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The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-11-12
Fresh New up-to-date Clothing
Hand Tailored and Guaranteed.

The satifaction giving kind We KNOW that we can
fit you and we believe have just the pattern you desire
In fact we want you to leave your Clothing wants with
We'll care for them in that will please you
good line of Seasonable Underwear is here fine elastic
rbmedum, weights and heavy Also extra heavy weights
Tor Winter in cotton and wool. We have in fresh
shipment of Neckwear and Hats in the right shapes and
colorngs Ask to the different shades III brown Our
Shirt stock is complete. Any size you want Boy
know about them The manufactures guarantee is behind
us and our guarantee protects you We ready and
would like to wait on you
ROSEN Tr4AL.'S
Exclusive CIoers and Furnisher Crawford Shoes for Men,
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-11-12
Cash Capital, $25,ooo.oo.
JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
DIRECTORS:

w. j. SEDBERRY, Druggist
THOMAS L. ToRRANs, Hardware and Lumber.
JOHN A. Fielder, Grocer.
SAMUEL THURMAN, Wholesale Merchandise.
Col. E. w. TAYLOR, Capitalist, Fort Worth, Texs
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Coudltioss

r. c. Dun & Company's weekly rs-'
view OF trade says: Reports ot ir1-
prcyement in the volume of business
outnumbcr uniavorable dispatches, al
though the situation is decidedly iTrcg-
ular As the money market becomes
easier there is better prospect ot post
poncd work being resumed. Az
structural lines arc largely dependent
upon the ability OF the railroads to bor-'
row money and the restoration OF COZ
fidence among investors. Only fair re-
ports are received regarding the lead
ing manufacturing lines. Many irow
and steel plants have resumed, but the
preceding curtailment was very severe
Textile fabrics are as badly unsettled
As ever, lower prices for new lines os
woolens proving a disagrceablc Sur
prise to the many small operators and
spectators in cotton rendering tor
ward contracts for goods an imposss-
bility. Distribution OF merchandise in
creascs with more normal weather arG
clothing houses report liberal orders
for Spring goods from statesmen at tiie
West and South.
Bradstrcets reports the following
exports: Wheat, including -four, ex-
ports for the week aggregate 2,77T,-
2Is bushels against 3,36o323 last week.
4878,o24 this week last year, 4,o9o, ,2os
in 1902, and 3,336,o54 i'll 1901. Corr
exports for the week aggregate o77-769
bushels, against I,24o.5oo last week.
2,5o4,6I2 year ago, 2oS,oo3 in t9nz-
and 5,lS4,55o in 1901.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS
January 3I-Chrisian Stcwardship-( Nal. 3.
10; | Cor. 10. p

God as Creator of all is absolute
owner of all. My powers of body and
mind, my fellow men who work for
me- everything I eat. drink, wear.
every animal, all the supplies stored
away in the substances and forces OF
nature-all are his. Upon this deep
foundation of the absolute proprietor.
ship of God rests my particular obli.
cation to pay part of his funds to the
support of religion and benevolence.
Gbbon made the generous giving OF
the early Christians to be one cause
of the swift, worldwide triumph OF
the Gospel.
One day when Martin Luther was
completely out of money he was asked
to help worthy enterprise. He re-
hected a little and remembered that
he had beautiful medal Of Joachim
elector of Brandenburg. He highly
priced it, yet went at once to the
drawer opened 1t, and said, What
art thou doing there, Joachim? Come
out and make thyself useful Then
he took out the medal and gave it.
Have we any idle Joachims which
might be put to use for the Masters
cause?
AS in war the soldier practically
gives up all for his country, SO God
calls some men, under certain circum-
stances, actually to forsake all and
follow Jesus. But under ordinary
circumstances men discharge their
! whole duty as citizens not by sur.
rendering life and fortune. but by
paying only fraction of their income
as tax for the support of the gov
ernment In like manner, God does
not ordinarily exact from us all that
We possess, but only a 1.-THE OF our in
come as a tax for the support of his
kingdom in the world"
Has a Christian any more right TO
refuse to pay one tenth of his income
specifically to religion and benevolence
| than to refuse one seventh OF his
timec How can | practically ack.
nowledge my stewardship with refer
ence to my use Of money II not by
giving? What shall be said to those
who claim that giving by rule Is legal
and mechanical? Why not simply
say. Give all you CAM" Is there
any good reason for supposing the
law of the tithe to be abrogated? Are
the tithers you know cheerful or
! gloomy people? Do you know OF a
tither who says that he honestly be-
lieves that he has suffered any loss.
financial or other, by tithing? VIII
you tithe If you see 1t to be your duty!
Z DO you really wish to know your duty?
Have you ever studied Gods word to
6nd out your duty about this?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
The Poor Mans Day.

