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II. I). SMITH. EDITOR,
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Was thought to be a false
report , but was found io be
true.
Mews broke out amona the
T)copic of Worth county that
McGirt &
McPhaul
Were selling Goods cheaper
than any other merchants in the
county , which was investigated
and found correct.
Mow we ash the people of
Worth and adjoiivng counties
to come and examine our line of
General Merchandise.
AYe Carry a Side Line of
Wash Pots,
Dinner Pots,
Stoves,
Stove Furniture,
Plows,
Plow Hear
Ai All Fanil Utensils.
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
G o Is: o
—AND ALL-
Heavy Groceries.
CLOTHING!
We have a large lot of
Clothing selected /or the Fall
Trade, and we want to sell
them rapidly. We have put
them at very low prices. We
can save you enough of money
oil one suit of Clothes to pay
you for coming to Poulah.
When you want Hats, come tc
see us.
AVlien you want Shoes, come to
see us.
When you want Suits, come to
see us.
AVlien you want Harness, come to
see us. .
AVlien you want Groceries, come to
see us.
When you want Stoves, come to
see ns.
AVlien you want Furniture, come to
see ns.
Wo have good and polite salesmen,
so that, when you come to see us J
goo ds will be thrown down to you for
your examination. HARD¬
A\ T o carry everything in the
WARE LINE from a handsome File
to a Grind P>ock.
TOBACCO.
Everything from a pinch of Snuff to
a box of Tobacco.
Call and examine our Goods and get
prices. We will take pleasure irf
showing you. _ RICE t
AYe have one of the best
MILLS in the country. Bring your
rough rice and let^is hull it.
Have your corn ground here.
A\ T e will gin yonr cotton for you and
then buy it or ship it from our ware¬
house free of drayage. and
Turn yonr face this way make
our store headquarters for trade.
McGirt McPhaul.
THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
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OUR INTERESTS IN THE ORIENT
WILL 11E LOOKLI* ArlElt.
ORDERS BY THE NSVY DEPSRTMENT
Tlie German-Clilneso limhroffUo Is An
All Absorbing Topic Among: ICartli’s
KHploiimts Just Now.
A Washington special fays: From
indications nrouud the navy depart¬
ment headquarters, it would seem that
Uncle Ham will have a fow of his own
good ships in Chinese waters before
all this talk of trouble boils down,
The Asiatic station lias sprung'into
the greatest p:eminence of all the sla
tions of American war vessels. The
latest orders of the navy department
indicate the necessity for the strength¬
ening of the Asiatic squadron, al¬
though, ns usual, the explanation of
such action is furnished from the navy
department in the most conservative
terms.
The cruiser Raleigh lies been order¬
ed from Smyrna tb ihe Asiatic station,
which. Includes Chinese waters and
American interests. The order to Ad¬
miral Selfridge, in command, was to
Raleigh ,
go at once, and tho is prob¬
ably now going The With a full head of
steam on. secretary of the navy,
explaining the movement of the Ral¬
eigh, said that it had no significance
other than it was desirable to Streng¬
then the squadron in eastern Asiatic
waters. lie said that the order had no
reference to the German-Ohinese trou¬
ble, but that American in tv rest v SHust
be protected everywhere, and that since
the Chinese-Japanese war it is well un¬
derstood that trouble may arise calling
for the protection of American inter¬
ests at any time.
it was further stated at the navy
department that tho Raleigh piano is going
to China to supply the of the
Machias, which is coming home. It
was learned, however, that three other
vessels aro to go to China very shortly,
the Concord and Marietta, from San
Francisco, and the Helena, from New
York, and these are not to play iu the
role of understudies. AVlien these
arrive there will be on tho Asiatic
station the OJympin, the Monoeacy,
the Boston, tho Petrel, the Itfiluna,
the Concord, the Marietta and the
Raleigh.
Notwithstanding the the statement gi von
out ,it navy department,it is widely
believed that tho assembling of a re¬
spectable fleet in the neighborhood of
China lias a direct bearing oil the late
and prospective movements of Ger¬
many with respect to Chinese territo¬
ry. the Tho most interesting speculation
of day is that the European nations
contemplate the carving up of China
into job lots as colonies for themselves;
and it appears that America has not
been consulted at all iu the proposi¬
tion. America, it is now said, pro¬
poses to take, care of herself and her
own in China, and that this is tho
reason for the increase of the. fleet off
the Chinese coast.
HOLIDAY TRADE SATISFACTORY.
Dun & Co. Report a ISi# IJusIiiukh for
the Season.
It. G. Dun’s weekly review of trade
says that the weekly reports show a
remarkably large holiday trade, at
many points the largest for five years.
