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"DISTRIBUTION OF REWARDS." Dr. Talmage's Discourse Last Sunday Morning. Ho Shall Divide the Spail With tin Strong. Br.ooRi.TS, Jnn. 9. The opening hymn nt the UrooMjn Tiibcrinuls tliU morning IkijjIus: -O, ro'iM 1 rfk the tnalclitrtt wnrtbt O, I'ould I oun I the Rloriet f Jttli Wlilcli In iny fcai lour hlne?" Dr. Talmajc explained somo of the prophe tic before giving out the liyinn aid then preached ti the Mibjcct 'PMr.lintlon of H wurtK taking his text from Isaiah Jill, 12: 'Ho fball divlila tlio HI with the strung." Dr. TnlniHKc vpoko ns follow: ly family, who raw It with their own eves rear before lust, tell tnc that in thu Coliseum at Home, where perjuctitors used to let out the hftlf-Mnrral Hons to eat up Christians, there Is now planted the figure of the cms". And 1 rcjoiro lo know that the upright piece of wikkI Joined to the transvem) piece has become thu symbol, not niiire o. suffering lli:m of v.ctory. It Is of Chrl t t!io Co:i(iicrer that my text ijicaks. As n kindly warrior, having nubilued on empire, might dlrl lu tho palace, and limn e.'ous, unit cit of, nu 1 Valleys, and' mountains among Ida Ulcer, m Christ Is going to divide up nil the earth, mid aU tho henvenx, among bis pcojile, mid you and 1 will have to take our share If we nru strong lu faith and strong lu cur Christian loyalty, f r my text i eclarus It: "lie ahull divide tliu spoil with the strong." The capture of this round planet for Christ Is not so much of n Job us you might imagine, when the church takes off Its coat and rolls u.) Its (lcovi'B for the work.lt Will. Thcrenre sixteen hundred millions of people now lu thoworl I, and thorn a id four hundred and llfty million Oil 1st. mis. Subtract the four hundred and fllty million', who are Chrixtlau, from tho s x teen huudicd millions, and tlu.ro arc cloven liundrcd and fifty millions loft to be Christian ized, Now d.vldu tho cltveu hundred und fl.' tv millions by the four hundred und (iftv mil lions already Christianized, and It makes only twenty llvo ixtople for each Clirljllin to bring to Clirist. fiurely when tho cliuivli gets wide awake no Christian will be content to take to benven loss than twenty-flv.i. Whv, I bono to tuko with ino at least lei) thousand. 1 know evangelists that have already gathered llfty thousand each for the kl gdom. There aro at least two hundred thousand men In Christen dom whoto one business It Is to save sou s. Bo that when 1 tell you nil that wo need to av rragit li twcnl -llvo soul-t reaped for Ood lu a lifetime, nil Idea of Impoislull ty v.iulshei from this oiunlNtont crumido. 1 know of u abhnthsch(xl teacher who has spent her life time In teaching tho young, and ulio has had litre dirt rent classes during nil thca years, and tho tells nm they averaged ubout seven In it c1hb, and they wero all converted, and llvo times seven uro thirty-live, ns near as I can calculntc. 8ho brought her twenty-llvo nud bad ten to spare. My grandmother brought her whole family Into Mm kingdom, und lior grundchllilren, and, I bom, all her great grandchildren, for (lod remembers a prayer ecventy-llvo years old us well as thuiuli It wero a minute; and slio took her Ucnty-flvo Into the lilncdoni, und had at least a hundred to spare.. Besides that, tho telegraph and tel ephone will, within a few years, put thowholu tarth into a compass of ten minutes. Consid er this und also that Oiunliotcuco. and Omulec'ciici', und OinnlprL'scncd nrosldo over all t lu: work of betterment, and you will tako this enterprise of llio world's redemption out of tint lmoss. Iillltles Into tho possibilities and then out of the possibilities Into the probublllt'cs, and then tiut of llio piolniblllllcs Into the eertulnlles. l'hu building of the Dulon rucllloHallroiid from nceaii lo ocouu was h grealer underlaklng than tho gltdllng