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HHEIIIW-COMffll I. — ehustlerofr ( t I Established, ISSO. J -HE ROME COMMERCIAL Established. 1895. I sued every evening, txript Satuiday I Sunday and weekly. PHIL G. BYRD. EDITOR AND MANAGER, Keep an eye on the ash box— I until it is removed from the j house. . -- —rtrTMßßr Its all over, but the thouting and the biggest half of the voters areeng'ged. Mark Twain is said to show the eff< cts of his recent efforts and to ba aging rapidly. Already GOO claims for pen sions, on accouiP of the war with Spain have been filed. There are about 250,C00 more women than «ien in London. What a picnic for the Turk or the Mor man. There are 47,608 coke ovens in the United States, of which no lesa than 26,910 are in Penn sylvania. It is said that Omaha has made $400,000 out of her exposi tion and is now proposing to run it another year. The fact that Cuba will start life anew with a clear ledger should not cause it to forget the great debt it owes to the United States. Admiral Sampson was mag nanimous enough to refrain from suggesting that Admiral Schley’s promotion be canceled. —Washington Post. In 1897 in the three Florida counties of Lee, DeSoto and Hillsboro 15,850 alligator skins were taken and 214 hunters were engaged in the business. According to cllicial returns there were 182 distilleries at work in the United Kingdom last year. Os these, 148 were in Scotland, 28 in Ireland and only 11 in England. XThere are 750,000 typewriters in use in the United States. The bus iness, says the New York Sun, is the growth of twenty years, and an instance, along with telephones and the trolley, of American en terprise. ” Charles M. Polk, one of the men indicted at Kansas City, Mo., for alleged train robbing, is a grand- gy—, —lj- g_. .■ J\ ' xKj ! •^***2' mZ r i Men as Nurses. There isn’t one man in fifty thousand who is a good nurse. The average man feels as much out of place in a sick room as a bull must in a china-store. His heart may be ever so full of sympathy, but his feet are heavy and his fingers clumsy. In most cases when a woman’s general health breaks down the original cause is weakness or disease of the distinctly femi nine organism. The only permanent cure lies in the correction of all these disorders. Husbands should know that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the only medicine that invariably cures all ailments of this nature without “local treatment” and examinations.” It acts directly on the delicate and important organs concerned. It makes them well and strong. It allays inflammation, heals all internal ulceration and stops debilitating drains. It soothes and tones the nerves. Found at all medi cine stores. An honest druggist won’t urge upon you a substitute. I had female trouble for many years,” writes Mrs. A Llngelbach, of Granger. Sweetwater Co.. Wyoming "and tried many phvsicians until I was completely discouraged. Finally I took Dr. l? 5. rc ,* s Fa r von te Prescription for six months, and I soon found that I was completely cured. I hart 1 could h ardlv walk across the D?* Pierce 1 ” am “° W well a, ‘ d stroll £" lll “>‘ks to No family should be without Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. It used cost 51 50; now it is free. Paper-covered Kony. 21 one-cent stamps, to cover mailing . cloth binding v stamps. Over MBH*' !| ’ J, - K) American homes now contain <>f thls ? reat work. Address Dr. "TL V. Pierce, Buffalo, N Y. RoYal Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Aliim baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ROWU BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. ! ion of ex-Uov. Polk, of Delaware, and a direct descendant of Presi dent James K. Polk. A Milwaukee judge recently grantfid a divorce, with the pro vision that the wife pay the husband alimony. Heaven save the mark ! It is rumored that ex Gov. Atkin-on will form a law co partnership in Atlanta with Hen. Daniel W. Rountree. The latter was the partner of the late Hon. W. 0- Glenn. If the o’d Crusaders had known how easy it was to get into Js jrusalem by' means of the Cook’s Tourist route they’ would have ( saved themselves an immense amount of trouble,— Mobile Regis- I ter. ; The income of the principal charitable institutions having their headquarters in London amounts to over $35,000,000 per annum. And yet we are told that the world is growing worse every year. T.‘. 