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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
From the Near YORK Tribune

With the withdrawal of federal troops
from the ueighborhood of the Capitol at
New Orleans and the cessation of the
military protection to the carpetbaggers
under which the ax-papers of the south
complain that they have been oppressed
and pluudered these many years, the peo-
pie of that section draw a long breath of
relief. They feel that they are no longer
compelled to pay tribune for misgoverf-
ment. Sill it was one of the evils logical
Iy consequent upon the war, and perhaps
they have reason for self-gratulation upon
being so soon rid oft. 1t is sixteen years
now since the raw sentry at Long Bridge,
hearing to his challenge, who goes
there?" the candid answer, Fisherman
with shad, sent back his demand for tri-
butte in the call, Advance, fisherman,
and drop two shadr' No doubt the spirit
Of exaction grew by what it fed on till the
people Of the isouth began to fear that not
only the whole haul OF fish but the net
also would be taken IN tolls. Well, that's
all oyer now: the last successor Of the Pc.
tomac sentry was called in at New Or
leans the other day, and that period, lei
US hope, is ended. During these sixteen
years a great mang fisherman, who didn't
fish with nets, have been met at Washing
ton with the demand, Advance, fisher
man, aud drop two shad!' aud many du
cats have been amassed from traffickin.
in contraband and surreptitious shad. |
is hoped that this trade likewise has ceas
| ed, and that the sentries have been mus
tered out
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
Ghe Chilly Arseas!i,.
ROCK ISLAND. ..........1LLrnors
What the Birds Accomplish.

The swallow, swift and night-hawk are
the guardians of the atmosphere They
check the increase of insects that otherwise
would overload it. Woodpeckers, cree
pers and chickadees are the guardians of
the trunks of trees Warblers and fly
catchers protect the foliage Black birds,
crows, thrustes and larks protect the sur
face of the soil. Snipe and woodcock pro.
tect the soil under the surface. Each
tribe has its respective duties to perform in
the economy ofnature. 1t an undoubted
fact that if the birds were all swept off the
face Of the earth, man could not live up
on it. Vegetation would wither and die.
Insects would become so numerous that
no living thing could Withstand their at
tacks. The wholesale destruction occa-
stoned by grasshoopers, which have lately
devastated the west, is undoubtedly caused
by the thinning out of such birds
as grouse, prairie hens, etc, which
feed upon them. The great and inestima-
bic services done to the farmer, gardener
and florist by the birds, is only becoming
known by sadexperience. Spare the birds
and save your fruit The little corn and
fruit taken by them is more than CON-
pensated for by the quantities of noxious
insects they destroy. The long prosecuted
crow has been found, by actual experience,
to do tar more good by the vast quantity
of grubs and insects he devours than the
little harm he does in the few grains OF
corn he pulls up He is one of the far
mer's best friends
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07

- weak, nervous, exhausted feeling;
no energy or animation; EconfS1sed
head, weak memory, often with de-
bilitating, involuntary discharges. The
consequence of excuses, mental overwork or
indiscretons. This NERVCCS DEBILITY
finds sovereign cure in HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. IS.
1t tones up the system, arrests d;zchA ~, dispels
the mental gloom and despondenI. NJ rejuve-
mates the entire system 1t is perfectly harm
less and always efficient. Price IS, for package
Of five boxes and large e vial Of powder, which
is important in old, serious cases. Or 81 per single
box Sold by ALL Druggists, or sent by mail
receipt Of price. Address HUMPHREYS
no. 5S3 BRoADwAY, -. Y.
See yarge advertisement.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
DR.. WHITTIER,
6l7 ST. Charles street, ST. Louis, Mo.

