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THE IIUSJLMOERGiA EHUSTLEROFROME Katabllshed, 1 SwO. "HE ROME COMMERCIAL ' Established, IXWS. sued every evening. except Saturday. ' Sunday and weekly. PHIL G. BYRD, EDITOR / M 5 ■ NAGI R Summer lingers in the lap of October. ■ .1 1 A big chunk of dog days seems to have broken into fall. Bogan’s name now appears in the "also ran” column. Having a royal time is getting to be dead easy, in Europe and Asia, France’s Drey-fuss must be damp annoying to the frog eaters. The rabbit foot got there in great shape. Let the ’possum grin and bear it. The civilized Chinamen cut off their pigtails to ex-quenes their former state. Good book-keepers do not make desirable members for library associations. ’ Nearly all the Populists coun ties in Georgia have again fallen into the Democratic column. The average bum is something like the moon—gets fuller and fuller down to his last quarter. European and Asiatic royalty has become a grave subject to dagoes and dowager empresses. Quite a racket has been raised in England because Mrs. Guelph has permitted her children to play Tennis on Sunday. 'lhe Dowager Empress of China may be only the Emperor’s aunt, but she feels fcr him as jif she were bis real mother-in-law. One gets the idea from the dispatches that the Emperor of China has also received a box of chocolate creams through the mail*. Justice Van Wyck is said to be an excellent speaker, and much is expected from him to wards the success of his own campaign. .> The French army is having one of the biggest lights in its whole career, with the chances decidedly in favor of getting the worst of it. Cleanliness may be next to Godliness—but that’s no reason the average barber would like to take the queue from a Chi nese Laundry man. Quay is not an abreviation of quail, though the Pennsyb ani: senator is in the quailing busi ness because of foul transactions with the state’s eagles. The sickest men in Cuba seem to be the immunes. This comes perhaps from having resided in one of Alger’s fever camps be fore they went over there. A rooster in Limestone, Me., was recently struck by lightning and lost all his tail feathers except two. Hogan Co , o Georgia, envy’ said rooster. d assertion is generally w h’jat the Spaniaids aim t( now .Philippines, But tin The h ave acquired tin in corner hitting what they Dtpartme Michigan pays a bounty for the heads of dead English spar rows. It has recently paid out ; over S2OOO to a crowd of In diana sharpers who had killed lhe birds by strewing poisoned) wheat about the streets of Indi ana cities. The carcasses were shipped to Southern Michigan) towns, and lhe bounties collected ias on birds killed in Michigan. Let the war investigating com missioners take up this case. It is not an unfavorable augu ry for Democratic success in the ' State of New York this fall that Judge Van Wyck has consented to give up his sure place on the bench to take his chance for the Governorship with its shorter term of office and smaller salary. Judge Van Wyck is accounted one of the shrewdest politicians in his State. The Chicago Inter Ocean an nounces that it is’strickly in the I reform business and its motto is: I "Let no guilty man escape.” As ter which it proceeds to speat ummercifully with its terrifying pen tl*e slanderers of those good j mm and patriots, John Riley j Tanner and Russell Asterisk j Alger. ■ » With the Baltimore and the j Petrel at the mouth of the Pei ho River American interests at the Chinese capital should be safe, whatever the outcome of the international intrigues now in progress in that quarter. Ad miral Dewey is still the right man in the right place. The Spanish Peace Commis sioners should m ke a note of the launch of the battleship Illi, nois. No more convincing argu-| mei:t could be adduced m favor of peace with the United States. Commodore Watson may yet have his wish for “more action” gratified. If there is to be a descent upon the Spanish coast, the old seadog should get a final chance for his “white alley.” Now that General Shafter has told the world what'he thinks of the G. A. R., would it be asking too much to request the old sold iers to tell us what they thniK of the “hero of Santiago.” 1 "Brigadier Bill’s” abortive at tempt to rob Chairman dußign- ■ on of the laurels so fairly won, is characteristic of the Lord of Possum Trott and the Earl of Supperville. 1 f -ffi Out or. the water in the moonlight. A more beautiful or romantic situation for a s young man to tell the story of his love and ask the young woman of his choice to share his life cannot be imagined. The courtship of a young couple maybe evei so romantic and their married life be very unhappy There are common sense 1 considerations outside of love that have a world to do with the making of married happiness One of the most important of these considerations is the good health of both partit sto the sacred tie. The young _ man who is in the incipient stages of con sumption commits a crime if he> marries before he is restored to health. He con demn" his wife to the life of a nurse and his children to early death, or lives of sick ness and suffering. