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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1887)
"BROKEN PIECES OF THE SHIP, DR, TALMAGE'S DISCOURSE LAS SUNDAY MORNING. Tho Gospel Ship the Finest of the Universe. You Could No More Wreck It Than You Could Wreck tho Throne of Qcd Almighty a Vast Multitude Do Not Take Eegular Passage. -But BnooKLTV, Jan. 10. For many years tho Brooklyn Tabernacle, tlio largest I'rulcstant cliutcli In America, lias lccu thronced twice on the fabbnth, every available Inch occupied even tho olflcs, pulpit ulalrs and doorway and multitudes going away unable to get In Dr. Tulmngo recently announced to Ills con grcgatlon that, It the present building could be fold for an Academy of Music, another cliurrli, one holding ten thousand pcopl nould bo erected. This moraine;, after CX' iioundlng tho Scriptures, ho iravo out tho h inn: "Slnneri turn, why will tc die? Gotl, your Maker, aki you wliyf" The itibji-ct of the sermon was "Broken Piece of the Ship," and tho text, Acts xxvll, 44. "Some on broken pieces of tha ship." Dr. Talmntre spoke as follows: Never oil Goodwin Sand, or the Skerries, or Capo Huttcras was a chip In worse nrcdlc.r mcnt than In tho Mediterranean hurricane, was the grain ship, ou which two hundred and Bcvcntr-slx passengers wcro driven on tho coast of Malta, five miles from tho metropolis of that Island, called Cltla Vcechio. After two weeks' tempest and the ship was entirely disabled and captain and crew hod become completely demoralized, an old missionary took command of tho vessel. He was small, crooked-backed, and sore-eyed, according to tradition. It was Puul, the only unscared mun aboard. Ho was no more afraid of a hurocb don tossing tho Mediterranean Sea, now up to tho gates of heaven and now sinking It to the pates of hell, than ho was afraid of a kitten playing with a string. Ho ordered them all down to tako their rations, first asking for them n blessing. Then ho Insured all their lives, telling them they would be rescued, and o far from losing their heads, llit-y would not loBc so much of their hulr ns you could cut oil with one click of tho scissors; aye, not thread of It; vihcthcr It were gray with ngoor golden with youth, "there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you." Knowing that they can never get to tho do fired port, they mako tho sea on tho four tceiitu nignt UlacK With overthrown cargo, so that when tho ship strikes it will not strike so heavily. At daybreak they saw a creek, mid In their exigency resolved to make for it. And so they cut tho cables, took hi the two pnddlcs that they had ou these bonis, and hoisted tlio main sail so that they m'ght come with such force ns to bo driven high up on the beach hy some fortunate billow. There sho goes, tiinib ling toward tho rocks, now prow foremost now stern foremost, now rolling over to star board, now a wave dashes clear over the deck and It seems as It tho old craft hns 1:0110 for ever, nut u d slid comes again. 1 aura arms around n must, ha cries: "All Is well, (iod lias given me all tliot that sail with inc." Crush! went the prow with such force that it broke oil tho nmt. Criuli I went the timbers till the sens rushed tlirouuh from side to side of tho vessel. Blio purls inn dshlps, mid Into a thousand pieces the vessel goes, and into the waves two bundled and seventv-slx Im mortals arc precipitated. Soiuu of them had been btought up ou tho scashnru mid nnd learned how tOBu in. and with tlielrclilu just above tin; waves anil by stroko of both urms nnd propulsion of both feet, they put out lor thu bench and icnched It. Hut alas for tho others