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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-24
WAR ELEPHANTS.
How They Are Utilized by the British In
dian Army In Burmah.

How They Are Utilized by the British In
dian Army in Burmah.
Attached to the British Indian army,
which is now in Burmah trying to wipe
out the murderous bands of Dakoits
that arc affrighting the country, is an
elephant battery. seven-pound guns,
including their carriages, are fastened
to framework and hoisted upon the
backs of the elephants. In this way the
troops are able to transport their artil.
lery through long stretches of country
where there are no wagon roads, and
where they would not be able to take
their cannon if they did not have beasts
of burden strong enough to carry the
artillery on their backs. When the
troops meet the enemy the guns are
quickly unloaded by means of tripod,
to which is attached swinging arm
and tackle
The elephant takes more humble
place in war nowadays than formerly.
He used to be one OF the combatants.
but in these days of gunpowder and
bombshcHs he has been reduced TO the
transportation department. Centuries
before the Christian era the rulers OF
Egypt maintained stations as far south
as Khartoum for the sole purpose of col.
Letting wild elephants to be trained for
war purposes. They were used not only
to carry archers and javeln hurlers into
into the field, but were also trained to
rush upon the enemy and trample them
under foot. While opposing warriors
on their elephants fought at short range
theelephants themselves would fightea
other. 1t is said that the notion that
the Asiatic elephant is superior to his
African brother dates from the time
when, in a battle between Antiochus
Ill, King of Syria, and Ptolemy Philo-
pator, in 2l7 b. c., the Asiatic elephants
in the army of the Syrian monarch
killed every one of Ptolemy's African
animals TIL IS idea of the superiority
of the Asiatic elephant is still held by
many, though it is probably groundless
Chicago Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-24
DOGS EARS.
Some Good Reasons Why They Should
Never BE Cropped. ~.

Some Good Reasons Why They Should
Never Be Cropped.
Sir Edwin Landseer, one of the Judges
1t the dog show in London, England,
endeavored to exclude all dogs that had
been mutilated by ear-cropping or 9th
erwise. The principal reason tor Sir
Edwin's protest is that the cropping of
cars is most cruel and hurtful to the
dog. The cruelty complained of is not
in the operation that, after all, is
small matter. 1t consists in depriving
the animal of a defense which nature
has given it against the entrance of
earth and sand into the ears. The en-
trance of these into the ears distresses
the dogs much, causing deafness, alb
scesses and cancer. All dogs, more Or
less, require to be protected from sand
and earth by overlapping ears; but es-
pec'ally do terriers literally ''earth
dogs the species which, of all others,
is most prosecuted by cropping. They
90 into burrow, their ears get full Of
sand. and they suffer ever afterward.
Surely Sir Edwin Landseer is right in
saying that judges of dogs ought not to
sanction such gross treatment of
the animal, and that the
Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals should look to the
practice. The only excuse that can be
set up for this system is a delusiye one.
1t is said that fighting dogs fare better
with their ears cropped, and the ext
gencies of fighting dogs have set the
fashion for all others. 1t is true that if
an ear be gone it can not be torn, but
then it is forgotten that even for fight
ing purposes the ear is often protec-
ton. All these fighting dogs have what
are termed points. One has his way
of selling the leg, another fixes upon
the throat, and yet another makes a
dash at the large gland behind the ear,
which, in the dog, is as sensitive as the
most sensitive gland in the human body.
Deprive the dog of his ear and the as
sailant san get good bite at it and lay
his adversary low Leave the dog his
ear and the assailant's grasp OF the
sensitive gland is impedcd by the folds
of the ear and rendered much more
feeble. Thus, even to the fighting dog,
the long ear is a positive defense. =
N o. Rcayune. e
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Imitation Amber.

Imitation amber has largely taken
the place ofreal amber in the manufact-
ure of pipes. This is the last informa-
ton from the Konigsberg coast, where
amber has, time out of mind, been
sought by dragging at Schwartzort, and
by mining for the last twenty years al
Palmnicken. The company pays 2,O0o,.
900 marks (f100, 000) to the German
Government for the right of mining for
amber. The mines produce about 3. 600
hundred-weights a year, and large
pieces fetch IS per kilogramme as taken
from the mine. The largest manufact-
ure of pipes with mouthpieces of amber
is at Vienna, and there the sham article
is very much used. In the mines at
Palmnicken about one thousand men
are constantly employed, M 7, Post
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GERMAN RAILROADS.

