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LIBERALWITHITSELF
The Unitea States Senate Lavish In Its
Expenditures.
COSTS OYER A MILLION A YEAR
The Item of Salaries Is a Comparatively
Small One-Mileage, Employees and
the Contingent Fund.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—[Special ]—The
United States senate Is not a parsimonious
concern when it conjcs to expenditures for
Itself. I have seen a good deal of the par
liamentary bodies of the world, and there
is nothing in Europe that equals our sen
ate for genuine, lavish luxurioiisness. The
senate occupies a greater number of
rooms, with a larger aggregate floor space,
and employs a greater number of clerks
and assistants than any other legislative
body in the world approximating it in
size. It is a remarkable fact that the sal
aries of senators form only a little more
than one-third of the actual expense.
The cost of running the senate during
the last fiscal year was just 11,214,823.50.
Os this sum only $440,000 was paid out
for salaries of the senators themselves.
What became of the remainder, the snug
sum of $775,000, or more than $2,000 a day
for every day in tho year, Sundays includ
ed?
The Matter of Mileage.
For answer to this interesting question
turn to the official figures on file in the
office of the secretary of the senate. From
there it is learned that $86,000 was paid
out for mileage of senators,or almost SI,OOO
to each senator, under the absurd old law
which allows each of them 10 cents a mile
for transfer to and from Washington. This
allowance is given for each session of con
gress, and as the present congress will
have three sessions that means six trips for
each senator, at 10 cents a mile, from his
home to the national capital, although a
majority of the statesmen ride on railway
passes.
Other items of expense in the grand to
tal are: Salary of the vice president, SB,-
000; salaries of officers, clerks, etc., $458,-
935; one month’s extra pay to officers and
employees (how generous the senate is!),
$47,027; salaries of capltol police, $26,011,
and contingent expenses, $148,336.
In other words, each senator costs the
people in round figures as follows per
year:
His salary $5,000
His travel to and fro 1,000
People to wait on him 5,653
Policemen to guard him. 300
His miscellaneous expenses as a senator. 1,650
Total cost of each senatorsl3,6oo
Whether or not the senators are worth
what they cost is for tho people who hire
them to say. My opinion is that some of
them are worth a great deal more than
they cost and some of them a great deal
less.
It may seem surprising that it requires
almost SB,OOO a week the year through
whether the senate is in session or not to
pay the salaries of the officers and clerks
and employees of the senate. But look at
the number of them I
Senate Employees.
To attend to the affairs of the senate
there are employed a secretary, a chief
clerk, a principal clerk, a financial clerk,
a minute and journal clerk, an enrolling
clerk, as assistant financial clerk, a read
ing clerk, a librarian, an assistant libra
rian, 11 clerks not classified, a keeper of
the stationery, with two assistants, a sec
retary and messenger to the president of
the senate, a telegraph operator, a tele
graph page, a chaplain, a clerk to printing
records, a eergeant-at arms, his clerk, an
assistant doorkeeper, his assistant, a post
master, his assistant, 7 mail carriers, 4
riding pages, with horses, a superintend
ent of documents, with 5 assistants, a su
perintendent of folding room, with 4 as
sistants, a chief engineer and 3 assistant
engineers, 3 elevator conductors, 2 ma
chinists, an upholsterer and locksmith, 2
carpenters, 2 telephone operators, a keeper
of the bath, a keeper of the stables, 4 hos
tlers and a wagon master.
This is only a start. There are 65 olerks
to committees and 3 assistant olerks, and
as a few of the 89 or 90 senators are thus
left without a committee clerk to attend
to their personal affairs 29 senators are
provided with a personal clerk at the ex
pense of the government. Then there are
messengers to committees and laborers and
folders and firemen galore, besides the 15
or 20 bright page boys who flit about the
floor of the senate. So it is not difficult
to see where the $505,000 a year for em
ployees goes to.
Contingent Expenses.
And how does the senate manage to
spend $3,000 a week in contingent ex
penses? Easily enough. Last year it cost
more than $22,000 to provide the senators
with stationery and similar supplies.
Horses and wagons cost $5,000. Fuel for
heating the senate cost $9,000. Purchase,
repairing and cleaning furniture cost $6,-
000. To fold the “documents,” otherwise
speeches designed for constituents, cost
more than $14,000. The packing boxes
which are made like trunks by the carpen
ters down in the basement of the capitol,
and which the statesmen use in shipping
books and other things to their homes,
cost SI,OOO for material alone. The ex
penses of special committees which go out
making investigations were SIO,OOO last
year. It costs $25,000 a year to report the
®rtMH’"din.?s of t .".senate
SLEEP
FOR
SKIN-TORTURED
BABIES
And rest for tired mothers in a warm bath
with Cuticura Soap, and asingleapplication
Os CtmcußA (ointment), the great skin cure.
