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TALMAGE.
rtlE BROOKLYN DIVINE’S SUN.
DAY SERMON.
“ A Yitnilly Quarrel Settled.
TgxT: Let there be no strife, I piny thee,
kfiireen me and thee, and between my herds-
.sand thy herdsmen. Is not the whole
"„ d before thee.' Genesis -viii., 8. V.
i-Qi-le and nephew -Abraham and Lo*
nah riotw, b lth «*iHlonairwi: w ith flock.-. so
that the herdsmen got. int > a tight, '
uate aboil’ better pasturage, or about
Ctter water priv le,'e, <r the cow of one
hid h oked the cow of another herd. It
"m not their poverty of opportunity that
hr .light these two nin int-> a differede, but
r th’ir wealth of opportunity. Abra
him the glorious old Bedouin sheik, saw
...'the controversy was absurd and he said
’ iz>t-for it really see i e I like two ships tn
the middle of the Atlantic Ocean quarreling
l t M . a room—Abraham said to Lot:
"sow let us agree to differ. Here is the i
.. .. otain district swept of the tonic sea
ireere » ud with a far ' r «aclnnß pro.qet,
•nd out yonder is the \ alley of the Jordan.
With cornfields and vineyards, and tropical
i. Turiance and immeasurable acreage of I
" lth au <l the great river in which to water (
..Iflo'ks. You can have either.’’ Lot, who bad
not as much wealth as Abraham and might i
have been expected to make the second
hni’s made the first selection, and with a
m.iestv that must havo brought a stnile to
tbraham’s face, said: “Abraham, you can
livo the rockv district and the line pros
e’s and 11l take the valley of the Jordan
with the cornfields and the great river in
which to water the docks, aud all the tropi
cal luxuriance of the vineyards. I’ll take
that” So the controversy was forever set
tle,! and Abraham, grnat-souled Abraham,
,-arriad out the suggestion of the text. • * Ix>t
there be no strife. I pray thee, bet ween me
and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy
herdstueu. Is not the whole land before
''"well, in this last quarter of the nineteenth
century, and in this beautiful land called
America, after Americus Vespucius, but
which ought to have been called Columbus
after its discoverer, Columbus, we have a
vrealth of religious opp. rtunity and of ecele
aiastkal advantage that, is po-itively bewil
dering. So many styles of creed, so many
rtvlesof worship, so many styles of church
government, so many styles of architecture.
What opulence of ecclesiastical opportunity.
While it* desolate regions there may be only
one church, and it is that or nothing, in our
thickly settled districts of country there is
su ch vast variety of churches and such vast
varietyof creeds, one would tbiuk a man
would have no difficulty in making a selec
tion. let there be no war of vestments.no
contest as between liturgical and noa-liturgi
cal adherence, no J strife about baptismal
nodes, no quarrel as to whether a handfull
of water or a riverfull of water is the better.
If Abraham on the heights gets only the
sprinkling of the clouds, let him not begrudge
hot, who has the whole river Jordan
in which to iunnor.se himself. “Let there be
no strife, I pray thee, between me and theo
and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen.
Is not the whole hind before thee?” Espe
cially is it unfortunate when in the home cir
cle there is an angry controversy across the
breakfast, or the dining, or the tea table,
and on the one side of tlio taule some one
lavs: “I never could bear the rigid doctrines
of Presbyterianism,’’ and the answer comes
from tho other end of the table saying: “I
never could endure the conventionalities
of Episcopacy,” and from one side of
the table comes: “I can’t, see how they
itaud the noise in the Methodist Church, 1 ’
and from the other side there comes back the
response: “AU the Baptists are bigots!”
