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Ruth has furnished the subject for many sermons, but they have natural? ly been concerned with the central character of that beautiful story; it re? mained for the popular Brooklyn di? vine to find in the character of the less conspicuous widow material for spirit? ual lessons. His text is Ruth j, 14: "And they lifted up t heir voice and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in law; but Ruth clave unto her." (Fol? lowing is the sermon: Moab was a heathen land. Naomi is about to leave it and gointo the land of Bethlehem. She has two daughters in-law, Ruth and Orpah, who conclude to go with her. Naomi tells them 4hey had better not leave their native land and undertake the hardship of jtho journey, but they will not be persuaded. They all three start out on their jour? ney. After awhile Naomi, although she highly prized the company of her two daughter- in law, attempted agp.in to persuade them to;:,, back, because! of the hardship and self denial through which they would be obliged to go. Ruth responds in the words from which I once discoursed to you: '"En? treat me not to leave thee, nor to Re? turn fn ni following after thee, for where thou goest 1 will go, and whore thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God; where thou diest will I die, and there will 1 be buried ; the Lord do fo to me and more also ii' aught but death part thee and me.*' Not so with her sister Orpah. Her determination had already been shaken. The length and peril of the journey began to appall her, and she had worshiped the gods of Moab so long that it was hard to give them up. From that point Orpah | turned back, the parting being de? scribed in the words of my text: And they lifted up, their voice and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in law, but Ruth clave unto her. LICSSOX.S KKO.M THE STORY. Ob' ORPAH. Learn from this story of Orpah that some of those who do not leave the Moab of their iniquities are persons of fine susceptibility. Ir was compassion for Naomi in her widowhood and sor? row that led Orpah to start with her toward Bethlehem. It was not because of any lack of affection for her that she turned back. Vv'e know tins from the grief exhibited at parting. I do not know but that she had as much warmth and ardor of nature as Ruth, but she lacked the courage and persistence of her sister. That there are many with as fine susceptibility as Orpah who will not take up their cross and follow Christ is a truth which needs but little demonstration. Many of those who have become the followers of Jesus have but very little natural impressi? bility. Grace of ten takes hold of the hardest heart and the most unlovely character and transforms ir. It Is a hammer that breaks rocks. In this Christ often shows his power. It wants but little generalship to con? quer a flat couutry, but might of artil? lery and heroism (?? take a fort manned mid ready for raking cannonade. The great Captain of our salvation has forced his way into many an armed castle. I doubt not that Christ could have found many a fisherman natural? ly more noble hearted than Simon Pe? ter, but there was no one by whose con? version he could more gloriously have magnified his" grace. The conversion of a score of Johns would not have illustrated the power of the Holy Ghost as much as the conversion of one Peter. It would have been easier to drive twenty lambs like John into the fold than to tame one lion like Peter. God has often made some of his most efficient servants out of men naturally unimpressionable. As men take stiff and unwieldy timbers, and under huge handed machinery bend them into the hulk of great ships, thus God has often shaped aud bent into his service the most unwieldly natures, while those naturally impressionable are still in their unchanged state. HOW MAXY SEVER BEC< >ME CHRISTIANS! Oh, how many like Orpah have warm affections and yet never become Chris? tians! Like Orpah they know how to weep, but they do not know how to pray. Their fineness of feeling leads them into the friendships of the world, but not into communion with God. They can love everybody but him, who is altogether lovely. All other sorrow rends their heart, but they are un? touched by the woes of a dying Christ Good news fills them with excitement, but the glad tidings of great joy and salvation stir not their soul. Anxious to do what is right, yet they rob God. Grateful for the slightest favors, they make no return to him who wrung out tho last drop of blood from Ins heart to deliver them from going down to the pit. They would weep at the door of a prison