander in herds of ten or fifteen and. while the rest are grazing, one or more of the males acts as protector to the herd, and at the first appearance of any suspicious object in the vicinity gives a sharp whistle, almost human in tone, and, like a whirlwind, they are out of sight, with the most won derful agility leaping over broad chasms and from considerable heights into the gul lies below, or el.-e clambering up the most inaccessible summits without, seemingly, the least exertion, in ns many minutes as the hardiest hunter could accomplish in hours. , SKILL OF NATIVE HUNTERS. With our guides we pushed on until we were several miles in front of our follow ers and soon readied a line of low, broken buttes, In the ravines tf which we descried a large herd of yak and six or seven kuku yamans. The latter immediately scented our approach and were off in a flash, but we were abls to get within range of the yaks and bring down two bulls and a cow before they could get away. In their mad, headlong flight Instead of rushing off in the opposite direction they charged almost past our position. They were only thirty or forty feet away, and, picking out a fat young bull, I fired. At the shot he fell heels over head directly across a cow which was running by his side and a little behind him. I saw her turn a somersault, and then with wild rage she r'ushed direct ly at one of the Mongols who was stand ing a little to the right. Instead of flee ing he stood with an air of the most im perturbable disdain, and Just at the mo ment when it setmed that he must be torn by the lowered horns he stepped lightly to one hide and then with remarkable adroitness ran by the side of the infuriated beast and before it could turn had plunged his sharp-pointed lance half way through the great, lumbering body. The Mongols do nearly all their hunting in this manner. Their guns are miserable affairs, and, ammunition being scarce, in securing game they are obliged to rely on craft and subtlety equaling that of the animal itself, to extraordinary llectr.esr of foot and a patience that would distract the most philosophical white man. The Mongols of this district never indulge in hunts as a means of merely gratifying a love for sport, but only when it is necessary to secure food ine uesi nuniers ana spearmen are intrusted with this work, .and after finding a herd they will start in pursuit, camping cn the trail of the fleeting beasts, and eventually overtake them by superior powers of endurance This practice 13 called "walking- down," although, in truth, it is a walk that would find few devotees in more favored lands, Four or five men enter to "walk down" the first "bunch," taking up their stations at intervals of every few miles, while track ers drive the beasts down on their posi tion. I-or the nrst tew hours the yaks scamper off, throwing their manes and tails to the breeze, making a sight that would whet the desire of those pursuin them, for there are few spectacles more imposing than a troop of wild yak at full flight in the distance. The first tracker starts In pursuit as soon as the herd comes Into view and kills as many as he can, until he has arrived at the second station, where the fresh cpearsman takes up the chase in a similar manner. Soon the herd begins to tire, the bulls taking up a position In the rear to keep the laggards from scattering. But constantly on their trail are these relentless pursuers. They are not allowed time to eat or drink; soon the calves and weaker animals drop out and fall before the spears of the hunters and f.nally, by clever tracking, the whole herd la driven Into some 'Inclosed hollow or ra 1 vine where there U no chance of escape.

Here a large force cf spearsmen has been placed, when the whole herd is so tired and bewildered that It is easily taken.

