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RELIGIOUS READING.
IN ERROR.

. Give me, this day, dear Lord" cried, {.
" Some blessed station near Thy side;
" Some work in very deed for! Thee,
That may know Thy need Of me-"
Thus pleading, praying up and down
wandered, searching field and town. 81
Intent on task, the very best, si,5 Il
EludiDg still my eager quest.
And morn to MONDAY frightened; night
Drew slowly towards the fading height,
Till 1, low kneelng at the throne
With empty hands, made weary moan;
Thou hsdst not any room for me!
No work was mine. dear Chr!st for Thee!"
Then sudden on my blurring sight
Swept majesty and love and light.
The Master stood before me there
In conscious answer to my prayer,
BE touched mine eyes. In shame I blushed,
In shame my weak complaining hushed!
For, 10! all day, the swift hours through, 2
The work, Christ-given for me to do,
In mine own house had slighted been,
And !, convicted 30 Of sin, .S
Could only lift my look 10 His,
The grace Of pardon ask for this, ~.
That had wandered far and wide, aS
Instead Of watching at His side;
That I bad yetto learn how sweet y. s
The home tasks at the Masters feet
E. sangster, in Christian Advo"
; cate. .,,f4 - 6. Il ,.sE,Sg 4 ~ (:
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TWO VICTIMS OF RUN.

Robert and Benjamin Hanton. father and
sop, living on First avenue, in New York
City, cied within few minutes OF each
other on a recent night from the effects OF
rum. The tenement in which they lived is
occupied principally by Italians. One OF the
tenants, while going out to his work at 5
o'clock In the morning, stumbled over the
body Of man at the foot Of the stairs. he
summoned Patrolman Darcy, who found
that the body was stiil warm. The patrol
man called an ambulance. The surgeon eI-
amined the man and found he was dead. be
said death was due to alcoholism and
Brieht,s disease. The man was recogniz ID
as BENJAMIN Ranton, a shoemaker, forty
five years of age, who lived with his father
on the third floor Of the house. -.
One OF the tenants ran upstairs to INFORM
Benjamin's father, and was Mortified to find
him lying dead in bed. The fathers name
was Robert and he was seventy-elght years
of age q coal beaver who for thirty years
had been employed in coal yard in Har.
lem.
. The police commenced an investigation Of
what appeared to be mystery. They found
that for years the Hantons, father and son,
had lived in two squalid rooms. Both were
incorporate, but had the reputation or be-
ing misers and it was supposed they had
money on deposit IN q DOWNTOWN sa'!uss
bank. 1t was evident that both deaths had
resulted from natural causes and whatever
mystery there was was dispelled by James
Fitzpetrick, of High Bridge, a brother-in.
law of Robert Aanton, who said the old
man had died suddenly, and his son had
gone out to make arrangements for MS fatn-
ers funeral. 1t is supposed that Bsnjam
got drunk, and on his return fell down
stairs, the shock killing HIM, as he was in a
weak condition from alcoholism and kidney
disease.
Old Mr.. Hanton hal been a widower for
over thirteen years. At one time be had
$9OUO on deposit in several savings banSs in
this city, and among lot Of old papers was
found a memorandum OF the numbers OF
three bank bools. The son, before he be-
came slave to rum, played the organ in
church in East Eighteenth street.
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cp,pr RRAypY SYNDICATE,

A company, composed of British and
French spirit dealers, has been formed IN
London to buy the principal wineries IN Caii-
1ornia The syndicate is called the Grape
Brandy DistiIlsrs," ami has. ir is said, q,
capital nominalIy of El20.00U but really OF
many times that amount. 1t is to b. regret
ted that the production of wine and brandy
ON the Pacific Coast promises to be so profit
able pecuniarily, as thus to attract foreign
capitalists as investors to push and extend
the business. 1t the temperance reform is
to accomplish its perfect work, it must DO
on the Pacific Coast aud elsewhere ultlm.te.
" prohibit altogether tho manufacture and
sale of all the brandy aud wine which these
capitalists propose to proauc,. but taeir
money will be q formidable aided obstacle
with which the friends Of temperance in this
country will have to contend.-Witness-
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THE HANDLE OF A RUM JUG.