at the sight of a wicked captive in chains, but have no compassion for their own souls, over which Satan, like a grim jailer, holds the lock and key. When repulsive, grasping, unsympa? thetic natures resist the story of a Saviour's lovo it does not excite our surprise; but it is among the greatest of wonders that so many who exhibit Orpali's susceptibility also exhibit Or pah's im pendency. We are not surprised that there is barreness in a desert, but a strange thing is it that sometimes the Rose of Sharon will not grow in a garden. On a summer morning we are not surprised to find a rock without any dew on it, but if going among a flock of lilies we saw in them no glittering drops we would say, "What foul sprite lms been robbing these vases?" We are not sur? prised that Herod did not become a Christian, but how strange that tho young man Jesus loved for his sweet? ness of temper should not have loved the Redeemer. Hard hearted Felix trembled, proud Nebuchadnezzar re? pented and cruel Manasseh turned unto the Lord; but many a nature, affec? tionate and gentle, has fought success? fully against divine influences. Many a dove has refused to come in the win? dow of the ark, although finding no rest for the sole of her foot. many stakt but tuen back. Again, tho history of Orpah impresses upon me the truth that there are many who make a good starting, but after awhile change their minds and turn hack. When these three mourners start from their home hi Moab there is as much probability that Orpali will reach Bethlehem as that her sister Ruth ' aiicl her inoflier-in-law Naoihi will ar ! rive there. But whilo these continue m the journey they commenced Orpah j after awhile gets discouraged and tnrns i back. This is the history of many a soul. Perhaps it was during a revival of religion they resolved upon a Chris? tian lifo and made preparations to leavo Moab. Before that they were indiffer? ent to the sanctuary; churches wero necessiry evils. Tho minister almost always preached poor sermons, because they had not the heart to hear them. They thought the bread was not good, because their appetite was poor. Re? ligion did very well for invalids and the aged, but they had no desire for it. Suddenly a change came upon thoir soul. They found that something must bo done. Every night there was a thorn in their pillow. There was gall in their wine. They found that their pleasures wero only false lights of a swamp that rise out of decay and death. Losing their self control they were stattlcd by their own prayer, "God be merciful to me. a sinner." They did not suspect it, but the Holy Ghost was in their soul. Without thinking what they weio doing they brushed tho dust off the family Bible. The ground did not feel e.s linn under them, nor did the ah' seem e.s bright. They tried to dam back the flood of their emotions, but the attempt failed, and they confessed their anguish of soul before they meant to. The secret was out! They wanted to know what they must do to be saved. THK STAUT FOE EETOXKUEM. With Ruth and Naomi weeping Or na!i started for the land of Bethlehem. They longed for the Sabbath to come. Straight ns an arrow to the mark the sermon struck them. They thought tlie minister must have heard of their ease and was preaching right at them. They thought the sermon wasvery short, nor did they once coil themselves up in their pew with their eyes shut and head averted with an airof unmoved dignity. Th( y began to pray with an earnestness that astonished themselves and aston? ished others. .Shoving tho plane, or writing up accounts, or walking the street when you might have thought their mind entirely upon the world, they were saying within themselves, "Oil, that 1 were a Christian!" Orpah is fully started on the road to Bethle? hem. Christian friends observing the religious anxiety of tho awakened soul say, '-He must certainly be a Christian. There is another soldier in Christ's ranks; another sick one has been cured of the leprosy." The observers turn their attention another way. They say, "Orpah' is-<u;"e enough; she lias gone to Bethlehem." Alas.' Alas! Starting out for heav? en is a very different thing from arriv? ing there. Remember Lot's wife. She looked hack with longing to the place from which she came and was dot rov? ed. Half way between Sodom and the city of Refuge.that strange storm comes upon her, and it-; salt and brim? s'one gather on her garments until they are so stiffened she cannot pro? ceed, nor can she lie down because of this dreadful wrapping around her gar? ments and limbs; and long after her life has gone she still stands there so ' covered tip by the strange stcrm