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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR TOPICS.
November z1-"what Are You Thankful
for1" Ps. 33:i.zz (Thsnksgiving)

Scripture verses.-For persona
blessings.-Ps. SOFA, Is; 55:17. IS
G3:3.5; 2 Cor. 12:8.10. For nationa
blessings.-Ps. 1874. 7; 117:1, 2; 1872: Il
4; 1 Tim. 2:1,2. For temporal bles
,ings.-Ps. 1881, 2; Matt. 1876. SO;
Luke 17:12-1S; Acts 27:33-37. For
ipiritual blessings.-Ps. 92:1. 2; 1
Cor. 1:4-7; 2 Cor. 2:14; 9:15.-C. E
World.
Lesson Thoughts.
For what should we not be thankful
when we are assured that "all things
work together for good to them that
love God! Can we with Peter and
the other imprisoned apostles even re.
ioice when We are counted worthy to
suffer shame in His name?
Do you enjoy giving to an apprecia.
tive person, or more to one who &C.
,epts kindness with thankless uncon.
,ern? Why should we suppose that
jod has pleasure in bestowing his
gifts upon the ungrateful? And even
sour own enjoyment OF Gods mercles
Is likely to be In proportion TO your
gratitude for them.
Selections.
Many favors which God giveth us
ravel out for want OF hemming.
through our own unthankfulness: for
though prayer purchaseth blessings,
giving praise doth keep the quiet pos
session of them.
For the beauty Of the earth,
For the glory Of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.
Lord Of ALL to Thee We raise
This our grateful song of praise.
We overlook too much the common
daily blessings that religion brings.
Not least among these Is the faculty
Of finding Joy in little things, recogni..
ing their divine bestowal, finding still
higher blessedness in Living out our
gratitude to God
Am to thank God for everything?
Am to thank Him for bereavement,
for pain, for poverty, for toll? =
Be still. my soul, thou hast misused
the message. 1t is not TO give thanks
for everything, but to give thanks in
everything.
II Christians praised God more, the
world would doubt Him less.
Suggested Hymns.
I've learned to sing a glad new song.
We praise thee, we bless thee.
Praise ye the Lord.
Come into his presence with singing
o worship the King, all glorious
above.
Come, thou Fount Of every blessing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
Truth.

Many men are false vino never tell lies
in the ordinary aeceptation OF THAT term.
Their whole life may be lie, they may
never breathe anything but falsehood, and
yet they could defy the Judges OF the land
TO convict them upon the charge OF ever
having told lie. Truth is matter OF tho
inward parts; truth relates to spirit, pur:.
pose, what we would do if we could; and
no man knows what he would do If he
could. We are the victims of our own ig.
norance; we cannot measure ourselves. A
man shall say, II know should never do
that He may be talking the language OF
fool; the adequate temptation has never
assailed him, he has never been locked
within the environment which means fail
ing in that particular direction. Truthful.
ness is matter OF tone as well as a matter
of words vocal color may tell lie without
the words themselves being false. What is
truth? That is the old and ever-present
and deeply. penetrating question: Men
laugh lies, shrug lies, attitudinize lies, sug-
pest lies. A. man may tell lies to himself.
Where is this perfect man who needs no
gospel, no divinity of ministry, no appeal
from heaven, no tragic cross? - Joseph
Parker
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
HE TOOK THE HINT.
Also His Hat and Coat, and Silently
Departed

Also Hls Hat and Coat, and Silently
Departed.
Yes" she said. In answer to some
thing he had said. "the old songs are
very beautiful"
Beautiful" he exclaimed, enthusL
astically; beautiful hardly describes
them. They are-they are-well, com,
pared with them. the songs OF to-day
are trash, the yeriest trash"
Il agree with you. yet the old songs
sometimes contain sentiments that
one cannot wholly approve"
Il think you are mistaken
Il will give you an Illustration
There Is John Howard Payne's Home,
Sweet Home for instance. You surely
DO not agree with all the sentiments
It contains?"
why not?" he asked warmly. why
uot?
Because" shc said. glancing at the
,iock. which was marking the hour
,f eleven. because there is lne
In that song which says There's nc
place like home You do not believe
that. do your
Thea no coughed a hollow cough
and arose and went silently out into
tho nicht
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Tolerance.

