DOOR OF MERCY. Rev. Dr. Talmage Says There Will Be Salvation for the Morally Shipwrecked. Yield Not to the Force of immoral Gravits : tion—MNeiplulsess of Religion —— (Copyright, 1M] Wasmxeron, D. C.—In this discourse Dr. Talmage depicts the struggle of a man who ires liberation from the en- thrallment of evil and shows how he may sot free; text, Proverbs xxii, 35: “When shall I awake? I will seek 1b yet again.” : With an insight into human nature such as no other man ever had, Solomon in these : is sketching the mental rocess of a man who has stepped aside PE the path of rectitude and would like to return. Wishing for something better, he says: “When shall I awake?! When shall I get over this horrible nightmare of iniquity?’ But seized upon by un. eradicated appetite and pushed down hill by his passions he cries out: “I will seek it yet again. I will try it once more. About a mile from Princeton, N. J, there is a skating pond. One winter day, when the ice was very thin, a farmer liv- ing near by warned the young men of the danger of skating at that time. They all took the warning except one young man. He, in the spirit of bravado, said, “Boys, one round more.” He struck out on his skates, the ice broke and his lifeless body was brought up. And in all matters of temptation and allurement it 1s not a prolongation that is proposed, but only just one more indulgence, just one more gin. Then comes the fatality. Alas, for the one round more! “I will seek it yet Our libraries are adorned with elegant literature addressed to young men, point ing out to them all the dangers and perils of life. Complete maps of the voyage of life—the shoals, the rocks, the quicksands. But suppose a young man is already ship- wrecked, suppose he is already off the traek, suppose he has already gone astray, how can he get back? That is a question that remains unanswered, and amid all the books of the libraries I find not one word on that subject. To that class of persons I this day address myself. ; You compare what you are mow with what yon were three or four years ago, and are greatly disheartened. You are ready ith every passion of your soul to listen to a discussion like this. Be of good cheer! Your best days are yet to come. I offer you the hand of welcome and res cue. 1 put the silver trumpet of the gos | to my lips and blow one long, loud last, saying, ‘Whosoever will, let him come, and let him come now. The church of God is ready to spread a ban- quet upon your return, and all the hie- rarchs of heaven fall iato line of ban- nered procession over your redemption. Years ago, and while yet Albert Barnes was living, I preached in his pulpit one night to the young men of Philac wphia Tn the opening of my discourse I said, “O Lord, give me one soul to-night At the close of the service Mr. Barnes intro duced a young man, saying, “This is the young man you prayed for. But I see now it wos a too limited prayer. I offer no such prayer to-day. It must take ina wider sweep. “Lord, give us all these souls to-day for happiness and heaven! So far as God may help me I propose to show what are the obstacles to your re. turn, and then how you are to surmoun those obstacles. The first difficulty in the way of your return is the force of moral vitation. Just as there is a patural Pe which brings down to earth anything you throw info the air, so there is a cor nding moral gravitation. I never shall forget a prayer I heard a young man make in the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation of New York. With trembling voice and streaming eyes he said: © God, Thon knowest how easy it is for me to do wrong and how hard it is for me to do right! God help me! That man knows not his own Te eart who has never felt the power of moral gravitation. In he boyhood you had good asso ciates and bad associates. Which most impressed you? During the last few years you have heard pure anecdotes an im- pure aneedotes. Which the easiest stuck to your memory? You have had good hab ita and bad babits. To which did your soul more casily yield? Bu: that moral vitation may be resisted. Just as you may pick np anything from the earth and hold it in your hand toward heaven, font so, by the power of Goda grace, a fallen soul may be lifted toward peace, toward pardon, towart salvation. The force of moral gravitation is in every ome of us, but also power in God's grace to overcome that force . The next thing in the way of your re turn is the power of evil habit. I know there are those who say it is very easy fur them to give up evil habits. I cannot be- lieve them. Ilere is a man given to intox- jeation, who knows it is disgracing his family, destroying his property and ruin- ing bim body, mind and soul. If that an. being an intelligent man and loving is family, could easily give up that habit, would he not do so? The fact that he does not give it up proves that it is hard to give it up. It is a very easy thing to sail down stream, the tide carrying you with great