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Cplunibia Sentinel
PUBLISHED EVKBY TUFHDAY AND HIIDAY
AT HARLEM, OEOBOIA.
ENTERED AH HECOND-CI.AHH MATTER AT THE
PORT OFFICE IN HAIU.EM. GA.
CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTORY
CITY COUNCIL.
J. W. BELL, Mayor.
J. C. CUIUtT.
IL A. COOK.
W. E. HATCHER.
J. L. HUSSEY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
fl. D. DARSEY, Ordinary.
<1 M. OLIVE, Olof* and Treasurer.
L. L. MAOIIVOER Sheriff.
O. HARDY, Tat Collector.
.1. A. GREEN,Tak IWcivor.
W. H. HALL, Coroner.
H. 11. HATCHER, Surveyor.
MASONIC.
Harlem Lodge,No. 276 F. A. M.,meota2(land
IthHatnrdaya.
CHURCH ER.
Baptiei Services 4tli Humlay.Dr. E. R.Cara
well. Hnnjey Schoolevery Holiday. Snperiii
tmnlent—Ref. J. W. F.Hington.
Methodfat Every 3rd Sunday. Rev. W. E.
Shackleford, pytor. Habbatli Heboid every
Hundav, H. A Merry, Supl.
MagWtrato’aCourt. 128th Diatrlet.O. >L, 4tl>
Hatnrday. Return day IS days before.
W. B. Roxbuck, J. P.
i i rn.ipi one of the mo t primitive ol
imlejienilcnt kingdoms is the little island
of Johanna, in the Comoro group. The
Ku'tan boards any ship that may call
there, and endeavors to secure the wash
ing for his wives, whilst the Prime Min
ister peddles cocoanuts and bananas.
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Miss Florence Macnaghton, who lives
inthe north of Ireland, was recently try
ing to |>crauadc a fisherman to become a
teetotaler. He told her he would do so
if she would swim the bay between
Black rock and Port Ballantrao. Noth
ing daunted, Miss Macnaghton swam the
buy, which is a mile across, and now the
fisherman is a teetotaler and has signed
the pledge. That's a cold water girl.
The noble red man in the West is an
enthusiastic gambler. The Winnemucca
(Nevada) Silver State says: “A band of
Shoshones arrived here a few days ago
with several hundred dollars for the pur
pose of engaging in a gambling bout with
the Piutes. Usually the Shoshones take
away more money than they bring with
them, but this time the rule was reversed,
and they lost all their coin and t heir
blankets.”
Czar Alexander has suddenly found a
diversion very soothing to his disordered
nerves. A short time ugo the complaint
reached his ear that the carp and pike in
the ponds of Gatnhinn were multiplying
too fast. The Czar resolved to occupy
his leisure hours with fishing. While nt
lirst only sport to him it has now become
u confirmed habit, ludefatigably ho sits
on the bank with a fishing rod and waits
patiently for a bite.
Tlie New York Financial Chronicle,
with estimates which appear to lie care
fu'ly conservative, places the present
population of the country nt 61,318,339.
In the seven years since the last census it
places the increase by births nt 7,372,471,
and by immigration at 8,793,003, mak
ing a total gain of 11,103,473. With a
corresponding increase we shall have
considerably over 00,000,000 of people
when the next census is taken.
r ' Han Emmett,the fatherof modern negro
minstrelsy, is now selling milk for a liv
ing in Chicago. He is a genial old man
of seventy-two, wh > entertains his
friends witli interes'ing reminiscences.
Occasionally he blacks up and gives them
a taste of what, negro minstrelsy was be
fore it degenerate I into burlesque opera
and male ballot business. Emmett’s
fume will rest on th' authorship of
“Dixie,” which he wrote to please some
professional friends in New York, never
dreaming that it woul I l> •come a na
tional air,
The Atlanta CoiHti’ation thinks “thorn
there can be no doubt that the discov
eries and inductions of the present age
have thrown a new light on the physi
ology of food. It is a happy though’,
that some time in the future a man’s
cook w ill be h's dot tor that he can pre
vent ns well as cure his ailment, prolong
his life, by securing a good cook. The
cook and the physician have both killed
their thousands in the past, and if they
come to la- the benefactors of humanity
by un ting their best efforts, mid pave
the way to the millennium, they will
certainly atone for much of their mis
conduct in the past.”
