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■ CSLY OFFICIAL ORGAN’
t tee city of Rome, and Floyd, the
“Banner county" of Georgia.
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JON W. MADDOX,
• Some bright boy
Or girJ.
Through a little
effort,
Is going to
Become the
Possessor of
The greatest
Reference
{Library
!Ever compiled
Or Published
It may be
Your child
Will be the
Successful one;
At any rate
You oughtto
Give him an
Opportunity
To try.
See th at he
Is provided
With a copy of
The Hustler
Every Evening
This we°k.
He will take
Greater pride in,
And make
Better use of
The books
If he has had
Something
To do with
Procuring
Them,
Than if you
Purchased
The set
And gave it
To him.
.And the
Proper use of
This great work
Will make
Os him an
Educated man-
Trolleys go in 500 Ameriean
*4, owns.
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Tea is cut every forty day a the
year wound in Japan.
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The Peoria Indians furnished a
■xiame to the Illinois city.
Fort Wayne, Ind., was named
after Ctenera lAn th< >ny Wayne.
There is one milch cow in this
country to every four inhabitants.
Shakespeare's original edition of
1'323 ie held by Quaritch at $6,000.
Corbett has added a new Bob to
‘the tail of his advertising kite.
China seems to have a bad case
•as “business uncertainty” also.
Senator Wait is the leading vox
populist of this country.
Phoebe Cousins has joined the
}K)pulists but they are not to blame
To. Washington Post complains.
tLatdu.tchtg men are scare* at the
. tjital. Where is Senator Peffer,
whirling derv his from Kans s
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THE HUSTLER OF ROME, SUNDAY OCTOBER, 28 1894.
! A house that was built at Can
-1 ton, Conn., in 1760 is still occu
pied as a dwelling.
Over 8,000,000 cases of influenza
occured in Europe during the epi
demic of 1889.
It is estimated that two-fifths
of the total area of New Caledonia
contains nickel.
InG.rman orphan and found
ling asylums 50 percent of the
children die of scrofula.
During the last Turco-Russian
war the Russian army lost 40,(K0
men by measles.
Scrofula i» most destructive in
Petersburg, and least to be feared
in Turin, Italy.
In the United States in every
10,000 deaths, there are 300 annu
ally from typhoid fever.
In the cities of Germany there
are 9,Bso,(XX)population, of whom
257,OCX)die every year,
InAnost countries diptheria has
nearly doubled the number of vc
tnns in twenty years.
It is estimated that 20,000 tons
of candy are consumed annually
in the United States.
In Java as a part of the mar
riage ceremony the bride washes
the feet of the groom.
After being abolished for twenty
five yt-ars, the death penalty has
been resumed in Switzerland.
Diamonds so small that 1,500 go
to the karat have been cut in Hol
land.
St. Alban’s book, 1486, owned
byQuaritch, London, is valued at
$3,700.
Orlando Furioso, first edition,
Ferrara, 1516, was purchased by
Quaritch for $2,500.
Monstrellet, edition of 1500, on
vellum paper, brought $6,500 at
the Techner auction in 1887.
Qeen Lil may not be insane, but
she has been very mad for the last
year or two.
A cablegram from Shanghai says
that “The Chinese government has
just taken steps.”
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The gentleman who would refuse
to ride on a Pullman pass will
please stand up and be counted.
It is claimed that Boss Croker
forced Bourke Cockran to with
draw from politics this year. Mr.
Croker never forgets his friends.
Pittsburg boasts of a reporter who
is 80 years old. He is hale and
hearty and his worst dissipation is
limited to cigarettes and whiskey.
The wife of Qhief Justice Fuller
has been robbed of $1,200 worth of
diamonds. What a theatrical ad
vertisement goes to waste there.
A Buffalo man aged 76 years has
just married a girl of 17. Eligible
men must bejsctrce in Buffalo. But
hurrah for the spirit of ’76!
In this hour of train robbers in
the West and East and South, it
is a great comfort to know that
Bill Dalton is still dead.
A dispatch from Topeka conven
tion says that “Mrs. Lease next
made a few brief remarks.” We
don’t believe it.
The miners of Chairman Wil
son’s district hold the balance of.
power. Thus far their support of!
his candidacy has been quite coal
ed. |
Young Husband (in a low tone!
to his wife, who meets him at the
railroad depot with her mother) —
Didn’t I telegraph you not to bring |
your mot her to the station?
Young Wife—That’s just why
mamma has come along. She
wishes to speak to you about it.
She opened the telegram.
Speaking of the registration
books, is your name written there?
Probably the oldest bicycle ri
der in New York state is Mrs. Mar
garet Ploster, of Schenectady, who
is said to be ninety-three years of
age. The reign of the “bike” is in
deed over all the land, when wo
men nearing the century mark
take to the wheel.