force, but suppose yon turn the boat up stream--is it so easy then to row it? As long as we yield to the evil in- clinations in our heart and to our Yad habits we are sailing down stream, bat the moment we try to turn we put our boat in the rapids just above Niagara and try to row up stream. a A physician tells his patient that he must quit the use of tobacco, as it is de- stroying his health. The man replies, “I can stop that habit casy enough.” [Ile quita the use of the weed. He goes around not knowing what to do with him- elf. He cannot add up a column of gores; he cannot sleep nights. It seems gs if the world had turned upside down. He feels his business ia going to ruin. Where he was kind and obliging he is scolding and fretful. The ccmposure that characterized him has given way to a fret ful restlessness. and he has become a com- plete Adget. What power is it that has rolled a wave of woe over the earth and shaken a portent in the heavens? He has qhit tobacco. awhile he says: “I am going to do as I please; the doctor does not understand my oaee. I am going back 12 my old habits.” And he returns. verything assumes its composure, His brighten, The world becomes an attractive place to live . His children, seeing the difference, 1 the return of their father’s genial dis ition. What wave of color dashed [ive into the sky and greenness into the mountain fol and the glow of sapphire nto the su ? What enchantment has ted a world of beanty and joy on his soul’ He has resumed tobacrn, The fact ia we all know in our own ex- that habit ia a taskmaster. As ong as we obey it, it does not chastise us. But let us t it and we find that we with scorpion whips bound mwn into the wv uts. Sthirats and wong. a1 a death 9. a nan wants to om evil bod of the left hand, which is equal to strik- a man in the face, h, how few Christian people under stand how much gospel there is in a good, honest handshaking! Sometimes when you have left the need of encouragement and some Christian man has taken 1% heartily by the hand have you mot felt thrilling through every fiber of your body, mind and soul an encouragement that was just what you needed? The prodigal, wishing to get into ty, enters a prayer meeting. me man without much sense frosts him saying: “Why are you here? You are about the last person that I expected to seo in a prayer meeting. Well, the dying thief was saved, and there hope for you.” You do not know anything about this, unless you have learned that when a man tries to return from evil courses of conduct he runs against repulsions innu- merable. We say of some man, “He lives a block or two from the church, or half a mile from the church.” In all our great cities there are men who are 5000 miles from church-—vast deserts of indifercnce between them and the house of God. The fact is we must keep our respecta- bility though thousands perish, rist sat with publicans and sinners, but if there come to the house of God a man with marks of dissipation upon him people are almost sure to put up their hands in horror, as much as te say, “Is it not shocking?” in all our churches arc going to get into heaven I do not know unless they have an especial train of ears cushioned and up- holstered. each one a car to himself. They cannot go with the great herd of publi cans and sinners, 0 ye who curl your lip of scorn on the fallen, I tell you plainly that if you had been surrounded by the same influences instead of sitting to-day amid the cul tured and the refined and the Christian you might have been a Stouching wretch in stable or ditch covered with filth and abomination! It is not because we are naturally any better, but because the mercy of God has rotected us. Those that are brought up in Christian parentage should not be so hard on the fallen. I think also that men are often hin- dered from returning by the fact that churches are anxious about their member: ship, too’ anxious about their ‘denomina- WILL RINGLETS RETURN The early Victorian fashions are slowly returning, writes a feminine contributor to the London Graphic. The low-cut dresses, the bell sleeves, the fichus, the pelerines, the hair drawn over the ears and gathered low in the neck. Will ringlets come back, too? Our mothers loved thosé curious ap- pendages, which framed the face, half hiding, half revealing it in the most coquettish. manner possible. The poke bonnet, the ringlets which required constant attention, and which ‘Becky Sharp shook back so archly, are sure- ly unsuited to quick movements the bicycle, the hockey field or the lightning drive on a motor car, Still, they may return, CHINESE RIBBONS Chinese ribbons, showing quaint symbols on gold and silver grounds, at the Oriental shops. and Italian embroidery be found metal accessories will be excess that was the case An all-white bodice is al- If it soils it readily and thoroughly Worn with these rich toned becomes exceedingly chic, well to remember, the last year. be it it is always wear, deep, glowing or- is