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures 9S per cent of all cases of consumption if taken in its earlier : stages This is its record established dur ing the past thirty years. It is the great blood-maker, flesh builder, nerve tonic and general restorative. Tha young woman who suffers from weak ness and disease of the delicate and im portant organs that make wifehood and motherhood possible has no right to answer Yes" to a young man’s proposal until she is thoroughly restored to health in a wom anly way Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip tion prepares a woman for wifehood and motherhood. It makes her strong, healthy an<! vigorous where a woman most needs fii ilth. strength and vigor Thousands of womeu # have testified to its merits. My daughter writes Mrs N A Thomas, of Little Rock, Ark had been under a doctor's care for four years Dr Pierce’s Favorite Pre scription, which cured me, also cured her." BIBBS LITTLE VOTE. What is the matter with the good old county of Bibb in which ■is located the good old city of i Macon? It is learned that only 3,500 votes were registered for the state election and that of these only 248 were polled. As it is, Gov. Candler’s majority will foot up about 60,000 votes in the state, and the Populist rep resentation in the legislature has been cwt down from thirty-two to nine. This is well. But suppose that every coun ty in Georgia had cast only about one-fourteenth of its reg istered vote in the gubernatori al election, as did the good old county on the Ocmulgee, how small would Gov. Candler’s ma jority have been? And how much would the Populist strength in the general assem bly have been reduced? Now, we are not reading the voters of Bibb a lecture, but we are simply suggesting food for anxious thought. What |is the matter with Bibb? It cannot be said that her voters were too busy getting ready for the great Macon Jubilee carnival to de posit their ballots, because in the prosecution of this good work nothing would have been easier than for them to pause at the polls in the midst of this labor of love. It will not do to aver that the voters were too busy fighting mosquitoes in their quiet homes to turn out and exercise the sa cred right of sovereigns, because with the advent of autumn the | Macon mosquitoes have all flpwn Southward to spend the winter in the Everglades. It would be folly to urge that the balloteers of Bibb were wa ter bound on account of the great storm, for everybody knows that not even the tail of the West Indian cyclone touch ed the beautiful city of Macon. No, one must look deeper for thecause of the extremely small vote of the good old county of Bibb. It was undoubtedly due so the fact that the intelligent voters down their way did not think that their ballots would be needed to pile up the major ity of Gov. Candler. This will never do, for over confidence has lost more battles • than it has ever won, and if thirteen fourteenths of the reg ’ istered voters in every county in Georgia had failed to vote, Gov. Candler might not have had any majority at all. Wetrust that the good old county of Bibb will ponder these things well and in future resolve to cast a number of reg istered votes so great that it will bear a fair proportion to her Iprge and still growing popula tion and to the immense crowd which is sure to atte id Macon’s royal jubilee carnival.—Atlanta Journal. The politicians seem to know very little aboui Governor-elect Candler’s official household. He has made no pledges and is in position to make his selections without entanglements—Albany Herald. While Rome does not seepre a soldier camp, she moves right ahead doubling the capacity of her cotton factories and attend ■ng to other like business. J The e is hope that Henry George may be withdrawn by the silver Democrats in New York and the candidacy of jus. tice .Van Wyek endorsed. Adam had his faults, but he never gave Evo $5 and then borrowed $3 of her.—Chicago Record. BUCKLEN’B ARNICA SALVE’ The best salve ih the world for cuts, bruiese sores, ulcers, Salt Rheum,Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For salu by Curry Ar ngton Co. EDI I ORIAL COMMENTS. t ' Whatever the facts about the Chinese emperor and European clothes, the result shows what may happen in households when wbmen begin to wear the breeches.—Philadelhia Times. Some literary Spaniard should write a book on the various burials and removals of the bones of Columbus. The subject has become voluminous and complicated and is falling into confusion —St. Louis Globe Democrat. Confession is good for the soul. The editor of the Eideu, O. T. ( News frankly says : “Old man Blackwell thrashed usThursd'aj’ afternoon, and if reports are true we didn’t get any more than we deserved, either.”