I They have never learned to swim, or they wcro wounded by tho fulllugof the mni.L or the nervous shock um too great for them. Ami others nail lieen weakened uy long sea sickness. Oh, what will bpoome of them! "Tako that piece of iudder,"snys l'nul to one. "Take thut fragment of a spar," suvs l'nul to anoth er. "Tako that tnlile." "Take Hint Imago of Ciutor ami l'oliux." "Tnkit tliat plunk from tho lifeboat. Take anything and bend for tho bench." What u struggle for life In tho breakers! l l:e mo merciless wnlci.i, now nicy sweep over tho head of men, women and chil dren I Hold on there I Almo.it nlmrt', keep up your courage I Itemrmber what Paul told ou. Then', tho recedlnir wave on tho beach leaves In the sand n whole family. Thftre crawls up nut of the surf tho centurion. There another plunk comes in with it life clliulng lust to It. J hero another piece or the shatter cd vessel with Its freightage of an Immortal soul. They must by this time all bu saved. Yes: there' comes In lust of all, for ho had been overseeing tho rcV. tho old lu'sslonary, who wrings mo wmer irom nts giay lieuril anil crlrs out: "Thank (lod, all nro hero I" (lather them around a lire and call the roll. 1'iiul builds a lire, and when tho bundles of ticks begin to crackle, anil, standing and sit ting around tho blase, the passengers begin to recover Iiom their chill and their not clothes begin to dry, and warmth begin to come Into nil the shivering pavongers, let the purser ot tho vessel go round and seo If any of tho poor creatines uru missing, Not one of tho ciowil that wcrii plunged Into tho sea. How It re lieves our unxleiy as wo rend: "Soinu on tiro km pieces of the ship, and so It euiuo to puss thev nil escaped safe to laud." Having on provlou. occasions looked at thn other passengers. I coulluo myself today loiiti examination nt tiui who t-itini' In ou broken pieces ot tho ship. Tlieicl soiuelhhig about them that cxclies In mu au Intense interest, I am lint so much interested in tluw. that ooiildswlin. They got ushoru as I exiveteil. A iiillu of water Is not a very groat uudci tak ing for a strong swimmer, or even two miles nro not. Hut I can nut stop thinking alxml those on broken pieces of thu ship The grout Uospcl ship Is Ihu lluest vessel of tho universe and cull cairv more usscngei than nuv craft ever construeted, and you could no moiv wreck It than ) on could wreck tho tlimno of (lod Almighty. 1 wish all the H'0ilo wouhl tome nbourif of her. I eou d not prnml-o a smooth voyage, for outlines it wJI lo lemh8 tuous or a i'hopMl sru, but I could promlso rsfe arrival for nil who took pa-ssgo ou that Gnat Kastcru, so called by me becnue Its commmider rsmo out of tho Kust, the star of the Host a budge of It's authority. Hut a vust multitude do not take regular passage. Their I heolosy is broken In p civs, and their life Is broken in piece, und their hsblts aro broken In pieces, and their worldly and spiritual prof p ets sro broken In pieces, imlu't I b;ievuthiy aro going to reach the bluing shore, and I ton encouraged by the ex perleuro of those (icople w ho are s)keu of in the text: "Some ou broken p.cccs of tho ship." One object In this sermon Is to encourage all those who cannot tuku the whole stsirm of religion as we believe It, but who really Micro something, to coma ashore on this one plunk. 