In all our towns, and throughout too
large a portion of our, country. districts,
the Sabbath rest is violated and the wor.
ship which was the consequence and con-
dition of this rest is abandoned. At the
same time the soul is deprived of its nonr-
ishment and the body OF its repose. The
poor man and the workingman are deliv.
cred up, unprotected, to the every day in
creasing influence of error and evil. Thus
the PROCLAMATION of the day has become
the ruin of the moral and physical health
OF the people, at the same time that it is
erty. The Sabbath is emphatically the
poor mans and the working mans day.
And there is no surer way to break down
the health al as well well as tha ne morals rails. and
the Sabbath. To say nothing OF the Di-
vine law, on mere worldly grounds it is
plain that nothing is more conducive to
the health, intelligence, comfort and inde-
pendence of the working classes and to
our prosperity as people than our Chris
tian American Sabbath.-Count Montalem.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR TOPICS.
January 3l-"Eyery Christian Called TO Be Q
Missionary" Luke 14:it.t9.

Scripture verses-Isa. 527; John
r5:16; Acts 10 :1-3; Rom. 1013.16; 2
Cor. S:2S; Col. 1928, 80; Ps. 2:S; 22:
81, %; Dan. 2:44; 1913, II.
Lesson Thoughts.
Among all nations Ye are
witnesses" What a wonderful com.
mission! What a mighty trust! The
world is placed in our hands! What
are we as individuals doing to fulfil
this trust, to preach repentance and
remission of sins?
We cannot witness for Christ
abroad without beginning at Jerusa.
lem A candle sends its rays to their
upmost reach, but they all radlate
from the central flame; so our inter.
est in foreign missions will shine
through the glow of our Christian in.
fluence at home.
Selections.
If Christians like their Lord will be,
All men will lose their doubts, and sec
How real is Christianity.
What do they see In you and me?
What saves men? Not the blood Of
Christ alone; not all of these alone
Some believer is the link to connect
with that atoning blood that Witness
ing gospel, and that comforting Spirit.
A witness in court room Is not
allowed to testify as to hearsay, nor
to tell how So-andso felt and what
So-and-so thinks about it. The COM
mand is always, "Stick to what you
personally know" Unless, therefore.
you have some vital Christian exper-
fence, it is simply impossible for you
to testify for Christ.
Many an effort may IL cost US, many
a heartbeat, many fear.
But Thou knowest, and wilt
strengthen, and Thy help Is always
near. Give us grace to follow fully,
vanquishlng our faithless shame.
Feebly it may be, but truly, wit
Messing for Thy dear name.
Prayer-We praise Thee, o our
father, for the honor Of the great com.
mission with which Thou hast entrust-
ed us. AS we have in our own hearts
experienced the greatness Of Thy saw
ing love- may we in the spirit OF the
great Missionary who came 10 seek
and to save the lost, be glad and &C.
tive witnesses of these things unto
the uttermost parts of the earth. In
crease our influence for good in our
own neighborhood, and make our lives
increasingly useful for Thee; In Thy
name We ask all. Amen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
SMALLEST eaekboned creature.

The smallest backboned animal ir
the world Is a fish. II has been dis
covered recently In Buhi, mountain
lake in the island OF Luzon, in the
Philippines. The tiny creature has
two names out of all proportion to It's
size. The one given II by the natives
Is sinarapan. and doubtless has some
significance in the language OF the
Bicols. the natives living in the lake
region. The scientific name Is mys
tichthys Luzonensis. and means the
smallest fish inhabiting Luzon.
The largest of the species measures
but half an inch in length and the
smallest not more than one-ffth Of
an inch. 1t would take about six thou
sand of them to weigh pound. For
tunately for the flshmonger OF Luzon
the sinarapan is not sold by the dozen
or even by the hundred. They arr
measured by the quart.--New Yorl
Herald
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
How to Make HaIos.

