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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
The Great Strength of Bears

''Yes, the strength of grizzly bears
is almost beyond belief" says noted
hunter. 81 have read about the
powerful muscles in the arms of Al.
rican gorillas, but none compare with
those in the arms and shoulders Of
big grizzly bears. I have seen 4
grizzly bear with one paw shot into
uselessness pull its own HOO pounds
of meat and bone up precipices and
perform feats of muscle that trained
athletes could not do. I have seen
grizzly bears carrying the carcasses Of
pigs that must have weighed seventy
pounds several miles across a noun
tain side to their liar, and I have heard
hunters tell of having seen COWS
knocked down as if by a thunderbolt
with one blow from the forepaw Of q
bear.
"Three summers ago I spent the
season in the coast mountains up in
Monterey county, and one moonlight
night l saw a big grizzly bear IN the
act of carrying a dead cow home to
her cub. I had a position on the
mountain side where [ could see every
movement of the bear in the sparsely
timbered valley below me. The crit
ter carried the dead COW in her fore
paws for ct least three miles, across
jagged, sharp rocks ten feet high,
over fallen logs, around the rocky
mountain sides, where even jackass
could not get foothold, to a qassoRl
trail up the steep mountain. as
never stopped to rest moment, but
went right along. I followed, and
just about half mile from the beasts
lair I laid her low. The heifer weighed
at least 200 pounds and the bear about
$50 pounds. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

The population of Cuba increased
from 715, 900 in 1926, to 1851, 400 in
1894. The population is much less
now than it was then, owing mainly
to starvation. About sixty-fve per
cent. of the population is descended
from the aristocracy and peasantry of
CASTLE, Audalusia, Catalonia and
other provinces of Spain. Most Of
the remainder of the population is
mainly Of African descent. Havana
is about as populous as Washington,
and until the war began was o very
gay city.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
About Flags.

A nations flag represents its sover-
eighty. aud is prominently displayed
in all army and navy battles.
To ''strike the flag" is to lower the
national colors in token of submis-
sion to the opposing forces.
Dipping the flag is lowering it
slightly and then hosting it again to
salute either a vessel Or fort.
A flag of truce is white flag dis
played to the enemy to indicate a de-
sire for parley or consultation.
A black flag is sign Of piracy. The
yellow flag shows vessel to be in
quarantine, Or is the sign of conta-
gious disease.
A flag at half-mast means mourning.
Vessels come into harbor with flag
at half-mast to announce the loss or
death of some of the crew.
Flags are used as the symbol of
rank and command, the officers using
them being called flag officers. Such
flags are square, to distinguish them
from other banners.
The red flag is sign of defiance,
and is often used by revolutionists.
In the American service it is a mark
of danger, and shows vessel to be
receiving or discharging her powder.
The white flag with red cross is a
sign of peace. After a battle parties
from both sides often 60 out to the
field to rescue the wounded OF bury
the dead under the protection of such
q fac
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

Anguish, the Spanish governor of
the Philippines, offered reward OF
$25, 900 for the head of Aguinaldo, the
insurgent leader. The latter cap
tured the governors wife and chill
dren, whom he treated as tenderly as
if they were his own. Perhaps this
is an exhibition of the Philippine say
agery that Madrid talks so much
about.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

The poverty and low state of social
life and civilization of the Spaniards
is indexed quite accurately by their
wage rates, states Gunton's Magazine.
For instance, the average weekly pay
Of bricklayer in Spain (Malaga) is
$3.50; in the United States $21.18; of
a mason $3.50 in Spain, $21 in the
United States; of a carpenter So. 80 in
Spain, $14.35 in the United States; of
printers $3.50 in Spain, $16.4 in the
United States; of laborers, por-
tiers, ETC., $2.75 in Spain, 1888 in
the United States. While rents, and
possibly prices of few native pro-
ducts are lower in Spain than in the
United States, the difference comes
nowhere near equalling the wide dis
parity of wages. Moreover, in COM
parison of this sort the quality of the
living must be considered as we'll as
the nominal cost. Thus lower rents
nearly always imply inferior accom-
modations, and, to the average Span
lard, most of the comforts and con-
veniences in ordinary use here are I'm.
attainable Injuries.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
THE RED CROSS.