| Tolerance.
When. Abraham was young, there sought
his tent,
Pitched on the plains of Ur among the
A desert-farer, tremulous and bent
With years of travel, whom with simple
words
The shepherd welcomed-b his way.
worn feet,
Assuaged his thirst, before him deity
placed
Cool melons, honey and the sodden meat
OF late.weaned kids; but when in fam.
-, ished haste
The stranger reached to banquet, gently
set
His hand upon his guests, and mur.
INJURED low.
THY pardon, brother. Dost thou not for.
To praise, thy God from whom all bless.
ings how?'
The stranger answered, mocking, NAY,
good youth!
But much ] fear thy wit is held in thrall
10 lying; tns;h hPriest'spun legends. Know the
There, is no God! 'Tis nature gives US
ALL"
First Abraham child gently; but fire
Turks IN the tongue; and lastly, taunted
sore
With blasphemies, the shepherd rose in ire
And drove the gray.haired scofFer from
his door.
To him. yet brooding wrathfully behind.
His tent.fold on that deed in anger done,
A Voice ,spake, grateful as the summer
Among the cedars: abraham, Ny son!"
The shepherd hs5 answered. Father, here am
Where is the stranger guest that hither
cameg"
1t breathed again. The strong chief made
reply,
81 east him forthl He did denly Thy
Almighty Lord!" Then. spake the Voice
In solemn blame "A1y son, thou didst
not well.
Did ] not frame his body cen as thine?
Did | not cause the same red blood to
His nulsing veins? Have l not blessed ye
both
With the same laughter, sorrows, joys
and tears?
Though he reviled My Name with mock or
oath
Have I not borne with him these many
years
ThreescOre and ten-still patient of the
In speech and deed? Yet hadst thou not
the grace
The while he stayed his hunger and his
Gently to, bear with him that little
Arthur Guiterman, in the Youths Com.
panion.
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Self-Mastery.

When we are provoked It is good to
think before We speak. The next time you
are angry and feel inclined to say some.
thing which afterward you will regret, just
pause and slowly count twenty. BY that
time the impulse will have passed away,
and you will have controlled your temper
Temper can be controlled. There once
lived bov who grew up to be a famous
preacher--Robert Hall. As a lad he had a
violent temper. His passion often mast.
cred him. One day he was so troubled
that he went into a quiet place TO pray.
and he said; 20 Lord, calm my mind"
His prayer was answered he gained the
victory oyer. his temper, and in after days
was known ms man OF most kindly and
gentle disposition.
There lies the secret OF self,mastery. We
cannot conquer temper by ourselves, but
with the help OF Jesus we can. We were
once out in a trap drawn by n couple OF
mgh-spirited horses. The son OF the owner
begged to be allowed to drive, and his
father consented. When we got on a level
road the horses began to get out of hand.
His father, who was sitting by his side,
then put his hand on the reins. and his
hrmnes soon made itself felt The temper
OF the horses was controlled by strong
hand. That is O parable for us. Our TEN.
per u strong and fights for the mastery.
Sometimes 1t is stronger than we are, and
runs away with us. II is then that the
strong hand of Jesus is stretched out Ia
help us. and through Him we obtain the
mastery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
Dogs az Mournero.

A strange scene was witnessed re
Gently at a funeral at Norwood. Eng
land. The occasion was the intermen
OF a Bermondsey dog fancier. Amoni
the mourners In the procession = the
graveside were three splendid Ncs
found!and dogs wearing coats Of crer.
with collars to match. On the top o
tho coffin were placed two stuffed to.
terriers. These were pets OF the de
ceased fancler, who had expressed tn
wish that they should follow hln e
his last resting Elace IN the naaSe'
@eccr.bcd.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
The Three Things.

Three things to love: Courage, gentle.
ness, affection. Three things to admire
Intellect, dignity and gracefulness. Three
things to hate; Cruelty, arrogance and in.
gratitude Il Three s things to delight in;
things 70 like; Cordiality, good humor and
chssyip)ness. Three things to avoid: Idle
ness, lcquacity and fiippant jesting. Three
thing. to cultivate: Good books, good
friends and good humor. Three things to
contend for: Honor, country and friends,
Three things to govern: Temper, tongue
and conduct. Two things to think Of:
Death and eternity.-Henry Van Dyke.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
OLD SAILORS WERE sEAsicK.
Veteran Tara Have eomewhat
Stranpe Experience.