Hundreds of families have been split of ee
elesiasticism, and as the dis .Mission goes on
there is kindling of indignation, and it needs
«oine Abraham to come out and put his foot
on the lighted fuse before the explosion takes
pla. e, and say: “Let there be no strife be
tween mo and theennd lietwoen my herdsmen
and thy herdsmen. Is not the whole land
before thee?” I undertake this morning a
discussion never befoie undertaken in
the pulpit, because it is a very deli
cate subject, and if not rightly
handled might produce great offense: but £
approach the question without the slightest
trepidation because I feel I have the divine
direction in the matter to be proposed. It is
a tremendous question, often asked with
tearsand sots and heartbreaks—a question
involving sometimes the [veaie of families
and the salvation of immortal souls: “In
matters of church attendance and in matters
of religion, should the wife go with the hus
band or the honsband go with the wife?” I
lay the foundation for my remarks in tho
fact that all denominations of Christians
have in them enough truth to save the
loul and fit us for happiness and for heaven.
(Io with me into any well selected theological
library, and I will show you sermons from
all denominations of Christians setting forth
the idea that man is a sinner and that Christ
is the deliverer from sin and sorrow. Well,
that is tho whole Gospel. Get that into your
heart and your life aud you are fit for the
here and the iiereafter. The world has
twenty-six letters in its alphatiet, but there
are only two letters in the Gospel aphabet, 8
and Ci 8 standing for man, the sinner,
and C standing fur Christ, the deliv
erer. Blessed be His glorious name
forever. Now, in any church whore you can
learn these two letters and appreciate all they
stand for you ought to be edified and you
ought to be happy. Then there is a differ
ence between denominations of Christians,
and some we like l etter than others. But
suppose four or five of us should agree to
inert ea h other one week from now in Chi
cago <n some very important business, and
one man should take the N, Y. Cen
tral R, R., and another man should
take the Erie, and another man
should take tho Pennsylvania IL R.,
and another man should take the Baltimore
and Ohio It. R. line because he likes the
scenery on this route the better, another be
cause he likes the cars,as they are more lux
uriant on this route than the others, another
mon takes this route be ause the train is
twitter, another man lakes another route be
came he knows ail the employes on that
road. It makes no difference sb far as our
engagement is concerned if we only get there.
It makes no difference by which route we
come if wo oome to the terminus and meet
op’ engagement. Now. in everv denomina
te of evangelical Christians, there Is
enough truth to take you to heaven. Al
though some denominations mav run trains
on a broad guage and others may run trains
on a narrow guage, still you follow the
teachings of any on:> of the evangelical de
nominations of Christians and you will
comeout at the Grand Central Depot of the
univeise—Heaven, the great metropolis of
Bod on high. Now. liaving understood this,
tUt a num is safe in any evangelical de
nomination, I proceed to remark:
First—ls in the marred couple one 1*
• Christian and the other not a Christian,
then it is the duty of the one who is a Chris
tian to go with the one who is not a Christian
to any church ureferred, if he or she will go
to no other. You of the connubial partner
ship are a Chri>tian. You are safe for the
«ieß and your first duty then is to secure the
Jternal salvation of your lifetime partner.
The salvation of the wife impenitent, or the
wlvatiun of the husband impenitent, Is of
jnore importan e than your church worship.
The residence of your companion for a
JOwillion of y ars is a mightier consnlera
«on than the gratification of your e •’•lesias-
UCa * ta-tofor forty or fifty years. If a man
or a woman halt one half a minute before
surrendering a church preference when th«
question of the eternal salvation of a partner
h *ay if such person halt< for
“*lf a minute in the consideration before
®&King the surrender, such person hasnore
~JF}i? ail, never ha-. hail, and, I fear, never
k God* * n Thy creation
” there one person professing to be a
''hnstian and yet so stolid, so unthinking,
'ar gone unto death as to hesitate about
a church preference before a
question of salvation and Heavenly reunion!
Va “*re a Christian woman and you are
•ttendaut on this Brooklyn Tabernacle, and
your unconverted husband will not oome
here l»e-anse he doe’ not Hka its minister, or
it-* ninMc. or its architecture, or it* uncom
fortable cmwJin’ and ho goes to no bouse
of Go*, but w< uld go if you accompanied
hi n, votir first duty is to change yuur
' vlaoe of worship. Tike homo your hymn-
I bo >k t-wlar, say pned-bvs to those wfi > are
roar von in tho pews end vou go tn anv one
I of a h ind red evangelical churches with your
h isbantl until his soul is saved, and he joins
vnu on th»* inarch to Heaven. That ring on
the thin! finger of th » left hand is not of so
much imoorta ice as that God vnur Heaveniv
Father .should in the lalvat on of your bus
band say in re:ari to him in the words of
the old parable: “Put tberingon his hand.’’