Make a saturated solution OF alum,
that is. dissolve in small quantity OF
water as much alum as the water will
take up and spread few drops OF it
over a small piece Of window glass.
You will find that the solution will
soon crystalize.
Now hold the smooth side OF the
glass close to your eye and look
through 1t at the sun or gas jet.
and you will see three halos at differ.
ent distances from the light. The
one nearest the light will be whitish;
the next one will be partly colored,
with its blue rays outward, and the
third will be large and highly colored.
The halos are caused by the refrac.
tion of the light by the alum crystals.
lust as halo around the moon Is
caused by the refractlon Of the light
by the Ice particles In the upper air
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
Would Bar Drinkers.

Press dispatches are telling Of move.
mcnt on the part OF Findlay (Ohio) manu-,
facturers, which, ii carried out to its full
purpose, will work very radical reform,
A plan is on foot for an agreement among
the manufacturers to form an organization
barring from employment any and every
man addicted to the use of intoxicating
LIQUORS. Manufacturers find themselves so
annoyed by drunken workmen that this
step is likely to be taken for mutual self
protection. In this they will but follow
the example of many large firms elsewhere,
and of the railroads and an increasing
number of great business establishments.
II il reported that the owners Of saloons
in the neighborhood OF these manufactur:
ing plants in Findlay are greatly alarmed
by the prospect OF a much diminished
trade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27

The habit OF living in the future should
make us glad and confident. We should
not Keep the contemplation OF another
state OF existence to make us sorrowfu,
nor allow the transiency OF this present
70 shade our joys. Our nope should make
&c buoyant, and keep us :irm. II is an
anchor of the soul. All men live by hope,
even when it is fixed upon the changing
and uncertain thingl OF this world. But
the hopes OF men who have not their
hearts fixed upon God try to graphic
themselves on the cloud wrack that rolls
along the fianks OF the mountains; while
our hopes pierce within that veil, and lay
Lold of the Rock OF Ages that towers
above the flying vapors. Let us then be
strong, for our future is not a dim per-
adventure, nor a vague dream. nor a fan
cy OF our own, nor a wish turning itself
into vision, but it is made and certified
bv Him who is the God OF all the past and
of all the present. It il built upon His
word, and the brightest hope of all its
brightness is the enjoyment OF more of
His presence, and the possession OF more
of His likeness. That hope is certain.
Therefore let us live in 1.-THE Rev. A.
exander MacIaren.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27

to those which prepare for business. Our
theatres have felt the influence, and think
more of pieces which will draw than Of
those which will elevate as well as amuse
and recreate those who see and hear.
Yea. it is conceivable that even the
c;iurch may not escape. The ministry
| that sets gain above usefulness has caught
the eontagion. Put me into the priesthood
that may eat piece of bread!' So cried
one of old. The very thought was a desc.
Grafton. The ministry that is sought for
the sake OF the pieces of bread" for live
lihood, whether it be large or small, is
ministry not to God, not to those among
whom it is exercised, but to the man that
holds it, The clergy who are in orders
chiefly for what they can win in the way
of comfort, or respectability or income are
unfit for their place. They serve not God
80 their fellows. but themselves. And so
the church whose chief aim is large pew
rental and fashionable congregation-for
getting the while that the Masters boast
was that to the poor the gospel was
preached, is tarred with the same stick.
-, Yes. commercialsm is in the air. 1t =
the spirit that now works-that stealthily
penetrates every d,partment of modern ac.
tivity, always seeking to make gain the
dominant motive. There is no line Of work,
no business, no profession safe against its
! insidious influence. 1t invades law and
medicine, even divinity, as we have seen.
1t is felt in halls of legislation and seats of
government. Yea, it pervades even So
ciety, making the fine raiment and the gold
ring and the large bank account more DO.
tint to open doors than gentle birth and
fine breeding.
How are we to resist this inAuence-es.
cape this spirit? Just as we resist the con.
tagion of an epidemic. the depression of n
malaria. by fortifying the powers OF lie.
A man in whom the tide of life Is full and
strong will walk unscathed through the
plague laden air. The health that is in
him resists the disease that rushes upon
him. The bacteria that floats into throat
or lung, or stomach finds no indus and
dies. It must be thus, then, that we es.
cape the spiritual danger. Fortify the life
within. Remember that life is more than
| meat: that the kingdom of God and His
Righteousness G are INFINITELY worthy % @ of our our
seeking. Do not forget the possibilities Of
your life. what YOU can make of IL in the
way of growth, what YOU can make of il in
the way of usefulness. Keep your eve on
| the Master. In Him see what you NAV be
in Him see what you may do. Yea, not
only keep your eye ON Him, but keep in
| living touch with Him. that the tides of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27