of tho earth with tho Goscl, for tho ono enterprise depended upon the bumiiii arm whllo tho other ilcjwuds ujhjii Aluilghilnees. Do I really tnran nil the carlh will surrender to Chr.sli Ves. How about the uuinvlllug iiortlonsl Will Oroeidaud bo evangel 7. -ill Villi possibility li that after u few more hun dred bravo lives uro dashed out among the leebeigt, that great refrigerator, tlu Polar region, will bo given up to thu uu'riH und tho hour, and Unit tho luliali tints wdl como down by luv tatlou Into tolcrahlo climates, or those el I ma es may tof en, und, ns It but bei'ii IKisltlvolv demonstrated ihat the Aictleregon vim once n blooming gar leu aril a frit.tfnl Held, Ihoso rignns iniiv cliango climate and ngu u bo u I looming garden and a frill I In I Held. It Is proved buyout! controversy Ut tiiriiinn nud Aiuerlcau scientists, that llio Arctic regions were thu first loniois of thU world luliuhllnblo; tho noild hot beyo d hu man enilur.tnco, those reg o s were of coilrso tho llrst to be cool enough for human foot and human lung. It Is Hsll vely uriivcd that that Arctic region was a tropical climate. I'm fcsor Ilccr of Zurch says tho remains of flowers havo been found lu tho Arctic, show ing It was Ike Mcxho for climate, and It Is found that tho Arctic was tho mother-region from wb t h all tho iluwvis di-Muiidud. Pro fessor Wolhico savs the remains of all styles of animal l.n nro found In thu Aicte, Includ ing thoio atilinala that can llvo only In warm clnnaics. Now, that Arcllo ivg on which lias been ('eiuonslnitetl by Horn, und faun a. iind geological argument to h.ivo been as full of vcgetatlo.i and life ns our Florida, limy be turned back to III original bloom ami plor , or It will be shut up ns u luus. um of i r stale for cur'oslty seeko.s onco In u whilo to' I It. lluiAtctc and Antartlu In some tbntu w II belong to tho lleduumo 's rea'm What uuout otiicr unproductive or repulsive ni:lou! All thn deserts will In Irrigated, tliu vatcn w I'l lo forced up to llio gro it Amerxan dcseit I'ctwcen hero and tho I'm el lie by nni chliitTV now known or yet to bo Invented, and. ns Great Salt I.nku C ty has no rain ami could not i also an npp o or it bmliol of wheat lu a hundred venrs without nrtltlchtl help, but Is now tlnou 'li such nii'iiti, oiu gr nt gulden, in ull thu iinp-o luctlvo lrls of nil t' e eonll m ilts will bj luruo 1 Into harvest lUlds und urchnnN. A half drz'ii Do Lwrni will furnish tho world with nil thu canaU needed, and will rl niigtt tho imirso of livers nud oii.-u new lakes, nil I tl c, great Sahara Desert will be cut up into farms "lib an nstuundliv; vlcul of l ii'liels to l)t: acre. Thu marsh will bo drain ed of lis alers und cured of lis miliaria. I Buw tho other titty what wiisTt many years culled tint lllack Swamp of Oh o. Its chief vrom-lillU und fev rs. but now. by tho 111 a put Into tho ground to oirry oil tiio stnphis inolslur-, trans. i r tied Into the. richest and liciilth ol of region'. 'Ibo God who wastes niithliig, I think, means that th world, from polo to io'e, hut to tiniii' to perfccilou of fol iage ami frilling?. For that reason ho keeps ua running thiouub sn.ice, tiiotiu'li to many llrcs nro blazing down lu Its timbers, nud inaiiv mock terror havo threatened to d:ili It topfeces. As soon ns tho earth Is completed Christ ill tilvido It up among tho good. Thu reason liu tlo.-s not tl v. do It now Is l e ituo It Is not done. A kind father will not divide tho apple among Ids children until thn npphi Is ripe, in fill It liueiil' of tho New 'iVstmni'iit prom'M, ''The meek shall In lurt thu earth" and tho canine of tboOMTctlameiit. 'Ho fhall d.vldu thooll with thu strong," the world will Ut apportion ed to tho!