—Birmingham Age Herald. Chauncey Depew, who was kissed by a pretty New York girl for his cleverness, says he was “Hobsonized.” This is a natural mistake for men of Chauncey’s age and girth to make. Miss Arnold did not kiss Hobson altogether for his clev erness.—Chicago Inter Ocean, The “honor” of the French army seems to have been ac quired at the same remnant counter on which the “honor” of Spain so conspicuosly figured. And thus the affinity of the Lat in races again receives illustra tion.—FloridaJTimes-Union and Citizen. A MAN OF TALENT “You say you want my daugh ter,’’said the proprietor of a newspaper to a young man who was sitting nervously on the edge of a chair. “Y—yes, sir.” “Have yon spoken to her on this matter?” “She—she referred me to you, sir.” “Is your affection for her sin cere?” “Sincere I’’ grasped the young man. Iw uld pledge you my word I havn’t slept a wink or eaten a mout < ful for six whole weeks for ‘.hinking of her.” “George,” said the father af ter looking at him for a moment reflectively, “I think-you may come into the family. I need a young man of your capabilities to certify to the circulation of the paper. ’ ’ —Newspaper owner. POPULISM IN GEORGIA DEAD Populism in Georgia was for ever buried in yesteday’s elec tion. The majority for the dem ocratic ticket will hardly fall be low 70,000 and it may go con siderably above these figures when the full count is made today. The only reason the majority did not reach 100,000 is because there was so little opposition in many sections of the state that the democrats did not go to the polls, not thinking it necessary or worth the trouble of going to the Dolling places. The democrats are happy over the result, as it puts them in fine shape for the congressional elec tion this fall and gives assur ances that they will have no more trouble with populism in future. It has been predicted that if the populists were defeat ed by an increased majority inj in the state election this year that another populist ticket would never be run in Georgia. Our advices indicate that nearly all of the counties hitherto in the populist column have been transferred to democracy one? more, where they will remain in future. Yesterday was cer tainly a field day for the Georgia democracy.—Columbus Enquir er. GENERAL WHEELER’S TES TIMONY. I 1 Gen. Wheeler’s testimony on the first day of his appearance before the war investigation commission shows only a little more than was fully known be fore. namely, that in his opin ion, in view of the glorious gen eral results of the war, its con duct has not been, on the whole, gravely censurable, and, being called as an expert witness to give opinion based on the facts, rather than the facts themselves, this opinion comes before the commission as evidence. The testimony, or rather its treatment by the investigators, is important nevertheless, in that it confirms to a remarkable degree the predictions made when the commission was first appointed, as to its purpose, .aim and ultimate achievement. Thus Geh. Wheeler several times ad mitted thatjin this or that mat ter there were avoidable short comings, yet an examination of a verbatim report of the testi mony shows that a pressure of the question, “Who was respon sible?” was always avoided. On the whole the result of the opening proceedings have undoubtedly given a feeling of added security to Mr. Alger and his confreres. PHUNNY GRAFTS “Fenwick must have supreme conndence in his wife.” “Why so?” “He bought her a rolling pin for her wooden wedding present.”—Chicago News. Algy—“You say she only partially returned your affec tion?” Clarence—“ Yes, She returned all the love letters, but retained all the jewelry.”—'l it Bits, Watts—“ Had fifteen women in my house this afternoon. Some sort of cluh my wife be longs to.” Potts “Must have been an awful racket.” Watts— “ Not so much as you would think. Fifteen women make no more noise than two. You see, there has got to be a limit somewhere.”—lndian a p o 1 i s Journal. The cat and the bootjack almost met. She dodged and yelled with glee, "Young man. I bet You'll yeed tha' yet, Then you'll remember me." - |e roi; Free Press. “H’m, shipped the chamber maid to the nurse girl, “what commoii bawls you attend I” ‘ Indeed!” was the disdainful reply. “Well, they’re better than a cheap sheet an 1 pillow ease party like you.”—Philadel phia Bulletin. Grandpapa—Ai d why do you believe that little George Wash ington never told a story? Madge—’Cos I’d be smacked if I didn’t.—Punch. WHEN YOU ARE TIRED. Without extra exertion, languid, lull 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 enriching <nd purifying the blood It will give you energy and vigor. Hood’s Pills are easy to take, iasj to operate. Cure indigestion loiliousnees, 255. HOW’S THIS? Wq offer One Hundred Dol lars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chenky A Co., Toledo, Q. 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