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Ite NkDonaM SparksStewlCo. 1 « s I' :■ I ! i WNS THIS SPACE! 1 During the thickest of the 1 light at Santiago Gen. Joe Wheeler, leading a gallant , charge, forgot himself tempor- , aril}’, and shouted to his soldiers as the Spaniards fell back, “The Yanks are running; gh e it to h in, boys.’’ The old hero’s mem ory, during the excitement, slip ped back to the ’6o’s, says the Enquirer Sun. 6 o o An lowa poet sweetly sings in memoriam : ••Kerf, beloved one, and slumber; For Lliy f ite we have no fear; ■ _v'. M e will meet you over yonder Win n our race is over here. This fellow evidently has • ' abiquitious and obituary con fouddwl. —Richmond Times. o o o Passengers recently arrived from Porto Rico say that not much lighting will be necessary to cause the Spanish forces, con sisting "f about 7,000 regulars and 5,000 volunteers, to surren / d'“ - . o o o The Persians in 516 B. C. invented a transparent glass var ni-h wl i> h they laid over sculp tmed ro' ks to prevent them from weathering. This coating has lasted to our day, while the rocks b< math are honeycombed. o o o The girls of Mo., have for warde<' to the soldiers from their town, now encamped at Chica m: uga, the following : I':>rc v*‘ w>'H, ntrc;.id heroes, 11.ute to vv.tr with in alarm*, \ on’ I t<-i u i u io timl ue she roes, Waiiuii, here with yawning anus. If the’ Spauiards do not 1 lug ycu Mfibh. 1,1 * *•*’ Ha,, K>i‘nary tight, *“ **’** h l lil ’ lllH u l delight. o u u Some men jump their bail in or- der to «ave time they would other* wise have to serve. 3o o o 'u • Speaker Ree ’ is quoted as say ing that “of the two evili, Cuba audYJiiftWaii. I prefer Cuba: the yellow fever is preferable to lep rosy.” o o o The moat inveterate and culpa ble punster in the city said yester day the capture of Santiago wae proving to be a Cervera undertake ! iug than had been euppoaed a i Weyler go.—New Orleans Times- Democrat. o o o Gen. Weyler was governor of the Philippine Islands for four years, and with true Spanish i thrift managed to save up one million dollars out of his annual salary of $40,000. od o G. W. Eve, of West Tennes * see, has named his baby boy Dewey Eve, and a girl baby born in St. Louis on the Fourth has been named Scbleyette. o o o t It is said of Gen. Weyler that P| he keeps scraps books of all the ‘ ( newspaper comments and mark* 8 those which are unfavorable in red ink. This is another proof of the general’s great wealth, for if he wanted to save tim and red ’ ink he would mark the favorable comments. *’ 000 u Joseph M, Nowak, a lawyer 8 of Cleveland, Ohio, after ten s years of married life, divorced his wife and married her seam stress. Then he divorced the ’ seamstress and remarried his first wife. In less than a year they were again divorced, and now Nowak has married the seamstress once more. 000 Gen. Lawton, who has been so conspicuous in the hardest of the fighting before Santiago, *. won distinction in the Indian campaign against Garonuno j ears ago. While on the old chief’s trail in the Sierra Madre Mountains Lawton and his men had to crawl miles on their hands and knees, geing at times twenty-four hours without water in an intense heat. 000 ♦ “Gen. Merritt,’’ says one of the soldier boys in San Francis ; co, “does not put cn as much i style as some of the militia cap tains. When became to leave on his ship, the Newport, the other j day, he did not even take a cn’’— riage from his hotel te the do k, but climbed on a street car and paid a nickel for the ride. After he got on board he waved off all those who were trying to make a great ceremony out of his de parture, and said to the steamer captain : “Come on ; let's get out of this.” Then he waved his i handkerchief to some good look ing women on the dock, and went into his cabin to unpack i I his grip. ” k 000 i The very air of Kansas seems [' to be conducive to the growth of : unique lawsuits, and another I peculiar legal contest has just j come to notice. On July 4 a young man of Stockton took his best girl to a picnic, but she ac ' cepted so many attentions from i another suitor during the jollifi- I cation that No. 1 became sulky - and went home, leaving her to ■ follow as best she could. The • girl hired a conveyance in which ' to return, for which her father 1 paid 75 cents. The angry parent 1 presented a bill t»» the sulky suitor, and, upon the refusal of the latter, to pay, entered suit ’ before a justice of the peace, | Both parties have retained law yers, and say that they will fight ‘*the case to the bitter end. BATTLEFIELD ROUTE- Fioyd Vets Will Travel The Old War Road to CONFEDERATE REUNION. SPECIAL TRAINS AND PRICE $1.50 ROUND TRIP. I Rome, Ga., July 9, 1898.