eminently smart. Worn man about to give up sin and return to God and ssk him how he is going to be baptized, whether by sprinkling or immer sion, and what kind of a church he is going to join. Oh, despise not parental anxiety! time will come when you will have neither father nor mother, and you will go around the place where they watch you and find them gone from the house and gone from the field and from the neighborhood. Cry as loud forgiveness as you may over the mound in the churchyard, they cannot answer. Dead! Dead! God pity the youngman who has brought disgrace on his father’s name! God pity the young man who has broken his moth- er's heart! Better that he had never been born. Better if in the first hour of his life, instead of being laid egainst the warm bosom of maternal tenderness, he had been coffined and sepulchered. There is no balm powerful enough to heal the heart of one who has brought parents to a sorrowful grave, and who wanders about through the dismal ceme- tery rending the air and wringing the hands and crying: “Mother! Mother!” Oh, that to-day, by all the memories of the past and by all the ho of the fu. ture, you would yield your heart to God! May your father’s God oon your mother's God be your God forever! This bour the door of mercy swings wide open. Hesitate not a moment n many a case hesitation is the loss of all. At the corner of a street | saw a tragedy. A young man cvidently doubted as to which direction he had better take. His hat was lifted high enough so you eould see he had an intelligent forehead. He had a stout chest and a robust develop- ment. Splendid young man! Cultured young man! Honored young man! Why did be stop there while so many were going up and down? The fact is that every young man has a good angel and a bad angel contending for the mastery of his spirit, and there were a good angel and a bad angel struggling with that young man's soul at the corner of the street. “Come along with me,” said the good angel; “1 will take you home. I will spread my wings over your pillow. I wiil lovingly eacort you all through life under supernatural protection. I will bless every cup you drink out of, every couch you rest on, every doorway you enter. I will consecrate your tears when you weep, your sweat when you toil, and at the last I will hand over your grave into the hand of the bright angel of a Christian resurrec. tion. I have been sent of the Lord to be your guardian spirit. Come with ine” #aid the good angel in a voice of unearthly symphony. It was music like that which drops from a lute of heaven when a wer- aph breathes on it. PEARLS IN GREAT VOGUE. The tremendous vogue and conse- the jewelry world weeks ago a pearl feature of Only a few of the Countess in Paris The famous pearls I 4 1s who died iast pearls in Eng 1 i loff pearls, Er finest brate« Possibly the are the which once were and now belong Duchess of y Cit NOress WOT np The vogue of the nouveau fresh use for lavishly water i in ' paris hizarre des: are them ti when Englane <h wialer pear: Ww. was a 2 ‘ § her rivers no none is found in ¥ THE NEWPORT STOOP. A certain modification has been no with me. fer. I have something better to of. The wines I pour are from chalices of bewitching carousal. The dance I lead is over floors tessellated with unrestrained indulgence, There is no God to frown on the teraples of sin where I worship. The skies are Italian. The paths [ tread are through meadows daisied and primrosad, Come with me.” The young man hesitated at a time when hesitation was ruin, and the bad angel smote the good angel until it departed, upward and away until a door swung open in the sky, and forever the wings van- ished. That was the turning point in that young man’s history, for, the good angel flown, he hesitated no longer, but started on a pathway which iz Deautiful at the is caried itary Mademoiselle which is certainly a graceful pose, quite far re- moved from lounging. It has some- thing of the suavity and urbanity im plied in the pose, an art of graceful concession to the guest whom one en tertains. For want of a better name it is called the Newport stoop. The assumption implies a delicate compli ment one's an air solicitude for ntertainment one's companions. the reverse of the old military or stiffly erect de- was « a This att of rather at a ereciness 1 he body and 1 the rule. able circles. 