Cuticura Remedies afford instant relief,
and point to a speedy cure of torturing, dis
figuring, humiliating, itching, burning, bleed
ing, crusted, scaly skin and scalp humors,
with loss of hair, when all else fails.
Sold throughout the world. Pottbb Dbuo and Cbbm.
Conr.. Sole Prone., Booton.
** “ How to Cure Skin-Tortured Babies," hoe.
R|f 111 RRAI D *° d Beautified by
OMR OURIT CUTICUBA SOAP.
Last MarCn the senate took' 'charge or the
inaugural ceremonies, for which an appro
priation of $5,000 was made. See how
closely tho calculation was made as to the
actual expense—when everything was
counted up and the bills all paid there was
just $37.21 left.
With all its lavishness of expenditure,
the business affairs of the senate are well
managed. Its officers and employees are
skilled in their respective lines. There is
efficiency everywhere, and the whole ma
chine runs along with a dignity and
smoothness never yet attained in the house
of representatives. The senators evidently
proceed upon, the theory that if you want
a good thing you must pay well for it.
WALTER WELLM AN.
ONE IN EVERY FOUR.
*
One Person in Every Four Suffers From
Piles.
About one person in every four suffers
from some form of rectal disease. The
most common and annoying is itching
piles, indicated by warmth, slight mois
ture and intense, uncontrollable itching
in the parts affected.
The usual treatment has been some
simple ointment or s»lve which sometimes
give temporary relief, but nothing like a
permanent cure can be expected from
such superficial treatment.
The only permanent cure for itching
piles yet discovered is the Pyramid Pile
Cure, not only for itching piles, blind,
bleeding or protruding. The first applic
ation gives instant relief and the continu -
eu use for a short time causes a perman
ent removal of the tumors or the small
parasities which cause the intense itch
ing and discomfort of itching piles.
Many physicians for a long time
supposed that the remarkable relief
offered by the Pyramid Pile Cure was
because it was supposed to contain
cocaine, opium or similar drugs, but
such is not the case. A recent care
ful analysis of the remedy showed it
to absolutely free from any cocaine,
opium, or in fact any poisonous, inju
rious drugs whatever. Sold by drug
gists at 60 cents per package.
Send to Pyramid Co., Marshall,
Mich., for froe book on cause and cure
of piles.
“THE LIGHT
Os the World or Oar Savior in Art.”
Cost over SIOO,OOO to publish. Contains
nearly 200 fall page engravings of our
Savior by the great masters. Every pic
pure is reproduced from some famous
painting. Agents are taking from three
to twenty orders per day. The book is
so beautiful that when people see it they
want it. The Hermitage, Prado, U fflzi
Pitti, Louvre. Vatican,National of Lon
don, National of Berlin, Belvidere and
other celebratedJEuropean galleries have
placed their greatest and rarest treas
ures at our disposal that they might be
engraved for this supurb work. “First
glance at the pictures brought tears to
my eyes ” says one. • ‘Cleared $l5O first
week’s work with the book.” says an
other. “Some high grade man or woman
should secure the agency here at once,”
says every editor, ‘ ‘as SSOO can soon be
made taking orders for it.” Nearly
SIO,OOO expended on new plates for edi
tion coming from press. Also a man or
woman of good church standing can se
cure position of manager and corre
spondent of this territory, to devote all
his time to employing and drilling
agents and corresponding with them.
Address for full particulars A. P. T
Elder Publisher, 278 Michigan avenue,
Chicago, 111.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The he-
Big Brewing.
Cleveland. Dec. 29.—Within a tew
days one of the greatest legal battles
which has ever been brought to trial in
this city will commence before the court
of common pleas. Tne case is that oi
the city of Cleveland agaiust the Lake
Shore, Big Four, Pennsylvania anti
Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad com
panies, aud involves the title -o millioni
of dollars worth of property on the lake
front. The railroad tracks originally
ran along close to the water’s edge, but
for years the companies have been filling
in the lake uutil large tracts of lane
have been created. This ground is now
claimed by the city.
tit WlllSurprlse You.
In order to prove the great merit of
Ely’s Cream Balm, the most effective
cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head,
your druggist will supply a generous
10 cent trial size or we will mail for 10
cents. Full size 50 cts. ELY BROS.,
56 Warren St., N. Y. City.
Ely’s Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything
else failed. Many acquittances have
used it with excellent results.—Alfred
W. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
International Conference.
