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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
Whipping an Elephant.

An illustration of an elephants vio-
lence and contrition is given by General
George Bell, in his "Rough Notes of an
Old Sailor" written while he was serv-
ing IN India.
While the party was in camp mahout
went with his elephant to cut forage.
The mahout punished the elephant for
disobedience by blow on the shins,
which so enraged the elephant that he
seized the man with his trunk, dashed
him to the ground, and trampled him to
death.
No sooner had he killed his keeper
than he repcntcd, roared, and bolted for
the Jungle to hide himself. Six other
elephants, guided by their mahouts, fol-
lowed him. On being driven into cor
ner, he surrendered, and was led into
camp prisoner, and chains were placed
OH his legs. Then came his punishment.
An elephant was placed on either side,
each holding q heavy iron chain. AS
the dead body of the mahout was laid on
the grass before him, the elephant roared
loudly, being perfectly aware of what he
had done.
A nah out ordered the two elephants
to runish the murderer. Lifting the two
heavy chains high in the air with their
trunks, they whipped him with these
iron whips until he made the camp echo
with his roars of pain. He was then
picketcd by himself and an iron chain
attached to his hind leg, which he
dragged after him on the march.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21

end vaqueros. Billy Roche, Frank
Ranlett. Billy Smith, the quartet of Day
Brothers, "BloEc" Harney, George Jinks,
Grant Pyle, Frank Pate, Tom O'Day,
Jack Lillard and hundred other experts
were out, but all were too busy with
their everyday duties to stop to talk or
illustrate their tricks of rope and saddle.
Fred. Baaser, a smooth faced lad, who
was born here score of years ago and
has been in the saddle ever since, had
an off day, however, and consented to
show off little for the benefit of the
Examiners commissioners. He had just
completed the education of handsome
three year old filly with teaching her to
stand and keep a RATA taut while he
dismounted and removed the rope from
the horns of an imaginary steer.
"It is handy to know how to get on q
horse quick" he began, when the ca
mera was in focus. "N1ost of the boys
do it this way" His left hand touched
the pommel and the bridle reins at The
same time; the right reached for the can
tel. Biddy, the flly, started forward
and with her first jump Baaser made a
spring resembling the fight of bird.
He landed with his right leg well across
the saddle, and by the time Biddy had
gathered herself for the second jump the
rider was in his seat, both feet in the
rtirrups and prepared to rope cow, stop
a runaway or head of an unruly steer.
"Somc of the boys jump on from be-
hind" said Baascr, "but they are well
acquainted with their horses and know
that they will submit to it. The major
ity of them take the side jump, though,
even when they are behind their horses,
for they are ready for business sooner,
and jumping with the horse is less him
drance to his getting under way than
plumping solidly down on his back when
he is not looking or expecting it.
Throwing a rope comes next after learn
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
REsCUING A CCtalRADE.

the not over luxurious cattle cars pro-
vided by the railroads. California soil
has become too valuable to grow beef on
of late years, and Arizona, Texas and
the few remaining Territories now fur
nish its standard meat. From the foot
of Second street, where the live steers
lans, they are taken in hand by the Gen.
taurs in the employ of the wholesale
butchers and driven to tho big feed cor
rails on the hills just west of the road to
Uucle Toms cabin. Here they are baited
and rested and cooled off for few days
before going to execution, dissection,
the oven, pot or broiler, end the table.
From the corrals to the slaughter houses
the distance is couple of miles, mainly
through the main business artery of South
San Francisco, which said artery is much
broken by vacant lots that allow frisky
steers to escape to the surrounding hills.
The boys who conduct the transpor-
tation are nearly all Americans, says a
writer in the San Francisco Examiner,
and their pride in their horsemanship
prompts many an antic and daring feat
to delight the audience that daily as
sembles to witness the bovines' funeral
march to the shambles. Without money
and without price the on-lookers witness
feats of riding that would make splendid
extras on Buffalo Bills programme. Some
of their dare. devil gal1ops over the
broken hills in chase of q stray bullock
are exciting in The extreme, beside af-
fording opportunity for feats with the
RATA and display of hurling powers on
the part of the horses. when the drove
is orderly the boys lose their hats, and
pick them up from the saddle while their
horses are on the run, and resort to scores
of other tricks that tend to show their
cleverncss. The dark.hued native Cali
fornian no longer shines pre-eminent in
cattle handling, throwing the lasso and
riding the trustworthy mustang; young
California, the son of the 49-er, has
learned his business and beats him at his
own game. The commonly accepted
reason for this is the preponderauce of
nerve, GOODNESS, strength and daredevil
recklessness in rhe American stock, and
certain it is that the past fifteen years hos
seen the Mexican and Spauiard displaced
by the sons of the present holders of the
country.
An Examiner reporter and camera
snapshot expert toured South San Fran
cisco yesterday and viewed some of the
work of the more notable of the south.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
An Authors Paw.

