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Columbia Sentinel I-UHLI9HKU EVERY TVI-HDW ASH UlllHV AT H AHI.EM, GEORGIA. ENTERED AR SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE , PORT OFFICE IN HARLEM. GA. CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTORY CITY COUNCIL. J. W. BELL, Mayor. J. 0. CUBBY. 11. A. COOK. W. E. HAD HER. J. L. HUHSEY. COUNTY OFFICERS. G. D. DARKEY, Ordinary. O. M. OLIVE. Clerk »nd Treasurer. L. L. MAGRUDER. Sheriff. O. HXItbY, Tax Collector. J. A. GREEN.Tax Receiver. W. 11. HALL,Coroner. R. R. HATCHER, Hnrveyor. MASONIC. Harlem Lodge,No. 276 F. A. M.,me< te2d and 4th Saturday*. CHURCHES. BapHet—Service* 4th Sunday, Dr. E. R.Cars well. Hnndayflchoid every Sunday. Superin tendent-Rev. J. W. Ellington. Methodist Every 3rd Sunday. Rev. W. E. Shaclth«f<»rd, pastor. Sabbath School i very Hnndav, H. A Merry, Sunt. Magistrate'* Court, 128th District, G. M., lib Saturday. Return day 13 dav* before. W. B. lioaui't ii, J. I*. | Tire autograph flen'l ha* many ; r Sources, but perhaps the most impressive of them came to the support of a fiend from Chicago. lie got into the British House of Commons in the character of t messenger having an important letter ad dressed to a member, remained there tin til adjournment, ami then went quietly nround among the seats, ami picked ii|. the cards which members had left in their seats with their names written upon them. “They make a very choice collection,” ho calmly says. Senator Charles D. Farwell, of 111in0..-, has been making a journey to Alaska. His party went to the head of the Dyra, which is forty miles farther north than tourists have been before. Concerning the Indians in Alaska Territory, Senator Farwell said to an Inter-Ocean repre sentative: “The Indians in that country seem anxious to work; they do not want arms or rations, but are self sustaining, as they say. What should be done for them by the Government., in my judg ment, is to teach them the English lan guage and such trades as they can work nt in that country, miniely, carpentry, shoemaking, working in iron and other things which can be utilized in Alaska. They are good traders, and, as I said be fore, are capable of taking cure of them selves without any Government rations.” A traveler who has visited the various States and Territories of Mexico presents a condensed view of his observations. Nothing could be more sententious and epigrammatic than the style in which the people of the several States are described. He, found in Yucatan, farmers; Vera Cruz, merchants mid travelers; Tabasco, plantation owners; Federal District,poli ticians unil soldiers; Tlaxcala, ignorant people; Chiapas, Indians; Oaxaca, fanat ics; Durango, mule drivers; Queretaro, priests; Morelos, fruit farmers; Guanaju ato, lilicrnls; San Luis I’olosi, wealthy people; Mexico, conservatives; Tamauli pas, sick people; Chihuahua, savages; Jalisco, potters; Zacatecas, miners; Nuc va Leon, Yankees; Lower California, ad venturers; Colima, Germans; Aguascali entes, Government clerks; Sinaloa, fish ermen; Guerrero, negroes; Sonora, horse men; Coahuila, poor people; Topic, mountaineers; Hidalgo, Protestants mid English. | A writer in the New York Commercial Adrertieer says: “A weird interest at taches to mummies, and their coming to life, or exciting an occult influence when resurrected in one day, has furnished the foundation for several romances. Here i* a prosaic mid true story, with the scene laid in mntter-of fact New York, which goes far to relieve the romancers from the charge of romancing. Some time ago Missis. Tiffany A Co. recieved an in- • voice of mummies' eyes. I do not go so I far as to say that they were the actual eyes of leading citizens of Thebes mid Memphis, but they were taken from the eye sockets of mummies exhumed from Egyptian tombs. They may have been the actual eyes reduced to the hardness of stone by the process of embalming, oi they may have been only false eyes like those used by modern taxider mists in perpetuating the life semblance of some pet Fido or Tabby. At all events they were dubbed ' “mummy eyes,” and the jewelers set about