The Lewiston Me, Journal quotes what
a sixteen. year-old Maine girl says ABOUT
Young m:p. "Why." she asks. do the
young men of Edgecomb do so much loa6ng:
Go to work! Push aheadl 1 am but Il
Young girl; have clothed myself and got
money in the bank, and only sixteen years
old. I lay up more money every year OF
nv life than any boy or young man within
a radius of three miles of my nome. Wnen
they get dollar they go to dance and 70
home a dollar out. My father is able to
support me, but choose to support myself.
advise all girls to cut clear OF those loahnE
BOYS. Give them wide berth, aud never
marry a man unless he is able TO support
you. And never put your arm through the
handle Of q rum Jug"
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THE MONUMENTAL CURSE OF OUR COUNTRY

THE MONUMENTAL CURSE OF OUR COUNTRY.
At the present time ths l'quor trait; Is
the great monumental curse OF OR country,
without one redesming feature. 1t is dla-
bolism unparalleled by any othsr eVll; tne
most intolerabie nuisance rnat has ever been
allowed to exist in a civilized community.
No age, or condition in life is free from its i
terrible ravages; no character or position in
society is TOO exalted to be reached by us
venomous influences. ~
Home. religion, education. property, all
the most sacred family ties, even the endear-
ing claims OF childhood, are disregarded, and
aIi that is good and sacrst blasted by that
vile monster OF viciousness. the saloon.
Wherever the SALOON lifts its hydra head OF
criminal horrors 1t surpasses any ana AL
other outrages and shames into silence AL
the crimes Of history. There is no other evil
Or injury to humanity taat in its effects ts
bears any proportion to this almost universal
curse.-D.morsst's Family Magazine.
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TREASURE IN HEAVEN.

If there can be sorrow in Heaven, It VIII
be that we did not sow more Of the good
seed whilst we had the chance The original
f10O shares Of copper mine in South
Australia are now worth 100000. Every
one of the old f100 shares Is now bringing
in 500 per cent. profit every year. This
enormous interest is as nothing compared to
the interest accruing from ''laying up treas
ure in Heaven We sometimes Ike 70
think uoon the enormous interest that the
widow who gave the two mites is now OBJ
tanning. What millions in solid cash have
since been given to Christian work through
the relation of her story! What troops OF
redeemed spirits enter the Heavenly portals
every year, because 'tshe Of her want did
cast In all she had, even all her living" and
the Saviour recorded the fact.-[Selected.
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CHAPTER XIX.

kcpb cool.
There wns no use getting excited, for
was not in danger, though the burglar
seemed to have received q shock Of some
kind.
To use o popular expression that ex-
actly covcrs tho case, ait was mono of my
funeral"
No sooner had the painting burglar
locked the door than he raised the bottle
to his lips and took good drink, prob
ably with the intention Of calming his
nerves.
"JoS.yn, we're cornered!" were the
first words he gave utterance to.
SWhat do you mean?"
II mean the police are sharp after us. !"
Gome coms what hsTa ssd ws dome %ors tn fa
draw him out than anything else.
His face danced with q strange light;
It shone fir, m his dark eyes like elec-
tricity. and tcalizcd that when worked
up this an must be bad customer to
tackle.
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ONE ONLY.

IfIwere told that all the sons OF men
cared for me, that would be but drop in q
bucket compared with Jehovah himself re-
rardinp me. Ifit were said that all the
princes of the earth had fallen as some poor
mans feet and laid aside their dignities that
they might relieve his necessities, 1t would
be counted condescending kindness, but
such an act would not be worthy to be spoken
of in comparison with that Infinite conde-
scension and unparalleled love which
brought the Saviour from the skies to rescue
and redeem such worthless rebels as We are.
It ia not possible that all the condescension
of all the kind and compassionate men who
have ever lived. should be more than as
q small grain that could NOT turn the scale,
compared with the everlasting hills OF the
Ssviour's wondrous love.-(Spurgeon.
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BR1oGs-That was nice thing that
Young Fiddleback fell into, wasn't it?
The father of the girl he is going to
marry gives them a house and lot,
and her mother furnishes all her
clothes, besides giving her an income
Griggs-What does Fiddleback do?
Briges-I understand that he is 60
ing to buy his own cigarettes.-Puck:
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PRAY AND PUMP.