Th©'© i ever was a letter *»f more im
portance that came to the great citv
iof Corinth—that oity situated on what
i was called a bridge of the glistening
| with smlDture and gated with a style of
brass so magnificent that the following a?o<
have not l»een able successfully to imitate it,
overshadowed by the Acrooorinthus,a fortress
of rock 2,00) feet high—l say no letter of
greater importance ever came to that great
citv of Corinth than the letter in which Paul
put these two startling questions: “How
knowest thou, oh, wife, but thou
shalt save thy husband* How know
' est thou, oh, busband, but thou shalt
save thy wises ’ Any sacrifice you make is
cheap for salvation. Better go to the small *st
church, the weakest church, the most insig
' nificant church on earth, and l>e co-partners
in eternal bliss, than that you should attend
I tho most gorgeously attractive church and
. one of you perish outside evangelical advan
tages. Better that the drowning be saved
with a scow or a sloop, than that he or she
should go down while vou sail past in the
gilded cabins of a Hritannie or a Great
Eastern.
Remark the second: If both of the mar
ried couple are Christians, but one is so nat
urally constructed as to be severely secta
rian and could not l>e happy in another than
the one church or denomination preferred,
then it is your duty, vou who are tlie less sec
tarian and the more liberal, to go with the one
who is very particular. As for myself, 1 feel
about as mu h at home in one denomination
as another. I have sometimes said I
think I must have been l>orn near
the line. I like the solemn roll of
the Episcopal liturgy, and I like the
spontaneity of the Methodists, and I like the
importance given to baptism by the Baptists,
and I like the freedom of the Congregation
alists, and I like the government and the sub
, lime doctrines of the Presbyterians, and I
[ like a score of other denominations just as
good as those 1 have mentioned, and I could
live nappUy in any one of them, and preach
and di;? happily, and from the sacred doors
Ibe carried out to my last resting place. But
some persons are born with a stout aud un
bending preference for some church or some
denomination,and it would be torture to them
I to be anywhere else. From the very starting
I it was indicate I what they were to be. and
what was to be the style of their ecclesiasti
cism. It was written on the side of their
cradle, if father and mother hail eyesight
keen enough to see it. When they cried in
their infancy they could not be silenced until
they had for a plaything Westminster Cate
chism or the Thirty-nine Articles. Now, it
would be a torture anil a misery for such
person to lx in any denomination that waa
outside of the one ” preferred. But yon can
afford to surrender your pref
erences if you have not been born
with the same spirit of sectarianism. It
is the duty of th" graj»evine to follow tho
sinuosities of tho oak and the hick
ory. It Abraham has a larger flock of
Christian graces than Lot, who is built on a
smaller scale, then it is Abraham’s duty to
say to Lot: “Let there Im* no strife between
I us, or between my herdsmen and your herd>-
| men. Is not the whole land before theef 1 If
j you can be happy any where, and your hus
band or your wife cannot be happy ex ent .u
one place, surrender your preferences, an 1
surrender them without discussion.
Another remark: If both of the married
couple arc equally strong in their se tarian
ism aud their preferences, then go to the
churches that please you be*t. You are not
bound to go to the .same church. God does
not demand that you do so. Religion is some
thing between your conscienceaud your God.
If, therefore*, on Sunday morning you came
out from the front door of your house to
gether, and one goes one way and the
other goes the other way, heartily wish
each other a good sermon and an hour of
profitable devotion, and when you meet nt
the noonday repast, let it be evident each to
each and to ihe children and to the hired
heln that you both have been on the Mount
of Transfiguration, though you went up by
difTerent paths, and that you have been both
fed with the bread of life though it were
kneaded in different trays and baked in dif
ferent ovens.