- wor by tnx(ki h It, It N not so now. In this country, eapnhla of I oldlltg, fettling, clothluf, un I shellerliig twelve huiidr tl ml Hon peoplo and wheru wo Iihvo onlr xiy million Inhalillunts, uu buvo two indlloiik who laiiuot get honest woik, and Willi their and les uu ugi-rcgnUoii ol twenty inllll ins that uro on thu veixo ft starvation. Bomethlug wrong most c. rt.i nly, lu muiio way. there will Ui a new nppor loument. Many of llio ndlbonit re etut will cnttk to n w on tho diss pillon of griiniMilldreti, and then ilisaolvo lulu tho witcrslou of thu manta who now linvu an Insutlt 'encv. ' Whut, ton nv will bevomo of tho extensive ami elab rit ulldiiniH now devoted to tie Iwslnjf Htnuem'lit"! They t 111 become tcbool. art K'tl'irl'". mu-uems, L-ymuas um, and churc:ic. 'lite world U ulready p iling til; gusUnl with lusny of tlu w mniiseiueuts, nui! iiowomh r. What mi litiporlutlou of uucloaii Uiwlrlcl stuff wu havo within the at fevr yesrabad IxiMigl.t to iHir shorts) And n. ftor of nslli'loti iMtrooltiug iuco thluiral Having sold out to Ibo devil, why don't you deliver the pools and go over to him publicly, bodv, mind, and soul, and withdraw your name from Christian churches, and say, "Know all tho worol by these presents that I am n patron of tiuclcf nllucs and a child of hell." 8wom to be tho Iinl's, jou are. icrjureM. But at lust tho tidj has turned, und the do splsurs of purity overdid the matter. A for eign actress of bae morula arrived Intending 1 1 make it tourof the State, but tho remaining deceiic. of our cities rose up and cancelled the contnicts,ntiil drove her back I mm our Ameri can stage, n woman fit for neither continent. In the name of Almighty God I take these ahoml natons by tho tnro.it. If you think these olleiises uro to go ouforever, you do not know who the Lord Is. God will not wait for thn Day of Judgment. All theso palace of sin will bee me palaces of ridilcnusncss. They will como Into the posesslon of those strong for virtue nud strong for God. "Ho sha.l di vide tho sjkiII with the strong." China and Africa tho two richest portlona of tho catth bv reason of metals and rare wools, lino" I exhaustible productiveness Kro not yet divided up nino.ig the good because tho.' are not ready to be divided. Walt un til nil the doors that Livingstone ooncd In Africa shall In entered and Bishop Tuvlor with his band of self-sup: orllng missionaries have d mo their work, unit the AMiantees and Bcuegatiiblaus hhall know Cnrist as w. II uu von know It in, ami there shall be on the banks of tin; Nile nud the Nlier a higher civlllzitloi: thin is now lo bo round on the bnnks of tho Hudson, then C'hriH will divide up thnt conti nent am ng his frlouds. Walt until ( lilmi. which li half ns larguH all Kurope, shall havo develoied lier capacities for rice, und ten, und sttgir. umoiig edibles; nud her ilmelliyst, and sapphire, nud topaz, and opal nnd jasper, nil 1 lirpliry, sni'ing precious stones: and her rosewood, mid bony, and camphor, an I var nish trees mining precious wow Is; and turned I'll) from her depths u hnlf dozen Pennsylva nia s of coal and iron, mid twent.' NeViid.is of sliver, and llfty Calltorul.is of gold, and her llvo bundled million of people shall be evan gelized; then llio Lord will illv.de it up among the trood. If my text he not a deception, but tho eternal truth, then tho time Is coming when nil the farms will be owned b, Christian farmers, and nil tho commerce coutro.lcd by Christian merclinuts, and all tho au thority held by Christian olliclals, and all tho ships commanded by Clir.stlan captains, an. 1 all tho universities under tho Instruction of Christian professors; Christian kings, Chr'stlan presidents Christian covcrnow, Clulstlan mayors, Christian common tonne. I. Yet, what u scouring out I what an upturning! what a dcmolliloul what a rcsuncctlon must precede this now apportionment I I do not underrate tliu enemy. Julius Cesar got his greatest victories by fully esti mating tho vustnei's or his foes and prepared