A Prominent Merchants Views on Some
Interesting Foreign Topics.
John Wannamaker, in speaking OF
his recent European trip, said: 'In Ger.
many the Government controls and op-
crates all railroads but one. The plan
has been in operation two or three
years, and while it is profitable to the
Government, the revenue derived from
railroad sources being greater than tho
appropriations for railroad purposes,
still I am convinced that competing
private corporations serve the interests
of the people better. Both passenger
and frci ght rates are higherin Germany
than in this country. There is a dispo-
sition on the continent to put all rail
road service on the same footing as the
postal service ia Great Britain. | found
tendency toward the abandonment
of the second-class grade of trav-
cling. The idea is to retain the
first and third class coaches and add a
fourth-class coach, which is simply an
empty baggage-car without seats, where
the passenger has his choice of standing
or using a portable stool, or like the
elephant, using his own trunk. Every
where found that great interest was
felt about America, and the people were
constantly asking about the possibility
of success if they came here. This is
especially true among the farmers, who
are very much discouraged. American
products are finding their way to every
nook and corner Of the continent Of
Europe. 1 saw a load of American
straw hauled through the streets Of
Zurich, and l was told that the price
was eighty-five cents per hundred
pounds, which is the same price | have
often paid here. From what is said
about America abroad / am satisfied
that there are others beside ourselves
who believe that America is the greatest
country in the world. "-Phitadelphia
Times.
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PlTH AND POINT.

-Mamma-If you really love mel
Mamie, give me nice kiss. Indulgent
child-How do spoil you mamma.
He was SO benevolent man. so
merciful man that, in his mistaken
compassion, he would have held an UNI
brella over duck in shower of rain.
---Jerrold.
He (poeticaD Why should l fear
to sip the sweets of each red lip? She
| (practicaD-No necessity for alarm at
all. use a vegetable color which is
not poisonous.
"A correspondent writes to ask what
age has done the most for journalism.
You can't ..stick" us on that, friend
The mucilagc by long ODDS. = Yonkers
Statesman.
-'Break, Break, Break" the title
of a recent musical contribution to the
Boston Sunday Globe, sounds very
much like a refrain of the domestic who
washes the dishes. Detroit Free Press.
AN exchange gives long list of
reasons why you shouldn't snub boy,
but omits the principal one, which is
time to try.-Merchant Traveler.
The superiority of man to nature is
continually illustrated Nature needs
an immense quantity of quilts to make
q goose with; but man can make a
goose of himself with one.-Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
Mrs. Minks (reading) The Roths.
child family settle all disputed points by
family counsel and never employ law
yer. Mr.. Minks (who has just lost a
suit)-Well, well, no wonder they're
rich. Chicago Journal.
"A little fellow asked his parents to
take him to church with them. They
said lie must wait until he was older.
SWELL" was the shrewd suggestion in
response, you'd better take me now,
for when get bigger ] may not want
to go. Albany Journal.
-'.Confound these stampsr' ex-
claimed Whopper. There amt any
mucilage on 'em, or else there's some
thing on my tongue that eats it off. :"
''Maybe it's lye," said Jones, trying to
be facetious; it has always puzzled him
since why Whopper treats him so coolly.
Detroit Free Press.
! Her only fault
She's rich and fair and talented as well;
| Her figure is a dream, her smile spell.
| Her fair comp1exion's like a pink sea she'll
Twill stand inspection.
Her dispositions sweet as 1t can be,
And with her taste in dress modistes agree,
| But for her bad taste in refusing me,
She'd be perfection.
-Oakland Echoes.
-''How old was Mathusclah when h.
died?'' asked Texas Sunday-school
teacher of Tommy Yerger, precocious
youth. Il don't know; how old was
Methu?'' said Tommy. He was nine
hundred years old when he died." re-
piled the teacher ''Ninc hundred years
old! Whew! wonder how his son-in-
law liked thatp" replied Tommy, as he
gave an incredulous whistle. -IeIas
Sy1tngs.
| Omaha Dame-You seem very fond
OF that Mrs. De Cash. New York Dame
Yes; ! wish you could meet her. She
is the most self-sacriicing woman in
New York. "Indeed?" Il should say
so. Why. her husband gave her three
hundred dollars to buy new parasol,
and she spent every cent of it for doc
tors fees and medicine. "Ah. Isee-"
Eyes, poor little pet; but l really don't
believe the dog would have lived if shs
hadn t. ''-Onaha World.
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are princely when compared with the
salaries paid to young women in many
OF the big retail stores Chicago
SPANISH GALLONS.
Remarkable Specimens of Peculiar
School of Naval Architecture. y,