1 do not underrate the value of a great theo logical nsvluin, but where In all tho II. bin U there am thing that says: II llevo In John Cal vin und thou sbult be saved: or believe lu Ar inlnlus mid thou slmlt Ik) saved; or bellrve lu the Hwiod of Dorl and thou shalt bo saved; or le)leve In '.he Thlrt iilun Arilvlrs ami thou Shalt bn saved 1 A man may bo orthodox nud ra to Hell, or heterodox and go to Heaven. The man vylm lu tho deep uftYcUon of bts hrart aecspts Chr'st Is raved, and thu muu Who does not accept Him I hxt. 1 believe In IwUi the Heldelber-' and West minster catechisms, and I wish ou all did, feutjvuujsj bclkve lu notUuijj tbey contain except the one Idea that Christ enme to save sluniand that you aro o.m of them, and you are ll.Jtnnlly mcue.L If jnu ran come fn on tho grand ,1,1 ship, I would rather have yoti get alio.-ml, but If ou can find only u piece of wood as long as inc. iinuinn ihiii.v, or n niece ns wide as tho outspread human arms, and either of Ihem Is a piece of the cros.4. come in on that piece. Tens of thousands of people are to day kept out of tho Kingdom of Uod bcenuse they cannot believe everything. lam talking wltn a man thonuht! til about his soul who lias lately travelled throiiL'h New England nud pushed tho night nt Andover. Ho suvs to me: "I connot lie levo that in tills lire the destiny Is Irrevocably llxcd; I think there will Ik. niintlirr opKirtii'iilr of lepeut ancc after death." 1 sn to him: "Mv bioiher, what has that to do with oul Don't ton realize that tha man who wulN for another chance afu r death when lie has n trool ehanee before death is n stark fool I Hud not u belter tako Ilia pl-ink that li thrown to ton now and head for shore rather !hiiu wait, for u plank that may by Invisible luiiitU bctliiowu to jou after ton are dead I Do as ton plea-e, but as for myself, with purloii for all my sins offered me now ami all the joys of time nml eternity offered mo. now. I lust.iutly tako them rather limn run the risk ot such other chance us wise men think they can peel off or twist out oi a scripture passage mat inn ior an too Chrstiaii centuries been Interdicted another w av. You sav: "I do im t like Prlneclon theology, or Now Haven tlieology.or Atnlorer theology." I do not ask vou on board e ther of these great men-of-war, their iKirt holes II led with the irreat sleL'e-ciins of ecclesiastical battl Hut I do nsk vou to take tho one nluiik ot the iosiel that you do believe lu und strike out ior tnc nciiri-siruiiir oeacu oi iieavcu Suva somn oilier man: "I would attend to religion If I was quite sure about the doctrine, of election and ireo ngcuer. but that mixes ma nil up." Those tilings used to bother me. hut I have no more perplexity about them, for I sav to myso f : "If I love Christ and liven good, honest, useful life, I um elected to bo saved; and If I do not love Christ and live n bad life, J will bo (lamueil, ami all llio theo logical seminaries of the universe cannot make It any different." I floundered a long while In tho sen of sin and doubt, and it wus as roii!!h as the .Mediterranean on the four tecnth night when they threw the grain ovcr- o.iard. Im t l saw mere was rneic,- tor a sinner, and that plunk I took, nml 1 have been warm ing myself by the bright lira ou the shore for llireo iieaciles. While I nin tnlklng to another man nbout bis soul ho tolls mo: "I do not become a Christian because I do not believe Ihero Is nny hell at all." Ah! don't oiit Do ull the people, of all beliefs and no bel ef at all, of good morals and bad morals, go stralcht to a nappy heaven! no the Holy nml t no de bauched have the sumo destination! At mid night lu n hullwuy the owner of u hoiuc and u inirciur meet eueli other, and thev Dotli lire. and both aro wounded, but the bttmlur died in live minutes ami tho owner of the house lives u week ufter, will the burglar bu at the gato of Jleaven walling when the House-owner comes lu( Will tho debauchee