The nominal cost of railway construc
tion in the United States has been swollen
inordinately, of course, by the “stock
watering ’’ process. Apart from this form
pf inflation, however, the 125,000 miles
of railway in this country have been put
"down at very reasonable figures eom;>ared
xvith the coat of construction in Europe.
We can see this the more clearly in the
following table, prepared by an English
exchange .
.4VOrOJ«I CM per Mil .
Unitssl Kingdom ♦'.‘ltl.ttW
Helgiatn 130,000
Fran-e tss.ooo
Germany l(C s io>
Ruaaa UMI.iHM
Scandinavia .si,
Unite! States (Dioragaixiing Wa
tered Btsxk) 55,000
A VERMIN EXTERMINATOR.
A TALK WITH A MAN WHO HAS A
NOVEL OCCUPATION.
Making a Buelneaa of Kidding Peo
ple’s Housch of Kats and Vermin
—How He Works.
The cock oaeh killer is one of the cu
riosities of Chicago. Not on account of
his personal appearance, but of the nov
elty of his vocation. There are four or
five persons who live by the death of
cockroaches, rats and mice, but the
best known is an old German, nearly 60
years of age, who has an office on Wadi
ington street. A reporter of the Inter-
Ocean found the old gentleman the other
day in his place surrounded by the deadly
compounds he needs in his business.
“Eat all you want, it’s rat poison,” cor
dially said the old man, as the reporter
picked up a box of paste. “That stuff
in the rea boxes is cockroach poison, and
the bug poison is in the yellow pack
ages.”
“What is food for the roaches is poison
for the bugs, is it?”
“Yes. Hug poison won't kill cock
roaches, cockroach poison won't kill bugs,
and both of ’em won't kill rats; rat paste
won’t kill them, becau-e they won’t
;at it.” t
“How do you kill cockroaches?” '
“We blow ’em up with powder—not
the kind of powder that kills men,
though. See that funnel on the end of
those bellows? Well, we put the pow
der in that, ami then blow it through the
nozzle into the cracks and crevices where
he lives. He doesn’t live long after. We
kill bugs the same way, using the other
powder.” „
“Pays pretty well, doesn’t it?”
“Oh, fairly. Most of it is contract
work. We take contracts for cleaning
hotels, restaurants, stores, dwelling
houses, public institutions, bakeries,
steamboats, railroad sleeping cars or
coaches, etc., of bugs, roaches, water
bugs, moths or ants, forsomuch a year.”
“How much?”
“That depends on the size and charac
ter of the place. To keep hotels clear is
worth from S4O to SIOO a year. We’ve
quit taking hotel contracts, because they
are unsatisfactory. The powder only
kills the bugs or roaches that touch or
eat it. Sometimes they hide in their holes
where the powder wou’t reach them, but
when they get hungry and come out the
powder fixes them. The trouble with
hotel peopleis that they won’t obey in
structions, and close the rooms and not
sweep up the powder before twenty-four
liours have elapsed. They sweep it up
before we're out of the house fairly, and
then they howl because we didn’t kill all
the bugs.”
“You said the bug and roach powders
were not poisonous, didn’t you?”
‘ I’ll show you,” he said, taking agen
crous pinch of each kind, placing it on
his tongue ami swallowing it. “It’s not
poisonous to men,” he continued, “but
it's because we don’t breathe like bugs.
They breathe like we perspire—through
the pores. They have no lungs. The
powder gets into the pores and closes
them up, so they just die for want of
breath. But a good many people die for
the same reason, I guess.”
“How about restaurants?”
“They’re good contracts, next to pri
vate houses. I’ve cleaned a number of
restaurants for over ten years. They are
worth from $lO to S4O; depends on the
size; same way with saloons. Don’t
know why it is, but saloons and print
ing offices arc the favoiite domain of the
cockroach. Maybe there’s something in
the coincidence, but mind you I don't
say they're carried from one to the oth
er. Perhaps they're fond of pretzels and
pi.”
“Do you make contracts and guaran
tee to keep private residences free from
rats, roaches and bedbugs for a year?”
