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II. I). SMITH. EDITOR, a ) CM .3E2S3Sr.x::;n 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. * 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.