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Got There at Last.
Th* old man stood, white-haired
and *hiveriog ou the corner.
“I’ve jest come in from the coun
try,” he explained to a stranger,
who stood near, “^n’l’m a-goiu’
ter visit my boy at West End, aud
I want ter git thar in time fer his
wife ter cook this here liver fer
supper; killed a fine beef jest ’fore
I left. Which car must I take?”
“The one with two red lights,”
replied the stranger. “It'li be a
long after awhile.”
The old man waited. Car after
car passed in succession—but one
red light was all they carried.
lie stopped every motorman, but
they could only inform him that
tho car he wanted was just behind
and would reach him before day
light.
Then he eat down in the doorway
of tho gas office and fell fast asleep.
Later on a policeman roused him
He stared stupidly around, until
his gaze rested on a car which was
within ten feet of him. He saw
two blazing balls of red fire glaring
up the track, and- he made a leap,
for them, closely followed by the
policeman.
The conductor grabbed him by
tho coat-collar, and as he fell
sprawling on the platform, he
cried:
“Hurrah ! Got her at last, by
jings! Six pound er liver an’ two
red lights!” —Constitution.
Tho pluralities of the popular
vote for the various successful
candidates for president since
1850 are shown in the follow ing
table:
1896 — McKinley over Bryan 1,021,1 1
185)2 -Cleveland over Harrison 383,956
1888—Cleveland over Harrison 98,017
] s Sl —Cleveland over Blaine 02,683
is o —Warfield over Hancock 7,018
1870 —Tilden over Hayes 250,5)30
1872—Grant over Grcely 702,991
1868—Grant over Seymour 305.450
1801 —Lincoln over McClellan 400,812
IB6o —Lincoln over Oouglas 45)1,29,
1850— Buchanan over Fremont 400,805
While Major McKinley’s popu
lar vote and popular majority liavt
never been equaled, several candi
dates for president have received
a larger majority in the electoral
college that will be given to him.
In 1892 Mr. Cleveland received 277
elect* rial votes, and Mr. Harrison
115. This year McKinley gets 272
and Bryan 175.
“At our house the other night
we had a Methodist minister to
tea,” said a friend. “The Dominie
said grace, and when he ceased
asking blessing the 4-year-old
daughter of the hostess, who sat
opposite the minister, looked up
and said: “That’s not the kind of
grace my papa says.”
“No? What kind of grace does
your papa say?” asked the minis
ter. “Why, he came home last
night aud when he sat down to the
table he just said, “Good God!
what a supper,” was the reply.
She Accepted the Nomination.
An Atchison man recently asked
a girl to marry him. says the Globe
of that city, and, though she had
been sitting up nights for him for
six months, she replied that she
would notify him cf her answer
by mail. After spending a week
of suspense, he received a letter
from her 3,000 words in length.
In it she explained her positijn on
the tobacco question, stated what
she had always advocated as the
best kind of baking powder, told
him that it was with a feeling of
deep gratification that she ac
cepted the honor he had done her,
and hoped that she would always
faithfully preserve the traditions
of good housekeeping, etc. He
was nearly dead with exhaustion
when he reached the postscript,
which read: “You are so full ot
politics. I thought it might please
you to be accepted like the candi
dates accept their presidential
nominations.”
It is now claimed by historians
that the oldest town within the
limits of the United States is Ya
leta. ou the Rio Grande river, in
Texas.
The tiger's strength exceeds that
of the lion. Five men can easily
hold down a lion, but nine ar? re
quired to subdue a tiger.
Sensation in Rome!
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Immense Stock of Goods at Cost!
Eighty Thousand Dollars Worth of High Grade Dry
Goods, Millinery, Notions, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, etc, etc,
in Rome at Cost! We throw our Great Stock of Goods
on this market, and, to prepare for a change in the busi
ness, We Are Going to Sell It. sou can buy anything
in this House from top to bottom, from front to rear—
any article, every piece, narcei, item or measure At
What It Cost Us! “
When are you coming to Rome? Do not put it off too long if you want to buy anything. The Goods
offered you at Prime Cost, are first=class in every particular, new and up=to=date merchandise and that
you can buy them as offered is
AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
Come'to see us. We’ll do just what we advertise. You can get anything in this immense stock at
What It Cost Us. Come at once and save big money on your purchases.
Bass Bros., Si Company.
Notice.
I have some cattle strayed off
the mountain into the valley. I
will reward any one in the valley
who will put them up and drop
me a card where I can get them.
They are marked with both ears
cropped and a label in the end of
the right ear, and branded low
down on the right side with J. C.