his men for the r greatest tihiiupli by saying: 'To-morrow Kline Juba will bo here wlili thirty thousand horses, one hundred thousand skirmishers, anil threo hundred elephants." I do not underrate tho vast forces of 8lu and Dentil, but do you know who command's us? Jchovah-llreh. Ami the reserve corps behind us uro all tho armies of heaven nnd earth, with hurricane and thunderbolt. The uood work of the worl i's redemption Is going on every minute. Never so many splendid men nud ulorlous women on the s'ldu of right as today. Never so inanv goo I cop!e as now. I) ogencs has been siKikuu of us a wise man because he went with n lantern nt lioondnv, saying hu was looking for it n honest man. If ho had turned his lantern towards himself bo might havo discovered a crank. Honest men by the ten thous'indl Through tho International Series of Sunday Sehool Lessons the next generation nil 'throuith Christendom aro golii to bo wiser than any generation since tliu worl I stood. Tho king dom Is enmluc;. Go I can do It. No housewife with a chamois c oth ever tol sited a s.lver to isKon with more cuo titan C.irist will rub off from this world tho tarnish, nud brighten It up till It glows I ll.o heaven, ami then the glorious upHirtlotiment, for my text Is rein forced bv a t -ore of other texts, when It sins of Christ: "lie shall divido the spoil with tho stroin:." . ' But " you snv, "that this Is pleasant to think of lor others, but before thattluiol shall havo passe I up In o another ex steueu, nud 1 shall get no ml van luge from that new npK)rtloniuout." Ah, you have only driven mo to the oilier more uxeltln; and trnnsort lui consideration, mid that In Christ Is L'olnir to illvldo up lie.ivuti lu llio saniu way. There nro old estates In the celestial world I lint have been In the piss sslou of Its Inhabitants for thousands, or tears, mil they shall remain ns they u'c, Th re are old fa nil I v mansion In licnveii tilled with wholu generat'otis of kin dred, nud the. shall never ho driven out. Mauv of i hp letors from earth have already go' lb r pi a.'s, anil th -y mo Milu'ed o'lt to to tin a newly at rived, t-'oin after our uctt'ng tin iv wu wlll'asl; lo bo t-hoivn thu AlHiitollo losldi ivcs and ask where docs Paul live. an. 1 John und shown tho pntrliic'ial residences, mill shall mi v : "Where do s Abraham 1 v.', or J cobi ' anil shown thu mart r teslduiees mid sav: "Where do.'s .loliu lluss hvc, and Bid-l.-yl" Wo will want lo see thu lioulovards wnero the chin lots of co quurnra roll. I will want to see tho gardeua where tlio ptl.ieis walked. Wo will want t ) see M 'sle How, whrr ' II in del, und Hindu, nnd Moznt mid Chares Wesley, and Thomas Hastings, ami ltrad nr.' inivo t'hoif hom.'s, out of their windows, ever mid iiiion. rolling some sonnet of mi earthly orator o o' hymn trauioited whh tho com poso. Wu will want to u ltelval Terrace, wheiu Wldtcllold mid Neitle'ti'i, and l'uyson. mid Kowiaud II 11, u id Charles Kinney, and other g tt'iU of sotil-reap'iig uro rest mr from their almost supernatural labors, their doors throntred with converts just arrhod, coming to report themselves. But lirll.bnt ns tho ftl isct, and like thu leaves for iiutnbcr, aro tho celes tial homes yot to bo uwnrdod, when Christ to you, and the millions of others, shall divide tho sim11. What do you want t bent I You shall havo It. An orchard) Tuero It Is; twel o manner of fruit, anil Irult every mouth. Do you want river teener I Take our chole i on thu bunks of tho liver, in long ir, wider, deep r mil tlmn Dimtbe, or Ami em, or Mississippi. If mingled iiioiie.iindeniji tvlng in n tlio sea of uluss minuted with lire. Do you want your kindred back ngalnf Go out mid meet tour lather and mother without tho Mall or sloos nud yourch Idron In it daiicu of timuorul gl -o, I) lyou want a thronel Se lect It Iro'tt tho million huriilshcd elevations. Do you want a crown I I'.clc It out of that liioillitntu of iltuinoiiiletl corotu-ts. Do ou waul Mitiro'd church friends of earth around von I ' lletrlu to hum mi old revival' tune nud they will flock from all tpiartcr to revel with ou lu sacrod r.