getting them ready foi the market. They were mnlx r colored, opaque and lustreless. ]t was thought Ixest to polish them before -etting, and a workman was set nt the task. Before he had been long at the work he Ix'canie ill of a fever mid another man was put on the job. He too bee line ill of the same kind of a fever before he hit I spent much time on the job. mid three or fourother workmen w ho succeeded him were taken with the same symptoms mid suffered a similar illness, although others, working on other jobs amid the same surroundings and under •the same conditions, were enjoying their usual good health Here is an excellent opportunity for the Soc.ety for Psychical Research. Were th illnesses simply • Il goineidenc ', .r di.l the mummy eyes really exeit s.. n< o < u t .rd baneful power for their ow n protection, t | AFTER PRAIRIE CHICKENS. 30QD TIMES FOR THE SPORTSMEN | V’ 1 ,r * THE WEBTt \ i How file Toothsome Bird is Slain Training I tic Dogs to Secure the Ganic. A letter from Appleton, Minn., to the Boston Herald tell* how prairie chickens ire hunted. The writer say* : As nejir sunrise as possible the start I ’aould be made, for the early moYnmg | md the late afternoon tire the best hours for finding chickens ; time enough to make up for loss of sleep at the nooning under a wheat rick. And so, while the light is dim, out of the town, in an open | wagon, we drive, dogs sprawling nt our I feet, ami guns lx.tween the knees. After h aving the settlement a few miles be hind, we turn directly into the prairie, where, except with a driver who knows ■ the country, a compass would not come I amiss. The early mists still veil the ' landscape and magnify objects. A rick lof wheat looms like a hill; a I cow is as large as a house; ' man and team ploughing upon the I near horizon, as seen from a hollow, | are magnified into colossal figures. Meanwhile, the youngest of the dogs lies grown restive; his experienced compan ions lie quiet and reserve their strength; | but the hunting ground is reached and I the youngest is let loose. Out he leaps. ! “Hie on! Blizzard.” But no need to urge him : with nose on the ground he is already fifty yards away, ranging with graceful bounds, back and forth, in front of the advancing wagon. “Charge,there, Blizzard, charge 1” is the sudden cry from the wagon. The dog has come to a point. At the word of command he drops his haunches, and, trembling, awaits the gunners, who have alrea ly sprung to the ground and who break guns and insert shells as they hurry forward. Close together inline they come up be hind the .dog. His jaws arc working convulsively, and now that he is bid tohie on once more, he stalks forward with a peculiar stiff movement, like a dog in a trance. Now he stops, now he pro ceeds, now he is at fault, no, he is close upon them, and he slowly renews his solemn gait. “Count five before, you shoot," cautions Edwards. “ Whir.” The birds arc up. it is a covey. “Bang! bang! bang I” Several birds full, and half n dozen fly off. “Mark them,” is the command. We watch where the birds settle down, part in the grass quar ter of n mile off, the others hopelessly scattered. One of .the birds has fallen in the long grasi. “Dead Bird, Blizzard.” Blizzard ranges a few moments up and down, and finally conics to a halt over the bird. Gathering up the game, we trudge on afoot, followed at a little dis tance by the wagon, toward the spot where the rest of the covey lighted. They lie hidden and rise slowly; we nearly step upon them before they fly. One by o.ie, however, the dog noses them out. We take turns for the single birds, and soon have added four or live birds to our bag. It is not worth while to waste time over- the single birds, so we draw our shells and clamber into the wagon. A new dog is let out, and the once eager Blizzard, panting and hot, springs in after us. His successor is already far afield. Not the least interesting feature of chicken hunting is to watch the dogs— the eagerness for the hunt; the graceful bound of the setter; the stalwart trot of the pointer, his active tail plying behind him like a propelleF; the quick