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The times., 1899-12-22
BICYCLES FOR CHRISTMAS.
The GormuIy * JeTcry Compan,
Well Stocked.

Well Stocked.
The Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing
Companys main local branch, 1325-1327
Fourteenth Street northwest, is in prime
condition to meet the holiday trade Ear
lier in the season orders for Ramblers
had to be held in allegiance, owing to the
great demand for this popular bicycle. Mr.
i. B. Graves, the courteous manager, says:
THE increase in the sales Of Ramblers
during 1899 has been remarkable yet ev-
erything points to a still larger output for
1900" Continuing, Mr. Graves said: The
recent improvements upon the 1900 Ramb-
lers have brought 1t TO as near perfection
as scientific mechanical skill can ap-
proach The Rambler subagencies are
429-43I Tenth Street northwest and 1914
Fourteenth Street northwest.
The oldest iuhab tants OF the city who drink
beer say Heurich's is the best and most nourish-
ing beverage hFewed OF malt and hops You
will also think so ii You phone yow order for
case OF Maerzen. Senate. Lager to the Airing
ton Bottlng Co, phone GA.
The times., 1899-12-22
Gift Hosiery.

Lisie Thread Hose for ladies. i'm plain
and fancy stripes boot patterns. dots
and checks, fun regular made, In the
latest shades Of blue, garnet, pink. and
Old rose, that are usually sold DC
elsew here for 39e, oniy-.......... -
Regular 55c Ladies' CclOre1 SIX
Hose, in plaid and striped boot pat
terms, polkadots, and lace effects iQC
The times., 1899-12-22
Gift HandkerChiefs.

Ladies' fancy embroidered and lace
edge handkerchiefs-re 39c 1QC
quality, for ~
Handkerchiefs embroidered and lace
corners. hemstitched, wide and narrow
hens, that sell for Zoe and u 1-2c, &C
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Beautiful and sheer embroidery and
lace trimmed hemstitched Handker-
chiefs for ladies-19c usually 1910
for........ .................... iE2
The times., 1899-12-22
Gift Gloves.

A saving OF third on Ladies' New
Kid Gloves, In all the stylish
shades. Kid Gloves which sell aic0C
ST. ..-.--.-.-......... "
The times., 1899-12-22
Dressing Sacqnes.

80 dozen Ladies' Eiderette dressing
Saeques, crocheted around the edge
silk strings-in colors cardinal. pink.
and blue. instead Of 75c, to- Zoe
DAY ior....... ..................... ~
One lot OF All-wool Eiderdowu
Dressing Saeques-collars finished with
crocheted zephyr-wide ribbon strings.
in colors blue, pink. gray. red, eec. 7QC
that usually sell for $1.00, for. q J
The times., 1899-12-22
q OFF ALL TOYS!

oneouTt than
SvenhS Srqs of
q
eeb
The times., 1899-12-22
Gift Skirts.

We have one lot Of black sateer
skirts, with umbrella rufle and FIVE
cords and lined throughout. They are
worth 9Sc. Today viii be sold 7OC
for. Observation-Disclosures. ~
Colored mercerized skirts with dee7
umbrella rufle and two small ruffes-
edged with black eord-in colors blue,
automobile, violet. and cerise. that
would i cost YOU Sl;75 elsewhere 81 15
The times., 1899-12-22
Gift Aprons.

One 10, Of white lawn aprons-some
with wide hens and tucks-others OF
Swiss and lace insertIon-also several
with plain hems-in ten styles to choose
from-regular price of which IS 2EC
59c, for today only. y..-......,..... -
Aprons made of good lawn and cam
brio, with 2-inch hem-thst can't be
bought elsewhere for less than 1OLC
I've, TO 60 r
The times., 1899-12-22

Premium Stamps are free /:
with every purchase, and =.
when your book rs filled you
get a lcvSiy present.
The times., 1899-12-22
Xmas Linens.

