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LADIES OF ROME. ❖
that I don’t look as old as he does. I
long ago ceased to count birthdays,
and I dare not claim a certain age, for
fear one of my big boys will confront
me with his exact age, and so cover
me with confusion. But, nothing so
appeals to my heart as the •‘scenes of
my childhood.” and, now as the yule
tide approaches, recollections of the
old life at our home near Cedartown,
when father, mother, brothers and
sisters were all united, to make the
glad Christmas time a long, sweet hol
iday, appeal to me strongly.
If there were trials and worries we
young ones were not called upon to
share them, and were supremely happy
in the anticipation of the good things to
eat we knew would be forthcoming, and
the rare treasures that Santa. Claus
would provide.
Our faith in old Santa was as staunch
as that we bear our mother this day.
I may give you a sad jumble of fancies,
but it all seems part of the Christmas of
the long, long ago. The torches in the
yard light up the happy visages of all
my father’s negroes, gathered there this
merry Christmas eve, to receive thecus
ternary donations to their morrow feast.
Old Uncle Ambrose, my father’s relia
ble foreman; Hamp, my mothers car
riage driver; Jim, Sam, Bob, Arthur,
and all down the list, are there
to get, to each head of a house,
a - ‘big horn,” a pound of butter,
eggs, flour, sugar &c., all the accessories
to a nice Christmas dinner; which each
in turn received, with a plucking off of
the hat and a scrape of the foot, and a
“thankee, massa, and I wish a merry
Christmas to you and mistress and all the
children. ” And next see again the group
that my father has called together on
Christmas day, to occupy the improvised
ssats under the pear trees, while he read to
them the scriptures and explained why we
had so great cause to celebrate Christmas,
dismissing them after hyms and prayerf>.
And I see old Sam linger to say “Marsa
if I could read and ’splain the scriptures
like you can, I believe I could just
dance.”
Oh I the nameless something that makes
strong, hearty children, who are always
dragged out of bed half asleep every
morning, wake way before day on Christ
mas ; 1 can almost feel again the old sen
sation, as slipping out of bed in the cold,
thick dark, I crawled to my stocking.
Oh, glory! I feel two round hard things
I know must be oranges, then this square
thing must be the precious fire-crackers;
and what is this above? a long queer
thing! It can’t be a doll?
I never had one bought for me before j
I always had my sisters old ones, or my
rag babies on Christmas. Yes, but it is!
I can pull its head out, and feel the
features on the china face. What ec
stacy 1 and long since I learned it was
purchased at a fabulous price from Mr.
Henry Smith here in Rome.
Well after duly feeling the candy and
raisins, old Santa has not forgotten, I
start across the fire place and collide
with my brother half way coming to
investigate my stocking. As this acci
dent calls forth a cough, it lets us know
my father is awake.
We seize the rich kindling and soon
have a light by which to compare
wealth—“Two whole oranges apiece;
oh goodie, aint Santa Claus good this
year?’’ And what if our candy was part
loaf sugar, and the rest red stick highly
flavored with cinnamon! Or, in lieu of
either, that our candy was home-made
goober or walnut?
My children are not happier
today than we youngsters were, and
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candy and oranges don’t taste half so
well nowadays.
That there was no end of good, things
to eat that day, my mind bears vivid Us
timony —a big gobbler, a whole loast pig
with an apple in its mouth, flanked by a
big chicken pie, and a quarter of mutton;
and for sweets, no end of cake and syl
labub, while each end of the table was
dec< rated with two stacks of cakes, one
heart shaped and one hexagon, iced and
embossed with flowers and all manner of
decorations, by my mothers own artistic
fingers, in a manner unknown thess days.
But, gracious how long the company
did eat! And I wonder if any of these
old Romans know, how I have watched
through the key hole, and thought they
were terribly hard to fill up.
Mbs. J. D. Turner.
A. Christmas Wish,
A Christmas wish! How broad and
deep and all-embracing it should be.
Let me, then, echo the wish of a ten
der-hearted child, Tiny Tim—“ God
bless you every one!”
Eleanor Churchill Gibbs.
A Christmas Story.
Written for the Christmas Tribune.