In seaEan's prayer-meetine In New.
York one of the speakers thanked God that
be bad been sailor. He had been IN some
tight place at sea, but he never hid his relig-
ion or lost his confidence In God. He had
learned to call on God In trouble, and had
not been disappointed. But then, faith
must be Joined with practice, praying only,
without using effort Is not enough.
1--WE were once,r said be, sdriyen to great
straits in gale. The wind blew perfect
hurricane, and our ship sprung aleak It.
seemed as we must 60 to the bottom IN afeW
minutes. Our men worked hard at the
pumps. The water gained on u.s. Death
stared US in the face. I ran down below,
and on my knees asked Jesus to save Is,
and give me token. I opened my, Bible,
lying before me, and Isaiah xii: 10 met my
eyes, The words, the first saw were these,
Fear not thou, for am with thee. BE
not thou dismayed, for am thy God.
will strengthen thee; yea will help thee
veal will uphold thee with the right hand OF
my righteousness"
. That was enough. I ran on deck and told
the men. Isaid: Men we are going some
where, but we are not going down: re-
ported to them what had asked OF the Lord
and how he had answered me. Now said
men, pump and pray, and pray and pumpI
And they did it with a will, and we pumped
our vessel into Cork, as believe, in answer
to prayer and promise. t..a x. = 9. q. =,
But what is the use Of our praying with o
leak in the ship without pumpingl Itmust
ever be work and pray, and pray and work,
and the best workers are those who pray
most ferventIy. x &
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I1rE's oppoRrUNIrIEs. J.,

Some one has said that s'every face ought
to be beautiful at forty'n'; and another that
''no old person has q right to be ugly,
because he has had all his life in which 70
grow beautiful" That Is to say, that LIES
opportunities Of nobleness, Of even forty
years of opportunity, II well used, are
enough to make SO much beauty within that
1t cannot help coming through to- the SUR.
face in graceful habits Of the nerves and
muscles. The TRANSPORTATION Of q pleasant
smile, kindly Hghtings Of the eyes, restfnl
lines Of selfcontroI about the lips. pure
shining of the face as great thoughts kindle
inwardly-th.se things no parent makes
inevitably ours, and no fitful week or two Of
goodness gives them, and no schooling Of
the visage either; but only habitual noble.
ness and graciousness within; and this viii
give them all. Nor does wise man think
he knows another till he has watched the
quick expressions which fit ncross the face
uneonsciously. The truth will ont, and In
these. flashing motions sometimes we catch
the rascal under 3 handsome mask, and
sometimes catch the angel where we had not
looked for one.-[Rey. W. G. Gannet.
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Let US conquer the world; let us run to
immortality: let US follow our King; let us
set up a trophy; let us despse the worlds
pleasures. We need not toll to do so; Jet US
transfer our souls to heaven, and all the
world is conquered. II thou desirest 1t not,
it is conquered. if thou deride 1t, 1t Is
Iet us not then srievc at any of its painful
things. Let nothing disturb thee in this
foreign land, for thou hast a city whose arti-
6cer and creator is God, and the sojourniDg
Is but for little time Chrysostom.
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TRrE PRAYER Is NOT SELFISH.