remarkable Specimens of a Peculiar
School of Naval Architecture. y,
The need of greater passenger accom-.
mediation, due to the development OF
American colonization, caused the Span
ish ship-builders to load the decks with
towering forecastle and poop structures,
each containing two Or three tiers of
cabins, instead of meeting the new de-
mand by planning ships adapted to diff
ferent conditions than had before OBJ.
tanned. Thus at each extremity of the
vessel was top-heavy fabric having a
height equal to nearly a fourth of her
length, and rendering it dangerous to
carry even the lower canvas in a fresh
breeze; while the sides ''tumbled home, I"
as sailors term it, that is to say, inclined
inward toward each other as they rose,
SO that the greatest breadth was below
the water line, the least on the upper
deck. Round-bowed and square
sterned, steering badly and COM
monty overloaded with cargo, the
rate of progression was, un-
der the most favorable circumstances,
not more than twenty-five leagues a
day. Therefore, usually about fifteen
days were required for the last and most
perilous stage of the homeward voyage,
that from Azores, distant only eli ght
hundred miles from the western coast of
Portugal. The active life of Spanish
ship was short, even if she escaped the
perils of weather and warfare, no ves-
sci being considered fit for further
ocean service after, at the most, four
voyages to and from America. This
was partly due to no adequate method
of sheathing being known by which the
sides under water could be protected
from the attacks of worms, and in part
to radical defects in planning and con-
struction. A galleon of four hundred
tons burden, the average size, would be
allowed a keel length OF sixty feet, lit
tie more than that given to an English
ship of only one hundred and fifty
tons. The length of the upper deck be-
ing some ninety feet. with huge pro-
jecting bow timbers in addition, the
effect of the relatively i'm
mense superstructure was to
cause the vessel to pitch and strain to
an extent which frequently opened the
seams, the keel being too short to ride
on two or more waves at once and SO
lessen the abruptness of her rise and
fall. The rule was that the foremost
should have the same length as the keel
and the mainmast that of the upper
deck, the mizzenmast and bowsprit be-
ing each sixty feet long. On each mast
were two or three yards, and over the
lower ones were large basket-shaped
''tops" forty or fifty feet in circumfer-
ence, which in action were filled with
musketeers. The traveller in the East
who meets with some of the Spanish
built steamers trading to the Philippines
may still sec in the heavy bows, the
the massive tops and the old-fashioned
window-fitted ports curious survival
of some of the features of the ancient
galleon.-Genheman's Magazine.
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attention to the business for which
they draw salaries, in very marked
contrast with the conduct Of their pred
ecessors under the last Republican
Administration.
Doubtless the President finds it diff
cult to draw the line where the legiti-
mate freedom of political activity is
limited by the service due and the time
paid for out of the public treasury.
But his prompt action in the cases of
Benton and Stone treasures the people
that he will not tolerate palpabe viola
tons of the letter and spirit of his order
against offensive participation in party
work. - Chicago Nevs.
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else NAV be said

Whatever else may be said Of
President Cleveland, he means to be
President, and he has the courage Of
his convictions. Whether others SYM
pathize with the spirit of his famous
order, forbidding Federal office hold
ers from taking part in political cam
paigns or not, for himself he does not
propose that it shall fall into state of
innocuous desuetude. Two United
States District Attorneys, who thought
themselves bigger men than sold man
Cleveland" have achieved National
fame contemporaneously with finding
their official heads in the basket of the
executioner. The President means
what he says. and whether one APP
proves or not, the great bulk of the
country will admire him the more for
the honesty with which he follows his
words with actions. Raleigh On. CO.
NezCS
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-24
EARLY DETROIT.
Tie Characteristics of the French Set
tiers Principal Live Stock.

