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heir' seem to get prettier e"er3r
season, dainty bits of lace and -lawn delicately
.embroidered or tile_ more substantial if plain-
er,
er, pure linen, heinstitehed, ,
Wise people are getting
their holiday gifts ready
now. They'll not leave
everything until the
last clay or two.
Our stock of useful and
handsome things ready to give
and of those that make
sensible, useful and acceptable
Christmas Gifts is the best
this house bas ever shown.
Come and see it.
Wash
Silk.
Embroidery and Knitting
Silk by the skein, smal
or large 'spool in any
• shade you may ask for.
THE SON OF DAVID.
REV. •DR. TALMAGE PREACHES A
SERMON TO YOUNG LEN.
Lone of Howe — Industrious Habits—A
High Ideal of Lire — Respect for the
Sabbath — The Christian Religion — A
Turning Point.
Washington, Nov. 24.—In his sermon
to -day Rev. Dr. Talmage, preaching
to the usual crowded audience, took up
a subject of universal interest to young
men. His text was selected from It.
Samuel xviii, 29, "Is the young man
.Absalom safe?"
The heart of David, the father, was
wrapped up in his boy Absalom. He
was a splendid boy, jucged by the
rules of worldly criticism. Frum the
crown of his head to the sole of his
foot there was not a single blemish.
The Bible says that he had such a
htxuriant shock of hair that when
once a year it was shorn what was
cut off weighed over three pounds.
But, notwithstanding all his brilliancy
of appearance, he was a bad boy and
broke his father's heart. He was plot-
ting to gain the throne of Israel. He
had marshaled an army to overthrow
his father's government. The day of
battle had come.The conflict was be-
gun. David, the father, sat between
the gates of the palace wafting for the
tidings of the conflict. Oh, how rapidly
his heart beat with emotion! Two
great questions were to oe decided—
the safety of his boy and the contin-
,q nance of the throne of Israel. Alter
awhile a servant, standing on the top
of the house, looks oaf and sees some
one running. He is coming with great
speed, and the man on top of the house
announces the coming of the messen-
ger, and the father watches and wafts
and as soon as the messenger from the
field of battle comes withing hailing
distance the father cries out.
Is it a question in regard to the es-
tablishment of his throne? Does he
say: "Have the armies of Israel been
victorious? Am I to continue In my
imperial authority? Have I over-
thrown my enemies?" Oh, no! There
is one question that springs from his
heart to the lip and springs from the
Up into the ear of the besweated and
bedusted messenger flying from the
battlefleld—the question, "Is the young
man Absalom safe?" When it was
told to 13avltt the king, that, .thous 1
his armies had been victorious, his son
had been slain, the father turned his
back upon the congratulations of the
nation and went up the stairs of his
palace, his heart breaking as he went,
wringing his hands sometimes and then
again pressing them against- hJe tem-
ples'ne thengli he "kbuM preds tilem in,
crying: "0 Absalom, my son, my son!
Would to God I had died for thee, 0
Absalom, my sone my !tone' '
My friends, thb question which David
the King, asked In regard to his son Is
the question that resounds to -day in
the hearts of hundreds of parents. Yes,
there are a great multitude of young
men who knob that 'the q(ekttoll 11f the
text is approtlriate l hbti aiSted l i taA
gard to them. they kite* the teMpta-
ttons 'by--wlticlr 'they' fire Sii'rr3Sliid"e8;
Utey see so many who started life with
sex good re,lutions s. t::: r h9.vA Who
1
nave ranen in the path, and they are
ready to hear me ask the question of
my text, "Is the young man Absalom
safe?" The fact is that thls life is
full of peril. He who undertakes it
without the grace of God and a proper
understanding of the conflicts into
which he is going must certainly be
defeated. Just look off upon society
to -day. Look at the shipwreck of rnen
for whom fair things were promised,
and who started life with every advan-
tage. Look at those who have dropped
from high social position and from
great fortune, disgraced for time, dis-
graced for eternity. All who sacrifoe
their integrity come to overthrow. Take
a dishonest dollar and bury It in the
center of the earth and keep all the
rocks of the mountain on top of It;
then cover these rocks with all the
diamonds of Golconda, and all the, sil-
ver of Nevada, and all the gold of Cali-
fornia and Australia, ana put on top
of these all banking and moneyed in-
stitutions, and they cannot kt'ep down
that one dishonest dollar. That one
dishonest dollar in the center of the
earth will begin to heave and rock and
upturn itself until it comes to the res-
urrection of damnation. "As the part-
ridge sltteth on eggs and hatch ath
them not, so he that getteth riches,
and not by right, shall leave them Ir.
the midst of his days, and at his end
shall be a fool."
