Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1907 — Page 3

A RECORD JOURNEY THROUGH ASIAN WILDS

JournaJLrf Crajyx>*r tiha\ Roof cf &nd fie/ietrsfej* d>Q Obscure a nd fn/wjprfcdi/e Refron On de G/ofe

Time waß when Africa was called the t)ark Continent, partly because so little was known of Its tast Interior, and the maps furnished by the cartographers took so much for granted, when they did not absolutely misrepresent the country. But the Dark Continent now is fairly well explored, and parts of Its interior are as well charted as many places nearer home. But Asia, evefi now, centuries after Marco" Polo traversed It, seems to contain much that 4s new, because It Is so little known. That part of the continent which lies along the Himalaya and on rts crest, has been so little traveled by moderns that until the British entered Tibet *by force recently the country practically was an unsealed book to the outside world. An adventurous Englishman, David Fraser, who represented Jfhe London Times In Manchuria during the RussoJapanese war, has just finished one of the most fernaTkahle Journeys ever undertaken in Asia, and has brought back some most alluring photographs and an entertaining tale of his experiences.

Franeht with Excitement. Even in the remote East, whore civilization still is of the most primitive pattern, It is not Impossible to take a journey without having any thrilling tales of danger to tell. The people in the interior of Asia are as a rule pacific, and the traveler who does not make himself offensive to the natives generally arrives at his journey’s end without serious difficulty. To imagine there are no natural dangers Is, of course, erroneous. There are; for to climb some of the highest mountains in the Himalaya range is Itself an an experience fraught with excitement, and, at times, of positive danger. Mr. Fraser, Indeed, nearly lost his life in attempting to return by way of In<lla, through a pass blocked with snow. The regions In which he traveled are generally held to be the wildest and taost Inhospitable In the Eurasian Con tinent, but the traveler, who had a companion a British officer, succeedet In making his remarkable trip withou. any serious mishap. After the close of the war Mr. F-ru •er decided to make a survey of tin Interior of Asia, In the little knowi regions of Chinese Turkestan, Tibet. China, India, Russian Turkestan and Persia. Of these, perhaps, Chinese Tur kestan is the least known to the outei world, although Persia, beyond thi

chief cities, is almost an unknown quantity to the average person, even If the latter affects to be experienced. Tibet has been entered by several trav elers during the last decade, notably by Sven Ilcdin. The Tibetan war, 11 the conflict may be so dignified, brought that hidden country to the front, aud many of its peculiarities have become familiar,. although Mr. Fraser found there was still something to learn there. Russian Turkestan has been visited, along the line of the Rus •lan railway advance, nnd, consequently, is not altogether an unknown country. '

In the course of his wanderings through this high region, where foi months at a time the traveler was at an altitude of a mile or more, Mr. Fraser crossed the Himalaya three times, and also made Jburneys across the Karakorum, Kuen Len, and the A.lal, the names of some of which are unfamiliar to most renders. He used some of the most remarkable modes of conveyance. Through Chinese Turkeatan he bad to rely on camels; In Tibet ths homely bnt entirely efficient yak was used, aud In parts of his tour he mads use of a donkey caravan. In addition to these means of transportation he also covered 800 miles on foot Bome of the ground covered by Mr. Fraser has been traversed by on» or two other travelers during the last few years, but the part of Tibet In which be wandered may be said to have been never trod by Europeans. He was much Impressed by the hill country of Sikkim, a small State north of India, which nestles at the foot of the Himalayas like a pass through the great mountains, At one aide lies Nepal and on the other la Bhotan. Beyond Ilea tbs weird and mysterleus country of Tibet. J One of th# World** Marvel*. The SJhk country, be relates, “Is probably one of the most marvelous regions lu (he world, presenting, as it does, in close proximity the rich lux Wlance of tropical regetatton and the

wintry solitudes of everlasting snow. Marching along the slopes of one of its exquisite valleys at a height of 3.500 feet above sea level we came to one point where we were able to look oyer a precipice that sank straight down for 2,000 feet to the bed of the Teesta River Itself, here no more than 1.500 feet above the sea. “On the opposite side of the valley was a deep rift in the tree-clad hills, and looking up this gorge the eye surmounted ridge after ridge in quick succession, until It Anally rested on the top of Klnchinjunga, 28,150 feet, the third highest mountain in the world. No more than thirty miles separated the Teesta from the top of its lordly neighbor, and In the clear air It was almost Impossible to believe the distance was so great.”

