"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.
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