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A KLUSTER GF BULLS EYE SHOTS. The public are hereby notified that Capt. Phil G. Byrd has pur chased a one half interest in the Mexican lion, and will answer all inquiries concerning the same, and receive any reliable information as to the movements of that ec centric animal. John Reese. * * * Mr Will White, who has long been a popular employee of \\ . M. Gammons<fe Co., is now in the clothing department of Coker Co., where he will be glad to wel come his friends. * ■» * * Mr. A. B. MeArver will move ♦ his entire stock of dry goods to the store next to Crouch Co., to morrow, Everybody who knows “Bud’ MeArver likes him and wish him success. He will be prepared t > meet his customers and sell them good and cheap goods. o o o Mr. Harry Rawlins is opening tip the prettiest stock of lamps ever shown in Roms. He can give you anything from 15 cents brass, to a $25 parlor lamps He has bang, ing lamps, hail lamps, parlor lamps, stand lamps, and many other kinds of lamps. And his prices are as low as the lowest. But lamps are not al lof his big stock of new goods by any means. Mr Rawlins has purchased a line of beautiful chinaware, ect, in articles both useful and oruimeutal, Go and see for yoursdf and he will plea.-e j ou. o o o No h >use in North Georgia sells “ore furniture or sells it cheaper than ;he McDonald Sparks Stewart Company and they deserve the largi paturnage they have, for there an-none more popular atni cltv-r than the gentlemen com poiscg Ihe rfi.ni, Anything you want :.i tuniiure, Ho sure ami s e them n<fore buying, o o o 1 he busiest place in Rome to morrow will be on court house hill for the public school will open its full term, and rosy’ cheek girls and rollicking boy’s will fill every room. 3 here have been over nine hun dred pupils enrolled, and a great many more wait until Monday be fore doing so. The new’ rooms pro vided by remodeling the old court house, and the arrangements to raise the standard so that every’ boy and girl in Rome may’ receive a good education will attract a larger patronage than ever. The two highest grades in Eng lish, algebra, geometry and Ceasar will be under Prof. Robt, Gwalt ney and Miss Kate Robeson. The first year pupils will be taught by’ teachers of special skill and expe rience, Misses Eastman and Nor ton. In all grades the teachers are especially fitted for the work in their department. There are 25 teachers in all and it is very probable that they will have a thousand children under tfefcir charge. To go from grade to grade, to rise step by step and receive a dip loma from the Rome Public Schools is the broadest and best preparation for college or for busi ness, and to have this in reach o every child however poOr is the wish of every patriotic citizen. Here’s to the pride of Rome— her public schools, TOM WATSON S SPEEEH Was a sensible one, hut the place to buy’ your groceries the cheapest will interest you more. We have moved into the Kincaid building next dcor to W. A. Rhu dy’s furniture store. For the next sixty days we will Bell as cheap as the the cheapest. Listen to this: Flour 40 and 45 cents per 25 pound sack. Sugar, sc. Crackers, 5, 8 and 10c per pound. We Keep the largest and fresh est stock of country produce to be found in Rome. Call and get our prices. Yours truly, L. G. TODD. 335 Broad street. RELIGIOUS MATTERS. TRUST. I rot see. with my small human sight, Why t.i.l should lead this way or tb.»t for me; 1 only know He 1, ih said: ■Child, follow me;’ Hut 1 can trust. I know not why my path should bout times So straightly hedged, so strangely barred be fore; T ouly know God could keep wide the door; But 1 cun trust. I find no answer: often, when beset With <ju> stions tierce and subtle on my way, And often have but strength to faintly pray; But I cun trust. I often wonder, as with tr inbling hand I cast the seed alotig the furrowed ground. If ripened fruit for God will there be found; But I can trust. I can not know why suddenly the storm Should rage so fiercely round me in its wrath. But this 1 know. < lod watches all tny path— And I can trust. I may not draw aside the mystic veil That hides the unknown future from my sight* Nor know if for me waits the dark or light; But I can trust. I have no power to look across the tide, To see while here the land beyond the river; But this I know. I shall be God s forever; So I can trust. —London Evening Magazine. SUNSHINE OF GOD’S LOVE. A Light That Eneompasseth Every Child of the Father In Heaven. Physically Christians differ, and health of body has a great deal to do with health of soul. Is it