Moreover, at the season when whole¬
sale business usually shrinks, the pres¬
sure of demands for immediate deliv¬
eries, which results from unprece¬
dented distribution to customers,
keeps many establishments at work
that usually begin their yearly rest
spell somewhat earlier.
Instead of decreasing, the demand
for products shows an unexpected in¬
crease in several important branches.
Foreign trade continues satisfactory,
even in comparison with the remark¬
able record of a year ago, when ex¬
ports exceeded $117,1X10,000 in De¬
cember. Commercial failures for the
month have been less than Imlf last
year’s to the same date. Tho outgoing
flood of grain is not checked hy Chi¬
cago speculation, though more corn
than wheat has been moving.
Wheat exports, Hour included, liavo
been 3,698,321 bushels for the week,
against 1,546,443 a year ago, and in
four weeks 15,766,895 '' hels, against
9,039,587 last year. P
DEATH 'CLAIMS'' F AMILY.
Mother ami Children j^iimitrd father
Dios in Infirmary,
Advices from London state that a
Airs. Jarvis and her nine children, the
youngest a baby, were burned to death
at 5 o’clock Sunday morning iu a four¬
room cottage occupied by th)) Jarvis
and two other families, in Dixie street,
Bothrinl Green. The family occupied
the upper floor.
By u strange coincidence, Mr. Jar¬
vis, the woman’s husband, who had
been suffering from consumption, Sunday died
iu the workhouse infirmary
afternoon without having heard of the
disaster.
Mrs. Jarvis earned a scant livelihood
by making matchboxes.
NOTED ENGINEER DIES.
Never Hail » Serious A«-i-i<lent Ilurinc
Twenty Years* Service.
AV. B. Green, one of ihe oldest pos-
seDger engineers on the Southern
railway, died suddenly a* is home in
Selma, Ala., Friday night. During
the twenty odd years he ran an engine
he never had a serious accident. Twice
in his career he stopped "ft ru, ‘
and the engineers who t his place,
together with their firenc-c, were kill¬
ed. He leaves a wife and daughter.
ASM BURN. WORTH CO., GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1897.
CHARGED WITH ROHliEUY.
Prominent MrVchntitN Said to Ro fonaplr-
Htors A^ahiMt tin* St»u((*criL
Railroad authorities liuve unearthed
"'kiU they believe to bo tlu> schomeof
a gang of robbers, which, according to
the claims of the detectives, promises
to bo as great a sensation as tho ex¬
posure of tho Bolmuon gang at Dal¬
ton, Go.
H, IS. Carter, ri ptominent turpon-
tiho operator, of Brookvillc, Fla., and
Frank Herrington, (mother citizen of
the same town, were placed in the
c niton county jail nt Atlanta Hatur-
day. T'hh oiiicials in chargo of the
casb say their evidence against their
prisoners is strong, and that further
work may result iu the arrest of other
parties. • had
Tho officials clahn that Carter
goods shipped to himsolfs siihtlj re¬
moved the gbuds from tho car at tho
place of destination, then burned tho
car, afterwards claiming damages from
tho railroad people and leaving his
creditors in tho lurch.
The circumstances surrounding tho
urvest Tho of Herrington liittllol'ities are rather no'rt-
got\ railroad lii-o milk¬
ing assiduous cll'orts to keep the mat¬
ter quid; The two prisoners were
smuggled into Uhl coiiaiy jail without
tiled' names being docketed and no
chargo was hooked against thorn.
Tho prisoners protest their inno¬
cence, and ray I hey can present suffi¬
cient proofs of tips at Ilo' pvope** tlmn
They will be held to await further in¬
vestigation.
Last August Carter was in business
at Brentwood, Gu., a little town on the
Georgia Southern, a branch of tho
Southern railway, fifteen mlleri hoi'tli
of railroad ilesUp, Moony was plate. agent for the
at the same Oiirtcr’x
establishment h WAs frithhr Lil'ge for a
cibinkrY *\> n. He handled general
merchandise, buying most of his
goods from Atlanta and Macon.
The road did not regard Brentwood
of sufficient importance to erect a de¬
pot, and an old box ear was made to
serve tho purpose oil a side track;
Lftst August Carter ohlhrthi litl itii-
usunil.y 1 nr|ie hill of goods from At-
lltntn and Macon, amounting to about
•fi.hOO.
On Sal unlay night, August 28th,
Ihis freight car depot was burned to
the ground under mysterious eireum-
stnnees. made effort The folk locate of tho tho vicinity of
an to source
tin 1 flame, but without lost stjeccrih. his Car¬
ter claimed ho hftd goods in
tho fire, and later tiled suit against the
Southern road for the above amount.