and the libertine, no ii'Mii in among ino luuiiiics in iicnvciif i wondi r if Iieiod Is plating ou I he bunks of tho River of I. Ho with the clnldieii ho massacred, I Wonder If Charles (iulteau and John Wilkes Hooth are up there shooting nt a murk. I itouotuowc. utrovertit, although I must sav that for such n miserable heaven I have no admiration. Hut the IMilo does not suy: "llellevo In perdition mid be saved." lie- cause all nro suved, according to your theory, that ought not to keep 3011 Iioiii loving und serving Christ. Do not icfti'D to come uslioro neeaiiso ull moot hern, uccordlng to your the ory, ure going to uet uslioiv. ou may huvo 11 (llllerenl theory uPout eliein slry, ul)nuiutiou- oiii, aliout llio atmosphere, lrom Unit which others adopt, but od are not therefore hinder ed from action, lleeaiiseyour Iheoiy of 1 gilt Is dilferelit from others,!!!) not rifue to open your eyes, because your theory of till Is ililTcrcnt jou do not refuse to bivaihe. Heeiiuse your theory uoout stellar system Is illlTcreiit, you do not refuse to acknowledge tho Norlh' Star. Whv should tho luet that our Iheoloi'leal the ories are dilTcicut, hinder OU from acting upon what you know! If you have not u whole snip lusliloiieil In Ilia UicoIol'IcuI drv docks to lirlnc ou to wharfage, you have lit least a plank: "Some 011 broken pieces of thu ship." mil 1 uotrt tiollevc In revlvnial" l lien go to your room, und nil alone with lour door locked ulvc your limi t to (iod und loin some chuieh where tho thermometer nev.-r eels higher than tlftv in llio shade. "Hut I do not bo leve In llaptsuil" Como in without It. und sett'e that mutter afterward. "Hut there 111 u so many Inconsistent Chilstlaiisl" 'l lien come lu und show them by a good example how pro fesnirs ought to net. "11111 I don't believe In the Old Testament !" Then come In on the New. "Hut 1 ilon'l I ko the Hook of ltomaii'." Then eou in In 011 .Matlbew or I. like, licfus ng to come to CI11 1st w houi ou udiiilt to he the S.ivlour of tho lost. beenue you can n it admit other thing'', ou ure like 11 man out therein tliat Mcillterruiicali tenipe-t and tossed in the Mellta bteukeiH, refu-liig to loiuu ashore un til he c 111 mend the pieces of the bioUeu ship. I hear him suy: "I won't 1:0 In on uuvof thcc planks until I know In what part of the ship they belong. When I can gel the wiucll.is In the rluht place, and the sails set. and that keel piece where It behiiii:, and Unit floor thu her rghl, and these iopc untangled, I wid go iishoic. I um uu old sudor ami know all about ships for forty years, and iih soon us I can get 1110 vcsmii uiioai 111 goou shape 1 will come 111." a man drill. m: ny on a niece 01 woo, over hears him mid sujs: "ou will diiiw 11 before you gel that ship recotistiiielid. Hotter do us 1 uiii um 111. 1 Mom iiiiiiiniK uooiu miiii, uiiii - ..... 1 1 .t.t.L. ..1 1 1 never saw one lielore I came on hoatil till.-, und I cun not swim 11 stroke, but 1 um going ushoie on this shivered timber." The muu In tho oiling wlulu trt'lug to iiieud I1I.4 ship uoc'i down. 1 lie mini w 110 tiusied 10 the p uuk is mved. O, 1111 hi other, let your s'uashe.l up sisieui 01 iiieoiogy tzu 10 1110 oe.uiom wnne ou come lu 011 a splinteied sparl ' tHimc ou broken pieces of thu ship." 1 ou may tret all vour dlllleultles settled as rSiirlbuldl, tho magnetic Italian got his gar dens made. When the war between Au-uii.i and S.ikIIiiIi! broke out be was lliiug at Cap- rca, a very rotiuli and uncultured islaii i home. Hilt bo went lortli w lb Ills sword lo achieve tho liberation of Naples und Slob, nml trove nine mil Ion lvoplc live goveruui nt under Victor