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THE ROME TRIBUNE, e - 1 1,11 "" - ■ --- 7 W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor. OirriOM-NO. 307 BROAD STREET. OP STAIRS. TELEPHONE 73. RATE) OF SOBSCRIPTION (Dally, Except Monday.); One Year *6.00 One Month .50 Six Months 3.00 One Week ..12 Three Mouths.... 1.50 | Weekly, per year..l 00 Delivered by mail or by citv carriers free ol Charge. All subscription strictly in advance. .. Thx TbTbunx will appreciate news from any community. If at a small place where It has no regular correspondent, news re ports of neighborhood happenings from any friend will be gratefully received. Communications should be addressed had all orders, checks, drafts, etc , made payable to, ROME TRIBUNE, Rome. Ga. W orld [ Is M‘P e1 Thus spoke the man whose advetv tisement was being regularly read in thousands of households where THE ROME TRIBUNE is considered to be the authority for their purchases as well as their news. For the field cov/ ered by The Rome Tribune is a wide one, and an advertise' ment in its columns every day is sufficient to make business good anywhere, The Official Organ of The City of Rome, The Sheriff, The Ordinary, The County Commissioners, and publishes regularly all legal advertisements emanating from these officials. Write for esti' mates to W, A, KNOWLES, General Manager, Now to business. Let everybody continue to pull for Rome. Alabama’s quarantine has been raised. The football fatality of Rome is be coming a national issue for prohibit ing the game. Just as the wedding cake gave out General Longstreet got a big slice of Washington pie. A newspaper has this advertisement: “Found, a kid glove. If the owner will leave the other at this office he will gready oblige the finder. Van Wyck’s power will be stupen dous. He refused to see any newspa per reporter on election day, or night. Every newspaper in the city fought him bitterly. He can tell them to go to a warmer climate. The Savannah News said the other day that it thought the elections in the north and west will have a good deal to do with determining the issues of the next national campaign. Well, the result is known and it would seem that the people are against the gold standard and desire currency reform* One hundred thousand tons of Ala bwna coal have been sold for delivery at Vera Cruz, Mexico, for the use of the Mexican railways which have heretofore obtained their supplies from England. And 700 carloads of Georgia marble are being stripped to Minnesota. Great is the south I The Summetville News comes out this week with twelve pages. It is bright and sparkling and every page shows the genius of Miss Edna Cain’s brilliant intellect. It is the best and most carefully pdited edition of the News we have ever seen. Great are North Georgia’s women! The estimated cost of the New York mayorality election is placed at 1497,- 000. This is what it cost the new city, but when we add the cost to political clubs and organizations, and to the candidates, it is found that the ex pense of that city’s first election will foot up a grand total of $2,374,000. It comes high, but they must have it. Judge Robert Van Wyck (pro nounced Van Wike) is a native of the south. . He was born in Anderson county, South Carolina. His father was a New Yorker, of old Knicker bocker stock, who settled in South Carolina when a young man. He wa* married there and Robert Van Wyck was born there, as were also three brothers, two of whom were Confed erate soldiers, one of whom was killed while arresting a deserter. A young, r brother is a police judge in Brooklyn. Call That Convention. A few days ago we followed up our views on thegreat importance of a national quarantine system with an editorial favoring a yellow fever con vention on Thanksgiving Day, or a® sojn thereafter as deemed advisable. The delegates were to be appointed by the governors of the southern states, and the convention is to be held in Atlanta. A resolution has been introduced in the Georgia legislature to memo rialize congress to have nation*l quar antine regulations passed. The Trib une heartily favors this. We feel that all the people of Georgia do, too. We believe that this matter can be greatly aided by holding the conven tion we speak of. and we hope to see this done. _________ A Brutal Game The Charleston News and Courier, one of the most conservative and most widely quoted newspapers in the south, in the course of a lengthy edi torial says: The deplorable death of young Von Gammon, of Rome, Georgia, one of the University of Georgia foot ball team, which played against the Uni versity of Virginia team in the contest in Atlanta a few days ago, has doubt less put a final end to