One of the most widely known of
American authors, in a recent conversa-
ton, has given some inside facts worthy
of consideration: "To-day l am what
tire world calls q successful author am
told by my publishers that the royalties
paid to me are higher than is paid to the
majority of other writers. l have the
pleasure of hearing my books and name
hawked on the trains when I am travel
ing; the newspapers ghc Inc from
quarter of column to Il column and a
half reviews. But what has literature
brought me in money? Let me open my
vest pocket to you. Here is my actual
revenue for 1889, and includes, as you
see, royalties of six of my novels, maga-
zine articles, etc., and everything is COL
lected. Total, $227O.40. Compare the
actual figures to the paragraph recently
circulated in which am reputed to earn
$1,000 from my pen. Is it any wonder
that the unsophisticatcd enter literature
with false hopes9 Yes, print these facts
if you wish; only of course, withhold my
name and identity. ."-Detroit Free Prsss.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21

ing to ride. After becoming fair marks
man, with plenty of room to swing in
and the horns of steer for a target,
there are the underhand casts and the
throws with the rope on trail (without
swing), to master, besides two or three
others that vaquero finds use for in var
ious emergencies. The cast with the
rope on trail is especially useful in a
corral picking up a horse who might, if
alarmed by a swing, give man on loot
tiresome chase"
Baaser illustrated the cast from trail
by walking Biddy slowly in the direction
OF browsing cow with the loop of his
riata trailing behind him. Suddenly
his right arm shot forward from its
backward extension, and the rawhide
thong whizzed through the air until it
settled its snaky coil about the neck of
the astonished old COW, twenty feet
away. After bringing her to a halt
Baaser dropped his RATA, and let the
COW start off with it at trail.
81 dropped that on purpose, he said,
"but a man often loses his rope through
accident, and then it becomes necessary
to be able to recover it without dis
mounting. If man got off to pick it
up it would never be within his reach
on account of the movements of the ami
NAL to which it is attached. This is the
way to pick up a rope"
Baaser started Biddy after the fast dis
appearing COW, turned her and headed
her back for the focus of the camera.
"Nowl" he yelled as he dashed by on a
hard run, and with wild swoop he
reached with his left hand for the trail
ing RATA. His only hold it seemed was
by the compression of his right heel
against the face of the saddle cantel and
q light grip on q wisp of Biddy's main.
Almost before he was down he was up
again, taking turn around the horn
and checking Biddy. She braced her
self, the rope tautened, and the galloping
cow came to q halt with an unpleasant
suddenness that would have thrown her
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
RECOVERING A DROPPED HAT.

but finally kept on in straight line, and
in an instant Baaser was alongside. He
had to make q wide reach this time and
there was foot of daylight between his
body and Biddy's side when he clutched
doggy by the cars and nape of the neck
and swung him into the saddle.
The next exhibition was of the horses
intelligence in keeping taut rope on o
steer that turned ugly and pursued the
horse and his rider. The bracing was
perfect and the manipulation of the rope
in keeping the steers head turned to-
ward the rest of the herd in spite of her
plunging excited much admiration for
Biddy. A similar exhibition was given
of towing q sulky steer that refused to
be driven or prodded in the right direc-
tion.
Baaser confessed that he had never
been in an Indian country, and had not
had experience in fighting on the run, but
he was familiar with the tricks of some
of the boys who had, and illustrated
them. The commonest piece of work in
this line is shooting under the horse S
neck while lying extended in such a
manner rs to have the body almost en-
tirely protected from bullets of an en-
emy in front or on the side. Either
rife or pistol can be effectively handled
by clever rider in this manner. Pick
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
A Lunatic Swims Twenty Two Miles,