-inlnlseeite.'. All thu earth for those who nru hero on earlh at tho time of continental and planetary d strlbutlou und all tlio heavens for thoe who nr. titer.'. That heiiwuly ilNtrduitlon of spil w'll tin n surprise to luiiuv. Here enters heaven thu mill of n mull who too; up it irreat dual of mom on earth, btitsaerlll ed little, and muong Ids gmxl works sollshuess was evident. He just crowd through thu shining irate, but it is u verv light upleczu so that t no iloor-Ueop r has to pull it win loirctldin in, nnd this man expects half heaven for hit share of imp ics nud hu would like a monopoly of nil hW splen dor, and to ptircliiio lots lu tho suburb so that ho could col advantage front tho grow lb of the elt . Wu I, hu h id a little graeo of heart, just enough to tret him through, mid to him Is given a seeoml hand crow u which one of the sa uts wore at tho start, but t v banreil for a brlsrhtrr ono us ho went on Ironi ul n) tn glory And ho U put lu uu old hou-e onco occupied bv uu titigel who was bui l"d out of Heaven at thu time of Satan's rebellion Bight after htm comes n soul that mnkes a ureal stir nni 'iu thtuvletliils, nud Ihu ungels rush lo tl e seeno tneli bringing to bcr u daz zling torotict. Who Is . ie I Over what r-aliu on earlh was eh quo -ill hi what treat Dus ehlorf festival nm she t lie cmiutriccl Neither She wn an Invsll I who never let t In r rtom for twenty u-ars; but he was tmng In praver. u u! chu p'H'ol ilmv.i revival afur rcv.v.'V und rntc.t ulicr penleinst, us.m tlio churvlltfs, und with her pal.' huuiUslio hint nisit' a intltt u and ttppit lor llio p.nr, mid w lib bcr itiiitr.viinc' ho ndde I Jjr to ui tiiv a holiday fest vul, uu I now, ultli th rfo thin liaiids so ktrong for kindness ii'.d w th thorn white I ps so toning for suppilcat tut, alio has wou coronation, and eiitlmi.ieiiicut, and jubl-b-e. And Chr t says to ibo angles wlioliavo bmuglit each a cumn for tliogtorltlo I Inva Idt "No, not Ihrse: they am not good ciiou.'h. But lu tho jowcllod raso at Ih rljni ham! side of luv tlimud there la ono that I have b.u jrcpanujc fur kcr uuny a yesr, and tut bcr evcrv pang I havo ftct an amethyst, and for her every good deed I have sot a pt-arl. Fetch It now nnd fulfill the promise I gave her long niro, In tho sick nxim: "Bj thou fnlthful unto death, nnd I will give thee o crown." But notice that there Is only one being In the universe who can and will distribute the tro phies of earth and heaven. It Is the Divine llnlcr. the Coinmandcr-ln Chief of the centu ries, the champion of the npes. tho universal conqueror,, the son of God, Jesus. You will take the spoils from His hand, or never take thorn nt nil. Have Ids friendship and vou may defy all time and oil eternity, but without it you nro a pauper, though i on bad a universe at vour command. Wu nro told In Revelation Hint Jacob's twelve sons were so honored ns to have the twelve gntes of heaven named after them over one gate of heaven Naphtall, over an other gate of Issachar, over another Dan. over nnoth -r Ga I, over nnother Zcbulon, over an other Juibili, nnd so on. But Christ's name Is written over nil the gate, und on every panel of the gates, and above His help, His pardon, His lnterccss on, His atonement, I mut, or be n forlorn wretcti forever. My Lord nud- my Go II make mo and till who hear me this dav, and nil to whom I here words situ I come, be Thy repentant, believing, sworn, coiiGecratcd, ninl rausotncl followers forever. What it dav It will be I '1 his entire nscm bin go would rlso to vour feet It you could real ize It, the dav In which Christ shall, In fulfill ment ol my text, divide tho spoil. It was a great dav when Q teen Victoria, l i tho midst of the Crimean war, distributed me lids to the soldiers who had conic homo sick nnd wound ed. At the llors:; Gil ird, In the pres.