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fjsumoimi THE HUSTLER OF ROME Established. IMO. —HE ROME COMMERCIAL EsUblirted, IM6. I»uei every 'evccirg. except Satuitlay. jSundav and weekly. V- . . . PHIL G. BYRD. .1 k 11. b MANZ Gs R. A jjlt —? gw “Hang up the baby’® stock ing”- _ ~ The Knigktly Bryan is not an Imperialist. If you can’t be merry, be as jrerry as you caw. 'j he bunting weavers owe D nc li to Mi Ivin ley. The pope will appoint nine new cardinals next March. .'■im’iii mi i— ■irtßii’" The man who waves the bloody shirt has retird from public lile. _y*' —TMMF Over one million people visit ed the British Museum last y oar. A few more days and then Old Santa Claus will i ush his stock in-trade. The Christmas tree like the Santa Claus business, is branch ing out. A monument of Washington in Westminster Abbey is the latest suggestion. Mr. McKinley is more in love than ever with “Marching through Georgia.” The fellow vs ho coots his trumpet these mornings believes in blowing a fog horn. Japan, the yankee of th. Orient,.wants to join ths Anglo alliance of the Occident. Just now the merchant who has been stocking upon mistle- ! toe is doing a shoe thing busi ness. Tifton had a hot time in the | old town —She will rebuild her; burned districts, however, and at once. '"PI 1 'i II B The deacons of the First Bap tist church of Macon are against politics in the church—and they are right. ■•w - Nothing has yet been said by the president about putting the old Confeds., on the national pension rells. The war investigators will have to whitewash Brother Ab ner, also Uncle $ Mark Hanna’s cyclone pit doer. Oh, no, Jane, dear, the de parted was not the chief force of the police so much as he was the chief of police, Think of Uncle Sam’s little Cubans, Small Porto Ricans and wee Filipinos who ha* e no stockings to hang up ! The dust of Columbus will not be so enthusiastically wel comed as well be the $20,000,- 000 of Uncle Saiu s dust. The fellow who wants bis food well done don’t waz:t his shirts done up brown—deither does he want them done up rare. ■- —” » In capturing tilings from the enemv it is better to take islands than ships—the former do not sink.—Americus Recorder. “Wonders will never cease. I just saw a stone walk .” “Pooh ! That’s nothing. I have often seen a brick building. ”—Phila delphia Times. ■■ Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKING POWDFR CO., NCW YORK THE OLD SCALI The action •!' the Southern Railway Company in ordering in restoration of the old scale of «a*er is a gratifying incident ’ of the times. In a city so largely made up of those who make their living in conne tion with railroad [work, the interest of that class becomes an absorbing out. i When railio; d wages are cut d iwn the effect is felt at once all over the city. The Constitu tion is gratified to learn that the Southern railway is in a condition to order a restoration |of wages. The effect of this is not to be measured so much by the amount of the raise as by l the inspiration it will give the men to feel that they are once again on the ascending scale . • ood wages to employees is one of the strongest foundations of a city’s prosperity. All that they get keeps in circulation— to the landlord, to the butcher, to the grocer and to the cloth ier ;so that when wages are raised it is something the good effect of which is by no means confined to those who are the beneficiaries, but goes out t® have its influense in the general buildiag up of better conditions. The employees of the So., R’y Co., in this city are an excellent class of m»n, high toned, indui trious and worthy, just such men as m kc up an irrisistible C 'i-.o nrv ; nd we rejoice in their goal fortune. —Constitu- tion. T s all nations were as indiffer ent to the growth or decline of their shipping ia the foreign trade as the tinted States are, then our humiliating position oi th i seas might ba laid to the door of the peapie themselves— but individual effort cannot equal national effort. ; This talk abmt thw Federal government caring for Confed erate graves, sounds consoling to the 4 eent cotton farmers of the South who ind themselves taxed millions of dollars annual ly to pay Federal pensioners. 'BBBBBMHBBKHK* The Spaniards assert that i Americans blew up the Maine, which proves that they handle the truth as recklessly as they ido human life. An assassin is always a liar.