Paris, Dec. 29.—Figaro says that ths
minister of foreign affairs, M. Hauo
taux, will convene an international con
ference without delay for the neutrali
zation of the Newfoundland banks dur
ing the fishiug season.
To Lavr Special Taxa.
Vienna, Dec. 29.—An imperial de
cree has been gazetted authorizing ths
government, during the prorogation ol
parliament, to levy taxes and provide
for the state expenditure from Jan. 1 tc
June 3, next.
Six Injured In a Wreck.
Chicago, Dec. 29. —Six men were in
jured by the derailment of an engine m
the Chicago, Hammond and Western
railroad. The accident occurred at Sail
Creek, 2 miles uorth of LaGrange, Ills.
To Cure A Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets,
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to enre. 25c, The genuine has L. B.
Q. on each tablet.
THE BOMB THIBUNE. TH ÜBS DAY, DECEMBER 30, 1807.
RAPIER AT LAST ROUTED.
The Dffinoomtle Fihimaster of Mobile
Give* War to o Kepnbliean.
Mobile, Dec. 29. Postmaster Barker
was installed before day in office here
after an all night vigil in the poetoffice.
The inspectors arrived and overhauled
the accounts of the office and found
them correct. They took possession aud
(wore in P. D. Barker aud the employes
on arrival. Two of the employes re
fused to take oath to the new postmaster
and were suspended.
Colonel Rupier. who claims to hold
office by virtue of section 3830 of the
revised statutes, which law requires
that removals before expiration of term
must be ■by the advice and consent of
the senate, sued out a writ of injunc
tion in the United States circuit court
before Judge Tou.min.
The plea was that Barker was not ami
is not postmaster, because Rapier has
not been legally removed, Barker’s
name not being sent to the senate. Ra
pier a-ked that Barker be enjoined from
interfering with him in the discharge
of his duties as postmaster of Mobile.
Judge Totdmiu refused to graut tbs
injunction.
It is easy to catch a cold and just
as easy to get rid of it if you com
mence early to use One Minutes Cough
Cure. It cures coughs, colds, bron
chitis, pneumonia and all throat and
lung troubles. It is pleasant to take
safe to use and sure to take.—Curry-
Arrington Co.
GOOD ROADS' CONVENTION.
Railways Will Carry Delegates to the
Anniatou Meetiug Free.
Anniston, Ala., Dec. 29.—The ques
tion of holding a good roads convention
in this city on Feb. 16 and 17, next, is
being extensively discussed by the press
of Alabama, and by the mayors of
cities, probate judges and other inter
ested parties, aud it promises to be one
of the largest attended and most en
thusiastic meetings ever held in this
city or state.
The Louisville and Nashville, Mobile
and Birmingham and the Southern rail
roads have signified tneir intention o.
giving free transportation to all dele
gates to the convention, and F. M
Hight, mayor of Anniston; Emmett F.
Crook, judge of probate, and Howard
W. Sexton, president of the Commer
cial club have issued n call for' a con
veutiou to be held in this city on Feb
16 mid 17, next.
Notice
I want every man and woman in the
United States interested in the opium
end whisky habits to have one of my
books of these diseases. Address B. M
W roily, Atlanta. Ga., Box 862, and one
will be sent vou free.
CA.STORIA..
flu f»o- si -- .. _.
SOMNAMBULIST IS KILLED.
Memphian Falla From a Train In Ala*
bama While Asleep.
Memphis, Dec. 29.—5. P. Locke, a
prominent Memphis business man, lost
his life near Jasper, Ala, in a mysterious
manner. Locke secured a birth in a
Pullman sleeper attached to the Kansal
City, Memphis and Birmingham rail
road train which left Memphis at 9 p,
m , and asked to be awakened at Jasper.
The conductor at the proper time wen I
to Locke’s berth but found nopasseuger.
Subsequently a freight train came
along and found the remains of the
missing man on a trestle. The suppo
sition is that Locke walked in his sleep
or else went to the platform for fresu
air and fell off.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life aud vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400,000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, 50c or
JI .00. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
To Create Now Cabinet Office.
San Francisco. Dec. 29 —At the sug
gestion of W. O. Ralston, who is now in
New York, Tireyl Ford of the California
Miners association will prepare resolu
tions in favor of the creation of the cab
inet office of secretary of mines and
mining in the president’s cabinet for
adoption by the American Institute oi
Mining Engineers aud Federation of
Miners throughout the east. Mr. Rah
ton has enlisted Francis G. Newland*
of Nevada aud Representative Loud in
the cause.