—T0 Ex Confederate Veterans and of Confederate Veterans : Gentlemen:—We take pleas ure in calling your attention to our Eighth Annual Reunion, which will be held in Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday,ThJtrtday, Fri day and Saturday, July 20 to 23, 1898, inclusive. This promises to be the grand est reunion ever held, and as it ,is so near to us, we should all take advantage and attend. All Confederate Veterans and their families and friends are urged to attend. RATES AND DATES. For this occasion the Western Jt Atlantic R. R , will sell round-trip tickets from all stations at one cent a mile traveled, or $1.50 from Rome to Atlanta and re turn. Tickets to be sold for al ’ trains July 19th and 20th, good to return on any train until July 28, 1898, inclusive. No signing of tickets required by the W. & A R. R. OFFICIAL ROUTE TO ATLANTA. Having in view the comfort and convenience of the grand old Veterans, we have selected the old reliaole Western A Atlantic R, R., the historical “Battlefield Line,” that we used during the civil war, ami on which so many great battles were fought, AB raiu* bar? fro.j» aa 1 arrive » their elegant new passenger sta tion, foot of Broad street Rome, and Union Depot Atlanta. CONFEDERATE VETERAN’S SPE CIAL —For the convenience of all Veterans, their families and friends, we have arranged with Mr. C. K. Ayer, passenger and ticket agent of the Western & Atlantic R. R., to run a special train, leaving Rome Wednesday morning, July 20th, at 6 o’clock arriving Atlanta about 8:30 o’clock. Will reserve one coaeh on this train for ladies only. A mple accommodation. We are anxious to make this train a grand success, and we therefore urge all who can to join us. Reg ular trains leave Rome daily at 7: 30 a. m,; 4 :25 p. m Return ing, leave Atlanta 8:15 a, m.; 4 :50 p. m. Yours very truly, Jim Tom 11, S. Lansdell, Geo. K. Green, Committee on transportation, NISV MAN. “I was a sufferer from dys pepsia, gout and rheumatism, caused by impure blood. I tried various medicines, but ob’ained no relief until I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. .This med icine has made me a new man and is the best I ever took. It has beon a blessing to me.” I William M, James. Brogdon, S. C. Hood’s Pills are the oilly pills to taxe with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. EC and yet efficient Having missed everything else to date Atlanta may yet get i poor Alfonso XIII, the boy king, when we annex Spain, Shut up in the park at Fort McPherson little Fonzy would draw hun dreds of visitors to the capital. --Americus Recorder. UNPRECEDENTEII I ii !■ • Has Been the Great “Cask Raising” Sale OF J. B. WATTERS & SON. ONLY ONE MORE CHANCE FJR Wf TO GET IN IT. I iI J OC.i »’ Vz < V - After five weeks of heavy sales. Messrs. J. B. Watters & 01 now put you on notice that tian’ “cash raiser” is about to come to a close. . This popular and evcrreli' clothin" firm has always h Te upto its advdrtisenients. hence, when the “cash iaisin e sale was published and P n quoted the people made a 111 for the bargains. Now, Messrs. Watters A • • having, at a sacrifice to t‘J own interests, about raised t. .funds they needed, come fo"«-> and frankly state that ,laughter will stopinafewdV You have the remainder <» week in which to secure up date gsnt’s furnishings ulously low prices. It’s the chance ttiid yon Should not at the sensational & , j inent in their big '“I 11 “ 1 # itorinl page -nd let an •« 0 bargain ami Attention Ist Ga. Cava J —The annual reunion of Ga , cavalry veterans vvi • place in Atlanta, Ga . ° Col. L R Ray will for the occasion. He‘ y O . the Ist Ga., car 4 > , ylB 41 Prior avm‘. one Work' the Unio* de P ot ” . u p W. Uamf, jA. ynn, Secret#/