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Tli'E 11 ’ " B l OF 1101 > iu •*» MaH Macmt. ■ 1 eHILG. JOWC. REESE, j B ,X Daily and Sunday. -• «*nt* ■ we*k or $5 00 per annum •»LT OFFICIAL OR*AN <atf th* city of Rome, and Floyd, th* A Bannsr c*uuty" of Georgia. Fo n this good day, forwa d, >at ronizi bom* indu»t ie . The gold reserve seams to he ave in greater accumulation. Lorb Randolph Churchill is said T*> have fallen, another victim of « garrottes. The merchants of Rome have •er'anlv ?pjoyed a b g fa'l and Aelidsy trad*. To date, Grover has not public ly expressed an opinion about the workings of the dispensary. Even the war in the East will be •> small show when compared to the Atlanta Exposition of 1895. " 1 111 1 " ""'L ' . 1 ' - H " 4 The total amount of life insur- 1 ance carried by American citizens 4 amounts to nearly $500,000,000. its in mi r 1 ■■ in* Robert Louis Slavstmon is said ’ to have earned S2O ),000 vitb his 1 pen after he went to Snmoa. 4 # One mmi killed five deer in fh<- ' •»*tn* day, down in Florida last i week—and uet a v»ry dierdty eje rsther. C—!3gCT ~L '.AM g The December number of the C Seminary Signal published at J 11 axt«e»vi| ;p, Georgia, is a midwin- t ter d «ißy . d ’ —= f The Mika to w 11 not have to en- e i«rge his crown. The Mikado is too •well balanced to suffer from “big k*»d.” • <= —— ■■■" ■ - ( Sodom and Gomorah were not f -in it with New York City. But £ t,hen Hell’* Gate is hard by New a York.—Jackson Blade. t ~ t 'Two recent events transpiring t wditrin the state’s borders show "tAe oOieacy of the presence of the Volunteer. < ~ . .. ...... Wliea the Lexow committee , v’Joses its date with Gotham—it '■will probably refuse a contract with the Emperor of China. Booze and blood flowed freely in Carolina on Chris’ma# day. The -dispensary i»n’t such a great suc- ♦ cess after all.—Augusta Herald. If there were anything deader in Denmark than the purity in New York’s city government then j Is about time to quarntine against Denmark. > A New Yorker Committed flui >side became' he said he wan ’‘not • alien to liv«.” Oewhisz What a koffin, should the reason be a «us- > ficieut one. J H . C. G irrisoiL, of Etowah, Ale. 'jF.ade the trip to Texas and back .141 a wagon. One Garrison who should have held the fort inataad of damming the Etowah . ■MWWMWKNMMk Gov. McKinley has refused an invitation to visit Hartford, Conn. Probably he doesn’t consider Down East hospitality the underlying principal of a forlorn hope. When we advocated Gus Bacon for United States Senator we did not know we were helping to trhow Jaim into such company as Elkins, Addick, Sewell & Co. Eh, Major? Dr E. S. Webb, of Washington, Ala., killed two deer at ol*shot and in a few hours afterwards he billed three turkeys it one ehob as an A ahama paper. If he had Fc agam he wouid doubtles* have killed a kage of monkeys and a iwa ni of makes. ii It is said that ‘Treasure'll ted” j R >h.-H Louie Stevenson’* b*tfS bank in the opinion of many critic*, was written in two spurt* of fifteen - davs each—t'or \ dave of work. • im ■————va Richard Watson Gild*.’, N-w Y rk’e poet, hired a detective and want Blummering in that city on Ch isttuas Eve. H* found aothu.g worse than th* Lexow committee has uncovered. • -w —-maM**aM At last the Alabama editor* made up their mind# to let Ko b > di* the death. They have boycot ted the use of the demagogues name. Os course ho will drop into oblivion. V ith lhe c< ming *f the New y-> hi , let every cit iz-m of Rome re solve to buy every thing he has t* buy. in bin hom* town. Eve-y j ' onld ;> rtn th«« whe«l and every body pushing Rome to the fn n‘. Si Hawkins, of America*, while butchering a cow a day or two ago found a brass watch in good con dition in her im-estines. If it had be n Si Perkins he would have found • brass hand in her horn. In two y»ar# in North Carolina there were 125 trials in the counts