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t-1- 7Wi-r.W-7i,fS7v rKfSHy8lfeaBaByuBBwWWW 'v ISpMBMBEgBMEgagBMIPilMBMHl tm1ii&tMWiiMtMtMmim- i&mr ,JE. trj - .jgs e-jy rf- i i i f nrl - 0F - r -,. ; i.--". - - - 5r. s ; "' r J. ; ... i "" "" -V- -:nF7 J A. r ; RED CLOUD CHIEF A. C. HOSMER, Proprietor. BTOCLOri). - ! . NEBRASKA LONE HOLLOW; Or, Tbe Peril of tl Peoroys. A Thrilling and Romantic Story of Lovo and Adventure. Jlr jasies m. Merhilu actbok or "Boccs Bill," tisiiek Joe" axd Other Stories. IClpyriqte, IMS, oy the A. X. Kellojg Xttrt pcptr Company. CHAPTER X. COKSTEKXATIOM AT IXiXT. HOIXOW. Grace Pcnroy waited anxiously the return of her messenger to Btonefleld. The night passed without ber coming, and Grace rose arly. little rested, so anxious was she to be onoe more on good terms with her lover. No alarm was felt until late in the fore noon, when Grace noticed Romeo standing in the road near the stables whinnying to be admitted. Captain 8tarbright came sauntering up the walk. He managed to pass most of his time in or about Lone Hollow, but since the coming of Lura Joyce be had made no ad-vain-cs in bis suit for tbe band of Grace; in consequence tho heiress was learning to re gard him with considerable less aversion than formerly. "Isn't that Romeo down yonder, Captain!" questioned Grace, who stood on tho veranda as the Captain came up. "It looks like Mad Lura's horse, surely' returned Captain Btarbright, as ho glanced toward tbe road. '! wonder where his mis tress is I" "She went to Btonefleld yesterday." "And rale Romeo!" "Yes." Captain Starbright turned on his heel and burned at once to the stable. If be expect ed to meet Lura Joyce bo was mistakes. Romeo stood by the road gate whinneying to lte admitted. Tho Captain led the horse to hit stall. He noticed that tho horse was saddledjand he wondered at the non-appear-anco of tho animal's mistress. 44 You did not see Lura!" Grace Fenrny'a face was white as she put tho question to tho Captain on his return. 44 1 did not." Ho twisted his cane and looked thought ful, and iicrhaits a trifle uneasy. 4 The horse was saddled 1" 44 Yes." 44 Then something has hastened to Lura," cried Grace, in a distracted voice. 44 lou't borrow trouble" 44 But Romeo is vicious, and I have al ways feared that he would be the death of Lura. I am sure something terrible has hapiencd," persisted Grace. "Go at once, Captain Starbright, ami look for her. Sum mon the servants and move quickly. If any tiling lias happened I hhall never forgive myself," and Grace wrung her hands and looked distressed indeed. A vagutt suspicion entered the mind of Captain Starbright as he turned away to obey tbe orders of the mistress of Lono Hollow. 'If something hu happened, it will be a glad day fur ine," mused the Captain, a faint smile lifting the wings of his tawny mustache. He hastened to the stable, saddled one or his grays and was soon galloping swiftly away in the direction of Stonctleld. No one had met or seen the girl, and when the Captain returned to Lone Hollow late in tho day he brought no news of tho missing girL The servants sconn'd the vicinity without success. Old Mr. Vandiblo was worked up to fever heat, while his granddaughter was .jiearly crushed with grief. 44 1 know something terrible has hap pened," declared pour Grace, again and again. Confound It, what business bad Lura to go away, I'd like to know! I think a girl of her age ought to know something. Tbe idea of riding a vicious horse unaccompanied over that lonely road, with tramps and wild animals thick as fleas on a-dog, is pre sumptuous, yes, presumptuous, J say." Then the old man would bring his cane down with a tremendous thump that would make things jingle. "Grandpa, don't," pleaded Grace. "It was all my fault. I sent Cousin Lura." 44 You sent her ! For what, I'd like to know ! Tho idea yes. tho idea I say, of a girl trapesing off just at night after knick knacks not worth a sixpence. If tho girl's dead, her neck broke fntn her folly and yours, Grace I'enroy, I reckon the lessoa '11 bea mighty useful ono forbothof you; yes, for both of you hity-tity girls, say." Then the old man stamped up and down the porch, thumping his cane after every other won! in n way that, on another occa sion, would havo been laughable in tho ex treme. The shades of night camo with ao news of the missing Lura. Captain Starbright frit like congratulating himself. If n ac cident had hapiced it would provo a lucky circumstance for him. He had been only too anxious to have the determined Miss Jovco out of his path, that be might have no object in the way of the full accomplishment of bis schemes. He hoped that she had really met with an acci dent that would prevent further interfer ence on her part. 44 Oh, Captain, what shall, what e-tn we do!" moaned Grace, appealing to Captain Starbright in a way that almost touched his hardened heart. 