Kinuiiuel (iarlbul.ll, after In lug ab sent two years from I'uiiiu, lelurned an I, when bo upjirouched it, ho found thai bis limm hid by Victor Kiuanlicl us n surprise been ICilenlr'ed. Trimmed shrubbery had taken the place of thorny thleets, gurdeus tho plaeo of bnrrenuers, and the old rook err in which 110 once lived hud trlven way to 11 pictured mans on where, he I. veil III comfort the rvst of bis dais. And I tell you li Mill will come and ?nllt under tho banner of our Victor r.'iiuiuuu.'l, mil lollow linn iiinuiuli t ick and I nil. und IlL'ht li s battles, and cinluie His Micrlllces, you will Ibid after 11 white tliat ho bus changed your heart from 11 Jungle of thorny skepllcb-iu 'Into triiruen oil uuiooiu with luxuriant toy 111.1t loll liavo lit-vi-r ilrcmnt of. Kioin il t'rfiitded L'jpreru of suducss into 11 Paradise of (Sod I 1 do not know how our theological system wynt to pice s. It may bo that your parents started oil with uiilv one plunk, and you llovo little or iiothlnir. Or ihev may have been too I lirid mid severe In rellL'lous dlslel- pllue, mid cr.irkd jou over the head with a Iwaiiii'iKsiK. 11 may in- inai some punncr in business wlio was a member of au evuiiirellc.il church pl.iyed 011 ou k trick thut dlsuu-teil ou uitli rellg on. It may Ik) that jou have associates who have talked against Christian ity lu your preseiico until um are "all at sea," and jou dwell more uu things than you do not believe than 011 things you do ludleve. You are In one nsjvct like 'l.oid NeUou, when a ilmiui w u lined thai ho wished 10 1 lrei:ard and ho put bis sea clum to his blind eve and raid: "I really do not see tho signal." 0, my bearer, put lldi Held glass of the goel 110 longer to your blind eye, and say 1 cannot see, nui put it 10 your inner 1 ve. iiie eve 01 luiui. and you will see Christ, and He Is all jou need to see. If M U cull believe nothing else, vou e, rlaln- lv U'lieve lu vicarious suit ring, lor you see it almost every day lu some sliav. Last mouth tbesU'Uinship KulekeiUK'ker of the Cromwell Line, running between New Orleans and here, was In ureal htonn, and the euptuhi und crew saw thoscbiHHiet' Maiy I). Crumuer ol Plnla de pbla In dlitrc. The ucaiher cold, the waves luouiitnlii limb, llio llrst oil cer of the stvamshlp and tour Iilun put out III a lifeboat 10 rave uie crew 111 mo schooner, una reaciusl tile vessel and loued It out of danger the hid shifting so that tha si-li'm r w a t d. llut the five lucu tf the steamship cculag ' hack, their boat capped, yet r el S"'" nml c.nno on, the sailors co iii ' ,o,t.t 1 ,1 . It cmijIajiLnBulu, . and three upset and was r.giite, .and a ll,,e o t own tli poor fellows, but their ban Is nud nrms were frozen mi they could not urasp It, nud a great wave rolled over them, and they went down never to rlsn llll tlio sea irives up Its dead. Appncl ate that heroism and self sacrifice of the bravo fellows wo nil can, and can we not apprccl ito the Christ who put out In a more biting cold nud Into n more overwhelming surge to br.ng us out of liillnltc txrii into e rinsliug safety! The wave ot human hate rolled over Him from 0110 side, and the wave of hellish fury rolled over Him 011 tho other side. Oh, the thlckucs 01 tho nlL'ht and the thunder or the tempest Into which Christ id 11 hired for our rescue 1 Come in ou that 0110 narrow benm, the lienm of the cross. l;t nil else go and cling to that. Put that under vou. and with the earnestness of 11 swimmer struggling lor bis life put out for shore. There is u great wurm lire ot wel come already built, and already many, who neru ns fur out us jou are, are stun ling In Its gcliiol und heveul) glow. 