Now, what are the safeguar•is ur
young men? The Wrst sareguar.1 of
which I want to speck .'s a love of
come. There are those who have no
idea of the pleasures that concentrate
around that word "home." Perhaps
your early abode was shadowed with
vice or poverty. Harsh words and
petulance and scowling may nave de-
stroyed all the sancity of that sit t
Love, kindness and •!f-sa attics. which
have built their altars 'n so mans*
abodes, were strangers in your fath-
er's house. God pity you. swung man.
You never had a home. But a multi-
tude in this au Ilencs can ionic back
to a spot that they Can never forger.
It may have nese a I twit' ros f, but } nu
cannot think of it now tt lthout a davit
of emotion. You have seen nothing on
earth that so stirred your soul. A
stranger passing along that place
might see nothing remarkable about it,
but oh, how Much it means to you.
Fresco on palace wall does not mean
so much to you as those rough hewn
rafters. Parks and bowers and trees
at fashionable watering place or coun-
try seat at) not mean ab much to you
as that brook that ran in front of the
Plain fartn honks and singing tinder
the weeping willows .The barred gate-
way swung open by a porter In full
dress does not mean as much to you
as that swing gate, your sister on•
one side of it and you on the Other.
She, gone fifteen yeard ago thio i;tbryt
That scene comipg back to you to -day •
se you *ept beaky/hid said fdrr ftik
on the gate, singing the Bongo of yotir
childhood. But th4qeri�e are thosb aid
wh
o It is have
yourtheft
a.dopted hones d ell hat
is sacred fortyet?, ?lin a you bhtton*
lashed the drat family altar. There
your childrenlIrp e . that pp. • iii set.rm
flapped the wingd tftb Oath angel.
Underthat roof, whenoily Ivat+k
t to
Thire, You esti* * Le 44144,nd•icife,
e1f&la only�.b* worc l, ittaall theF.lan'
gtittifirthat t f"bonve+Y 4btirr 'idea Of
that place, and that word is "home."
Now, let rn i0tal that 1 never knew
Battillg.
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We have a line of pure
White, very fine hand
rolled American Bats
that are light, clean, soft,
fluffy and are selling
well fot cushions, head-
rests, &c.
Art
Sateens
and Silks
In plain colors, all the light
shades and an assort-
ment fancy designs you'll
find hard to equal.
Choice patterns, beauti-
ful colorings and finish
that makes them shine
like silk.
All shades in China Silks at
26c. per yard. Creped
Silks in Fancy Japanese
designs, beautiful goods
for cushions, &c. .Art
shades in a line of Japan
Silk, 22 inches wide that
will not crush.
Ribt,ons.
You might say we almost
sell Ribbons by the mile,
so great is the quantity
we sell, especially for
fancy work at this sea-
son of the year. We've
nearly every shade in
Silk or Satin, from the
tiniest baby ribbon to
those six and seven in-
ches wide at prices lowe •
than you pay in most
stores.
American
Art
Draperies
.are superior to the Jap-
anese goods as the gilt
does not rub or wear off.
You'll find here some
new and pretty designs
suitable for cushions and
drapes.
LINENS.
NIZINIUUZiMPLit
•
All kinds for fancy work, are
always in stock. Butch-
er's Linen, Drawing Lin-
ens, Dowlas' Huckahack.
We buy our linens direct
from the manufacturers
and sell them close.
Something nice in Linens is
almost always an accept-
able p: esent and we show
an assortment of Fine
Linens without an equal
outside of the large City
stores.
TOWELS,
TRAY CLOTHS,
NAPKINS,
TABLE CLOTHS,
D'OYLIES.
Perhaps
you .