that form of “sport” in college circles in our neigh bor state. The. Athens Banner, published at the seat of the U Q >veisity, condemns the game in the strongest language. Dishing, as it says, to say ‘‘a few plain woTds’’ on the subject, It des cribes the game played between the two college teams as “a display of savagery which tarnishes the fair names of both the great universities represented in the contest.” It is not in favor of a game “where brutality steps in and usurps the place of ath letic development.” In any view of it, it appears to be out ot place among the sports and ex ercises of our educational institu tions. It is certainly worse than "hazing,” and worse than ‘‘prize fighting,” both of which prohibited in all well regulated colleges, at_d should be prohibited with them. Youug men go to college to make useful citizens of themselves, not cripples. There are numerous “ipanly” sports and athletic exercises which do not involve risk of lifelong injury or early dea f h as the price of indulging in them. If we must havejfoot ball riots for the popular entertainment —pugilistic mills and bull fights and bear baitings being forbidden—let them be committed to professionals. They are not adapted to the proper character and ends of college training. They should be prohibited to their students by every college faculty in South Carolina, without waiting for an untimely funeral to make the nec essity of such action more obvious than it is already. What is Frost ? The far-south is longing for frost. North Georgia has had several, and thick ice. In view of the interest in the subject we publish an interesting and scientific description of the for mation of frost. At New Orleans a killing frost may not fall before the middle of December. The Mobile Register says: Frost is frozen dew. We say con ventionally that the dew falls. This is an error. Dew merely forms. A part of it comes from the air, but much of it comes from the ground or- from plants, the moisture of which is de rived from the subsoil. Dew itself is an interesting study. In ancient times its formation was a mystery, and accordingly mysterious properties were attributed to dew. Roman ladies used it as a cosmetic, thinking it was a superior article for the improvement of the complexion. It is only in this century that the method of the formation of dew was first explained. About sunset in well-watered re gions the air close to the ground is nearly saturated, and from this time on the further cooling of the ground during the night and the consequent cooling of the air next to it by radia tion and conduction, causes the con tinuous deposition in the form of dew. The deposit of dew is caused by the cooling of the bodies bedewed, and this takes place in consequence of the radiation of heat into open space, without and equivalent return. Some bodies are bedewed very soon, others more tardily and some occa sionally escape altogether. Grass which radiates well and conducts ill. is in the first class; wool, cotton, silk, wood, stone and metals contract dew with less and less facility, nearly in this order. Polisbed'metallic surfaces often remain untarnished by mois ture throughout the night. In clear nights their difference ot temperature as shown by two thermometers, one lying on the grass and the other suspended In the open air, a few feet above, is often 8 to 10 degrees, and i 8 sometimes much greater. In one in stance a difference as great as 28 de grees has been noted. One has some- til® BOMB TBIBUNB. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER e, 18H7. times had a chilly sensation from lying on the grass at night even in midsummer. The explanation is here- Clouds check the formation of dew by obstructing the radiation of.heat or by restoring by counter radiation some of >he heat lost. When Itbe sky is overcast no dew is formed. Neither ie any dew formed beneath an open shelter or shed, though, the earth around it may be so distinctly wet as to leave the form of the roof of the shed distinctly marked on the ground. Facts of this kind were long sup posed to prove that the dew descends like rain—a belief of which the trees is still preservedjin the expression “the falling of the dew.” Even a very slight screen, spread out above an ob ject exposed in the open air, will pro tect it perfectly against moisture from dew. Wind also prevents the formation of dew, by continually changing .the strata of air in contact with the colder solids. In proper season comes the cold aio from the northwest, and if the conditions are favorable to the forma tion of dew, then we have frozen dew or a white frost. A covering of min ute ice needles formed from the at mosphere at night upon the ground