DR.. WHITTIER, OF St. Charles
St, ST. Louis, Mo, treats all forms Of
Venereal Diseases, Seminal Emissions and
Sexual Debility, with unparalleled success.
No matter who failed, call or write; pam
phlet or consultation free. Can refer to
the medical profession in all parts of the
country. Medicines perfectly safe.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
North East Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Browns GINGER will be found invaluable in all
cases Of Cramp other disorders caused by change
of water or bad water, and a few drops used regu-
lsrly by travellers win usually act as Preventive
and ward off such attacks. To the aged and those
recovering from Illness, a small quantity with q
little sweetened water viii be found TO give strength
and refreshment: the Ginger having no reaction
which is the great objection to the use oil alcoholic
stimulants. Producing all the good effects OF
Mustard Plaster without the possibility of blister
ing the skim its application on flannel is most eff
cacious. And in the case Of persons predisposet
10 Rheumatism and Gouty Affections, It is OF grea
service, used to rub WITH
az Beware of COunterfeits.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07

Piles lost manhood positively
wanting the most deeate attention call write. Pleasant
home PATIENTS book for the mllion-MarriAge
which tells all about diseases who marry,
not 10 cents to Dr. james has hfy and
pAors. You but Doctor. Once
pm; Sunday, 10 to IL. Dr. James is 60 age.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
HOTEL DOVENSHIRE.

Opposite Grand Central Depot, 41st and AID SITS.
bet 4th and 5th Avenues, New York.
THE Hotel. DEvoNsHIRE is first class Ho-
tel, elegantly furnished and well ventilated Every
room is bright and cheerful. The hotel is q modern
structure built expressly Cor trst-class house and
| has every modern Improvement 1t is conducted
| on the European Plan, at moderate charges
Persons visiting the city viii save carriage hire and
| secure the best accommodations for the smallest
| cost, by stopping at the Hotel Deyonshire-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
FREDERICK BROWN,

Established 1892
IMPORTING, MANUFACTURING AND DIS
PENSING CHEMIST,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
MEDICAL.
DR.. JAMES,
T0cE Hospital.

Cor. Franklin, CHICAGO.
Chartered by the State OF
Illinois for theexpress purpose
Of giving immediate reflex in
, allcases ofPrivate chronic and
urinary diseases in al their
complicated forms. It is well
known Dr. james has stood at
the head OF the profession for
the past thirty years. Age
and experience are all impor-
tant. Seminal Weakness,
night losses by dreams. PIN
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
JOHN B. HAWLrY

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
" ONCE In Bengston's Block, Illinois St., Rock i
and, Illinois. 3-13dSwgm
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
Vick's Floral GniGe
VICK'S

V1Oh -
RIO WEIR AND VEGETABLE GARDEN
IS the most beautiful work of the kind in the
world. 1t contains nearly $50 pages, hun
dreds of fine illustrations, and six chrome
plates Of flowers, beautifully drawn and col.
ored from nature. Price SO cents in paper
covers 81 90 in elegant cloth. Printed in
German and English.
Vicks Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents.
Vick's Catalogue-300 illustrations, 25 cts
Address JAMES WICK, Rochester N Y.
Jan. 26 20 4t
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
The Men who Make Journalists.

It has been remarked that very
few who. got into Journalism start out
with such intention. They drift in
accidentally, and are promoted as
they develop capacity. Money,
wealthy parents, and influence arc Of
10 sort Of service in getting a young
man a place on newspaper. There
is no business that is SO entirely in,
depend ent of al considerations as
this. A wealthy father can easily
yet his son location 10 read law or
medicine, or push him forward i'll
almost any walk Of life he may select;
but lie is utterly powellcss to do any
thing for him iii a journalistic way.
70 be sure, lie may buy a newspaper
and eet up his hopeful in that man
ner, but unless there is something in
the youth called journalistic knack,
natural knowledge of what to write
and how to wri'e it, he will be a
failure in that line, and al 1.-The money
and inA"ence of wealthy and per-
laps power full relatives will count
for nothing.
Some fond parents educate their
sons with especial view to making
journalists of them, but it is rare that
we hear of these young men after a
few years. Meantime some scrub,
born among the hills, having nothing
but Common sch DOL education, and
the knowledge ecraped up in the
country printing Office, will advance
to q front rank in The profession.
Lie has q journalistic knack, and for
ces recognition b cause he has it.
lie gets place, has no wealthy par~
ents to influence the proprietors of
leading newspapers, but because he
knows what to write and how to
write it, and the editors take it be-
cause it is what they want. His ar
ticles 60 in because they supply q
demand, while perhaps the elaborate
essays from the pen of a man educat-
ed on two continents with an especial
view to journalism, are cost into the
waste basket.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
The Columbia Register, ,
PUBLISHED
DAILY, TRIWEEKLY 6 WEEKLY.
Al
COLUMBIA, S. c.,
by
HOYT, EMLYN & MCDANIEL.
JAMES A. HOYT, Editor.