When this suit was filed the road
immediately suspected fraud some¬
where. Likewise the various firms
who had sold Carter the. goods, merchants; On
consent of the roads and the
a detective, who succeeded in collect-
iuS sufficient evidence to convict the
Bohannon gang, \fns employed on the
case, ami lie wont at once to Brent¬
wood. Aftor making careful observa¬
tion of the surroundings lie.was satis¬
fied Carter had removed his goods
from the ear and then set it oil fire.
According to the detective, further
investigation developed the fact, bo
charges, that Carter and Moody hauled
the goods from the car a night or two
before ihe fire, and hiding them in
some lonely spot, had afterwards set
fire to tho car themselves. Recently
these goods were hauled, it is said
forty miles through the country and
shipped to Carter at Brookvillc, E'la.
RODDER CAN EXPLODES.
Many V&rnotiH llatUy Injured At
N. Wliilu Firinif a Camion.
A crowd of one hundred or more
men and hoys were firing a Christmas
salute from an old cannon on the out¬
skirts of Asheville, N. C., when a can
of thirty pounds of powder exploded
in the thick of the crowd. Thirty or
forty persons were injured, but none,
it is believed, fatally.
The cannon was fired several times,
and then one of the party picked up
the powder can and began to reload
tho cannon. The gun had not been
swabbed mid tho moment the tiny
stream of powder struck the heated
metal there was a flash and the powder
exploded with a report that made the
earth tremble.
A moment later there was a scene
that made sick the hearts of these
watching from a near-by lull, In the
smoke that rose from the explosion
they saw human beings run blindly
here and there over the hill, falling
and rising, only to full again as they
frantically rushed about, blinded and
powder burned, madly trying to extin¬
guish tlieir flaming clothing.
HISTORIC COLISEUM BURNED.
Democratic Convention Wum Held In It
LaHt Vo ax.
Fire Friday night destroyed the
Coliseum building at Sixty-third street
and Stoney Island Avenue, Chicago,
in which the democratic national con.
vention was held last year. Tho timo
from when the lire was originated by
the crosing of two trolley wires until
the Coliseum was a pit of twisted iron
and hot bricks, was not over twenty
minutes.
It was supposed that a number of
peopbr were lost in the flames, but it
developed that only one man, the
fireman of the building, lost his life.
TRAINS IN COLLISION.
Thr«c Mf-n Killed Outright, and Fifteen
are Injured.
A special from I'aris states that two
passenger trains came into collision at
Epeagedu Roussillion, department of
Isore, during a dense fog Saturday
night. Captain Blount, of the cruiser
Foudre, of the French Mediterranean
squadron; Captain Lota, an instructor
at the military school at Cyr, and M.
Mathieu, a naval engineer, were killed
and fifteen other persons were injured.
THE SCARCITY OF FOOD EMAILS
WIDESPREAD DISTRESS.
HEIR MUST BE QUICKLY GIVEN.
Americana Ciillotl Upon It* llnidcr VnnUI-
nttbti-lliikiiiil Loo FroNonts a List o(
What Is Noodori.
A Washington special says: The
most profound distress prevails among
many thousands of people in Culm.
Starvation not only impends; but it is
ah actual fact. The president has been
informed of tho facts from sources
whose credibility cannot be doubted.
He has gone to the length of his con¬
stitutional power in calling the state
of affairs to the attention <>f the Amer¬
ican people.
The department lifts used all of ita
authority tb mitigate the conditions
there and the letter to the public sent
out by Secretary Sherman the day be¬
fore Christmas pointed miserable out tho way condi¬ to
further alleviate Ihe
tion of the reconcontrados.
The slim of jfhtllt 1 *! was received
Monday hy Assistant Secretary Pay
from certain charitably disposed peo¬
ple whose names are not disclosed and
this sum was remitted by telegraph
early Tuesday morning to Consul Gen¬
eral Lee for disbursement among the
more pressing eases, it is hoped by
the department of shit 1 ' thftt till: Am
erican people will come to the relief
and that promptly, by subscriptions of
money, clothing and supplies of vari¬
ous kinds.
The newspapers are expected to lend
a generous aid in carrying forward
this movement.