“Why, bless you, that's the main part
of our business. Wo prefer private resi
dences to any other class of buildings.
I’ve been in the business fifteen years,
and I’ve worked up an excellent trade.
I have Phil Armour’s house, Judge Tut
hill’s, and all the finest houses on the
North, South and West sides. The roach
is no respecter of persons. He will in
vade the mansion of a prince with as
much assurance and contentment ns he
will the lowest hovel in the Italian
‘patch.’ ”
“What did you say you charged for
private houses?”
“Well, say an average of $lO a year for
bugs ami roaches. Kats are $lO extra.”
“How many trips do you make to a
house in a year?”
“Usually one; rarely more than two.
Os course, I go every time a bug or roach
sho >vs his nose, ”
“Suppose a person doesn't wish to con
tract for a whole year. What do you
charge then I"
“For each bedroom, guaranteed for a
year, $1.50; if 1 simply powder the room,
50 cents.”
“Which insect or vermin is hardest to
exterminate?'’
“The moth. It gets into the lining of
garments and is difficult to reach. The '
powder will not destroy the pup;c, even if
covered with powder, nor when it hatches,
but the powder must be applied fresh to
the larva 1 .
“A new bug has made its appearance
in Chicago within the last two years.
We call it the sewer bug, because it '
breeds in the sewers, and through them
gets into the houses. They are hard to kill, '
and they destroy carpets, leather, and ■
clothing. They are a species of beetle, but i
have no wings. This summer another ’
new bug has made its appearance in the
East. It has not reached Chicago yet.
The name of ‘buffalo bug’ has been ap
plied to it because it was discovered in
Buffalo, New York, and literally abounds
there. It's working its way West, and
will probably be here next spring.”
“You have a monopoly in your busi- i
ness. haven’t you;”
“No; there are four or five others, ;
Then there's a man who makes a spe
cify of rats. He kills ferrets. 1
Cerhaps you've noticed a little carriage i
with a very highly polished black body
and the words ‘Death to Bats' in gilt
letters on the sides. The box is full of
air holes, and in it he has about a doz.eu
ferrets. He goes to a store, for instance,
rips up one or two planks, and lets the
ferrets loose. They get there without
delay, and when they've killed the rats
he simply whistles, and they come run
ning to him just like a well trained dog
would. He makes lots of money, 1
hear. ”
A Thrilling Adventure.
“What was the closest place yon were
ever in, in your frontier experience?”
the conundrum fired by a Chronicle re
porter at Captain Jack Crawford, ‘‘The
Poet Scout.” The scout ran his fingrrs
through his long, black hair, reflected a
few moments and replied :
“Well, I’ll tell you, but you musn't
give it away in print. It occurred about
a year ago, when Geronimo was on the
war pith with his murderous Apaches. I
was out deer hunting near a range of
mountains west of my home, and about
noon unsaddled my horse on a mesa, or
piece of high tableland, and after picket
ing the animal out in the grass sat down
to eat some cold lunch from my saddle
pocket. After finishing the lunch I con
cluded to let the horse graze for awhile
and leisurely strolled out on a long arm
of the mesa, the sides of which were
very precipitous—a sort of perpendicular
wall extending for fully 500 feet to the
plain below.
“I stood there gazing from the giddy
height for several minutes, and then
looked up. Imagine the uneasy feeling
which crept along my spine when I sa\v
a row of at least thirty painted savages
between inc and my horse. There I was,
utterly unable to defend myself, my rifle
and pistols back with my saddle, a greit
precipice on three sides of me, and
that band of Indians in front. To jump
over the cliff would be certain death; to
rush upon the Indians unarmed and
single-handed as certain in result, and if
I remained where I stood it would be
only i mat'er of a few moments before
they would advance and kill me.
“I never was worse scared in my life.
My blood seemed to freeze in my veins,
and my long hair stood up like a ship’s
malts. To me it seemed there was abso
lutely no escape from sure and terrible
death. I observed that the Indians were
holding a discussion among themselves,
and soon saw them drawing lots. lat
once divined their purpose. They had
discovered that I was entirely unarmed,
and were drawing lots to see which one
should advance and despatch me with a
knife. The lot fell to a stalwart war
rior with a hideously painted face, and
with a long knife in his hand he ad
vanced toward me.
