The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-08-20

plumbing and gas works, Sl,23l,sl7.
For awnings, S23,553. The bill for
three months coming to the nice little
sum of S13, ISL, :0s.39. There was not
an honest brick, or stone, or lath, or
nail, or foot Of plumbing, or inch of
plastering, or inkstand, or door-knob
in the whole establishment.
That bad example was followed in
many of the cities, which did not steal
quite SO much because there was not
SO much to steal. There ought to be n
closer inspection, and there ought to
be less opportunity for embezzlement.
Lest man shall take fve-cent piece
that does not belong to him, the con-
ductor of the city horse-car must sound
his bell Mt every payment; and we are
very cautious about small offenses, but
give plenty Of opportunities for sim
ners on n large scale to escape. For q
boy who steals u loaf of bread from a
corner grocer to keep his mother from
starving to death, prison; but for de-
frauders who abscond with half mil
lion dollars. Il castle on the Rhine, or,
waiting until the offense is forgotten,
a castle on the Hudson!
Oh! is it not high time that we preach
the morals of the Gospel? Mr.. Froude,
the celebrated historian, has written
of his own country these remarkable
words: "From the great house in the
city of London to the village grocer,
the commercial life of England has
been saturated with fraud. So deep
has it gone that strictly honest
tradesman can hardly hold his
ground against competition. You
can no longer trust that any
article you ,buy is the thing
which it pretends to be. We have false
weights, false measures, cheating and
shoddy everywhere. And yet the clergy
have seen all this grow up in absolute
indifference. Many hundreds of SER
mons have heard in England on the
Divine mission Of the clergy, of
bishops, and on justification, and the
theory of good works, and verbal in
spiration, and the efficacy of the sacra-
ments; but, during all these 80 won
derful years, never one that can
recollect on common honesty"
Now, that may be an exaggerated
statement of things in England, but l
earth we need to preach the moralities
of the Gospel right along beside the
faith of the Gospel.
My nearer, what are you doing with
that fraudulent document in yolr
pocket? My other nearer, how are yc u
getting along with that wicked scheme
you have now on foot2 Is that a
pool ticket" you have in you.
pocket? Why, o young man, were
you last night practicing in copying
your employers signature? Where
were you last night? Are your habits
as good as when you left your fathers
house? You had n Christian ancestry,
and you have had too many prayers
spent on you to go overheard. Dr.
Livingstone, the famous explorer, was
descended from the lIighlanders. and
he said that one of his ancestors,
one of the IIighlanders, one day
called his family around him. The
highlander was dying; he had his chill
dren around his deathbed He said:
"Now, my lads, | have looked all
through our history as far back as l
can find it, and l have never found a
dishonest man in all the line, and |
want you to understand you inherit
good blood. You have no excuse for
doing wrong. My lads, be honest"
All, my friends, be honest before
God, be honest before your fellow men,
be honest before your soul. If there be
those who have wandered away, come
back, come home, come now, one anG
all, come into the kingdom of God.
L am glad some one has set to music
that scene in August, 1873 /, when {
young girl saved from death a whole
rail train of passengers Some of you
remember that out west in that year
on stormy night u hurricane blew
down part of railroad bridge.
freight train came along, and i
crashed into the ruin, and the
engineer and conductor persisted
The was girl living in her >fa-
theirs cabin, near the disaster, and
she heard the crash of the freight
train, and she knew that in a few mo-
ments an express was due. She
lighted u lantern and clambered up on
the one beams of the wrecked bridge or
to the main bridge, which was trestle-
work, and started to cross amid the
thunder and the lightning of the tenn.
pest. and the raging of the torrent be.
meath. One misstep and it would
have been death. Amid all that
horror the lanterns went out.
Crawling sometimes, and sometimes
walking over the slippery rails, and
over the trestleworls, she came to the
other side of the river. She wanted to
get to the telegraph station, where the
express train did not stop, where the
danger might be telcgraphed to the
station where the train did stop. The
train was due in few minutes. She
was one mile off from the telegraph
station but fortunately the train was
late. With cut and bruised feet
she dew like the wind. Com
ing up to the telegraph sta
ton, painting with almost deadly
exclamation, she had only strength to
shout: THE bridge is DOWN. when
she. dropped unconscious, and could
hardly be resuscitated. The message
was sent from that station to the next
station, and the train was halted, and
that night that brave girl saved the
lives OF hundreds Of passengers, and
saved many homes from desolation.