-nco of the ro til familv, the injured men wero c.irrliil In or cnnio on crutches Colonel Trowbridge, who lost both f 'ot at Inkerinan; mil Captain Saver, whohad tlio nttklc-Joint. -f his right leg shot oft at Alma; nnd Captain Curre, his disa bled limb supported bv n wlill -r, and othctfl ina'iiied, nud disfigured, nnd cxhauiited-ntid with bcr own hau l tho quo mi gave each thu Crimean medal. And what triump imit days for those Bo'dlers when further on, I hey re ceived tliu French medal with tliu Imperial engle, nud the Turkish medal with Its repre sentation of four (lags France. Turkey, Kng Inud r.nd Sardn n-ntid beneath it a map of the Crimea spread over a gun wheel. And what rewards nre stigresled to n.l renders of history by tho mere mention of the Waterloo medal, and the Cii)0 medal, and the Gold mis mcdiil, nnd the medal struck for lint verv in our American war I Hut how Inslg n llean'tnll these compared with the day when tlio good soldiers of Jesus Christ shall como In out of the battl-B of this world, nnd In the pre'cuce of nil tho pllcd-up glories of the re deemed nnd the unfallen, Jesus, our King, shall divide the Bpoll. The ni'ire wounds, tho creator tho Inheritances. The longer tho forced mnrc'i. tho more vivid tho Iroplry. Tho more terrible, tho exhaustion, tlio more un troubled tho transport. Not the gift of n brll II int ribbon, or a medal of hras, or silver, or cold, but n kingdom In which wo are to reign forever nnd ever. Mansions ou the eternal hills. Dominions of unfading jwwer. Em pire of unending love. Continents of ever lastlnir light. Atlantic and Pacific oceans of I) I oa lu1.' jov. It was a gre.it day wheii'Auro llau, tho Uoinan emperor, came hack from his victories. In tho front of the procession wero wl'd b. asln from all landR, 6lxtcon hundred cladhitors rlchlvclad, wacon loads of crowns presented by conquered d ies; among the cap tives, Si rlnns Egyptians, Gothe, Vandals, Sa marathius. Fran'ts: and Zenobla, the beauti ful captive que n, on foot in chains of gold that n slave had to help her entry, nud jewels under tho weight of which she almost fn luted. And then camo tin charrlot of Aurelltn drawn bv four elephants hi conronus comparison, mill followed b tho Uotnan Semite; nnd the Uoniaii arm , nnd from d.iwu till dark tho proces sion was passing. Koine lu all her hlstpry never snw nurthlug more niasnillccnt. Hut how much grea'cr tho day when our Conqueror. Jcus, shall rldo under tho tri umphal arches of heaven; his captives, baud or foot or In cliarlols, nil the kingdoms of enrtli and heaven; in procession the armies celestial on white horses. Bumbling artillery of thunderbolts never inrnln lo bo unlimbcro 1. Kingdoms In line, centuries lu line, saintly, elu'iuhlc. seniphle, nrclimigollo splendors In line, nnd Christ seated on one great rolling Hoiitunn, made out of nil Hallelujahs of al! worlds shall ci v Haiti to tho proce-slon. And not forgetting even tlu humblest hi all thu reach of II s omtilpreso'ice, He shall rlso, nnd then nnd there. Ills work und His glory con summated, proeu.'d, timid mi ccstaey, such nt neither mortal nor Immortal ever Imagined, to divido tho spoil. A Fight Willi Porcupines. Porcupines, which linvo boon but rarely soon in this region for many years, have MiiliJonly appeared in largo ntiinhurs, writes a IJiisiivilli', Pit., dor mspoiulont of 'lhc Sew York Sun. These nniinnltf aro foi m'tlablo ami linrcii. although small, ami many valu able tlogs have been killed and disabled by the r attacks. Coon hunters have hail several encounters with thorn du ring tho past two or threo wcel.s. Ira Tinlov. of this plaoe, had a