The panorama spread before the traveler at this point did not fail to make a conquest of Mr. Fraser. “It looked,” he said, “as if the very foot of Kinthinjunga was set In a tiny thread of silver that gleamed far below us, and that his mighty flanks rose sheer until they ended in the twin white peaks, 26,650 feet above. The dark bmslde“'Bira~Fu§hlng Waterfall, of serrated ridges and gloomy gorges, of blue glacier and lofty snow fields afforded by this scene is surely one of the wonders of the world.” Peak Five Mile* Hlgli. Heights of mountains in the Himalaya region, where they are the greatest in the world, are difficult to comprehend by those who have never been so fortunate as to climb, or attempt to climb, these immense elevations. But a fair idea of the height of Kinchinjunga may be had by the simple statement that, could the mountain be laid on its side, and Its base placed at Delaware avenue, its summit would be found to be at GOth street, or within a few hundred feet of five miles. The traveler found another marvelous country in the regions stretching uirth from Simla, where official India pends the summers, 1,000 miles west >f Sikkim. “From the summer capital >f India,” he says, "the foothills of the ;reat backbone of mountain lie tumbled In Inextricable confusion and scored at Intervals by the sources of lie famous rivers that give Its name to the Punjab. The first encountered Sutlej, rising In the distant mountains of Tibet and racing through lark gorges until It debouches In the plains 300 miles below tho point where we crossed. Over the Jaolewrl Pass, 10,200 feet, we cross Into the lovely valley of Kulu, which lies about 4,000 feet above the pea. Then over the Rotang Pass, 13,500 feet, Into Lahoul, a couutfy bare and desolate beyond belief, nnd at no point lower than 10,000 feet. Crossing the Shingo Pass, 16,600 feet, we are In the most rugged of all Himalayan countries, Zanslsar, where we cross four passes of over 16,000 feet above sea level before descending Into the valley of the Indus nnd reaching the ancient and curious town of Leh, 11,500 feet.” Trawl Through Cloudland. Here It seems that the voyagers have hardly made a beginning, for immediately north of Leh lies the Khardung Pass, 17,800 feet, quickly followed by a drop to 10,000 feet, and then another rise to the Saser Pass, 18,000 feet “Between these two,” says Mr. Fraser, "we engage a large caravan of ponies to carry the baggage, for In fourteen days’ travel there will be no habitations, no food for man or beast, nor even fuel by the way. Everything must be carried except water, of which, alas, there Is too much In this summer season, when the hot sun dally attacks the eternal snows that flank the route. From the top of the Saser we drop Into tbs valley of the Sbyok River, 13,100 feet, where great glaciers poke their snouts across the valleys and choke up the passes. Through a long, deep gorge we slowly and laboriously climb to the Depsang plain, a great stretch of smooth gravel beds, 17/

000 feet above the sea, and over which we take a day to travel. “Beyond Dopsang we rise to the lofty Karakorum Pass, 18,560 feet, and In three days later cross tbs Snget Pass, 17,600 feet, after which we drop dowiJjto 11,000 feet, and once more encounlfr human being; and some vegetation." from Caacli to Yak*. Arrived at Kurgab, the travelers were on Chinese territory, and the ponies were exchanged for camels, for

horse transport Is useless la the bed of the rushing Karakash River, which had <o be forded many times during the four days they followed Its course. Tha Sanju Pass, 10,600 feet, had to be surmounted, and this necessitated a change of the baggage from camels to yaks,' for only the latter patient beast can climb Its steep and dangerous ascents. Chinese Turkestan, says the traveler, Is a desert Indeed, but his route lay through a succession of the most delightful and refreshing oases, where “milk, cream and honey, vegetables and the Anest fruit iu the world, are obtainable almost for the asking.”