possible that David could have been in similar cir cumstances when he wrote of the soul that was cast down into the depths, as when he was singing of the way that he was rejoicing in the Lord? Theoretically he who is really a child of God ought always to be in a condi tion of rejoicing; but real practical truth says that God’s face is not turned away from that child when an aching body and tingling nerves makes the blackness to appear of which David's depths are formed. Sunshine is a happiness promoter. When the sky is blue and the golden rays lie over nature, when the robins hopping on the grass, t'ae birds twit tering in the trees, raake even a dull eye look up to see from a whence the brightness conies, it does seem as if the heavens parted a little to give one a chance to peep in at the glory of the other side, and ought one to consider time as wasted that is spent in a re membrance of what the other side is? Some people are always singing, very often in unmindful ignorance of the fact that the song is in discord, and not on one key. And then their neighbors never sing at all, but sit apart and think. One is called happy, the other unhappy; when the actual fact is, that natures differ. And while they may be equally intense, the way of showing it is different. God knows why discipline is neces sary, why many lives appear to be al ways fv.ll of trial; but the reason for it will be beyound human ken so long ' as life will last. One who had suffered * much with pain of bodj’ and anguish of I mind said not long ago: "Shall I tell you what 'oftenest calls up thanksgiv ing— it is the times of trial, the denied requests, for they have made Jesus nearer, and my religion dearer; but for them I could never quite understand what my dear Father can do." You may depend upon its being true that nothing is so conducive to a want of faith in the surety of the love of God as to sit in the shade. Just alittle ef fort will take yon beyond yohder boundary where the sun shines, and remember it is God’s sunshine. Mere than that, there Is a light that encompassetb every child of God, whether he asks for rt or not. Too much looking at self makes the light to become dull; in seeking to find your qualifications for acceptance with God; the strain is so great that the eye can not be able to look up at the great light, the light of faith in which earthly trials pale, the light that comes from the White Thorne, the light in which you can sec the angels who have you in charge, that your steps do not slip. We are dealing with a wonderfully just God who has established the laws by which we live. He offers Christ to us as a Saviour, but leaves ua to accept or not, as we will. But these immutable laws grant us happiness <»r misery; fir love, obedient love, brings happiness, sin leads to misery. If we prefer to ignore the bright light that is to light our path through this life, we will miss a great deal by the way; and if we choose to build the framework on which our gourd that we have planted is to climb, we must take the consequence of dark ness. God loves a eheerfnl Christian; He is pleased when even tears can not en tirely dim the eyes that are lifted tc Him; and when the way grows weary, when it is hard to walk over the rough places, and His patient child is content to know that Jeans walks with him and that after awhile whatever is try ing here will be made plain, then He opens the tried eyes to behold thg green pastures and the still waters of His love, the love that conquers all dif ficulties. the love that never dies, that will be the sweetest note in the angel songs of eternity, for God, our God, is love; now this love is beyond under standing; then nothing will be hidden, and we shall be satisfied!—Christian Work. DESTROYED BY A NOBLEMAN. AU Him Teaehtn<* of • Boy'n Parents Spoiled in a Moment. An English peer called upon the famous Josiah Wedgwood, who was an earnest religions man, and desired to see his great pottery factories. With one of his employes, a lad of about fif teen years of age, Mr. Wedgwood ac companied the soblemaa through ths works. The visitor was a man of somewhat reckless life, and rather vain of hie re ligious unbelief. Possessing great nat ural wit, he wamauite entertaining in conversation, arfe after awhile forgot himself in expressions ufi “polite” pro fanity and in occasional jests with sa cred names and subjects. This serious ly disturbed Mr. Wedgwood. The boy at first was shocked by Um I nobler r»n’s irreverence, but soon be i came fa -ciliated i>y his How of : keptieal dro'lery, and laughed heartily ut the wit ,y points ma le. When the round of the factories had been made the boy was dismissed, and Mr. Wedgwood selected a beautiful vase of unique 11 ern, and recalled the long and car ful process of it.