that she is culled a pillar of salt, as some sailor on ship's deck in the wintry teni 1 pest stands covered with a mail of ice. ^ Ten thousand times ten thousand ' men have been destroyed half way be tween Sodom ami the city of Refuge. ' Orpah might as well never have started as afterward to turn back. Tot multi? tudes have walked in her footsteps. Co i among those the least interested in sa> < Cred thing-; and you will find that they 1 were once out of the land of Moab. ' Livery one of them prayed right heart- 1 ilyand studied their Bibles and fre- ' quentcd the sanctuary, but Lot's wife I looked hack wistfully to Sodom and j Orpah retreated from the company of ; Ruth and Naomi. It is nn impressive thought that after Orpah had gone so 1 far as actually to look over into the land of Bethlehem she turned backand died in Moab. TO Tt'UN BACK MEANS T<> STHLGOJ.E. I Again, Ictoursubject impress upon us i the truth that those who have once felt it their duty to leave their natural state , cannot give up their duty and go back to hardness of heart without a strug? gle. After Orpah had thoroughly made up her mind to uro back to the place from which she started she went , through the sad scene of parting with Ruth and Naomi. My text says: "They lifted up their voice and wept." Ah. my hearer, it requires more decision and perseverance to stay away from the kingdom of Ood than to enter it. Although she did not know it Orpah ptisscd through a greater struggle in turning back into the land of Moab than* would have been necessary to take her clear through to Betldehem. Suppose you that those persons who have remained in their evil ways have had no struggle? Why, they have been obliged to fight every inch of their way. The road to death is not such easy traveling as some ministers have been accustomed to describe it. ?From beginning to end it is fighting against the sharp sword of tho Spirit. It is climbing over the cross. It is wad? ing through the deep blood of the Son of God. It is .scaling mountains of privilege. It is wading through lakes of sorrow. Tt is breaking over com? munion tables and baptismal fonts and pulpits and Bibles. . It is wedging one's self through between pious kindred, who stand before and press us back and hold on to us by their prayers even after we have passed them in our headlong downward career. No man ought to think of un? dertaking to go back into Moab after having come witliin sight oi Bethlehem, unless he have a heart that cannot be made fo quake, and a sure foot that will not slip among infinite perils, and an arm that can drive back the Son of Cod, who stands in tho center of tho broad road spreading out Iiis arms and shouting into the ear of tho thought? less pilgrim,- "Stop! stop!" Tine sijsnsBR's bcrdej: heavier than THE CROSS. We talk about taking up the cross and following Jesus, but that cross is not half so heavy a? the ' "-Ion which the sinner carries. It is u very solemn tiling to bo a Christian, hut it is a more solemn thing not to be a Christian. There are n.ultitudes who, afraid of the self deniids of the Christian, rush into the harder self denials of the un? believer. No yoke but Christ's, how? ever tight and galling! Orpah goes back to her idolatries, but she re? turns "weeping; and all who follow her will find tho same sorrows. Just in proportion as gospel advantages have been numerous will be the disturbance of the j heart that will not como to Christ. I The Bible says:in regard to the place wheMC&r&twaVbuTied: 'Thtife^dsfc of fife garden {here was a sept^ster;'' and! ifl' tHe\ tmdst of the most. Jtdweiy enjoyments of the unpardoried'there ?s a chilliness of death. Although they may pull out the arrows that strike their soul from tho Almighty's quiver, there remain a sting and a smarting. If men wrench themselves away from Christ they will boar the mark of his hand by which ho would have, rescued them. The pleasures of tho world may give temporary relief from tho up braidings of conscience, but aro like stupefying drugs that dull the pain only temporarily. . Ahab has a great kingdom and you would think ho ought to bo happy with his courtiers and chariots and palaces, yet ho goes to bed sick because Nabotb will not sell him his vineyard. Hainan is prime minister of tho greatest nation in the world, and yet one poor man who will not bow tho head makes him utterly miserable. Herod monopolizes tho most of tho world's honor, and yet is thrown into a rage because they say a little child is born in Bethlehem who may altera while dispute his authority. Byron conquered the world with his pen and yet said that lie feltinoroun happiness from