The characteristics of the French Set.
tiers Principal Live Stock.
Bees are very commonly kept, and
we're of no small profit. OF course,
among race whose favorite emblem,
the cock, flourishes on every steeple,
there was no lack of chickens. Ducks
waddled along the shore, and incredible
numbers of tame geese Missed and
squalled at the passers-by, aided in their
chorus by the yelping of small dogs,
which were also quite common enough.
Turkeys, wild and tame, abounded.
Their cattle We're small and not very
good. Two of their oxen could not per.
form any heavy amount of labor com.
pared with the average of working cat.
tie to be found now. Hogs were nu-
merous, Of such long, gaunt proper
tons and huge heads that they have
been generally distinguished as the
alligator breed, from caricature re-
semblance to that ungainly beast.
Turned into the woods to forage for SUBJ
sistance, they became wild and shy.
Many years ago the island above De-
troit was badly infested with rattle
snakes, and drove of swine We're sent
there to destroy them. The hogs soon
thinned out the snakes, but in the course
of time became very numerous and lost
all the habits and characteristics of tame
animals. From these the island derived
the name it has always borne until it
ceased to be euphonious to refined ears
and is now known indiscriminately as
Belle isle, and lie aux Cochous or Hog
island. 1t is now city park, awaiting
the future of municipal taste or van
dalism. ss
But the most important animal was
the horse. In most countries physi-
ologists trace out resem blances in char
acter between this intelligent animal
and his master. How far this is fancy
and how far founded in truth it i. UNI
necessary to decide. But there is no
doubt the horses of this region possessed
characteristics quite peculiar. Authori-
ties differ concerning the origin of the
breeds of ponies found here, and the
time of their general introduction.
From the varying characteristics Of the
ponies used by the French and Indians,
there is reason to suppose them Of very
different origin. The Indian ponies re-
sembled the mule in shape, being gener-
ally thin chested, with dropping head
and slouching gait. He was rarely used
except as beast of burden, the Indians
having no vehicles; and when plow-
ing was to be done, their French neigh
bors were called in to do this important
work, The powers of endurance Of
this prosecuted animal were great, but
if he possessed speed or other snowy
qualities he got small occasion to ex-
hibit them. He was a very meek look
ing beast. -Magazine o. Western History.
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-The nemocratic MARTY il

The Democratic party is the
friend of labor. 1t is the party of the
common people. While it has its
share of rich men, it has more than
its share of those who earn their bread
by the sweat of their brows. The
bulk of the Nations toilers are in its
ranks, and from it that immense and
powerful organization, the Knights of
Labor, has drawn its membership. It
is the party which lifts the house we
live in by raising the foundations,
while the Republican party is satisfied
to leave the foundations in the mud
and to raise the root. !. Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-24
People often laugh at the expression

People often laugh at the expression
second wind In ordinary respira-
tons we only use portion of our lungs,
the cells at the extremity not being
brought into play. This is the reason
why those who are not s'in training"
and who try to run for any distance,
soon begin to gasp, and, unless they
are courageous enough to persevere in
spite of the choking sensation, are
forced to stop. But If they will perse-
we're, the choking goes off, and the re-
suit is what is technically known as
second wind" When the second wind
is fully established, the runner does not
become out Of breath, but goes on run
ming as long as his legs will carry him.
Chicago Herald.
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BANK NOTES.