ANOTHER INTERESTING ANIMAL, Another animal which exists In wonderful profusion in this region is the wild ass, and although I have never seen them In any of the Mongol settlements in a domesticated state, the natives assert that If they are caught when young they soon lose their wild traits and are very valuable as rackanimals. I saw many herds some months before in the sloping country south of the Djl-Chu, usually in bands of ten or twelve, led by a stallion, who maintains jealous watch over his herd, and when occasion iequlres is remarkably fierce and aggressive. They are generally of a light fawn color, and when surprised give vent to a sharp, penetrating cry much like the bark of a dog. At night they gather In a circle with heads toward the center, presenting a sur rounding stockade of heels to greet any In truder who may be rash enough to attack them. During the breeding season the males are especially fierce, and If they descry an intruder from another herd, they will strive by biting and kicking to drive him off, or fight until they have been so badly wounded that thy are unable longer to stand. Even the huge yak is no match against this valorous foe. but with credita ble discretion never invades their feeding grounds, and at the first sign of aggression shows a disinclination to question the pugnacious supremacy of there wildly-chortling champions by discreetly running away. The flesh of the young animals Is consid ered a great delicacy by the natives, but as it 13 Impossible to hunt them on foot, or even by horses, with any degree of success, they are usually captured by inserting noose traps on the feeding grounds which they are known to frequent. The meat is very palatable and nourishing, free from fat or gristle and having a similarity of taste to tender mutton. The horns are used as spearheads and the skins are stripped of the thin hair, beaten and tanned Jnio a soft leather, which is employed in the manufacture of saddles, boots and caps, while the hoofs form excellent drinking cups and tea bowls. AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT. The single night's stay that we made at Yong-Cnar was a disturbed one. The village itself was preched on the eminence of a small hill, and. as the few houses had all they could do to shelter their respective owners we were obliged to pitch our tents on the slope. About 9 o'clock a sleet and hailstorm of frightful severity came up and as we had chosen, unfortunately the least sheltered side we were exposed to Its full fury. The wind caught under the folds of our tents and pulled so hard at the fastenings that at intera!s of every half hour or so they would come rattling down about our ears, plunging us into the woes of a domestic bog, while the melted sonw and ice rushed down the sharp declivity with such dampening force that peaceful repose was -out of the question. The enjoyment of nomad life, the pleasures of penetrating mysterious regions of the earth are all well enough to talk about in the ballroom and by the fireside, but my word for it, a man traveling with scanty creature-comforts has other things to think of, and after lying for several hours in an icy pool would be willing to relinquish a share of future life for the unalloyed bliss of reveling in a pair of dry trousers. In wet clothes, drenched and bedraggled to the skin, we were literally sitting on the stool of repentance. In the morning wTe relved n, .visit, from the head man of the village, with the two guides which he had promised us the night before. 'He was a sly and sinister Thibetan, with a gruesome cast of countenance whose general effect was heightened by a huge scar that lay across his cheek in a broad, angry welt. On giving him the price which had already been agreed on for the guides his amiability vanished, and, with a greedy look in his half-closed eyes, he demanded that we should eiuadruple the previous offer, as, he asserted, we were dependent on his friendship for successful journeying and could not travel through the country alone. It was a game of bluff to which we had become accustomed, and when we refused to accede to his demands or listen to violent threats he gradually quieted down and became friendly in his manner once more. We were conciliatory also, for when one looks at the ugly figure of a Mongol or Thibetan ho Is apt to forego a purpose of vengeance. There is something particularly truculent and pacifying in their aspect. ATTRACTIVE MONGOL. WOMEN. A peculiar characteristic of the Mongols here was the number of good-looking women whom we saw in the streets, in fact the change was so noticeable that one might have imagined these savage Venuses as belonging to a different race entirely. Their features were more regular, their color lighter, and, in fact, they had a superior deportment to any we had previously seen. They also had a very striking manner of dressing the hair, plaiting it in dozens of small braids, decorated with ribbons, strings of coral, or glass beads, hanging down on either side of the bosom. These were the wives of some of the more powerful men, and, as we subsequently learned, were Mongols from the country to the south of Lan-Chou and not regular natives of this region. They were by no means unconscious of their charms; very few were dressed in sheepskins, and these of the poorer class, while many were long robes of blue daba (Chinese cotton stuff) with an ostentation that could not be surpassed by a votc.ry of Worth