Come sit down close beside me children
And I’ll tell you a story tonight
Os the first Christmas long ago
Be still now, and turn up the light.
Now it came to pass long years ago,
A great king ordered every man one day,
His name to write on a roll or book,
And not one dared to disobey.
Joseph and Mary lived a long ways off,
But the order, they had to obey,
They left their home for Bethlehem,
On a very cold winter day.
They traveled long and were weary and worn,
From the city they were crowded out.
So they stopped to rest in a stable near by
And there, the Savior was born.
He slept in a manger so soft and white,
In Bethlehem so far away,
And the angels sang sweet songs that night,
While they watched him where he lay.
There were shepherds minding their dock that
night.
When suddenly an angel appeared unto then.
Surrounded as it were by a holy light.
Singing glad tidings, glad tidings to you I
bring.
Unto you a Christ is born today,
Unto you a Savior is given,
And the angels sang peace, good will toward
men,
And then they we t their way.
Let us quickly to Bethlehem, said each to the
other,
And see this, that has come to pass,
And the shepherds hurrying found them at last,
Just as the angels had said.
And the wise men too, came from afar.
To gaze on this new born child,
They said they were guided by a star,
And they spoke of him tenderly and mild.
Then each one fell upon his kner,
And said to him we bring
Gold, frankencet'ce, an i myrrh
And they worshipp d the new born King.
And ever since that Christmas night.
The whole world, o’er and o’er,
Have brought their gifts to Jesus feet,
»nd divided them among the poor.
—Mas. Halsted Smith.
Don’t be persuaded into buying lini
ments without reputation or merit—
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm costs no more,
and its merits have been proven by a
test of many years. Such letters as the
following, from L. G. Bagley, Hueneme,
Cal., are constantly being received:
‘ ‘The best remedy for pain I have ever
used is Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and
I say so after having used it in my
family for several years.” It cures rheu
matism lame back, sprains and swell
ings. For sale by Curry-Arrington Co,
’ A NATURAL WONDER.
The Tramp Bed Sandstone Bowlder of
the New Jersey Mountains.
Countless thousands of years ago vast
stretches of glacial deposits came slid
ing across the state of New Jersey,
mounted the Palisades, pushed their
way across the Hudson river, scoured
over Manhattan Island and slid out into
the Atlantic ocean, whither they disin
tegrated and sank into the deep or per
haps glided on to the other shore.
But in their onward match these
glaciers left indestructible evidence of
their grinding stride, and today all
along the palisades the trap rocks and
bowlders are worn smooth where the
mountains of ice and sand passed over
them. In some rocks are deep scratches,
all pointing eastward and showing
which way the glacial deposits drifted.
There is the evidence, mute, but indis
putable.
To the careful observer there are
numberless other evidences of the pres
ence of glacial influences in the past,
but none is more convincing than the
tramp bowlder that has finally settled
down in the woods in the heart of En
glewood borough. There it sits, a tow
ering mass of rock weighing perhaps
200 tons and resting upon three points
which in themselves find a purchase on
a flat rock that is part of and common
to the character of rock which composes
the palisades. But, strangely enough
and to the wonderment of geologists,
the traifip bowlder is red sandstone from
the Jersey hills 25 miles inland, and
the pedestal is metamorphite or soft
granite.
Around this marvelous monument
have grown trees that may perhaps be
a century old, and they have completely
hedged it in, while the rock itself has
stood where it stands today for thou
sands of years. On the pedestal or that
part of it which is protected from the
action of the elements can be seen the
deep ridges and scars made across its
flat surface by the great grinding pres
sure of the .body of ice and sapd that
THE ROME TRIBUNE, SUNDAY DECEMBER 19. 1897.
phased ov'er it countless years ago Whet
New York was ice and snow clad ant
the world was a desolate waste in a
state of chaos.
This tramp bowlder has caused geol
ogists much wonderment and is regard
ed today as one of the finest specimens
ever left in the wake of a glacier. It is
equally astounding as though an explor
er should find the hull of a steamboat in
the Sahara desert. The only way it could
get there would be through some great
convulsion that had landed it from the
sea in the heart of the inland sands.—
New York Journal
Mrs. M. B, Ford, Ruddll’s, 111., tuf
feied eight years from dyspepsia and
chronic constipation and was finaly
cured by using DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for all
stomach and liver troubles.—Curry
Arrington Co.