1 Mrs. Frederick Douglass, wid ow of the colored orator, is to go on the lecture platform to deal with the history of the colored race in this country. This white animal should hold a camp-meet' ingin Virden, 111. W.l .« ■ Miss Auna M . Sackett, of Wau kesha. Wig., has revoked a legacy of SSOOO to Carroll College, in that city, because the trustees permit the students to play football. Miss Sackett took this action after wit nessing a game. Those who have not yet felt financially ably to purchase a bicycle will be pleased to learn that owing to competition, the cost of the seductive “wheel’' will be reduced one half next year, observes the Cincinnati Post. Gen. Greely says the telegraph and telephones whipped Spain, although it is not easy to see how they climbed the hill at San Juan, or pelted Cervera’s ships. But, of course, Gen. Greeley, who held the wires, knows. —Birmingham Age Her ald. The c st of the railway from Guayaquil to Quito, in Ecuador, which is now being built by American capitalists, is esti mated at SIB,OOO miles. It will be the highest railway in the world, with stations at an eleva tions of *,250, 9.360 and 10,000 feet above the sea level. Marriages must come high ia London, as Gen. Merritt had to pay $l5O for a license to marry a Chicago girl. However, the general may reap comfort from a suggestion of the Richmond Times, that he can get it can celled for a great deal less than that at her old Chicago home. Queen Victoria contsnda that while judical separation may bs justifiable in rare instances, a sec ond marriage should not be allow ed either party to the broken con tract. Queen Victoria is a level headed woman and is 1 old enough to know,” but her age may detract from a general acceptance of her ! views on thia subject. —Hunts- I ville Mercurv. A Massachusetts postmistress used the mails for the purpose of getting money from would-be husbands, and one cf them had her indicted for “fraudulent use cf the mails,” She maxried him and got the indictment quashed and then deserted him. Now he wants her arrested again, and we suppose the charge will again be “wrongful use of the male.” — Montgomery Advertiser. Speaking of the prevalence of Yiddish as a tongue, Israel Zang will said in a leeture in Chicage that he recently witnessed in a Jewish theatre in London a play founded on the Dreyfus and in which Yiddish was spoken. The character of-Esterhazy was taken by one of the actors, and he was hissed so loudly that he stopped to explain that he was not really Es terhazy and that he thought the latter ought to be shot. R. E. Sherman, of Chicago, has invented an “umbrella” that will probably be given a place in the Paris Exposition in lOCT It is 850 feet hi?h and 250 feet aeross the top when opened. At the end of each rib is a car that will hold . fifty people and when the umbrel la is opened it will whirl slowly round and round. Persons who “felt queer” in the Ferris wheel will feel queerer in this new con trivance for getting up iu the air. General Wfiyler is said fobs giv ing largely’ of his private means to th° returned Spanish soldiers, who are now begging ia the streets of Madrid. They have not received the pay due them, and the popu lace generally looks upon thsm coldly. Genera* Weyler doubtless remembers how he acquired the bulk of his private mean?, and what h« returns to the soldiers is probably conscience money Iu Gov. Candler’s admirable inaugural speech oecur the fol lowing words, which should be ' kept well in mind by the law makers : The burden of taxation, though less in Georgia than in some of the other states, is al ready as great as our people ought to be required to bear; and the rate should, if possible, be lowered, but under circum stances should it be allowed to go higher. • Corne’ius Vandtbilt, Jr., eim ployed as a mechanical engineer in the New York Central Railroad, has designed a freight engine that is now being tested with result* which premise, so far, to be highly satisfactory. It is said tu be capa ble of handling loads greater by twenty per cent, than those han- THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and Simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processed known to the California Fig SYriX Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing 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 far in advance of all other 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 