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waste in the track nor cities be con-
suned. Instead of the groans of cap
ttiyes shall. come the song of those re-
deemed.
Yetlthe conquest shall be none-the less
complete, for, if in that hour when all
should be vigilant. the church Of God
should neglectto seize the prize and tho
cause should seem to. fail, from tho
graveyards and. cemeteries of all Chris.
tendon the good and faithful of tho
past would spring to their: feet in time
& to save the cause, and though the sun
might not again stand still above Gib-s
con, or the moon i'll the valley of Ala
Ion, the day would be long enough to-
gain a decisive:victory for God and tho
truth : ~ :
+ But my text is descriptive also of
: those who hunt for opportunities and 4
when they Get them do not use them
Tho rabbit they. overcome by5ans early
morning tramp lies: orssxeeksS uncooked
in TIE sdooryar The deer that they.
brought down after long and;exhaust
ing pursuit in the: Adironl lacks lies on
: their doorsiilll :pnd rcsacd md the sayory;.
venison becomes q lnalod orous carcass.
They roast not that which they TOXIN
hunting. Opportunities laboriously cap
tured, yet useless, and that which came
In invitingly, Like string of plover and
quail and wild duck hung over hunt
er's shoulder, turns to something worse
than nothing. So with Agrippa when
almost persuaded to be a Christian. So
with the lovely young man who went
away from Christ very sorrowful.
So with tens of thousands who have
whole hands full, whole skies full of
winged opportunities which profit them
nothing at all, because they roast not
that which they took in hunting. Oh.
make out of this captured moment q
banquet for eternity. The greatest prize
in the universe to be won is the love and
pardon of Christ. Win that and you can
say:
Now have found Friend
Whose lovc shall never end.
TacY,a l., y,,{y,
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dow III coat pits. and among the sDlndles
of northern factories, and on the cotton
plantations of the south.
In every city and town and village you
find men groaring under burdens, as in
the east the cainels stagger under their
loads between Aleppo and Damascus.
Life is crushed out every day atcounters
and workbenches and anvil. But there
are other 1nultitudes who die from nero
inertia. Indulgences every day nre con-
tracing diseases beyond the catholicon
Of allopathy and homeopathy and hy-
dropathy and eclecticisln. Rather than
work they rush upon lancets and seal
pels. Nature has provided fox those who
violate her laws by inactivity-what
rheum for the eyes, and what govt for
the feet, and what curvature for the
srine, and what structures for the chest,
and what tuberclcs for the lungs, and
what rhcumatis,ns for the muscles, and
what neuralgias for the nerves. Nature
in time arraigns every such culprit at
her bar and presents against him an
indictment Of. one hundred counts, and
convicts him on each one Of them
The laws of nature will not stop their
action because men may be ignorant of
them. Disease, when it comes to do Its
work, does not ask whether you under
stand hygiene OF pathology or materia
1nedica. If there were not so many lies
written on tombstones and in obituaries
you would see what multitudes of the
worlds inhabitants are slain in their at
tempts to escape the necessity of toll
Men cross oceans and continents, and
climb the Alps, and sit under the sky of
Italy or the shadow of Egyptian pyra-
mid, and so down into ancient ruins,
and battle at Baden Baden, and come
home with the same shortness of breath,
and the same poor. digestion, and the
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a bright Young Man Who Had Pen
chant for Turning Out Special Nows
That Startled Pcopic-The Pioneer OF q
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SALISBURY, ND