Mrs. M. B, Ford, Ruddll’e, 111., suf
fered 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.
State 'euatur Graut la Sick.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 29.—A spe
cial from Grove Hill, Clarke county, an
nounces the serious illness of Hon. Isam
Grant, the venerable editor of the Olar.-, t
County Democrat, aud state senate
from this district. Colonel Grant, wii
is one of the best known men in th
state, has been stricken with apoplex
and his friends are apprehensive of tk
result.
Blood poison
A SPECIALTY
tiary BLOOD POISON permanently
cured in 15 to 35 days. You can be treated at
homeforsame price under same guaran
ty. If you prefer to come here we will con
tract to pay railroad fareand hotel bllls.and
noobarge. If we fail to cure. If you have taken mer
cury, iodide potash, and still have aches and
pains, M ucous Patches In mouth, Sore Throat.
Pimples, Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers on
any part of the body, Hair or Eyebrows fallintr
out, it is this Secondary BLOOD POISON
we guarantee to cure. We solicit the most obsti
nate cases and challenge the world for a
case we cannot cure. This disease has always
battled the skill of the most eminent physi
cians. 9500,000 capital behind our uncondi
tional guaranty. Absolute proofs sent sealed on
application. Address COOK REMEDY COZ
593 Mason*" ’■'"mole, CHICAGO,
They All
“There are fads in rx
medicine as well as in W’OllIC
other things,”said a busy PJ —— |_
druggist, “but the most
remarkable thing about Hood’s Sarsa
parilla is that customers who try other
remedies all come back to Hood’s, and
this is why the enormous sales of this
great medicine ■■■ ke€ P °P
continue the ■ whole year
round, steady I as a clock.
“Why is it?” “O, simply because
Hood’s Sarsaparilla has more real cura
tive merit than any medicine I ever sold.”
This is of daily occurrence in almost
every drug store. Hood’s Sarsaparilla
has cured more sickness, and made more
happiness through restoration to health
than any other medicine.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Is the standard the One True Blood Purifier,
-j ~ <■»... are the otrty pills to take
ITOOU S Hills with Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Buy a
Smooth
White
Skin
For Your Face!
It probably needs renewing, for It le rough, red,
freckled, blotched or. pimpled, until it has become
repulsive Instead of attractive. Healthy skin la
always beautiful. The sun and wind. Impure
soaps and cosmetics Injure the skin.
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
Is harmless and always -toes jm what we claim
for It. The only preparation that will positively
remove Freckles, Blackheads. Tan, Sunburn and
Pimples. Hundreds of testimonials from promt,
sent ladles. Price 50 cents a Jar at druggist*.
Q.C. BITTNER CO.. TOLEDO.
VIM, VIGOR. VITALITY
RESTORED
SO DAYS.
Good Effects at Once.
CATON’S VITALIZER
Cures general special debility, wakefulness,
spermatorrhoea, emissions, impotenty, pare
sis, etc. Coirects functional disorders, caused
by errors or excesses, qnickly restering Lost
Manhood in old or young, giving vigor and
strength where former weakness prevailed
Convenient package, simple, effectual, and
legitimate.
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 case and
25 cts. for a week’s trial treatment. One only
sent to each person.
CATON MED. CO., Boston, Mass.
M. A. THEDFORD’S
VEG-BTUBE
For I v&\£ oST>vef/ ESS
dyspepsia / Mr’* Jw I Sick oft
Indigestion 1 Nervous-
SoKR / HEADACHE.
£SILIOUSNESS\ ]jAUNO ICE
SoUNNESS OF
Stomach Appet/te
None Genuine Without The Likeness Anu
Signature ofM.A.Thedford on FrontOf
Each Wrapper. M.A.Theoford Meo.®'
■ Rome. GA.
BUT
POZZONI’S
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X POWDER X
•Ji BEHANS ALWAYS THE SAME,
X The finest , purert and Host beauti- V
tying toilt t powder ever made. It is
soothing healing, healthful and rev
/k harmless, and when rightly used Is
FeN Invisible. If you have never tried Fjv
A POZZONI’S A
vou do not know what an IDEAS.
COMPLEXION POWBEK is.
A IT IS SOLD EVERY ffHERE.