for murder, and there were but three hangings. North Carolina “hould have tried Flovd’* style and saved thus* three fr*m th* gallows, “Battle” after “ba.tle” is re ported from ths OH«nt au d yet, to dat<\ leg# thou 15,000 China men and 2 00) Jap# have been #iaio. Ou- fight in our recent civ il wa r more th <n equals the car- . nag# of Jam-Chinee kamnaigna. There were four conspicuously sad exceptions to the merriment of Christmas this year. They w*r* Armenia, St. John’s, Nebraska and the Carnegie Homestead works un der the reduced scale of wages en forced by Triumphant Plutocracy, says the New York W*rld. It is reported that the railroad strikers in jail at San Bernardino, , Cal., are allowed to visit their families, go to theatres aad have a good time generally. In fact they seem to have about as much liber ty a# Beresford claims, in his let ters to Romans, to have around the Kramer Konvicft* Kamp. Edward H. Strobel, of S >u*h Carolina, the newly appointed min inter to Chilli, is at present th* minister t* E :uad*r. He was •te rtiary of legislation at Madrid dar ing M’. Cleveland’s first adminis tration, and before going to Bcua. dor was third Assistant Secretary of State, which position hv resign ’d iu April la<t. The population of London is “aid to be 5,948,300, and increasing at the rate es 105,000 a year The city therefore, has a population of at" ut. a mijlion and a half more than Scotland, a million more than Ireland, and five million eight hun dred and forty thousand more than Atlanta had last week—th >ugh At lanta is growing right along, her -1 seif. Georgia will hav* no military encampment next year. The sls, ’ 000 appropriation will be appor tinned out to to the various com- I mauds. It. is probable that many • impanies will spend a week or two euiimpsd at St. Simon’# *r Cum ( berland islands—a change which will probably pr*ve satisfactory to J all concerned—Albany Herald . Ov*rapoemin The Baltimore News we find the following note in 1 parenthess: (Written by Comfort I W Dorsey, daughters of J*hn !V. r Dorsey, 9 years old.) Ws never like to dispute anything we sae in j such good authority as Th* Balti more News, but that strikes us as a rather youthful father. The poem ’ is rather appropiaiely, “A Mib take.”—Augusta Chronicle. M*nday last, at Orlando, Fla., I Robert Emerson and Jehu Burney j both secured license to marry Jsn L nie Hortou, of Sanford. About two hour elapsed between th* time of i the « >d 4 ><3 >n I tian th» i license. There was a ran* the I bride, iu ? I“i« wi* i who wta ?h» swiftest ruun*” w m the priza. The groom is igcongratiila’ious. A ye#’’ h°nc < > n ” "u * c v>gr c’ula tiug hi# a* •#* "I rival « am '■'W.r’i' ■ l l l jus The Savannah New# motes this trouble in colored society in that I city: “A smart New York Afro-] American, who evidently rsads the funny’ papers, got himself into' , trouble at a church festival a n : ght or tw® ago by trying to work off i som* warmed over wit at the ex-' pense of » belle's doughnuts. | When he called for a hammer with which to crack the n, the girl'# ‘stsady comp’ny’ went down in his 1 bootleg for a razor, and made a swipe at the jugular of the fellow who ‘suited de gal’s cookin”. It is ev'dwnt that Nort ern a;.-oii. time el*vate the race in spots only.” HOW 1)11) YOU REST LAST NlftdiTi •’How did you r«>st Use night?” I’ve h iard my t ran'pap -ay Them words a thousand 'iuns thafi right— jes them words tha r away! As punctehul-hke as'morning past To every heave in sight, Gran’pap ’ud has to ast— "How d.d you rest last night?” ’ls young uns used to grin at breakfast, on the s y. And mo k the w >bb : e of his chin And eyebrows belt to] high And kind: “How did you rest last night?” we’d mumb e and let on Our voices trimble. and our sight was dim, and heatin’ gone. K» ♦ as I used iu be, AH I’m a-wantin’ is As p tore an I cVm a sleep fer me and sweet a sleep as "is! And so I pray on fn tgem -nt Day T* wake, and with its light Bee his iai:o <la vn and heir him say— • How di. you rostlasr night? ’ —( lames whi c >md Riley.) JJ >FbI F OF HUMOR. Ada—ls Jack Rojars a talkative man? Helen—l’ve been trying for two yea,re to make him speak liif.