FRANCISCO, CaL LSVISVILLE. ’ w gw YORK. Jt. ♦. SPaIN’S GREATESTNEEI). •Mr. R, P. Olivia, of Carcelon ia, S. C. Weak nerves had cans ed severe pains in the back of his head, On using Electric Bit ters, America’s greatest blood and nerve remedy, all pain soon left him. He iays this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trou ble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Ev ery bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by, Curiy Arring on, druggists. ■.?" "L* .. -■» ,W— --died by any of the older locomo tives, and while it consumes more coal it eaves, by drawing more cars, the wages of a certain num> bar es engineera and firemen. Charles Weiss, of Somerville, Maas ~ hai petitioned the Boston Beard of Aidermen for a license to slaughter horses for the domestic and foreign meat trade, “the pro duct to be sold or used for food, packed in barrels for export.” There is no law against the prac tice, but this it the first time it has come up for a legislative con sideration. A large export trade in horse,meat is carried on cutside of Massachusetts, the product go ing mainly to Germany, though its use is increasing in all Continental counties. It has been found that Colonel George Waring died a poor man and that the suddennebs of hie death left his financial affairs in a sta’e of confusion, Ex-Mayor William L. Strong has headed a movement for a memorial to show the appreciation by the citizens of Nhw York of the colonel’s work, and which will, at th« same time, provide for Mrs. Waring during her lifetime. The idea that a gov ernmental pension should be granted to the widow is not favor ed by her friends, and there is grave doub*, too, that such a measure wou'd pass Congress. FACTS WORTH KNOWING, Seventj’ per eent of the pat ents granted in Russia are to aliens. It is estimated that of the whole population of the globe about 90,000 die every day. A shipyard at Ominato, Japan, still in operation, was establish ed over 1,900 years ago. Japan’s first sugar refinery has just gone into operation. The raw sugar comes from Java. A recent school census in Philadelphia showed that 10,000 children of school age do not at tend school, I A traveler in Porto Rico says that a cigar equal to the present average American 10 center can be purchased there for 2 cents. French prune growers will take advantage of the high price of California prunes to send their fruit to America in large quantities. It is said that if the “voice” of an elephant were as loud in proportion as that as a nightin gale, hie trumpeting could be heard around the world. In Chinese cities streets are never built straight, from a su perstitious fear that processions of evil spirits might otherwise enter the city and remaie. The royal crown of Persia, which dates back to remote ages is in the form of a pot of flowers surmounted by an uncut ruby the size of a hen’s egg. Two towns in Kansas—Los 1 Springs and Romana—have not an idle man or boy, or an unoc cupied house, or a dog. Each town has a population of about 200. PHUNNY GRAFTS. Tummy—Paw, how did lead get its nairie? Mr. Figg—They tried to make nails of it ami found it could not be driven.—lndianapolis Journ al. Briggs—Higgins says he’s go ing to send his wife SIOO a week while she is away. Griggs—He must belong to the peace-at-any-price party. Foreigner—“ Parvenu! I will pull your hose I” “Maybe my nose, Count: but never my leg!”—Philadelphia North American. “Wall, Jim, what d’ye think abart the Czar of o’ Rooshia, and this ’ere universal disarma ment?” Jim—“ Well, it’s sommat like me and my ole woman, mate, when there’s a bit of a shindy brewing. The one wot proposes peace is the one wot ain’t got ’old o’ the poker!”—Fun. “Did you find sn .kes pretty thick kown tjiere?” “Not very thick, but some of them were pretty long.” “Oh, you know what I mean! Were there many round?” “ ‘Cylindrical’ would be a better word.”—Boston Tran script. Editor’s Wife—Poor baby’s circulation is very bad, John. Editor (absent mindedly) Strange! He advertises himself well, too! —xit Bits. Meek Husband—You ought to remember, Henrietta, that you married me for better or worse. Aggressive Wife—That’s just it! I got fooled. You are neither. —Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Peck—Henry. I wish you would break yourself of the habit of talking in your sleep It’s very annoying. Mr. Peck—But, my dear, you surely wouldn’t deprive me of my only * opportunity, would you?