Very heavy double-faced satin Table
Damask. warranted pure linen q
inches vids-uew designs-usuaI y 60C
Nyc yard-for ..-...-----.--..-- W
Unusually heavy Linen Damask. 20
oar nGnfs best WIaislSs365 seller t 5os-Por Por'eIn- 39
Turkey Red Table Covers. S-4 size.
handsomely fringed-very wide SuC
exceptional value at 75c yard-f0r. ~
Extra large Linen Towels in plain
white and assorted eOlOred borders
size 24x4S lnches-the kind that DC
sells for 3sc-foF -.-,..--.-.-- -
50 dozen Napkins-warrantgd all linen
regular dinner size-l0 teauti-
iql f. i dssisns ,..i;.a 70 select from S1.00
The times., 1899-12-22

Ladies, and mems black taffeta silk
umbrellas. steel rods and Paragon
frames and Of Princess. Congo, and
natural wood handles. trimmed with
sterling siIver-engraved free if you
like-that sell up TO 50, today spe-
ciaI for S1S9.
The times., 1899-12-22

Imitation Black and Stone Marten
Neckscarfs and Muffs-the most Won
derful limitations you have ever seen
and the same as you see selling about
town at s., will be sold here at $1.9S.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

now. A green, or gray, or brown felt
with a bent-edge brim and stiff
"bowler" crown seems to be the tri-
umphant one of many shapes and as
might be expected it has been desig-
mated patriotically by the name of Ad-
miral Dewey's flagship, the Olympia.
There is nothing nautical about the
"Olympia." 1t is wound about the
base of its brim with scarf of dark
liberty silk and this comes to loose
knot in front, in the folds of which the
quill ends of two long, soft composite
plumes are made fast. OF well-dyed
barnyard fowl feathers these plumes
are made, mottled white down the cen
ter. and they are so arranged as to
droop softly to one side. Into the lib
erty silk knot fancy strass pin is in
troduced, and this is happy contrast
to the unbecoming cowboyish headgear
that all womenkind that adopted it
during the summer should remember
with blush. A great many patronesses
Of the Olympia wear the easy-titting
hat on hair dressed low at the
back of the head and n strap of elastic,
not skewer pins, is used to keep the
felt in its place.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
Tho Everx-DnY Down.

The shops are filed with the new
dress goods, and what to buy and how
to have it made is the absorbing topic
with the sunbrown shoppers.
For the everyday gown which must
stand hard wear, such as is illustrated
in the large engraving, the reversible
Harris tweeds are highly recommend
ed. The best quality comes fifty-six
inches wide and costs $2.75 yard.
1t is sold in all the new attractive
shades, with a real Scottish clan plaid
for the reverse side of the cloth. When
these double-faced tweeds are used
for skirt and coat costume, no lining
is required and the lapels, cuffs and
collar of the coat are made of the plaid.
Camels hair cheviot is extremely
fashionable this year. 1t can be found
in dashing plaids, and in indistinct
plaids Of mingled dull artistic colors.
Then there are attractive half.inch
check cheviots and these crossed with
narrow stripes. Graphite gray and
the browns and blues are usually the
foundation shades Of these cheyiots
and the lines which run through them
are generally automobile red, vivid
green, orange yellow and beige.
Irish frieze is favorite material
among the heavier woolens. and never
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

"I could stock a museum with queer
things l have found in our books,
eaid librarian. "Those articles in
clude all kinds OF bills-grocery bills.
gas bills and every variety OF bill uD-
der the sun: hairpins and hair orna-
ments OF every design and MATERIAL
love letters galore, locks OF hair, DTS
of lace, dress samples and watch chain
charms pen and ink, pencil, crayon
and water color sketches; money or
ders and postage stamps, and l have
also a dried human ear, which found
in book on surgery, borrowed by a
medical student probably. as they carry
all sorts of uncanny things about with
them. Photographs, too, ngure largely
in my collection. l once found an In
surance policy in a book, but 1t was
quickly claimed. The hustling adver-
tiser cannot let even library books
alone. Somebody Is an agent for
certain patent medicine. He takes out
half a dozen books, not to read the
but simply to insert a circular"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

A little later on and we will be criti.
cising the usefulness and beauty of
the long-skirted ulster that fits the
body close and has a trife of fullness
in the rear, where n strap spans the
base Of the spine and is glorified by u
large silver buckle. Long cloth ulsters
in the colder weather will be used with
capelets of bears fur that are short on
the shoulders, high in the collar, but
almost reaching the feet in front in
two stole ends. The opera mantles,
so far as they have allowed their
charms to be viewed, are beautiful in
the extreme. They are long, of course,
carry large lace hoods n Ia Bretonne
made of heavy lace lined with colored
silk muslin, and in order to gain de-
sired width az the shoulders the silk,
satin or damask skirts of the coat hang
from wide yokes of lace over satin and
this yoke is edged by deep bertha
frill. One of the most commendable
of the new wraps in fur is a cape col
lar having broad ends falling to or be-
low the waist line and made of the
tails of brown bear, so called by fur
riers who would like all animals to
possess symmetrical salable tails.
These bear tails are nothing more than
fluffy balls of fur made of bear and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
Wet weather Roads Needed.