At a height of only 4,000 feet, according to Mr. Fraser, travel is easy and pleasant compared with the toil and hardship of the mountainous regions passed. The travelers rested at Kashgar, and then plunged Into the mountains once more, crossing the Alai range by the Terek Pass, 12,600 feet, and then Andlng themselves in Russian territory. There were still 200 miles of caravan traveling before the travelers reacheil the Transcaspian railroad at Ahdijan, whence they were sped to Askabad, a town on the Persian border. Meshed, the famous city of pilgrimages, was reached after crossing mountain passes of the comparatively low level of 7,000 feet. *- Cangbt in a Blizzard. • While crossing a Persian pass at an elevation of 10,000 feet the explorers were caught In a blizzard, but they, escaped without even a frostbite, and continued to the tomb Of Omar at Nalshapur: Finally the route took them to Baku, where the adventurous part of the Journey ended. In the course of the tour across unknown Asia they traveled about 2,500 miles on various primitive modes of transport and about 800 on foot, to say nothing of the countless miles covered by railroad and by carriages.

How Dolls Are Made.

Many big things are needed to make a small doll. She haa her beginning In a great trough, where workmen knead up Into a dingy paste old cardboard, even old gloves, old rags and tragacantk. They are great brawny 1 fellows, these men, naked to the waist, wearing leathern aprons. In an adjoining room the paste Is potted into molds for the busts, the arms, the legs of dolls Innumerable. There Is a special machine for stamping out the hands. I should not like to confess how long I stood In front of it, fascinated by the steady stream of queer little hands that fell ceaselessly from the Iron monster. It was awful, uncanny, hypnotizing. Indeed, the whole sight was grim and monstrous. The low factory rooms were misty with steam and lit by strange, red glowing fires. Always the great steel machines pulsed and changed, and through the mist sweaty giants of men went to and fro with heaps of little greenish arms and legs until you began to think that some new Herod had killed all the little people In the world. —Everybody’s.

Napoleon Trusted His Omens.

Napoleon always had an unlimited trust in his presentiments. When the news came to him that one of the Nile river boats, the name of which was L’ltalle, had been wrecked and the crew put to death he gave up all hope of ever completing Ills conquest of Italy by annexation. Napoleon believed the stars exercised an occult Influence over human destinies. When General Rapp, at one time Ills aid-de-camp, returned from the siege of Dantsic he found the emperor gazing concentrated attention at the heavens. “Look there!” shouted the emperor. “It Is my star! The fiery red one, almost as large as the moon! It is before you now, aud, ah. how brilliant I It has never abandoned mo for a single Instant. I see It on all great occasions. It commands me to go forward ; It Is my sign of good fortune, and where It leads I will follow.”

How to Enjoy Whist.

"How can one learn to enjoy the game of whist?”—Aspirant. Get yourself roped Into a game as partner to some one who helped Hoyle write his book. The other two players must also be experts. Start In pleasantly to enliven the game with a few well-chosen auecdotes, now and then making the wrong play. After your partner has slapped your ears and' sworn at you and put the black curse on you and all your ancestry and called you a fool a few you will awaks to the real joy of the gentle and Intellectual game. Wo have tried this several times, but not at frequent Intervals, and we can guarantee Its efficacy; —Chicago News.

On Guard.

“Yes, I sleep In the garage now and the chauffeur sleeps In the house.” "What’s that for?’? ‘The chauffeur Is troubled with in. somnla and the midnight rides he took In my car In order to pass away the time were altogether too extensive.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Extras.

“That summer resort proprietor la a sharp one. Isn’t he?” “I should aay so. I fell off the dock and he charged me for an extra bath." —Cleveland Leader. How a woman with a mean husband regrets that she didn’t, as a girl, show greater appreciation of her father. ir _ : ' \v V

Political Comment.

America’s Banking Strength. 7 In the number of its banks of all sorts and the amount of their deposits, the United States is far ahead of any other two countries. And In both respects it is growing with great speed. There were 6,521 national banks in operation in the United States at the end of the Ascal year 1907, on June 30. These banks had a capital of $898,000,000 and had a circulation of $003,000,000. In each case there was a large increase during the year. In each case, too, the highest figures ever reached were touched., Naturally, there has been a great expansion in national banking since the enactment of the law of March 14, 1900, which makes it possible for banks to be organized on a capital of $25,000, the previous minimum having been $50,000. This act has incited a large expansion in the small towns of the