The inrichinerji fol' liisti'ibUtion lifts
befell proHdcd l)^ till: state department
and Consul General Lee has under¬
taken, with the aid of the American
consular officers in Culm, to give per¬
sonal attention to the alleviation of
distress by the distribution of the gills
of the American people. between
One (fork line of steamers plying tlie line
Netv and Havana Ward forward
—it if( said, has undertaken to
any contributions of goods to General
Lee at Havana, and it is believed that
the American railroads will do their
part board. by carrying tho goods to the sea¬
The Spanish authorities have
consented to remit all duties on relief
supplies so forwarded.. Hind
Tlifi ktito depilrtmerit directs
they he sent direct to Consul General
Lee, either money hy draft or check,
or goods. Consul General Lee cabled
the state department Monday sight
just what is wanting at this juncture
and his list is as follows!
Hummer clothing, second-hand or
Otherwise, mediclnfeh principally for fever, Women inelinl and
children; fot
ing a lurjfh proportion of qiiininediard lard,
bread, corn meal, bacon, rice,
potatoes, beans, salt tish, principally
cod fish, any canned goods, especially
condensed mill; for the starving chil¬
dren.
Money will also ho useful to secure
nurses, medicines and for many other
necessary purposes;
Hurt appointed president
Of th« It(H)rg;nii/.f*,1 Union I'acifln Itnilway
System.
Horace G. Burt, third vice president
of the Chicago and North western rail¬
road, has been appointed president, of
the Uilioti Pacific system. Mr. Hurl;
has been with the Northwestern reads
for many years.
More than a fortnight ago when it
was announced that Mr. Hurt would
be chosen l’tteific to tho presidency of the
Union denials as reorganized, strenu¬
ous crime from many quarters.
It is alleged that Mr. Burt was so
closely allied with what was called
“Vanderbilt interests” that to make
him president of the Union Pacific
would be to place that line prnetii nlly
under the same management as the
New York Central, the Lake Shore
and the Chicago Western. far
Tho opinion In Now York, so
ns it can he gathered thus early, is
that the new directory has been very
carefully made up, so as to discount
any of tho above alleged objections to
Mr. Burt as president. All the great
roads seem to bo represented directly
or indirectly in the new directory.
THE FLANAGAN CASE
Will Bt} Con si <1 o rod By Georgia Suproiri©
Court Jan n a ry 13.
The case of E. C. Flanagan will he
argued before the supreme court of
Georgia on January 13. 'I he altor
ney for the double murderer has an¬
nounced that he will be ready for the
argument to proceeed on that day,
and the question of whether or not
Flanagan is to have a now trial will he
decided curly in the new year.
If the new trial is refused Flanagan
will undoubtedly hang during the
month of February, but if the judg-
mei^ of the DeKaib superior coin I is
reversed he will be given another
chance to prove his insanity to n jury.
BEATEN BY BOBBERS.
An Old Lady If an Fuarfiil Willi
Burglar* ami May Die.
Sunday night robbers broke into
the house of aged Mrs. M. Kimball at
Mitchellville, la., ten miles east of
Des Moines. She was beaten into in¬
sensibility and will probably die.
The doors and walls were covered
with blood, showing that a terrible
struggle took place. It is not known
whether the robbers secured any
booty.
VI LlDlISTEIlKRS HUtUKSHFUL.
Lnrirn Uki'roos On the (Vitj to CitUa—<Io*-
OMiiiicnf IVnr SI, I;,., ICvhUc;!.
A special i‘rom Mobile; Ala,, says;
One of the liirKOHt expeditions to Irani
tho United States is an necoinplished
fart For during and tho luiroio mras-
lll'rs hy winch this linn horn done tho
expedition is beyond anything over
undertaken hj the friends of Cuba in
this eountiju
For two weeks or more tho eriilsfef
Montgomery,• beside tho cutter How¬
ard, hiivo hern busy in Fensncola bay
watching for a filibuster expedition
supposed to have boon preparing to
leave that port about Christmas time.
The Sommers N. Smith and ocean
going log Isaac Dewey were in port,
and Fuels Sam's vessels devoted their
entire time to watching Nothing the movements of
bf these two vessels. any
moment .transpired until Friday night;
then both of those vessels weighed
anchor and put to sen. Immediately
the Montgomery and Seward followed,
and Sunday afternoon these four ves¬
sels came into tho harbor of Mobile.
The Smith Immediately went on tho
dork and Monday morning was sport¬
ing li fresh rortt of paint.
The officers of the Montgomery have
tertrned that they have been footed rind
that fin expedition lias left 1’unta
tlorda, Fla., and is notv safely at sea.
Hut this is not all. before flit!
Montgomery and Seward crosses the
outer liife Florida bar on their way to intercept
expedition, the Smith and
Tug will have loaded a ertrgp of dyna¬
mite and repeating rifles and will hti
safely at sen.