In connection with tho late hurrl
cane, which wrought such havoc and
loss OF life along the Atlantic coast,
1t has become a matter of curiosity
in shipping circles how 1t came to
pass that some of the Oldest pilots in
the service on the Delaware river and
bay became violently III.
They arc men of experience and
heavy seas and tempests are every
day events with them. Besides, all
had fortified themselves against such
an emergency by increasing their
store list with liberal supply OF
lemons.
1t is a matter OF record that Pilots
Thomas Virden, Harry Maull, Fred
Burton, Louis Bertrand and John
West, the latter one of the oldest men
In the service fell victims to seasick
ness in its worst stages. Jere l.. Ell
dredge, Alphonzo Bennett and VIII
liam Poynter were the only three to
escape.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
Duration of Human Life.

Here is an estimate Of the average
age attained by men in various Euro
pean countries. Norway and Sweder
head the list with so years. Then come
England with 45h years. France AN
Prussia 80. Wurtemberg 38. Bavaria
and other parts Of Germany 36. In
Austria and Spain the inhabitants
have the shortest lives. the average
age being only 33.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABouu
THE VICE OF INTEMPeRANcE:

'oem: The Two workers-The Financial
Side of the Liquor Question Considered
Drink IL One of the Most Powerful
Agencies For Producing Poverty. -~
Two workers in one field
Toiled on from day to day.
Both had the same hard labor,
Both had the same small pay. y
With the same blue sky above,
The same green grass below,
One soul was full OF love,
The other full of woe. -
I
One leap'd up with the light,
With the soaring OF the lark;
One felt it ever night,
For his soul was ever dark.
One heart was hard as stone,
One heart was ever gay;
One worked with many a groaD,
One whstled all the day.
One had a fower.clad cot
Beside merry mill;
Wife and children near the spot
Made it sweeter, fairer still;
One wretched hovel had,
Full OF dscord, dirt and din
No wonder he seemed mad,
Wife and children starved Within
Still they worked in the same field,
Toiled on from day to day;
Both had the same hard labor, 4!
Both had the same small pay, 4
But they worked not with one viii,
The reason let me tell
Lo! the one drank at the still, \
And the other at the well.
National Advocate. J
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
Our Daily Life.

knowing that every chapter has a bearing
On the wheels and that continuous
thread runs through all. But most OF US
pass our days as il we thought them vol
sme OF short stories, which have not neces-
iarily any connection with each other
Sanxs Weber Linn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
An Arden, Temperance Worker.

Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance,
is an ardent temperance worker. He is a
teetotaler, and induced the Car to decorl
ate the men and women who are the most
active in temperance work. He makes no
secret OF his preference for teetotalers in
the various offices OF the department which
he controls.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
lntIan chosen Moderator.

Rev. z. A. Johnson. chosen mod,
orator OF the Waynesboro. Pa. pres
bytery last week. is fuli-blooded
Montauk Indian. He is the first man
other than . Caucasion ever elected
TO such position IN the United
States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
In Process OF Solution. .

The liquor problem, so far as the busi-
ness world is concerned, is in progress of
natural solution. Railroads, corporations.
business men have put their ban on the
drink habit. Even the saloonkeeper de-
mands a sober man behind the bar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
"This One Thing"