Have'nt
time to prepare a Xmas
gift so have to select
something already to
give. Here's a list of use-
ful articles often given,
some are suitable for
ladies', some for gentle-
men :
SILK MITTS,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
NECK MUFFLERS,
SILK UMBRELLAS,
RUGS,
CHENILLE CUR
TAINS,
CHENILLE TABLE
COVERS,
SHAWLS,
KID GLOVES.,
FUR CAPS,
FUR GAUNT-
LETS,
FUR CAPES
and so on down tit
of a hundred and one
useful articles you'll find
we have suitable for holi-
day gifts.
a man who was faithful to his early
and adopted home who was given over
at the same time to any gross form
of wickedness. If you find more en-
joyment in the clubroom, In the liter-
ary society, in the art salon than you
do in these unpretending home pleas-
ures, you are on the road to ruin.
Though you may be cut off from your
early associates, and though you may
be separated from all your kindred,
young man, is there not a room some-
where that you can call your ern?
Though it be the fourth story of a
third-class boarding house, .into that
room gather books, pictures and a
harp. Hang your mother's portrait
over the mantel. Bid unholy inirth
stand back from that threshold. ~on-
secrate some spot In that roo.n with
the knee of prayer. By the memory of
other days, a father's counsel, a moth-
er's love and a sister's confidence/ cal!
It home.
Another safeguard for these young
men is industrious habit. There are a
great many people trying to make their
way through the world with their wits
Instead of by honest toll. There Is a
young man who comes from the coun-
try to the city. He falls twice before
he is as old as his father was wnen
he first saw the spires of the great
town. He is skated In his room at a
rent of $2,000 a year, waiti'ig for the
banks to declare their dividends and
the stocks to run up. After awhile he
gets Impatient. He tries to improve
his penmanship by making copy slates
of other merchant's signatures, Aver
mind—all Is right in business. After
awhile he has his estate. Now is the
time for him to retire to the country,
amid the flocks and the herds, to cul-
ture the domestic virtues.
Now the young men who were his
schoolmates in boyhood will come, and
with their ox teams draw him logs,
and with their hard hands will_help
him to heave up the castle. That is
no fancy sketch. It is everyday life.
i should not wonder if there were a
rotten beam in that palace. I should
not wonder If God should smite him
with dire sicknesses and pour Intel his
cup a bitter draft that will thrill him
with unbearable agony. I should not
wonder If that man's children grew up
to be to him a disgrac., and to make
his life a shame. I should not wonder
If that man died a dishonorable death
and Were tumbled frith a dishonorable
grave, and then went into the gnashing
of teeth. The way of the ungodly shall
perish.
Oh, young man, you must have In-
dustry of head or hand or foot or per-
ish! Do not have the idea that you
can get along In the world by genius.
The curse of this country to -day Is
gerliuseii—men wltli large self coriceit
and nothing' else. i'he trial; who pro-
poses to make his living by his wits
grabably h>}d not any. I eshould rather
be an oft, plain and plodding and use-
Cfl1, tltah .lo be an eagle, high flying
and good fqr nothing but to pick out
thl eyeh dt eareaasetl. Even in the
garden of : Eden it was not safe for
Adam to be idle, so God made him a
horticulturist, and if the married pair
had kept busy dressing the vines they
would not have been sauntering under
the -tree, hankering after fruit that
ruined them and their pq$terity! Proof
ptisititl'e itis the 4iact that when people
do not attend to their business they
get into mischief. "Go to the ant, au
. Consider her ways and be
tax, a; t,. •
n
wase, wetter' nay.g- no overseer or
guide, provideth her food In the sum-
mer and gathereth her meat in the har-
vest." Satan Is a roaring lion, and you
can never destroy him by gun or pistol
or sword. The weapons with which
you are to beat him back are pen and
type and hammer and adze and saw
and pickax and yardstick and the
weapon of honest toll. Work, work or
die.
Another safeguard that I want to
r -resent to young men 1s a high ideal
of life. Sometimes soldiers going into
battle shoot into the ground instead of
into the hearts of their enemies. They
are apt to take aim too low, and it is
very often that the captain, going In-
to conflict with his men, will cry out.