the criticism of the most illiterate reader than ho experi enccd pleasure from tho praise of all the talented. A LESSON FROM SnEXSTOXE'S LIFE. In the last century in England lived (ho immortal Shenstone. Portions of his life wero given t;> tho writing of poetry, but this was not evidently tho Held for which nature had equipped him. Iiis name will never bo forgotten, because of the home which lie adorned and beautified until there probably never has been so bright a spot since tho Garden of Eden as what he loved to call "The Leasowes." In addition to tho marvels which nature had wrought he added the perfe< fion of art. Arbor and terrace and slope and rustic tem? ple and reservoir and urn and fountain hero had their crowning. Oak .-.ml yew and hazel put on their glory of verdure. What the greenness of deep grass and the foam of cascade and the glitter of still lake could give of beauty wero added. No life was more diligent and no soul more ingenious than those , of Shenstone, and all that genius and diligence were directed to the adorn- - ment of that treasured spot. What more could one want to make home happy ? Yet there is one man who sits sighing in those bowers, and casting gloomy ; looks upon those park-, and the mirth i of leaping waterfalls; makes no melody in his ear. It is Shenstone, the owner : of the Leasowes. "I have lost my road to happiness," says the despondent ! man. "I am angry and envious and dejected and frantic, ami disregard all present things, just as it Incomes a madman to do." My friends, there is no solid happiness in anything but rc- ; ligion. I care not how bright a home Orpah has in Moab. when she turns ; away from duty she turns away from peace. Amid the bacchanalia of Bel shazzar's feast and the glitter of chal? ices there always will come out a hand? writing on the wall fearfully ominous; . "Tekel"?weighed in the balances and , found wanting. When you canreap , harvests off bare rocks, and gather balm out of nightshade, and make sun? light sleep in the heart of scpulchers, und build a firm house on a rocking billow, then can an unpnrdoned soul find firm enjoyment amid its trans? gressions. Then can Orpah go back to Moab without weeping. FAMILIES DIVIDED BY RELIGION. Again, this subject teaches that a religious choice and the want of i; fre? quently divide families. Ruth and Drpah and Naomi were tenderly at? tached. They wore all widows, and their lifo had been consecrated by a baptism of tears. In the fire of trial their affections had been forged. To? gether they wen; so pleasantly united you can hardly imagine thcin separated. Yet a fata! line is drawn dividing them from each other, perhaps forever. Naomi cannot live in a heathen coun? try. She must go into Bethlehem, that there among the pioussh i may worship the true God. Ruth makes a similar choice, but- Orpah rebels. "And they lifted up their voice and wept again, and Ornah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her." Tho history of this family of EUraelech is the his? tory cf many families of this day. llow often it is that in a circle of rel? atives, while they look alike, and walk alike and talk alias there is a tre? mendous difference. Outwardly united in the affectiona! relations of this lif^, they arc separated in tho most im? portant respects. Some now aro tho children of light and others tho chil? dren of darkness. These are alive in Christ and thoso are dead in sin, Ruth in the land of Bethlehem, Orpah in Moab. Of the same family are David and Solomon, worshipers of the most high God, and Adordjah mid Absalom, who live and die the enemies of all righteousness. Belonging to the same family was the holy and devout Eli and the recklers Phineas .and Hophni. Jonathan Edwards, the good, and Pierrepont Edwards, tho bad, belong to tho same family. Aaron Burr, the dissolute, had a most excellent father. Dying yet immortal hearer, by the solemnity of the parental and filial and conjugal relation, by the saered ness of tho family hearth, by the honor of tho family name, by tho memory of departed kindred, I point out this part? ing of Ruth and OrpalL WHY PEOPLE REFUSE CHRIST. Again, this subject suggests to mo two of tho prominent reasons why peo? ple refuse the kingdom of Christ. There may have been many other reasons why Orpah left her sister and mother-in-law and went back home, but there wero two reasons which I think were more prominent than the rest. She had been brought up in idolatries. She loved the heathen gods which her ancestors had worshiped, and though these blocks of wood and stone could not hear, she thought they could hear, and though they could not see, she