“If ever a man made good time in
reeling off a prayer I did it just then. I
think I must have beaten the record by
several points. I thought I knew that I
must die, but just when I was about to
give up in despair a cold calmness came
over me, and I resolved that the fiend
should not murder me without a strug
gle. When he got near me I sprang
upon him with the ferocity of a tiger,
and we were soon engaged in a des
perate hand-to-hand struggle. The sav
age band stood quietly enjoying the
sport, for they knew I had no weapon.
During the struggle I observed to my
honor that we were nearing the edge of
the cliff, and almost before I could real
ize it the savage grasped me by my long
hair, bent me backward, aud over we
went, down, down to certain death on
the rocks below.”
“And you fell on top of the Indian,
and escaped?”
“No; the Indian fell on top of me,
with fingers still locked in my hair, and
over and over we rolled, clear across the
room.” r*
“The room?”
“Yes, the bedroom. You see, it was
an ugly dream, aud in my desperation I
' grabbed my wife, and she retaliated by
j entwining her fingers in my hair. In our
desperate struggle we rolled out of bed,
and after we awoke my wife held on
with her deathlike grip until 1 had ex
plained. Then we both laughed until
the echoes stirred up the whole Hie
Grande valley, forgave each other, and
went back to bed. That was the most
desperate fight in which I ever took a
hand, but I have been in far more dan
gerous ones.”— St. Ijouie Chronicle.
How Tin Foil Is Made.
Will you believe it when you are told
that more than one million pounds
of the foil are used annually to
cover the smoking and chewing tobacco
manufactured in the United States alone?
The method of making it is interesting.
The tin is, of course, taken out of the
mines, the best of which for this pur
pose are in Australia and the Dutch pos
sessions of the East Indies. Themetai is
i found in veins or fissures called lodes,
' though it is often found in a dispersed
form in loose stones, which, when found
continuously, arc called streams. The
I rock containing the ore is blasted with
. gunpowder and carried to the stamping
mill, where it is poundc i and washed.
It is next smelted and the tin run into
blocks, containing from two hundred to
four hundred weight each. This is the
condition in which the-metal is kept for
ordinary use. Two means are used to
reduce it to the necessary thinness. The
old manner of hammering by hand after
first being cut is still used to a great ex
tent. By this process, however* only one
surface could be produced, and to obviate
this difficulty rolling-mills were invented.
Prior to their invention nearly all the
tinfoil was imported, but their use has
thoroughly revolutionized the trade. The
metal is now placed between two heavy
rollers, which gives it a finished surface
on both sides. It is then cut into widths
of from twelve to fifteen inches, rolled
upon wooden reels and carried to cat
ting machines, where it is cut according
to order. It is then packed in boxes of
one hundred pounds each, being laid in
without pressure. There is another dif
ference between the foil that is beaten
and that which is rolled. The former is
full of small holes, but the foil to be
used for tobacco wrappers must be air
tight.
A Peculiar Mark of Respect.
If a man should present himself at the
White House in Washington, and, walk
ing up to the President, double up his
fist and shake it in Mr. Cleveland's face,
he would in all likelihood be arrested on
the spot for a crank or a madman. But
iu oue of the African kingdoms, this is
the prescribed etiquette for all those who
approach the throne. It means, “I hope
that I see you strong and well. O King,
like unto my list and my arm.”— Golden
Aryosy.
There is a white oak tree in Gilman,
Pierce county. Wis., that is twgnty-ont
feet in circumference. It is the largest
tree in that part of the State.
The Minneapolis Pioneer Press reports
that there is a large demand for Budhistic
literature in and about that city.
DODGE'S C.C. C. C.
Certain Chicken Cholera Cure,
Eight yeare of careful experiment and pains
taking research have resulted in the discovery
of an infallible specific for the cure and pre
vention of that tuoßt fatal aud dreaded enemy
of the feathered tribe-Cholera. After the
fullest and fairest tests posaib e, in which evey
claim for the remedy was fully sobstaututcil.