1 is no longer to companion, of ¢ of It is wr nce considered Was onc dignity, but aggressive in its assumption of sell importance and condescension to companions, though the new deportment and cz fange of the physique should 1 exaggerated into the vulgarity “Grecian bend” of thirty or mn tude la mode. of direction. It should Practice before a begin very gradually cheval glass and The inclination from the shoulders, but from the hips. DECEITFUL APPEAR- ANCES, it strange,” said the “Isn't observ 3 i head is beautiful, who has a pretty I have taken great owner, only to be disappointed. woman is either old or noticeably Perhaps pretty women are so pleased with the reflection of angel led the way through gate after gate, and at each gate the road Lecame rougher and the sky more larid, and what was pe culiar, as the gate slammed shut it eame to with a jar that indicated it would never open. Past each portal there were a grinding of locks and a shoving of bells and the scenery on each side of the road changed from gardens to deserts, and the June air became a cutting Decomber blast and the bright wings of the bad ange turned to sackeloth, and the fountains that at the start had tossed with wine jgured forth bubbling tears of foamin lood. And on the right side of the road there was a serpent, and the man said to the bad angel, “What is that serpent?” And the answer wae, “That 1a the serpent of stinging remorse.” On the left side of the road there was a lion, and the man asked the bad angel, “What is that lion?" The answer was, “That is the lion of all devouring ir” A vulture through the oY. and the man asked the had angel, “What ia thas voiture? The answer was, “That is the vulture waiting for the carcasses of the slain.” And then the man said to the bad an. gel, “What does all this mean? I trus what you said at the strect corner; trust Why have you thus de- ed the last sption fell off the mer and he said, “I was sent from pis to destroy your soul. my chance for many a long you hesitated that street corner | my triumph. ou are here. , ha! You are here! Come, now, let us and drink to darkness and woe and death! Hail, hail!” all. yor © may dislike so much to look at her face that she turns her attention to her hair, from which it is possible to But you don't believe me, just notice. i i § $ i ¥ i back head view which is attractive and an equally pleasing face." New York imes, THE COAT OF WINTER. It is not a subject of congratulation to most women that the three-quarter coat will be the coat of the winter. The majority of women are not tall and slender, and a three-quarter coat on any other figure spells a word that means the opposite of grace. Except in fur the bolero will at last retire from its exalted position as first favorite, and the infinitely more be- coming and cosy little coat, either very loose or with a small neatly fittin basque, has come to comfort us an iet it be whispered, improve our fig- ures at the same time, Another favorite is to be the Rus- sian blouse in velvet—velvet with silk strappings and curious embroideries now and velvet with fur later on. With thie coat alone shall we see tight cuffs though the sleeve above will quite full, particularly at the elbow. Except in fur revers will have almost van- ished, big collars will still hold their own, but in May Siies our shoulders are to splayed in the neatest pos- sible lines. tn pi JOR MAKING uP, leuty n materials re are pien of serges, and some with herringbony ¥ i i § : i weaving in pastel shades, reps, ehevi- ots, satin cashmeres of all colors, light and dark, fancy cheviots with zibeline the plain, good cashmeres always mn demand, but now apparently returning to special favor. Rich and soft are piano cloths, for which there is a universal demand in rays, violets, navy and other shades. ‘hey are so silky, soft and charming it is not wonderful they have had so great a following and are likely to continue it, A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE IN KLONDIKE. We loaded our outfits into the boats, and at one o'clock pushed out across Linderman, which is seven miles long, and which connects with Bennett Lake by a river about half a mile in length, the water of which is shallow .and filled with large, sharp rocks, necessi- tating the lining through of our boats. The men packed the goods around to the shore of lake Bennett, and as I walked along the shore I came across a newly made grave with the following inscription, “J. Mathews, age 20." learned that after losing his all on the summit he went back to Dyea, put his last dollar into a second outfit, tried to carry his loaded boat through channel, when it was dashed to pieces on the rocks and lost. He was so discouraged after his second loss that he shot himself through the heart, I gathered a few green boughs from the spruce trees near, placed them in have learned where his mother CORN FODDER AND HAY FOR STOCK. It is difficult to make a proper com- parison between corn fodder and hay, because the quality of either largely depends upon the curing. Bright, reen corn fodder, shredden or cut me, is superior to improperly cured hay, while good hay is far superior to zorn fodder that was not cut down un- A eS A M5 - won - formerly. Still, the failure or partial failure of corn or wheat must always tend to create a great change in cattle. Without adequate feed on hand cattle dealers will rush their stock to the market, and later there will come a period of scarcity. The wise prepa- ration for any emergency is a part of the business policy of every one en- gaged in this work. It is something that conservative growers expect and largely anticipate. Now hogs have suffered no depression in the last two years, and in view of present crop con- ditions, there is little likelihood of the market being overstocked with swine for the next eighteen months. Indeed, one was never surer of good returns frem swine-breeding and feeding than til the leaves turned yellow. If fodder is tender and juicy the animals will stalks are rich in sugar, but much de- pends upon the stage of growth which the stalks were harvested. VALUE OF CORN STOVER. The Maryland Experiment stover of corn, and analyzing mail from the Klondike, lone watcher grieving for the absence of one who will never return.