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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-12-22

HOME HOOK AND LADDER co.
Al No l. Regular meetings on the
fourth Monday of each month. Regularex ex
efcises on Sunday preceding the fourth
Monday Of every Month.
Officers X. K. Mcbride President j.
L. Webre, Vice President; L. Frost, Fore
man l.. Aucoin LIST Asst. Foreman; GID.
Julia, 2nd Asst. Foreman j: Ellis N.
lsraud. Treasurer; Henry Riviere, Score
larry; Ed. Perrin. Asst. Secretary; N.
1oudreaux, Warden; H. Haffman, Jr. Ty-
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-12-22

NOBLOCH, CLAY Attorney at Lao,
"A Office up stairs Green ST., between
Aarket and Levee Streets.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-12-22

DOURQUIN, L. Matchmaker and Je'r'
Il .Ier corner Market and St. Louis sts
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29
NO. 1.2
The Value of Printers Ink

1t is not only, as the poet says,
pleasant to see ones name in print.
but it is withal profitable, as is at
tested by the experience of all sys-
tematic advertisers. A striking
Illustration of this fact has just come
under our own observation in an au.
thentlc communication from one of
the largest, if not actually the largest
advertiser, tbie country can boast.
And since he has ever been such q
faithful patron of printers ink, we
don't begrndge him the publicity
which our assertion of his communi-
cation can afford. Mr.. Holloway
of pill notoriety f,r it is to him we
refer-wlites: THE 18Th October,
1887, was the first day that my ad-
vertisements appeared in any paper.
My pills and ointnents for q consid-
cradle time obtained little or no favor.
1t was my rule from the commence,
ment to spend judiciously the money
L could spare in publicity, which
went on increasing, and in the year
1912 [ expended $4,000 in adver-
tising. Time rolled on, and FROM the
hitherto unthought of yearly outlay
Of $4,000 increased it to 10000 in
tho year 1915. At the time of the
Great Exhibition in London in 1851
my expenditure was 100000, IN the
year 1855 it had risen to 100000;
and in the present year Q87D it has
reached $40, 900, in advertising my
medicines in every available manner
throughout the globe. For tie prop.
er application of their use have had
ample directions translated into near.
ly every known tongue-such as
Chinese, Turkish, Armenian, Arabic,
Sanskrit, and most of the vernacu-
lars OF India, and all the languages
spoken on the European continent"
ANY comment as to the value of sys,
tematic and nnintermitting advertis-
ing is rendered needless by these
facts, which point their own moral.
Printing Times and Lithographer.
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BY d. F. BRADLEY G co.
Terms of Subscription.
Advertising Rates.

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first insertion, and 80 cents for each subse-
Quent insertion.
Contracts made for THREE, SIX or TWELVE
months, on favorable terms.
Advertisements not having the number of
insertions merkcd on them, will be published
until forbid and charged accordingly.
These terms are so simple any child may
understand them. Nine lines is q square,
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the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can
be made to occupy four or five squares, as the
advertiser may wish, and is charged by the
space.
D6~ Advertisers will please state the num-
ber OF squares they wish their advertisements
to make.
Bas- Business men who advertise to be
benefited, will bear in mind that the
SENTINEL has large and increasing cir
culation, and is taken by the very class Of
persons whose trade they desire.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29
VIRGINIA BATTLE FIELDs-The bat

VIRGINIA BATTLE F1ELDs-The bat
tie fields around Richmond are quiet
meadows. reclaimed by nature with
few signs OF the days of ''blood and
IRON" At Cold Harbor, Fair Oaks,
Seven Pines and Malvern Hill one
sees little to remind him of the ter
rible scenes enacted there twelve or
fifteen years ago. In the woods and
on hillsides and river bluffs in the
Peninsula, where no attempt has
been made 10 cultivate the land,
sloping earthworks are still to be
seen, but elsewhere the entrench-
ments have been levcled. Below
Petersburg there are few traces even
Of the formidable fortifications. The
Crater and the fields around it are
owned by Mr.. Gritfi'hs, who was
born close by, and was in Peters
burg when the mine was frel. lie
has built a house near the Crater
and has bis fathers farm under ex-
cellent cultivation. The Crater itself
has been left almost untouched, and
u thick underbrush C reach trees
and sprouts has sprung up from the
pits thrown away by the soldiers
during the siege. The ravine where
the dead lay in great heaps on
that terrible morning has been
brought under the plow year after
year, until now only slight de-
preston in the field can be pointed
out. The visitor has to pay twenty
cents for glimpse Of the Crater and
the interior Of q shed stocked with
battle relics.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29

