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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. , ■——. .... ... T - 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.