wheel in answer to tlie whittle w hen the dog is ranging too wide, the mysterious change of gait from free run to stilled walk when game is neiu-; the instantaneous charge at the word of command after a point has been reached; the cleverness in finding the dead bird, and oftentimes hl retrieving it; the patient obedience of the tired animal after it has ceased to boa pleasure to hie on; the interest with which the animals in the wagon follow the movements of their companion in the field. The docility of the young dogs is wonderful. Herds an English setter whose first chicken has been shot over her. She darts fiercely in and seizes the bird in her jaws, and in another moment will have torn it to bits—else what is till this hunting of birds for i But this will never do. The bird must be taken from I her aud Miss Flora sharply cracked over the head. The trainer now drops the | bird again in the grass. The dog eyes it intently, instinct and the late whip ping at war ; thenCdart, and she is chew ing it a second time. A second trouncing, with, maybe n little pinching of the overhanging skin against the sharp teeth. which causes a howl, and presently the lesson is learned. Another time Flora leaves the bird lying. Next the lesson is carried a I step further and she is taught to retrieve, j The bird is inserted between Flora’s ! jaws. She drops it. It becomes ncccs- I snry to resort to a little more of the pinching of the lips. This repeated once | or twice, she holds the bird. “Now, bring it, Flora.” Flora brings it. | “Good girl." The process is repeated, and soon Flora will pick up the chicken and fetch it at command. Then she must be taught t > distinguish between chickens and gophe rs. A meadow lark or even a game sparrow may well deceive ■in old dog, but gophers Flora must be taught to disregard. A more sudden , tiansformntion from wrangling delight I to huniiUated and crouching despair, I j never saw than w hen his master surprised . Grover digging into a gopher hole. With a shout the min was upon the dog, but Grover was too laptously engrossed to heed. “Well, then” Grover has re ceived a buTet that cists him sprawling! head over heels. Being a docile animal, Grover will be a better dog all the days , of his life for that buffet. In the meantime we have flushed sevc ral more coveys. Now a covey rises wild and scatters to the four winds, and in the next, perhaps, the birds keep to gi t her and all. wv 4lienisel\c's to l e shot like 1 so many barnyard fowls. For the last hortr wc have abando’el : the stnbbl where the birds forage I while the mor iiqfiseool- and have been looking for them in the prairie grass, and especially in the • slews'' or meadow-like hollows, that look as if th y had been sxtampy hist spring. But the sun is high, and the- dogs show n tendency to hc'<-l behind the' wagon. We call them ♦in and diic ■ for a neighboring farm ■ h >|se. I here s, eins to be a grove' of . trees near it, perhaps a tree c laim of ■ voting cotton woods; but no, it is but a patch of rank weeds, dx or seven fe t ' high. Shade we must find under the I wagon#! be hind a pile of straw. “May ’ < wc water our horsesj” we ask of the I farmer, who steps from the shinty. H c replies in broken English, for hi’ is a German only nino months from Prussia, t He ■ glad to chat a bit in German. "It < is not Ge rmany,” he says, ns he looks J from his shanty to the prairie, hot ami , dry beneath the noonday sun. “It is | e not Germany, but still I am my own , I master, and I like it.” And in spite of l ' the meagrencss of hi* posse sions, he ( is better off than many of his neigh- f liars. His house, though poor enough e is above ground, ami has several rooms, e and he owns a little stock. Very likely ] his Scandinavian neighbor lives in a dtig- I out, whose roof would totally disappear ! beneath a six-foot snow drift. At the , door of the dugout you will see a tow haired, peasant woman, ami within you | will discover tow-haired children, pad- , dling about on an earthen floor or spraw- I ling in the bunk. Wood must be hauled | far, and a comfortable farmhouse is ( scarcely to be met with. A