JOSH Billings ON PRAYER. From
tn many friends and from things at
luce ends, good Lord dolivor us.
From q wifo who don't luv us, and
from children that don't look like us,
good Lord deliver us.
From snaix in tho grass, and from
snaix in boots, from torchlight pros
cessions, and all now rum, good Lord
dolivor us.
From Pack pcddlcrs, young folks
in luv, from old aunts without any
money, from koloramorbus, good lord
deliver us.
From wealth without charitce, from
pride without sensc, from pedigree
worn out, and from all rich relations,
good Lord deliver u.s.
From virtuo without fragrance,
from butter that smells, and from kats
that arc kourting, good Lord deliver
US,
From old folks sokrcts, and from
our own, from mediums and women
committees, good Lord deliver us.
From POLITICIANS who pra, and
saints who tipplo, from wry cofii, red
herrins and all grass wlddols, good
Lord deliver us.
From folks who won't laff, and
from tito butes, easy virtue, ram NUT,
ton, good Lord deliver us.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29

THE ELECTION YEsrERDAY.- Of
course the election passed off quietly,
there being no opposition to the two
Democratic candidates for the SEN
ate and House; the only instance
worthy of note being tie jocular offer
of one Of the most uncompromising
Democrats in the State-a regular
"dyed-in-theewool," "pizen" sort of
a fellow-to vote for Nash at the
second ward poll. lie was courte-
ously informed by the manager that
lie was not authorized to receive
votes for dead men; when the appli~
cant for the right OF suffrage put his
ballot in for Kinsler and Haskell and
departed, to all appearances happy.
The vote may be summed mp as fol-
lows: John Ii. Kinsler, tor Senator,
unanimously elected. John @. Has
kell, for Representative, ditto.-Re--
gister, 21st.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29

with Pickett, and that his ammuni,
tion was so low that he could not
properly support the charge. l at
once ordered him to stop Pickett
until the ammunition had been re-
plenished. He infomed me that he
had no ammunition with which to
replenish. l then saw that there
was 40 help for it, aud that Pickett
must advance under his orders. lie
swept past our artillery in splendid
style, and the men marched steadily
and compactly down the slope. As
they started up the ridge over one
hundred cannon from the breast
works of the Federals hurled a rain
of canister, grape and shell down
upon them; still they pressed on un-
til half way up the slope, when the
crest of the hill was lit with a solid
sheet of fame as the masses of the
infantry rose and fired. When the
smoke cleared away, Pickett's dis
vison was gone. Nearly two thirds
of his men men lay dead on the field,
and the survivors were sullenly re-
treating down the hill. Mortal III !
could not have stood the fire. In
half an hour the contested field as
cleared, and the battle of Gettysburg
was over.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29

The following directions, carefully
observed, will prevent those cuticu-
lar and osseous denominations known
as felons. As soon as the disease is
telt, put directly over the spot fly
blister, about the size of your thumb
nail, and let it remain for six hours,
at the expiration of which time, di-
rectly under the surface of the blis-
ter may be seen the felon, which can
instantly be taken out with the point
of a needle or lancet.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29

The only safe way to dress golden
hair, and to prevent its turning dark.
er, is to use no oils or patent mixe
lures of any kind; wash it frequently
at least twice g week; never use soap
of any kind, nse fresh eggs instead;
rub them well in the hair, whites and
yolks, then rinse it out in warm was
ter made soft with powdered borax;
brush it frequently to make it gloss.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29
Longstreet on Gettysburg.