thought they could sec, mid though they could not feel, she thought they could feel. A new religion bad been brought to her attention. Sho had married a godly man. She must often have heard her mother-in-law talk of the God of Israel. She was so much shaken in her original belief that sh? concluded to leave her idolatries, but coming to the margin of the land of Bethlehem her determina? tion failed her ami speedily she returned to her gods. This is the very reason why multi? tudes of .persons never become Chris? tians. They cannot bear to givo up their gods. Business is the American Juggernaut that crushes more men than the great car of the Hindoos. To it they say their morning and evening prayers. A little of Christ's ? religion may* creep into the Sabbath, but Mon? day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday ore the clays de? voted to this American idol. Every hour there is a,. saerifiVjD oh the altar. U?iho duties, health of body, manly strength and immortal affections must nil bum in this holocaust. Men act as though rticy could take their bands and mart and saws and trowels and axes and day bonks wirb thi n; into tli.. kingdom of heaven. Tin are ninny who have no unholy thirst Tor gold, yet who. are devoting themselves to their worldly occupations with n ruinous intensity. Men of the stock exchange, men of the yardstick, men of the saw. men of the trowel, men of tho daj booh, what will become cf you, if unforgiven, in the great day when t!'. re arc no b< uses to build, and no goods to sell, and no bargains to malte? It Is possible to do vote one's self even to a lawful calling until it bo comes' sinful, There i". no excuse on the earth or under the earth for the neglect of our deathless spirit. Lydia was a seller of purple, yet she did.not allow her exteiisivo occupation to keep her from becoming a Christian, Daniel was secretary of state and attorney general in the empire of Babylon, and yet three times a day he found time to pray with his face toward .Jerusalem. The man who has no time to attend to religion will have no time to enter heaven. Till'. WORSHIP OK MAMMON. But there arc others who, while their worldly occupation has no particular fascination over them, are entirely ab? sorbed in the gains that come to that occupation. This is the worship of Mammon. The ring of dollar.-; and cents is the only litany they ever utter. Though in the last day the earth itself will not bo worth a farthing, a heap of ashes scattered in tlie whirlwind, they tiro now giving their time and eternity for the acquisition of so much of it .'is you might at last hold in the hollow of one hand. The American Indian who gave enough land to make a state ?11 of tor a string of beads made a princely bar? gain compared with the speculation of thai man who gains the whole world and loses his own si.nl. Flow much comfort do the men take who died un? forgiven ten years ago, leaving large fortunes to their heirs? Do they ever come up to count the gold they hoard? ed or walk through the mansions they built? Though they could have bought' an empire, they have not now as much money as you have this moment 'in your pocki t. Solomon looked upon his palac ? and the grounds surrounding it, pools rimmed with gold and circling roads along which at times rushed his fourteen hundred chariots, while under the outbranching sycamores and cedars walked l'.:- apes and peacocks which by the navy of ITiram had been hi- .: from Tarshisb, and from the window curtains with embroidered gold Mid purple through which came out the thrill of harps and psalteries min Erling with tho song of the waters. When Solomon saw that ail these luxuries of sight and sound had be. n purchased by his wealth he broke forth in the exchunation, "Money answereth ;ill thing-." But we cannot receive it as literal. It cannot -till the voice oi cons ience. It cannot drown the sor rowsof the soul. It cannot put a bribe in the band of death. It cannot unlock the gate of heaven. The tower of .Si loam fell and killed eighteen of its ad? mirers, but this idol, to whose worship the exchanges ami banks and custom bouses of the world have been dedi? cated, will fail and crush to death its thousands. But I ca.niot. enumerate the idolatries to which m fa give them? selves. They are kept by them from a religious life. "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon," and tho first thing that! Christ does when he comes into the temple of the soul is to drive out the exchangers. DOXOTT?RN HACK UE< AI 5E OF DREAD. Bnt it was not only the gods of Moab that mad:- Orpah leave liersister and mother-in-law. Site doubtless had a dread cf