PRArr ASTRAL universally CONCEDED to be the best burning and
This result
care in its employment of the highest mechanical
the methods
in is manufacture :. IT,, - ooo;don. boro oconrod
has borne an high grade OF Illuminating on
millions
PRaTT spring color OF nln avity
bnrniny chn1eys
Give beautiful bright long drop remains the
the
satisfaction in than any OIL on the
market esi ecally family OIL
Wa also have the White and Red Star Coal OIL 1902 water
White Head Light Red Head Light lehgh Valley and
Lee Goals Lime and Plaster The highest grades OF
Flour Corn Hay Mill Feed, Lubricang Oils, etc.
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SINFUL INDULGENCE AND DLENESS.
Again, bad habits are fruitful source
of Incidence. Sinful indulgences shut
mans shop and dull his tools and steal
MS profits. Dissoluteness is generally
the end of industry. There are those
who have the rare faculty of devoting
occasionally day or week to loose in
dulgences, and at the expiration of that
time go back with bleared eyes and
tremulous hands and boatcd cheeks TO
the faithful and successful performance
of their duties. Indeed, their employ
ers and neighbors expect this amuse-
ment or occasional season OF frolic and
wassail.
Some of the best workmen and most
skillful artisans have this mode of con-
Quoting themselves, but, as the time
rolls on, the season Of dissipation be-
comes moro protracted and the season
of steadiness and sobriety more limited,
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tractability. 1t is easily tanned, and
can even be trained to follow it's master
like dog-of course in it's own awlz-
ward, legless fashion.
AS walked along the beach at Scar
borough, Eng, one day, l observed q
little crowd of people gathered around
a nondescript vehicle, half cart, half
tank. Beside the vehicle stood man,
and on it small seal was amusing the
crowd by plunging into the water at
the word of command from its master,
catching sticks and bringing them to
him in its mouth, and performing sun
dry other tricks, after which n ragged
cap was passed around, and few pen
mics and half-pennies collected.
1 passed on and had gone a consider
able distance along the sands, when 1
suddenly became aware that every body
except myself = the pedestrians, the
donkeys on which children were
getting penny rides, the old women
selling curious shells, the hucksters
peddling early pears, gingerbread and
other edibles, the pccp-show men,
every one, in short-was fastening in
the other direction.
The tide was coming in!
Not wishing to be caught in the rapid
waves that chased each other ND the
beach I turned also and followed the
multitude downwards, for l saw that
the high-watcr line, clearly defined on
the sea wall by dark heavy growth of
seaweed, was decidedly above my head
When reached the place where the
seal had been exhibiting found the
throng all gone and the man standing
alone by his cart, with the tired crea-
ture clinging to his breast, it's paws
resting on his shoulders and it's head
Struggled into his neck, just like kit
ten or little child, while the man
gently strol1ed down it's wet, glisteninp
back with his hand.
stood moment, much interested,
looking at the pair.
HE seems to know you," said I.
"Oh! he knows me-" said the man,
with the ring of affectionate conviction
in his voice. HE knows me and loves
me dearly and understands every word
1 say to him." And his hand, with a
yet tenderer touch, pressed still closer to
his old faded red waistcoat the wet,
dripping form of his humble friend.
1t was a clear case of mutual attach
ment-Nide Awake.
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AN UNPROFITAeLE LIFT.
How an Outraged Farmer Got Even with
an Insulting Stranger.

How an Outraged Farmer Got Even with
an Insulting Stranger.
Farmers, even those not otherwise
noted for liberality. are usually very
willing to give lift" in their wagons
to pedestrians, unless their appearance
Is decidedly unprepossessing, and pro-
vided, of course, the request is made
in proper form.
farmer, returning from town with
an empty produce wagon, overlook a
young man plodding along with the dis
couraged air of city man unused to
dirt roads.
"lIullo, Jerseyl" cried the stranger,
brislsly. Can man get a lift to Vine.
landP"
II don't see why he can't" responded
the farmer, in non-committal way.
"Then I'll take ride" said the
stranger, vaulting into the wagon. and
making himself comfortable.
After two or three miles had been
traversed, the stranger paused in his in
consequential talk long enough to OBJ
serve:
'lt's quite distance to Vincland."
Eyes, it is a distance" admitted the
farmer.
Another mile was passed, and then
the stranger inquired:
about ho~ far is it to Vineland?"
Well" replied the farmer, medita.
lively, "keepin' straight ahead, the way
we're goin' now, it's about twenty-fiv
thousand miles; but if you'll get out
and hoof it back it amt morc'n six or
seven"
The stranger got out and 'hoofed" it
baclx
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PRINCES AND PoTEMTATEs.