<. As long as a fishsticks to the water it is all right. Ther* sh u 11 be food for reflection in this though for som” men.—Yonkers States man. Minnie—What do you under stand by the term platonic affec tion?' Marni*—lt usually meaus that the young man feels that he cannot afford to marry.—Omaha Bee. Geo-r. * —Do yon take after you r father or your mother? Mary—l don’t know as I takeu ftereither of them, but they’ll both take after you if they see you here.—Phila delphia Inquirer. De Bach —Os course there ar* some comforts vzhich men with wives have that bach do's do not, but, after all, a man has to give up a great deal wh*n he gets mar ried, doesn’t he? Longwed—Y— yes; every cent, the most of us.— Buffalo Courier. “We are not very rich," said the new married lady, "but oh, we are [so happy !” “I thought you would be,” cooed the unmarried lady. “In fact, that hateful Maud Big gins said you had to be happy, be cause you would b- so poor that you would noteven h -ve anything to quarrel about. ’ —lndianapolis Journal. ■———mi , A CURIOUS COINCIDENT The young ladies of Carrollt*n were talking together a few night* ago when one of them suggested that many *f the great men of the earth had names ending in “on.” This set them to work with the following result: , From the battle field they got the names of Napoleon, Welling ton. Nelson, Washington, Marion- Anlrew and Stonewall Jackson, Sam Houston and Robert And*r, son, the defender of Fort Sumter. , Among the grsat explorers were Ponce De Leon, Hudson and An derson. The most famous invent ers were Edison, Stephenson, Ful . ton and Erieeson. From the field of literature and philosophy they called these names, Bacon, Addi son, Isaac Newton, Ben Johnson, Carlton, Parton, Adelon, Anacre on, Bulwer Lytton. Brichton, Ade lon, Gibbon, Byron, Tennyson, Milton, Anthon, Xenaphon, Fene lon, Appleten, Bourdon, Joseph Benson, Clarendon, Bjorson, Chat terton, Em erson, Dickenson and Hopkinson, the author of “Hail Columbia. ” Among the statesman they found 1 Addwigton, Jefferson, Johnson, I Bent<fli ! , Hamilton, Harrison, An -1 drew J'ofmson, Macwft' Littleton, | Ashburton, Clarend(A3, Clinton, James Jaeksou, Morton, our vice president, Stevenson and Govern or Atkinson. A miscellanef-us lot were Kit (’arson, Audubon, Cax l ton, Sampson, Solomon, Daritsm, j Mary Anderson, Adelaide Neilifon, Spurgeon. Buffon, Melancton, Bion, Mason and Dixon, and I Smiflisod, founder of the institute that bears his name. As it w<B a Democratic crowd . they got inad at the mention of I Win. Floyd Garrison and Tom i Watson and changed the subject before you could say Jack Robin •on. —Carroll County Times. SHELL A shell upon the wounding sande Flashed iu the sanshine, where It lay; I s green disguise Store; my hands Bore the rich,treasure trove away. within, the chamber of the pearl Blushed like the rose, like opal glowed ; aad o er its domes a cloudy swirl Os mime wave* and rainbows flowed. • Strangely,” I s id, “the artist-wora Has male his palace IMn s i bright f This jeweler, t’Us draughtsman firm, was boru and aled in eyeless night. •‘Deep down in mauy-menetered caves His miraeles < f beauty throve; Far from all Ugh.‘ against strung waves, A castle Beautiful he wove. “Take courage. Soul,! Thy labor blind* The Uftieg tides intj onward bear To some glad shore, whee thou shall find Light and a Frleuu to say ‘How fair.’ ” —New Yo’< Advertiser. ( UCKO9 NEWS j Cleveland killed thirty ducks to-| day. Praiti® tho Lord L—Atlanta jParaaite. Baby Ruth ha# a new doll and tft* country is delighted*-.