Perhaps never does the need of
good roads manifest itself so strongly
in community of farmers as where
they attempt to carry on n co-opera-
tive enterprise, such as a creamery or
cheese factory. So long as the
farmer remains at home on his own
land, it makes no difference to him
whether his roads be smooth as asphalt
or rough and stony as mountain
pass; or whether they be hard and
level like the English highways of
macadam, or soft and sticky like the
ground about the pigs pen.
1t is only when it comes to going to
town, especially if it is with load Of
crops, that the condition of the high
ways cuts any figure. And it be-
comes more important than ever
where farmers are obliged to drive to
creamery each day in the year with
their milk. In most of the States
dairying has only OF late become n
great industry, but its continued
growth calls more loudly than ever
for the construction of roads which
will enable the creamery patrons to
deliver their milk without wearing
out their horses, whenever the weather
takes an unfavorable turn. Wet
weather reads are needed, and dairy
ing can never be complete success
without them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
CHARACTER IN THE MUsrAcHE.
Its shape and Size May Tell as Much as
shape and Size OF the Mouth.

Its shape and Size May Tell as Much as
shape and Size OF the Mouth.
Much has been said of late about
telling character by the mouth. This
is all right so far as it goes-that is,
with the women, or with men who al
ways wear a smooth face, but most
men wear mustaches. The shape and
size of the mustache may tell as much
as the shape and size of the mouth.
A man rarely hides a fine mouth. If
he wears a mustache he does so be-
cause his first experiment proved to
his own satisfaction that his mustache
was worthy of preservation, but he
trains it carefully so that it will not
entirely hide any marks of beauty or
strength. Women do not have all the
vanity.
There is man who wears q heavy
mustache to hide an ugly mouth, or
teeth, or to disguise his feelings. He
is in the habit of hiding a sarcastic
smile behind the dropping mustache.
No dandy would be guilty of such n
monstrous affair. His mustache must
be fine and delicate, at least graceful,
and readily trained into graceful little
curls at the ends. If he is really fine
in his nature, the quality of the hair
is silky and soft, easily curling, and
perhaps even naturally wavy. An even
tempered disposition is indicated by
the soft and well curved lips showing
beneath this mustache.
The very thin and light mustache is
insipid, ike its owner, and goes with
thin lips and a selfish nature. This
sort of mustache goes with q very
weak mouth and poor teeth.
The fierce, bristling mustache which
hides nothing, but stands straight up,
like stubble in wheat field, shows au
extremely sharsh nature, bad temper
and general uncouthness. A man with
a mustache constantly on the defeu.
sive, as it were, like sentinels, is to b(
avoi ded.
This is quite different from the long
military mustache with waxed ends,
which is supposed to be quite fierce,
but which is not so in fact. The mill
tary is quite distinctive from the
French fashion, which is also q waxeG
mustache, and is so arranged with a;
much care as any other. part .of the
toilet.
As to colors, the same rules follow
as in the color of the hair. Black il
the most intense in nature, blonde the
least so, while the varying shades be
long to as varied characteristics. The
mixture of colors, such as red mus
tache with dark brown hair, soften
the disposition. An absolutely color
less hair often goes with the thir
Tipped mouth, which denotes obstinacy
and lack OF sympathy or feeling.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
Christian ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
OCTOBER is.
Lost Opportunities. Isr. viii. 20; Nat rSiiL
37.39; Heb. xii. II.

