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General Manager
No, it was not an exactly green
Christmas.
Anniston is'trying to build a railroad
to the Coosa coal fields.
John L. Sullivan received only ten
votes for Mayor of Boston.
Make good resolutions every day.
Don’t wait for the new year.
The Tribuns came out every day
during the Christmas season.
Christmas record—Atlanta arrests,
305; Savannah, 93; Macon, 24; Rome,ls.
The Georgia pardon board will have
over 300 applications to pass upon at
once.
W ithout congress and the legislature
the editorial fraternity has little to
kick at.
The Augusta Herald issued an un
usually attractive paper of sixteen
pages on Christmas eve, and then
took a the holiday.
The Klondike was the greatest dis
covery of the past year. It was the
greatest event too judging from the
amount of stuff the papers printed
about it.
The Tirbune took no holiday this
Christmas. It kept up with the pro
cession of progress, and gave no short
measure. Each of our holiday issues
were newsy and well filled with read
ing matter. We served our patrons
better than most places.
Mr. Charles A. Conant, who served
as secretary for the Monetary commie
sion which recently closed its labors in
Washington, contributes to the Amer
ican Monthly Review of Reviews for
January an able exposition of the va
rious plans for currency reform now
before the country.
A Tennessee paper remarks: “The
legal execution of two white men in
Georgia has occasioned as much sur
prise as a game of football in the
North in which some of the players
were not lynched of scalped.” Well’
it is not quite that bad, but if Flana
gan, Mrs. Nobles, Fambles, Allen et al
escape it will be bad on us.
This Christmas paragraph appear
in the Hardeman Free Press: “There
was three of us, Tom and Jerry and
ourself, yesterday. We downed Tom
and Jerry, and Tom andJJerry downed
us. It was two against one, and we
got the worst of it. Though defeated,
we are defiant and will try it again as
soon as we collect a few bills.”
President McKinley is about to quit
the Methodist church In Washington
city which he has boen accustomed
to attend. The pastor, Rev. Hugh
Johnston, on Thanksgiving day made
an attack on the Catholics, and Sun
day before last went for the Sunday
newspapers. The president does not
approve either sermon and threatens
not to attend the church if the offense
is repeated.
Business After Christmas.
/
Because Christmas week has passed
is no reason that the merchants of
Rome should cease to advertise. The
warm and open fall has prevented
many people from buying their winter
outfits. The people of this class have
now passed the holidays with the ex
pectancy of getting better bargains
for cash at this time. They will read
tbe leading paper of this section to
see what the merchants offer. On this
line the Macon Telegraph correctly
observes:
Our merchants should bear in mind
that people must continue to buy
goods after the holidays. The chance
for tbe energetic advertiser is to be
found every day in the year. Because
people have had a good dinner on
Christmas day. it does not follow that
they will do without dinner the rest
of the week, the month or the year.
Garments have to be renewed. Furni
ture grows old. Shoes wear out. The
gifts of Christmas are not usually tbe
substantial things of life. It is not
the custom for the head of a family .to
lay in Christmas eve all the stores his
household will need for a twelve
month.
Besides, the holiday season has only
just begun. There is not even an end
of gift buying. This period lasts for
a week more. But apart from that
consideration the merchant cannot
afford to retire from the public view.
Whatever advantage he has gained
from his ante-holiday advertising he
should press without tbe slightest
abatement of his zeal. Doubtless he
has found many new people in his
stores during the last few days and
has sent them away satisfied with their
purchase. He should, through the
daily paper, persist in showing his
goods and reciting his prices. In this
way they will be reminded of him
and come back to him when they
have goods to buy.
It is in the dull season that the ad
vertiser should most exert himself.
He cannot depend for a year’s profita
ble business on the occasional holiday
rushes. These are days of competition
and the regular advertiser, who is lib
eral in his displays, has always a great
advantage over his rival who is less
alert.
Here's to the Blue Dress!