—Daily Sycophant. Everybody pray# that lha great and good Grover may have balmy weather for duck-shootingu—Ma •on Boot-Licker. The bond ie*u* was a great *uc-i ces*.. course it wai; Cleveland i did it.—Weekly Crawler. Baby Esther said ‘ Goo-goouh ’ r j this EEiomiug. This is the most , wonderful child of the nineteen h I century.—Morning Toadyist. If Cleveland said it, it is so; if he did it, it is all right. Anytxdy who question# this statement i» a focxFarnd they will never get to> Heaves.—Weekly Office-Holder The tru* patriot tha*ks God for every duck which our Grover brt.4, and. weep* in ag'»nv at »v*ry mies. —Columbus Tim*-Berv*r—La- Grange Graphic. Cleveland wouldn’t giv* nx* a bowwow. —Atlanta Illbird. Every time old Cleveland crook* hi* finger th* papers write ik up. Balj!—Daily Dyspeptic. Who i* Cleveland anyhow?’ Look at the president desert his post and go hunting; he is a mean traitor. — Alton A Hovers. Cleveland's done for. I did it with my little hatchet.—Weekly Waddler. January second, next, is named by a religious sect as a day f*r the world to come to an end. If it does, there can b* no doubt but that Mr. Cleveland’s Snancial policy will cause it. He will have sacrificed the country to the golden calf of Wall street.—The Weekly Heavy-weight. 0 L Jamison No, 24 Broad street HIS OPENED UP A <;» OfCE STOCK OF FRUITS. CONFECTIONER- IES. AT . OLIDAY PRICES —— ——■ w Housekeepers and people generally of R (lLe ke yourpurchases here and avoid fancy prices. MeJco Flooded 'W th rious Coin Mexico City, Die. 29'.—Nearly three hundred persons hav* been •"rested within a few weeks for pass ing counter eit money, neverfhe -1 ss spur oih coin keep* rapidly gettingintocirculation.lt is evi dent that an extensive, well-organ ized band of counterfeiterj are “working” this city. IT ” CURES LAGRIPPE. Multitude# eff people au fl’s mtdhtt j sin aid rtekfun the Grippe, directly or indi rectly; but none du thrs wh< uno a r<m ‘dy f*r these dread ed scovrg- DR. KING’S ROYAL GERMETEURER It cures the Grippe promptly, pl-WBai.tlv, safely, completely, and UNFAILINGLY. It i* the IDEAL Remedy for this trouble—pleasant to take as lemonade, and harmless in ev ery case—to young and old, male and female, in any and all condi tions. While cur ring th* Grippe it sets as a perfect NE VE RESTO RATIVE and GENERAL INVIG OKBTOR, strengthening the *ys i«m and ootuplel*lv removing fr jin it all EFEECTS OF LAGRIPPE. For ( OLDS and LUNG TROUB LES of all kinds it has un aupe r»"f. Al I druggit. sl.orfi for |5. Nfv. paokiiKf- aigel'xitt 108 DOSES ONE fOLLftR. U Shall I jl? 1(1 Take © ij ||l is the anxious question //> fII asked by those who are uot 11 8 HI feeling well —have no appe- \\* H tite—are out of sorts —hava ill tfl no energy—feel tired out. fig Perhaps you are feeling sick f/g ■ [ yourself I ItS | ' Many medicines are recom-l|S ■ I mended, doctors consulted— ilj I I (in many cases) much money | I spent in this search for health lig I I -and yet it can all be avoided. ||| 111 Wise people commence at 111 111 once taking \\% Brown’s Iw wlron Bitters II HI and are Boon made well lift 111 and strong. Nearly every nV 111 prescription given by physi- 111 cians for such troubles cou- I|e 111 tains IRON which some ill 111 people say thev cannot take. I\V ft\\ Try lirtwn't Iron Bittera —it 111 IV is warranted not to give 111 111 headache, stain the teeth or 111 111 causeconstipation as allother lift 111 Iron Medicines do. 11l Genuine has the croeaed Iff ill Red lines on the wrapper. If < jjl BROWN CHEJ4.CO. BALTO.MD. 11l Easily, Quickly, Permai’aftllj Rcsbrsd. DiAGHETIC HEf'llfif'lESM;.".lx restore Lost Manhood. Cures'<z«aknot.M», Nar’jous Debility n .1 s ' the osils f 1 .in esrl; or lator ex cesses, the results of oversk~>rk, worry, sickness, ete. Full strensrtn, tope ar. dor«lr>»:nont gives t«> ev-.ry orjart or portion al the body. Improve menti nm-aiat'lywvi from thefirstbox. Thens ande of letters of praise on filein our c* oa. Cue be carried in v»st pocket. Sent by mail to any address on receipt of prh-o. Ono month's treat ment i i each box. price-11.00. C boxes. fS.OO, with Written Gnaranteo to refund money if not cured. Henri to us tor tho Geuaii.e. Circulars Free. TAK* Dr, M. A. THEDFORD liver medicine . Fon / DYSPgPStA I S/CKC OR bUJKESTION \NeRVOUS- B/UOUSKESjX r* \ UNDICK SOURM.f3 OF S/aMACff Ap/w/to ff*«X Grt-'t to rV' rnattT 7p., Likeness . .nd S.MWATU ;x tt'M 'l.Tfe.gjcrd on FrontOf • ’■ .