—Dublin Courier. Editor Stanley cowies by to observe that: “Some folks are continually fussing about having to pay so much tax. FFo are ter ribly concerned because we have nothing worth taxing.” Bailey, in going up agin’ Flighting Joe W heeler and pub lic opinion, invites the fate of the bull that disputed the right of way of the railroad locomo tive. ~.-ri. \ • p'lnnwirrTiTimi' ABOUT CATARRH. It is caused by colds or suc cession of voids, combined with impure blood, its symptoms are paist in the head, diseaarj* from the no-e, ringing anises in the ears. It is cured by Rood’s Sarsaparilla which purities and enriches the blood, soothws and rebuilds the tissues aael relieves all the disagreeable sensations. Heed’s Fills cure all liver ills. Mailed for 25c. C. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass. “Paraphrasing Lincoln’s dec laration, I may add that this na tion cannot endure half republic land half colony—half free and ■half vassal. Our form of gov ernment, our traditions, our [present interests and our future ' welfare all forbid our entering upon a career of conquest.”— j Wm. J. Bevan. ■ ' <■ I Any sensible man who steers clear of the line of demagogy is (compelled to admit that, with a large d< licit in the finances of the state and rigid economy a necessity, it would be perfectly just and timely to provide that pensions bp paid only to ‘he needy veterans and the sch» >1 fund allowed only to give chil dren the advantages of an ele-j meutary education. Os course! there is a sacred duty to perform in dealing with these two ap propriations, but that duty does not call for extravagance in the face of a deficit and with taxes already burdensome. When leg islators rise above demagogy and stop playing to the grand stand, then we may expect some economic legislation on the right line.—Jonesboro En terprise. Sir Arthur Sullivan as a choir buy is an interesting subject in “The Chorister’s Christmas” published in the December issue of “The National Magazine ” The author, Mr. L.thee, who[ was a student at St. Mich eal’s where Sir Arthur sang Christmas carols, gives an inter esting account of how choir boys enjoyed the Christmas festival season m years past. “The Na tional Magazine” makes every page in'eri sting. ___ That was all sensational enough, the proposition of Pres ident McKinley io have the graves of our fallen brave cared fcr, bur, if our dead deserve this recognition from the federal government, are n t our battle scarred and maimed old heroes entitled to pension money? Why the distinction, Mr. President? M. Henri Lavedan was taken and M. Zola was left, in the election to the vacant seat in French Academy. This in stitution fieems to have fallen into the bands of small fry, and men of genius must re main on the outside. FROM OFHER SANCTUMS It must be rather embarrass ing to a Utah politician t> have bis wiv<.s got to do bating ovar which of them made him the man he is today. Washington Post. Mr. Carnegie manifestly bi lievts that the country s' ou'd stay at home and attend to its infant industries. —lndianapo lis News. | Admiral von Diederieh will never consider that the Philip pine door is open until Dewey gets cut of the way.—Nashville ' American. Everyone occasionally yields to the temptation to give more than he can afford in order to • I > be known as a lovely character,' —Atchison Globe. i j There is absolutely nothing' jto restrain young Mr. Bailey* from organizing a party com posed of one individual.— De troit Journal. Candidates for the post of minister to Spain will now be- | gin to cumber the front perch with their overshoes. —Pittsburg i ! T im s. United States senate's were once above suspicion, but a lew of th 3 latter day ones will be in ; luck if they can k *ep out of the i penitentiary. —Coiumbus En-[ [ quirer Sun. Gm. Calixto Garcia, who died in Washington yesterday, ■ was probably the most honest and zealous of the Cuban insur gent leaders.—Memphis Scimi tar. It is nearly time for the legis ' lators to return to their homes and show their constituents how they have saved the state. —Valdosta Times. In “The Seven Seas” Kipling writes quatrains to many cities of the British empire; but there is o le which done not appear in the American edition of the b i k. It is as follows : Quibec. I F «ih 'hy gr iv ucarp I view with s ornful ey»» Ignob » broil* of freedom'mott unfree; I Fe»r n«ih n r. uioihjr; where the carriou lies 'I lu.c ulc eau feud mast be. Commenting on the omission of this quatrain from the Amer ican edition the New York Com mercial Advertiser remarks: “Give Mr. Kipling his say, good master publisher I He can’t hurt us unless he hits us with truth, and then he may help to cure us.”' - The estimate that our treasury di fieit in tho current fiscal year will be $112,000,000 is based on tne condition of things as they are now If w« are obliged to discipline, police and otherwise c re for a. number of new and j savage possessions, it may well !be a great <eal hkh?, and we, die people oft: e United States, must. pay it.