The Hapsburgs are by far the richest
among the reigning families of Europe.
The private fortune of the emperor of
Austria may be reclloncd at SIC, 900, 600.
KING HUMBERT of Italy is an amateur
cook as we'll as an expert fireman, and
it is said that he can manipulate grill
and engineer kitchen range as well as
any man in the chefs department
THE prince and princess of Monaco
have been quietly and unostentatiously
in London for some time. The princess
likes English things and English ways.
and is herself tall and fair, and in man
ncr much like an English woman.
TIE prince and princess of Wales
have decided to erect a monument to
the duke of Clarence in the chancel of
Sandringham church, and the queen in
tends to place statue of her grandson
in the prince consort's mausoleum at
Frogmore.
One of the peculiaritics of the late
Edward Pierrepont was his curious
vanity about his name. lie was orig
inally Munson e. Picrpont, and eX-
changed this name for the one under
which he was known during the latter
part of his life.
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1. INSTALLMENT STOCK. - Mem
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues are go cents per share.
Q. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK.@S50 per share (par value, 5000,
yielding dividend, payable semi-an-
nually. January 1, and July 1, of per
cent. per annum on the $50 paid in, which
is duly remitted by check to the share
holder.
8. The stock is expected to mature In
seven years from date of each series re.
spectively, the same being issued
monthly.
4. There Is no investment anywhere
safer or more profitable than it's stock.
With the assets of the Association in
vested in first mortgages on improved
town real estate, duly insured for the
benefit Of the Association, on q basis
not exceeding SO per cent. Of its value,
as sscertained by appraisers who are
themselves stockholders of the Associ-
alton, while the debt of the member
borrowing is being curtailed every
month OF its existence, it is difficult to
conceive Of a safer investment than it's
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office, ITO Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES R. TERRY, or to SIMMONS,
CARPENTER & TINSLEY, Roanoke,
va. 6pr19-1y
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A GREAT VARIETY.

THE coinage of the world now alb
serbs nearly two-thirds of the gold and
more than half of the total stocks of sill
Yer annually.
Our exports of cotton from this coun-
try are the largest of any staple. In
spite of low prices, cotton leads with
S276,G5S,0 20, against 1881, 420, 500 for all
breadstuifs, and S16O, OOO 900 for all ami
NAL products.
THE most expensive stained-glass me-
mortal window in the United States is
supposed to be one recently placed in
st. Paufs Methodist Episcopal church at
Newark, n. j., which is said to have
cost $4,000.
CAREFUL observation and comparisons
made by scientific Americans prove that
the hottest region on earth is on the
southwestern coast of Persia, where
that country borders the gulf of the
same name. The thermometer never
falls below 100 degrees at night, and
frequently runs up to 12S degrees in the
afternoon.
QUIET ranchcr in the foothills of
California has been experimenting with
the olive, and now makes the scnsa-
tional announcement that olives can be
grown on the native willows by the
ordinary process Of grating. He makes
good the assertion by exhibiting willow
branches with clusters of fruit growing
on them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-14
A MUSICAL MELANGE.

RIru ELANpI is the stage name of n
young Cleveland lady who recently
sang in "Cavellaria Rusticana" before
the queen, and was presented by her
with handsome diamond bracelet.
The young lady's real name is Amelia
Louise Groll.
NINE. ALBANI sang for the entertain
mcnt of great company of ragged
newsboys, at recent dinner given
them by Il wealthy friend. Il have a
child of my own in another country"
she said; that's why 1 sang for these
boys"
WIENIAwsKI's master, Joseph Mas
sart. appointed professor of the violin ut
the Paris conservatory in 1S4S, has died
at the age of eighty-two. lie was
pupil of Kreutzer of the Krcutzer So
nata. He never was great executant,
but was always esteemed as a teacher.
MICHIGAN inventor has contrived u
typewriter for musical composers,
which, he claims, will greatly facilitate
operations and secure very satisfactory
results. The copy which it makes can
be photographed and plate reproduced
for printing, which is said to be superb
or to plates made in the ordinary way.
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serpents of olden Times.

