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HIE KTOMM. EHUSTLER OFR OME Established, IStlO. "HE ROME COMMERCIAL Establi.«bi><l. 1806. Issued every evening, except Saturday. • Sandav aud weekly. PHIL G. BYRD, EDITOR AND MANAGER. oe, Wilkareou |Hlo:k. I'lnrill Avenue It takes a jingo to put up « bound argument. The matrimonial knot and the family tie are not always twins. The night robe is said to be a most consistent “habit of ly ing. ” The few Romans who failed to recognize in Rome a splendid summer resort, are returning to the city. The summer wanes and the festive peach and red-hearted water melon are taking their departure. The Chicago Record says that a chaperone is one who admits that she is old enough to’ need no watching. The Plant System has done quite well, thank you, and will await the next war in the trop ics with keen anticipations. Although “a” is always in the mi dst ot “death,” the average volunteei likes t« be a member of company “A” of any old reg iment. The fellow who burns the bills he cannot pay makes light of trouble. llis creditor, however, will continue to make it warm for the lighter. As Manila is an earthquake region, we may hear of the en listment of Charleston iminunes for service in the Philippines.— Augusta Chronicle. Perhaps it’s because of his ‘'knock down” accomplishment that the professional auctioneer can never get a situation as a store clerk or car conductor. While many of the men-of war are to be mustered out of service, it’s safe to say that popular demand will force the retention of the cable cutter — Dewer. Germany has 140,000 tele phones in use. England has . 75,000, France 35,000, Switzer land 30,000 and the United States more than all combined, 900,000. With yachts and merchant liners converted into the navy and with rumors of victory al ways confirmed, the kind-heart ed war had somewhat of a relig ijus flavor, after all. MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one con cern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy ami suffering. The pro prietors of Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine ; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bron chitis, Hoarseness and all dis- 1 eases of the Throat Chest and 1 Lungs are surely cured by it. 1 Call on Curry Arrington, drug gist, and get a trial bottle free. ‘ Regular size 50c and sl. Every * bottle gu iranteed or money re- ' funded. t Ih« Royal i< the highest gra«te baking powder 1. known. Actual <e»t» show it goweoae tbird further than any other brand. f«?B POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWOFR CO., NFW YORK. j Senator Bacon has been inde fatigueable in looking after the rights of Georgia. The fact is that the senator has made a pretty good senator. —Augusta Herald. . “Indefatigueable” is good— we are pleased to note, however, that the Herald continues to be too truthful to say that the sen ator has been consistent in his recent “military career.” Secretai y Alger complains that he had much to contend with in supervising the work of his de partment. This is the fact. It is i also the reason, says the Phila delphia Record, why Secretary Alger should have been displac ed. lie was loaded beyond his capacity. For great tasks only strong men are fitted. W 1 '-IWW 1 And now are told that “Dewey, th* cable cutter,” has cut the piace of rope in about half. This will so cheapen the lynching-bee that the luxury will come within the reach of just any old community. Dewey is a wonderful man —he is a lulu, in fact he is a pa rof lu lus. England’s purchase of 70,000 tons of coal at Newport News, Va., wherewith to stock up her naval stations may be merely u transient bit of trade. It is worth while, howevei, to remember, in. the craze to ge coaling stations around the globe, that we are something of a coaling statvon ourselves, and have not as yet fairly begun to develop our ca pacity in that line. The regular republicans of New York now think that Col. Roosevelt would get ths nomina tion for governor if he should agree to the terms proposed by Senator Platt. / But it would be just like the Rough Rider to capture the convention with a whirl without bothering over the preliminary of signing anybody’s proctocol. From conservative Boston comes the suggestion, printed in the Evening Transcript, that with the requisite change in the constitution Miss Helen Gould would make a mere popular candidate for gove rno” of New York than even ‘■“Teddy,” and she could get there on the strength of her war record. The fact that inventors do- not always enjov the fruits of their ingenuity is recalled by the re cent death of George B. Rich mond, at Lansing, Mich. Air. Richmond, says the New York Commercial Advertiser, was the inventor of the electric telephone which was in use before the Bell patent was filed. He never realized anything from his in vention. Rome is said te be one of the most cities on earth,” and yet, there be ciuian pions who are such chronic “pistol toaters” that the muzzle of the weapons they carry can’t' be kept muzzled by the bosom of their pants. Oh, (Jon Sistenjcy, I though stranger. PITHY PRESS PARAGRAPHS Dewey’s log of the war will be interesting. It furnished the prologue and the epilogue of the whole business.—St. Louis Globe De It may 'uive been noticed that th ’se who hav. ‘-tarteu in to fight the wtr over again were not in it during th“ actual hos tilities.—Chicago Record. The M inchest or (N. II ) Un ion is not sanguine that peace is an assured fact after all. Its ays that “no one can toll what the Spanish corset will do when it meets. ” If England and Russia got to scrapping China in the mid would illustrate the disadvan tage of having long hair in a rough-and-tumble light.