and on exposed objects when they have cooled- by radiation below the dew point and the dew point is below the freezing point. The conditions for the formation of white frost are precisely those requi site for the formation of dew except that those conditions act at lower temperatures. Good Every Day, Too, (Trion Factory Herald) The big Souvenir and Trade Edition of the Rome Tribune was the finest paper ever issued in the state. It magnificently sets forth the advantages of North Georgia as an ideal place for home seekers and manufacturing plants. We congratulate Messrs Knowles and Harper on this edtion, and afiso on the admirable paper they are getting out eveiy. Splendid Feat of Journalism- (Rome Ar, us) The Rome Tribune issued a forty page Trade and Souvenir Edition on Sunday morning, which was a credit to Editor Knowles and his assistants, and was a splendid feat of journalism. We congratulate our contemporary, and feel sure that Sunday’s Tribune will be cf material value to Rome, and will aid in calling attention to the unsur passed advantages of this city and sec tion. All Should be Proud of It, (Americus Herald) The Rome Tribune has issued a Souvenir and Trade Edition, consisting of 40 pages. It is a beautiful piece of newspaper work and Editor Knowles and the whole Tribune force should be proud of it. Brave Mary Force, ( a elma Times) Mrs. Mary M. Force, the postmistress of Selma, has stood gallantly and heroi cally to her post. Notwithstanding the fact that most all of her neighbors have gone away, frightened and panic stricken at the*prospect of Selma having a regular epidemic, she knew her duty and stood to her poet. She recognized the fact that she was a servant of the people and rather than desert her posi tion she was willing to face the issue, no matter what it might have been. This paper cordially endorses her course, expecting to stand by her, no matter when, why and where. Mrs. Force is a southern born lady, our traditions are her traditions, our God is her God, our state is her state, the county of Dallas ie her county, and when the Almighty summon her to her final resting place, the people will say—“ Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” Rose'Like The Morn Opes, Bose-like the morn opes, And the day-star Is kissing earth’s beauties; While men Inspired with new hopes. Fare forth to take hold ot life’s Unties Again. The bluebells and daises. That render the hillsides and meadows So bright, Uplift their glad faces. And wave a farewell to the shadows Os night. Birds, butterflies, bees, Now hither and thither are winging Their way < Amid flowers and trees; And fluttering, buzzing and singing Are they. A man! how canst thou. In a world of such rapture and glory, Complain? Unwrinkle thy brow— Nor look on the wonders before them ' In vain. von white cloud that clings To the firmament high, and each flower Os the sod. And each warbler that sing. Proclaims the deep love and the power •... M>. Os God. —Henry Reed Conant, in The Independent. Are Women Displacing Men? (Baltimore Sun) In the Chautanquan for October there is an interesting discussion by Mr. Car roll D. Wright of the questiiou whether women are depriving men of employ-' ment by their competition. It is shown from the census that to 1870 the percen tage of womtn engaged in agriculture, fisheries and mining was 6.47 and in 1890 7.54 per cent., a small increase. In professional service the percentage in creased fr0m'24.86 to 33.01, while in domestic and personal service the per esntage fell from 42 9 to 38 24 per cent. In trade and transp >i tatiou the increase was from 1,61 per cent, to 6.87 per cent, while in manufacturing and mechanical iudostrees the increase was from 14.44 to 1 20 18 per cent- Taking the whole number of employed persons there was a small increase of females nd a corres ponding decrease of males. In the de partment of art and music and in the number of bookkeepers, saleswomen and clerks there has been a very large increase of the proportion of women. The telegraph and teleophone have given work to a largely increased, num ber. Upon a survey of the whole field it is clear that women are steadily in vading the employments of men. The increase of women, approximately equal decrease of the number of children working in competion with men, so that the situation is after all, not very mate rially altered, In the last half centuiy many new occupations for men have been created, and not a few occupations in which women are now numerous were unknown to* our grandmothers. Where women have displaced men a good reason is usually given, it is found that, other things being equal, women are more reliable than men, more temperate, easier to find and