—Emma I. Kelly, in Lippincott’s Magazine, VALUE OF DRESSING WELL, A few years ago a well-known teach- er, who had founded and carried on for many years a successful school for girls in one of the Middle States, de- cided to retire. She looked about for SUCCOsSs0T. Many candidates were her notice. The place was ' tant one. The emoluments brought to an impor were 1 higher in the ¢ and M lan} just large, 3 ' SCHOOL S100 teem find SAYS 10Us to the % piace, or i oliered irently quatihcatjon to ca fist Lion She was one of ww " . } “ ir 5 { women in the counts aid Was witty she had a i 1 a 1 4 GOZCn JAnguages, in i successiul Mrs Ww. det them ail, and Ong red a Blank afte brief inte PAnK, Jer 2 ICT Inter ined 10 con ord an ¢ ider as i refused ne her reas« the dec ward she fr There was no doubt as to her s arship or her ability to teach, | gl were 4 i sOLeq and lost half think? mn for said to a "ne put WES one buttons. Trifles hey you betrayed qualities ch made her unfit to be the guide of young girls. The woman, whatever her ability, who does not respect her- self enough to be clean and neat will never command the respect of others.” The applicant knew that } gaping glove and slovenly her a place of ease and honor { never ir ae A place of trust with was open to women in one of the pub- lic departments in One candidate brought the but was dis the Ccommitice who slats gation tment appois the sed In xtreme { asl glittering | nodding plumes. “We want a working woman, not said the chairman, after the irdly dressed candidate had retired Nothing shows accurately than the way they attach just cockatoo,” abst sense in 1 or which they dress orrect imp or nen women If in the he other fac- value. * be sqg# ther just Wool and other knit heavy winter wear. Large hats adorned by ribbon run- ming in and out around the entire gloves for Beautiful matched sets consisting of hat, boa and muff, and made of feath- ers, fur, etc. Waists of moire antique silk in light Women's stock collars with four-in- hand ties attached; made of flannel Hats of all shapes and materials, trimmed with green parrots. Prix seam suede gloves, showing Beautiful hats of with Irish point lace, Flannel waists in a wide variety of colorings, with elaborately embroid- ered fronts, Women's 36-inch tan coats made of handsome smooth cloth. Women's heavy white gloves trim- med with gilt braid The new lines of lace-trimmed handkerchiefs in irregular shanes, Fur capes, collars and boas in mink, sable, marten and a variety of other popular sorte, A great variety of combinations in pearl and siiver in umbrella handles, Women's lace scarfs, to be tied as an automobile or in any other desired form, Raglan mackintoshes, in black, tan, brown and green. Gold wire jewelry, forming names, designs, ete, Gauze fans, handsomely painted and adorned with spangles. Lace collars and boleros in a wide variety of styles. Golf jackets of fancy white material, heavily embroidered with colored silk ou id front, the design forming golf ciubs, Women's black hosiery with small college flags about an inch in length embroidered in silk just over the in- step. Women's wide scarfs, rather on the automobile order, but made to be tied twice; once at the neck and then again over the bust, the ends hanging down free.~Dry Eronomist, Servia, Roumania and Bulgaria are the only governments in the world that exclusively own their own railways. velvet trimmed | | } they found 1,530 pounds of digestible in the ears and tover, or 112 pounds more of food In stover than in the ear, and gram, but valuable to be where the corn And, by » Jower part of s than that Car too as was the certainly often tem stalk is more Car. the EXCELLENT WINTER FEED. Turnips and carrots make excellent winter food, F sliced with a the work very consume « they should be | which Even poultry yds when the The way to pre- Lt. sprinkle ef. does i pare sliced roots to meal and bran over the mes it to the cattle or fowls adva " Ihe GARDEN. e farm eith v n Ps perrennial crog given that are Now 1 1 Giner weeds labor. an and + to growing there Being be cons few i BEESWA PROFIT 1 the id I take all olonies of bees kettle outdo Th ‘0 several hours the farm STE, t} i : val $ | vigoro 1s th f on ncn PO IC full of water old board of 15 then or dipper poured through a thin material