'I ho angels of (lod's fit,....,. .1.1 ,. M.llnir mlt 11 11 t irt llll'I In r' Mllfll jour hand, and tTiej know how exhausted you ute. nud nil tho redeemed prodigals of heaven 1110 011 tho bench with new white robes lo clothe nil those who como in on broken pieces of the snip. .My sympathies arc for such nil the mora he cauo it wus natur.illt skeptical, disposed to oiiestion everything about III s life ami the next, and was In danger of being further out to sen than nny of the two hundred nml seventy-six in the Mediterranean breakers, nml I was sometimes I ho annoyance of my theological professor liecuilso I usked so many ouestious. Hut I came in 011 11 plunk. I knew Christ wus the Saviour of shiners, nud that 1 wos 11 sinner, und I got ashore, 11ml tin not propose to go out on that sen again. I have not for thirty minutes discussed the controverted tohitsof llicologv In tlilrtv jears. And during 1110 rest of my life I do not propos: to discuss them for thirty seconds. I would rather. In n mud-scow, try to weather the worst cyclone tliat ever swept up irom the (Juntioeun man ri.11; my iimnoriui soul In useless mid perilous discussions lu which some of mv brethren In the ministry aro Indulging, nicy remind me 01 u com pany of sailors standing on Itutusguto pier head, from which the life-boats ure u unlly launched, and coolly discussing the d IITei-cnt styles of oar-locks and how deep 11 Ixint ought to set In the water, while a heirleuno Is iu lull blast, and there ure three steamers ciowded with passengers going to pieces In the oiling. An old tar, the muscles of his face working with nervous excitement, dies out: "This is 110 time to 'discuss such things. Man the llfe-boutl Who will volunteer! Out with her Into the surf! Pull, my lads, pud for the wreck! Ilai ha! Now we have them. Lift them in und lav them down 011 the bottom of the boat. Jack jou try to bring them to. Put these llannels around their hands and feet, and I wilt pull for I lie shore, (iod help me I There I L'indedl HukziiI When theio arc so muuy struggling In tho waves of sin and sorrow and wretchedness, let all el.-o go but bulvutlou for time ami salvation forever. I bethink m.VK'lf that there arc some hero whose oisirtiinlty or whoso life Is 11 mere wreck, und they huvo only a siiiuli piece lei t. You slmted iu youth will: all sails set and everything promised a grand voyage, but j'ou have sailed in the wrung direction or found ered on n rock. You have only u fragment of lime leit. Then come in 011 that one plunk: "Jvimo on broken pieces of the ship.'1 You admit that iou nro nil broken up. ono decudo of 011r life gone bj', two decade", three decades, four decades, a half century. pel haps Ihreeqiliirlers of a century gone. Tho hour-hand and the mliitlte-hi'iid of jour clock of life me almost parallel, and soon il will Ui twelve nud jour day ended. Clear discourag ed ure miii! 1 admit It is a sad thing to give ull of our lives tliat aro worth anything to und the devil mid then at hist make (!od 11 present of 11 first rate corpse. Hut the put you cannot recover (let oil bo.ird that old snip you never win. jiuvo you ouiy one more year left, one mora month, ono more week, one more day, one more hour come In ou lhnt. Perhaps If jou get to Heaven, Cod may let ou go out 011 some gre.it mlsMon to some other world, where you tun somewhat utono for lour lack of scry cv In this. From many n deathbed I have seen the hands throw 11 uplii deplorutlon something like this: ".My life has been wasted. I hud good mental faculties, nud lino social po.