vast, irregu- , lar pile of straw, burrowed out inside, ■ , not infrequently serves for a barn. It is ; a hard struggle for these small farmers. ' Few of them whose farms are not heavily ! mortgaged. Farming implements are ex pensive, ami furniture, machinery and crops are apt to be pledged to the. money lender. Then when $ it) is to be.' bor- I rowed in some emergency, a S2O bonus ! must be paid to the lender, who, besides, ' ' exacts a note for $75 at ten per cent. 1 j The sun beats down oppressively, and ■ ■ the straw pile affords little coolness for j the nooning. Finally, in the middle of I the afternoon, the dogs are watered and swashed down, the horses hitchc d up, I ' and with "Adieu” to our German ac ' quaintance, we stretch again across coun- I try. The last hour before sunset is worth two at any other time, and we hunt until sundown. Perhaps fifty birds are in the bottom of the wagon when ! we begin the drive of ten or tifeen miles home in the gloaming. WISE WORDS. Live up to your engagements Never be idle, for work prevents pov erty. Good character is above all things else. It is better to be nobly remembered I than to be nobly born. W1 at do we live for if it is\iot to make life less difficult to each other. Moderation is the silken string running through the pearly chain of all virtues. Do not be guided by the impulse of the moment, but by your best cultured judgment. Let friendship gently creep to a height; if it rush to it, it may soon run itself out of breath. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. The wise prove, and the simple con fess, by their conduct, that a life of em ployment is the only life worth leading. To be amended by a little cross, afraid of a little sin, and affected by a little mercy, is good evidence of grace in the soul. Polish is easily added if tho founda tions are strong; but no amount of gilei ing will be of use if your timber is not sound. If we bring into one day’s thought the evil of many, certain ami uncertain, what will be and what, will never be, our load will be as intolerable as it is un reasonable. It is enough that we have swallowed these truths, we must feed them as in sects on a leaf, till the whole heart be colored by their qualities, and show its food in every, the minutest, fiber. Coleridye, Heavy Losses in Modern Battles. It is not uninteresting to state what have been the bloodiest battles of the last hundred years, that is, to compute the percentage of 10-s to the numbers en gaged. Within the allotted time the Napoleonic battles come first. Arcola was the most sanguinary struggle of the Italian campaign. The forces engaged numbered about 70,000, and the lossxvas about 25,000, or about 35 per cent. At Rivoli there were 80,000 men engaged, I and the loss xvas 40,000, but 20,000 of ' these consisted of Austrians who sur rendered to Napoleon, so that the real loss was only 25 per cent. After Bonaparte's return from Egypt he fought the battle of Marengo. In its re sults this was one of the most momentous engagements in history, but all accounts agree that it was the worst planned and worst fought of all Bonaparte’s victories. There were (iO,OOQ men engaged, and the loss was 17,000, or about 28 percent. At the battle of Austerlitz, which by many is considered Napoleon’s most brilliant ! victory, the French and Austro-Russian armies numbered 210,000 men, and ’ the loss was 40,000, or about ilB per cent. At Jewa-Auerstadt j there were 325,000 men engaged, and the loss was 40,000, or about 12 per cent. At Borodino there were 170,000 men in battle, and 80,000 were killed and w ounde d,amount ing to more than 16 percent. At Leipsic there were 500,000 men in the battle, which lasted three?days, and the loss was 110,000, or 22 per cent. I At Waterloo 140,000 men were engaged, i and the loss via s 40,000,or28percent. In j tho Crimean war there were 135,000 men ! at the battle of Inkermann, and the casu alties amounted to 25,000, or2o percent. At Magenta there were22s,ooomen; the loss was 11 per cent., or about 25,000. At Solferino there were 350,000, and the ; loss was 40,000, or 16 per cent. At Sadowa