— Philadelphia Ledger. If the Federal prison to be erected tn Atlanta is built of marble, we suggest as an appro priate name the Living Stone.— Dublin Courier. FSQRBOVVED SPARKLERS. 1 ~ The sweet y»ung thing : ‘ But . why sb uld not women enter I politic-? ’ The savage bachelor : “ l oo many bosses there now .” lndianapolis Journal. “You look dreadfully batter ed ; how is that?” “Wife has been pelting me wiih flowers,” hy, that wouldn’t mark you in that fashion ” —Loudon Judy. Mistress (angrily) ; “See, Bridget, 1 can writ* my name in the dust on thi« mantel piece.” Bridget (admiring!) ) : “There’s nothin’ eddieation, af terall, is there, mu-Rox bury G< ziitte. Mr. Hayseed (arriving at city hotel) : “I s’pos* I kin hear the gong when it rings for dinner, can’t I?” CJark : “W« have no gong, \fe have breakfast from fi to 11, dinner from 12 to 6, • upper from 6 to 11.” Mr. Hay seed : “Jehosaphat! How am 1 io get time to see the city?” New Yo k Weekly. i I.". 1 ” ■ ■. - ■ ■— NATIVE TROOPS IN THE TROPICS. Gen. Miles’ suggestion that 75,000 men would suffice for the present demands upon the ‘ regular army is coupled with the plan of auxiliary force of ’ t ?i,000 men recruited in the ;ti epical countries now subject 1 | to military occupation. i This is a new idea in our ser> ' ' vice, but the present conditions *alsoare aew, and General Miles’ plan will strike most people as wiser than that urged b ■ Adju tant General Corbin, wh.*. con templates a regular I 100,000 without these native auxiliaries. Spanish experience, as well :as our own, shows Imw d inger ©us the climate of Cuba is to foreign soldiers and that ot the Philippines is even more so. Moreover we are expecting to encourage the Cubans, if not id-; so the Filipinos, to learn to gov era themseives, and if we can, 1 ! teach them sound military meth ods and discipline during the time that they are imm ‘diately under the protection of our ar my. j It is possible that the organi zation of a native armv in the : •/ I’hilippines, officered by Ameri cans and dominated l>y an American fore*', would go some way toward the tolution of a number of d'tt’cu’t problems there. lu Porto Rico it would seem that such a force might beveiy easily organized and something of this kind will be very neces sary in Cuba. For the time being, of course, a sufficient garrison of rtgular American troops will have to be maintained at each of the cen ters of population in Cuba. Gen. Miles estimates the force requir ed at 25,C0, while the Evacua tion Commissioners recommend 50,000. In either case these men can not be kept there indefinitely, even if the sanitary condition of the island be improved, and the organization of a native force that can gradually relieve them is one of the most important suggestions that tbe military committees of Congress can take into immediate consideration. . Think of liv, r- <■ in " a y ear t A'" tWl ’ after one S? / iF to a " P ract ’ c al in- _ || yY ' tentr ar.d purposes,— fgWl, / d‘ -d. with tiw auto- Ynuf ? nu> lt of death iu /a v// svril, ' d 0,1 blow women live for (S' ( a - vt ar or two IN\ Y ? fter a!1 help ' \\ W f u Ine s s , a " d Limiiw ini? i 11 \ " a PP ,neKS have ArL /// \ gone out of N* / hI / I he ir lives. \ I 1 When a woman becomes hope /Wz' lessly helpless and unhappy she is practic ally dead. The young woman to whom the future is a dreary waste, the your.g wife who is a helpless, nervous invalid, the mother whose babes are a burden in stead of a blessing,—all these, unless they take the right measures to recover their health, are better dead than living. In'! j majority of cases these ghosts of v.-vinei, owe their condition to weaktr and dir, ease of the distinctly semi iiue org.c ism Frequently they have been deceived by the incorrect diagnosis pf some obscure physician und do not under, land tri>-> . nature of then trouble. It only costs a I two-cept postage stamp for a woman to wr l ' ■ and describe her condition to Dr, R. V. Pierce, an eminent and kilful special Ist, for thirty y< .. f cm . lilting phys ician t-i th In.aiid-. 