THE "Herald and Presb!ter rightly
guards the privilege Of prayer against too
To- v,rS wngn of ssy s or
dangers. We must be careful that we do not
regard it as the Roman Catholic bis amulet,
as Something to fail back upon IN crisis.
PRAYER is personal communion with God.
He who hides himself in God Is secure,
Whatever comes to him. We are not to be
like the little boy who was willing enough
to sag his prayers at night, blt objected to it
as an unnecessary proceeding in the morn.
ing, because he could take care OF himself
in the daytime 1t is not simply question
on close terms with God us our best and
nearest friend"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-07

In the history of the city Of Roanoke,
covering d perion of eleven years, per-
haps the result of no election, either
national, State, municipal or special,
has been so thoroughly discussed on the
following day IS was the local option
victory yesterday.
AS Is naturally the case when, at one
stroke, a whole branch of business Is
obliterated, the anti-local optionists die
hard There is considerable talk on the
streets that the election will be con-
tested, but THE TIMES is unable to state
positively at this time whether this
will be done. The matter is being con-
sidered by counsel employed by the
Liquor Dealers Protective Association,
who are carefully investigating all the
incidents of the election from start 10
finish and are examining the highest
authority on the subject
II is Claimed by some that the polls
we.c closed too cary in the Third
ward and also that there were irregu-
larities in the Fourth ward. This
might lead to those wards being thrown
out. II this was done it would give a
dry" majority of 224. If the Third
ward alone was thrown out the M Majority
for the Local Optionists would be- 1T,
and If the Fourth ward alone be cast
aside the majority for the "Drys" will
be 1911.
The strongest ground for contest
and the one that is being seriously con.
sidered by the "Wets" ia the assertion
that the cleo tion was improperly ordered.
This will be looked into by counsel and
if any flaw in the order is found an effort
will be made to annul the result.
The position was also taken by some
of the "Wets" that under the statute
law the LEGAL option elections should be
held by townships in the counties and
can still be granted to saloons in the
Second and Fourth wards.
The local option people say they are
perfectly confident that the election
was conducted legally, and they are in
nowise uneasy. They propose to retain
their organization intact and see that
the liquor laws are enforced in every
particular.
1t is asserted that the labarynth of
saloons that will be formed around the
corporate limits of the city after next
May, If abolished by local option vic
tory in the county, will of course be es
tablished in the adjoining counties.
1t was stated on the streets last night
ouau ono W uore VI INC repreSent aJlVoS
OF the building and loan associations
having offices in the city, had received
dispatches instructing them to refuse
loans on real estate, as property in a
DRY" town was considered poor secur-
ity. AS counter argument the local
optionists claim that owing to the
stringency OF the times these building
and loan associations do not and have
not loaned money on Roanoke real es-
tate for several months.
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vIRGINIAs VS.. X. a. o.'s TO DAY.
The Roanokes Now Have Their Strongest
Team of the Season.

The Roanokes Now Have Their Strongest
Team of the Season.
The Virginias, of Richmond, viii ar
rive in the city from Staunton this
morning and cross bats with the R. A.
c. this afternoon at 4:3O o'clock The
r. A. c. have now the strongest
club they have had together this season,
and they will be in good condition to
meet the Virginias this afternoon.
The following are the positions of
tho r. A. G for this game: Colnflower,
pitcher; O'Hagan, catcher; Staples, first
base; Wigm IRE, second base; Boyd, third
base; Meade, short stop; Riley, left
Daniel, right field.
Tate, who is playing first base for the
Virginias, is an old league player, and
LefGwich, who Is also with the Virgin
las, played with the Roanoke team a
part Of the season of 1890. Zeigier, the
coacher, formerly Of the Cnarlestons,
but now pitching for the Virginias, is
said to be equal TO Arlie Latham as a
coacher.
O'Hagan received an offer from the
Petersburgs to play there the rest of the
season but he declined the offer, as he
will play with the R A. C's until he
W Ill have to return to Washington.
The R. A. c. team were photographed
at Maury's gallery Monday evening
Thompson, who has been playing
third base for the R. A. Q IS a part of
this season, left for his home at Berry
Vile Monday He will leave there to-
day for the Lehigh University, where
he will graduate next year He played
second base on the Lehigh team this
season
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kyle's. amendment was agreed to, us
to 81. Enloe offered an amendment
providing that eulogies on deceased
members Of the House and Senate shall
be delivered on Sundays and on no
other days. On division the amend
ment was agreed to, Ii to Al. but ON the
sea and nay it was rejected, yeas 72,
nays lis. Enloe then offered an amend
ment to prevent the delivery of eulogies
at any time. The amendment was lost.
yeas 70, nays IS. On motion OF Heard
(Mo.,) and without objection, an amend
ment was agreed to, devoting the second
and fourth Mondays of each month to
the consideration of business reported
by the committee on the District of
Columbia
The amendment merely strengthens
the language in the rule as reported
Dearmond offered an amendment direct
ing the sergeant at arms to deduct from
the salaries of each member for the
days OF his absence except on account of
sickness or by leave OF the Ho lse Lost,
10 to 172.
Consideration of the code having
been completed Burrows offered as a
substitute the rules of the Fifty-frst
yeas 65, nays las The code OF rules
was then adopted without division.
Henderson, of Iowa, who was stand
ing beside the petition box, dropped in
the first petition under t.. Q rules. 1t
was an unimportant one. On motion of
Wilson (Dem., w. Vs.,) the committee
on ways and means was granted leave
to sit during the sessions Of the House
The House then, at $3.50 o'clock, ad-
journed until Saturday. After the
adoption of the rules, Speaker Crisp an
nounced that it would be in order r
members to send bills and resolutions
to the speakers desk for printing and
reference and pet .tions to the box for
reference only. Immediately every
page on the floor was converted into a
messenger and loaded with bills.
Several hundred OF them were presented
in all.
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LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY.