But I am often aske I—for I am not dis ms
sing this morning an abstraction l am
often asked by parents: “What about tho
childen?” My reply is: “Let the children
make their choice. ’ I have sometimes
thought that at ten years of ago a child
knows more of religion than th *e who have
come on to forty, fifty, sixty or seventy years
of age. We go out in the world and we get
befogged with scepticisms, and we hear s >
many of the* discussions of unbelief, an I our
life gets so full of imperfection and so fulTof
sin that I have thought, little children may
know more religion than some of us who
have got older. At any rate, I give you tho
advice, let children choose for themselves.
They will probably grow up with a rever
ence for both denominations represented by
you, the father and mother. And if you,
the father, live the holy life they will have
more reverence for your denomination, and
i if you, the mother, live the holy lite, they
| will have more reverence for your denomi
nation; and some day you will both l>e found
going to the same church and the same ser
vice, and the neighbors will look out of tho
windows and they will say: “Why, I won
der what’s the matter with our neighbors,
the husband and wife going arm and arm to
I the same church? I never thought they
would go to the same church. I wonder
what’s the matter?” I will tell you what
I is the matter. Homething very impor
tant has happened. That day, the
son of that family is announcing himself a
Christian. That day the sou of tliat house
hold is standing in the aisle to take the vow<.
He hail been somewhat wayward aud had
given his father and mother a good
1 anxiety: but their prayers have hem an
s were! in his salvation, aud now, as he stands
1 in the church aislo, and the minister of relig
ion says to him . “Do you take tho God
: who made you and the God who ro-
I deemed you for your eternal portion?
and do you promise to serve Him all the
days of your life?” and the yr.un ’ man, w it h
a manly voice, says: “I do.” There is au
April shower in the p-3w where father and
mother sit, and a rainbow'of joy overarching
everything that makes tho difference ot
‘ creeds infinitesimal. Aye, on th it very
j day, the daughter of the family may put
hor life on the alter of conwration. aud
the sunlight coming through the church
window, failing on her brow aud cheek
may make her look like the other daughter
whose face took on the brightness of another
; world when God took her into His Heavenly
keeping years ago. Aye, I should not won
der if those pa *ents spent the evening of
their days in the same church, all thHr
' church preferencej overwhelmed in ths joy
. of worshiping in the plaee wuere thsirsone
( and their daughters were prepare ! fur use
fulness and for heaven.
But 1 will give you a recipe for rulninz
• your children. Angrily discus* and contend
in your household about matters of religi m.
‘ and contend that your church is right and
all other churches are wrong, especially the
<hur h yo ir companion attend*, bring
sue**r and caricature to emphasize your opin
-1 ions, and your children will grow up to be
' lieve religion is a sham, and they will
’ want none of it. In the northeast storm
of domestic controversy the Hose of Sharon
‘ and the Lily of sh * Valley never grow. Fight
about apostolic succession: figh* ab>ut d«*3-
tion and free agency; fight abo it baptism;
fight about the bishopric; fifcht atx>u: go wn
1 and surplioi, and the ralig*ou< interests of
k your children will be left d?ad on the fiol L
You will be unfortunats as Charles, Duke
of Burgundy, who in a battle 10-rt
; a diamond worth a nation, for y>u
' will in the battle about church differences in
i your household/lose the prize of salvation for
1 your own entire household. Os coirje, I say
T
nothing against yoar advaca v of your own I
liellef. That. i< right. Gather all telling
illustration.,, gath.<rall rlenioostrative facta,
gather all acute arguments to prove that
Your theories are the right the >rieq '
but let there l>e no acerbity, uo !