'Now, menti aim high!" The fact is
that in life a great many men take
no aim at all. The artist plans out his
entire thought before he puts It upon
canvas, before he takes up the crayon
or the chisel. An architect thinks out
the entire building before the work-
men begin. Although everything may
seem to be unorganized, that architect
has In his mind every Corinthian col-
umn, every Gothic arch, every Byzan-
tine capital. A poet thinks out the
entire plot of his poem before he be-
gins to chime the cantos of tinkling
t hythms. And yet there are a great
many men Who start the important
structure of life without knowing
whether it is going to be a rude Tar-
tar's hut or a St. Mark's cathedral,
and begin to write out the Intricate
poem of their life without knowing
whether it is to be a Homer's "Odys-
sey" or a rhymester's botch. Out of
1000 999 have no life plot. Booted and
slurred and caparisoned. they hasten
along, and I run out and say: "Hallo,
man! Whither away?" "Nowhere!"
they say. 0 young man, make every
day's duty a tilling up of the great life,
plot. Alas, that there should be on
this sea of life so many ships that
seem bound for no port! They are
swept every whither by wind and
wave, up by the mountains and down
by the valleys. They sail with no
chart. They gaze on no star. They
lc ng for no harbor. 0 young man,
have a high ideal and press to it, and
it will be a mighty safeguard. There
never were grander opportunities op-
ening before young men than are•open-
ing nota. Young men of the strong
and, and of the strong heart, and of
the .bounding step, I marlrhal you to-
day for a great achievement. •
Another safeguard is a respect for
the Sabbath. Tell me how a young
man spends his Sabbath and I will
tell you what are his pro/meets in bus-
iness, and I will tell you what are his
l:rospeete for the eternal world. God
has tht'ubt into our BMWBMWlife a sacred
day When *e are to look after our
souls. fa it exorbitant, after giving
six days to the feeding and clothing
of thele perishable bodie9, that God
should dilftittnd ole day fbr the feed-
ing and clt Ehfig et the Itnmotetal s3ii1?
Our bolted site seven day clobl[s, and
they need to be wound up, and it their
are not wound up they run down into
the grave. No man can cont4nuously
break the Sabbath and keep his phys-
ical and Merited Keith. AtiltAtiltthose
aged Mph/ &ftl they til tell 't u thgy
never kite* ttirtfet Who tcdhtttiiibtitily
broke the Sabbath Who did' fait
fall in mind, body or moral prin-
ti6le. A manufacturer gave this your soul --do not
as hie experience: He Bald: • 1 do that. There a
owned a factory on the Lehigh.
Everything prospered. I kept the Sab-
bath, and everything went un well.
But one Sabbath morning I bethought
myself of a new shuttlo, and I thought
I 'Auld invent that shuttle before sun
set, and I refused all food and drink
until I had completed ,that shuttle. By
sundown I had completed it. The next
day, Monday, I showed to my work-
men and friends this new shuttle.
They all congratulated me on my great
success. I put that shuttle into play.
I enlarged my business• but, sir, that
Sunday's work cost me $30,000. From
that day everything went wrong. I
failed. in business and I lost my mill."
Oh, my friends, keep the Lord's day.
You may think It old fogy advice, but
1 give It to you now: "Remember the
Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labor and do all thy
work, but the seventh day Is the Sab-
bath of the Lord thy God. In it thou
shalt not do any work." A man said
that he would prove all this was a fal-
lacy, and so he said, "I shall raise a
Sunday crop." And he plowed the field
on the Sabbath, and then he put in
the seed on the Sabbath, and he cul -
tared the ground on the Sabbath.
When the harvest was ripe, he reaper
It on the Sabbath, and he carried It In-
to the mow on the Sabbath, and then
he stood out defiant to his Christian
neighbors and said, -There, that is my
Sunday crop, and It is all garnered."
After awhile a storm came up, and a
great darkness, and the' lightnings of
heaven struck the barn and away went
hie Sunday crop.