»he remedy was placed upon the market, ana
everywhere a eiugle trial has been all that was
required to prove it a complete success. The
directions for its use arc P‘”° & ° <l . B *? l P’ C '
the cost of the remedy so email that the saving
of a single fowl will repay the expense Ite
effect ie almost magical. If the remedy is
given as directed, the course of the disease is
Stopped at once. Given occasionally as a Pre
ventive, there need be no fear of Cholera
which annually kills more fowls than all other
diseases combined It isi true to name, » Cer
tain Cure for Chicken Cholera. .No poultry
raiser or farmer can afford to be without it. It
will do all that Is claimed for it. Read the fol
lowing testimonial:
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Db?>aiitmxnt of Aobicvi.tvre,
Atlanta, Ga., March 19, 1887
To the Publie I The high character of the
testimonial* produced by Mr. Dodge together
with his well known fepufahon for truth and
veracity, afford convincing evidence df the
i high value of the Chicken Cholera Cure ho is
| now offering tfpon the market If I were en
gaged in the business, I would procure a. bot-
I tie of his medicine, little doubting the shcccsa
I that would attend ite administration.
t Yours truly,
J. T. HENDERSON,
Cotn’r of Agriculture.
Price 25c. Per Package,
Macufactnred Exclusively by
a. DODCK
No. 62 Frazier Street, - - - - Atlanta, Ga
For Sale by all Druggists.
SINGLE PACKAGE BY MAIL 30 CENTS
Also breeder of the best variety of thorough
bred Chickens, of which the following are the
names and prices of eggs for setting. Chickens
in trios and breeding pens for sale after Sep
tember Ist, 1887:
Langshansß2.oo per setting of 18.
Plymouth Rocks2.oo per setting of 13.
White Face Black
Spanish 2.00 per setting of 18
Houdane 2.00 per sotting of 13.
Wyandotte 2.00 per setting of 18.
Silver 3. Hnmburgs.... 2.00 per setting of 18,
Arner’n Dominique 2.00 per setting of 13.
White Leghorns 1.50 per setting of 13.
Black Leghorns 1.50 per Betting of 13
Brown Leghorns 1.50 per Betting of 13.
Game3.oo per Betting of 13.
C. C. C. C. for sale by G. M.
Reed, Harlem, Ga, and W. J
lleggie, Grovetown, Ga.
lSsjo
THE GREAT
PIANOWRGAN
DBPOt OF THE SOUTH
PHHOS. 1150. $2lO, $250. S3OO to
SEEING
fcTOa X K M.T o n ‘ n e d n T r i
in« ran don’t even wilt us one bit. tST Sod our
GRAND SUMMER SALE
tains ! Price* way down. Termfl saaier thafi ever.
PIANOS to «IO Monthly.
ORGANS S 3 to SB Monthly.
BETTER YET!
B ouq
P SPECIAL
SPOT CASH PRICES, with credit
until Hor. 1. No Monthly Pay
ments. No Interest. Buy in June,
July, August, or September, and
pay when crops come in.
Write for OircalMi,
REMEMBER
Lowaat Frloaa known.'
Kaalast Terms possible.
Finest Instruments
Flpe Stools end Coversi
All Freight Paid.
Fifteen Daye" Trial.
Full Guarantee.
-» Square Dealing Always, «=«
„ „ . Money Saved.
Write to
LUDDEN & IA1T;
SOUTHERN BO?® KOUIE. SAWUHIxH. GA
Home Council
We take pleasure in calling your
attention to a remedy so long needed
in carrying children safely through
the critical stage of teething. It is an
incalculable blessing to mother and
child. If you are disturbed at night
with a sick, fretful, teething child, use
Pitts’ Carminative, it will give instant
relief, and regulate the bowels, and
make teething safe and easy. It wil]
cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Pitts
Carminative is an instant relief for
colic of intants. It will promote di
gestion, give tone and energy to the
stomach and bowels. The sick, puny,
suffering child will soon become the
fat and frolicing joy of the household.
It is very pleasant to the taste and
only costs 25 cents jer bottle. .Sold
by druggists.
For side at Holliday’s Drug Store
and Peeples Drug Store,Harlem,Ga..
and by WJ. Heggie, of Grovetown. 1
W. I. DELPH,
831 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA.