A
Pawtucket Fur Company,
294 Malo St, Pawtucket, R, I.
WANTS ALL KINDS OF '
Raw Furs, Skins, Ginseng, Senaca, etc
Prices quoted for next 60 days are as fol
lows: Silver Fox, $15.00 to $150.00: Bear,
$5.00 to $25.00; Otter, $4 00 to $9.00; Martin
$2.00 to $9.00; Beaver, $3.00 to $3.50 per
pound; Wolf, SI.OO to $2.00; Bed Fox, SI,OO
to $2,00; Mink, 75c to $1.00; Skunk, 25c; o
$1.00; Gray Fox, 50c to 75c; Rat, 20c to 25c
Price list on all other furs and skins fur
nished upon application. Fall prices guar
anteed, careful selection, courteous treat
ment, and immediate t [remittanee on all
consignments.
AT COST SALES
Retiring from Business or another kind of sales are not
in it when compared to the sale we will make in
THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS!
Suits, Overcoats and Trousers
Choice of any suit in our house for sl2-50,
They are worth from $16.00 to $20.00.
150 Good All-Woolen Suits,
new and stylish patterns, for
$6.50, worth $10,00!
Our Entire Line of Trousers
at prices that have never been matched in Rome,’
We don’t intend to carry over any winter clothing and are determined
to make this the biggest sale of big bargains ever seen
in Rome. Come and see us,
J. A. GAMMON & CO.,
New Stock of Short Pant Suits just Received,
The Oldest
Carriage Factory
In Georgia....
ITS FORTY/FIFTH YEAR IN BUSINESS.
XXAa Eighteen Hundred and Ninety/Eight Message,XX
We have made extraordinary preparations to meet the demand
of 1898. Our vehicles aie becoming so generally popular that
it has been impossible to supply tLe wants to the people.
Realizing this, we have added to the capacity of every depart
ment in our factories, and are now prepared to furnish you with
any kind of vehicle, and as many of them as you may want
We will not only have the Carriages. Buggies and Wagons
you want, but will be in a position to extend credit to any man
who is worthy of it.
Our vehicles are faultlessly perfect mechanically, thus making
them strong and durable, and in many ways superior to other
makes, and at NO POINT INFERIOR TO OTHER MAKES.
This being the case, are we not entitled to, and worthy of,
your patronage ?
Remember. We Guarantee our Vehicles,
And they are our own make, thereby saving you the “Middle
Man’s” pr jfit. Our prices will be just as low as any concern
can afford to sell good work at.
Tlie W’lieel
Is the most valuerable part of a Buggy or Wagon, and this is
the part of all our vehicles that claims most of our attention.
Remember Our Repair Department.
All work fully guaranteed.
Fac, £.,m. a.. R. H, Jones & Sous Mfg Co.
I. 0 ,”'; B‘;.k, g,. J. w. JONES, Seo’y.
W. P. SIMPSON, Pres. I. D. FORD. Vice-Pres. T. J. SIMPSON, Cashie.
EXCHANGE BANK OF ROME,
3c1.01V1.2E1. GEOTIGHA.
CAPITAL STOCK, SIOO,OOO
Accounts of firms, corporal'■-ng and individuals solicited. Special aVentioß
given to collections. Money loaned on real estate or other oood securities.
Prompt and courteous attention to customers.
Board ol Director*.
A.R. SULLIVAN, J. A. GLOVEK
C. A ’HIGHT, ,» l fc D. FORD.
W. P. SIMPSON.
I® MANHOOD RESTORERS™®®
<7 EBt KSk SoE id t lon of a famous French physician, will quickly cure you of all nei
■ llv ,\ 1 WfT n vons or diseases of the generative organs, such as Lost Manhood,
H's.' LiAl X - X.ll Insomnia, Pains In the Back, Seminal .Emissions, Nervous Debility,
H 1 EH9L i MBw Pimples, Unfitness to Marry, Exhausting Drains, Varicocele and
| W X. ~'-7 Constipation. It stops all losses by day or night Prevents quick-
J uessof discharge, which If not checked leads to Spermatorrhoea and
H armor srrro all the horrors of Impotency. C<TI»II>ENE cleanses the liver, the
MBk.r uH e. and ar 11 re kidneys and the urinary organa of all impurities.
“ CVPfDKM® strengthens and restores small weak organs.
The reason sufferers are not oared by Doctors Is because ninety per cent are troubled with
Proatatl tI».«CUPI DEN E Is the only known remed y to cure without an operation. 5000 testimoni
als. A written guarantee given and money returned If six boxes does not effect a permanent eura
SI.OO a box, six fir (5.00, by mail. Send for rars circular and testimonials.
Address D A VOL HIDICIK E CO.. P. O. Box 2075, San Francisco. Cal. Jbr Sale be
FOR SALE BY TAYLOR & NORTON A. TREVITT.