the hostile forces numbereel 175.000, and 70,000, or Hiper cent., v ere killed and wounded. At Gravclotte the re w ere 450,000 men in the encounter, of whom 45,000. or about 8 per eent., were killed and wounded. At Shiloh tlx armies numbered 60,000. and the loss was 30,000, orone third. At Fredericks i burg there were 180,000, and the loss 20,000, or 11 per cent. At Antietam there were 150,000, and the loss was 20,000, or about 13 percent. At Chicka mauga there 1 were 105,000, anil the loss was 30,000, or 20 per cent. At Chancel lorsville there were 150,000, and the loss was 30,000, or 29 |>cr cent. At Gettys burg there were 160,000 anil the loss I amounteel to 57,000, or 30 percent. Thus the figure's show that Borodino I was he blooelii'st battleof modern times, ! with Gettysburg in the second place. I ' —(\ntrier Journal. ' DODGE’S C.C. C.C- Certain Chicken Cholera be. Eight roars of careful experiment anil pains taking rosearah have resulted in the discovery of an infallible specific lor the cure anti pre vention of that most fatal ami dreaded encniy of the feathered tribe- t’leolera. After tliu fullest and fairest tests possible, in which i-verv t claim for the remedy was fnllv substantiate!!, the remedy was plaeeel upon tin market, anil everywhere a single trial lias been all that was required to prove it a complete success. The directions for its use- arc plain anil simple, anil the cost of the remedy so small that tlec saving of a single fowl will repay ffio cxpepsc. Its effect is almost magical. If the remedy is given as directed, ths course of the ilw-ase is stopped at once. Given occasionally as a pre ventive, there need be no fear of < hot era, which annually kills more fowls than all other diaeasc* combined 11 ie true to name, a Cer tain Cure for Chicken Cholera. No I raiser or farmer can afford to be without it. It , j wilLdo all that is claimed for it. Lead the fol- | lownig testimonial : STATE OF GEORGIA, Department or Aoricui.ttbe, , Atlanta, Ga., March 19, 1887 To the Public : The high character of tbo testimonials produced by Mr. Dodge, together with his well known reputation tor truth ami veracitv, afford convincing evidence of the high value of the Chicken Cholera Cure ho is j now offering upon the market. If I were en- j gaged in the business, I would procure a hot- . tie of his medicine, little doubting the success that would attend its administration. | Yours truly, i J. T. iIENDERSON, Com’r of Agriculture. Price 25c. Per Package, Manufactured Exclusively by a, r X>ODG£: 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: * Langshans*2.oo per setting of 13. Plymouth Rocks 2.00 per setting of 13. White Face Black Spanish 2.00 per setting of 13. Bolivians 2.00 per setting of 13. Wyandotte 2.00 per setting of 13. Silver 8. Hamburg*.... 200 per set ing of 13. Amcr’n DAmiiiique 2.00 per settling ot IJ. White Leghorns LSO per setting of 13. Black Leghorns 1.50 per sotting of 13. Brown Leghorns 1.50 for setting of 13. Game3.oo per setting ot 13. C. C. C. C. for sale by G. M. Reed, Harlem, Ga, and W. J He"gic, Grovetown, Ga. MB, S. M.H. THE GREAT PIANO! OM DEPOT OF THE SOUTH \~. • n oosit 01 OOEt ‘OSZt 'OIZS ‘oslt ’SOM fid SEEING Is believing. Behold us ai we are. Im m ense I So H is, a®d all need In our own Music and Art KWft PIANOS AND ORGANS In which we lead all, and SAVE buyers 1°. ,8 ftp °J3 ra*'!’ Instrument sold. LIVE HOUSE! Kight you are. Dixie’s blaz ing tun don’t even wilt us one bit. fSf" See our GRAND SUMMER SALE Commencing Juue l. 1.000 PIANOS and I OROANS to bo sold by Oct. 1. Splendid Bar- gain! I Price® way down. Terms easier than ever. PIANOS $5 to CIO Monthly. ORGANS S 3 to $6 Monthly. BETTER~¥ ET! ga OUR gM P SPECIAL A) SPOT CASH PRICES, with credit until Nov. 1. No Monthly Pay ments. No Interest. Buy in Juno, July, August, or September,and pay when crops come in. Write for Circulars. REMEMBER Lowest Prices known.' Easiest Terms possible. Finest Instruments Fine Stools and Covers* All Freight Paid. Fifteen Days’ Trial. Full Guarantee. Square Dealing Always, . Money Saved. Write to LUDDEN h BATE SOtTFHFRH 