Does the heroine of the novel ar-'
rayed in [pink, white or blue appeal
most to the masculine mind? That is
a question which is agitating the
Memphis editorial fraternity. Here’s
what.the Commercial-Appeal says on
the subject:
“Os all the arts and wiles which the
ingenuity and skill of woman have
devised there is probably nothing
which so overwhelms and enraptures
the. animal man as does the latest freak
of fashion, the blue dress. The idea
was copied from ncYelitts, because no
well-regulated and eminently proper
heroine was ever known to swirl
through ths pages of a society novel
unless she was arrayed in garments of
heavenly ,blue. So far the scientists
have been unable to explain the chro
matic influences, and laymen should
certainly hesitate to undertake an ex
planation of so abstruse a question,
but the fact remains that garments of
blue exercise a peculiar influence upon
the sterner sex. Another thing about
this popular color is this, that it is be
coming to every woman who wears it.
The mhs, tbe maiden, tbe matron and
the grandmother alike appear to ad
vantage, and no matter what the na
ture of the woman, whether she be
tall or short, generally proportioned
or slender, straight,lithe and graceful,
or ungainly and angular, a blue cos
tume gives her a queenly appearance,
which attracts attention at any time
and under all circumstances. Some
say that color is merely formed by the
peculiar size or shape of the molecules
composing the pigments, and others
claim that it is formed by the arbitrary
angles of the atoms, but whether these
or any of them are right or wrong, the
truth is that when a lady appears ar
rayed in blue, the male part of man
kind instinctively lifts its hat and bows
in admiration of her.’’
The opinion of The Tribune is that
while blue is beautiful yet one of the
prettiest women we ever saw was
gowned ia peach blossom pink and one
in warm red aad another in pare
white. Blue ia most becoming to
blondes, and that type has been meet
idealized by painters, poets and prose
writers. One writer once asked “Are
all angels blondes?’’ Tbe answer proved
they were not. Shakespeare said of the
lords of creation ‘ ‘The apparel oft pro
claims the man.” But be never said it
of women whom he so idolized into
human perfection.
We agree with Shakespeare about
woman that no matter what the gown
be they are tbe rainbows of creation.
A Juicy Morsel
A negro’s juicy appreciation of ’pos
sum was well illustrated upon a recent
occasion when a lady, with whom the
narrator is acquainted, paid a visit to
New Orleans. She told him the story,
She was walking down Chartres street
early one morning intending to visit
THE ROMS
the celebrated French market of the
Cressent City, and on tbe way she meta
very old colored man coming from the
opposite direction, evidently from the
market, as he was carrying in one hand
a ’possum and in the other a small split
wood basket of sweet potatoes. The old
man’s face was beaming with good na
ture and wreathed in smiles of antioipa
tory pleasure. He looked so joyously
into the face of the lady that she, too,
could not help but smile at him, where
upon he held the 'possum aloft and
said: “Good eatin, ’ in Issey; good
easin’.” She stopped for a moment,
looked at the childlike, happy face o
the old negro, and said: “So you like
'possum, do you?”
“Like 'possum, missy! I loves ’possum
Dare ain’t no eatin’ like ’possum. De
'possum am good, but de gravy with
sweet potatoes is better. Did you never
eat 'possntn, missey? Den you didn’t
know w hat good eatin* was* But. meb
be, you all wouldn ( t know how to cook
Mr. 'Possum; fur dars ebbything in de
know how,”
J‘Well, then tell me how you cook
it, ” she said.
The old man sat the ’possum and po
tatoes down on the pavement or, as
they, call it in New Orleans, the “ban
quet,” and with a look of earnest con
centration, began with: “Naw, don’t
you never forget jest what I’se gwine
to tell you about how to cook de 'pos
sum. Well, de fust t’ing you does is to
get you ’possum. Dat may be easy for
you’ins, but tain’t fur me—dat is, al
ways. Well, den when yon’s dun got
you’s ’possum, you skins him fust. Den
you puts him into de pot with cold wa
ter, and put de pot over a hot fire, and
den you parbiles him—not too much—
fur you don’t want to lose any of his
nice sweet fat. Den you takes him out
of the pot and yon dries him in a dean
towel. Dsn yon puts him into a big
frying pan; den you scrapes the skin off
you sweet potatoes and you puts dem
into the same pan wid Mister ’Possum.