At Brooklyn, eleven innings Brook
Ign, S; hits, 6; errors, 4; St. Louis, 4;
hits, 5; errors, 4. Batteries-Kennedy
and Daily; Breitenstein and McAulley.
At MISUNDERSTANDING, -; hits, 10;
errors, 5; Baltimore, 6; hits. 13; errors.
o. Batteries-Gumbe Killen and
Earl; Mullane, Howke and Robinson.
At Boston-Boston, 10; hits, 9; errors,
Q; Louisville, 5; hits, 8; errors, 5. Bat
teries-Stivetts and Bennett; Menefee
and Grim
At Cincinnati-Cincinn 4: hits, z;
errors, Q; New York, 2; hits. 4; errors, l..
Batteries-German and Wilson; Cham
berlaiu and Vaughan.
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REPEAL MUST COME FIRST.
Nothing Will Be Done Till the
Sherman Act Is Amended.

Senator Carlisle In Conference with Rep
That 1t VIII Not be Best to Pu.h Mat
ters Too Hard-voorhees Denies That
the 18th Inst. Has Been Selected for a
Vote on the Repeal Act-Night Sessions
May he Hold.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. Secretary
Carlisle was at the capitol to day and
had quite conference with some Of the
leaders of the House, after which he
went to the Senate and had long talk
with Chairman Voorhees, OF the finance
committee.
1t was after Carlisle had conferred
with a number of Senators that the con-
clusion was reached that it would be
we'll not to push the resolution provid-
ing for the change of the hour of meet
ing to IL o'clock for the reason that
such action might be construed as de-
sire on the part of those friendly to the
repeal bill to press it too hard.
1t has been said that it was decided
to bring the repeal to q vote on the 18th
OF the month, but Voorhees, denies that
there mas been any discu ssion upon that
proposition or that any day has ever
been suggested. 1t is known, however,
that just as soon as the leaders on the
administration side believe that the le-
gltimate debate has been exhausted
and that discussion has degenerated
into a species of oratorica al fllibustering,
they will try to force vote by passing
n resolution providing for continuous
sessions OF the Senate, day and night,
until q vote Is reached.
The silver men, however, met this
programme with ono of their own which
even this early in the proceedings
brings to the front the question of en-
durance. They began it yesterday and
kept it up to day. 1t is simply demand
ing call OF the Senate and the attend
ance of a quorum whenever during the
| debate on the part of the silver men it
becomes apparent that there is no
quorum present in the chamber.
The action Of the various committees,
or rather their non ton, indicates
that there is to be no general legisla-
tion until the repeal has been acted
upon. Every committee has before it
important bills bearing upon every con-
ceivable subject and yet, save few
bills for private relief, not report has
been made to the Senate.
his is understood to be in accord.
ance with the programme that nothing
shall be permitted to get in the way OF
toe measure the Senate Is now debating.