African whalebone is now being
made from leather, which is soak
ed for two or three days in sul
phate of potassium, then stretch
ed, slowly dried, subjected to a
high temperament and then to a
heavy pressure, which makes it
hard and elastic.
UREAT THINGS OF THE WORLD
The largest nugget of gold ®vej
found was taken out of the Byers
& Haltmann mine at Hill End
New South Wales, ou May 10,
1872 It weighed an ounce or two
over 640 pounds. It was elab-shaj
ed, 4 feet 9 inches long and about
3 feet 2 inches wide and of an av
erage of 4 inches in thickness .Tbs
finder sold it for $l4B 000.
The largest advertisement in the
world is in the shape of immense
flower bads ou the side of a hi 1
near Ardenlee, Scotland. The bed
are each gigau tic letters. 40 feet
in length, the whole forming th<-
words “Glasgow News. ” The total
length ot. the line is 123 feet; area
c jvered by the letters 14,845 feet
The letters, can be distinctly seen
from a distance of four and ont
half miles.
The organ in the old Morman
Temple at Salt Lake City is one of
the largest, if not the very largest
ever constructed in this country
It has 2,704 pipes, each 32 feet
long and large enough to admit
the body of a man of ordinary
size. It also has two towers at
»i her side which rises to a height
of 42 feet.
The largest painting ever pro
d ced, (not including panor mic:
views) is now iu the Grand SuTuii
oi the Doges at Venice. It is by
the renowned Jacapo Robust), and
is 84 feet long and 34 feet wide. A
p noramic view called the “Frost
King,” dow in Westminster, Len
do i, covers 20,000 square feet of
canvas.
The largest hammer and anvil
in the world are iu use at the Krupp
Gun Works, Essen, Germany. The
hammer, which was made in 1886,
weighs 150 tons, and the anvil and
block 191| tons,
Iu 1889, before being reduced to
its present proportions, Custer
County, Montana was the largest
county in the United States. Its
area at that time was 46,000 square
miles, being greater than the com
bined areas ,of New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Dela
ware and Rhode Island.
The largest book ever made at
he Govoinmant Printing Office
at Washington weighed 140 pound ß
was 16 inches thick and contaiued
10,003 pages.
The three tallest trees in the
world are believed to be a sequoia
near Stockton, Cal. (325) feet and
two eucalypti in Australia, estima
ted at 435 and 450 feet respective
ly.
LUCK IN NUMBERS.
To see uiue magpies is extreme
ly unlucky.
Iu France a seventh sou in di
rect succession is called a inarcou
Virgil tells us iu the eighth ec
logue that the gods esteemed odd
□umbers.
The seven days of creation led
to a septenary division of time to
all ages.
There were seven wise men in
antiquity and seven wonders of
the world.
Nine grains of wheat laid on a
four-leaved clover enables one to
see the fairies.
It is an ancient belief that a
change in the body of a man oc
curs every seventh year.
Falstaff says: “They say there
isdivinity in odd numbers, either
by nativity, chance or death.
The number 3 was the perfect
number of the Pythagoreans, who
-aid it represented the beginning,
in idd If and end.
Iu the Faroe Islands there is a
uperstitiou ibai seals cast off
heir skins every ninth month and
.ssunie the human shape .
Miraculous powers are supnoted
to jl e possessed by the s viu'h
laughters,bui, as usual in tliocnbu
4 woman, it has an occult power.
When a servant maid finds nine
pease in one pod she lays it
Ju the window sill, and the first
iimii ' h -u'ers will be her“beau,”
Amoi.g the Chinese heaven is
odd,earth is even and the numbers
1,3, 5,7, 9 belong to heaven while
the signs ot the earth earthy.
There is a well-known supersti
tion,current siL.ce ibedays of Ovid
ihat particular virtue, strength or
danger lies iu the ninth wave of a
■leries.
The ancients not only noted the
importance of seven as an astron
omical period,but also connected
with the seven planets the seven
metals then known.
The second digit acquires au es
pecially evil reputation among the
he early Christians, because the
second day hell was created along
with heaven and earth.
The number 9, besides being re
garded as « lucky one is possessed
■>f mysterious properties, intenisfi
ed from its being the pioduct of
three times three.
The Siamese hs'" a “regard for
odd num e of d or . vii.d wa ind
rooms in lueir houmS, and mat all
•naiicases must have an odd num
ber of steps. —N. Y. Mail and Ex
press.
Country
Produce
A Specialty.
Fresh Butter on hand
all the time.
New goods arriving
daily, We Keep the best
the market affords.
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409 Broad Stree
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Yob can aavc money by purchasing W. I
Doaglna Shoes,
Because, we are the largest manufacturers of
advertised shoea in the world, and guarantee
the value by stamping the name ana price on
he bottom, which protects you against higk
■ : ices aud the middleman's profits. Our shoes
;ual custom work in style, easy fittiug and
aring qualities. We have them sold every
here at lower prices for the value given than
•other make Take no substitute. If you:
• n , -an. Sold by
Cantrell & Owens,
Dr. M. A. THEDFORD'S
LIVER MEDICINE.