the hard-hip to which they would be exposed on the journey to Bethlehem, and Orpah was not alone in the fear. Doubtless some of you Lave been appalled and driven back by the self-denials of tl- ? Christian lue". The taunt of the wer! 1. the charge of hypocrisy which they would soniotuncs be obliged to confront, has kept many away from the land of Bethlehem. They spend their lift' in counting the cost; and because a Christian life de? mands s*> much courage and faith they daronot begin to build. Perhaps they are courag -ous in every other respect. They are no; timid in presence of any ?! ???;? r except that'of trusting in the infinite mercy of Christ. TLeshceparc mprealraidjof theshep herd than of thy wolves. They shiin? away from to ? presence of Christ as though he worn a tyrant rather than a friend who sticketh closer than a broth er. They fool more safe in the ranks of the enemy, where they must sttlTet ulo defeat, than in the army oi CIrr: :. which shall be more than con <p 'iv! through him 'hat hath loved V.'.s.n. Men s?liiverand tremble before religion a < though they were command? ed to throw their lie- away, as though it were sum rider bf lionor and man lit: vs. a-.} r,v> n ;?:;:! wlf respect, and all that i> worth keeping. \y ?. v . -..oi t,!) god's mercy B12 dokutkd: What bris God ever done that his mi rev should be doubted? Was there ever a sorrow of his frailest child that he did not. pity ' Was there ever a soul that he left unhclped in the darkness! Was there ever a martyr that he did not strengthen in the flames? Was there ever a dying man to whose relief ho did not come at tho cry of '-Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit?'' Aye. in} soul, what has God done that so basely thou hast doubted him? Did he make the whole earth a desert? Are all tin skies dark and frtorm swept? Is life all sickness? fs the air all plague? Are there nothing but rods and s.-orpicm and furnaces? Cod knew how many suspicions and unbeliefs men would entertain in regard to him, and there? fore, after making.a uieltitudc of plain and precious promises, he places Im hand on his own heart and swears by his own existence: ''As I live, saith.the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth." Why, then, fight against Cod? This day the battle rages. Thou art armed with thy sine, thy ingratitude, thy neg? lects and Christ is armed against thee, but his weapons are ,tc::rs, are dying agonies, are calls to mercy, and the bat? tle cry which he this day sends ovei thy soul as he rushes toward thee is. "Save thee from going down to the pit. for I have found"5 ransom.1' I would not envy thy victory, O hearer, if thou dost conquer, for what wilt thou dc with the weapons thou hast snatched from the armed Redeemer, what with the tears, what with his dying agonies, what with his calls to mercy? Would God that Orpah would get tired of Moab! Would God that ?rpah would go to Bethlehem! . A Safe Investment Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump? tion. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affec? tion of the throat, lungs or chest, such as consumption, inflammation of lungs, bronchitis, asthma, whoop? ing cough, croup, etc, ect. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, per? fectly safe, and can always be de? pended upon. Trial bottles free at Budwell & Christian's drug store. iny35 tf. Dr. P. A. JMarvin. the noted biga? mist, was discharged from the Vir? ginia penitentiary "Monday,after hay ing served nine years behind the bars. a otiild' jcilibd. Another child killed by the use of opiates given in the form*of s.^otii ing syrup. Why mothers give their children such deadly poison is sur? prising when they can relieve the child of its peculiar troubles by using Dr. Acker's Baby Soot her. It. eon tains no opium or morphine. Sold by Bud well, Christian & Barbnc. Danville and adjacent sections was visited by a heavy rain, wind and' hail stormo Sunday afternoon. The streets and lots were white for a while with the stones, some of which were as large as hickory nuts. IS LIFE 1V0KT1I LIVING ? Not if you go through the world a dyspeptic. Dr. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are a positive cur? for the worst forms of dyspepsia, indigestion, flatulency and constipation Guar? antied and sold by Budwell, Christian ii Burbee. Arrangements are being made for a big time at West Point,ou the Fourth of July. There will be a grand tour nament and ball, a match game <f base ball and boat racing. WK CAN AM) 1)0 Guarantee Dr. Acker's Blood Elixir, for it has been fully demonstrated to the people of this country that it is su? perior to a'l other preparations for blood Diseases. It is a positive cure for syphilitic poisoning, Ulcers, Erup? tions and Pimples, it purifies the whole system and thoroughly builds up the constitution. Sold by Bud well Christian & Barbee. CAN'T SLEEP SIGHTS Is the complaint of thousands suffer ing from asthma, consumption, coughs, etc. Did you ever try Dr. Acker's English Remedy? It is the best preparation known for all lung troubles. Sold on a positive guar? antee at 25c. and 50e. Sold by Hud well, Christian A Budwell. Mr. Edward W. Morris died at b'fl home. "Clagemont," Hnnovefcountj. Monday, of heart disease. Deceased dining his life was one of the foremost speakers in the State, ami a member of the convention of 1850. A Dl'TT TO YGTUSKLF. It is surprising that people will use a common, ordinary pill when they can secure a valuable English one for the same money. Dr. Acker's English pills are a positive cure for sick-headache and all liver troubles. They are small, sweet, easily taken, and do not gripe. Tho Tanners of AI bor marie have been sadly disappointed during the past week of harvest. Wheat fields that looked as if a good yield might i".' expected from them have harvested a small crop, and a good crop hi that si etiou is an exception. F<>r Earache, Toothache, Sore Throat, Swelled Neck, and the results of colds and iullamation, use Dr. Thomas' Electric < hi? the great pain destroyer. Governor Fleming, of West Vir? ginia, has appointed .J. V. Blair, of Doddridge county, judge-advocate of the First regiment, and Joseph E. Ohilton, of Charleston, judge-ad v< - cate of tho Second regiment, each with the rank of major. Adolf hallo?., carriage manufac? turer, 11!)Carroll street. Buffalo, N V.. states : 1 was troubled with nausea of the stomach, sick headache and general debility. Burdock Blood Bit? ters cured me. THE CELEBRATED JOS- SCHLITZ, MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER ?ONLY AT? HOTEL FELIX. CHAMPAGNE ON DRAUGHT Are the Best Sum? mer Drink, ONLY AT HOTEL FELIX. Is a Mice Summer Drink. HOTEL FELIX. CHAMPAGNE ON DRAUGHT. jefJ tf._ ?THE DANVILLE? NURSERY art CREENHOOSE COMPANY. Danville, Virginia. W. T. Sutherlin, President. Gco. S. Sartin, Gen'l Manager. We are prepared to furnish any and all kinds of frhit, shade and ornamen? tal trees, plants, vines, etc., in any quantity. Fine lot of roses and bed? ding plants, and anything in the the nursery line. Write us before buying. Catalogue sent free. Goood agents wanted. Mr. B. R. Younger, our agent, is now in the city, and orders can be left with him at Nuchols, Abbitt A Brown's. 24 Gale Building, Jefferson street. GEO. S. SARTIN, apll-3m Secretary and Manager. J.R.HOCKADAY, THE PIONEER ?of? Roanobe City, Va* OFFICE: . 105 First St,, S. W. First NationalBelk Building. jLlj? sticc^saus to BUFFEY & GEE EKE,* -HAVE OPENED UP THEIR IMMENSE? SPRING STOCK Ami will be pleased to have the public come and examine it. If 8@?PRICES AT TU E BOTTOM -OP TH E S r. A .-?a established UN roanoke 1882. JEWELRY & IT BAZAAR -CARRIES THE LARGEST, FINEST AND most A kt j stic stock IN the city, Our repairing department is up icthe highest mark and all kindsof fine Work in Watckes and Jewelry, Also Artistic -ENGRAVING DONE ON THE PREMISES._ ARTISTS' MATERIAL SOLU. lf 29 SALEM AVENUE. ROANOKE: VIRGINIA. If?lPfl HTTTf l FROM J5 1 325. BOYS' bUiTSl'HOM$3-T<> 8 CHILDREN'S SUITS FROM 82 TO $10 MEN'S, BOYS', VTOCTH'S, ?AND? IDREN'S ?VE?C??TS, IN ALL STYLES SATIMIEI) A SPECIALTY. Furnishing Department Complete F CLOTHING] y r Wrifirhi VUu-k .foffersoti Street. M. A. RIFE, Pre::t. B. L. GREIDER. Sec. & T Rife's Hydraulic Emilie ffianvfactBPiBQ Zmm) MAN C FACTI HERS OF lUFE'S HYDRAULIC ENGINE. OR RAS 'OCR YARDS evt-suiene For supplying water to SMALL TOWNS, Factorie Steam Mills)* DAIRIES, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED; GOOD AGENTS WA NT ED Ollice No. d Second avenue, S. W. Opposite Masonic Temj !c yvy hotel roanoke k? r i7 ?oano.^e3 va. : inn, Pulaski City, Va Biuefield, W. Va. The above houses offer superior accommodations i-j the Travelling Public. Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. FRED. 3D. FOSTER, H. CHIPMAN. T. G. MASSIE. Gl 109 Ssiem Avenue, ??oanoke5 Va, City-and Country property, Mineral and Coal Lande sold. Houses and Stores rented aud Collection* made. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. rn?r27t H, SILVERTHORN. IMPORTER AND REPAIRER OF FINE WATCHES. OUR REPAIRmG^DEPARTMENT s In charge! of the very finest workmen that can be had, and vre guarantee ot do work which cannot be duplicated in the city. Send your watche* tc SJLVERTHOHfTS -?AND GET PTRST CLASS WORK. Manager