- making, as they had just seen it at the vats and ovens. The visitor was charmed with its ex quisite shape, its rare coloring, its pictured designs, and reached out his hand to take it. Mr. Wedgwood let ft fall on the floor, and broke it to atoms. The nobleman uttered an angry oath. “I wanted that for my collection,” he said. “No art can restore what you have ruined by your carelessness.” “My lord,” replied Mr. Wedgwood, “there are other ruined things, more precious than this, which can never be restored. You cun never give back to the sotil of that bey who has just left Us the reverent feeling and simple faith which you have destroyed by mak ing light of the religion which has been his most sacred memory and inheritance. For years his parents have endeavored to teach him rever ence for sacred things, and so to influ ence his mind that his life aud conduct should be governed by religious princi ples. You have undone their labor in less than half an hour.” The nobleman, though greatly aston ished at such plainness of speech from a "mechanic,” respected a brave and honest man; and he did not go away without expressing his regrets, and ad mitting the justice of the reproof. A common acknowledgment of God, and the prevalence of a reverent spirit, are society’s safe-guard and the state's defense. None but those who forget how much the country owes to religious feeling will ever trifle with it in the young, or sneer at a “pious education.” A single scoffing speech may do mischief for a lifetime.—Youth's Companion. THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT. The Difference In Men Illustrated by the Change In Paul'* Lite. To the casual observer of men they appear to be very much alike; that in general they act very much alike, are prompted bv similar motives for the accomplishment of similar ends. But a closer scrutiny, a more careful ex amination of motives prompting action, and of the ends sought by the effort put forth, develops a wide difference in the ruling influences back of all the outward activities. Here is where men often mistake and greatly misjudge One another. The apostle Paul ex claims: "It is a very small thing that 1 should Ik* judged of you. or of man’s judgment." The Fame apostle was a grand illus tration of the idea he would Bring out. In early life self-righteous. am bitious, a violent, maddened per secutor: in after lif-> a zealous disciple of Him whom he had despised, counting all things but loss for Christ Jesus. Outv. :ir;ily the; same energetic man, but in the power unseen back of life, oh, what a change! In one case, moved by the spirit of persecution and death; in the other, obedient to the heavenlv vision. See the same difference in men in the busy round of daily life as you meet them; apparently much the same, yet how different! Gue devising schemes of self-indulgence, self-ag grandizement, mischief, iniquity, and wrong; the other, plans of benevolence deeds of pity and compassion, love ts» God and love to man—such are the forces back of the visible life. Such is the Christian life, often unrecognized, despised, and rejected; but it is there, silently working out unnumbered blessings in the dark ways of sin and sorrow.—-Religious Herald. RAM’S HORN BLASTS. Note* of Help and Advice Well Worth Repeating. All love asks is the privilege of doing its best- ir the heart is wrong, how can the life be right? Sorrow is sometimes God’s cure for selfishness. The Bible does not command any body to love a hypocrite. To go into temptation is to run a willing race with the devil. The hands that were nailed to the cross had no money in them. The devil is the only one helped when a hypocrite joins the church. The man who works for God never complains that he don’t get p*y enough. The devil don’t care much for our profession. What h«is afraid of is our practice. If we could gain the whole earth it would begin to shrink as soon as we got possession. If the devil is ever proud of his work it must be when he looks at a bad woman. One reason why St. Paul accom plished so much was that he never tried to do anything in his own strength. A fool will build a house without windows, and then blame God because he has to live iu the dark. The less a preacher believes (rod's promises the more particular he is about the size of his salary. The dangerous thing about saying no to God to-day is that you may have to keep on doing it forever.