A marvellous feat was accomplished by
William Blackett, of Chickasaw County,
an incurable inmate of tho insane hos
pital at Independence, Iowa. Gaining
entrance to the sewer he followed its
course to the river milo and half.
Here he divcstcd himself of all clothing
and started to swim to St. Louis. lie
was discovered when going over the dam
at Quasqucton, and as all efforts to in
duce him to land were futile he was cap.
tured by force after he had swum a dis
tance of twenty-five miles. Except 0
bruised shoulder he was all right.-Pitts'
burg Dispatch.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
NO.. s.
QUESTIONINGS.

QUESTIONINGS.
Who can set to a word
The least Song of bird?
Or can chain with thought
The faint ray wo have caught
OF tho truth that's above us, beside us, and
under
That breathes through the calm and speaks
through the thunder?
Who can say why the rose
Should have thorns? Or who knows
How the birds can have wings
And still be mortal things?
Whv the world is so fair and so free in Its
giving
To beings who think life is hardly worth
living?
Who can say with the sun
That his days work is done7
Or can hold back his breath,
And fancy that death
Is but suspension Of heart-beats anu
quickly
Will end all the ills that have gathered so
thickly?
All, would we not rather
The Mastar should gather
His own when He chooscse
And cover the bruises
We make on ourselves, and to Providence
lay,
With whatever balm we may find on our
way?
Mary A. Mason, in Frank Leslie's.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21

ing up wounded or dismounted COM
radc at full gallop is au easy matter when
the rider knows how to do it. The ia
vorite grip is over tho back and under
the arms, and with horse and rider in
accord q rescue of this kind is effected
without slackening of pace for an in
slant.
The tricks of the Butchertown boys
with wild cattle aud broncho horses arc
countless, and au hours wild west enter
tainment eau be secured by trip to the
southern hills any afternoon. =
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
An Oriental Floating Hotel.

There is an interesting scheme for es-
tablishinga 4 floating hotel at Hong Kong,
China. The vessel is to have three decks,
the lower being arranged for dining,
billiard, smoking aud card rooms. The
main deck will contain drawing-room,
twenty-one bedrooms, each with full
sized bath and dressing room, while the
upper, or spar deck has been arranged
as a promenade. Chicago Herald.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
COWBOY TRICKS.
WAYS IN WHICH A HORSE AND A
STEER CAN BE MANAGED.
How to Pick up Jack Rabbit "On
the Fly'-The Many Uses of
Broncho--Pancy Horse
manship.

. Over in South San Francisco, beyond
the smells of Butchertown, there is a lit
tie wild west show in ses-'on nearly
every afternoon in the year. Anywhere
from 8 to 6 o'clock p. NJ. the cowboys
drive the city's daily beef in on the hoof
from the corrals on the hills where the
steers recuperate from their long ride in
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
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and perhaps for this reason habit has
taught them to sleep without soft pillows;
instead of which they use round piece
of wood, like rolling-pin, about eight
inches long, supported on two wooden
feet, and with a hollow for the neck to
lie in; so by these means the ladies ar e
nblc to leave their hair untouched for
several days, as at night it does not be-
come at all disarranged; and for that
consideration, of course, they can recon-
cilc themselves to its use.-Illustrated
d1neyjcnn
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
FAST AND LOOSE.

o bird, that lov'st tho treo
All on n summer day,
= When the warm breeze fits FREQ
That makes thy nest to be
On its green branch asway-
Bird, when the sunbeams flee,
And green leaves from the tree,
What dost thou then? Oh, say,
II fly away"
o tree, that fair canst be
But on summer day,
When the bird clings to thee
In thy green lovingly,
And thou and he are gay
Tree, when thy green leaves flee,
And the bird fees from thee,
What dost thou then? O.l, say,
ALAS! stay
-Nc,c Yori: Tribune.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
PITH AND POINT.