The best ching in this world is gooa
man. The first thing that human being
should recognize about himself i, that his
character l. his dlstinguishabe feature.
Ii is no, the amount OF money, the amount
"a power, the amount OF brains that 4 man
has. but his character Whatever fellow
men may say, or do to the contrary, this is
4 fact. that what separates him from 9th
ers and gives him his individuality. Is
his goodness or lack cf goodness. according
to its degree. Money, power and brains
have their place and exert an influence IN
deciding mans position and recognition,
but the standard OF ages, by when every
ore is tried in character and in God, SIGHT,
which is the final and determined sight,
men are what they are IN wishes and pur'
poses. II is not then too much to say that
the supreme ambition OF a persons life
should be TO secure worthy character.
Your daily duties are part OF your re-
ligious lie Just as much as your devotons.
II. w. Beecher.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27

friendship is worth taxing trouble about,
Ii is one OF the things about which we
should remember the apostle command,
Hold fast that which is good Ihoreau
said: The only danger in friendship is
that it will end Correspondence and CON
versalion and social courtesies are the
ways in which we throw guards around our
friendships lest they end A man who
loses 4 friend Tor want OF letter now and
then is like the man who loses his money
for lack of a pockethook. He is losing a
very precious thing for lack OF very little
expense and trouble. How carefully Jesus
selected the close circle OF His friends and
how watchfully He guarded their mutual
friendship after lie had selected them.
The friend who sticketh Closer than a
brother Is always one who has taken some
trouble in the matter al his friendships.
Let W. bc careful ,hat We do not go
through lie wiCh holes in our pockets
through which our friendships slip.-Sun.
day.School Timcs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
Decidedly Advanced Ground.

T. j. Bruno, pastor OF the Catholic
Church of Alton. Iowa, with a large and
influential membership, preached sermon
to his people on a recent Sunday, taking
decidedly advanced ground on the ques,,
tion OF Temperance. The priest declared
that he was not prohihitionist and had
at some of their wedding feasts occasion
ally taken a glass OF wine with the mem
bers OF his flock. But | am getting de
cidedly tired" said the priest, ''ot being
called upon to go out at night and prevent
some drunken husband from abusing hi.
family. and il any OF you who deserve ii
find that you have been blacklisted at the
saloons don't blame the saloonkeepcr. fol
| did it myself, And in the future shall
decline all invitations to a social glass.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
Cost Of Balloons.

Balloons are "in the air" at present,
and consequently the cost OF those
aerial machines is interesting. The
size generally favored by "sportsmer"
ranges from $4,000 to $4,000 cubic
feet. the former costing In cotton
caoutchoutee" fl20. In Chinese silk
sls2. and in French silk f252; and
hs latter f220. e3i5 and e3s4. ac.
,ording to the material used. These
prices include the balloon complete
and ready to be fillsd with crs.--Lon
don .Arlwers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27

Charles Kingsley. the famous preacher
and author, told how to find true JOY in
life. as follows
Make rule, and pray to God to help
you TO keep 1t, never, 1t possible to lie
down at night without being able to say, i
have made one human being at Lease
little wiser Or = little happier or a little
better this day. You will find it easier
than YOU think. and pleasanter. Easier.
because if you wish 70 do Gods work God
will surely find YOU work to do and pleas.
anter, because in return for the little trou.
ole it may cost you or the little choking
OF foolish. vulgar pride it may cost YOU
you Will have a peace OF mind. a quiet of
temper, n cheeriulness and hopefulncss
about yourself and all around you, such
rs you never felt before: and, over and
above that. ii YOU look for q reward in the
life to come, recollect this: What we have
TO hone for in the lite to come is to enter
into the JOY OF our Lord.
And how did He fulfil that Joy, By
humbling Himself and taking the form of
a slave and coming. not to be ministered
to, but to minister and to give His whole
life, even unto the death upon the cross.
a ransom for many. Be sure that unless
YOU take up His cross you will never share
in His footsteps you will never reach the
place where He is. II YOU wish to enter
into the Joy OF your Lord. be sure that His
JOY is now. as it was in the Judea of old.
over every sinner that repenteth, every
mourner that is comforted, every hungry
mouth that is fed. every poor soul, sick or
in prison, who is visited.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27