ENLARGED LYMPH GLANDS.
What the Lumps Mean and How They
Should Be Treated.
“What are these lumps in my baby’s
neck?” is a question often asked the
doctor.
Lumps, or kernels as they are often
called, because they feel like grains or
seeds under the examining fingers, are
lymph bodies, or glands.
The system of lymph glands and
tubes covers the entire body. If it were
exposed to view, it would have the ap
pearance of meshwork. Lymph ducts
lead from the skin, from the muoous
membrane, and from bone to lymph
bodies which are further connected
with one another by the same means.
At any point where there is an in
flammation, a sore, a breaking of the
skin or mucous surface, there will be
found open mouths of lymph ducts into
which waste matter is liable to enter
This waste matter sets up an irritation
and an enlargement of the lymph bod
ies to which it finds its way. It will
now be easily understood how euolr an
enlargement or inflammation of th.
lymph bodies always points to a itate
of iutK.uimation at some point, perhap:
at a considerable distance from the
lumps themselves. Thus a felon on the
finger causes enlarged glands to appear
in the arm pit.
Lumps iu the neck may sometimes be
plainly traced to eczema of the scalp,
bometimes the mouth is the seat of the
trouble. Large and inflamed tonsils may
be present, <:r the teeth may be decaying.
When tne tar is the seat of an ab
scess, either before or during the course
of a purulent discharge enlarged glands
are common.
Enlarged lymph bodies just behind
the angle of the jaw are sometimes sig
nificant of catarrh of the nose and the
adjacent portion of the throat.
The existence of enlarged lymph bod
ies for a few days, or sometimes for a
longer interval, cannot be said to be in
itself dangerous. The case is different
when lumps exist for several weeks or
longer. They become changed in char
acter after this time and begin to bfeak
down and form purulent matter. , This
stage, too, is more difficult to cure, as
surrounding tissue may become affected.
The skin over the glands is involved
and becomes part of the large, soft, red
or purplish swelling, now called an ab
scess, which either breaks or is lanced
by the surgeon.
These enlargements may become in
vaded by the tubercle bacilli, from
which consumption of the lungs or a
general consumption may develop.
During the course of an infectious
disease, when the glands in the neck
sometimes become enlarged, the care of
the throat must not be neglected. The
use of an antiseptic solution on the
affected parts will often pr> duce an im
mediate good result.—Youtu’s Com
panion.
Prosperity comes quickest to the
man whose liver is in good condition.
DeWitt’s Little Eafly Risers are fa
mous little pills for constipation, bil
{oneness, indigestion, and all stomach
and liver troubles.—Curry-Arrington
Co.
English In Japan.
Here are some attempts at English to
be seen on the signboards in the streets
of Tokyo:
“Wine, beer and other medicines.”
“A shop, the kind of umbrella, para
sol or stick. ”
“The shop for the furniture of the
several countries.”
“Prices, no increase or diminish. ”
“All kinds of superior sundries kept
here. ”
“Skin maker and seller” (portman
teau shop).—London Tit-Bits.
NOT FOR EVERYTHING.
But if you have weak kidneys' blad
der trouble or distressing kidney com
plaint, then Swamp-Root will prove to
be just the remedy you need. Too fre
quent desire to urinate, scanty supply,
pain or dull ache in the back is con
vincing evidence that your kidneys and
bladder need doctoring.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp Root, the great kidney rezfiedy
fulfills every wish in relieving pain in
the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and
every part oi the urinary passage. It
corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it or bad effects
following use of liquor, wine or beer,
and overcomes that unpleasant neces
tty of being compelled to get up many
times during the night to urinate.
The mild and extraordinary effect of
Swamp Root is soon realized. It stands
the highest for its wonderful cures of
the most distressing cases. If you
need a medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists, price fifty
cents and one dollar. You may have
a sample bottle and pamphlet both
sent free by mail. Mention tbe Rome
Tribune and send your address to Dr.