Den you has you stove red hot, and den
you puts de pan and ’possum and pota
toes into de oven, and den go away fur
a little while, but not too long. Den
when you comes back you puts in a lit
tle hot water, and den you Regina and
bastes de ’possunfand de sweetpotatoes,
and you keeps on basting till de ’possum
is a good brown—jest like my color—
and de svv eet potatoes is soft and juicy
and de gravy is almost black, an’ plenty
of it. Den you takes it out ob de oven
and den yon sots de table, and den.
well, den you bars de doors, fo’ the
smell of cooked ’possum goes a long
ways, an’ when you have only one ’pos
sum, you doesn’t want much company
besides yourself. ’’
Now, there is your recipe for cooking
’possum, and given by probably one of
the best chefs for that dish in the world.
—Philadelphia Times.
Anthony Hope "Has Fun" With the
Women,
They gave Anthony Hope a reception
in Indianapolis the other afternoon, and
be was kept busy making replies to en
thusiastic women admirers. One women
said: “1 am very happy to meet you.
I’ve heard a great deal about you and
your books, but I’ve never read any of
them.” “You have not lost anything,
madam,” said be, “I’m very happy to
meet you,’’ said a bright girl, “but I’m
so sorry that you don’t like women.”
“How do you know 1 don’t like
women?” “Oh, because I saw it in the
paper this morning.” ‘ ‘The article was
not signed, was.it?” asked Mr. Hawkins.
“I am very glad of. the’ opportunity to
meet you this afternoon, Mr. Hawkins,”
said a married lady, * ‘because I have an
engagement and cannot go to hear yon
tonight. I’ve read your stories. ” “Then
I will not spoil any good impression
you may have formed of the stories.”
“Oh, I wanted to have* the impression
strengthened,” and after she walked
away she said to her friend, “I Wonder
if that last speech of mine was compli
mentary.” “You are not half .as old look
ing as I thought you would be,” said
another. *‘l thought that yon had white
hair.” “I am sorry to disappoint you,
madame,” said he, “What stories are
you going to read from tonight, Mr.
Hope?” The author told the questioner
“The Prisoner of Zenda” and“ The Doi y
Dialogues.” “I wish you were going to
read something else, for those are tho
only stories I have read of yours,”.said
she “How do you do, Mr. Hope? I’m
glad to see you. The chambermaid at
tbe hotel this morning said we had a
distinguished guest on our floor,’’was
the salutation of another guest. Still an
other said: ‘ ‘Oh, Mr Hope, I have been
trying to think up something for two
weeks to say to you, and now I have
forgotten what it was.”
"The Year Buras Low,"
The year burns low, and the wind run* iug-h,
And withered leave* go hurling by;
So, since the signal sounds, I cry,
Oh love too fair to belong to me, die!
The fair leave*, letting the (tripled boughs bo
Drop and drift from the weather-worn tree,
Oh. love, too|f*irto belong to me,
Fall from my heart, and set metres!
Ths sky i* heavy with clouds like herds,
With ruinous leaves and bevy of birds:
Earth her breast for the burial girds:
Oh, love, be loving with farewell words!
And, going, for pity on kind days slain,
Close fast the door upon all my pais;
Lest sorrow, and loss, and life be vain,
And Spring come* back—and 1 love again!
—Pall MallGesette.
TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28 1887
‘ ‘Tig not tbe food, but tbe content
That makes the table’s merriment.”
With poor matt rial to j ut in the
food, there’il be no content or mer
riment, therefore for nice things go
to the old postoffice corner and get
plum podding, fruitcake, chocola e
marsh mellows, vanilla wafers, pre
serves and jams, nice cream, Edam
and Club-house cheese, Cross &
BlackweL’s orange marmalade and
pickles, nice hams and breakfast
bacon, at
LESTER’S
Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga.
Roark, the Jeweler,
Has received
another line of
FINE CUT GLASS
and Silver Novelties.
Just the thing for
Bridal and
Christmas Piesents.
317 Broad St, Rome, Ga.
The Best Work.
We guarantee the best work in
the shortest time of any laundry in
the city. Try üb, ’Phone 158.
MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY,
No. 502 Broad St., Rome, Ga
J. F. Green & Co.
Livery. Feed and Trade Stable!
Colclough’s old stand.
Broad St., Rome, G-a.
First class teams and Vehicles at reason
able prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Patronage solicited. Special accom
modations for wagons and stock deal
ers. Good attention by careful and
attentive help.
Stop
When in Chattanooga, either on
business or pleasure, at the most
comfortable and oonvenvient hotel
in the city.
Stanton House,
Near tbe Central Station and
convenient to business center
Rates, $2 a pay.
M. M. Kline & Co. Proprietors.
Kill to Live.
That living germs 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 Germeteur
Cures these diseases in a speedy and
pleasant way, is equally proven.
KPRIXG
Is here. Look to your health at the
beginning of the not season. Keep
Germeteur on hand. Use it as a tonic
preventive and cure. Sold every
where. SI.OO per bottle.
Atlanta Chemical Co., Atlanta, Ga.
MANUFACTURERS.
I f» FOK EITHER SEX.
LE DDIIIV d This remedy being In
—directly to the
of those diseases
STB 0 ■■ of the Cenito-Urinary
Jtl ■■ Organs, requires ne
(Xi S 3 change of diet. Cure
qH -S3- Wol guaranteed in 1 to 8
days. Small plain pack
rw TT » TV by mail, •1.00.
U U XWJEaSoId only by
For sale by Curry-Arrington Co.
M. A. THEDFORD’S
VEGE TXT Eb E
FOR / \oSTTVENESS
dyspepsia I f ? J® | Sick or
INDIGESTION \ \
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SOIMNESS OF
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None Genuine Without The Likeness And
Signature orM.A.THEoroRo on FrontDf
Each Wrapper. M.A.Thedford Med.®<
- Rome.Qa.
Practical, Useful
and Economical,
Almost everybody wishes to be
economical and practical in the
selection of their
NEW YEAR PRESENTS
Almost at your own prices is the
way you can buy them at
W. M. GAMMON & SON.
Just received fresh stock
Imported - Woolen - Underwear,
Nobby Neckwear,
In Puffs, Ties and Bows.
Silk Lined Kid Gloves.
Silk Mufflers.
New and Stylish Hats.
Best Line of Shoes in America,
Swell Suits and Overcoats.
More quality given you at our store
than anywhere in the city for the
price. We will sell you as cheap as
tbe cheapest. Come and see what
we are doing.
W. M. Gammon & Son,
Dealers in everything a man or boy wears.
Beautiful Line
Bridal Presents and
Fine Cut Class at
J.T. CROUCH & GO’S.
Finest toilet goods, Huyler’s candy, choicest
perfumeries. Our extracts are the best and
purest. Our stock of
Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines
are strictly first class and up- to-date. In our prescription
department our Dr. Davis is ever ready to fill your wants,
night or day. Prescriptions are compounded accurately
and delivered to any part of the city. We are carrying the
best line of fancy articles in Cut Glass. Our line of per
fumes is tbe best the market affords. Ladies can find just
what they want for bridal presents at prices which cannot
be duplicated outside of New York city. A fresh supply of
Hujler’r candy just received; also Huyler’s liquoric; drops
for coughs, colds and soie throat. Call on us and you will
find the best of everything Our line of Cigars and Tobacco
has never been so full and with such brands that delight
the taste. Try our 5 cent cigar.
J. T, CROUCH & CO., 300 Broad St., Borne, Ga.
Art and Precious
Stones and Metals.
Are striking combined in my stock, Collected in the art centers of
the United States and Europe, lam showing something very new and
pretty in Vases, Clocks, Pocket Books, Combs, Brushes, Mirrows, Solid
Silver
Cut Glass and
Silver Novelties.
My entire stock is the season’s latest productions selected with
great cure. My purpose is to give my customers the best ya.ues for
the money, lam admirably equipped for displaying a beautiful stock
and 1 extend a pressing invitation to my friends and customers to exam
ine and buy,
JK.- O. Stephens,
Jeweler, 218 Broad Street, Rome,*,G»