A narrative of the Pennsylvania
campaign from the beginning to the
close, written by Gen James Long
street, is published in the Philadel-
phia Times Gen. Longstreet tells
some things that have never been
told, and reviews the operations of
1868 from point of view that is in
many respects more advantageous
than is possible to any other man
now living, since no man now living
WAS so prominently Concerned in
them.
TIE FIGHT ON JULY 1Sr.
The encounter on the Let of July
Gen. L"gstreet shows to have been
wholly accidental, and it was then
th"t he belle e. Lee committed al
error in not either vigorously proset
cutting the temporary success, or elee
naL@uvring 30 as to compel Meade
to make the attack. Gen. Longstreet
continues as follows: When over
took Gen. Lee at 5 o'clock that af-
sernoon he said, to my surprise, that
ho thought of attacking Gen. Meade
upon the heights next day. Gen.
Lee was impressed with the idea that
10y attacking the Federals he could
whip them in detail. I reminded
him that if the Federals were there
in the morning, it would be proof
that they had their forces well in
hand, and that with Pickett in
Chambersburg, and Stuart out of
reach, we should be somewhat in de-
tail. He, however, did not seem to
abandon the idea of attack on the
next day. he seemed under a sub"
dued excitement, which occasionally
took possession of him when "the
hunt was up" and threatened his SUI
purb equipoise. The sharp battle
fought by Hill and Ewell on that day
had given him o taste of victory.
THE PLAN OF ATTACK.
When LETT Gen. Lee on the list
I believe that he had made up his
mind to attack, but was confident
that he had not yet determined as to
when the attack should be male
The assertion first made by Gen.
Pendleton, and echoed by his con-
federates, that I was ordered to open
the attack at sunrise is totally false.
Gen. Lee never in his life gave me
orders to open an attack at specific
hour. He was perfectly satisfied
that when got my troops in position
and was ordered to attack, no time
was ever lost. On the night of the
1st left him without any orders at
all. On the morning of the Cd ]
went to Gen. Lees headquarters at
daylight and renewed my views
against making an attack. He SEEM
ed resolved, however, and we discus.
sed the probable results. We OBJ
served the position of the Federale
and got general idea of the nature
of the ground. About sunrise Gen
Lee sent Col. Venable, of bis staff, to
Gen. Ewell's headquarters, ordering
him to make a reconnaissance of the
ground in his front, with'the view oi
making the main attack on his left,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29

An Eastern doctor has discovered
that biocarbonate of soda sprln&kcU
on burn and wrapped with 9/moist
rag is sovereign cure a4d a3 instant
destroyer Of pain. He denenstratcd
it by publicly scaldiOg his arm and
applying the remedy
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-29

just then discovered was the key to
their position. The force thrown up
on the point was 80 strong as to seize
our right, as it we're, in wise.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-26

iourncyed To Titian'> torn land last year,
no make me companions OF peaks a. OF OLD
The gray peaks lifted their granite brows
A barren and cold a. virgins VOWS
saw and waS silent. Inutterabie Thought
Was mine. and a boyhoods memory rolled
on past: and gave 10 the past tear
lived dead days that were best forgot
listened for bird. for boast. LOT gloom
Had rnantlcd the land like a monrnfui cloud,
And Law like the solitude guarding tomb.
/ spake and made sign; but they answered
me not.
j lifted my hands and called aloud.
Then echoes vent rolling from clin 90 cloud:
And peasants came, cautious, strange clad
Echoes and peasant--and that was all.
wild peasants that cling 70 the cliffs. and
reap.
with short broad scythcs. the adventurous
grain, ~
steep.
In messy cavcrns or in leafy low tents.
And fell the tall forest and plant again
The orderly wood like 90 regiments;
And fashion the beam and hew the wood,
And guide the raft through the foamy Mood.
joaquin Miller, IN me Independent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-26

Its Almost Impenetrable Forests and
Deadly Dwarf-. Chimpanxees,
and other uncanny Inhabitants.

Tstanley'z Letter a. the New York Herald
In his conversation with me az Till,
Livingstone ascribed much Just praise
to almost al " the region west Of the
Coma Mountains. Ii j. most remark
able region-more remarkable than any
thing | have seen in Africa. Its woods,
or forests, ar iungles, Or bush--I do not
know BY what particular term 10 desig-
nate the crowded, tall, straight trees
rising up from AN impcnetrablc under
growth " bush, cftcpers thorns, gums,
palms, fronds Of all forms, canes and
gra-s--are sublime, even terrible. In
deed, nature here i either remarkably
or savagely beautiful. Alta distance ey-
cry thing looks charming. Take Your
stand on any eminence or coigne Of van
tage for vicw-seeing you may please, be
II the crest Of ridge, the summit of
hill, the crown Of rock, and il you
look around YOU will find yourself de-
lighted, fascinated. A hundred or 4
I thousand different outlines are in view Of
ridges and ranges, peaks and cones,
the boldly waving or softly rolling, 81
gradual or abrupt slope, Of mounds, lit
lie patches Of levels, Of the grand and
the picturesque, in bewildering diyersl
" Of form. You will exclaim that you
see the splendor Of the tropics--that yor
have caught Nature rejoicing and hap
py. Over all she has flung a robe d
varying green the hills anc
ridges are blooming; the valleys ant
basins exhale perfume; the rocks wcal
garlands Of creepcrs; the stems Of thu
trees are clothed with moss; Thousand
strcamlets Of pure cool water stray
now languid, now quick, toward tn
north and south and west. The who'll
makes pleasing, charming illustration
Of the RIGHTEOUSNESS and wild beaut
Of tropical Nature.
DECEPTIVE BEAUTY.
Look closer and analyzc all this tina
you may find how deceptive its distance
The grasses are coarse and high an
, thick. They form a miniature copy I
/ an African forest. Their spcar-lik
blades wound like knives and thci
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-26

