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BUSINESS OFFICE P HONE 85
Who mint them waterworks?
.again, we exclaim, “Dam the
Etowah 1”
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This is certainly dampwet
! weather.
Joe Leiter’s brother-in-law is
Viceroy of India.
Miles continues to advance
along a line of ratification meet
ings.
Spain may be gaining time,
but the Americans are gaining
victories.
Dictator Aguinaldo certainly
knows the combination on his
rapid fire mouth.
Uncle Sam is decidedly slow
in moving out his excursion
from Santiago to Spain.
A few cough drops from the
Vesuvius would do the Madrid
government much timely good.
I With horse meat at $1 a pound
in Havana, the Cuban mule will
soon be worth his weight in gold.
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The last s*ate census of Mas
sachusetts shows that Worcester
is the second largest citv in the
state,
It is said Commodore Schley
is a Cleveland democrat. This,
(“ however, is forgiven.—Atlanta
Constitution.
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When an old maid arrives at
the acknowledged age ot S 3, its
S i safe to place her name on the
centinaran list.
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j The “immune” is an immune
and as he enlisted as an immune
n
why he has a right to be treated
as an immune.
Miss Leila Cook, who was re
ported engaged to Lieut , Hobson
has her picture in the papers as
the girl who is Not Engaged to
Hobson.
Capt. Alfred S. Barker, who
has been ordered to succeed Capt
Clarke, was the Oregon’s first
E commander, when she took her
rough initial sea trips.
The more Gen. Wheeler’s re-
Icord before Santiago is inquired
into the higher up goes 9|Fi ght-
F ing Joe” in the estimation of the
people.—Cincinnati Post.
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If an opportunity had been
afforded for Spain to pay that
reward on Aguimddo’s head,
Dewev and Merritt would have
1 been spared a lot of bother.
If Spain piteously insists on
retaining something from the
wreck, why not throw in Blan
cos typewriter and the skeleton
of that Matanz; s mule and call
J it square?
A Scotch doctor proposed flog
1 ing as a cure for habitual drunk
ards before the British Medico
Psychological Society at Edin
burgh For the “alcoholic crave”
he suggested as a remedy blis
tering and the application of
plasters, and for “the plea of
heredity” that the man should
be flogged within an inch of his
life every time he took a drink
Russell Sage, now 82. ascribes
his healthy old age to temper
ance in all things. He takes just
one teaspoonful of whiskey after
breakf-ist and does not use to
bacco. There are many temper
ate men who die young and
many imprudent ones who live
long, but mederation is wise in
any event. Life is a great mys
tery. —Augusta Chronicle.
The officers in the recent cam
paign at Santiago met at Santi
ago tecently for the ouqfiose of
forming what will be known as
the “Military Society of Santia
go.” The idea is to make com
morative medals from the bronze
in the old Spanish guns at El
Morro. They will be pleasant
remembrances of the battle.
The joke is on the town of
Riverside, Mass, it was reported
that Sergeant George Blackmer,
of that town, had been killed at
Santiago. The town pulled its
flags down to half mast, and
held public memorial services .
Blackmer was not killed, and is
now on his way home to raise a
hot time in the old town.
Hereafter the man who says
that he doesn’t want to go to
Europe until he has been all
over his own country first, will
have to spend a pile going to
Porto Rico, and another pile
.oilig to Cuba, and another on
Manila, before he can dream of
dating his letters Paris and Lon
don. .
The administration has come
to Sampson’s relief. Its a poor
administration that would not go
to the relief of its favorite
pet when he was about to be
anihilated by a cruel and auto
cratic public opinion.
It is said of Gen. Stone : “He
went mto Adjuntas last night
with five men and four corres
pondents,” which shows that a
large proportion of the fighting
force are paper adjuncts.—Flor
ida Times Union and Citizen.
Rev. Sam Jones defines a pop
ulist a democrat with a devil in
him.—Albany Herald.
And its taking your old fash
ioned Uncle Allen D. Candler to
cast these devils out.
As there are thirty three differ
ent tribes of people in the Philp*
pines, twenty seven of which
never heard of Aguinaldo, it
might be well for that states
man to tell what he means by
“my people.”
There is a tribe in the Philip
pines which smokes by placing
the lighted end of the cigar in
the mouth. When the pipe of
peace gets down in the mouth it
must be a warm member.
Since the rumors of an early
peace the recruiting officers re
port business as dull. The volun
teer wanted to fight for the flag
and not beiag able to do so he
is not enlisting.
Senater Bacon’s protest enter
ed in behalf of Ray’s ‘imnnuies”,
was an attempt to make a grand
stand play—but the field groan
id while the crowd went w’ild
with—hisses.
All this week the
Chick & Peters Co-,
at the Par’’ theatre.