They too have heard the drlm-boat,
They follow the bugle's call,
These who are swift with pity
On the field where brave men fall.
When the BATTLEFRONT IS silent,
And the echoing thunder dies.
They haste to the plain red soddeR
With the blood OF sacrifice.
The flag that floats above them
Is marked with a crimson sign,
Pledge Of great compassion
And the rifted heart Divine.
That once for mans redemption
Knew earth's completest loss.
These to the field Of valor
Bring loves immortal cross.
And 50 they follow the bugle,
AMI heed the drum-beat's call,
But their errand is one of pity
They succor the men who fall.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

1t would appear from all accounts
that NJ. Chacot's enterprise of the
manufacture of spiders web silk is
to be pursued on large scale, a fac.
tory in Paris having been taken fol
the purpose. Here the spiders will
be kept and worked at regular hours,
and, when one Of them is used up, he
will be fed aud helped back to condi,
ton again, while another will take his
place on the bobbin. An expert, fully
acquainted with the habits of the in
sect, will be in control of the spider
department of the factory, the care of
them, feeding, housing, etc. In OBJ
tanning the requisite supply, if the
latter exceeds what is necessary for
the industry, experiments will be
made with view to aseertaining which
of the different varieties produces the
finest quality of silk, and in this way
those not favored with fine web will
be weeded out. Trials will likewise
be made with different diets, in order
to determine whether or not it is DOS,
sible to train the spider to give forth
a web that is an improvement on the
ordinary productive expectation be-
ing that perseverance in this respect
will result in securing a quality Of
silk hitherto unsurpassed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
His Only Opportunity,

Hattie" said the clerk at the blan-
ket counter in the department store,
speaking rapidly and in an undertone.
''just moment. Will you-what is
it, sir? Harness department? Six
aisles down. Hattie, do you think
you could furniture, madam? Third
floor. Take the elevator. Hattie, I'd
like to know-handkerchiefs, ma'am?
Third counter to your right. Blan.
kets, sir? Right here. Wait on YOU
in moment. Hattie, will you marry
me?'
Eyes, Tom, -" whispered the girl at
the notion counter, still tapping with
her pencil on the showcase. "Ca.a.
a-a-a-ash!'-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
district.

The progress Of English toward uni
versal use wag shown when Doctor
Nansen recently addressed the Rus
sian Geographical society on the
theme of his Arctic adventures. He
spoke in English, saying he knew no
Russian, was not sure of German, and
could not use French with any degree
OF ease; but not one of his audience
complained of not being able to I'M
derstand English.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

Kaiser Wilhelm is inventing a new
mitrailleuse to knock over q wholereg-
iment at one fire whenever it comes
within range. After he has invented
a new bicycle saddle he can sit down
like Alexander and weep that, il the
fields Of ingenuity, at any rate, there
are no more worlds left for him to
conquer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
a Russian Lottery.

Smolensk in Russia has peculiar
lottery four times year. A yonnS
girl is ratified for in 5000 one'rup'e
or fifty-cent shares. The winner
marries the girl anil receives the
money from the lottery as her dowfy;;
If he prefers, lie may assign her anu
the money to some ore else. Some
times the girl refused to marry ~
winner, in which case tue money from
the lottery is divided between them
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

The first railroad in Sweden was
opened in 1866, and the country has
now in proportion to its population,
more railways than any other country
in Europe. They are owned partly
by the state and partly by private cor,
porations. Sweden has the only rail.
way in the world which passes the
polar circle, i. e., the state line from
Lulea to Gelliyare, in the Lapland
. district.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

American lumber exports are on
the increase as shown by returns for
the last two years. During 1895 the
value of lumber exports was $50, 000,-
600, during 1896 33, 100000 and for
1897 there was an increase of 20 per
cent, bringing the total up to $780,.
600, 900.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

The president and the secretary OF
war had delicate task in selecting
1876 men out of 1000 applicants fol-
appointment as second lieutenants in
the regular army under an act oil
Congress providing for changes in the
form of battalion organization. The
selections indicate that the task was
performed with rare discrimination,
Eighty-nine of the men designated
are college graduates, representing
sixty-seyen different institrtion in
which military instruction is a part o:
the curriculum; thirteen are enlisted
men in the United States army, and
the others are serving IN various ca.
pacities in the volunteer service. Ths
appointment of college graduates
who have had military training to
serve as junior officers in the regular
army can hardly he called an expert.
ment, says the Chicago Times Herald,
for the methods employed by militar7
instructors in colleges are much the
same as those at West Point. The
government is thus assur . of a high
degree of efficiency on tho part CT the
new Junior officers, who have the ad.
ditional qualifications OF learning and
youthful enthusiasm.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

United States Consul Smith at Mos
COW, Russia, reports that the Russian
government has already expended
$188, OLA, 938 on the construction Of
the Trans Siberian railway.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

The German emperor wrongs Amer
leans by imagining they doubt his ex-
pressions Of friendship. Butthey are
justified in a suspicion that he may
see fit to take them back.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

England will not have her custom
airy naval review this year. She doubt
less feels that America is presenting
a somewhat more impressive exhibit
ton In the same line.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

The "curfew" idea is said to be get
ting very popular in Kansas towns,
and, where tried, to have been effec.
tive of good results in the control of
the young.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

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Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
KILLED IN A MIMIC BATTLE.
Two Men Perish While Reproducing
 the Sea Fight at Manila.

Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 27.-George J. Adams and Charles Miller were instantly killed while conducting a fireworks re- production of the battle of Manila on the Alleghaney river in front of the expo sition building tonight.
 As nightly feature of the exposition, Captain Adams has been during the past week reproducing in miniature the naval battle. This was soldiers night. and ex- tra preparations had been made for a good show. The explosives failed to work properly, and Adams and Miller were in the middle of the river in a skin endeav- bring to make them effective. In some way the bomb which was intended to blow up the Span:sn shics was exploded almost directly under the slxiff in which the men were working, probably killing them instantly. Bartley Connolly, a boy who was rowing the skiff, was burned by the explosion, but was rescued from the water.
 Several thousand spectators were ob- serving the battle from the exposition wharf. and as everything was in dark ness immediately after the accident many of them saw nothing unusual in the accident. and, thinking the explosion was part of the programme, sent up mighty cheer for Dewey and left, well satisfied with the entertainment. The river is being dragged for the bodies of the victims, but without success up to midnight.
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
UNFRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE
French Diplomats Inclined Toward she
 SpaniardS.

Paris, Sept. 27.-While the reception accorded the United States peace con- missioners is all that could be de- sired and while the French foreign office has taken great pains to treat the American and Spanish commissioners in precisely the same manner, it must be admitted that the general atmos- phere of Paris, especially the diplo- matic atmosphere does not incline to- ward America It is the general inn pression here that the American con- missiCners have instructions to pro vide for the retention of Manila and the island of Luzon.
 And fer the commission to pretend to negotiate is a farce.'' said g. promi- nent diplomat. He continued: Amer ica will put herself, Automatically, in the wrong when she exceeds the pro- visions of the protocol which both na- tions have signed. 1 know the Span iards have come to make concessions, but if Americas instructions.are of an uncompromising nature, which is generally believed here to be the case, you can rest assured that the work of the commission will be futile. The Spaniards will retire and America will at least have to threaten a resumption of hostilities before she will gain her point"
 French newspapers, beyond an- nouncing the arrival Of the commiss- sions, make no comment upon the mat ter. The American peace commission ,.. the first time since it's appoint ment met in body for two hours in the drawing room of the Continental hotel
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
THE AERIAL TORPEDO.
MT. Maxim Says It Must Soon Be
 Considered.

Philadelphia, Sept. 27.-Hudson Maxim of New York, the well-known expert on explosives, read a paper last hefore the chemical section of the yAhOsc
 stitute on Modern High P AIro smokeless Powders; ;; and ,ss..ps q q tained that it was a crime for not to seek the most destructive weapons that could be secured and not to be al- ways prepared for war. The more terri ble were the weapons, the less would be the loss of life, because war would not be so quickly precipitated. There would have been no war with Spain. he contended, had it not been that the Madrid govern ment and some other governments had firm belief in our unpreparedness Smoke less powder was one of the improvements that would give an enemy great advant- age, either on land or sea. It had been offered to the United States first of all. but because of the governments exact ness and penuriousness. it had rejected the offer.
 Black powder was used by our troops at Santiago. and, in consequence, the loss was far greater in killed and wound ed than if smokeless powder had been used. With regard to high explosives. MT. Maxim strongly favored the use of the aerial torpedo. and predicted that it would yet be adopted. The American fleet, he said. expended s2,00 900 in firing proiectiles and of all of the shots fired at Cerveras fleet only per cent hit.
 If torpedo guns had been mounted on the hills and had covered a radius of nine miles, was it not probable, he asked, that they would have sunk some of our battleships. Should the aerial gun be eventually adopted as an implement of warfare, navies would have to fight in skirmishing order, as armies now have to do The combined navieS of the world could not stand before such a deadly pro- jectile. It would cost s5OO.00O to demon strate it's power, including the building of a cruiser, and if it should succeed it would save $500. 900, O0O because it would do away with the construction of fight ing machines. Naval and military au- thorities must, he said. soon give consid- eration to the aerial torpedo.
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
BLACK REMAINED IN THE RACE,
Dr.. Depew in Presenting the Nominee PreCipitated a PandemOnium by an AIIusiOn to Rough Riders and the
 DeadlineSS of MauSerS.