very oxcit ng oxp 'rienco with a fain ly of porcupines on Friday, llo was hunting fuses nud came sudilenlt' upon a porcu pine King la, ly on a rook. Finloy's dog attacked tho animal at once as it luv do, ng In the huh. to all appear ances a most ncaceulilu nnd harmless creature. At the lirst onslaught of tho dog. howover. tho porcupine brought h s sharp qu lis into play, and tho dog beat a hasty re I re at with his head filled with quills sunk deep into tlio hV.sli. The dog ran yulpng awav, nnd was seen no more, Finhty took a m at the porcupine, which showed a strong in clinat on to assume tho o.Toiis vo. but, before he lirod three more porcupines camu out of the brush and the four rushed linrcely toward tlio liuulor. F n ley shut anil killed one of the animals but tho others prood him so closely that he was obliged to club Ins gun and tight them n that wax. Hacking round and round in a oin lo in tno I rush, Fin ley managed to keep tlio three iu'iitia letl 1 tliu ii'i mals obVh in, bullliuy were so wary and active that they sueccded in avoiding his blows. Ho was afraid to turn and run, anil ns his etVorts at tigtli ng the porcupines were b 'gin ning to tiro lilin out. bo begun shouting for" help. Peter Meyers heart! Ihu shouts wh-ro hu was at work chop ping lu tho woods, ami ho hurried to the spot with his ax. lie killetl o.ie of llie porcupines, anil tho other two gave up the Ik'ht am! disappeared in thu brush. Fin ley was nearly oshtusted, and but forthe tlmoly arrival of M vers, would have soon 'fared ballvat thu hands of tho lbrco and por!stent ani mals. On Saturday Moyors shot threo por ciiplni's hi tho same vicinity ami saw threu others. On Frtltv night two hunters mistook t porcupine for a coon, and it killed their dog b'fore they dis covered what it was nnd shot it. Not a Fanner, "You nro not a farmer, nru you, Mr. Featherli?" Hobby inquired, as that young man settled lilmsqU on the m fa for a parly call. Certainly iiot, Hobby," ho replied, I'm In the 'dry-good liiiti. Vli? "Heeause pa told ma that from the way on acted at the supper table lust nlg'hi you must b'l eve in tonkin' ha. wh.lo the nun shines.'' .Veto York Sun, A cblcrtn state tlut Hsitr cn' luiby wit clitUtvitel IXiviiUkt IS. Mv would havo bevu a pivttler MUM. UfritstM 'iv l't Absolutely Pure- Tills powder never varies. A marvel o! purity, strength and whnloHotnencss. Jloro economical thnn thu ord.nnry knitln, and cannot bo sold In competition witii tho multitude of low test, Bliort weight, uliitu or phosphate powders. Sold only in ciinn. IIoyal. Haki.no I'owDKn Co., 100 Wull St., N. Y. A. L. COBB, M. D., PHYSICIAN M SURGEON. Having permanently located in Alder, Union county, Orecon, will bo round rendy to nttend to culls in all tho various towns und BettlcincnU of the Wallowa vnlloy. Chronic 2;ieuc n Speciulty. par-My motto is: "Llvo and let livo." DEPOT HOTEL. A. C. CRAIG, - - Proprietor. (Union Depot, Oregon.) Splendid nrcoinmodntions for commer cial men. Tables nlwnys eupplied with the bent the market alfords. piriloT and Colo Mixkrai. ,I5atiis"3 KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORI AI1 ROBA FACTOIIV. Cor, Main nnd I SIh., Union, Oregon. SBir.it.ri.tN a;iism:y, irop. fnnufneturers nnd dealers in Sodn Water, SiirRitpiirilhi, Ginger Alo, Cream Sodn. and Chiimpiigno Cider, Syrups, etc Ordcrs promptly llllesl. COMMERCIAL- Liyery ill M OeeosiTK Ckniennial. IIOTELu JOHN S. ULIOTT, rnoriUETon. Having fiiruihhed this old nnd popular hostelry with ample room, plenty of feed, Rood hostlers und new buggies, is better prepared than ever to ncconiinodato cus tomers. My terms nre reasonable. Adam Cuossma.n, I'aoi'iucTon. Han now on hand nnd for nalo the best ol HAKNKSS, LADIflO, Ul'I'liU nnd LACK LKATUER. SIIKEP SKINS, H'i'd raid for Hides and Pells. SMOKE OUR. 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