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[||[ iiiJSTIEH-GOMMEHCIAL THEHUSTLER OF ROME Established, IH9O. THE ROME COMMERCIAL Establlshetl. 1885. Issued every evenlug, except Saturday. Sunday aiid weekly, PHIL O. BYRD, EDITOR AND MANAGER. iittlce, Wllkarson Block, Third Avenue LIST OF SUBSCRIPTION lally and Sunday,per year *5 0 lunday, per year •I- 00 Weekly (The Rome Courier) pei year ..... .50 BY CARRIER IN CITY AND 8UB(J 131 D»* .y and Sunday, lOcents per wee), Remit by bank draft, exprsij. money order or registered letisr Address THE HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL, •ROME, .GA. Entered at the Postofflce at Rome, Ga., as second class matter. Advertising rates and sample copies forth .asking, , BUSINESS OFFICE P HONE 85 Leiter’s wheat crop lias prov ed a failure. It takesthe bicycle to make a century run easy. Remember the Democratic primary on June 23id. The bears and bulls have de stroyed Farmer Joe Leiter’s wheat crop. Tom Watson is not Hogan’s ally. Tom has stumped the state “once too often” already. Now it re rumored that Gen Miles Is to return to Washing ton. —Augusta Chronicle. Every dog has his day and June 6th was not our day. That’s ail. —Summervi le News. Outrages reported from Chic— amauga show the perpetrators to be as fiendish as Spaniards. Go to the polls on June 23rd and vote for the three best men in the Judgship race. Its your duty. Cevera is bottled in Santiago Bay, but it will take a distilled Hobson and Dewey to shut up the loquacious Blanco. The price of ice and beer has increased in Chicago. But this won’t keep beer from going down nor ice from melting. Aguinaldo is closing in on M anila —and he not only is not losing bis head, but is not dread ing a Manila in the neck. The Dewey two-step is the newest measure in the dance. The Spanish fandango like the Manila fleet, is not in the swim any more. Craig Harris, son of United States Senator Harris of Kan sas, is the youngest soldier in the army. He was 15 years old last February. Congressman Maddox’s huge victory showed that his Cuban speech and his work generally was eminently satisfactory.— Summerville News. All the prayeis of all the Methodists will be needed in saving Major Scahlman from the wrath to come—when the senate camps on his trail. John W. Maddox is one of the ablest men in Congress. He L peculiarly fitted for the office and, so far as 1 am concerned, he will remain the represent.! tive of the Seventh congression al district of Georgia until Geor gians call him home to serve then as gov mor. LEATH RATE IN BATTLE. Os the 15 decisive batt] is of the world, the average death rate in the lust five of tnem (of which alone reliable statistics are preser ved), was abou' 25 per cent, rang ing from 20 per cent, the British oss at Saratoga, to 47 per cent, the loss of the Swedes at Pultowa. Os other great battlee, it is diffi cult to fix the average death rate though it may be estimated at about 20 ptr cent. The rates range from 0.9 the G u rman lose at Sedan in Septembei, 1870, to 50 per cent, the British loss at Bloody Albuera. Ae a matter jof fact, things stand very much as they used to, save hat the slaughter, when it does occur, always comes more quickly A great battl® in which the quick" firing guns can be brought into es fective use, will probably increase the death rate largely, but that re mains to be proved. General statistics prove that since the Trojan war, 8.000 years ago, not a single year has elapsed in which some war has not caused the killing of a 'arge number of men, while it is calculated that al! the wor'd’s wars are responsible for the deaths of 14,000,000,000 of human beings If the “war lord” wants trou ble, he is moving in a direction to find it when he sends his best ships to Manila. Dewey will lead the German a merry dance, if he has to open a ball. It has been remarked that a widow can make herself so fas cinating because she knows all about men, and the only man who knows anything about her is dead. —Marietta Journal. If its guns that Uncle Sam needs for his soldier boys, what’s the matter with landing a few thousand well equipped men on Cuban soil and obtaining arms from the Spanish with which to equip the army for Porto Rico? A LUMINOUS PRECEDENT. ’ The character of much of the matter which passes for war news, especially among the yel low journals, has caused the re publication of the following series of dispatches which ap peared m the Memphis Appeal August 15, 1861 : “Washington, August 7, 10 a. in.—Abe Lincoln was shot through the heart last night just as he entering his carriage after leaving his Cabinet in con sultation. The assassin, a south erner, is now in the hands of the authorities. There is great ex citement, and 'On to Richmond’ is the cry. “Later, 11 a. m.—Abe is still alive, but there is no chance for him to survive. The excitement here is great. “Still later. 12 a. m.—Abe was wounded in the abdomen and not in the heart. His physi cian thinks he will recover. The excitement is abating. “Later still, 1 p. m.—*ltis now currently reported that Abe was only tlightly wbunded in the leg. No excitement. “The latest, 2 p, m.—An in vestigation now proves tha*; the bullet intended for Abe’« heart missed the mark and only killed one of his footmen. The people are returning to their business. “Later still, 3 p. in.—Abe’s footman was not killed, as re ported, but badly wounded. He will recover. “The very latest, 4 p. m.—lt has been officially announced 'rom the Capitol that Old Abe’s footman was very slightly wounded in the hand by an acci dental discharge of a gun which he was cleaning.’’ This, of course, was intended as a fake, but its resemblance to some of the news that was in tended seriously made it a hit at the Lime. STANDING ARTIES. Now that a third call forvoluu teers's imminent it begins to look as if th« United Stales were to have an active army of huge pro portions, The forecast is tu army of 125,000 for Cuba, ore of 60,000 for the Phillippir.ee ard one of 80,000 for Porto Rico. These, together with Ihe army for home defense, will s a ell the total to almost 300,000. This would put us side by s>ue with European na tions. In view of these possible con ditions, it will be of interest to glance at the standing armies of other * nations, Russia beads the list with an army of 910,000 officess and man maintain ed ata cost of $213 000,000 per annum. In addition there is and available force of 8,07Z,000 trained men for emergencies, and the full fighting strength of that country is estimated at 13.600,000. Next comes Germany, with a standing army of 584,734, and this force can be promptly increased to 3,700.000. It is also stated that under the new eimy law the fight ing strength of Getmany is 7,697, 856, of whom 4,207,856 are trained soldiers and able for war. France comes next w ill) 524 768 officers and men, and this force can be readily increnstd to 2,980,- 000 for national deiense.The pres ent cost of maintaining the French standing army is $123,000,000 p<-r annum. England has a s’anding army of 366.000 regulars and 865,- 000 reservesand militia, and these forces can be easily doubled in case of war. Spain maintains annrmj 0f95,- 000 and has an available war strength of 1 834,000. Italy has a peace army of 222 275,and a fight ing strength of 3,397,000. Little Belgium has an army of 43,359, and Holland one of 21,000. Austria-Hungary has a peace force of 354 196, and a war reserve of 1,422,036, Japan a total war strength of 828,000 Turkey a standing finny of 164,300. and (. reece a peace strength of 25,000 and a total war strength of 209,- 000. On the Western continent, Mex ico has an army of 35 000, and an available force of 163.149 in case of war. Brazil has a peace force of 23,672 and a war strength of 99,- 972. and the Argentine Republic 15,485 and 68,435. respectively. As stated by the inventor of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, used by the Federal regular army, the United States government ownes 75,000 of these weapo is and they are being turned out at the Springfield Arsenal at the rate of 280 a day. At this rate the Cuban army of invasion could not be fully equipped with modern rifles until next fall. Gov. Atkinson might organ ize a brigade of political ini munes. His crowd cannot hold office again.—Macon News. Spencer won’t resign so as to become eligible Mark that pre diction. With Manilla down and Sunti ago, San Juan and Havana falling, Madrid certainly ought to tumble RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY. “Mystic Cure forßheu n itis m[ and Neuralgia radically cures in I 1 to 3 days. Us action upon the , >ystem ia remarkable and myste rious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately dis ippeirs. The first dose greatly benefits, 75 cents. Sold by Curry- Arrington Co. Rome. Ga A new lot of new/, pattern hats to go at < unheard of low prices for ihe next few days, i We pay cash for our millinery and can sell a fine hat for less mon ey than any house in 3ome.Call and get our prices before buying I /our best hat Com mencement hats- a I specialty. I Mrs. ZL. O. G-arrard. S LA U GHTERIN IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, We need money and we are compelled to rak BIG AMOUNT OF CASH out of our stock in the n! t few days. In order to raise the money we have decided to throw our entire stock on the market at from 2? t 50 per cent reduction. This reduction applies to ever° article in our store, contract goods excepted. ■ It is unusual to find a stock of men’s boysand children’s clothing, furuishing goods and hats so well suited to the demands of as ours. Our entire stock has been renewed in the last ninety days. Ev'l ery garment is new, fresh and desirable; made with careful attention to fit and finish and these prices shoud have your most careful consideration. MEN’S FINE SUITS. All $22.50 and $25 suits go at sl6 50. I All sls and $lB suits go at $11.50. I All 10 and 12.50 suits at 7.50. All 6 and 7.50 suits at 5.00. I All 5 suits go at 3.50. | I ' IS Children’s Knee Fants Suits Go JUS'-l' TTIJnjS DI -It!'!! $6 00 suits go at $3,00. I $5.00 suits go at $250 I 4.50 suits go at 2 25. 4.00 suits go at 2 ()o t 1 350 suits go at 1.75. | 3.00 suits go at 175. | 2.50 suits go at 1.25. | 1.00 suits go at .qq I MENS FINE PANTS 331-3 OFF. $6. 00 pants go at SI.OO. $5.00 pants go at $3.35. I 4.50 pants go at 3 00. 400 pants go 2 fl 3.50 pants go at 2,34. 300 pants go at 2.00’ | 250 pants go at 1.67. 200 pants go at 1 50. I 1.50 pants go atsl.OO. I FINE STRAW HA d GO AT HALF PRICE. I $2.50 hats go at $1 25. $2.00 hats go at $1 .00. ■ 1.50 hats go at 75c. 1.00 ha bgo a 50c. ■ 75c hats go at 40c. 50c hats go at 25c. J 25 per cent off on all Furnishing goodsl Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery,Handkerfl chiefs, Soft and Stiff Hats. I BigJDine Hot Stuff in Serges. Alpaca, Line i. T-ash an I dick. AH giin t'ni- dl3 B count sale- z ■ This will Bs Our Monsu-Raisino Ml YDLJR MONEY Phis is no trick of the trade nor ia it a going out of business a Ivertising schema to de* people. W e always do exactly what we advertise and we an sura the people of Rome and country are aware of this fact. We coine to you now with the honest, frauk statement 'n Deeding money and in order to raisv the needed amount we offer yiu the cleanest, best bong ■ clothing furnishing goods and haig m Rome at faorn 25 to 50 per cent reduction. ■ 1.1. WWI