—Phila delphia Times. Philip has been ’made a com modore, but B»b Evans is still a captain. It pays to be good, even if the foregoing facts do not enter into the question. — Cleveland Ixiader. The St. Paul Dispatch edito riallyremarks: “We sunk 35 of Spain’s warships.” Well, that equals the record of the entire navy departnient.— Chi cago Tim es-1 Djrahl. Colonel Candler has opened the Democratic campaign in Georgia in handsome c tyle by making a big sperich at Milledgeville. It v ill not be many weeks before it will be Governor Candler. —Athens Banner, Somebody should fry to find the cave into which Foraker, Billy Mason, Thurston and the rest of the Congressional jingoes retired in April, and tell them the war is over and they can come out with safety. —News and Couries. CURRENT TOPICS. '•‘A minister of this town,” says tin Stockton (Kan.) News, “came into this office one day this week and got a drink of water. He murmered much at the quality of the water and censured the office for using such stuff, saying he didn’t believe the editorial staff was sound on temperance. After he had gone out it was discovered he had been drinking of the water in which we had washed our type, and it was a mixture of water, concentrated lye and printer’s ink. We always drink from the hydrant but he had drank from a pail un der the hydrant.” California is the greatest horti cultural State in the Union, New York is second and Illinois third. Illinois has $4,777,083 invested in nurseries. An English Court has just de cided a peculiar case which must be of as much interest to the traveling public of America as to the people of the mother country where the railway-seat grabber seems to be as much in evidence as here. A traveler, having oc casion to leave the car at away station for a tew momen’s, left his umbrella on the seat until his return. Another passenger took the seat and refused to vacate until forcibly ejected. Counter suits were brought, and the case was decided in favor of the original occupant, the presiding j«dge holding that he had a right to eject the intru der by the use of reasonable force, if In summing up the results of The war Editor Triplett, of 'Thomasville, is glad to note that “the German admiral kept out of Che range of Dewey’s lire.” “What’s in a name?” may well be a®ked when we find Segundo Ca-oo Don Fermin Jaudenes Alveree surrendering to plain George Dewey—New York Herald. Miss Helen G >uld’s generosity lha-i found another outlet in the *?<«dowinent of a SS(X)O free tied in the Manhattan Eye and Ear IIH iHOital. Park avenu* and Forty- i Him street, N -4 Yo k. XL V, ia? '^ p THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and , simplicity of the combination, but also I to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the Califoknia Fig Syrup Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true ami 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 far in advance of all laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company ' CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN Fit *N CISCO. Cal. LOUISVILLE. ’ -'»:w YORK. N. Y. - —: ; p JUST FOR A SMILE. Mrs. Hiram —Dear. I wish you’d brin?hoine a dozen Harveyized steel plates. Mr. Hiram —What do you mean ? Mrs.Hiram —I’m just curious to see what Bridget would do with them.—Philadelphia Recorder. Commanding Officer (in Porto Rico) Who is he and what, dots be want? Soldier—l don’t know what he wants. He says he belongs to an Ohio company. Commanding Officer —Tell him we’re not giving cut any of these postoffices yet—Chicago Tnbuno. The governess was giving little 'Pommy a grammar le-eon the other day.“Ar abstract noun,! she said, “is the name of something you can think of but cannot touch. Can you give me an example?” Tommy A red-bot poker!—Tid- Bits. She—Just like you! Why, I don’t know what you’d do if jou had to choose between your old pipe and me He—Well, hut remember that pipes improve with age, while women El Liberal. “Women.” said the Sweet Young Thing, “do quarrel a little easier than men, but then they make it up quicker.” “So,” said tbeSavage Bachelor, “they can have another quarrel.” —lndianapolis Journal. “The Spanish army,” said the Tiresome Boarder, ’’exists largely Too • Much Knife I The use of the surgeon’s knife is be coming so general, resulting fatally in such a large number of cases, as to occasion general alarm. Mr. William Walpole, of Walshtown, South Dakota, writes; “About three years ago, there came under my left eye a little blotch about the size of a small pea. A* - It grew rapidly,and /» W shooting pains ran fj iti every direction. W I became alarmed » WMF a and consu lted a good doctor, who pronounced it can and said that it '#■. ’“SsKwwflrn’USt be cut out. This I would not > consent to, having V* little faith in the indiscriminate use of the knife.’ Read ing of the many cures made by S. S. S., 1 determined to give that medicine a trial, and after I had taken it a few days, the cancer became irritated and began to discharge. This after awhile ceased, leaving a small scab, which finally dropped off, and only a healthy little scar remained to mark the place where the destroyer had held full sway. A Real Blood Remedy♦ Cancer is in the blood and if is folly toexpect an operation tocureii, S.S.S, [guaranteed purely vegetable} is a real remedy for every disease of the blood. Books mailed free; Mm/ address Swift Spe cific Co., Atlanta, WblF on paper.” “Really,” said the Ghoarful Idiot. “That nan hardly be ae nutritions as mule.” —Indianapolis Journal. Genera! Charles H . Grosvenor, of Ohio who has just returned from a brief European trip, discussed the happenings of the war with an English merchant whom he met on the train between London and Southrmpton, “America,” said tbe Englishman, “has finished the work begun by Sir Francis Drake,” ALL HITTING ALGER. Unless Secretary Alger has a very thick epidemis he must be having a bad quarter of an hour The returns fiom a clipping bureau just now would not [bring him any happiness. He is being criticised not simply at the South, but at the North and bv conservative Re publican papers. Here is a sample of many, from the Bos ton Transcript: “The political uses in which the high office of head of the war department has been pros tituted, the inefficiency and ex travagance ot the conduct of the war in some of its phases,capped by the charge, now freely made hero, that the secretary garbled the Roosevelt letter and omitted explanatory passages for the sake of making a theatrical use of it. will leave Mr. Alger in a very uncomfortable position for fooling the public, unless he does what, it is said, the presi dent and at least half the cabinet have been hoping he would, and take himself out of service by resignation.” Just think what an appetite for breakfast a man has left as ter reading something like that in his morning paper. And un happily for Secretary Alger he knows he deserves it. Augusta Chronicle. WHEN YOU ARE TIRED Without extra exertion, lan guid, dull and listless, your blood is failing to supply to your muscles and other organs the vitalizing and strength giving properties they require. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures that tired feeling by enriching and purify ing the blood. It will give you energy and vigor. Hood’s Pills are easy to take, easy to operate. Cure indiges tion , biliousness. 25. SCHEME TO A|D BOYS- London. August 25.—Sir Thomas Lipitii, the milli >n aire, lias gone to Dublin for the Horse Show, the great Irish carnival which opens tomorrow. He is consider! ng how he can expend $50,000 to the best ad vantage in Ireland, and is at present disposed to further a scheme for technical education. There is more Catarrh ic this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was sup nosed t<> be incurrble. For a great many yoa”s doctors pronounced it a local diiens, and presoibed lo cal remedier, and by constantly failing to cure with local treat ment, pronounced it incurable Scienc- has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, ai d thcre foie requires cousti utic nal treat tnent. Mail’s Catarrh Cure manu factured by F. J. Cheney & Cc.J Toledo, Ohio, is the oily constitu tional cure on tbe market. It is alien internally, in doses from 10 drops ‘o a teaspoonful. It acts di-, ectly on the blood and mucous nrfaces of the system. They offer one hur dred dollars for any case i fails to curp. send for circulart and tesiimonials. Address, F J Cheney & Co., Toledo, O, Sold by Druggists, 75c Hall s Family Pills are the best. '• HE modern ,’ j A . Ihnves uu g in ,j (ui , sunshine, with pl enty U1 x in th. ,pen «ir. Her form and her face g | OWB wil|| t »• oanty. H her , y , tem n#ed '• cleansing action of a la¥ -nedy eh. USM th , ge , n Q phesant Syrup of fi gs , maQU 1 tured by the California F. Syrup Co., only, lg YOUNG LADY GRADUATES Os the Romo Business C’olle g9 are thoroughly prepared f OP stenographic and office Work . they are found capable when they go into y business prac tice ; they re- ' C ' i ceive high > comm end a- ■ from their employ- * * iS* ers as being capable and experienced. Rome business College enjoy s the largest enrollment of pupils it has had in its history. There will be thousands of vancancies this fall to fill. Young men and ladies will do well to enter here and prepare lor thorough com mercial work. 11. S. Shockley, Principal. A CLEVER TRICK. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it, Anybody can try it who has Lame Back an I W ak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles,We mean he can cu" himself right away by taking Ehctric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation, Headache, Faint ing Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It is purely vegeta ble, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be con vinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed Only 50c a bottle at Curry Ar i rington drug alorc. EVERYTHING AT COST FOR THIS WEEK ONLY CLOSING OUT TO QUIT FRANK WRIGHT S KARMACY NORTON’S OLD CORNER • OPPOSIT MASONIC TEVIPLE PASTEUR FILTERS The onlv Germ Prcoi Filter in the Makes water pure and cle ir for sale by The Hanson Supply Co CITATION—LE AVE TO SELL. GEOKGIA FL >YD COUNTY. To all whom it may concern D. S. ainter, executor of Jchn Win kle, deceased, has in due form ®p* plied to the undersigned f'T hnve ’o sell the lands belrnning Io 'h® estate of said deceased, ami sh><l ippiication wil b ‘ ‘’eard on lh» ‘irst Monday in September nrxt. Thisßihdavof fi mniM 1898 J. hn P, DAvis, Ordinary. - ... ■— - ’ ROME BUSINESS COLLEGE Rome, Ga., will receive young men and ladies now at the actual cost to the College for oarryinf them through a thorough commer cial course, and furnish board, books and commercial blanks and accept an easy time note for tuition payable after a position is secuifcd. The College procured 92 POSITIONS THE PAST YEAR. It supplies schools and college with competent teachers of P®* manship and principals of o»**i.ttrer cial departments; sons in ShorYlie:.u fully explained for io cent?, in stamps; is strong J endorsed by hundreds of busmen* and professional men who employ its graduates at Stenography o' Bookkeeping. Address ah l ett e to the Principal, IL 8. SjtooßWh Rome, tia.