- It is hard to understand why love for God in some folks never gets down deep enough to strike the pocket. When the preacher undertakes to have a revival it is astonishing how many people can tell him just how it ought to be run. Many a man prays the Lord’s prayer every day who never thinks it worth while to try to hurt the devil with his vote. The man who rejoices in the Lord will generally be found living so that those who come near him can also re joice. The children of Israel needed Moses to lead them out of Egypt, but not any more than Moses needed them to take the Egypt out of him. How it puzzle the angels to under stand what some men mean by their 4ilk iu prayer meeting, when they see now little thay pat in the basket. FOR SUNDAY READING. TEMPT A HON. Oh. weary ’> ;»y ■ soC us. so hard, so roughi Will tr.u's •.• be.-ft, L..:<: those which in tliui wilderness our Muster xei. V.’e Mrn-dc on a'id strugfcllag fall, L’e'e-s e loot; above To Him v. '!■' re e.ls Ills n.essengcrs or comfort and of love. We note too uuieli the stones, the thorns, Along our road. Too l.ttle note the hands outstretched To ease our load. O living Christ! who hears each mean or sore-.r/.'d breast; Oh. rm-.y we know those messengers Os love and peace aud r« st! To Thee they came when thou h.rh t won Thy conflict brief. To us they come In every weary hour Or trial or grief. O argol ministers win? strength?!! us! Forever lire ye near. In al! our v. -ary pilgrimage Through desert drear. O angel messengers! stay ever close; Give eyes to see. O Father-heart! give strength to bear, Aud puace in Thee. —S. S. Times. U N FAIR L Y JUDG £ D. The Trtis XiUhloii of the Church—Mlnls ter'nir *ll I'ity and Mercy to a Fallen Brother. An illustrated weekly has a cartoon in two parts, entitled “A Mutual Ben efit Arrangement.” One part shows how. "in the days of his prosperity the peculator stands by the church,” the other how, “when his sins have found him out the church stands by him.” It is intended to discredit the church. Let us see if, in fact, the church is discredited. The man whom the car toons are intended to represent was un doubtedly interested in the church. Being a generous man and possessed of means, he supported it liberally. So far as the church knew, or the public, or his friends, he was in every way an honorable man, a public-spirited and exemplary citizen, and one who loved to serve his kind. It was a surprise to them when he was accused of forgery, and a still greater surprise when he was convicted of it. Up to this point there is certainly no ground for condemning the church. If the man was peculating, of which there is at least a reasonable doubt, the church did not know it, and, of course, can not be held responsible for it; and it certainly was not in the wrong in receiving his contributions. But it is accused of standing by him after he was convicted. A number of members called on him in his cell, sung hymns there, and left flowers for him. Was that wrong? Not necessarily s<». His visitors probably did not believe him guilty of intentional wrong. A judge if the supreme court, in a care ful review of the. case, has expressed th. jr. lieiul opinion that the verdict will not stand, and has released him pending an appeal for a new trial. Even suppose they did believe him guo.ty. they cx’iuld visit him, pray and sing with him, and show their pity for him, without palliating or excusing or condoning his crime. Nay, more, they were bound to do this, if they were true ( i,. ..sti ins. The Master did not forbid His fol lowers to visit criminals. Ou the con trary, Me declared that to minister to those in prison would be to minister unto-Him; and among the very last of His own blessed ministrations were those to the two thieves between whom He was crucified. The church must not, of course, ex cuse crimw. Its standard must not be lower than that of the world. It must unsparingly condemn all forms of sin, immorality and crime. It must incul cate and insist upon purity of life. But it must not hold itself aloof from the impure, the immoral and the criminal. Its great object is to reach them and reform them, and gather them into its fold. If some of its sheep go astray, it must go after them and win them back. If it is a nursery, a university, a fortress it is also a hospital. It un dertakes to cure the diseases of pooi mortality, to bind up its wounds, and to care for its disabled. So when sin and shame come upon a brother, the church may not despise him. When he gees far astray, the church must not forget him. When the law condemns, the ehurch may, at least, pity. When the courts strike in justice, the church may minister in mercy. In this way ift is a blessed thing for th* church to "stand by” the criminal, not as palliating his crinse or seeking to avert panishmeßt, but as ex-pressing its love, its care, its interest, its desire to reform arrfi restore to society. Some one has said that in the particular case referred to the church was not ministering to a poor and obscure man. He is not obscu.