Some of tho Cubans state that the
expedition from I’utita (Ionia got away
with 500,000 repeating rides, ten tons
Of dymiitlHo find 500,1100 rind cartridges, it odd
besides jlifedit.-int'S; ele., is
that the expedition from Molillli will
early as much more, if successful.
This will i e the second expedition
to go out of Mobile on the Smith, and
as her captain, James Dunn, knows
every Inch of the big waters beyond,
It is probable that ho will make a safe
landing;
ha mu mi Laws oV Georgia
Will lir Krviitrd ISy UommDsloii .Ills)
A |>|„il ill r <1 •
Tin' names of tho members of diet
Georgia Lank coin mission, which was
fronted hy tho legislature at its recent
session; have boon rtniinttneed by Gov
ornor Atkinshn. T/ife timUmIssioii tt-ill
begin its labors at once and will make
a report at tho next session of the gen¬
eral assembly.
Hon. T. I). Stewart, of Henry coun¬
ty, is appointed from tho senate and
Hon. T. M. Swift, of I'.lbert, and lion.
M. V. Calvin, of Richmond, from the
house. All-. IV. S. Witiitthq tif Fulton,
and Mr. Horace A. Crane, of Chatham,
are die two citizens appointed.
Governor Atkinson, in his message
to the general assembly, recommended
that a commission bo appointed to ex¬
amine the condition of tho banks of
the state and their bonds, with a view
of Intuiting suggesting a plan to improve tho
system of Georgia.
AITEA If A NCES l»E< E 1 VED THEM.
Drmijolm Was Labelled Whisky, Rut
Contained Colson.
At New York a week ago a gang of
furniture movers came upon a demi¬
john labeled “pure rye whisky," in a
house from which they were carting
th() l'hrniture. They dritlik of the
contents, and as ii result .Irtultlri Fltln-
niguu is dead and Patrick McNulty is
dying, while .three other men are '(’he re¬
covering, after a severe illness,
demijohn contained corrosive sub¬
limate.
M'COV Is AFTER FITZ.
IV1 bbllftweight AhKm for a CliaiM-e id Ilia
( )iiimpiofiHbi|* of (In* World,
“Kid” McCoy, the compteror of
C'-eedon, issued a challenge to I'll/.-
Simtiions Monday for a finish light for
till; championship of tho world.
J l>e yoiiug middleweight announces
that helms Imckers for #10,001); and
will po.st a forfait, aw noon an called
|| poll ll) do BO. Ill 1 (IcHU'CH to JlKHit
the |)j‘(*s (*ii t, clianipion for a jhii’ho and
a aide, Htako of at, leant $5*000.
Met joy at on a<3 coniinmiieated with
] >itn Htuart, tho ))roinot(!r of UioCar
roll fight I/IbI, r.pring, and offered to
take (,'oil>ett ’h phifio ill eaMo tlio Lilli
fornian fails to sign lirtitdeH with Fit/,
simmons.
“Kven if Corbett is willing to light, ,,
declared McCoy, in his letter to
Stuart, “I believe that I am entitled
to the first chance. Corbett is a
beaten man, while J have not yet been
defeated,”
A IIOItlGKI.E EX EC I IT ON.
Mimlcrcr JI;uik;<'<I I»y (,1 m; jiiuI '1*<»it;Ii
A pplird.
A me ,'ago from Glendora, Miss.,states
that Joe Hopkins, murderer] of two
men, was captured by a mob Monday
morning, hanged by the heels and
burned to death in that post sire.
Tho lynching, embracing as it does
the most horrible manner of execu¬
tion, created a most tremendous sen¬
sation and hundreds of people Hocked
to tho scene.
Hopkins was one of the most noto¬
rious criminals in Mississippi. Since
the murder of the two men he has
been almost continuously pursued by
poFscs, and it was generally believed
that he would he lynched if captured.
HATCH OF APPOINTMENTS
Will lie Ready For Senate’* Action When
Rody Ki'ffiifiverm*.
When congress reconvenes tho pres¬
ident will be ready to send to the sen¬
ate a batch of appointments numbering
up into the hundreds.
He entered upon the matter of offi-
CCS Monday morning with renewed
activity, and has called upon the sec-
retaries for the papers in many of the
ctfkes which have been bunging fire.
LEAGUE OF A M Lit I CAN WHEEL-
MEN IS ACTIVE AM) GROWING.
HILL INAUGURATE A CRUSADE.
For Hotter High ways in Fvery State In
tho Union Urofulnoiit Uuhllo Mon
llinong tho IMomhers,
Arrangomonlfl liavo boon rnndo by
which tho league of American Wheel¬
men is to take tip tho cniaado for good
roads on a now and very extensive
scale.
