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With the Wheelmen.
Interesting News and Gossip.
The following item, clipped from a re
port of the cycle races at Aberdeen,
Miss., October 15th, will interest Rome
wheelmen.
“Last race—second day.
Two-mile tap amateur, R. E. Waltham,
Atlanta, first; Ware, second; Halstead
Smith, Jr., Rome, third; Hurlber,fourth,
time 5:23.” Halsted is certainly a one
armed wonder, on the cycle path.
John Childs and Luther Roberts,
(and we might mention Dr. Ham
mond and Seab Davis) have shown
themselves to be men of considerable
“weight” in cycling circles. We would
have you know there is nothing
“small” nor “narrow” about them,
either.
It.is no wonder that racing men
are sometimes *‘crooked.” They are
so “bent” on winning, you know.
Besides, if they were “straight” them
selves; how could they possibly ‘‘get
onto” the other fellows “curves?”
Macon (Ga.) is considering a $2 bicy
cle tax.
It is believed that the tax will be
levied for the remainder of the year
(fiscal), and since it is estimated that
there are about 1,200 wheels in Macon
the amount of the tax will be of no
little importance. Nothing has been
heard from the wheelmen, as yet.
Johnson captured the two-mile rec
ord the other day, but in a few hours
. Michael took it from him, and in ad
dition annexed the three-fourth and
five mile marks, doing the five miles
in 9:17 1-5.
These records were made at the
new Garfield track at Chicago. John
son had been promised SIOO if his
record for two miles stood for one
week. He got the hundred? Nit!
There is so much dispute over the
American championshin this year that it
is very unsatisfactory. The public does
not seem to take in the persentage
method at all. •
The easiest way to settle it is for each
cycling enthusiastic to pick his own
champion. Then there will be no “kicks”
and every one will be satisfied.
Tom Cooper lowered the worlds one
half mile recoid Mondy at Memphis,
making the distance in 58 2-5 seconds,
the previous record was 59 1-5 seconds
held by Parsons the Australian.
It is a sad sight to see a girl labori
ously plugging along on grinding,
squeaking rattling wheel—and if the
girl happens to be pretty (as all Romes
wheelw omen are) the spectacle is all
the sadder. Do women know any
thing about keeping a wheel in order,
and when they hear a squeak the
chances are that they will aid the
wrong place. It is a peculiar fact that
not one lady in ten has a Well lubri
cated smoothe running) wheel, while
nearly every one will keep the enamel
and nickel polished and bright. Sim
ply because the dear things (the girls,
we mean —not the wheels) have the
desire to keep their wheels in good
order, but lack the practical knowl
edge and experience. Do not imagine,
however, that they should be blamed
for this.
Oh no, not for a moment!
The fault is entirely with their
brothers, “best fellows,” and hus
bands, as the ease may be, who should
at all times keep their wheels in order
for them.
But how about men ? Justthecon
trary. He will keep the bearings of
his wheel always carefully adjusted
and well oiled, the chain thoroughly
lubricated, and at the first sign of
squeaking or bard running, he will
investigate and remove the cause;
though all the while the dust and mud
of months may collect on the frame,
rims and hubs—just so it does not im
pede the running parts.
Curious isn’t it? Fact though
queer as it may seem.
The Southern cycles of Lousville, Ky.,
is following the trend of the L.- A. W.
bulletin and going into politics.
Col. Lawson says:
Lets’s make Burbon a legal (bar) ten
der, Dixe. We are opposed to free and
unlimited coinage of beer checks on a
silver basis because the jncreased'use of
beer checks for silver is driving all the
silver somewhere and all the beer some-
Eest is Cheapest.
Every one admits this
theoretically, and yet many
continue to use inferior
articles because they think
they savO a few cents.
Allcock’s
Porous Plaster
is the ideal remedy, fcr
lame back, sciatica, pleurisy,
rheumatism, pneumonia and
similar complaints.
Do Sure and get the genuine Atxcocx’s. Do
not be deceived by misrepresentations.
Allcock’s Corn Shields,
Allcock’s Bunion Shields,
Have no equal as a relief and cure for conn
and bunion*.
Brandreth’s Pills
by purifying the blood assist natur*
They are purely vegetable.
where else. Now is tnis just legislation ?
Why not look at it as a fellew capitalist
aud conspirator on the gold side who
said:
“Why not legislate a price on Ken
tucky Bourbon? Silver is heavy and
weighs you down, while Bourbon is mel
low and lifts you up.”
A telegram from the headquarters
of the Bourbon campaign committee
shows the way the straws are tending.
The following from the private sec
retary of Min T. Julep, secretary of
the jagricultural department is re
garded as significant of the tendency
of the administration to endorse the
Southern Cycler’s movement in the
interest of the distillers of Kentucky.