stinging retort, no insinuation, no j
superciliousue s. ar though yon were right
aud everybody else wrong. Take a hint i
from astronomy. The Ptoleniie system taught
that the earth was the cent r arid the wodda I
turnei around the earth. The Copernican
system cams aud taught that the sun was
the center, and the worlds turned around
that. The bigot thinks his little b'lief is the i
auu, ami he wantsove.ylhiug u> turn aiviund I
him: while the large souied Christian says
tho Sun of Righteousqess is tire centre Os his |
theoloiiy and all ti ne and all eternity turn
around it. Over the tomb of AV illiani Stan
ley in Westniinstsr Abt>y is inscribed ths i
passage of Scriptu'o: "Thy monument is ex
ceeding broad?’ Do not, therefore, crowd
us ou to a very thin path like the j
the bridge over which, the Mahoainwdana I
say, must g> all tho souls into glory
it they get there—this bridge thinner than
the web of a starved spider, thinner than
the edge of a razor or sword- and over
that bridge, reaching over hell into p ira iise,
all must go, or not go at all, and the
Mahommedans sav many fall down
on that edge. While our way to Heav
en is no* so wide that we can take in all our
sins with us, I nm gla 1 to know it is s > large
that all Christiaus of nil faiths and of ail bo- :
li-fs may march in perfect safety to
a glorious heaven. An abundant en
trance, not crowding through, but an I
abundant entrance into the kingdom |
of our God. Beware, my brother,
how you make a sound cr< > ed the foun tat ion
of your salvation. I fear some of you that, I
know very well are making that mistake. A
man may own all the statutes of the State
of New York and yet not be a lawyer.
A man may owu all the medical
treatises ever written and yet not l>n a
physician. A man may own whole libraries |
of works on painting and statuary and yet
not bo an artist. A man may own great vol
times about architecture and yet not bo an
architect And a tnati may own alt the sound
creeds on earth and not be a Christian. It
is not what we have iu the head and on
the back, but whst we hare in the heart
aud iu our life that decides every- |
thing. In olden times, iu Euglund,
liefore tho modern strest lamp, w is invente 1.
it was expo tod that every householder would
hang a lantern at his front door in the night,
and when the watchman at the eventide went
threugh tho stoeets they cried: “Hang out
v ur light, hang out your light.” Oh, brothers
and sisters, instead of angrily aud excitedly
dis ussiug different styles of lauterns—one
liking this lantern better, another liking that
lantern bettor—as a watchman on tho
wall of Zion I this day cry out: “Let your
light so shine before mon that others
seeing your good works may glorify your
Father" who is in heaven. Hang' out
your light, hangout your light!” And, ulmvo
all, do not, as some of you, my friends. 1 fear
aro doing, excuse yourself from a ■cnoting
religion because there are so many different,
kinds of religionists. People sav to me:
“This church believes so, aud this other
church lielieves so, and 1 am completely be
wildered about, the whole thing, a id so I
sha'l not take this religion at all. 1 ’ Standing
in Westminster Hotel, London, looking out
of the window, 1 saw three clocks, nnd as
near as I can t erne.uber, one was on West
minster Abbey, aud another was on the
Parliament House and another was on St.
Margaret’s C Impel, and they were a’l differ
ent, and ono clock said 12, and anoth ir clock
said five minutes before 12, and
another clock said five minutes after 12. :
Standing there I might ju«t a: well havo
said: “Well, there is no such thing as time I
because the time pieces differ,” as for you to
sit and stand there and say “there is nothing
in religion because religionists differ and
the clocks iu the church steeples
are so different, ono saying ono thing I
and another saying another thing. I tell
vou it is about noon, it i< about 12 o’clock of
the glorious day of sospa) dispensation, and
there is enough light tor all—the noon lay
light, how shall we escape if we neglect so
great salvation. But oh, tho glorious thought
comes over me, that though now our families
are parted in their w >rship, worshiping
partly in one church aui partly
in another, or, worshiping nt tho same
altar, th' y have tojiaorifieetne'r'preterenaes,
if we aro redeemed we aro on tho way to a
oerfe -t churoh where all our preferences will
be gratified. Great cathedral of eternity,
with arches of amethyst aud pillars of sap
phire and flours of emerald and win
dows aglow with the sunset of earth and
the sunrise of heaven. What wide aisles,
spacious enough to allow whole em
pires to enter. What. amphitheatre,
with splendor above splen l.ir, gallery above
gallery, princes aud princesses, kings and
queens bonding over them. What st.u|>endous
towers, with chimes, angel hoisted un 1 angel
rung. What multitudes of worshipers, white
robed and coronated. What, walls hung
with shields and flags captured by church
militant, now become church triumphant.