Tho Nat ional coidmiHcc of Highway
Improvement*has submitted to the ex¬
ecutive coinmittce a proposition which
lias just bet'll approved to print and
distribute an edition of a million
pamphlets devoted to the good roads
moVeihciit, and partieulurly to the sub¬
ject of state aid to highways. Otto
I lornCr, chairman of tills committee,
is now preparing this book foS Hie
jircss, in which ho tho /tssiStrtnco
of (Jmi. Hoy Stone, the head bf th'e
Unilcd States bureau of road inquiry
at Washington. Tim national commit¬
tee for highway improvement and the
oflieers and members of the league will
collect, the addresses of farmers and
stale Mud local oMends to whom the
pamphlets are fo bs sent.
Tho highway improvement commit¬
tee has had this project lindoT consid¬
eration for over a year, hut it is only
within tho last few days that the plan
for issuing and circulating the pam¬
phlets has been /Inrtlly perfected. Nash¬ At
the Good Kondft I’arliuinent at,
ville last September, Alt. IRitner and
Mr. A. I*, ('lion,to, of Minneapolis,'
members of the national committed;
laid tho mutter before (tenoral Stone,
who at once declared that the under¬
taking would have every possible sup¬
port and ciiOofhifgulnent from his Im-
i ran. (Jeneral Stonft lirtft Issued, since
tho establishment of tho good roads
bureau, some fifty different,
relating to various phases of tho good
loads problem, and containing a greet
deal of valuable information, but tho
aopropriat ions made hy congress for
f.fie support of the bureau being lim¬
ited In amount, It has been impos¬
sible to circulate tlltga upon a targe
hcuIc.
It in partly for this reason that this
enormous edition of pamphlets is to
be, issued -by the L. A. \V., and they
will contain the co-i/lmaed results of
all the nun iy valuable Inquiriew made
I ’• y tlih good toadfl bureau* both in
tliis . country and abroad. I’lmy will
explain the losses duo to bad roads,
illustrate the different methods of
rn nstnicting macadam, Telford, grav¬
el and dirt roads, both in Kurope and
America, and diseuHS the various
means and methods for raising funds
to pay for improved 1)0 highways, plans Spe¬
cial attention will paid to the
successfully adopted in Now Jet'sey
and Massachusetts, both the L.A.YV.
officials and road inquiry bureau have
an extensive collection of photographs
of good and bad roads, taken in this
country and in Muropo, which will be
employed in illustrating the proposed
book. Working drawings, made by
prominent engineers* will bo used to
illustrate tho various methods of road
construction.
The League of Amorierirt Wheelmen
is about eighteen years old, and tdduy
numbers among its members some of
ilo) most prominent men of the coun¬
try, among them being John YVunn-
mitker, of Philadelphia; Governor Ad-
Hastings, of PeiinsylvilnlaJ United Hear States
)nirft , Oheravdi, of tho
)|(lvy , (! ar t,„ r II. Harrison, of
<;|,i;. tlK ,„ and C, A. Pillshury, of
Minneapolis. The organlzation numhorfi has a
M( . u ,, y Kr< , w i|, „ n til today it
„D'r 102,000 members,
RAILROAD Mi:\ INDICTRI).
Hraixl .fury of I'uMed Mh(dm (oiii( nt
•Ifiek non v 11 Id Fiinlw IIIIIh.
At Jacksonville, Fla., the grand
jury of the United Stales court has re¬
turned two indictments directed joint¬
ly against N. S. Pennington, truffle
mnnager, and SV. II. Pleasants, gen-
eral fieight agent of tho Florida Cen-
eral and Peninsular railroad, in which
an- alleged violations of sections ‘2 and
(i of the interstate commerce law, re¬
lating to the granting of rebates.
KILLI D .... 1 KOLLLY . . . ....... (0MM M0I1.
Robbers Hold I |* a Cur and lire Resinled
with Fninl Results.
A trolley oar on tho Schuylkill Val-
ley I raotion Company lino at INoirm- lii^h-
town, I ’a., was In-Id up hy four
wavmcb at Hwedcluml, near the city,
ahout lOoilo, ,, k ,. Sunday ,,, 1 ,. v night.
Gonduetor Charles (mloway refused
to give up his money and was shot
l -i J i,. ' |,,,p .. ,*) <- tit ,.(| ut Mo,
'
tormau MatthiaH, , ■ hut , none took i Gleet. ,,
After rilling the laxly of the eon-
duetor W. ]^>) of (he money and a gold watch
an the robbers eseaped.
Then- ’.i re four women passengern
in the ear whom the highwaymen cov¬
ered with their pistols, but made no
attempt to rob.
