The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-31

nsnyment ef the AaeAcious Animate -
Saw Wood.
n efIbcs produced on the mind Of IN
1n1san 81 he first sight Of . steam engine
= hardly b more startling than for Us.
~ ~ only familiar with the elephant -
- q circus. TO sec these huge beasts
nenns6 IN ordinary labor on their native
II Ihsxe are two kinds OF elephants.
- African and the Indian The famous
junho belonged TO the former spsclss. and
~ = remembered as being angular and
tnsme rather IN ugly appearances. The
In1tnn 1lephants are better proportional
- present. : superior massiveness In
lnth DRY ars employed in large num-
~ - display the wealth and power Of
- uative rulers, and by the British army
Il IL transport Of military stores and
k1osy artillery. But the most wonderful
~ stSonse uss 70 which this grsas animal
bput b b work in and about sswmiiIs-
h Iarthsf India or Burmah, along ths
hni1d he rivers Irawady and Ealnen.
8 lnua Il toak abound. This timber grows
n md slrsieht. It's grain has the color
! ~ appearance Of black walnut, but hes
~ strength and consistency OF white oak.
II b extensively used for shipbuildine in
England. and largely imported there Tor
list purpose. lis unsurpassed Tor deck
piauks, q any other woodwork on ship.
Immense savmiiIs have been erected
With iorsien capital near RAngoon aud
Nauimxin. which towns are situated re-
spscuvsly ct the mouths Of the above
named rivers. These mills are owned and
managed By English and Scotch and Chi
nese capitalists. Cinnamon, by the way,
~ heartily welcomed - immigrants to
ois quarter Of the world. and actively en-
- b all kinds OF business: they are
nofs desired - colonists, and greater In
taepments are offered 10 them, than 70
nany It The Europeans who come to,onr
nefee AaulmAin Is perhaps the most
ncaed Tor lie timber industry, and the larg-
- hsfds Of elephants are there employed.
u kaneoon the largest mill had six ele-
ynant operatives. The writer was 50 iasci-
MD q The sight OF these ponderous beasts
an1kins about the mill yards--and still
nots wonderfnl--a min door. amid noisy
nonhinesy. with the shrieking Of circular
ms On every side. and pulleys and bands
meve. hat be visited every mill in the vi
oiiy. The male elephants have the tips
heir tusks cut off and supplied with
asss knobs. Each one Is managed by q
e'sver Who ats on its neck just behind the
~. assisted by native on foot.
Al Tie employees are natives. Each eis-
teant has heavy leather collar. into
saach leg chains are hooked for traces.
I'm logs are 10 be hauled the asssstan,
eFises IN iron dog into the log and bitches
ehain 10 II, and the elephant drags il
eeng The bare ground with the greatest
- Ne threads his way sometimes in
leess between piles OF logs, where horses
eeoid eui themselves or fall. aud when q
N trace Gets between his legs be knows
seaeh 70 step over IL. which horse does
IN this way the surplus logs are
sefsd Out Of the water. and other ele-
eenk working together assist each other
ping them. The timber il water
aked and extremely heavy. Meantime
esasf elephants. many OF them immease
oeasafes. appearing To be twice the size al
- snoS ones. are passing in and out oi
- mil, dragging out the slabs, plank
- square timber.