Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-09

''you-I-cxcuso me-" Then tho governor
said: II was much impressed by the letter
you wrote mo asking for certain Office IN
my gift, and had made up my mind you
should have Il; but q young man who will
cheat n laborer out OF five cents would
swindlo tho government Of tho state, II hi
got his hands on II. don't want you. Good
morning, SIR" II never pays Neither In
this world nor IN tho world 70 come will Il
pay.
l do not suppose there ever was a better
specimen Of honesty than was found In The
Duke Of Wellington. Hc marched with hi,
army over the French frontier, and the army
was suffering, and no hardly knew how t.
get along. Plenty Of plumber all about, bu,
he commanded none Of tho plumber TO b,
taken. lilo writes homo these remarkably
words: 1--WE are overwhelmed with debts
and can scarcely stir out Of my house on
account Of public creditors, waiting 70 do
mand what Is due 10 them" Yet at that
very time the French peasantry were bring
Ing their valuables to him to keep. a celc
brated writer saysof the transaction: Moth.
ing can bc grandcr or more nobly original
than this admission. This old soldier, after
thirty years service, this iron man and vic
toriois general. established In an enemy Is coun.
try mt the head 10 an immense army, Is afraid
Of his crciitors This IL a kind Of fear that
has seldom troubled conqucrors AMI invaders
and doubt II the annals Of war present any.
thing comparable 10 its sublime simplicity"
Oh! Is il not high time that we reached tho
morals Of the Gospel, right beside tho faith OF
the Gospel. Mr.. Froude. the celebrated Eng.
lish historian, has written Of his own country
these remarkable words: "From the grca,
house In the city Of London TO the village
grocer. the commercial life Of England has
been saturated with fraud. So deep has IL
gone that strictly honest tradcSinan Gun
hardly hold his ground against composition.
You can no longer trust that any article you
buy Is the thing which Il prctcnds to he. We
have false weights. false measures, cheating
aud shoddy everywhere. And yet the clergy
have seen all this grow up In absolute indif-
ference. Many hundreds Of sermons have
heard in England. many a dissertation on
the mysteries Of the faith, on the divine mis-
sion Of the clergy, on bishops and jusiiilca-
ton, and tho theory Of good works and
verbal inspiration. and the efficacy Of the
sacraments; but, during all these thirty won.
derful years, never one that can recolleci
on common honesty"
Now, that may be nm exaggerated state
ment OF things in England. but | nm very
certain that In all parts OF the earth we need
20 preach the moralitics Of the Gospel right
along beside the faith Of the Gospel
My nearer. What are you doing with that
fraudulent document In your pocket My
other nearer! How ARE you getting along
with that wicked scheme you have now ON
footl Is that pool ticket" you have In
your pocketi Why, . young man. were you
last night practicing In copying your EN-.
ploycr's signaturcf Where were you last
night Are your habits rs good rs when you
left your fathers housed You ha1 n Christian
ancestry, perhaps, and you have had too
many prayers spent on you TO so overheard
so EXCUSE FOR DOING WRONG.
DIR. Livingstone, the famous explorer, was
descended from tho Highlanders, and he said
that one Of his ancestors ono Of the High.
lands, one day called his family around him.
Tie Highlander was dying; he had his chill.
jrcn around his death bed. He said: "Now
my lads, have looked all through our history
as far back rs | can find It, and have never
found dishonest man In all the line. and
want you 10 understand you inherit good
blool. You have no excuse for doing wrong
my lads. be honest"
All, my friends, be honest before God, b,
honest before your fellow men, bc honest be-
fore your soul II there 10 those here who
have wandered away, como back, come home,
come now, one and ALL not one exception III
all the asScinblagc: come into the kingdom Of
God Come back OH tho right track. The
door oi mercy Is open AMI tho infinite heart
Of Col is full Oi compassion Come home!
Como horncl Oh. woIld il" we'll satisfied Il
! could save some young man this morning,
some young n,an tilui ha~ i--'n golaS astray
and would like To- ;;,i hscs
| am glad some an h..-, -. - in,isi' tina;
scene IN August % iN',. ~ y Il Nun'i.; girl
saved Iruin Il ,ai.i a ".i.r -, ;".:i.. us pa,
scngcrs Some Of you remember that oui
w. =, In that year on a stormy night, a hurri
cane blow down part Of a railroad bridge.
freight train came along and II crashed ints
the ruin and the engineer and conductor per
iShcd Tho WAS IA girl living in her father
cabin ncg he disaster. and she heard III,
crash Of :, freight train. and che knew tina
In few omcnis an express i-niu was due
She lia VI a lantern aud clambcr,d up OF
the one ncam Of the wrecked bridge On 20 tn
main bridge, which was trcstlc work, an,
started 10 cross amid the thunder and th'
lightning of the tempest and the raging o
tho torrent beneath. One missicp and i
would have been death. Amid nil that horro
the lantern went out. Crawling sometimes
AMI sometimes walking over the slippery rail
and over the trcsilc work. she came 10 TN
other side Of the river. She wanted 10 get I,
the telegraph station where the express trnii
did not stop. 81 that the danger might be tel
egraphed Ia the station where the train Ill,
stop The train was due IN five minutes Sh'
was one mile OH from the telegraph station
but, fortunately. the train was late Will
cut and bruised feet she flow like the wind
| Coming up to the telegraph station, painting
with almost dcathly exhaustion she had onl,
strength 20 shout, 1.-The bridge Is down!
when sho dropped unconscious aud conl,
hardly be .rcsliscitatsd Tho message wa
sent from that station 10 the next station an'
the train haltei, and that night that balv'
| girl.savcd the lives Of hundreds Of passengers
and saved many homes from dcsolatioii.
| But every street is track, and every styl,
/ of business is u track, AMI every day is
/ track, and every night Is track, and multi
/ tubes under the power Of temptation COM
/ sweeping on and sweeping down toward pcril
| raging and terrific. God help Us To 80 ou
and stop the train Let us throw some sig
nal. Let us give some warning BY III,
throne Of God let Us fash some influence I,
stop the downward progress. Bcwarrl Be
warel The bridge is down, the chaSm Is dccI
AMI the lightnings OF God set all the night o
sin on fire with this warnings "Hc. that bcinG
often rcprovel. harlcnc,h his neck, shall
suddenly he destroyed. aud that withou
remedy"
Ia AN Leg shell.
when You boil eggs, don't boil them" ~
says DIR. Pohlnhn. the Buffalo chemist II
| a RECENT lccinr,, he snil 10 Il, diyretihlc err