or Redfern. On the Cist we managed, after much hArd work through the deep, soft snow, to reach the summit of the ridge which we had been ascending gradually for several days. The sky, for almost the first time in a fortnight, was clear, but the radiation of the sun on the glittering white surface had an undesirable effect. Most of us wore horse-hair ee shades, but they offered scanty protection and several of the Kiangsis were almost blind. We took advantage of the clearness of the weather to make observations of the topography of the surrounding country and to determine our altitude, three successive readings showing a height at the top of this pass of 12.S3C feet above sea-level. The country to tHe south was well watered; from this elevation we were able to descry several considerable streams, all flowing at right angles to the course of the Ma-Chu, and taking their rise in a series of small lakes east of the Ederlng Nor. The most important of these are the Oroba and Sok-Chu, which empty Into the larger stream from the southwest, and the Korghi, which issues from the western slope of the Korghl-Ula and flows in a southerly direction until It commingles its current with that of the Ma-Chu, some five miles above the entrance of the Sok-Chu. The general effect cf the landscape was that of a succession of valleys cut up by lew hilly ranges; the prospect much more fertile and suggestive of civilization than any we had previously seen. In spite of adverse climatic conditions, the land suggested peace and plenty, and, as was but natural to suppose, sheltered a numerous population. The country near the Ederlng Nor is especially adapted for continued habitation; good grazing for cattle is found during the entire year and In the summer

time abundant crops can be grown on the

slopes of the mountain rangts to the south, therefore more permanently settled villages are seen than west of the Koulon-gol. We had intended to go round the lake, but as the trip would have taken several days we satisfied ourselves with this view from a distance. The natural color of the lake is a light sea-green, but at a short distance from the. shore It is converted by the unfriendly mi?t into that of pallid gray, or sackcloth, and as the natives go to it to procure salt, its waters must be very saline. Although the heavy mist lying over the shores somewhat obscured the view I judged that its circumference was thirty or forty miles and Its altitude, approximately, 13,2 feet. A HUNTER'S PARADISE. The country in the vicinity was literally alive with game. Y'ak and wild asses were particularly plentiful, but orongo and djeran antelopes, wild goats, wolves, hares, ducks, geese, sand grouse and partridges also were met with In considerable numbers. The large herds of yak, moving like a dark brown billow over the white surface of the slope, was one of the niot curious features of the landscape. They dotted the rolling hills, quietly feeding like tame cattle or lying at eae on the slopes, chewing the cud and half asleep, the yellowcalves clinging close to their mothers, while on little eminences the great bulls stood, pawing the ground and surveying with paternal pride their little kingdoms. No less peaceful Is the scene near some river bank, where other herds have come down for water. From the high slope on either side they stream down into the valley in a bellowing avalanche, their heads held low, and the sound of their hoarse mutterlngs and groanlngs sounding like distant thunder. Life, activity, excitement mark another memory as vivid as these. From behind a near hill mounted men ride out ami charge down toward the herd. For an instant the yak pause to stare, and then crowd together in a close throng, jostling and pushing each other, a confused mass of horns, hair and hoofs. Heads down and tails in air they rush away from their pursuers, and as they race along herd joins herd, till the black mass sweeping over the snow-covered moor numbers hundreds. On its skirts hover the active, nimble horsemen, with glittering lances piercing many fat- cows. The wildly-shouting mongols cling to their naked horses as if the two were parts of one incomparable animal, swinging and yielding to every motion of their steeds with the grace of perfect horsemanship. In an Instant the entire scene has undergone a complete change, solemn stillness is broken by the reverberations of demoniac sound, tnc peaceful plain, that but one moment before seemed like some rare marble carved in relief against the stern summits beyond, is transformed into a living, moving, breathing, wildly exciting, soul-absorbing canvas. IN THE EDGE OF AUGUST. After a torrid month a light shower of rain came in the night; it seemed the very ghost of April, passing with light, cool, silver feet; weary people arose from their beds and leaned from the windows to hail its welcome breath of fragrance. With the golden dawn of the last July day, a refreshing breeze challenges nature to a hoyden. late Euramer gambol; the scorched and dusty treetops toss and wave with revived light-hear tednets; vines fling their enlivened tendrils in and out of the fence-corners, and the long grass along the lanes sways and bends to indicate the swift pace Jt would take if it could only once be let foot-loose. Through the little winding path from the street-car station the ground i baked hard by the July sun and swept clean by the rain; all around are young oaks a foot high only wearing an absurd