Scripture Verses.-Ps. Nxxiv. 10:
lxxxlv. IL; cxxxi. 2; Prov. xi. 18, x. ~.
xvi. x: Eccl. tx 10. Matt. Xxx. G, Z; v. ~.
i6; John ii. g., Rom. ii. iS; xiv. IS.
LESSON THOUGHTS.
Money lost may be regained; health
lost may be restored even time lost
may i'm manner be made up by great
er diligence; but salvation lost Is an
opportunity gone forever.
Let us not wait for opportunities to
come to us: we can make them IL We
will. Paul became all things to ali
men, that he might by all means save
some.
SELECTIONS.
Slips quickly by-to-morrow's but a
link,
And while we idly daily, dream or
think,
our golden opportunity goes by.
Opportunities for Christian work are
them too late. e.. Opportunities for
patience, forbearance, meekness. SELF
denial, courage. Opportunities for
honoring God-for bringing friends to
Christ. These are continually coming
and going--coming2 Hes-but also go
ing as surely ana rapidly as minutes
go, How fun of good work our life
would be If we lost no opportunity.
Never delay
To do the duty which the moment
brings.
Whether it be in great or smaller
things,
For who doth know
What he shall do upon the coming
day?
Sometimes, in the Arctic regions,
ships get enclosed in n narrow space
between ice-islands. The floating
rocks glide nearer the ship on every
side. and the dismayed seamen behold
their only chance of escape from the
fatal crash lies in a narrow channel
that every moment grows still mar
rover. How hurriedly they press their
vessel through that strip to reach the
safety of the open oceanl Even SO
must we pass along the narrow way
that leads to eternal life; for who
knows how soon that narrow way may
be closed against him.
c. Il. Gospel Hymns.-192, 121, 133.
235, 2S, 76 l22, 1913.
Gospel Hymns, l-4.-1S, 2l. &c. 81. 1o4.
100 1i5
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
The Drum Nrnior,s Uniform

Instead of the scarlet coat, covered
all over with braid and tinsel, and
decorated according to the fancy of
the wearer, the army drum ma
ior will now wear dress coat accord
ing to the pattern of the arm of SER
vice to which he may belong, on which
the facings and the cuffs will show by
the color whether the drum major be-
longs to the artillery, cavalry or in
fantry.
The aiguillettes and epaulets will be
of worsted, and in color in keeping
with the arm of service.
On the whole, the uniform is more
soldierly, and its notifications will
make the drum major less conspicu-
Gus.
In some local military bands the
drum majors place has been given
over in recent years to jugglers and
gymnasts, and men who had no knowl-
edge of music were allowed to march
at the head OF band because they
could twirl baton or do similar cir
Gus tricks. The custom and the over
dressing of the drum major did much
to reduce the place to one only a
short way removed from clown, but
the recent orders from the War De-
partment and the modification of the
drum majors uniform will probably
cause State and other band organiza-
tions to follow the example, and the
fake drum major will be compelled to
give up his place to the real improved
| article.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
/ GOOD ROADS NOTES /
In Behal, of Better Roads.

The convention in Milwaukee foI
the purpose of discussing the problem
of better roads in Wisconsin empha.
sizes afresh the vital relations which
public highways sustain to national
prosperity and national development.
Every year our farmers lose thou.
sands of dollars on account of the end.
less delays and mishaps to which they
are subjected in hauling produce to
market over bad roads; aud if only
one-half of the money which is spent
annually in repairing wagons and We.
hicles prematurely broken down be
cause of bad roads could be spent in
repairing public highways, much of
the trouble which now exists would
be overcome. Under present condi-
tions, the evils arising from bad roads
in many parts of the country are such
that in rainy weather it is wholly i'm.
possible to use them, while even in
good weather they are so defective
that travel over them is attended with
manifold disadvantages.
There are many things which can be
neglected with greater impunity than
public highways and wise statosman.
ship can employ itself to no better ad.
vantage than in devising ways and
means for improving public highways.
Indeed, it is not extravagant to say
that public highways sustain the same
relation to the community at large
that blood vessels and arteries sustain
to the human body; and if defects in
ihn laitats onnpn11,anfn1 trrffb oa,.i.
Gus results, it is no more than is true
of the former. Other things being
equal, national prosperity and national
development depend largely upon
good roads.
One reason why Rome enjoyed such
worldwide power during the days of
the Caesars was that she devoted her
self with such diligence to the build.
ing of those magnificent highways
which remain to-day the marvel of the
whole earth. She recognized the fact
that her roads were the great channels
through which her commercial life.
blood was to circulate and that her ma
tional prosperity depended largely
upon her roads. Perhaps if she had
devoted herself with equal diligence
to needed reforms in other directions
she might be to-day where she was
eighteen centuries ago.
Far-sighted men in every part Of
the country are at length waking up
to the importance of good roads and
are doing everything in their power to
convince the country that good roads
must be constructed before national
progress can be marked. Hence, in
| justice to the interests Of the whole
country as well as in justice to the in
terests of the farmers who are direct
ly and Immediately affected, it is of
the utmost importance that good roads
should be made the burden of thought
full consideration in every State in the
| Union.
Much interest will be felt in the re-
suits of the convention in Milwaukee,
Wis, not only because of the good
which 1t promises to accomplish in
that State, but also because of the
good effects which it will likely pro-
duce in other States. Con-
stitution.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
The Anti-Rut Agitation.
A good road makes light load.