The Daily Register contains the latest news
OF the day, oil commercial, political and other
matter sent by telegraph, full local reports,
editorials upon oil current topics and
Grange and agricultural Departments.
The Daily has circulation extending To
all parts OF the State, is circulated in nearly
every State in the Union, and consequently
increasing; therefore, as an ADVERTISING me.
dunn it cannot be surpassed.
The Tri-Weekly Registers is Issued eyerv
tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
and contains oil the news of the days in one ne
The Weekly Register is IN EIGHT PAGE
paper containing FORTY-EIGHTC COLUMNS,
embracing the cream of news Of each week,
inns paper IS within the reach ofevery family,
and we are pleased to state the fact that it's
large circulation is rapidly extending.
=, The Register is now the Organ of the State
orange, and all matters of interest to the
Patrons of Husbandry will be treated in their
appropriate department. The Agricultural
and Grange articles will appear in each of
Weekly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
7 AXE the Best! !.
~ a5t 1S77-7S. rr @
THE CHRONICLE & CONSTITVTIUNALIST,
IS75-7S,

MARCH l7TH, 1877, IB
" the Oldest and Best Newspaper pub
lished in The South. Is the only Newspaper
published in the City Of Augusta--the lead
ing Railway and Manufacturing centre Of
the South and the only Newspaper pub
lished in Eastern Georgia. The Chronicle s.
Constitutionalist has very large daily in
oreasing circulation in the States of Georgia,
South Carolina and North Carolina, and
reaches every class of readers-meRhants,
farmers, professional men and working men,
and is q most valuable advertising medium.
THE DAILY Chronicle s. Constitutionalist
publishes all the current news Of the day,
receives all the reports of the Associated
Press, and special dispatches from Washing
ton, Atlanta, Columbia, and all other points
of interest, supplemented by correspondence.
It gives full commercial reports of domestic
and foreign markets, of all local and South
ern matters, and editorial comment upon
public affairs. Terms. $40 for II months,
$5 for 6, $3.50 for 3, and 81 for l month,
postage paid by us.
THE TRI-WEEKLY Chronicle s. Consti
tutionalist contains two days news of the
Daily. Terms: So for IL months, $3.50 for 6,
postage paid by US.
THE WEEKLY Chronicle & Constitution
alist is O mammoth sheet, and the largest and
handsomest Weekly published in tho South.
1t contains all the news of the week-tele>
graphic, local, editorial, misoellaneous-and
carefully prepared reviews of the market
This edition is gotten up for circulation among
planters and others living in the country.
Terms: 81 for IL months, 81 for e, postage
paid by us.
The Chronicle & Constitutonalist is the
paper for the merchant, the planter, the
lawyer, the mechanic, the politician. 1t is n
paper for the Office, the counting room and
the family circle. Specimen copies sent free.
Address, WALSH & WRIGHT,
Managers, Augusta, Ga.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20

CnIoAa" AND CHARLEsroN.-Among
tho railroad bills in the House is one
which was considered by the COM
mittee on railways and canals last
year, providing Cor charter Of a
passenger and freight railway from
Chicago to Charleston, S. @. Among
the geatlemen interested IN this pro-
ject are Cyrus II. Mccormick, of
Chicago, Ex-Governor Beriah Ma
goffin, of Kentucky, John Baxter, OF
Tennessee, and Gen. CIingman, be-
sides a number of Indiana and New
York capitalists. The proposed route
is from Chicago to Indianapo!iee.
thence across the Ohio river through
Gerorgetownp KY, to Cumberland
Gap, and then Nce to Charles on, s. O.,
with branch roSds to Savannah and
other soatherr Epints. This is un-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20

dou btedly designed as "a continuation
of the SpartanbuTg and Asheville
Railroad, which, when completed to
Asbeville, will make a complete line
to Charleston. The parties inter
csted in the project are said to have
plenty Of money, and to be confident
of their ability to put the road throu.
sh If the charter can be Obtained
Charlotte Observer.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
NOTICE..