Sept republican evening nominated Col Theodore Roosevelt and Timothy Woodruff
  declared years  ned anna applause ms aoout GoVerno 6acks fah
  chauncey M Theodore Roosevelt For minutes Mir Depew could begin
 
  vigorous tribute and mentioned Col
  bullets
  minute interruption and the picture was taken to the stage and set up Mr. closed amid that pandenonum At 9 Secretary Of State Palmer moved roll call and the motion was
  practically nominate At 7 the roll call completed and the vote
  Cady question pending 
   candidates lieutenant the follow ing nominations pler Morgan Erie Albany B. Bond eferson T all reached headquarters early and all said there was no change in the situation
 
  from Troy bearing Black banners and with brass bands playing patriotic  The
 
 climax fol threech a motion took o'clock statement of Col Roosevets egiv for the nomnaon for at the session in the afternoon originally understood them
  the
 previous posed of an adjournment was evening.
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
IF SPAIN IS REASONABLE.
Little to Be Considered at the Sessions Which Have Begun at Paris Beyond Questions Relating to the Dis
 position of the Philippines.

Washington, Sept. 27.- Should
 the Spanish ministry maintain the
 disposition to assist in an early settle
 ment of the matters in controversy in connection with the termination of the war, as reports indicate, it is believed by the administration that the work of
 the peace commission at Paris can be concluded before the assembling of congress, and that the duties of the
 Porto Rican and Cuban commissions will also be satisfactorily terminated
 and the Spanish forces withdrawn from the two islands before the first of
 December.
 Little trouble is anticipated in re-
 gard to the Paris commission. Befors leaving for Paris Judge Day, chairman
 of the American commission, ex- pressed the belief that the work of the commission would be completed within two months. Indeed. it is within the power of the American commissioners to say when the work shall be brought
 to close, and in declaring that this would be completed within two months it is highly probable that Judge Day stated the limit of time that has been fixed for signing the treaty which the American commissioners took with them.
 It is expected that during the first three or four weeks of the convention
 the Spanish commissioners will ad- vance a varied list of claims on behalf of their government. Their principal contention will be the retention of the
 Philippine islands; but this conten-
 tion will be strenuously resisted. The
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
A NIAGARA CYCLONE.
The Most Appalling StCrM in inc His-
 tory of the Peninsula.

Buffalo, N. Y.. Sept. 27.-A special to the News from Niagara Falls, Ont, says: The most appalling storm in the history of the Niagara peninsula passed over a strip of land between Lakes Erie and Ontario, passing al most parallel with the Wielland canal, cutting a swath 300 feet wide through the peninsula and cutting of a portion of it. 1. went almost at right angles with the main path of the cyclone and took in Tonawanda. It struck St. Catharine's, Merritton and Grantham, Ont, the hardest. At an early hour this morning the number of lives lost is estimated at six. However, at least six more are fatally injured. 1 ne death list may reach fifteen.
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28

American commissioners are under in structions to insist upon the cession of the island of LuzOn as the minimum of the American demand. It is confidently expected this will be conceded by the Spaniards, and once conceded the question of a continuance of Spanish sovereignty over the remaining islands will be considered.
 What is believed to be the course of she commission is outlined by a high authority as follows:
 ''The American commissioners will not consider any question relating to he islands of Cuba or Porto Rico, as all matters relating to them are cov- cred by the protocol, and the relin- quishment of Spanish authority is re- sarded as complete and final. After 3 reasonable time has bsen given the Spanish commissioners to fully con- sider the American demands, they will be pressed for final action on the treaty They will be reminded that several of the American commission CTS have duties requiring their pres ence in congress, and time will be named when decision must be reached by the Spanish commissions CTS prior to the first of December. This will be in the form of an ultimatum. The alternative or failure to agree to the treaty, which will be presented by the American commissioners, is an immediate renewal of hosljlfties The president fully expects that the Amer jean demands will be accepted by Spain. and that the treaty will be signed about the first of December"
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
BALKED BY HIS WIFE.
Chicago Physicians Divorce Scheme
 Check-Mated.

Webster City, Iowa, Sept 27-Dr Ar thur Hawley, prominent physician with rooms in the Masonic Temple, Chicago, who eloped with pretty Nina Munson, his stenographer, was indicted this morning by the grand jury for perjury. He came here from Chicago two months ago, and in a petition for divorce made affidavit that he had resided in this state thirteen years, when in truth he had occupied his quarters in Masonic Temple from 1892 to le9S. His plan was to slip out of Chicago, come to Webster City. where he was not known. bringing the stenographer, get a decree without anyone in Chicago being the wiser, and marry Miss Munson. He was baked in his plans by his wife, who surprised him here, and as soon as she saw his petition for divorce had him ar rested for perjury.
Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
MAY VOTE IN MIDoCEAN.
Twentieth Kansas Regiment Will Be
 at Sea Election Day.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 27.-The Twen- tieth Kansas regiment may cast votes for state officers and congressman in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Secre- tary of State Bush, who is preparing the ballots for this regiment, will send them by express to Colonel Funston tomorrow.
 General Leedy says it is probable that the regiment may be detained in starting at Honolulu, so that they would not reach Manila by election day. In that event the regiment may vote wherever it may be.