good road makes light load.
Liquid asphalt is being employed to
sprinkle the highways of Kern County
Cal, near Bakersfield. The indica
tions are that the experiment will be
successful.
Every commissioner of highways
and every pathmaster is answerable if
he fails to perform his duties proper
ly, and all who are guilty of criminal
neglect should be punished.
Better means of communication are
becoming more and more essential,
not alone to dairymen, but to all far.
mers alike. Farmers should be made
less dependent upon the weather.
With earth alone very passable
road can bo made, provided the prin-
ciples of location, drainage aud shape
of surface, together with that of keep.
ing the surface as smooth and fine rs
possible, by rolling, be strictly ad'
hered to.
Miss Harber, Secretary Of the In.
terstate Association. deplored the poor
returns which Illinois is getting from
the 1900, 900 raised every year for
road purposes, larger fund than is
raised by almost any State. She
urged the farmers to study the ques-
tion and organize.
1t appears as the result of careful
investigation, that it costs us in the
United States just about three times
as much to market our farm crops as
it does in European countries, whore
good roads have been built. Farmers
there are able to make their loads
three times as great as ours, owing to
better roads.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

But that didn't convey great deal
to us, except that we weren't going to
be put off, for which we were truly
thankful.
Ed had ridden on the cars twice be-
fore and L had once, still we were not
so blase but that we enjoyed the re-
mainder of the trip immensely, and
we stood on the Trumansburg station
platform and watched the train draw
swiftly out with keen regret that the
rapid ride had been 80 short.
As we turned away one of the hotel
carriages drove hastily up to the plat
form and our party of ladies and gen
tlemen alighted. The train had gone,
and as we felt more or less RESPONSE
BILE we were filed with concern. We
hurried up to them.
"Why, here are our little boys,
said the elderly gentleman. "Did
you get the horse home safely?"
eyes, SIR" Ed answered; "aud
we're sorry you've missed the train,
but it's just gone"
"That is too bad" the younger
man remarked, "but we have to learn
to endure those things" and he gave
us each crisp, new tifty-cent shin
plaster.
Just then most singular thing
happened. An engine with a single
magnificent car attached, which car
was rich with nickel ratings, carving
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
Laundrles That DON'T Laundry

"Most of the so-called hand laun-
dries are misnamed," said the pro-
prietor of one of the largest steam
laundries IN town. "Ihe only work
they do is the ironing of shirts. The
washing of the shirts, and the entire
work on the other articles are done
for the hand laundries by steam laun-
dries. That one machine of ours
irons 80, 900 cuffs and collars day,
and we can afford to do them for the
hand laundries at ten to twelve cents
a dozen. The hand laundries' profit
is the difference between those figures
and twenty-four cents. Most of our
work comes from the hand laundries,
dozens of which patronize us. The
old saying about tricks in all trades
applies particularly to hand laun-
dries. New York Mail and Express.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

en- are rapidly coming forth IN smart,
fresh fineries.
One of their first responsibilities
was to provide themselves with the
proper sort of walking hat, and the
struggle has been to arrive at COM
promise between the article that would
appear advantageously on the street
aud yet mark decided departure from
the hard quill and crown band habit
of last season. A single plume from
the old gray goose's tail, stuck inde
pendently through the crown of Q
slouch felt, is not the approved idea
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
and curtained plate glass windows,

and curtained plate glass windows,
ran rapidly in and stopped.
The three gentlemen and the two
ladies each bade us goodbye and
stepped aboard, and the train flashed
away, while the ladies waved their
handkerchiefs to us two little boys as
long as the train was in sight.
cit seemed to me-" remarked the
old baggage-master, "that you two
youngsters are pretty familiar with
the President, Vice President and
General Superintendent of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad System, to say nothin'
of the Presidents wife and the Vice
Presidents daughter"
And that's all there is to the story.
1 told you in the beginning that it
didn't amount to anything, and 1 don't
know yet what ever became of the
right of way of the projected railroad
from Pennsylvania to Sodus Bay. -
New York Independent.