is allowed to rest | upon the board floating in the tub. The wax runs through the sack into! the tub. There will be a considerable | residue left in the sack. which can be separated by squezing or rolling the | mass with a round stick or other press. | The wax will float on the surface of the water and soon cool. In the mean- time the kettle should be filled with clear water and the wax | boiled up a second time. After the | first straining it looks brown and un- fit for use. It should be boiled a sec- ond time and strained carefully through a fine meshed cloth several times. [It can be melted now without water and put in molds ready for the market. The sack or cloth used for straining the wax is of no special value after- ward and should be thrown away. 1 have made as much as twenty pounds a season out of comb considered worthless, and would have been thrown away under ordinary tircum- stances. | always find a good market for first-class beeswax and save all scraps and pieces of old comb, treat- ing it in the manner described above, Mrs. W. H. Johnson, in New England Iomestead. SWINE FOR MARKET, For several years now there has practically been a shortage in hogs, and the coming winter promised to be an exception. The industry is not sul- fering under a boom nor depresion. It has been steady and uniform throughout. Probably the most un- satisfactory thing about some farm crops is that they are subject to rather violent booms and periods of great de- pression. No farmer of the right type enjoys such uncertainties. There may be a certain class of farmers who like it. But they are rather the speculators and hangers-on of the business, who want to get rich suddenly, and cannot stand the steady, uniform work which carries a man's business by de from a low to a high position, Shes in the great industrial world booms and depressions are dreaded by all the conservative men and are enjoyed by the speculators and idlers. In recent years the efforts of cattle men have been directed toward the es- tablishment of steady, mniform mare kets, have deplored the uncer- tainties of their ess, and to-day The with an ol kettle, and sack or other | SOME sor dipped Out the from emp wh cleansed, | we have to-day. With the comparative scarcity difficult in feeding the hogs at a cost ize profits. But with our great dairy and grain interests presenting un- and almost unguessed possi- bilities for feeding, the shrewd, expe- rienced breeder of hogs will not find the present problem too great for him to solve. There is more than one way reach any and al per- form any proklen often each one must P, Smith, in American Ct 150 to ' ¢ : solve t fo 1%elf WINT The col 23 ter well, ERING BEES mies should 1 It count an not d the Ars ” . When there are wes d APPLES AND RS. 1 appices and with their keep- or iw large generally 1s worth more #5 two rienced 3 The INeXPe latter, at number of wil He Services grow in- are will Wil pickers em- rd where fine f ir the export trade t 1 a careless picker. ntended for shoul raised on fruit in an orcha arsed, uits ou are , ! y can- sest a iF ' al ¥ i yr{ this trade trees where the been thinned out systematically, in Now afford to est. on such a tree you cannot lose an apple by careless Yet this may be done by careless pickers so easily that the prof- its will be seriously cut into. I have scen beginners in their haste to 61 shake the limbs where a few choice apples were just beyond their reach. They not only dislodge these fruits bul injure many more on other branches. So important is the picking that | always begin early and employ only a few pickers at a time. They work under my supervision, and if the limbs are shaken or the fruit nn- duly bruised and pricked, some expla nation must be given. The apples are all large and choice, and I expect each one to be harvested without a bruise. There is no reason why more than hali a deren apples or so should be dropped from each tree. If more are dislodged there is some trouble carelessness or ignorance on the part of the pickers. The employment of boys to pick apples is generally a great mistake unless the apples are small and intended for the cider mill or some local market. While the boys cost only half the amount paid to ex- pert men pickers, the difference will be found in favor of the latter at the end, especially where choice apples or pears are raised. So much depends upon the proper harvesting of apples and pears that it may be said the pack. ing and shipping are only secon importance. No bruised and pricked fruits can be packed and shipped to keep. First of all, the fruits must be sound and free from all injury.—S, W, Chambers in American Cultivator, Ancestry of Presidents. President Roosevelt is the second President of Dutch ancestry, Van Bu. Of our other Chie! English 3 et fe Scotch-Irish, glish stoc " three ftom Scotch, and one, Jefferson, ube of 2 tueive-inch gun bus fu causing projectile to revolve
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