The men who have achieved the greatest
results in the world have been those who
were actuated by some master passion.
Their souls were occupied by some "one
thing which subordinated everything to
itself They we're, in certain sense, men
Of one idea: For though their minds may
have contained many ideas. yet a single
purpose directed and animated them all
The master passion with Sir Isaac Newton
was science. His days and nights were
given to his diagrams, his mathematical
tables and his Telescopes. He often stopped
when half dressed In the morning to solve
some, problem that was agitating his mind
and his servant was Obliged to arouse hin,
from his reveries in order to induce hin,
to, partake Of his meals. An American YES.
sci once halted on the coast OF California
70 lay in supply OF hides, and when the
first mate landed he found one OF HIS coun.
trymen roaming about alone on the sea
beach He was Harvard University nat.
uralist who was there, searching for rare
shells to adorn his cabinet. With Jay
Gould the master passion was to make
money; with Lloyd Garrison, to sGnre
freedom for the slave; with Theobald
Matthew and j. B. Cough, to rescue their
fellow men from the dominion of strong
drink
Now in. the very place where Newton
put his love OF science. and Garrison,
Cough. Shaftesbury and other phianthro-
pists put their love for their fellow Great.
nres, Paul nut his love for his crucifed
Master, This one thing / do" he ex-
claims, ~ press toward the goal for the
prize ott the high calling of God in Jesus
Christ" He mhde the service of Jesus
Christ TO be the sovereign purpose of his
soul. go little deeper" said one of
Napoleon's soldiers to the surgeon who
was probing his left side for the bullet,
"and You will find the emperor" So Paul
might mig IT.. have e said Go deeper, go to the
Hnd my Saviour. Other affections lie on
sbe surface. but this one lives in the inner.
most depths. Other feelings l am pos.
sessed OF, but this one possesses me. For
me 70 live "a Christ
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Weather Wisdom.

A very curious method Of making
weather predictions has been discov'
cred by an old French farmer.
ION Christmas eve," he says, when
the bells begin to ring for midnight
mass. take twelve onions and place
them in row on a table. The first
onion will represent January. the sec.
ond February, and so on. Next make
4 large slit in each onion and pour
some salt into 1t. II at the end OF
an hour you find that the salt In the
March onion has melted. you viii
know that there will be much rain
In March. and. on the other hand, II
the salt In the April onion is not
melted. you may be certain that April
will be a dry month. Moreover, II
the salt in any onion is melted at the
top. but not at the bottom. the first
fortnight OF the month will be wet and
tho second fortnight dry"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-18
canadIan and tlah PIaes.

Rear Admiral Sir Charles Drury.
who recently took the place Of Al
miral Sir John Fisher as second lord Of
the admiralty, Is Canadian. His wife
ls daughter Of Mr.. Whitehead OF tor
pedo fame, and an aunt Of Princess
Biomcrck,
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you e1p,ant ts Van you eSpatn the re-
best Of peoples Do you know why some
Of the noblest OF men and women are .re.
duced from comfort, from affiuence,
through the meanness of their own chill.
hren or through the rascality of trusted
friends. to almost penury?
know q woman Of a refined, sensitive
spirit, who has been for more than a third
OF century crueihed to wooden man.
Some preacher, OF course herself consent
ing, more titan third of q century united
her to that wooden man. i am not draw
ing upon my imagination; i have them
right in my mind; know them. Not only
blockhead of a man, but man with a
wooden heart. just the opposite Of his
wife. IN her aspirations, refinement and
sensitiveness. 1t was hard for me all the
time knew them not to despise him as
daughter did almost despise their own
father as they would despise cur Now,
why was that woman crucihed to that
man?
Here is young woman with two or
clinging to her skirts, and that man is
stricken down in the prime Of manhood
Just when he is needed. How can we talk
Of the consolation OF the gospel in such
case. / have not spoken at funerals for
years; only read The word Of God and
that are before me. Twill not attempt npt to
explain what is inexplicable to mysef
All can soy Is what Jesus said, what I
do thou kpowest not now; but thou shalt
understand hereafter" And behind that
! stand, waiting. II is mockery to under.
take to explain to the soul in such posi-
tion the enigma that appals aud over.
whelms her.
l said moment ago, for must not leave
you under dark cloud; said moment
thirty years, that she was one OF the saint
Lest and poblest women / have ever
Known. and what have said Of her Il true.
Qae-. a. TIA raazt- fa;.hssa,,- n thA ekzsch.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01
How Sherman Was Admitted to the Bar