South and West. There have been 3,510 banks organized since the passage of that law, with a total capital of $207,000,000. The Middle West has 985 of these, the Far West has 807, the South has 889, the East has 575, with a few scattered through. New England and the island possessions. Texas has gained more new banks iu the past seven years than any other State, or '3Bl, with $1T,0007X50 capital, -and Oklahoma and Indian Territory have 295 new hanks, with a capital of $9,000,000.

power—capital, surplus, deposits aiid circulation —the United States is more than two-thirds as strong as the rest of the world in the aggregate, yie Unit-, ed States’ total in these four items being over $17,000,000,000, while that of the rest of the world is approximately $23,000,000,000. This is a striking evidence of the industrial and Anancial ascendency of this country. Moreover, our lead on all those items js increasing rapidly. Our internal trade is far greater than is That of any other- two countries combined, and this calls for an abundant supply of cash and also demands the use of money saving devices, such as checks, drafts and bills of exchange, to an extent unknown elsewfaerer ” " Topuiati orr is growing with much speed in the United States, but the amount of money which is on hand, in various shapes, is expanding far faster. ; " ■ -

Cost of Living and I.nbor. According to a report just issued by the Hnited States Department of Labor it is shown that while the cost of many items’ of living has increased, wages have advanced at a greater ratio, while hours of labor have been deduced. A great mass of facts and figures accompany, the report and the deductions can be tested by any who may he skeptical. On the average labor. for fewer hours, is earning more, with a larger margin of wages over the advanced cost of living. Employment was never more abundant and idlers are few. The comparison is for the year 1906 with the average of the ten years covered by the last census. An advauce in wages is shown of 24.2 per cent, an increase in the number of employes of 44.9 per cent, with a reduction in hours of labor of 4.6 per cent. By the same comparison the retail price of the chief articles of food have advanced 15.7 per cent. For an hour’s labor a workingman get 5 ! 7.3 per cent more food .supplies than in the previous decade. Practical analysis like this disposes of the assertion frequently heard that for the masses the cost of living has outstripped income. Often the many articles that cost either the same or less are overlooked. Flour and sugar are no higher than In the last census ten years. Railroad transportation is lower. First-class newspapers are cheaper and better than'** In former years. The National Department of Labor goes over the subject item by item, land locality by locality, and its conclusions are reached with unerring exactness. This has been a, perverse season in vegetables aud fruitl but the just average of prices cannot be ascertained from n few exceptional articles. When the whole 'field of the income and outgo of a home is covered, as In this careful, unbiased report, the situation is seen to be favorable.-—St. f.ouls Globe-Democrat.

A SerlmiK Matter. The tariff cannot he amended without diligent and thorough inquiry, ami this Inquiry means a great deal of time nnd brings about a sharp conflict of the Jidustrles affected. Modern business is so and tariff schedules are so Involved ami far-reaching that to tinker with the customs schedules is to sot almost every kind of buatneas in engey motion, eitlyw to gain some fresti advantage or else to defeat proposals that seem fraught with menace. All this Is laughed to scorn by theorists as of no consequence, but business men Jmmr it .is a scritnr* matter. - ImHanaiu>lls Star.

The Truth Comes Out.

/ Miff kins—The happiest hours of my life were when I was going to school. Blffkins—l cannot tell a lie, old man. The happiest hours of my life were when I wus playing hooky from seliool.

W hen Talking Becomes Necessary.

Harry—Some things, are better left unsaid. IlHrrette--Kuf suppose a 3»au won’t take a blot) -» '

VARIOUS REASONS

Why Vsriona t»eople Are An*lon* to i" Rip Up the Tariff. There are various reasons In the minds of men promoting the desire for a taking up of the tariff question. In the Arst place every manufacturer who favors tariff changes has in mind the other man, never once thinking that he will he hit. Secondly, the man who would have a ebange has in mind lower prices,, for the other man, not for himself. Third, the salaried class who feels that their . situations are permanent. This class has always been in favor of practical free trade. Fourth, the man who has plenty of money with which to avail himself of the advantages to be offered to him in the way of low-prieed property. In other words, the man wlto is prepared to make money out of disaster welcomes disaster; Fifth, there is a class of men who think the wage worker Is getting to be too obstreperous, too hard to handle, all the time wanting more money. A suspension of business, caused by tariff ripping, would, they say, bring the

wage worker to his senses by causing him to seek a job instead* of having the job seek him, as is the case at the present time. Men are not asking for more wages when they are out of work. Then they - e only asking for jobs. Tariff ripping would throw men out of employment The National Manufacturers’ Association has declared for an immediate revision of the tariff. That association is anti-union.