WILL FHJHT FOR TAXES.
ToiuiokHPt' Will Try If;»r<J To Fn force
1’iiymciil Ry KitilroadM.
Attorney General G. W. Pirkle, of
Tennessee, says that the state wilt
fight the railroad assessment case to
the end both in the federal and state
courts.
The injunction granted by Judge
Clark at Chattanooga is only tempo¬ its
rary and the case will be heard on
merits ami then go to the higher
courts.
VOL. VI. NO. 21.
f ME SAWUTII SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
KOR JANUARY 2.
t.r**nn Texl: "Jesus ami Joliu,” SfaUlaW
III,, 7-17—1,Muon Text: Matthew lit.,
17—t'ominentary on tlie I.ohnoii Writ¬
ten t>V tile Itev. I)r. I>. M. Stearns.
Tift wut at l lie bo^innlntf of oui* study of
tho gosimi ).y Matthew, in which wg aro
t> oonlinuo for six months, (juoto a fow
I'lV^nant stmtnnecs from '‘Studios in tho
Gospels '|>y Huv. Ifonry (I. Weston, D. D.:
*• Tho Hilda is a filntory <>f the contest bo-
i ween Christ: and sal an for man and bis
dwelling place; of redemption provided with lovo by
Loti proceeding from His love,
delcrminbv.? tho mot hot l and tho end, Tho
: pels an* I lie 1 hhtory »»r that part of re¬
demption wlif'-h Was wrought by tho Lord
»le. 1 ,iis Clilist in His earl lily life, death,
burial and resurreetioiL Tho point of view
. f and tic purpose in eaeli gospel deter¬
mine in (tvery t'ase w 1 1 at shall bo inserted
an I omitted. The Old Testament (doses
with the Jewish nation looking for the who ful¬
fillment of the prophecies of a kin#
Shalt reiifii in righteousness, under whom
the earlii shall ho filled will^the tfiory of of
flc'L:*nl Mattlc'wis tho gospel tho
Jewish kini; rejected, resulting in the re •
icciion of the nation, until the church, Ills
Im>J\ ./.shall be gathered out of all nations,
In fin* Old Teslamenl (but is for II»« peo¬
ple; in tic oospels lie is with His people; Tliesu in
Mu* Kpistles Ii■ ■ Is in IIis people, (lod
three, (iod for us, Hod wit ii us, In US,
urn Idle method and tlm mnl of tho Divine*
dealing, holiness eternal in tlm heavens.
Incarnate on earlh, mnbodied in the naints,”’
7. “(> generation of vipers, who hath
warneil you t<» flee from the wrath to
Lmic.” (Miapter 1- tflvos the genealogy of
the llhitf from Abraham to Josepli, tho
Imshiucl «*f Mary, who was of the royal
line through Molijjflon, sou of David. who Buko
iii., given the genealogy of Mary, was
alsocf the louse of David, but through
Nathan, Mm son of David. Math, i., f, do-
tdares that .fe.-ms Christ is tho inheritor
and ful ll I hr of all things promised to David
and Abralmm. fruits meet for
H, “Bring forth therefore
repentance," or, as in the margin, “an¬
swerable to amendment of life." Paul’s
piVM-diim' also was, “Itepoat and turn t<>
(Sod and do Works meet, for roponfctinctf”
(Acts xx vi.. 2(1). The toaeliing of all Scrip¬
ture is that by jintt/to w«» are avray from
(Sod; (lod is calling us to (tome to Him,
even as Jlo cuilbul Adam from bis biding’
place in I he garden, and lms ever silver*
><■<•11 junking lost; sinners. When wo turn
hi Him, lie receives us graciously, for-
g/ves tis freely and makes us .11 is children
t hrough /Jesus's blood. Then Ho asks us
to walk worthy of our calling.
«i. “And think not to say within your¬
selves, ‘We have Abraham to our Father.”