I TAKE this method OF Informing aii parties
l. interested, that Twill be found in my Of
fee, at Pickens Court House on each
w E D NE s A Y, and on each SALEDAY,
for the purpose of transacting any business
that comes under my jurisdiction. ; -
AS my duties as School Commissioner will
COMPEL me to be absent in different parts of
the County, appoint these special days for
the benefit of oil concerned. Office hours,
from 0 q. m. to 4 p. m.
~. ~ G. W.. SINGLETON,
- IL School Commissioned.
Feb g. 1877. %
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
e SNYDER'S .
CURATIVE PADSY

A sure euro for Torpid Liver and oil dis
eases arising therefronl, Lung, Kidney, Spine,
Bladder, Womb, and oil Female Diseases,
Chills and Fever, Costiveness, Dyspepsia,
Headache. Our Liver, Lung and Ague Pad,
So. Kidney and Spinal Pad, So. Pad for
Female Weakness, SO. We send them by
mail free on receipt of price. Address L. F.
SNYDER & Co., Cincinnati, o.
NcH q week in your own town. Terms and
spOO $5 outfit free. II. HALLETT s. Co.,
Portland, Maine.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
Non-Partisan Commendation.

Governor Hampton's administra-
tion of South Carolina affairs must
have been e.ninently skillful and
prudent when such all oxtrcme Re-
publican journal as the Philadelphia
North American declares that "there
is much to commend and nothing
TO condemn in the message of Gov.
Hampton, sent to the Legislature on
Wednesday last" The North Ame-
rican makes mention Of lis strong
plea for the restoration of the credit
Of the State, and the hope he ex-
presses that no reputation, direct
or indirect, will be countenanced, to
which he adds: "Repudiation would
bring inevitable disaster and would
entail indelible disgrace" Not cons
tent with uttering this truth, he re-
commcnds a special animal tax Of
half mill tor the purpose of buying
in the State bonds. The North
American considers that the best
evidence Of Governor Hampton's
determination to give eqnal rights to
all is his recommendation that the
free school system shall be developed
as fast as possible; that the teachers
in the university now closed shall be
paid, and that all who paid taxes to
the Chamberlain government shall
be absolved of any further
charges and shall be considered as
having paid them to the lawful au-
thorities. 1t is 20 be hoped that the
Legislature will support the Gov
ernor. 1t is remarked that the conr
fidence Of the mercantile community
is already evinced by the advance
within week, tf South Carolina
funded skies from 32to 36.-Balti-
more Sun.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20

"
ed, connecting with night trains en- South
Carolina Railroad up and down. On and aft.
er Monday, July 16. 1877, the following will
be the Schedule:
Leave Columbia at 11.10am
Leave Alst on at l.lOpm
Leave Newberry at 2.23 m
Leave Hodges ut 555pm
Leave Bolton at 7O5 q m .
Arrive at Greenville at 835 pm
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at 720am
Leave Belton at 9lOam
Leave Hodges Mt lO.47 n IN
leave Newberry at 40 D m
Leave Alston at $40 IN
Arrive at Columbia at 500 p M
N75~ Connect at Aston with Trains on the
Spnrranburg and Union Railroad connect at
Columbia with Night Trains on the South Car
olina Railroad up and down ; also with Trains
going North and South on the Charlotte, Co.
lumbia aud Augusta and the Whining on, Coz
1BBEVILLE BRANCH.
Tram leave Abbeville at 9.15 M, connect
ing with Down Train from Grecnville. LeaY Q
Cokesbury at 2.15 p M, connecting with Up
Train from Columbia. Accommodation Train,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Leeye
Cokesbury Mt lilo M, on the arrival Of
the Down Train from Greenville. Leaves Ahs
beville Mt l o'clock p. H.: connecting with CB
Train from Columbia.
ANDERSON BRANCH AND ELUE RIDGE
DIVISION.
Leave Walhalla at $50 m
Leave Seneca Mt $40 m
Leave Perryville at ... '.. $50 o M
Leave Pendlcton nj 7.20 8 II.
Leave Anderson at 8.1O m
Al rive at Belton at $50 Ia
Leave Belon Mt 7o5 pua
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