Sixth, there are those who are complaining that they are weary of the servant girl tyranny, They want something, to break the servant girl's hack, figuratively speaking. Closing factories and shops by tariff ripping would throw girls arid women out of employment and they would be compelled to seek domestic service Hence tariff ripping, some people think, would solve the servant girl problem. Seventh, a large number oi men voted for McKinley and protection in 1896 who never believed in protection, and only resorted to it as a temporary expedient. While calling themselves Republicans they are really Democrats, They began to agitate for the repeal of the Dingley law two years after its adoption. They voted for it to bring better times and better prices. So soon as it began to accomplish Tts jjiufposethey returned to their old ideas, wanting low prices by which to buy and high prices by which to soil. These are some of the classifications and some of the reasons for the tariff ripping sentiment which prevails today.—Des Moines Capital.

Why Farmers Are Protectionist*. If there is any one who deserves the comforts of this life, it is the farmer. When a farmer has splendid gas lights all over bis fine new house, big bathroom, hot and cold running water, furhard wood floors, fine piano, gas for cooking and even gas lights in his barn, we can’t shed tears over his trodden condition. And we are* glad that we can’t. In addition he, of course, has rural free delivery at his door. All he needs is a trolley car and an automobile. As it is, he lias more of the comforts of life than any resident of Belle l’lalne. This Is not an overdrawn picture. If you don’t- believe it we can show you, and within

eight miles of Belle Platne, too. —Belle Blaine Union.

It is this condition of things that makes the average lowa farmer a protectionist. All of the good things that the Union speaks of to him through the beneficent operation of the protective tariff, which has not only afforded him better prices for his grain and produce, but has furnished him a wonderful market in which to sell. The unlimited amount of work now afforded the laboring man, and the splendid wages be is receiving, enable him to buy generously of the good things of this life, which Include in large measure the products of the fa mu With, a scaling down of the protective schedules, the farmer would at once experlence a decrease in demand for what he lias to sell and a resultant falling off in profit. There are tliose who strenuously deny the farmer is benefited by the protective tariff, but not many of t hem ex Ist among the farmiug classes. —Burlington Hawk-Eye.

Not n Square Deal. The goods imported from Germany arc virtually under the new agreement allowed to enter at the value certified by the German chambers of commerce. Thus the duty on German goods is less than that exacted upon the products of other countries which are subject to an ail valorem rate of duty, because the lo\V?r the value at which imports are apirr'ised the less the duty. Until we allow France, England and other countries the some favor, it can hardly lie called a square deal. The Manufacturers' Association and the standpatters object to tills agreement with Germany because it thus reduces the rate of duty In this _ roundabout way.— Jauesi IHe (Wls.) Recorder.

The Wise Father.

“But I can’t live properly on an allowance of $lO a week." protested the soli.

"Of coins* you can,” replied the father. “You want an lucrease so you can live improperly."

No Longer Friends.

Mabel —No man could ever kiss me against my will. . Stella—Hull! If a man ever does kiss you It will probahly be agalust hli own will.

Indiana State News

BINDS BOV TO LABOR. Indiana Fit I her Slftnn Bond that Son Shall Obey Mauler. Tiie, old idea of apprenticeship, ion? ago discarded, has been revived in lilk- o. hart county. Isaiah llolderman has priced out his 12-year-old son with Irvin A. Long to remain until lie reaches the age of 21 years. This step followed ib® death of I ioiderman's wife. The appro mi e--shii) agreement has been publicly re ordod. and it proridps that the boy is to be (aught farming and at the end of his term is to receive $200., He is to be fed, clot heel and properly educated. Iu return the lad promises not to u.te tobacco in any form and not to drink intoxicating liquors of any kind. He is also not tp gamble or play any games of chance. In the articles of agreement Long E referred to as the .Say'S mrster* and the boy is bound out to obey Him. • WOMAN STOPS .1 All, DEMVKItI. Though Felled by Iron Bar, She * Sneeeed* in Locking Door. Felled to the floor by a blow from an iron bar wrenched from a died by two escaping prisoners, Mrs. Albert Sum i wife of (lie sheriff at La Port!*, pluckily dragged herself out of the cell corridor and locked the door, preventing the ekcape,. of eleven. other prisoners. Mrs. Smutzer was on her way to give a sick qirisonorn drink whenattacked .by Arthur Cummings and John Edwards, held for larceny, who made their escape. She gave The alarm at once, and "five "minutes Titer " officers were on the trail of the fugitives, but their capture is not expected, as they gainetl the Lake Shore railroad yards.