4 great omposer-Morphin
ton Bulletin.
If brevity is the sole of wit, levity is
the upper.
Fly-time-When mad dog if after
you.-Tsras Sytings.
Most people eat to fill, but the dentist
fills to eat.-Teras Sytings.
"Siiss Pacethal goes around a good
deal" eyes. She's regular spinster."
"You seem to think I'm on IDIOT"
"What mind-reader you are!"- "--Buzar.
The tea-kettle sings because it is al
ways able to keep itself outside of hot
water.-Puch.
"Which is the best way to get fat,
doctor2" '"Order from your butcher =,
piece of lean beef. ."-Boston Courier.
"My son, define ambition" "Well,
it's always feeling that you want to do
something that you know you can't. p
Life.
"We belong to the human race, my
brethren" ''Sir," said the Englishman,
proudly, ~ belong to the English race"
-Puck.
CONSOLATION.
Although love her mnch, fear
Cont regret missed her: -,
For now find I hold moro dear
Her young AMI petty sister.
-Bazdr.
Farmer Harrows-'Whats that noise
out in the barn2" Smarty Harrows (who
aspires to be wit)-"I don't know, pa;
but I think the corn is on its ear."-
Light.
'sIs this Mr.. Mize5' eyes, madame"
'The painter of miniatures" eyes,
madame" ''What will you charge to
paint life-size miniature of my daugh-
ter2"-New York Sun.
"Hay fever" said moderator at the
influenza convention, "may be hkeued
to q tie votc.' "Hear, hear" cried the
audience. "The eyes and nose both ap-
pear to have ."-Brooklyn Life.
AN ARTISTS SAD END.
A brilliant young artist namel Janus
Began sketching tho hippopotamus;
But the animals smile
Absorbed him the while,
And nothing's been heard since Of Janus
-Harpers Bazar.
A Chicago wag advertised for agents
to peddle artesian wells, and he 60 twen-
ty replies in the first mail. One wanted
to know how many he could carry along
in q one-horse lumber wagon.-1eras
Sytings.
"You may say what you will, but Bis
marck is the greatest man of this CEN
tury." "H-u-s-hl Don't 'tspeak so loud.
The Mayors sitting at the next table,
and you might hurt his feelings. ~
Fliegsade Blaetter.
$50 Mr.. Lummix has returned from
Europe, has hc?" remarked Mrs. Tomdik.
"On which deck was his state room?"
'From what I've heard him say" replied
Mr.. Tomdik, 81 think it was on the
poker deck. "-Chirago Inter- Ocean.
She had sent off q telegram and was
waiting for an answer. Suddenly the
peculiar halting click of the receiving
machine sounded in the Office, and she
said to her companion: "That's from
George, know. I can tell his stutter."
philadelphia Times.
Widow-"When was here last week,
Mr.. Chisel, told you to put on the tomb
stone My Only Love-" Marble Dealer
-"Yes, ma'am; but one of my workmen
has been sick. and l haven't begun the
lob yet" Widow-"WelI, in view of
subsequent events, I guess you may sub
stitutc the words: My First Husband
A pleasant morning, Mr.. Chiscl. -
Brooklyn Life.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-21
A JapaneSe PILLOW.