con trol and cheaper. As a rule they are neater, more polite, quicker, more care ful, more industrious, easier to teach and less given to strikes. The greater competition among women for such em ployments as they like accounts, per haps, for the fact that they receive lower wages than men engaged in rhe same occupation. The sense of justice ot employers is inadequate, it seems, to secure faithful observance of the doc trine of “equal work, equal pay.” The natural law of supply and demand over rides in this as in other fields the ethical consideration. There are cited 781 in stances of women and men engaged in the same occupation and performing their duties with equal efficiency. In only 57 of these cases did the women re ceive equal pay with the men while in 595 cases their pay was les’. Practical chivalry is put to the blush by such statistics. It is predicted, however, by Mr. Wright that after a time this in equality will disappear, especially in those lines of work in which women ex cel. Something New! Home-made Mince Meat. Imported Raisins and New Prunes. New Almonc’s, Currants and Figs, Elam Cream Chees?, • Pine Apple Ch< e-.e, Fresh Mess Mackerel and Codfish Fine Teas and Coffees. Cross & Blackwell's Pickles, Monday and Tuesday Hecker will make an exhibit of bis cereals by dispensing buckwheat and flapjack cakes to all the ladies who may please to call at LESTER’S Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga Do You Enjoy Sweet aed Tender Meats! If so, visit CARNOCfIAN i MK Market. If you leaqe your order it will be filled and the choicest meals will supplied at moderate prices. Fish, Game and Oysters supplied. Free delivery. Telephone No. 171. 316 Broad St, Rome, Ga. CHILDRESS & DOOLEY, The Photographers, Will make the following prices: Cabinets, per dozen - - $2/0 Fancy Cards - - - - $1.50 Platino Cabinet at prices that will suit.* Work Strictly First-Class. CHILDRESS & Hale art, agents for the Atlanta Journal, corner Broad street and Fourth avenue, Rome, Ga. Call to see us. W. M. GAMMON & SON. Meo’s Fine Cloves. W. M. Gammon & Son have for this season the hand somest andj most complete line of men’s fash’onablfe gloves they have ever shown. Silk Line! Paris made kids in all the new shades. Per rin’s French kids in latest styles. Mocha kids in all sizes. Buckskin driving gloves. Buckskin gauntlets, Dogskin driving gloves, Fur Lined combination gloves for cold weather. Fire proof Hogskin gloves for railroad men; Boys’ gloves in all styles —in fact we have everything in gloves that is new and de sirable; prices reasonable. We have what you want in everything that a man. boy or child can wear. No old goods. If you want a glove, hat, suit, shoe, tie, under wear or neckwear, recollect we have the thing you want —standard goods, latest stlye, of best quality, at a price you can afford. Good goods at reasonable prices are - what you need, and we have them. W. M. Gammon & Son, Dealers in everything a man or boy wears. Robt. W. Graves & Co. 230 Broad R° m8 ’ 6a ‘ Domestic, - Strain, - Blacksmith,. 1 Cll ANTHRACITE. Telephones »o Yard, Southern Railway Your Physician Alms .To put all his knowledge, experience and skill into the prescription he writes. It is an order for the combination of remedies ycur case demands. Pure and Reliable. He cannot rely on results unless the ingredients are pure and reliable and are properly compounded. Bring your prescriptions to the ROME PHARMACY, Where is carried one of the best stocks of drugs in town, and a complete line of Squibbs’ Shemicais for prescription use. Everything of the purest quality that money can buy or experience select. Prescriptions compounded By a careful and experienced prescriptionist Everything at reasonable prices. ROME PHARMACY, 309 Clark Building, Broad Street. Rome, Ga. W. P. SIMPSON, Pres. I. D. FORD. Vice-Pres. T. J. SIMPSON, Cashie. EXCHANGE BANK OF ROME, .ROME. CIEORGIA- CAPITAL STOCK, SIOO,OOO Accounts of firms, corporations and individuals solicited. Special at WitiM given to collections. Money loaned on real estate or other «rood seoui ities Prompt and courteous attention to customers. BoMrd ot Director*. A.R. SULLIVAN, J A. GLOVER C. A. HIGaT. ' ' ID. FORD. W. P. SIMPSON. —I f ' ' " ■» Tyner’s Dyspepsia'Remedy cures Indigestion, Bad Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heart-burn. Guaranteed. Men’s Fine Shoes. The handsomest styles* the most beautifully finished and most durable and elegantly fit ting shoe yet pro duced is Edwin Clapp’s Fine Hand Sewed Shoes. , W.M. Gammon•& Son have . them in all the new and stylish shapes. As Stetson’s name stands for the finest 1 hats. Edwin Clapp’s stands for the finest shoes in Amer ica. We are.agents for both.