1. ... sn d Surgical Jmtilute of Bu' alo. N. V. He ui’.l answer let era from ai.ing wome n wi-h ’.it charge. He is the divoverer of >,r Pierce’s Fa! vorite Prescription, the greatest of all knov.ll med incs for women. It acts directly on the delicate organs concerned in maternity and makes them strong, healthy and vigorous, Il banishes the in! dispositions of the anxious period and make., baby’s coming easy and almost painless, ft cures al! disorders and dis placements '.nd checks exhausting drains, "Previous to motherlr. . I mv w'..ewns very •lek." writes Dennis H Cour "y bis,., of clear Water, \v right Co.. Minn i'w<* L'.ttles of Dr Pierce’s 1 avorite Pre,, riplimt made he; wed and strong," Dr. Pierce’s Peasant Pellets cure bib lousness and m. One a dose. They never gr per UH HIS I'M A HOLIDAY EX U lISIoN RATES VIA SO.R’Y For Christmas holidays, the So them railway will soli tick. •3tr mi point-, on its lines to points Ik st of tho Mi s-issippi and South of tho Ohio and Poto imo rivers at, rate of one and one third fares for the round trip. 'Pickets will be sold Dec 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, al-.o I) c 30th, 31st and Jan. Ist, and 2nd with final limit to return Jan 4th. 1899. I his will give every one : n excellent opportunity of spend- 1 ing Christmas holidays with their friends and relations. lor further L information c;11 on Railway Ticket Agent. —■ mi ■ .i nu r Successful ’’hysicians. »T’»?. H-'.Uw v-ay « Co ‘f J-4 H Broad St., Atlanta. Ga., as heir,j uer raeUy reliaole and remarkabb < .■<•<*»>■ iu.l in tiw treat meni of chronic disease* of luenand women. 1 tier oure whan others fail. Our if in of medical help should certairly write < tne®e eminent doctor* and you will receive a free 1 and exp<,rt opinion of your case by return mail without coat* HOW’S Tins? We offer One Hundred Doi Jure Reward for any ' Caurrl. ,l.n t cannot be ? Hall s Catarrh Cure. F. J.CIIKVKY& co.’, Tided., 0 Jhe undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney fortl le i ait jL) years, and believe hi ni . financially able to carry out a H v obligation made by their H I rn< West & Truax, Wholesale Dry*, gists, Toledo, O. 5 Walding, Kinnan <t Marvii Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ♦ Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken [internally, acting directly up(Ml the blood and mucous surfa*«g of the system. Testimonials sent freo. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall’s Family Pi]] s ar . tl| est b Coke cheaper than Coal- Can bs used in i stoves for heating and cooking purposes. No smoke or scot. Clean and economical. For fur ih at particulars see ROME GAS CO psuftssiomrS ATTORNEYS. J. BRANHAM, I.aw Office 200, East Firstreet St, CHAS W. UNDERA/OOD Artornay at Law, Riuiu' Crcporaion J.aw Oulyr ■W. J. NHJKL Attorney at law. Will practice in allwurts, I Special attention given to commercial Hw ■ arid the examieation ct land titles. I office in King building. Hon.., Ga. | 'W'MLUTHJR. HARRIS Attorney at law and J. P. Office overF Kane & Co. 's. I LIHSW.'OMB <3r 'WI Ll.i XGH AM I Commercial Lawyers. a Office in Armstrong hotel ’milding, Route, Gal M. B EUBANKS, Atterney at law. OfficeKing Building. Home, <.a. 1 W H. ENNIS, Attorney at Law Will Practice in all eourts] < 'flice, Masonic ’female, Rome, Ga j J Sjft.KJ-'I’A, CRV7F QI a I -Attorney at law, Rome, Ga. Collertiens 11 speclelty. ■ Masonic Temple. Rome. Go. I MOauS RIGHT. HAHFEK HAMU IOnB wright <t Hamilton] Attorneys at Law. I Oflice:No. 14 Postollice bimdiiigß CHARLES E. DAVIS —ATTORNEY AT ’ AW - ■ ('< lle.-tioil a sjicial.y. Vnl practice in alfl Clll’tS. B • asit Tfinj le A n, fx < DENTISTS. ■ J. A. WILLS, b-D-S-' I Offlec 241. 1-y Uroad. » Over Cantrell i ■ J. I. PENNINGTON. D D S,MD| KNTieT- B uffice. K’s 1-s uroad street. Over Hanks mure Co. PHYSICIANS. fl _ Ja - - - -• o h KRzriL.ro tr m d- I Physician uni Surgeon Office. llulldlng Rome, Ga. O.: ce ’phone ' B la F*. M Physician and Surgeon, Office m building. Residence, No. 4U3 rtest ' B TON SO RAI- PARLONS! LEWIS BARRETT. B The Old it' liable.” operating the hotel Barbershop, Invites you to giv* mai, and promises to do the rest. Onb * ■ liieo employed on tbe chairs. HOWELL C. TAYLOR, ■ Himself a skilled barber, enl| ’ 1O ' VS ?’ | ik« very best artists in his tonsoral stu ' • curry Building, opposite the Ar " is I tlß you are made comfortable while your M being done. M PASTEUR The enh G‘ r ®l Proof Filter in «-■ world. Mwkes ■ pure and cle r I sale by The Han s fl up; 1 . vCo I