She sang solo SO soft, so sweet,
He sank enraptured at her feet.
He WAS not base, but on that dav
He lost the tenor OF his way.
"afaid altogether fair" he cried.
"Be mine, my high soprano bride,
Keep time with me until life's end.
Our hearts and voices let us blend,
"Our key shall be little fiat,
A finely finished One.at that;
There we will live on minor scale
In style to make the Major quail.
"Be natural, admit my plea,
Discard the Major, marry Inc.
Let us duet life's mea lures through.
Enchanting singer, what say your"
Said she: ~ sing too sharp for that,
You never catch me in a fiat.
choose the notes of higher pitch,
The Major has them-he Is rich"
M. Il. Chiids, in Rambler.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-24
The following is a complete cen,

The following is a complete census
of the Sioux Indians, as taken and for
warded to the Government at Washing
ton: Total number of inhabitants,
1896; males over twenty-one years,
312; males nnder twenty one years, 366;
females over twenty-one years. 4lS; f..
males under twenty-one years. $40.
The population has fallen off since the
last census, taken in 1885, when it was
l.54Q, = Washington Posi-
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-07

The Honorable A. Z. Rice, repub-
Ecan candidate for lieutenant-go COVER
nor. and who, in that capacity. would
preside over the deliberations of the
state senate, was probably chosen on
account of special fitness he mani
tested during the last session of the
Legislature by an unqualified antag-
onism, at every point, to the best in
teres.s of the producers OF the state,
and notably. in one case, to the pro-
posed amendments by democratic
senator to the bill providing for an
open market and the free shipment OF
grain. MIR. Rice's somewhat strained
public life. in short, is story OF
answering fidelity to money and mo-
nopoly.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-07
j. j. stEAutN & CO.,
Wholesale Fruit Shippers
Io3 Is los South Second Street.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Twogood & Edwards Brand of River
Side Oranges and Lemons.
Solicit Shipments Of Butter. Eggs, Cheese,
Potatoes, and All Kinds Of Produce.
First publication Sept. ?, 1857
MORTG AGE SALE

Default having been made in the payment
OF five hundred and eighty dollars and fifteen
cents (S5S0 I5N which Is due at the date hereof
upon a certain mortgage, duly executed and
delivered by John kissonnette and Mary Bis
sonnette (his wife) to George Harding bearing
date the tenth day Of January, A d. 1881 /,
and duly recorded in the Office OF the register
OF deeds in and for Stevens county, Minn., on
the fifteenth day of January, A.D.1S81 at half
past three o'clock III the afternoon, in book
d of mortgages, ON page $40 and the foreclosure
proceedings by advertisement that we've COM
menced in the month OF March, Il. ID. 1885,
to recc yer the debt secured by said mortgage
having been scontinued in the next sue
ceeding month Of April;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by virlue oil a power OF sale contained Ill
sad mortgage, and pursuant to the statute,
the said mortgage viii be foreclosed, and the
premises described in and covered by said
mortgage viz:
| Lot number seventeen 10in block mum
her eleven 1i)int the town iyillagel OF Morris,
according to the duly filed plot thereof, the
said premises being situate in Stevens county
and state of Minnesota, will be sold at public
auction, to pay said debt and interest, and
twenty five dollars attorney s fee, as stipnlat-
ed in said mortgage to be paid in case Of fore
closure and the disbufser ents allowed by law
" hich sale will be made by the sheriff Ut said
Stevens county, at the front door Of the court
house, in tie village of Morris, in said county
and state, on Friday, the 18th day OF October
A. u. 1886, at ten O'Clock q. m, OF that day
subject to redemption as provided by law.
Dated, September lst, A d. 1856
GEORGE HARDING, Mortgage
STEPHEN A FLAHERry,
Attorney for Morgagee, Morris, Mimi.
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The refusal Of the democratic con-
vention ftho 4ad legislative district
10 endorse the farmers alliance cssn-.
didates was tho result of the secret
agreement entered into by the repnb-
lican and alliance district committees
that two republicans should be NOM
mated by the alliance and endorsed
by the republican conventions. That
compact, when brought to light.
showed rather more cold shoulder to
the democracy than was found ialat-
able. The people Of tins state, groan
ing under the manifold ills conse.
quent upon bad legislation, for which
the republican party alone is respon'
sible. should, in all fairness. have
looked to democratic success for re-
dress. However that may be. the
nominees of the democratic ccnyen
sion are. in all respects, entitled t.
the suffrages of all who desire ;
change, and THE Sun is readyto guar
antee that no farmer will ever have
cause to regret their election mex
| November.