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 arc 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 will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Pitts Carminative is an instant relief for colic of infants. It will promote di gestion, give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. The sick, puny, suffering child will soon become the f#t and frolieing joy of the household. It is very pleasant to the taste and only costs 25 cents jer bottle. Sold by druggists. For sale at Holliday’s Drug Store and People's Drug St<we. Harlem. Ga. and by W J. Heggie, of Grovetown. W. I. DEI.PH. 831 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA. 3 car loaiIs'COOKING and HEATING STOVES. 1 car load of GR ATES, Plain and Enameled- 13, 14, 15,16, 17, 18,19 and 20 inchr. 150 boxes ROOFING TIN, 20x28, standard brands. - ' 5,000 FIRE BRICK, 15 bbls. FIRE CLAY. 200 Joints Terra Cotta Pipe, 500 Sets of GRATE BRICK, 1,009 pounds No. BOLDER. 500 pounds half aud half SOLDER. 100 buntfes SHEET IRON. One carload Tin Ware, Pressed and Pieced. Buckets. Cup*, Dish Pans, Wash Pan*, Milk Pans, Milk Buckets, Strainers Oil Cm,« o Pits, Pic Plates, Measures and Funnels, Woodcnware in great variety ’ l ° ' Has been sold for the past fifteen years giving satisfaction. Twenty different sizes. T|u> X Excelsior is very handsomely finished. Wo have a few Portable and Stationary Ranges si ", and Iron. b Call or send your orders to 831 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. W. I. Delph-. mm a COTTON FACTORS AND COMPRESSORS. AUGUSTA, GA. Warehouse and Compress occupying block bounded by Washington,Twion s 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. Consignments Solicited- Liberal Advances Made cn Consignments- OFFICE ;739 ZREYISTOLDS ST., • Rooms for Several Years Occupied by Auflusta Cotton Exchange. E. Ti. SCHNEIDER, IMPORTER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Fine Wines, Cigars, Brandies, Tobacco, Mineral Waters, Whiskies, Gin, Porter, Ale, Etc. Agent for Veuve Cliqtiot, Ponsardin, Urbana Wine Company, Anheuser-Busch[Brewing Association. 601 and 803 STKEET, AUGUSTA, GA. AT J. U. FBABEY’S; Call and examine my Stock before making purchases. *9. Mi EURdELE Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant, CONTINUES BUSINESS AS HERETOFORE AT FIRE-PROOF j WAREHOUSE, No. 19 Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga. JB@“Striitt attention to all Consignments and prompt Remittances. w. s. jessup. (Sign Red Front.) GEO - K - ,EfSUP WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Stoves and Ranges, Fireplace Heaters Furnaces, Tinware, and House-Furnishing Goods. Sole agents for the Cel ebrated “Favorite” Cook Stoves, conceded by all to be the best .Stove ever made. Roofing, Guttering, Spouting ami Repairing done in the best man ner by the best mechanics. 532 Street* AugusU) Ga Clffiß'Y £ CD.r 7 ’ Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, 105 M’rRTOSSii. St. (Cor. Reynolds) yl EG'ES'YI 1.6-1 ■ Save money by sending your Cotton to us. Commission 50c per bale insurance 10c. per bale. No other charge when left for immediate sale. Consignments Solicited. Liberal Advances made on Consignments, JNO. U. MEYER, who/has had several years experience, will have charge of the Sales. Hoping to have a share of your business, We remain, yours respectfully, CTJORY CO. Pure and Fresh Candies. "VX7"® are making up our Fall Stock of (ANDIES and can assure our cußtoniora that ail 1 V V goods are FRESH AND PURE, having none but the best. Wc manufacture o’ir h" and know what we are selling. We are expecting a large trade and shall b? pleased to.» ‘ our old customers and many new ones. Alead.juarters for Stick Gandy, Fruits, PJuts, Etc. DENNING & CO. swum warn paw Having secured the Agency for the celebrated a Burnham Water Wheel Georgia and South Carolina, I am prepared ®g||KS|lfElspecial inducements to parties wishing to put in wfaf<'wE f ‘ " ~i am ft ' so P re P are d to do any kind of Mill Work,*new cr r" Correspondence solicited. CXAS V. AVOeSTA, OEOBQD, ■l/ODO oost Os SIS- ‘S9S 'OSS ‘tZS'.'-SNVOUO CXA9 7. 10M8A315. AVCrCSTA, OBOBQy-