Kven to our Lord Himself those peoplesaid Ho
proudly, "We bo Abraham’s seed/’ but
replied, "I f ye were Abraham’s children,
ye Would do tlio works of Abraham," and
then Ifd told them very plainly, “Ye nro of
your father. tlm devil” ( John viii.. 33, 3{f,
41 ). II will not <lo fur iih to way, “I am a
umirtber of tlm church , j. I have been bap-
ii/.cd, my p**<»|do a»* * 1 all (-brlstianH, I do tho
),«> m t | can," rii 1 »w If any of t lieno could
., reception of
Hiivo ii m. Tliero in uni bo n trim
•Tohiih ( -hi’int us our own perfli.'iml Kaviour His
imda, wliolo lmartod ndlanco?. upon
IniTils "Lvcry • inly. wbbdi brlngo.tb not iortii
10. I roc and
good fruit. Im hewn down mist, into tho
lire |{otIt in tlm Old Testament and hi’
tlm Now' * bo believer Is compared to a tree.;
Sc.- Ph. I., 3; Jew. xvll., M, and compare our
Lord h words la Math xv., J:i. “Kvery plant
which My Heavenly Father bath not plant¬
ed shall ho rootod up." with Die Holy ,
11, "J-leMlmil bftptteo you John sought,
LhoHt and with lire.'' point no
honor for hlmrolf, hut im loved to to-
I ho might lor than lie, whose shoes he was
not worthy to hoar. Wo have not the’
right spirit if wo ever ook any glory for
OllfHOlVOH. KopcntHimo and gift the and forgive-; make
HOBS/»f fllas a,rc (tod’s free
iih to bo sandy saved, but being saved wo
in list im Illlcd with tho Spirit in order to
nerve Him and Imar tlm fruit which will b»
In Ills glory and make n:uinll' , ;st that wo art*
Mis. hand,and Ho will
12, '‘ Whoso fan is in Ills
thoroughly purge Ills lloor and gather His
wheat into tlm garner, but He will burn up
the elinlT with iinquenehablo lire." May
thorn not be some reference lien* to tho lire
of the hist verso? Compare tlm harvest. Imanf
Him* of chapter xlll., 40-13. I have
people pray for tlm lire, and I have /ron-
derod If limy woroovo/t ready for tho
Spirit. "Than comoth Jesus from Halilee to
13. of bim. ,r !
Jordan unto John, to bo baptized tho last
Consider when lie had been for
eighteen years nlnro Ho bo said about to My His Father’s mother;
at Jerusalem, “I must
business.” lb* has certainly boon about
that business, but how and where? In tho<
humble hoiflc and carpenter's shop will-’ of!
Nazareth, subj« I to Joseph and Mary,
lug and obedient and Waiting Hod’s timo
for public work. AVo need to lay this to
heart also. f
M, “Jiul John forbade Him, saying, and.
have need to bo baptized of Thee,
eomest Thou to me,” So John was e ver
humble and ready to lay himself at Jesuit
feel. When they told John a littledater
that all men wore following Jesus, ho re¬
plied: "I am not tlm Christ, but sent be¬
fore Him; tlm friend of the bridegroom re-
joleeth greatly because of the bridegroom’s
voice; this my jov therefore is fuHHIed"
(John ill., 20-2!)). Just a Voice; anything
or 15. nothing “And If Jesus only answering Christ Is iri said ago Hied. unto him,. j
Suffer It to be so now, for I hut, it Imcoincth
us to fulllll all righteousness." Tills waf*
ills consecration to His publb'- work, a life
of constant and manifest death to self that
He might glorify Hod, manifest and de¬
clare His Name and fulllll all that had been
written of Himself in the law, the nrophottf
and the Psalms. As His witnesses there is
no other way for us than self renunciation.
JO. “Lo, tlm heavens were opened descend¬ unto
Him, and lie saw the Bpiritof Hod
ing like a dove and lighting upon Him,”
Heaven Is always witnessing what j,s going
on oa the earth, and, though there may bo
... it is
.... no outward manifestation as hero, yet
even so. I believe it (Irmly and have found
great comfort in such assurances as II
( hroii xvl., *J. At Penteeost the Spirit
came as tongues of 11 n\ for there Was purl-
ll-fttlon aa well u» power, but tliera
)7 • Ami, l„, a voioe from heaven, say-
ln K This Is My iieloveil Son, in whom 1
, It is written Imke
am well plenHod." praying, m and in
Hi-, 21, that .Jesus win
f.,that the Hplrit abode upon
j liln j|aro very plainly the Father,
Hon and Holy Spirit. The Spirit must
liuve beon always la Clirist. but here is a
special ministry of the Spirit at the bogin-
nlng of ills public work, ('an wo tliluk of
doing with less?—Lesson Helper,
EASTERN COMPLICATIONS
Are lleliiK Inv,*MtlK«t'- , l IJy the Authorities
at Washfrigton.
It is understood that the authorities
at Washington have been unofficially
sounded us to the attitude of the United
States toward the complications in the
far east with a view to leurniugwhether
American interests in China were re¬
garded as sufficient to warrant any ac¬
tive Htep by this government. the inquiries
From whut sobrees
have come is not disclosed. If from
Great liritain, it must have come
through Colonel Hay, the American
ambassador at London, as the British
officials here have received no instruc¬
tions as to the Chinese situation.