What officiator at the altar, the great high
priest of our profession. What doxology of
nations. Cornet to cornet, cymbal to cymbal,
harp to harp, organ to organ. Pull out ths
tremulant stop to recall the suffering past, i
Pull out tho trump it stop to celebrate the
victory.
When shall these eyes thy Heaven built walls
And pearly gates behold,
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong
And streets of shining gold?
Uli
Aii Impulsive Husband.
“And do you love me well as ever,
John?" the wife asked of her somewhat
testy husband, after they had made up
subsequent to what is usually termed “a
little spat.”
“Why, of course I do, aud better."
“Are you sure, darling:”
“Sure.' Os course 1 am. Hang it,
don’t I tell you so?’’
“Yes, but you are not deceiving me?"
“Certainly not. What do you xvant I
to aggravate a maty for?”
“I am not aggravating you."
“Yes, you arc, and I tell you plainly
that I love you madly, and if you ask
me that question again, I’m blessed if I
don't go out and stay out altogether. I
love you dearly, and now just shut up
or it will be worse f r you. Asking me
if I love you. when I do to distraction.
Get out, you idiot! You are nothing but
a fool anyway."
Wife subsides, highly delighted.
Boston Courier.
A Symptom of Lunacy.
They met.
“rio you are still on the invalid list?"
“Alas, yes, aud I have taken gallons
of medicine. ’
“perhaps you took too much medi
cine.”
“Well, I've tried everything. Last I
summer I tried sea-bathing aud now I
am trying e cctricity.”
“No wonder you are in bad health
after going through salt and battery." 1
And then as the awful truth dawned
upon them, they Loth burst into maniac
laughter nnd tied from tho scene.—
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“Mrs. Dearinont, of Chicago, and Mrs. ;
Waldo, of Boston, arc to lunch with me
to day,’ slid a lady to her husband, “but
I hardly know what to give them. ' 1
“I would suggest.” replied the bus- j
band, “that a delicate compliment to
both ladies would be a dish of pork and (
beans.”— New York Sun.
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Send for free Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue to
F. HAMMAR PAINT COMPANY,
CINCINNATI—ST. LOUIS.
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JOB Pffll
DEPARTMENT
*1 rupvltod with an th. r«qnl«ttM fcr Anta,
aU kind, of Jtfb aad Book wwk in Tin*
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BUSINESS OAKDS,
BALL OABDB,
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N» Übbiig! No H’fliAfbe! NoSortFiogtro! ;
Warranted hoC to the Clothe**
Ask your CSrorrr for Ho If bn cannot sup- j
ply you, onu cake will t»«* mnilrtl runs on recrlpi
of six two rent stamps for portage. A bcnu’trni
nine-colored •Chromo” with three burs. Deal
er« and Grocers should write for particulars
C. A. SHOUDY & SON,
rookford. ill.
II -THE;'
AWRENGE
PURE LINSEED OIL
D MIXED
TAINTS
READY FOR USE.
'Flic itcHt I-alut Made.
Guaranteed to contain no water,
benzine, barytew, clienucnli, rubber,
aabeatos, ro'sin, qlnea oil, or other
•im iI ar ndulto ration •.
A full guarani, o on every package
and direction* for use, vo that any
one not a practical painter Can uee II
Handsotne anmple card*, showing
•8 beautiful Hhadea, mailed free on .
■ PpliCHt ion. if not kept by your
dealer, write to ua.
Be caret’ll to ask for “THE LAWRENCE PAINIS,"
■nd di not take any other said to be “at Qcod st
Lawrence’s.’’
LW. W. LAWRENCE & CO.,
PITXMaVKOH. HA.
YOU
paint
Irfeiloßr you ehould
examine
WETHERILL’S
Portfolio of
Artistic Detlons
Old Fmlitoned
Honscß.QiiccnAnne
Cottages, Suburban
Z-Jwßesidences, etc. ,col-
t o di a t c h
I r f towfcA shades of
VYt^yw^wj ass^ paint
And showing tho
JaUiit and most ef
fectiye combination
es colors iu house
’’lfyoifrdmlerhMnot
; .r...r, got our portfolio, uk him
p «v.,a ?: VS, to .end to ua for one. You
.1 TWv M can then M>.»xactly how
‘ATLAS'I( -Va tea your hoiue will apiHKkr
READY- \ 3 when nnbhed.
uivrn \ .at' J Do thl. ami ime “Atla,”
Ilmv its R„d».Mlx.<l Paintnn<l In-
rairii I yourself satisfaction,
•nt’” •■•’•A*® LwL our Guarantee.