Gen. Jack Easement. the veteran rail-
road builder, who fought during the Civil
war with Gen. Sherman, tells the story OF
John Sherman's entrance into the prac-
tice Of the law, as related by his warrior
brother.
When John Sherman was quite young
he was taken into the law office of his
brother Charles at Mansfield, Ohio. to
! help about the Office and make himself
generally useful One day, when he was
in his twenty first year, he took Charles
one side and quietly asked him for a loan
of $50.
"What!' Charles exclaimed. '''What do
you intend doing with SO much money!
Il am going to Columbus to be admit
ted to the bar" John replied
Charles was greatly surprised, as John
had never asked him for any advice re-
garding the profession nor had he ever
appeared to be interested to any extent II.
the study of law.
''You can't be admitted to the bar with
out some knowledge Of the law" said
Charles.
John maintained that he knew more
about law than some others, and assured
his brother that he would try and raise
the money somewhere.
You know" he added cit will be nee
essary for me to have respectable clothes
and enough money to pay my travelling
and hotel expenses
Charles finally ordered the clothes and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

boy, was accustomed to do as he
pleased on most occasions.
Wen go on after the cattle direc-
ly, he said. 1T won't take mone'n a
minute to settle that bear aeas.
Seeing that other members of the
party We're also examining their fire.
arms, Kennedy spoke up threateningly.
saying that he wanted help from no
one and that If shot was fired by
another man in the crowd there would
De trouble. Knowing Kennedy as we'll
with.
Kennedy rode down until he was
ABOUT 100 yards from the bear. There
ne dismounted and turned the head of
MS horse away from the game.
AS brave cowpuncher, he scorned
to attack the grizzly except on foot:
for, in their code of ethics, he and men
or his stripe disdained to do anything
that would SAVIOR of the tactics of the
tenderfoot, 1t takes brave man to
attack bear on foot, and Kennedy
was not of the sort to shirk the task.
He stood by the side of his horse
and drew his bead on the grizzly. The
barrel of the rifle steadied down for a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

moment Then came a puff of smoke
and sharpreport
"a second later our straining ears
caught the. IMPACT of the bullet as 1t
found the game. The head of the bear
went back as though it had been struck
by a sledge hammer
Right in the snout!' was the ex-
clamation of the foreman.
''The bear disappeared for an in
slant, and a second later. was seen
clamberfhg up; the bank Kennedy
I fired again. but this did not stop the
enraged grizzly He started in alum
bering butJ surprisingly rapid Hope,
straight forIthe cowboy.
Kennedy did not finch when he
saw what was before him. The barrel
of his rifle. looked as firm and rigid
asa bar Oh ION, so little was it dis
turbed by the process of ejecting the
shells and throwing the cartridges into
place.
ssThe smoke euried upward from the
muzzle in a steady stream and the rifles
crack came with the regularity of clock
ticks. 1t appeared to us that Kennedy
made every shot count
1.-THE grizzly presented an appearance
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serter STEERING. He was the first to
speak in al loud whisper.
I'm headin' for the fore chains.
We can jump there and be on deck
before the bosn sees us"
We glided slowly over the almost
invisible water, until presently the big
shadow of the sailing ship doomed
above us, bow on.
SIN oars" whispered Jackson, and
we glided in under the bark's bows.
A moment later looked the fore rig
ging with the boat hook, and we were
fast. a
Boat ahoy!" shouted a voice from
on deck.
Jackson and 1 leaped up the chain
plates, into Ethe shrouds and sprang
down on deck: The rest swarmed up
after u.s. f,4
who's there's yelled a voice in front
.'Friends''t said Jackson but the man
we had between US must have thought
otherwise. with two revolvers thrust I'M
der his noses es'
Now you shut up" warned Jackson,
cor we'll blew your top off,
We led soiln prisoner amidships, and
he went quietly enough.
''Now give US 2the keys to the TO -csle,"
commanded Jackson.
Its aft 1n my DUNK, replied the man,
sullenly.
= Come along and get it. Wen keep you
company"
All of us moved aft The cabin COM
panionway scuttle opened and a man
appeared.
What's. wrong, bos'n?'' called a voice.
There was flash and a report of g
revolver, and man beside me dropped.
A second later the figure in the compan-
ionway stretched it's length before US on
deck, unarned A
We quickly crowded down into the cab
in. We had just time to turn on dark
lantern, when the door to a state room
leading off from the cabin opened, and a
big, burly man, partly undressed, leaped
out among U.s. He, too, dropped on deck
senseless from the blow of a revolver
butt. Next, headed by the deserter, we
quickly made prisoners of the second
mate. cook and steward in their respec-
tive rooms, locking their doors and
threatening ito shoot at the5-least outcry
Then, the skylight being covered by a
-tarpaulin On the. outside, we ventured to