Save* Home and Child. Mrs. John Weller of Columbus risked her to save that of her little daughter and also to save her home. She had started to light a gasoline stove, but when the match was applied she learned that too much gasoline had been generated. The flames enveloped the stove and spretfß to some curtains. The little girl was sitting close by, aud was in danger of *be&g*¥alight "by the rapidty spreading flames.’ Mrs. Weilel- grabbed the flaming stove and carried it into the yard, where she threw it from her. Her arms, hands, face and neck were badly burned, but her condition i« not serious. .Jealon*}' Inspire* a Tragedj. Curtis W. Baker, traveling salesman for the Page Fence Company, shot at his wife twice in Terre Haute*and then kilted himself. One of the bullets struck Isis wife in the leg, causing a flesh wound. Jeaionsy was the inciting cause. They had been in Terre Haute but a short time. Each Iwd been married before, and each had two children by a former marriage. : ;

Bottle Plant Ordered Sold. In Superior Court in Anderson Judge Greenlee ordered the receiver. .4. A. Small, to sell the plant of the National Bottle Company of El wood within iwo weeks. The receiver was also ordered to shut down the factory, following iwo months' effort to operate it under the receivership. Fear Death from “Tank Scrap." Eleven students of Purdue University were injured in the tank scrap between tho and freshmen. In the ease of Frank Grandyke of New Castle it is feared the injuries will be fatal. E. B. Jacks of Michigan received niter* nal injuries that are serious.

Union’* Cash for Fourth of July Fun.

President Van Horn of the Indiana Miners’ Association has revoked tile charter of the local lodge of 200 Members at Heckland for refusal to restore to the lodge treasury $5 for each member,’ which amount they allowed themselves for Fourth of July spending money.

Take* Marriage Vow Silently.

Charles Rush and Carrie M. Word, deaf mutes, were married in Warsaw without a word being spoken by the officiating justice, the necessary questions and answers being written. Mr. and Mrs. Rush have each had previous matrimnoial experience.

Former Jurl*t Nab* Burglar.

Walter Olds, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana, cornered a burglar in the bathroom of his house in Fort Wayne and when the police arrived led the prisoner down stairs and handed him over to them.

Dlurne I* Fifty Year* Old. I lie golden jubilee anniversary ill 4k* Fort Wayne diocese of the Cntu >iic church was celebrated Sunday. Among the 1 speakers were Bishop Alerding. former Supreme Judge Howard, and Fatoer Morriaey. ( boar* Squirrel) Fntnlly Hart. Carl Brittain, a school teacher of Dubois county, climbed a tree after iij'rel and fell to the ground, a distance of sixty feet, sustaining fatal injuries. Minor Btate XtetM, Hurry Kreimelor. prominent resid nt of Itichuiond, was killed by a carbuncle on his neck. Mrs. Andrew Hulster Duff was thrown from a boggy by a runaway horse in Kvansvilie. She was fatally injured. The board of public safety in ftoiiltt Bend has established a life-saving station on the St. Joseph river, and has also provided a patrol launch with complete life- ~ saving apparatus. /" A Lake Shore train struck and killed an unknown man near Itolling Prairie. Whitecaps who attempted to attack Tobe Gaddy at Bloomington were routed by Gaddy, who firtd ou them, killing Jefferson llobinson. I>uring the absence from home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller of Lyon* a 4-yenr-old child was burned to death by an explosion of coal oil. while a 12-year old daughter is noar death’s door from the same cause.* A third child was badly burned about the arnla. bnt despite (he pain, the child ran to the neighbors aud spread the alarm. 7" *■