It is hailed with delight by the local
branch of the Ancient Order of Lung
and Bung Pullers, of which organiza
tion 6ur distingue and blase friend,
Mr. Ed J. Meg Le Mere is state bung
turion, as being the forerunner of an
early avowal of Jag Gissomo, the
president, in favor of the Bourbon
party.
Tbe Discovery Saved His Life.
Mr. G. Cailloutte, druggist, Beavers
ville, 111., says: “To Dr. King’s New
Discovery I owe my life. Was taken
with La'Grippe and tried all the
physicians for miles about, but of no
avail and given up and told I could
not live. Having Dr. King’s New
Discovery in my store I sent for a
bottle and began its use and from the
first dose began to get better, and
after using three bottles was up and
about again. It is worth its weight
in gold. We won’t keep store or house
without it.” Get a free trial at D. W.
Curry’s drug store.
Call for Sweet Havana Rose, lus
cious smoke, for sale by dealers in
cigars.
SOMES PLENDID WORK.
Being Turned Out by the Tribune Publish
ing Company.
The Tribune Publishing Company
is doing some splendid work in its
newly equipped job department.
No better work can be done any
where and prices are in accord with
the times and the ruling rates for such
work.
Mr. Bam Hudgins, who is an artist
in that line of work, has been added
to the force in that department, and
patrons of The Tribune may be as
sured that their orders will be filled
promptly and in the most artistic
manner.
WHERE TO PAY
Parties indebted to the
electric light company
will find their accounts
at the Merchants Nation
al Bank. Please call and
pay same. C E. Wood
ruff, Receiver.
Keeping Her Watch In Order.
They were sipping chocolate at a case I
and talking of watches.
‘‘l have carried my watch for ten '
years,” said the senior member of the
party, “and it has never cost me a pen
ny for repairs. ’ ’ •
“Mercy I” exclaimed another one.”
How did you manage?”
‘‘l took care of it You know men are
always making disagreeable remarks
about women’s watches, and when my
husband gave me mine he said it would
probably be out of order most of the
time. And I just made up my mind to
show him that there was one woman in
the world who knew how to take care
of a watch. ’ ’
“ But have you never lost it or had it
stolen?”
“Never. I dropped it several times
at first, but it didn’t show any marks.
‘ ‘But do the works never get out of
order?”
“The what?”
“The works inside. Have you never
broken the mainspring?”
“I never look inside.”
“But how do you wind it?”
“I don’t wind it. That’s how I take
care of it and keep it nice. ”
They all stared a moment. Then they
said, “Oh, you clever thing!” and ad
iourned sine die.—Detroit Free Press
#3.90 Round Trip.
By the Southern Railway Rome x to
Atlanta, and return, Nov. 2nd, good
to return Nov. 3rd, account Ringling
Bros. show.
C. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
T. C. Smith, P. & T. A.,
Rome, Ga.
APPEARANCES.
As the twilight was creeping across the sky
From the east to the west, where the crimson
dye
Os a gorgeous sunset was growing wan
In the shadows that rise when the sun is gone
In a sumptuous languor of dreamy ease
And a wrapper resplendent with spots of
grease,
On the little hack porch of an upper flat
The imperial Ethel McFadden bat.
In her beautiful eyes were a look demure
And the hint of a soul that was sweetly pure
As the morning dew in the pouting bud 3
Or a cake of soap in a tub of suds,
And the beautiful face of this West Side queen
Was suffused with a saintly, angelic mien.
“How I long, how I long,” she soliloquized
In a voice a chorus girl would have prized,
"To be able to do, to achieve some deod
For the suffering victims of sordid greed!”
“Are you going to wash up the dishes, my
dear?"
Camo a voice from the kitchen, invitingly
clear.
But a lofty Cro in her soul was lit.
And Inr r I li;s n:i;-l-aiye-J in a clear cut
“Kit!"
—W. (.1. Jaoksou in Chicago News.
TUB BOMB TRIBUNE, SUNDAY,! NOVEMBER 1. 1896.
A SCRAP OF PAPER
And Its Sad Message.
On opehing an old and much worn
volume there fall from tbe leaves a little
scrap of paper with a few written com
monplace words. I snatched it eagerly,
and looked upon it earnestly, tenderly,
shall I say with tears, and brave the
hatred of the world against sentiments?
Shall I confess that I reverently kiss
ed those hastily scribbled lines in mem
ory of one who sleeps to-night in a far
away clime ’neatb Syrian skies, where
the waters of the blue Mediterranean
laving a snow-white strand will forever
sing, a requiescant sad and low?