Address me at Sharpe, Ga.
J. M. Clarkson.
POOR DIGESTION leads to
nervousness, chronic dyspepsia and
great rniserv. The best remedy is
HOOD’§ SARSAPARILLA,
News Notes.
A broom factory is to be built
at Americas. Work on the facto
ry will begin at an early date.
Within the last two weeks the
Rome Furnace Company has re
ceived orders for 10,000 tons of
| iron.
An incendiary fire at Wadley.
; Ga.. destroyed the stores of G. G
Johnson and T. S. Daniel, Loss j
$10,000; insurance SB,OOO.
At Isabella, in Worth county.
Wednesday, four misdemeanor
>pv ; ~■•tiers escaped from jail.
Local Bill.
Notice is hereby given that a
; bill will introduced at the next
session of the Georgia Legislature
! entitled an act to establish a pub
lic school system for the town of
Raccoon Mills, Ga., and for other
purposes. Oct 19th LS'JO-
A. T. Powell, J. M. Wyatt,
Recorder. Mayor.
Near Waynesboro last week, the
; little son of Mr. J. D.Griner thrust
! his hand into a hollow log to pull
[ out a rabbit and was bitten by a
rattlesnake.
Ripans Tabules: for sour stomach.
Ripaus Tabules: pleasact laxative.
| When Sam oones was speaking
n To wn Creek, he said among oth
' j er things:
“The curse of beauty is fatal. I
j had rather that a daughter of n ne
■ be scarred from her forehead to
, her chin, than that she should have
a beautiful face ”
; Mr. Jon s paused and lock'd
steadily into the faces of the silent
‘ crowd, adding:
“But 1 don’t think any of you
women need have any alarm on
t’ds set r
It w-.-s just a* this juncture (hat
a lover sitting next to his sv est
heart remarked fondly:
i “I’ll b i be ain't saw vu- cal
lieA
MILES MACON
A Former Resident of This City
in Trouble in New York.
The New York papers report the
arrest in that city on Saturday
last of Miles Macon on a charge of
forgery.
Macon was at one time a resi
dent of this city. He was a hand
some fellow, of fine physique, clean
shaven and very athletic. He was
a lawyer and considerable talent
as a speaker. He became, how
ever, addicted to drink, and left
this city under somewhat of a
cloud. He went to New Orleans
and then drifted to New York, liv
ing largely by his wits, and in the
latter city committed the act that
may cost him his liberty for sev
eral years.
Macon will be remembered
by many of the older members of
the bar of this city.—Chattanooga
Times.
As Useful as Jurisdiction,
A couple applied to a rural jus
tied* of the peace for total divorce.
The justice called the bailiff aside
and asked in a whisper:
“What’s the law on this
p’int?”
“You can’t do it,” replied - the
bailiff; “it don’t come under your
jurisdiction.”
“We’re willing to pay cash for
it,” said the husban 1, not under
standing the nature of the consul
tation . “I’ve got the money in
this here stockin.”
The justice looked grave. Then
adjusting his spectacles and ad
dressing the man, said:
‘“You knowed ’fore you come
here ’tvveven’t fer me ter separate
husband and wife, and yet you not
only take up the time ev this here
valuable court with yer talkin'-,’but
ackcliully purpose ter bribe me.
Now, how much have you got in
that stockin’?”
“Bout six dollars and a half, yer
honor.”
“All -right, then. I fine you $5
for bribery an’ $1.50 fer takin’ up
my time with a case what my ju
risdiction is out of, an’ may the
Lord have mercy on
Chicago Times-Ilerald. f--
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News and Views.
The apple crop of New England
this year is more than ordinarily
bountiful, it is thought that hun
dreds of barrels of apples will be
permitted to rot in the orchards,
because it will not pay to harvest
and ship them, if other arrange
ment to dispose of them are not
made. Evangelist Moody in Bos
ton the other day suggested that a
movement be started to distribute
the surplus apples among the poor
families of that and other cities.
The suggestion has been favorably
received. The railroads have of
fered to transport the apples for
free distribution without cost, and
certain charitable societies have
taken steps to procure the gather
ing and shipment of the fruit.
In the Colorado desert they have'
rain-storms during which not a '
single drop of water touches tho
earth . The rain can bo seen fall
ing from the clouds high above the
j desert, but when the water reaches
the strata of hot, dry air beneath
the clouds it is entirely absorbed
before falling half tho distance to
the ground. It is a singular sight
to witness a heavy down-pour of
rain not a drop of which touches
the ground. These strange rain
storms occur in regions where the
shade temperature often ranges as
high as 128 degrees.
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