3 car loads COOKING and HEATING STOVES.
1 car load of GRATES, Plain and Enameled- 13,14, 15,16, 17,18,19 and 20 inelas
1.50 boxes R< lOFIN'G TIN, 26x28, standard brands.
5.000 FIRE BRICK, 15 bbls. FIRE CLAY.
200 Joints Terra Cotta Pipe, 500 Sets of GRATE BRICK,
1.000 pounds N<>. SOLDER. 500 pounds half and half SOLDER.
11K) bundles SHEET IRON.
One car load Tin Ware, Pressed and Pieced.
Buckets Cups, Dish Pans, Wash Pans, Milk Pans, Milk Buckets, Strainers. Oil Cans ( <,it.
Pots Pie Plates, Measures and Funnels, Woodenware in great variety ' ”
Has been sold for the past fifteen years giving satisfaction. Twenty different sizes. Tie N,.
Excelsior is very handsomely finished. We have a lew Portable and Stationary Ranges-|i| t '|
" Call'or send your orders to 831 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
W. I. Delph:
WSb liwiSn
COTTON FACTORS AND COMPRESSORS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Warel ouse and Compress occupying block bounded by Washington,Twigg,
Calhoun and Taylor streets, and connected with all the rail roads center
ing here by double tracks extending into our yards.
Moderate Charges. Drayage Saved.
Cons'gnmcnts Solicited- Liberal Advances Made cn Ccndgiuentt.
OFFICE : 739 R.EYMOLDS ST.,
* Rooms for Several Years Occupied by Aufiusta Cotton Exchange.
E. SCHNEIDEB,
IMPORTER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Wines, Cigars, Brandies, Tobacco,
Mineral Waters, Whiskies, Gin,
Porter, Ale, Etc.
A"cnt for Veuve Cliquot, Ponsardin, Urbana TA inc Company,
Anheuser-Busch[Brewing Association.
601 and 803 STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
AT
J. H. FEABEI’’S.
Call and examine my Stock before making
purchases.
X a BUKDSLL,
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant,
CONTINUES BUSINESS AS HERETOFORE AT
FIRE-PROOF, WAREHOUSE,
No. 19 Mclntosh Street, Augusta,Ca.
fi@"Strict attention to all Consigiimeuts and prompt Remittances.
w. s. jessup. (Sign Red Front.) GEO - K> JEEbUP
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Stoves and Ranges, Fireplace Heaters
Furnaces, Tinware and Hcuse-Furnishing Goods. Sole agents for the Cel
ebrated “Favorite” Cook Stoves, conceded by all to be the best Stove ever
made. Roofing, Guttering, Spouting and Repairing done in the best man
ner by the best mechanics.
$32 Street Augusta? G*
CUBBY 4 CD.,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
105 M’INTOSH KT 1 . (Cor. Reynolds) AUGUSTA,GA.
Save money by sending your Cotton to us. Commission 50c per I . I ''’’
Insurance 10c. per bale. No other charge when left for immediate see.
Consignments Solicited.
jld-rtmces made on Consignments.
JNO. U. MEYER, who has bad several years experience, will have charge
of the Sales. Hoping to have a share of your business,
We remain, yours respectfully,
CURRY As CO.
Pure and Fresh Candies.
ATTEaro making up our Fall Stock of CANDIES and can assure our customers that,»H'“jr
\ V goods arc FRESH AND PURE, having none but the best. We manufacture o r
and know what we are selling. We are expecting a large trade and shall be pleased to ■
our old customers and many new ones. Headquarters for
Stick Gandy, Fruits, IMuts, Etc,
DENNING & CO.
dwi Si warn O
M Having secured the Agency for the celebrated
J|La Burnham Water Wheel
!\ t ’■For Georgia and South Carolina, I am prepare)! to off«»
special i6duceßj«nta to wishing to put in wtllar wbee.s
-■HgggHßl am al«o prepared to do any kind of Mill Work,*n<? w ci re-
Correspondence eelieitad.
O«A« F. teMBA«n. :
AVGUSTA, GEORGIA
ORGAJiS,.S24, SSO, $65. $75 to SSOO each.