—Chicago News. A NARROW ESCAPE. Thankful words writs* n by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, Groton S. D. “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally termi nated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could not live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, 1 would meet my absent ones above. My husband w'as advis ed to get Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption,Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank uod I am saved and now a well and healthy woman.” Trial bottles free at Curry-Arrington’s. Regular size 50 cents and 41.00, guaranteed or price refunded. Annual Saleo over 0,000,000 Lexes sSWWW t’OR BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Pain in the Stomacli, Giddiness. Fulness after meals. Head iche. Dizziness. Drowsiness. Flushings of He.it, Loss of Appetite, Costivenc-s, Blotches on the Skin. Cold Chills, Dis turbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE BELIE! IN TWENTY MINUTES. Every suffers will acknowledge them to be A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. SFECHAM’N FILLS, taken as direct ed, will quickly restore Females to com plete health. They promptly remove obstructions or irregularities of the sys tem and cure Sick Headache. For a Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver IN MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN Beecham’s Pills are Without a Rival And have the LARGEST SALE of any Patent Medicine in the World, 25c. at all Drug Stores, HOW’S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dol lars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.. F. J. Chevey & Co., Toledo, (). We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Chenev for the last 15 years, and believe him to be financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo. O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and ’mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent freo. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall’s Family Pills are the est.b "" 1 » Coke cheaper than Coal- Can be used in stoves for heating and cooking purposes. No smoke or soot. Clean and economical. For further particulars see ROME GAS CO MfISSIOIIiI CißDi ATTORNEYS. J. EPwANHAM, Law Office 200, e st Firs'reet.St, - - CHAS W. UNDERWOOD Arborney at Law, Rems* Crcporaion I.aw Onlyr ■W. J. NEEL Attorney at laiv. Will practice In all ocurw. Special attention given to commercial l»w and the examination cf land titles. office in King building. Rome, Ga. WALTER HARRIS Attorney at law and J. P. Office over F. J. Kane & Co.’s. LIPSCOMB <V .WILLI NOH AM Commercial Lawyer". Office in Armstrong hotel build: .g, Rome, Ga MB Atterney at law. OfflceKhig Building. Rome, <,a. “W. H. ENNIS, Attorney at Law, ,Will Practice in all courts Office, Masonic Temple, Rome, Ga, J- SANTA CRWF O < - Attorney at law, Rome. Ga. Collections » specialty. Masonic Temple. Rome, Go. MOSES M RIGHT. HARPER HAMILTON WRIGHT & HAMILTON Attorneys at Law. Of.ice: No. 14 Postoflice Building DENTISTS. J. A. WILLS, D. D. S., Office 24(1-2 Broad. X Over Cantrell A Owes J. L PENNINGTON. D D S.,M D. ENTIST' uffice, .I's 1-2 Broad street. Over Hanks Fur mture Co. physicians. O II AMILTO NT, M- D- Physician and Surgeon Office, Medical Building Rome, Ga. O. ce 'phone No. (52. L-i 1». HAMMONO, D-. Physician and Surgeon, Office In Medlca building. Residence, No. 4<»3 West Flint st cej’pboNo. <5 TONSORAL PARLORS. LEWIS BARRETT, The "Old Kt liable,” operating the Ceutr hotel Bai her Shop, invites you to give hi» . rial, and promises to do the rest. Only skilled men employed on the chairs. HOWELL C. TAYLOR, Himself a skilled barber, employs e»ly id* very best artists in his tonsoral studio, iu tfce Carry Building, opposite the Arnisirang. Here vou are made comfortable while your work is being done. PASTEUR FILTERS The enh Germ Proof Filter in the world. Makes water pure and S'clecr fo J sale by The HansoM Supply Co _ Successful Physicians. We heartily recommend Dr. Hathaway A ( *■ >f 2214 B Broad St., Atlanta. Ga., a» being Per fectly reliable and remarkably successful in U" treatment of chronic diseaseeof men and worn*®- They cure when others fail. Our readers i< need of medical help should certainly these eminent doctors and you will receive arr” and expert opinion of your case by return Without coat.