The head dress is O most elaborate Of
fair, built on q foundation of cardboard,
which is blackened; the hair being
passed over it, is then smoothed down
End we'll oiled, and into it they put flow
rrs, combs, fancy pins and other small ar
,icles intended to heighten their personal
attractions. Tie result is frequently an
artistic triumph. 1t is tedious process
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-28
ADVICE To zurHEEs.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
o! your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain Of cutting teeth2 If SO,
semi ~ once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethiag Its value is incalculable.
Il will relieve the poor little sufferer inn
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. IL cures
dyscntery, diaFrhoea, regulates the ston-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one cf
the oldest and best female nurses and ply.
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by ali iruggisis throughout the
world Price % cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-28
ROCK ISLAND, WEDNESDAY,. MAY 2s, 1890.
STATE CONVENTION.
HEADQUARTERS STATE DEMOCRATIC CEN
rRAL COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS,
CHICAGO ILL., March 9th, 1890.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. March 9th, 1890.
The Democratic State Central Committee met
at the Palmer house in this city the 9th day of
March, $780, and authorized the issuance OF the
following call:
The democrats of Illinois will meet in state
convention at Springfield on Wednesday, june 4,
1890 for the purpose Of nominating candidates for
the fol Towing state officers to be voted for Tues
day, November 4th, 1890, TO wit;
One Treasurer,
One Sunerintendent of Public instruction. and
Three Trustees of the University of Illinois
A the meeting of the state central committee
the following resolution was passed. and an ex-
preston of views, in said resolution asked is
invited The chairman and secretary OF each
county convention are requested TO report the ac-
ton of their respective conventions to the secre-
tary of the state central committee rs soon as II
may he had. The resolution is as follows:
"Iuasmuch as the propriety of nominating a
candidate for the United States senate by the
state convention has been extensively agitated
throughout the etate. it is suggested TO county
conventions, TO consider the expediency OF such
a course and instruct their delegates accordingly
k ach county shall be entitled TO one delegate
for each four hundred votes cast for Cleveland
and Thurman at the last presidential election
and one delegate for each fractional part thereof
OF two hundred votes or more,
GEORGE NJ. HAYNES, Secretary.
Under this call the Eleventh congressional
district is entitled to delegates follows: Rock
Island o; Mercer 3 Henderson 2; Warren 5; Nc
ID enough s; Schuyler 5; Hancock 10.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-28
A Woman sDiscovory.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made. and that. too. by a lady in
this country Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years she
witbstood its severests tests, hut her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months she
conghed necessarily and could not sleep,
She bought of us bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption and was
so much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night, and with one
bottle has been miraculously cured Her
name is Mrs. Luther LutZ." Thus write
w. c. Hsmrick & Co.. of Shelby, N. c.
Get free bottle at HsrtZ Il Bahnsen
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-28
ON HISTORIC GROUND.
Another Interesting Letter From n
Rock Island citizen Who Has Been
Among the Old Battle fields OF Wiz.
gina and is Now in Kentucky.

gina ana rs Now IN kAentucky-
Special Correspondence to the ARGUS
BELLoNE. KY, May 25.-My work
about the old battlefields in the rear of
Richmond is now completed for the pres
ent,a and you my be sure that l am glad to
get into the Kentucky mountains after
being stationed in the Chickahominy
swamps in Virginia. The old earth
works that still exist as they were left, in
many places show the terrible and des-
perate energy of the confederate army in
their efforts to prevent their supplies
from being cut off and keep their rail-
roads in working order The Chesapeake
railways were all there was to keep the
people of Richmond from starvation
when Grant was wroking In their front.
and Lees right rested on GordonsYille, a
station on the G. Il o, and at every
bridge aud crossing for hundred mile s
out show the remains of where their ar
tillery was planted on both of these rail.
ways. And these old settlers tell me that
when Sheridan made the ''sneak' on them
and tore up these bridges and bent and
twisted the rails and pitched them
in the rivers and creeks and burned
all their county bridges. that settled
it. and the yankees" had worn ont
all their soil oy treading on it SO that
| they had never ben able to raie-
more than half crop on the land since.
| Some of these old settlers have no psrs
| ticular love for northern man yet, AS
they still mourn for the good old times
v hen their WAS plenty of money in the
pockets of the blue bloods of Atbermarle.
Hanover and Louisa counties before the
| war, as the most profitable business then
was in raising negroes to sell TO the cot
ton states, as those counties had the rep,
utaiinn Of producing a superior breed
that brought better price in the south
ern market than those raised in any
other part of Virginia.
But the educated gentleman of the old
school is invariably polite and social AS
far as his means will allow He still
wears a plug hat and gloves, and sits on his
poor old horse as straight rs an arrow,
and still tries 10 support his dignity not
withstanding his poverty, and a mean
Yankee" told me that tn, sc people when
they managed to get dollar will go to
their supply store and get seventy five
cents worth of goods and hire negro TO
carry it home for the other twenty five
cents. More anon GEo. F DowNEs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-28
THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.

W. ID. Suit. druggist. Bippus. Ind
testifies: Il can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case
One man took six bottles, and WAS cure6
of rheumatism of ten years standing.
Abraham Hare, druggist. Bellville, OHIO
affirms: The best selling medicine
have ever handled in my twenty years
experience, Is Electric Bitters." Thons,
ands of others have added their testimo'
ny, so that the verdict is unanimous thai
Electric Bitters do cure all diseases o.
the liver. kidneys or blood. Only a hal
dollar a bottle at Hartz & Bahnsen,
drug store.