-ltiou. and great opjHirtiinlty, but throil 'li worldllnos und iiegl 'Ct all has gouo to waste save tlieo few remaining hours. I now accept of Chi 1st, mm slum enter Heaven lliiougli 111s inerey, butulus. that when I -might have entered tho haven of eternal rest with a full cargo, nml been greeted hy llio waving hum's of u multi tude In whoso salvation 1 hud borne 11 blessed part, 1 must confess I now enter tho limbor of lleuveu ou broken plices of tho ship I Tlio Cattle of Ayrshire. Tho Ayrsliiros nro to us oxeuodingly nltruulivu on account of tlioir broken color, tlio wliito snots r.nil Hecks con- tni.stinr beautifully with ilark roil or brown of tlio body color, llio color, 111 u nilo. bcinv; inti'iisllioil along tho eilgcs of tlio while, atnl ot, strange to nny, thoro is a cr.10 for sol d colors among breeilef.s. Tliu bioeil is woli adapted to mako (ho most of sliori commons or tlio best of abtiiidaiico liarily, active, juolilic, going all to milk, find piling on liesli wlion ilry--:i breed ovory fanner und dairyman is proud of, lilling the eye, and llll ng tlio pail. Tlio milk is of medium quality and abundant, making up in llovv what it lacks in quality when compared with tlio spec nl btittor bleeds; always rich in solids heneoad nuniblo for i-hveso production. Wert) wo lo naino 11 breed of calllu which would prod nee llio greatest profit from v. given aroii of fanning or grazing land, or turn 100 Ions of bav, corn fod der nud corn meal into thu grottiest prolil, wo should hesitate to name one which would sin p:ts llio Ayrshire, oven when the breed would liawi 110 op portunity to exhibit its hardiness and activity.' Um, on short pasture, in cold stables, exposed to moro or lo hard sh ps thu Ayrsliiro wouhl utmost surely carry oil' llio palm. Tli ere is ono thing about them that is very satUfaelorv: they mo nlwins re cognizable evon as grades. Tlio breed has au unmistakable; strikingly liaml soino sUluof its own. An Ayrsliiro is an A rsliiiv. and never will bu mistak en for anything clso. American Agri culturist? A Scnly Iicmurk. Mahler &C11I0 huttip ;i titui tlsh lunch thuolhur ilny, nntl ono of tlioir patrons tlovout cil nbout tlii ee-qiiurlors of thu p;il ntiihlo tli.sh. Of coiu-80 noitlier Mitlilor or (lalotook tacoplioii.s tt tlio ouriuii inl'rs iinpiiitliMiiiinly coniluet, but jieriiiitteil linn to feast on tho tish until his tjj e tlto wns ii)icnsoi. After duvour-u nil ho wUheit of tho wtttery triU', 110 cnllt'il for 11 ulttAi of j;hi;ur nle, nml whilst pelting away with that, hu re nutikoii: (Jeore, I'm sick, ami I embody llio trio of tho Uerv furnace." "How'ti thatP" Mild Gale. ''Well, boonuso Shad-rack Mc-sick Abed-wo-koI"--tor J'retzeCs Week ly- Tho Oldest on Record. Sunday School teacher: now children, can any of you toll mo who Methuselah wnsP i Small scholar: Ho win a chtetuuL Life Absolutely Pure. lids powder never varies. A mnrvel o! purity, strength und wholesomcncss. Moro economical thn 11 the ordinnry kinds, nnd cnunot be sold lu competition with the multitude of low test, abort weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only iu cnnii. Koyal, 1Uki.no PowDKit Co., 100 Wall St., N. V. A. L. COBB, M. D., PHYSICIAN AW SURGEON. NavinR permanently located in Alder, Union county, Oregon, will bo found ready to attend to culls iu all tha various towns and settlements ot the Wullowa valley. Clironlc DIkcuncm a, Specialty. par-My motto is: "Livo and let liro." DEPOT HOTEL. A. 0. CRAIG, - - Proprietor. (Union Depot, Oregon.) flnlnnrlh! nrefimmndittions for commer cial men. Tables iilwnys supplied with the Dost tlio market ullortls. JSSrlloT AND COLU MlNEUAIi IUthsTKs KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORI AI SOMA HMCrOItY. Cor, Mnin and I Sis., - Union, Orejon. SMIvlt.MAN &IHLI5V, Prop. Miinufiictiirers nml ilea lent in Soda Water. Snisiiinirilhi. Gineer Ale, Cream Soda and ChiiinpiiKiio Cider, Syrups, etc Orders promptly iilled. -COMJ1ERCIAL- Livery mu Feet OrroBiTK Ckntenkul IIoteu JOHN 8. ELIOTT, ritOl'mETOR. ITnvinn furniHhed this old nnd popular hostelry with nnitiie room, plenty of feed, good hostlers and new bugfjies, is better prepared than ever to nccomiuotlate cus tomers. My terms are reasonable. GOVE TANNERY. Adam Cnoss.MA.v, I'nopitiETon. Hns now on hand nnd tor salo the best of HAHNESS, LADIOO, UPl'EIt and LACE LEATHER. SHEEP SKIN'S, ETC. roK'ri.A:vi ii:ic'3:s Tnid for Hides and Pelts. SMOKE OUR "PUNCH" Uest Havana Filled Five Cent Cigar. Jones Ilros., agents, Union. E. GOLLINSKY & CO. SPRING llllllli) BLOSSOM .UK UlttCAr Anti-Bilious Dyspeptic Remedy, ARE YOU AFFL1CT&3? OVBrKPUlAhM inch prculUr cbrtxrtttci thu auuiirrjtD nildakr tlir nature ir ll .iiiiUIuL II. .yliilu-M. rc NU-k llritilitrlir, Nun ilun. rli, I'.i'in IhIIoii., Ilriirtluirii. Wiilrr Uruata. r.lllliltllllll, I'lllna In llir Nlilr Mini U-rk Du 11 Hrn.Mlliiii ul Shr I'll ul Ihr HlwoueH, . nt . .irlllr. rlc. Thcmiumll) -orirtM Inniiif Sluwe aiul l)r-nilr nt. and ilMtioi opet bmiinr (lliairn; an J Su.nlclnua; llfr it t u neri ana Imnlra. oil jl In thtcnlli-J Siaira at leut Iw. ttlntaut Uir (Hipulatlon arrtniullU with ItavaixU AoU Uil CunplaJol, murr or la. VOU OAJM HIS CIUIUCIX Spring Blossom is Sold cn Its Merits. UrTRlAL SIZE, 10 GENTaa3 Sold byaU Drrgrista SPRING BLOSSOM CERTAINLY CURESI ft VI a THwjwAa, la their arrltd forma ara a). vara loIUoui mor rt(cularlj au wlira la the ahaf of IIiiIIm ur lliiiilin oa latllra' f aoa but wliro tola rf mr.ljf la utta accurdtnf to dlrrcilunt a cura will crtala.lf (wllow. la not liat la y.uaJlf cllr1 a HllUra Ik taaloi bf blh, la nanr lutianra,u Blj a rrelrit fur drtaklar txit la frrc frum Alntliulle 6llnulaatv and la u rlOcaclwuala iu raaalu U aa Ufaat ulau adult. Salt Rhoum and Scrofula xikh oacain T lit, trataaaLTar aacaaTioaa-aUo CANCtRS, TUMORS, ULCERS, ABSCESSES, CAN HE KHTIKKLT CU1IKU II T SFBJ2TO BLOSSOK MITCHELL Factory, Racine, fin. Manufacturers of nnd Dealers in CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, PHAETONS Buckboards, Road Carls, Spring; Wagons, Etc. EITCHELL FARM AND SPRING WAGOMS. CANTON CLIPPER PLOWS, IIAKROWS. ETC. GALE CHILLED PLOWS. AND IDEAL FEED MILLS. SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. FREE. MITCHELL & LEWIS GO,, Limited. 192-191 Front St., Portland, Oregon. KIMBALL Pianos & Organs E. M. FURMAN, Agent WALLA WALLA, HOWL AND & WILSON", Miinfncturors of FURNITURE Main Street, Union, Oregon. Keep constantly on hand a largo supply of Parlor and Hed Koom Sets, Bed ding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc. Upholstering Done in the Best Style. Lounges, Mattresses, and all Kinds of Furniture made to order. Your patron age solicited. Dealers in- Orooeries, Tobaccos and Osgars. Variety and Fancy Goods, Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. Musical Instruments, Picture Frames, Bird Cages, Baby Carriages, Etc. Candies, Nuts and Fruits, Schsol Books, Stationery, Periodicals, Novela, Etc., of Every description. Orders from all parts of tho country promptly attended to. PHOTOGRAPH Jones Bros., jiuptisi:. All Kinfls of RolopjMc Wort Done in 3 Soperior Manner. Iew Scenery and Accessories Just Received. All Work Warranted to Give Satisfaction. VIEWS OF RESIDENCES TAKEN ON APPLICATION LEWIS CO., (LIMITED.) Branch, Manl Oreion. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. - GALLERY. i