There Is another safeguard that I
cant to present. I have saved it until
the last because I want It to be more
Emphatic. The great safeguard for
every young man Is the Christian re-
ligion. Nothing can take the place of
it. You may have gracefulness enough
to put to the blush Lord Chesterfield,
Sou may have foreign languages drop-
ping from your tongue, you may dis-
cuss laws and literature, you may
have a pen of unequaled polish and
pewer,you may have so much business
tact that you can get the largest sal -
In a banking house, you may be as
sharp as Herod and as strong as Sam-
son with as long locks as those which
hung Absalom, and yet you have no
safety against temptation. Some of
you look forward to life with great
'despondency. I know it. I see it in
your faces from time to t!
say, "All the occupations and profes-
sions are full, and there's° no ehanoe
for me." 0 young man, cheer up. 1
will tell you how you can make your
fortune. Seek first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness, and all
other things will be added. I know you
db not want to be mean in this mat-
ter. You will not drink the brimming
ct'p of life and then pour the dregs Ar.
God's altar. To a generous Sa,toiis
;ou will not set Ike that' you have not
the heart to act like that. That is
not manly. That is hot hon'rabie.
That Is not brave. Your great *ant le
a new heart, and in the name 3f the
Lord Jeetis Clnsst I tell you to tb•day,
and the blessed spirit passes throtigh
the eoletnkriltleb Of this ho to put theCup of life to your thirsty lipa+ Ohl
thrust it tint bd'ck. . I pre 'fifeli titll It
-.bleeding tnaertty, tong Atittertftg mercy.
Despise all other friendships, pmve
recreant to all other bargains, but dea-
l. God'a love for
ore comes a tute 1
marts nre,. ana the trouole 1s ne does
not know it is the crisis. I got a let-
ter In which a man says to me:
"I start out now to preach the gos-
pel of righteousness and temperance
t- the people. Do you remember me?
I am the man who appeared at the
close of the service when you were
orshlpping in the chapel after you
came from Philadelphia. Do you re-
member at the close of the service a
man coming up to you all a -tremble
with conviction, and crying out for
mercy, and telling you he had a very
bad butslness, and he thought he would
change it? That was the turning point
in my history. I gave up my bad bus-
iness. I gave my heart to God, and
the desire to serve him has grown up-
on me all these years, until now woe
is unto me If I preach hot the gospel."
That Sunday night was the turning
point of that young man's history.
This very Sabbath hour will be the
turning point in the history of a hun-
dred young men in this house. God
help us. I once stood ,pn an anniver-
sary platform with a clergyman, who
told this marvelous story. He said:
"Thirty years ago two young men
started out to attend Park Theatre,,
New York, to see a play which ma
religion ridiculous and hypocritical.
They had been brought up in Chris-
aan families. They started for the
theatre to see that vile play, and their
early convictions came back upon
them. They felt it was not right to
go, but still they went. They came to
the door of the theatre. One of the
young men stopped and started for
home, but returned and came up to the
door, but had not the courage to go in.
He again started for home and went
home. The other young man went in.
He went from one degree of tempta-
tion to another. Caught in the whirl of
frivolity and sin, he sank lower and
lower. He lost hls business position;
he lest his morals: he lost his soul; he
died a dreadful death, ndt one star of
mercy shining on it. I stand before
you to -day," said that minister, "to
thank God that for 20 years I have been
permitted to preach the gospel. I am
the other young man."
Oh, you see that was the turning
point—the one went back, the other
aent on! The great roaring world of
busines9 life will soon break In upon
ycu, young men. Will the wild wave
dash out the impressions of this day
as an ocean billow da9'ttes letters out of
the sand on the beach? You need
something better than this world can
give you. l: beat on your heart, and it
Pounds hollow. You want something
great and grand and ghir'fous to till It,
and hero is the religfdn that can do It.
God save you!
His Nutnrat Infd'e lcN.
"I'm taking lessons on the violin
from Professor Scrape."
"Is he a good master?'
"I should tidy so; last night i heard
him play four tunes on one string."
''Really? Well, you ought to be
able to pliiy one tune On tour Strings."
—Chica' Itecord.
A Chance t1) Ee-ouembre.
Irate b`ftthet iroli young Idiot, Non't
ytin Ithdik, it Caitiff, asmall tbrt'ilhe earn
.Year td g+ivdir mY batOtoi'?
Eager *boor df1vi$aingly)—Tea, but
then you would hot have to ilrass her
So expensively when she was my wife..
—Puck.
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