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.a. A I V. 9 LwWHITE LEAD and PAINT
MANUFACTURERS,
/ M vJi 66 North Front 81.
. PHILAD'A, PA. ■ •
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DUKKEE’S
IK I POSSESSING THE
COMPLETE
FLAVOR OF THE PLANT
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FLAVORING jfc l
EXTRACTS ' Ifi
BAKING POWDER i..
MEATS. FISH&
GENUINE INDIA
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•r-crnuo! niDhttwrl*. Cwnp, Aa’hma, Branch Iti«, NewralgU. Bhenmatliim, Blaadla* at tiia r/anga.
SoarameM. Influenaa. Hacking Cough, WhoopingCoogh. Catarrh, Chopra Morbua, Dya*«tery.Cb«mi'i
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PARSONS’ -S PI,LLS
Tie Most Perfect Instrument <*. Worn
Used Exclusively at the
“Grand Conservatory of music,”
OF NEW YORK.
Endorsed by all Eminent Artiste.
LOW t'hlCKHt KXSYTBItMSt
MBUSTUS BOS & CO,, rrix
Warekoms. 58W. 23d St. New Y,«.
IT Va.h
Burd I. main
•t ONB 80UB
RHBBT OB
HIUVf CORRU
GATED ZINC,
which produces
a double- faced
board of the
beet quality and
durability. The
fluting is very
deep, boldine
more water, and
consequently
dfoing better
washing than
any wttsh board
in tho market.
The frame is
made of bard
wood, and held
together with au
Iron lolk run*
r'.'re.'mlM
he lower edge
of tho einc,thus
binding the
whole tcaethes
iTll.n moet anh
in tho meet sub
stantial manner;
and producing a
wash board which for economy,excellence and dur
ability is unquestionably the boat in the world.
We And so many doalciH that object to our board
I on account of its IHIUAHILITT. saying “It will
• last too long, wn can never sell a euswmer but
one.” We (aim this means to advise consumers to
XNHIHT upon having the
NORTH STAR WASH BOARD.
TKS BK«T IS THS C.IAH,T,
BuiSutund by PFANBCHMIDT, DODGE A CO,,
»«8 A 2SO West Polk St., Chicago, 111.
i •
Are the Finest in tie WrtL
These Eztmts never vatv.
BUPBBIOB FOB BTBENGTH, QUALUX,
PUBITT, EOOBOMT, ETO.
I Made from BeleoUd Frulli and Bploeti
I Insist on having Bastlne'i fl&ven
AND TAKE NO OTHERS.
SOLD BY ALL QROCERS.
B/kSTIUE & CO.,
41 Warren St., New York.
CHAMPION COMBINED
Grain Thteshet Duller,
Acknowledged by Tkreabermen to b«
I
The KingA
Rernomberwe make tho oniy Two»<’yllnd«r
drutn Tiirrelicr and Clover llultwr thak
will do the work of two separate machinal Tno
Clovrr llnller Is note simple attachment but
a separate hulling cylinder constructed and opera
ted upon tho most approved scientific principles.
IJhs tho widest separating capacity of any machine
In the market. In light, compact, durable*
Etwee but <»u«, belt ttud retiulrea lews
power land ho.e fewer working* part*
tiinn nny oilier machine* bo elnapiw
An construction that It Is enellr undej*
stood, Will thresh perfectly all kinds of grain,
pe»ix, timothy, flnx, clover, etc. Send for
price list, etc., of Threshers, Engines, Saw Mills
; and Grain Registers, and Im, sure to mention thia
( paper. A gents waulciL Address
[THE KOPPES MACHINE CO.
1 ORRVILLE, O.