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is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufaetured by scientific processes
known t® the California Fia Syrup
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all the importance of purchasing 1 the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FORNIA Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
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as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
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SPANISH EXCURSIONS
Macias lias been ordered to
surrender to Miles on the same
terms Toral secured from Shaf
ter. The Spanish government
has discovered that it will cost
50,000,000 pesetas to evacuate
the West Indies immediately,
as the terms of peace requite,
and Sagasta can’t scare up the
pesetas.
If the blockading squadron
off Havana is not careful, Blan
co will come out in a skill some
morning and surrender himself
on the same terms that are to
land 24,000 Spaniards in Spain
free of cost. The bill for that
little exclusion will amount to
over half a million dollars and
it is very probable that the
Madrid government is anxi >us
to do as much business with us
on this basis as possible before
peace is accepted.
If we refuse to continue in
the excursion business. Sagasta
maybe expected to lend us his
armies for policing Cuba and
Porto Ricg. This would relieve
him of the necessity of evacuat
ing until he has collected suf
ficient pesetas, and put the cost
of feeding and clothing onto
Uncle Sam. Great scheme I
Spanish chagrin on account
of the fickleness of the people of
Porto Rico is said to border on
disgust. But Spain has done
little during the centuries of her
sovereignty in the island to
make the islanders love her and
she has done much to scatter the
seed and foster the growth of
disloyalty. She is reaping what
she has sown.
The armored cruiser Maria
Teresa, U. S. N , late As Cervera’s
Spanish squadron, will come to
Norfolk, Va., under her own
steam. She will now have an
opportunity to win a reputation.
The expenses of the postoffice
department last year wore $93,-
000,000 The receipts were $83,-
000,000. This year, it is expected
the receipts will reach $100,000,-
000, breaking all records.
LADIES’ FINE SAILORS.
Go tc Lanham & Sons and get
one of those fine sailors they are
filing so cheap. They are ac
tually worth SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00
and some even more, yet they
are selling, choice for 50 cents.
THE SEVENTY-FIRST OF NE A'
YORK.
We confess wo are in somewhat
of a quandary concerning the ex
act status ot the Seventy-first New
York regiment, whose performance
about Santiago were such as to call
forth a vast deal of dbcusaion.
First, The World told us that
the regiment, or more properly,
some of its officers and men, took
occasion to lie down at a critical
point of the operations and that
all efforts to force them on failed.
The appearance of this statement
in one of the newspapers of New
York was the signal lor a great
hue and cry from some of the
o'hers who immediately furnished
no end of testimony from the of
ficers and men of the Seventy-first
to show that they had all behaved
most gallantly. So strong was the
showing made, and eo stro. g i t
the same lime was the tendency
on the part ol the fiiends of this
particular regiment to boycott
The World for what, were alleged
to be slanders, that this paper in
characteristic style proceeded to
nut-Horod Herod, and there was
no lim ; t to its praise of the gal
lantry of these particular New-
York men. Then to further
• t-engthen its position, Mr.
Pulitzer’s organ ftarttd a mon
ument fund for the heroes of the,
regiment who died upon the field.
But this effort to mollify did
not seem to .-each the desired spot,
and members of the regiment who
at first indorsed the scheme drop
ped it. This furnished more food
for comment by the other news
papers. Tne World had been
caught in a base slander, and its
monument scheme was held up as
a virtual acknowledgment of its
sinning.
Now comes Gen. Kent, in whose
command the regiment was serv
ing, and if we read the English
language underetandingly, deciar
es that all that The World charg
ed was true. He goes into details
which are not complimentaryjto
this particular regiment of volun
teers. Ineffjct he repudiates all
the good things that The Woild’s
contemporaries had said of these
men and at the same time repudia
tes most emphatically thi later de
clarations of The World.
In the lace of the official report
we notice that our York con
temporaries have nothing to say.
In view of the peculiar complica
tions, this is doubtless the best
way out of it.
It is the newspaper phase of the
matter that has interested us par
ticularly. As for the merits of the
case, we are not disposed to criti
cise in the absence of a better un
derstanding of the condition, Step
hen Crane hasshownus how many
experiences it takes io make a sol
dier, and if in their first experience
thing# went wrong with some of
the boys of the Seventy-first, we
know that tlipy will more than
make amends the first chance they
get. The report of the commanding
general shows that but one battal
ion is under the ban, and the ac
tion of that battalion may have
been due to casualties among com
manding officers and confusion of
orders.
At any rate, it. will go hard with
the next portion of the enemy that
goes against the S?veuty-first.
Whatever stain there is will be
wiped out with somebody else’s
blood.—Constitution .
NE W MAN.
“I was a sufferer from dys
pepsia, gout and rheumatism,
caused by impure blood. I tried
various medicines, but obtained
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.”
William M, James. Brogdon, S
0.
Hood’s Pills are the only pills
to tase with Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
EC and yet efficient
When Blanco makes his exit
from Cuba Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
should be on hand to superin
tend the performance.—Cincin
nati Post.
The people of Porto Rico ap -
pear to have been waiting for
some nice nation to come along
and capture them, remaiks the
Birmingham News.