-e, certainly; but he is utterly broken down in fortune; he is poor enoughs If the church had shown no interest in him, would it not have been open to a much severer criticism? It might then have been accused of court ing him in the day of his wealth and influence, and forsaking him when his money had been away and dis grace had come upon him. The Gospel fits the world's great need because it is for the sinful. The Son of Man came specially to seek and save the lost, not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentence. And no man, however bad his life may have been, need despair. And if Hits*' is -hope fin all, why should not thechureh go to aj) and minister to all? “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye which are spiritual re store such a one in the» spirit of meek ness, looking to thyself le< thou also also be tempted. Bear ye nn» anoth er’s burdens, and so ful fill thte law of Christ.”—N. Y. Independent. CHRIST AND ALEXANDER. Om Overcame the World, the Other Con qutrrd the World, but CouTd Nut Manter Mis Habits. Alexander the Greht, after he had scattered the army of Darius and con quered Tyre, is said to have gone to Jerusalem, worshipped in the temple, and heard the high priest read tht orapitecioa of Daniel concerning him He was told, according to the legend, that ho was the ag<-nt of Heaven to humble the kingdoms of the east. Tho revelation pleased him, but he consid ered himself a divine person, and noth ing less would satify his ambition titan the honor of this supreme claim. • In Libya, the flattering shrine-keep er;; of Aiumpn were made to hail him as the son of a god, and as such he ever ui’.i rward signed his name. He (vas a brave, brilliant, fortunate soldier—and a king. That was all. His character was a motley of virtues and vices. He was by turns modi st and bombastic, noble aud mean, just ar..l unjust, kind and cruel, vindictive and magnanimous, temp - nte and in temperate. The he-goat oi Daniel's vi sion was hi s emblem. Within thirteen yen'- ■ b. 2 tn: .!<• him self master of ten natin-.r.. an 1 ha ended his life iu eariy < ..1 be cause he could not in..1.. ..'I mas- ter of his own appetit". !L 11 A drunkard. Men called iiii.i th? “con queror of the worl !; ' L..t “ world could not well own him : /jr who fell a victim to its tempi.,; I'm;. More.ilian three hundred years after Alexander’s visit to Jeru: alein Jesus Christ stood there in the temple. No one showed Him the p!iophec'?s that foretold Him, though there wer. many in the sacred books. The > •• • ■■ and doctors were astonibhed ut lac under standing of the marvellous boy, but they did not know Him. He w-ent home with His mother, and said nothing about Himself till He was thirty years old. Then from the privacy of His simple village life He went forth to be a preacher and teacher, and to do good in a more public way. His doctrines sank into men’s hearts. llis miracles blessed the sick and the poor. He needed no Libyan oracle to declare Him the Son of God. He had journeyed to Egypt in His childhood, but He brought back no borrowed di vinity. When His three years’ wonderful ministry ended he was in Jerusalem again; and there He died. His words to His friends were remembered, and He had done enough to make them true: “Be of good cheer; I have over come the world." It would have been worth to Alexan der more than all his victories to be able to say these words with the confi dence of a saint and a martyr, rather than with the boastfulness of a warrior king. The great Macedonian was nat urally thoughtful and humane, but he had an insatiable lust for power and glory, so that justice, gentleness, truth, and the lives of men were noth ing when they stood in his way. The only shining virtue in him that this passion could not kill was his love for his mother.. The great Nazarene loved His mother, and loved all mankind. In genuine greatness Jesus was not only every thing that Alexander was, but every thing that l:c- - as no,—unwarlike, uiv reveugeful, u.u < lil.