Il j, blessed secret, this OF living b,
the day. Any one can carry his burden,
however heavy. until nighttall Any one
can do his work, however hard for one one
lovingly and purely until the sun goes
down. And this j, all hat life ever means
to us-iust one little day do to.day's
duty; fight to.iay's temptations and do
not weaken and distract yourself BY look.
ing forward to things YOU cannot see. and
could not understand ii vou saw them
God gives u, nights TO shut down the
curtain Of darkness or our little days. We
cannot see beyond. Short horizons make
life ease", and give Us one Of the blessed
secrets OF brave true holy living.
What was the >ecret of such one.
power: What had she done: Absolutely
nothing; bur radiant smiles becoming good
humor the rlct OF d,vining what every
one felt and every one wanted, told that
she had got ont or sell and learned 10 tank
OF others.--t w Robertson
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
Wine a Mocker.

"Wine is a mocker, strong drink brawl-
er; and whosoever erreth thereby Is not
wise" Strong drink is the giant deceiver.
1t makes many promises and breaks them
tinseled vestibule ushers into pain and
misery. II promises good fellowship, but
loses the respect of noble men and true
women. 1t promises a boy manhood. but
steals from him his manhood. 1t deludes
one into thinking that he is "o'er all the
ills OF life victorious" but when sobriety
comes again he finds himself less able than
ever to cope with life's ills.
Shakespeare long ago told how it puts
an enemy into the mouth to steal away the
brains Men who are fooled by drink are
not wise On SUNNI n evening a thick
cloud OF insects and moths circle about the
night electric lights in the streets, but in
the morning it will be found that the ga'
mour OF the light has slain thousands. The
men and boys who circle about the saloon
are as foolish as the moth and the fly:
They are contracting a disease which, IL
not stopped in its incipienCy, or later
cured by scientific methods, means earthly
ruin, and finally eternal death
The United States is the second among
the beer-producing countries of the world.
and is striving hard for the GLORIOUS
the United States Senate, quoted the words
of physician who had practiced thirty
five years in Toledo among beer drinkers.
1t, too, is "mocker." 1t daily becomes
more and more the wretched mans mas
ter. 1t clogs his liver, rots his kidneys,
causes his heart and arteries to decay, stu
pefies and starves his brain, loads his body
with dropsical fluids. fastens upon hin,
rheumatism, erysipelas and disgusting dis
eases, and drags him to his grave when
other men are in their prime.
One recalls the story of the DUNDEE
NAVY, who, one night after regular visit
to public house, had frGhtiul dream OF Z
big fat rat coming for him, followed by
two lean ones and an old blind one. H'
swore some evil was sure to come upoi
him. His wife could not help him to al
Interpretation. His bright boy, with tn
wisdom of Joseph, was ready, however
"The fat rat is the man who keeps the pub
lie house where We gang sac atten, the tW
lean ones are me and me mither, and tn
| blind one is yeasel. father.
How many blind ones there are! The
cannot. or will not, see the need OF stoI
ping until it is eenmost too late. The
! pooh.pooh the idea that they cannot sto
when they get ready TO do So Then
when they become convinced that the
! really are unable to stop they pooh'pool
the suggestion that there is a cure Tor thei
disease. Others are not so blind with re
spect to the latter proposition. They hal
with delight anything that promises thei
freedom from bondage, They accept an!
are saved Thousands live to-day to tel
the story of their rescue from strong drinl
through the medium OF scientific and spe
cial medical treatment where all othe
means had failed again and again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
Swallow on Llahtnlnu Rod.

A peculiar sight at tho farm OF
Linus w. Shaw OF East Bridgewatcr,
Mass. has attracted much attention.
On the top Of a chimney on his house
there is lightning rod. and on IT..
with one OF the barbs piercing its
body. is chimney swallow, which
either deliberately committed suicide
In this extraordinary manner. or else
missed its aim In trying to reach its
most In the caln-es