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dysp£psia\ , W I Sick oft
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DCUKNESS OSS OF
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BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FORCA
TAKRH THATCONTAIN MERCERY
as mercury will surely destroy th
sense of smell and completely de
range the whole system when en
uring it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive
from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co,, Toledo, 0., contains no mer
cury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure ba
sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally and is made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free
fWhSold l»y Druggists, price 75c
per bottlej
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Rheumatism S
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ZW the weak and debilitated, give* _ \
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In all blood and skin diseases, like (Signed by) J. D. JOHNSTON,
v. blotshss, pimples, old ehronic alcere. Savannah, Ga.
XSS tetter, seald head, boils, erysipelas, , \
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u contradiction, that P. P. P. Is the beat fbrfiwaau « K?*
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MRS. M. M. YEARY, ...
Bpringfield, Green Qoknty, Mo. Mppraan’a aUook,S*vMiiaab, Ga t
FOR SALE BY D.W. CURRY.
Will W sill wiMPffl
MANUFACTVRER£|A.NI|DEALERS IN
Win anfl Granite, Monuments, CouM, Wire am
IMI Im Fbbw, taaVffl, Footed
IST’Ordcir What You Want and|Get .Wbat YouJOrder.
S. HEMSTBEE' 7 ' Mgr, Chattanooga Tenn.
1116 Market Street.
! A. J. BANKSTON General Agent
Ringgold Georgia
BLOSSOM
Is as safe and harmless as a flax ,
seed poultice. It acts like a po'd.
tice, drawing out fever and pain.,
and curing al’ diseases peculiui
to ladies.
“Orange Blosj >n” is a pas
tils, easily used at any time; <
is applied right to the parts
Every lady can treat herseb
with it.
Mailed to any address upon re
ceipt of Sr. Dr. J. A. McGill & Co.
4 Panorama Place* Chicago, Hi.
Sold by
D, W. Curry Druggist.
Western &
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Chicago
.Louisville
Cincinnatti
St.. Lous
Kasas City
Memphis
—AND—
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Quick time and Vestibuled trains carrying*
Pullman Sleeping cars. For any informatior
call on or write to
J A SMITH
General Agent, Rome Ga. .
J L EDMONSON
Traveling Pass. Agt. Chattanooga Tenn
JOS. BROWN.
Traffic Manager Atlanta, Ga.
C EHARMAN
~ General pass Agt.Atlanta Ga.
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FOR MERCANTILE
COURSE IN
BOOK-KEEPING
Including Hooks
Cal) at office for particulars
J G HA RM ISON
rving W. Larimore, physical di
rector of Y.M. C A.. Des Moines
lowa, says be can conscientiouely
recommend Chamberlain’s Pain Balm
to athletics, gymnasts, bicyclists, foot
ball players and the profession in
general for bruises, sprains and di»j
locations; also for soreness and etifl
ness of the muscles, when applied
before the parts become swollen it
will effect a cure in onehalf the tuns
usually required. For sale by Lowry
t*"* s Druggis ts
MAGNETIC NERVINE.
ceSlv-nieofOpi®
Tobacco and AIC
T* hoi! Mentally
BEFORE; - AF-TEF - «i°n.
he Brain, oauaing Misery, j n either set
larrenetw, Inipokency, Ll’t row '
•remature OK A«e, In A°rUo?of the Brain an
y over-indulgence, o , v *'j ßX ,“ weak (>«■•»» tlier
errors of Youth. It#™’*
Vatural Vigor and doulrtoa thejoy month’" «>“*;
i.uoorrbren and Fem* « Weakna-*. addre"".* 1
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Good Advice. tfl
We advise every reader of this P»P
write to the Gazette Co Clneinnau.
a free sample copy of that g. fished
The Cincinnati Gazette. It is no w p for
twice a week—every Tuesday, and Irm
only one dollar a year, and it seen
better with each K«
quite a feature, being edlU'd ®" stun ies.
It describes the very borne dress,
as well as the plainer, every-• Y „ es , s tory
Its news pages, home and . P an dconr*
pages, market pages, ® tc ‘* Ipnie visitor to
plete. It will always be a wtlro wantfid
every intelligent family. Ag ( ] o ]iara y eiir '
in every neighborhood- On y l 0 o f agi* a ‘
twice a week. It takes th I on e-tentb
metropolitan daily n‘’ WsiJ 'important tele
the cost. It has tldng fort ll0 *
graph news, and is J" st , ffO r n g on in a "
who want to know what I g aj f or d to
parts of the world, and can ' fw)d3t *
pay sl4 a year for the paper
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