-;h. unsonlid, un carnal, unboastful, and to temptation invincible. His ..power wa.s not in splendid strife and boundless but in forgiveness, humility, purity and. peace. He tavght men to love one an other and overcome evil with good, and lie made piaAn the path of the per fect life. Alexander and Jesus both died at the age- of thirty-three. But the difference of their conquests is almost too wide for comparison. One was a destroyer, the other a Saviour; and unlike the empire of the mam of blood, that went to pieces at his death, the empire of Christ is greater to-day than ever, and is growing still. As Dr. Felix Adler, a Jew, says of Hi» earthly work: “In those three years. lie changed the cur rent ®f the world’s history.” The son of Olympias, with his victo ries es violence and ambition, survives only in the story of his time, as a inem- The Son of Mary, with His victo ries of love, is a tiring influence among living men. If there were no higher lesson in this, contrast,, it at least sets forth clearly the kind of success, that brings the no blest winnings. Goodness is contagious as well as wickedness, and it is longer lived, for it is nourished in affection that imitates And gratitude that never forgets. Every person has one or more “followers;” and he who purifies others by being himself pure, secures a tri umph that is iaemortal.—Youth's Com panion. CHOICE SELECTIONS, —“Live in tte present that you may be ready for the future.” Charles Kingsley. —Perfection! jstbc measure of Heaven, ansi the wir.h t > b*> perfect ttie measure of man.—;Joe>Ne. —DisepiretvAo- of soul is often caused by the lack a clear understanding of God’s “way of peace.”—United Bt-esby tealan. —Let every man ask himself .with which of Jiijs faculties he can and will somehow ssrfluenee his age.—Goethe. —Criticism never hears the Gospel. Mere genius never hears it. Broken heartedness always hears it.—Dr. Jo seph Parker. —Perfect, unquestioning trust Is the way to peace. Do not wait to see—do not ask to see—but believe in God and be at peace.—S. R. Miller.. '< —The veiling of intelligence with obedience shall give it light and not darkness. The reverence which comes Lu service shall be not paralysis, but HlbamtPtek - ip s Brooks. —W tmder heart and loving sympathy a*iA gentle touch are wanted to give eoiwfert to the world’s sorrow, t» help other tempted men in their bat tles t« resewe the perishing out of their b«B(!^Rir*.—J. R. Miller, D. D. —A prominent merchant in New YeA efty says: ‘1 should have been a bw4 for the Sabbatji. The Berres, the brain, the muscles, the beaes, the entire physical, intellectual a«sl moral nature cry out for the Sab- Im*4« rest.” —As sugar is not only sweet in iteelf, but sweeteneth other things where with it is mixed, so love is not only in itself delightful, but maketh all th* ways of God both light and delightful, i.ght to bear, delLgLUul to •MbrAM.* Hayward. . . .... - COMTE DE PARIS DYING. Although Vsrv low He Has not lost Consciousness. London, Sept 1 -The Munt of Paris begans to sink late this a s. teruoou-The fami’y ttbt i houge ' hold servants were called to his bedside and the last sacrament was edminifltrat. d in their pres . euce. Al 7 o'clock l»T ~,ii (.ill although he L Lotion” eciuUHiierfa. PUPILB 1 usli E■.ISTEg Pupiis for the tenn f the Rome rubtic bchouls Wl || i registered and at th, mam buildin? on Cower Rj]] Wednesday and Ti.uißclay 29thaud oJth met, beaming at 9 a , Pupils for rhe Colored schools' will report at their building, 8-2 Gst J- C. Harris, sis -Ha'S 0 r * ! ’i" c-rthe Irnne .-’ L';- Tern;« !>..nee ’ / u-- i.fd !,ealth w ev< , , 1!. iu ' Be%n» '?/'■ The best 5 cent smoke on the market is Warter’s hand made.” For sale by all dealers. Trv ne. My boy was taken with a disease resembling bloody flux. The first thing I thought of was Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Tvo doses of it settled the matte and cure him sound and veil. I bear’ily ecommend this re edy to ail persons sn tiering from a com plaint. I will answer any inquiries re garding it when stamp is inclosed. I refer to any county official as to my reliability, Wm Roach. J. P., Pnm roy.; Campbell Co., Tenn* For sale by Lowry Bros. ‘‘Warter’s “Hand made” is the latest production from the Rome Cigar Factory. For sale by all dealers. Try one. September 3rd we will movea cross the srteet to the Medical Build ng next door to Crouch & Co Drug store. A. B.McArver & Co “Warter’s Hand made,” thats the brand of the latest and best production from tne Warters Cigar Facto ry. Ask yurdealerfor one. $25 FOR MERCANTILE COURSE IN BOOK-KEEPING Including Hooks Call at office for particulars J G HARMISON GWALTNEY’S SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Will open on Septem bc * 10th, Boys prepared for Jun ior class at college. For circt lar giving full information, Address Rome G*