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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 yComplexionv 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.