The first time I ever heard of him was
one summer night when Hooper Alex
ander was home from college and he
had his pockets full of pictures, com
rades in Athens. Holding out one to a
crowd of us he said ‘ ‘Here is the sweet
est boy in the world”. The photo
graph was that of Thomas R. Gibson,
the late American Consul to Beyrout.
Another summer, a year later, Athens
was all joy and gaiety, it was during
the University commencement, ’twas
there I met him. He was there so
bright, so lively, loving and beloved by
all.
After that we saw him again at Oco
nee White Sulphur Springs. 'there
were a great many people from Augusta
there, and he knew them all, and they
had so much to say of {his popularity at
home. He was very young, yet over
the long sketch of years he stands out
pre-eminent as a man more than men
one unique and exqusiite in his make
up. Some one said of him the other day
‘ ‘Oh! be was so fine. ’ ’
“How fine” was asked.
The reply was "fine in every way,
his mind was fine in the sense of being
dean, pure and cultured.
He was fine inside; his ideas were
lofty, he was the soul of courtesy and
gentleness. His manners were chivalric
and charmingly attractive.
That was all true and more. How dis
tinctly some of the old by-gone days
come back in that halcyon time of
youth—memory plays us some queer
tricks.
There is the ballroom, the music and
the dancers, and there he is, the old
smile, tbe musical voice and he is taking
the step as the waltz begins, over his
shoulder he has thrown a long blue silk
cord from which hangs a little blue fan
belonging to the girl at his side.
Then there was the spring and the
walk through the woods; and the day
he left every one jame to the verandah,
the band played and we all waved onr
handkerchiefs and he smiled again as
the hack went out of sight over the hill.
Life is very strange. The next time
I saw him was in Rome, seven years
later.
Don’t you remember our last fair
when we had Mr. Grady to come? Well
Mr. Gibson came to Rome then and
visited Mr. John Temple Graves who
was his dear friend.
He was just the same. Time can not
touch natures like his—they are to near
kin to things above and there is no
arithmetic in Heaven. In other words
such souls are always young and grand
and true.
He belonged to a bright galaxy, and
all though he had his paper in Au
gusta he never missed a chance to
say some thing kind and sweet of that
crowd, aud no one could say things so
gracefully, so eloquently and yet so
sinoerely.
Only a few short weeks ago I had a
brief and happy meeting with one of
the old set, all of whom are so dear to
to each other. We recalled very tenderly
rhose old days at Athens, and vaguely
huude red what had gone with some and
lamented the death of others.
Mr. Gibson’s name|was lovingly men
tioned that was before the angels called
him. 1 can not help wondering how
long it was before he met Sam Lane.
Be was another noble man.
Then thei-e was beautiful Claude
Thomas a veritable queen, so lovely
and sweet, and then there was George
Thomas, the genial gentleman and Bob
Alston, tbe daring hot-blooded south
ron and Stella Morton, Rome’s idolized
one lent for Athen’s belle, and then
there was—but when things get too
near home and the heart, the pen re
fuses to write.
Well all these have fallen asleep—but
the lonely grave ’neath the Syrian sky
will not soon be forgot.
There are those here in Georgia who
could not if they would forget the golden
hearted Thomas R. Gibson.
Ethel Hillyer Harris.
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outfit.
Gen SCOTT SHIPP, Superintendent
SCHEDULE OF
SOUTUEIIN RAILWAY
In Effect August I, I 896.
Trains Chattanooga for Rome.
Arrive Leave
Train No 8 from Chattanooga 3.45 a m
Train No 10 “ “ 10.40 a m
Train No 14 “ “ 5.® p m
Trains Rome for Chattanooga.
No 7 Leaves Rome for Chattanooga 1.00 atn
No 9 •• •• “ •• 4 00pm
No 13 “ ** •• *• 10.20 am
Trains Atlanta’to Rome,
No 7 from Atlanta to Rome 1.00 a m
No 9 •• •• « 4.00 pm
No 13 •• *• •• “ 10.20 a m
Trains Rome for Atlanta.
No 8 L’ave Rome for Atlanta 3.45 am
No 10 * “ 10.40 a m
No 14 “ •• « “ 5.35 pm
Trains Selma to Rome.
No 16 Arrives from Selma 3.50 p m
No 18 “ “ Annietontl2,3o p m
Trains Rome for Selma.
No 15 1-eaves Rome for Selma 10,50 am
No 17 •• 11 “ Anniston t 4 00pm
Trains for Gadsden and Attalla.
Arrive at Rome 10-20 a m
»• “ t 10.00 am
Leave Rome at 2.00 p m
“ *• t 4.30 p m
Arrive Leave
For sleeping car snace and other information
call at City Ticket Office, No 14 Armstrong Block
or East Rome.
| W H GREENE, Gen Supt
Washington, D C
W A TURK, GPA.,
Washington, DC,
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