Kilmer & Co.. Binghampton, N. Y.
The proprietors of this paper guaran
tee the genuineness of this offer.
GIVING AWAY
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
With every purchase of dry goods amounting to $1.50 a handsome souvenir will be given as a
The presents will be in keeping with your purchases, but nothing shoddy
will be given away. A show case at the foot of our store contains a partial list of
OUR GIFTSI
And we invite you to come and examine them as well as our immense stock of
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Notions.
Hats, Shoes and Clothing.
We can only mention a part of our
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Ttiey Are TJsoftxl-
Ladies' penknife, ladies’ pearl handle knife, ladies’ extra size knife, Gents’ Medium knife, gents’ extra good
Knife, gents’ extra good knife with corkscrew; set Victoria teaspoons, Helena table spoons, set
nickel silver teaspoons, Victoria tablespoons, butter knives, Victoria forks, silver
forks, Piedmont sheais, steel shears, ladies, thimbles, child’s set,
knite, fork and spoon, razors, knives and forks, pipes,
Watches French harps, harmonicas, gent’s scarfs, cork screws, German cologne, ladies’ belts, ladies’ shirt
waist sets, ladies, hair ornaments, hair brushes, blacking brushes, clothes brushes, Eureka hair pins,
box talcum powder. We have thousands of other useful articles that we can’t mention here. Our
trade has been good this fall, and we take this method of showing our appreciation to our customers.
Our prices will be as usual—lower than any house in North Georgia, We handle nothin? but the best goods.
Hoping you will call and get your Christmas gift, we are yours, etc.
W. H. COKER & CO.
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Cores general special debility, wakefulness,
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Manhood in old or young, giving vigor and
strength where former weakness prevailed
Convenient package, simple, effectual, and
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The Cure is'Quick and Thorough.
Don't be deceived by imitations: insist on
CATON’S Vitalizers. Sent sealed if your
druggist does not have it. Price $1 per pkge,
6 for $5, with written guarantee of complete
cure. Information, references, etc., free and
confidential. Send us statement of caee and
25 cts. for a week’s trial treatment. One only
sent to each person.
CATON MED. CO., Bobton, Mass.
Buy a
Smooth
White L, V
Skin
For Your Face!
It probably needs renewing, for It ie rough, red,
freckled, blotched o; pimpled, until It has become
repulsive Instead of attractive Healthy skin is
always beautiful. The sun and wind, impure
soaps ana sosmotics injure tbe n*kii«.
Viola Cream
cleanses, nourishes and restores the skin, making
it soft, white and beautiful. It is not a cosmetic
—does not cover up, but removes blemishes. It
1B harmless and always jiK what we claim
for it. The only preparaVon -bat will positively
remove Freckiee. Blackheads. Tan, Sunburn and
Pimples. Hundreds of testimonials from promt.
Dent ladies. Price jso cents a j*r at druggists.
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Kill to Live.
That Evmg germa oy millions infest
the human system and produce dis
eases of blood and nerves is no longer
a theory but a proven fact. That]
King’s Royal Geimeteor
Cures these diseases in a speedy and
pleasant way, is equally proven.
npring
Is here. Look to your health at the
beginning of the not season. Keep
G ermeteur on hand. Use it as a tonic
preventive and cure. Bold every
where. SI.OO per bottle.
Atlanta Chemical Co., Atlanta, Ga.
MANUFACTURERS.!
Your Physician Aims
To put all his knowledge, experience and skill into
the prescription he writes. It is an o r der 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’ Shemicals 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.
Santa Claus Is Coming Soon Now,
A -T-i and S * ZeS a g es are
Avv watching for him, If he
brings you a handsome, new
. ' Bt * le *^ ra P f rom our superb
stock of vehicles, you should
tKk miO i be perfectly happy, as you
will not .only enjoy your
\ Christmas in it, but many
good rides for the rest of the
season. We have the nicest
line of harness and lap robes
in the city.
ZSorrxe ZBxxgrg'v Ccmpany.
SATTERFIELD & WILLIAMS, as Agents,
Telephone 173 509 and 5 I I Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy cures Indigestion, .Bad
Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heart-burn.
ed.
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