It is reported that there are
no snakes in Porto Rico. Just
wait till we send some Waycross
, blind tiger whiskey over there.
—Waycross Herald.
Aguinaldo says he is not
“both knaye and fool.” No,
Ag., we would notspoil so beau
tiful a rogue by trying to make 1
a fool of such material.
Hawaii is not ready for state
hood, but carpetbagger Sewall
is ready to flop down in the seat
of territorial governor as soon
as his appointment is signed.
So far the prohibition cam
paign in this city and county |
has been free from bitterness
and strife. May it continue so to
the end.—Americus Recorder.
The tax returns for 1898 from
thirty three counties show a
decrease ol more than $500,000
in property valuation, as com
pared with the returns of 1898.
The Miles style of proclama
tion is of the very latest cut,
warranted to give perfect satis
faction to the people for whom
it was made. And is bull-high
if not pig-tight.
A St. Louis uncle has married
his nephew’s widow. According
to family tree experts, this
makes the uncle his own nephew
and his wife, who is also his
neice, her own aunt.—St. Louis
Republic.
Miles seems to be conducting
the Porto Rican cam] dgn on
his own hook, but after it is alt
over the Strategic Board is like
ly to rush in with an olii ial re
port stating that it was within
signaling distance.
Acco ding to the Moultrie
Observ r, ,he populist party of
Colquit. County is now practical
ly a thing of the past, most of
its members having signified
their intention to vote with the
democracy thi- rear.
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And now it is the Du hess of
■ Orleans who stales that Dreyfus
lis innocent, and that everybody!
| at the courts of Austria, ol Den-j
mark, of St. James and of St I
Petersburg is aware of it, and
also of the identity of the real
traitor.
Hobson is ;• b' - ayn man but
not wreckless. He look in the I
Merrimac,, but refused to bring !
a licence when challenged by a
Kansas girl, lie knows when'
he has enough, even though
Spaniards include him among
the “Yankee pigs.”—Albany
Herald.
President Guggenheimer, of
the New York Council, who in
troduced the anti-swearing ordi
nance now in force there, has
received an anonymous letter in
which the writer says: “You
are a—of a good fellow and a—
good cook. Inclosed find $2
for my fine.” Mr. Gugeenhei
mer is famous as a clam baker,
which explains whit the un
known correspondent says re
regarding his ability as a cook.
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EVERYTHING AT COST J
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY
CLOSING OUT TO QUIT
FRANK A’RIGHT’S FARMACY
N 011 TO N’SOLDCO R N E R
OPPOSIT MASONIC FEMPLE
Chick & PatsrsCo.,
at th=> ptrk theatre
all this weak with a
change of bill night! y.'
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JOEL PYLE.
Isa pupil in Rome Business
College. He is mastering a long
course in Theoretical Bookkeep”
ing and practical accounting,
also a thorough course in Short
hand, Business and Law dicta
tion and general office routine.
This course with its accompany
ments makes an exceedingly
strong one. Rome Business Col
lege enjoys now the largest en
rollment it has had in years.
Every seat in the College hall is
taken. The summer term is in
progress. Sov. .rradnates will
leave soon to t t h • nositions. The
coUege procur'd ninety two po-
the past year.
11. S Shockley, Prin.
Rome, Georgia.
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ROME BUSINESS COLLEGE
Rome, Ga., will receive young
men and ladies now at the actual
cost to the College for carrying
them through a thorough commer
cial course, and furnish board,
books and commercial blanks and
accept an easy time note for tn’tion
payable after a ] ■•i'.ion is mjc<. td.
The College proc, ed
92 POSITIONS S IE P.\CT 'TAT
It supplies schools nn«l col.egm
with competent te.icherr '• f ]’■ *
manship and priueip.■ 1 c*
cial departments; - V <’ust les
sons in Sho r rb?j explained
for 10 cenLx in st. u p , is strongly
endorsed by hundreds of business
and professional men who employ
its graduates at Stenography m
Bookkeeping. Addri/s all letters
to the Princij al, H. >. Shockley,
Rome, Ga
Two or three American mr -
of-war may be sent through the
Suez canal to re-enforce Admi
ral Dewey’s fleet. Should the
Oregon be one of the vessels or
dered to the Philippines, as is
hinted, lier new cruise would be
a remarkable suoplement to the
voyage of that battleship around
the South Ame rican comment.
Returnii) , r later to San Francis
co, the Oregon wculd have
made the most wonderful cir
cumnavigation of the waters of
the world achieved by any man
of-war in naval history.
The Denver woman who sued
her husband for divorce sa) s
his “love has melted.” This
constrains the bachelor editor of
the Cievelaud Leader to think
tliat she made it too hotforhim
ihousness
‘•I have h- 1 j our valuable
sners and li' 1 them p.-i-feet. Could" t do
7. dim;'!, ttiom. I ham used them for some time
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