DALEY REGIsrER-One Year. ST 90: Six
Months, $3 so; Three Months, 81 rs.
TRI-WEEKLv REGIsTER-One Year, SIS co.
Six Months, 50 so; Three Months, ST. 25.
WEEKLY REaIsTER---One Year, So 90; Six
Months, 81 90; Three Months, So
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
JOB PRINTING

The best and cheapest BOOK and JOB
PRlNTlNT, of every descrir ton, promptly
and satisfactorily executed at the Register
Office.
All kinds of Law Blanks on hand, which
we will sell at the lowest prices.
JAMES A. HOYT,
II. N. 'EMLYN,
..'' s... w. B. MCDANIEL,
ProprietOrs and Publishers.
May 81, 1877
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
Greenville g. Columbia r r.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,

Passenger trains run daily, Sundays except
ed, connecting with night trains en- South
Carolina Railroad up and down. On and aft.
er Monday, July 16. 1877, the following will
be the Schedule.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20

PTVI7 HUNDRED A. MONTH TO
~ l. ' II Active Men selling cur Letter
Copying Book. No press or wateraused.-
Sample copy worth $500 free. Send stamp
for oircnlar. EXCELSIOR MFG CO., 80
Madison, and 1872 Dearbon-street, Chicago,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20

DR.. Tutt has been en-
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
for a long time was demon.
strator Of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-
gia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
He has succeeded In
combining in them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities of a strengthens
ng,PHrgGfiUS, aHad PHr.
JyinS Tonic.
Their first apparent ef-
feet Is to increase the ap.
petite by causing the iood
to properly n assimilate.
Thus the system is nour,
ished, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or.
gans, regular and healthy
cvacuations are produced.
The rapidity with which
persons take on fcSh,
while under the influence
of these pills, OF itself in,
dicates their adaptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in Cur.
ing nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dyspepsia, vast
ing of the muscles, slug
gishness of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
myth to the system. Sold
iu;ray Street, New York.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-12-20
Price, Toenty- Five Cents.
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-08-08

A SAD AFFAIR-On the evening OF Friday last
just before dark, while the steamer Kilsues was
coming into the harbor, = carnage belonging to
Rev. W. Fresr, and occupied By the family Of Mr..
Wilbur, which was standing near the cater end Of
the loug wharf, was suddenly backed of the wharf
into the water BY the horse IL appears that the
animal was addicted 90 the habit OF backing when
approached in front, and on this occasion he was
startled By some one coming suddenly up to his
head, and without moments warning precipitzted
the vehicle with the lady and three children ane
himself into the hsrhor. Fortunately there were q
good many people on the wharf, watching the ap-
preaching steamer, and almost soon the eatas-
trophe occurred there was relief on the spot Had
IL been otherwise there can hardly be doubt but
that more than q single life would have been lost
To Mr.. Z Fuller belongs the honor OF being the
nrst 10 spring into the waller, aud he Vas immedi-
stsly followed By = native named WahineAua, and
another nan b the name Of Papa They res
c1ed Mrs WIlbar and the two older children,
hespiag the former Up onto the wharf, =nc
supporting the latter TIL 8 boat could be
brought An infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
bur did not appear on the surface OF the water,
probably being entzngied in some part Of the car
rage and when found AFTER nearly hours search,
life WAS quite extinct and all efforts a. resusitAti0n
proved futile The horse Wss drowned, and the
carriage Was much damaged.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-08-08

Mr. EDITOR The advertiser man 10 pro-
pounding eouuuarums and wish to try to answer
the last one. If one man who is planting sugar
cane says he wants to subscribe for the "a" because
he "ean't get along without It." and another who
Is going into the same industry needs all the money
he can command so "csu't afford to take the pa
per-" which will prove the wiser of the twog II
seems to me thar the man who ''ean't get along
without 1t" Is tie wiser; but II he was at all like
solomon he would take his six dollars aud buy
ream Of clean white paper, rather than pay the
same som for two qnlres ofpaper all covered over
with printing ink So 1t seems 10 ABIJAu.
P. S. II there is any prize given for my solution
please give Ii TO your devil