Every hollow full ~ ferns.
Turning yellow IN their turns;
Struggling bramblcs fierce and wild.
Yielding Berries 10 the child;
Oakbalis tumhllng from the tree,
Beech nuts dropping silently.
HOSE of leaves come down ~ dic.
Leaving openings 10 the sky.
BluebcnS. foNglnycs. gone ~ seed,
Every thing 10 death decrccd;
Nothing left " flowers or buds;
Such l. Autumn IN the woods.
And so 4 there an Autumn known
To the heart II feels alone,
Fearing it, best days are past;
sees the future overcast,
Fond acquaintance broken through.
Friends departed, friends untrue,
Human flowers cold and dead,
covered b. a grassy bed;
Hopes. like blossoms putting our,
whitening soon, and dung abour
m cruel inds. dread doubts and fears
Finding vent ia sudden tears,
Yes. there IL an Autumn known
To some hearts thus left alone.
Yet. there's this thought after all
Fern< may fade and leaves may fall.
Hearts may change or prove untrue,
All may look a. these woods do
Though sad Autumn here y given.
spring time awaits the just in heaven.
-ChaH,ocrs's Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-26

M. u L. a widower. Since tne
time he lost his wife, whom he adorca'
Eve years ago, he has not left OF LOOK
ing every day at the locket containing
the hair OF his dear companion. ics.
terday he had visit from friend ~
the moment when he was dyeing tho
lock Of hair Of the much-loved one.
"What are you doingP" asked ms
friend. !" You see well enough am
dyeing this hair an ash-blonde, because
this color Il much worn now. WISH
the hair Of my sainted Maria to bc ~
wavs IN fashion. - Paris Chdrirdrt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-26

A RICH but parsimonious and very
old gentleman, on being taken 70 task
for his uncharitablcness, said: '.Truc, !
don't give much; but, II you only knew
who II hurts me when give any thing,
you wouldn't wonder. lam In hopes 70
feel different when inherit brother
Bills property.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-26

NATHAN MrxARp, ~ Salem, Con-
necticut, man 80 years old, ana W. ~.
miser, has had his coffin In his room =" !
20 years, and has dug his own grave -
save expense.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-26
HUNTING BEASTS IN AFRICA.

The Dangerous Business Of Stocking the
Nenageries-How Elephants, Lions, Hip
popotamuses, and Other Wild Animals
are Caught-A Narrative by a Member OF
Many Expeditions.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-05
Our Navy-Iss Present strength
what n Ought 40 r..

The United States navy now consists
of sevt nty-one steam nien-of-war, car
rying from two To foriy-six guns each,
besides twenty-three sailing vessels,
twenty-four iroB-clads, two torpedo
boats, twenty-seven tugs and small
steamers attached to the various yards
and naval stations, making o total of
one hundred and forty-seven vessels,
though rot enc half OF this NUN Der
can tie re garded as efficient sea-going
ships. Oar navy now consists of 800
men, being the smallest OF any nation
in the world, except that Of Portugal.
The German navy, which Is the
youngest atioat, has $500 sea-
men. The next requisite for our SER.
| vice Is rifled ordnance, In conform
| ity to the plan adopted by every power
on the face OF the earth, and next, the
construction of ships. Ii Is argued
that 1t should be the policy of the gov
ernment TO build certain MI nlber OF
ships every year and sell Off the old
ones. Our navy should have forty
shit,s OF war in commission, aud of
This number ten should be IN Eastern
seas, ten on our own coast aud IN West
| Iudies waters and i've on the S.srsI,
| Pacific. from five to ten in European
| waters and on the coast OF Africa,
three on the Brazilian coast and two
Or three In the South Pacific. In order
| t. keep forty ships Ia commission the
| navy should have ct least eie hty aess
going vesseIs, % thAt one could relieve
aaQthsr IT necessary rspatfss -.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-05
FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS



SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, April "A.
To the Editor of Tho Herald:
We have just had an election iu this
precinct, after al exciting and spirited
canvass OF two weeks, which resulted
In a victory for the friends of local op
ton by about one hundred ami fifty
votes.
Colonel Culberson spoke here yester.
day to large crowd for over two
hours, reviewing the action OF the
southern democrats in congress on the
electoral bill. His speech was mas
terly one, aud showed clearly that
those who opposed the passage of
the bill cast more negative votes, and
when this question is understood by
! the people, all of those eighteen DEM
ocrats In the house who opposed the
bill, will be made gouernors at the first
| election.
! Crops are generally good in this
county, no grassboppers, no cause for
complaint but little too much rain.
The fruit prospects are splendid, and
health good.
/ sulphur Springs boasts of one of the
I finest schools in the state. 1t has now
one hundred and ninety students, and
/ increasing. In fact, the people OF
Hopkins county, ought to be contented
and happy. Fl.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-05
IcABUD AT TYLER.
Town Mafiers-Saraw berries ana
Pretty Christine United states Dis.
tr:ef Court. Etc, Etc.


From our Travelling Correspondence
TYLER, April ~, iST7.
1t having been our fortune TO risii
this pleasant village, and being fayora
bly, impressed, we cannot refrain from
giving the readers OF the TIE HEnALp a
few short items from here.
The first thing that strikes the eye Of
a visitor TO this place, at this season Of
the year. is the green foliage that envel
opes the entire town, furnishing splen-
did shade. in which the denizens can
comfortably bask during the warm
summer days. Secondly, the residences
have an air of taste and style, with
newly painted or whitewashed fences
surrounding them. Thirdly, vegetable.
appear finer and more advanced than
we have seen in the prairie country.
Fourthly, the Tyler ladies display much
refined taste in the cultivation of their
flower gardens, for every yard is adorned
with an abundance of fragrant shrub,
berry. The hotels, banks and stores in
general, are all supplied with fine and
beautiful bouquets, Filthy, and by
no means the least appreciated by vour
correspondent, Tyler abounds in that
most delicate of luxuries, fine straw Der.
ries. We enjoyed pleasant repast OF
strawberries and cream, per invitation
OF Mrs. W. &. Cain, a most hospitable
lady, and one whe is prominent among
those that can boast OF beautiful flower
garden.
While enumerating the attractions OF
this place we dare not forget to men
ton, for even We are not yet lost to the
charms of young misses. that many
young ladies' were TO be seen upou the
streets, and they were not only pretty.
bat Hastily dressed and carried with
them an air Of refinement.
IS The Tyler minstrel band discoursed
music from the courthouse roof that
would vie with that given by that ex,
cellent Germania band of Dallas.
The United States district court is
now in session with full docket. We
find & number of Dallas lawyers and
business men in attendance upon this
court. The MANY strangers visiting the
court, produces quite stir, which re-
iieyes the dearth of business.
The cotton trade constitutes the husi-
ness of the fall season, and the outlook
is quite promising for good crop. The
season has been little too wet.
The grading Gu the Tyler tap is COM
pleted, and the construction of the
track is being pushed. 1t is hoped to
be in running order by the first OF July.
\ word from Mineola soon. IcABUD.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-05
r.n.r., Kite. o, Cen,r.. Afr,e..

Camsron's ACROSS Africa says that
on the death of UTua chiefit is the
custom ito divert the stream, and in
It's bed TO dig an enormous pit, the bot.
tom of which Ii then covered with
living women. At one end woman
Is placed on her hands and knees, ant,
upon her back the dead chief, covered
with his beads aud treasures, Is seated,
being supported on either side by one
of his wivea, while his second wife
sits Mt his feet. The earth Il then
shoveied In on them, and all the
women are buried alive, with the ex.
ception of the second wife. To her
custom is more merciful than to her
companions, aud grants her the priv
iiege OF being killed before the huge
grave II filed In. This being compile.
ted, y number OF male slaves--some-
times forty or fifty-are slaughtered
and their blood poured over the grave;
after which the river Ia allowed to re.
sumo its course