air of infantile majesty while the green cut-brier riots among them and over them with a conscious expression of only temporary superiority. Billowing away over towards the pale purple hills is a great corn-field, with a strong old rail fence around it a fence in whose corners twigs have grown to be trees; the corn holds its strong stalks, clean blades and fresh, shining tassels towards the sky as if the small item of twenty-eight days' drought had not yet been taken as a personal matter; its large huskwrapped, brown sdk-tufted ears calmly and confidently pushing on toward their harvest. Outside of the fence, in full and fl lil. 1 Ul .11.. . ' Vl' -m v v a i .... ' - ....... kerchief" is spread; its beautiful white fairy blossoms and dainty green scd chalices held up worshirfully to sun and air. Fine old tansy, too good to smell and bad for moths and freckles stands boldly in the foreground, in glorious profusion of sturdy yellow bloom and fernlike foliage. Hidden in the deep grass and weeds, myriads of smaller blos.-oms have taken on the feathery silver garments or b' tanical Immortality; downy seod-vcsscls of every size detach from the parent stem and launch themselves happily and fearlessly on the summer breeze. It is the butterfly's carnival season, too; and many an exciting aerial race, no doubt, takes place between these fragile flitting couriers of summer and the lightly-wafted thistle dovn. Milkweed Is not yet entered for the competition; but its plump, full pods are industriously looking forward lo their sky-bent opening day. Grasshoppers of every age and size in flight not bad imitations of the gauze-winged dragon fly are now kicking joyfully apparently head over heels from 'roadside to roadside; and the greed j, grumbling bumble bee Is rioting. In companies of a round dozen, among the violet-fringed disks of the lovely passionflower. To-morrow, the song-birds penitential or restful tune of silence begins; and It3 burden of mystery seems already to becloud to-day. Cardinal flits busily across the lanes and flashes here and there In the tree-tops; but his song is wanting; somewhere beyond the hedge eating sundried blackberries, perhaps the white-eyed vireo still spurts his queer little staccato melody on the air; and the mead:w-lark wings shyly across the fields without a single note of vocal eomnunt. Along the sunniest lane high among the telephone poles a devoted pair of red-headed woodpeckers dart and gambd; hut the ban of August silence Is on them, too, with no perceptible or depressing effect upon their mid-air high spirits. Already, in field and girden. has a curious touch been laid: red clover has donned a dull brown caj where th scythe has missed her and six towering clover starks loom in the farmer's front yard near the big oak tree. Larkspur is fan going to seed, and even old magenta petunia Is not so unpleasantly forward as she was a month ago; sweet peas and nasturtiums have passed away in the firy furnace of July; and even the tall, tall tunflowers and big wine-colored holly-hocks show less of color they are raking In summer sails. Still gloriously beautiful in leaf is the heay woodbine arch over the little: red gate to the cottage yard; but the vin- is no longer in blossom; while scarlet honey-suckle on the porch posts Is adorned with a wealth of coral berries. Yellow lilies have long ago retired to inscrutable idleness; and even the flaunting poppy shows a visible weariness of its hitherto glowing existence. Chrysanthemums wear a conscious air of Ik ing ready to come forward; and an Impudent bit of golden-rod on the verge of bloom in all the glow and glory of summer !s rudely nipped in the act by the alert hand of an impatient observer. But the majestic march of days cannot be held back; from the green, green hedgeonly yesterday bursting into May-time's beauteous leaf and blossom to-day the sassafras bush hangs out one lovely orangetinted mitten the gauntlet of passing summerthe beckoning insignia of autumn. EMMA CARLETON. New Albany, July CL

HOW TO AVERT STRIKES

A CALM, niSTASMOMTi: COMMIIEIIA. TIOX OF A TIMELV TOTIC. Relation of Lnlior nnd Cnpltnl, vrlth Suggestion Looking lo Prevention of Serion Claahea. It Is a self-evident proposition that If we would avert strikes we must deal with the causes of strikes; consequently, any fruitful discussion of preventive measures must be based upon an an llysis of these causesWhat, then, are the causes of strikes of wage corners, Manv d liferent cause are enumerated in reports on strikes, but most of these are subsidiary causes. The main causes are three name ly. first, a deslr for higher wages, or an c frort to prevent reduction cf r.;:e; second, a desire for shorter working day, and third, a desire to improve the general environment under which work Is conducted. The first cause is the one which appears most frequently In Industrial disputes, but during the past generation many bitter strike conflicts havo been waged with referer.ee to the length of the working day. In the United States, especially, efforts to secure a norma! working day of eight hours have provoked some of our fiercest strikes. The regulation of environment has been a relatively infrequent cause cf strike, although the matter is one of great importance. Efforts to secure recognition of labor organization, to regulate apprenticeship, etc., are subsidiary to the main causes enumerated, and all these causes obviously may be reduced to the one main cause