The ancients firmly believed in
monster serpcnts Of all kinds and of
both land and marine species. During
the wars with Carthage great snake
is said to have kept the Roman army
from crossing the Bagrados river for
several days. The monster swallowed
up no less than seventy Roman soldiers
during this combat and was not
conquered until IL hundred stones from
as many different cntapults were fired
upon 1T all at one time. The monster
skull and skin were preserved and
afterwards exhibited in one of the
Roman temples. The dried skin of the
creature was 100 feet in length, accord
ing to Pliny. Boa-OXus, city on the
Gauges, is said TO have been so named
because gigantic serpent, 100 cubits
long and having a double head, was
killed ut the present site of the town
about the year 1851 A. d. One OF the
first copies of the Iliad was written on
the great gut" of dragon, said in
testine being 1870 inches in length and
is inches broad. 1t was destroyed in
the great fire at Constantinople.
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cup in question was duly referred
to, but in the reign of that
financially stricken ruler known as
James l., the cup left the shores of
merry England. This last-named gem
tleman, who was never over particular
is believed to have presented it to Vel
asco, the Spanieh ambassador, who
came to England in 1904 on behalf of
peace. a Latin inscription on the base
of the cup reads: 1.-The Constable John
Nelasco, returning from England by the
favor of the English king, gives to
Christ, the Peacemaller, cup of solid
gold, memorial of the peace made be-
tween the monarchs, and relic of the
sacred treasure of England Though
presented rs memorial of peace, the
constable seems to be grateful ut hav-
ing been able to return from England
"by the favor of the English king"
Some years ago this cup was sold to n
collector in Paris by Spaniard, and is
now offered for sale by London art
dealer for $4,000. A subscription is
being raised in order to present the cup
to the British museum, to which the
treasury has given $4,000. The cup is
wonderful specimen of the medieval
goldsmith's art, but the Tudors helped
to spoil the design by having some,
coarse Tudor roses engraved thereon,
though perhaps this evidence of royal,
ownership adds to the value Of the cup.
Altogether cup and cover weigh nearly
sixty-eight ounces.
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WITH A POINT.

OF two women, choose the one that
will have you.-Tcxas Siftings.
EVERY land that flows with milk and
honey has giants in it.-Ram's Horn.
APPLES always look nice in the or
chard that has high fence around it.
WHEN buckwheat cake is done up
brown 1t becomes fiat failure .-Picay-
unc.
To TIE eye of the sportsman the fish,
ing worm presents an aspect of wrig-
gle splendor.
TIE man who tries to please every
body generally has contempt for him
sclf.-Columbus Post.
EVERY man is the architect of his own
fortunes, and when he has the structure
complete he usually finds it cost twice
as much as he estimated and isn't half
as commodious as Chicago
Times.
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a Composltion ON Bronth.

The following composition by a
twelve-year-old English schoolboy was
the cause of his being recommended to
take special course in physiology the
next term. The theme given him was
Breath: Breath is made of air. We
breathe always with our lungs, and
sometimes with our livers, except q.
night when our breath keeps life goina
through our noses while we are asleep.
If it wasn't for our breath we should
die~s-henever we slept. Boys that stay
in room all day should not breathe:
they should wait till they get outdoors.
For lot Of boys staying in room
make carbonicide. And carbonicide IL
more poisonous than mad dogs. though
not just the Same way. It does not bite,
hut that's no matter as long as It kills
you"
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RAILROADS
N s e : W hoTfoIksWesternR.R .
SCHEDULE I'M EFFECT DECEMBER q. lsa,

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 9, 1891,
wEsTBoUND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
s:2o a. IN: for Radford, Pulaski, Bristol; also for
blueneld, Pocahontas, Elkhorn, Clinch VAL
icy DIVISION and Louisville via Norton.
fullman slecpcrs to Memphis and New Or
=, leans and to Louisville Via Norton.
1o'oO a. M Tor Radfordnnd intermediate stations.
No connection beyond.
6:16 p. III. for Radford, Pulaski Bristol. Con.
meets Mt Radford for Blucneld and Poca-
hontas. Pullman slecpers to Memphis via
Chattanooga.
NORTH AND EAsTboUND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
o:oV a. M for Petersburg and Richmond. No.
- connections for Norfolk
i2'o1 p. m: Tor liagcrstown Pullman Shoppers to
rev York vim Harrisburg and Philadelphia
lI.4o p IN. daily for Richmond and Norfolk. Phi
man parlor car to Norfolk.
DUO p. m. Tor Lynchburg; no connection beyond,
''oO p. M for Shenandoah and intermediate
lib p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper TO Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich
mond.
1l:l5 P. m; for Hagerstown. Pullman secpcrs to
ashlngton Via Shenandoah junction and to
Now York via Harrisburg. Also sleeper 10.
Washington via. Shenandoah Junction
Durham Divison-Lcavc Lynchburg GAO n. M
daily, 200 n, IN. MONDAY, Wednesday and
Friday and 200 p. m. daily for South Boston
aud Durham
Winston-Sncm Divislon-Lcayc Roanoke T:30 a.
IN. Except Sunday for Rocky Mount Mar
tiDsvillc and Winston. Salem. Arrive Roa-
noke $50 p. M. (cxccpt Sunday
Office or to w 81 BiVfI,I
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke, Va.
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AN ENGLISH RELIC.
Ae LIS Wonderful spocimeu OF tho no
dfcval Goldsmith's Art.