> MtD.Q- COKE CHEAPER THAN COAL We have a large supply of coke on hand which we will sell very aheap. It is better than coal for use in stoves. Apply to Rome Gas Light Co., near Po*t Office. RELIEF IM SIX HOURS ’ Distressing Kidney and Rlacj . p diseases relieved irr rG t, ‘ der the ••!»«,, awl.&gte Kn-XTCPRI.-Tbi, .«« great .nrpri.- „ n ,t» excee,!, tnewi «f ,ing pam w the bladder. kil |„” back ami every partef the Plages in male *r female n relieves retention of water aud pam in passing it almost i ran ,. aX 7 re I t h y i 0 . U ’’Vo l ?," iC^‘,! |’ f ' U - W ~ C “ rrjr D '** NOTICE. TO TKACBBW* OV FLOTD COUMTT Th*r* wflili h* no General Exami nation *f Teachers during thi» month, if it becomes necessary for any to be examined before th* schools open* on Jan. 7th, I can b* foundat my office for that purpose from Jan. Ist to Jan. sth. W. M . Bridges . C. S. C. TO THE PUBLIC. lam a Candida for the offh o of Tax Receiver ut Floyd Co, fam elected Jack O'rear will Hint ms in tne duties of th* offijs, Mr 0 Rear i* uuaibio to do m AU . ual labor, having I rhu badly crip pled by falling from a house while it waa ou fire, while j u th e charge of his dune, as fireman. J. B. Lumpkin, DOWN SHE GOES. Not over *tock*(l *ul well e U p. *li*d with J*)l 00, Paint Rock 4 Alabama Cuiiiß, »>L,icn yon can alyour own price. Wi |) DQt undersold by any body, 4 d O jt forge! that when tom buv coal of ut». It is allway* lea la ami with th fork, dost be d*ceiv«d call ou ui Rome Ico Co. J. W. Hancock, Phan* 100 Manger. ■L.m wwtii i iiiiiiimii guravj’.wana* 1 here 1* good reason for lhe pop nlari’y of Cbamberiain'e Cough Remedy D»vis & Buianj.of West Monterey. C ariou Co . P , «ayi: “It has cured pe*ple that our phy sicians coulu do nothing for. We p-reuiiled them t> try a bottle of 1 hamberlaiu’* Cou>h R-medy and they now recommend it with the re*t of u#.” 25 and 50 ceut bottles for *ail by. Lowry Bros. Druggist. CHARLES STOFFREGECN *u«canaoK to j * kbm, BROAD STREET, ROME, GA D*al* iu bakery product* of •»- ery description H*,has for lhe hol iday season, splendid resources for supplying the heavy d-rai.nd for Br*ad. Cakes, ccnfeetiou*. Pas try, of all kinds ierngs, tarts, pies, fruitfl, nuts and other substantiate aud fancies, ether from his fresh atirl eriep daily stock or to special ord• r Give him a trial Everything s Id at ’’hard time” prices. IN THE FAMILY. In thousands of homes experi ence has shown that Dr. King * Royal Germetuer is the greatest of all as a, family medicine. It is best for child, best for woman, besttor man, best for old age—pleasant a’ lemodade to take, harmless and gentle in it# work, all powerful in its effect. It cures disease by de stroying the germs that produce it, thus removing its cause. Perfect cures can come noother way. Don t patch and suffer on. Take Genne tuer and get well. sl. Six for New package, large bottle. Doses One DoHan. Sold by a Druggists. In it to stay. Cool for every body big reduction iu coal, find give our Cwstorrners the benefit ou price. W« will now sell coal cheap than ever offered in Rome before. This means lump coal not ‘ ir aud dust, try u« an d be conv* 1)C Rome Ice Company. Phone 100. Don’ take internal remedies for Female Diseases Common sense requires a direct app-’ c, y 0 like “Orange Blossom S"l> D. W. Curry. Don’t forget that W- N. Hawthorne has greatly reduced P’ |C of Coal for the Christ mas season. Call 1 at Telephone No.U u