a desire on the part of wage-earners to improve their economic position. But this desire on the part of wage-earners, taking the main directions mentioned. dos not kt-d to strike! until It encounters opposition. If desiie wer.? realization, conflict would cease. Now the opposition to the realization of desire in the case of the wage-earners is found in the attitude of their employers. These in turn have their own desires, taking frequently an opposite direction, namely, desires for a longer working day or lower wages, and they also generally find in the economic conditions surrounding them sharp limitations of the possibilities cf compliance. INDUSTRIAL WAR. Without dwelling longer cn these preliminary observations, it may be said that Pt a result of conflicting desires and interests which, in spite of all fine words, are precisely identical, we find arrayed agalmt each other two economic classes, namely the employed and the employers. Th earners of wages frequently feel that the resi.-tance to thtir aspirations is unjust and indefensible, and the wage-payers feel that the demands made on them are ut -reasonable and tome-times Impossible of fulfillment. A dispute exists as to economic rights and privileges, and as this dispute is looked upon as a matter of private concern chiefly, or even wholly, no regular public tribunal for the adjustment of these differences is provided; or when one does exist it 13 not clothed with adequate powers. That takes place which must. In the nature of things happen, namely, an attempt to secure the satisfaction of desires by force ccenomie force. The wageearners cease work and endeavor to induce' ciTT.Tr s"Tfi" re f ra in f rc m taking the places which th y have left. Their hope is that through the infliction of a penalty on the employer, namely, a pecuniary loss, compliance with their desires will be forced. The employer, on the other hand, trusts that the pressure of economic need, which in many cases soon becomes hunger, may force the wage-earners to yield to hia terms. This is a kind of war, and. Indeed, is In popular language so called. It is industrial war. nnd the re is no efoubt that the suffering invelved Is in proportion to the number engaged comparable to that of military warfare; frequently It i. no doubt, even great r. Cripples are left on the field both literally and fifjuratlvely. Years after an industrial battle, here anl there may be found the maimed, wrecked existences, nnd no pensions afford them relief. Their suffering continues one of Inglorious sllencv Bat this strlke-warfart is domestic. It is within the Nation. It is civil war. It had peon supposed thit within the? Nation peace was achieved, and that we were moving forward to abolish warfare among nations. Our period Is truly one ef disillusionmc nts. The government has ns ono of Its ends the preservation of order and quiet. In early times quarrels of all sorts were settled directly by physical force Later, as the inten st of society In peace asserted Itself, combats were regulated; and still later, as social e volutions proceeded, physical violence was prohibited, nnd tribunals were provided for the adjustment of large e lasses of cases, especially thoe relating to rights In property. The ?oeial Interest in the pr scrvation of order and the maintenance of rights cf law came to be regarded as criminal, as acts directci against society itself. Burglary is not a private affair between a burglar and a person burglarized, but a public matter ed which the state takes c gnizar.ee. And means art provided for the settlement of quarrels relating to property Interest?, and adequate force i.s at hand to compel obedience to judicial d ( islor.?. 'Contempt of court li severely punished be cans public order and peaco turn upon respect for Jui'.cial decisions ns something pivotal. A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN. This line of thought naturally suggest! an extension of public authority in uch manner that provision n.ay be made for the settlement of controversies between employers and employes-. The chief point tc be borne In min i Is that these industrial disputes with their r suiting industrial warfare are n- longer private matter. In early tlrr.es. the privat Int rest was Indeed the dominant one, because production was chiefly an individual matter. Not long ago over a large section of the civilized world the I leal was the economic self-sum-elency of the houhM. I'roe'uetlon and exchange are now social processes anl art no longer capable of regulation by Individual aetb n. Co:.o!Maticri of railways hai been proceeding rapidly for more than a generation and now closely connected with this consolidation we have our eporhmaking so-called tru?t movement. It hat now come to pas?? that a few mn s few that they can easily be gathered t sether In a sir.g'.e room cunt rol a considerable percentage of all the capital of the United States, and direct the employment of a large fractional part of the labor power of our country. This mein economic solid, arity such a? the world has never known before. The difference in degree comes to mean a difference In kind. Th new social character of industry is recognized alike by the most conservative econon .sts and the most thoughtful masters cf n.en. The prevention of strike means simply thl: we must cpen our eye to the clearer Implications ot cur growing economic solidarity. The 'orderly and peaceful opr Uon of our Industrial mechanism is a t-?