&c Is Wonderful Specimen of tho Mc-
dicval Goldsmith's Art.
Anything once possessed by royalty
is supposed to have n special value in
the eyes of ordinary folks, particularly
II the royal person existed some ccntu-
ries since. If that possession be of gold
the actual value is added to the ficti-
tions one, and where the persons of sew
oral royalties in succession have owned
this precious thing the valuation in
creascs accordingly until it becomes
worth small fortune. The article in
question that induces these remarks,
says Harper's Weekly, is gold cup that
once belonged to the ancient royal treas
ury of England. This cup is wrought in
enamel with scenes from the life of ST.
Agnes, the patron saint of Charles ", of
France, to whom the cup originally be-
longed. This relic came to England
somewhere about that time, but the OK
act date is not known. At any rate it
came to the kingdom before the Tudors
came to the throne, and is believed to
have been the cup mentioned in n royal
inventory of Henry VI. When Henry
VIII. and Queen Elizabeth took
stock" of tho royal treasures the
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THE GENrLER SEX.

AN old lady of Stonington, Conn, is
said to have slept $1,000 consecutive
nights in one house.
Two WOMEN photographers in New
orleans are earning very handsome in
comes from their work.
GERTRUDE SoUINE, pretty girl of
eighteen years who lives in Il town in
AroostocL county, Me-, has never been
known to laugh or even slnilc While
Intelligent in other matters, she appnr
entity cannot understand II joke and is
unmoved by the llecnest witticisms.
AN Austrian provincial paper lately
contained the following advertisement:
"A widow, who still possesses the entire
wardrobe of her deceased husband, is
disposed to enter into correspondence
with suitable gentleman, if such can
be found, with Il view to matrimony.
IIIE Burmese women are great per-
sonages and play great part in their
households. They choose their own;
husbands and divorce them when thew.
like, retaining their own property and
all that they have earned They are Mt
liberty to marry again, whether as wid7
ows or Divorces.
WHEN the appraisers came to make n.
list of the personal property of Mrs.
Julia Swinford, an old lady who died
recently at Berry station, KY, thew
found lis nightcaps, all of different
styles and patterns, ten pairs of shoes,
that had never been worn, fifteen pairs
of scissors and an innuncrable lot of
spools of thread.
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PLEASURE OF DYING.
Last Sensations in This World
ar Almost Always Happy.
Sweetness Of Coming sleep-0uite Fro
! quentiy tho Mind Outlivcs tho Body
and Life Goes Out In
M joyful Dream.

Or. w. d. Atkinson, secretary of the
American Medical association. is a firm
believer in euthanasia. This, says the
Chicago Evening Post, is the scientific
name for n pleasure which, however
seductive in realty, would hardly, it is
to be believed have commended itself
to the philosophers. of the epicurcan
school Dr. Atkinson and those who
believe with him hold that dying is by
no means the disagreeablc experience
it has been pictured.
AS the end of life approaches, such is
the doctors theory, nature often brings
her peculiar anesthetic and the person
passes off without suffering half the
agony which the sickness causing the
death brought to the patient. Even
men meeting Il violent death in the
jaws of wild beasts have few seconds
of calm preparation before dying,
which brings relief and certain de-
gree of pleasure. The great trouble in
death is the sickness and pain which
carries one to the door OF death, and it
is Mt such moments that one suffers all
the torment and agony of dozen
deaths.
The pleasures of dying can only be
1ikened to those of the dreamy NOR
phine eater, who gradually passes off
into n semi-conscious state where
everything seems like floating visions
of bliss. The body and nerves are.
numb, and the excited, overweight
brain becomes quiet and unexcited.
: The imagination plays fancifully
with blissful pictures, and the whole
condition of the nervous system is of a
pleasurable eXaltation. The drowning
man experiences the same relief and