4 We can only hope for the best," he re turned. Do vou think wo have any reason to hope!" He saw that she was anxious for bim to speak words of cheer, and so ho would not disappoint her, for tho Captain was ex tremely anxious to gain the good will of the heiress who tiad once snubbed him for bis hasty familiarity. 44 1 think we have good ground for hope, Grace," he said, in a reassuring tone. 44 Really. I haven't the least idea that any thing terious lias befallen your cousin. I have known the young lady for some time andean assure you that, though reckless and hiffhstrune. she is abundantly able to take care of herself." Then how do you account for her not re turning home!" I do not pretend to account for it," he answered. "What was the errand that jook her to Stonetieldl" He regarded Miss Penney keenly aa he put the question. A little affair of our own." Which does not concern me, eh!" re torted the Captain, with a low laugh. Grace passed into tho bouse without speaking again. The Captain muttered something not exactly polite under his breath, and then turned away. It was bow almost dark. As Captain Starbright ap preached the gate a stout form rose up sad confronted him. 44 Ha! it is one of the twins," ejaculated the Captain, feeling annoyed at the sudden appearance of one be cared not to see. 44 It's me, fur a fact," grunted the man ia a sarty tone. " I reckoned you'd be over afore this, Cap'n. I got impatient, aa did maw and Bill, aa here I be." "What brings you here!" demanded the Captain, leaning against the fence, regard ing the nan with a frown. "Whatdoyes'pose! I thought you aught guess. Hain't seen tbe gal ' "Ha! then it ia your haad that ha 1 la this work. I feared so." 44 Yea wasted it done." "True." Beading forward, Captaia wassaeredhaakihr: rStorbrigbt Bust not be seen together. I will join yoa immediately." Tbe man hesitated a moment, then turned and shuffled swiftly away. CHAPTER XL i Tax OVUM. Glancing toward the bouse and seeing ao one watching, Captain Starbright passed through the gate and walked with deliberate step down tbe incline to tbe foot of the mound on which stood the Vendible man sion. Here be found bis Bum waiting in the shadow of some trees. The Captaia led tbe way into some under growth until completely hidden from the road, then be came to a pause aad faced bis evil companion. "Well, what have yoa to tell, Hank Cs bera!" "Tho gal's did for." "Explain yourself." In a few words tho villain told how be and his twin brother bad waylaid and mur dered dauntless Lura Joyce. The Captain listened without a muscle of bis countenance moving or exhibiting the least emotion. " How came the girl in that out-of-the-way place!" 4 'She heard 'twas a short cut, I presume." "Ho you know this to be a fact!" "No." "Didn't you or Bill entice ber from the main road!" 'We didn't. I'll swear to that, Cap'n." "Very welL It seems that tbe girl came to ber death by accident. This is as it should be. I will accompany you to the spot and view the body. If all is as you nave told it there will be something further." "Hard money!" "Yes, bard money." Good." A chuckle fell from the ruffian's lips. Then, without more words, the two walked to tbe road. Darkness bad fallen, and tbe twain were not likely to be recognized even should they chance to meet aay one. Soon they gained tbe path that led to Mother Cabera's cabin. Down this the twain hurried, and in a little time they stood be fore the hut itself. "The body is inside, I suppose!" "Nix," answered the man. "Where then!'' "Bill nor me hain't toched it sense we dropped ber down yeader onto thea rocks. I wouldn't do it. Ef yoa want to see the corpse it's your privilege, I s'pose." Even the calloused heart of the Captain gave an unwonted throb at this. Tbe thougbtthat the slender body of their vkv tint lay exposed under the cliff for many hours was unpleasant. "A lantern, quick,' ' ordered Captain Star bright. "I will investigate. The poor child must have a Christian burial in any event It is awful leaving her there all this time." "We couldn't help it, Cap'n. We expected you sooner. Giltin' tired of waiten I went for ye," answered the Captain's tool, apol ogetically. Then he entered the bouse, returning soon, bearing a lantern in his band. "Bill wouldn't come, so I spect I'll her ter pilotyo to tho place." "Very good. Lead the way." And then the two men set off down the path toward the scene of the late accident! It order to gain the foot of tho perpendic ular hill it was necessary to begin the de scent some distance from tbe spot where Lura Joyce had been hurled into the rocky gulch. After a scramble among bushes and aloug dangerous places where tho loose pebbles threatened to precipitate them into eternity, the two men gained the foot of the declivity and stood in a damp atmos phero at the bottom of tbe gulch. 'Now, then, how far is it!" This from the panting Captain. "About twenty rods, I reckon." "leadon, quickly 1" returned Starbright, in an impatient voice. Tho dampness and gloom did not agree with him, and ho was anxious to have his uncnviablo mission over with at tho earliest possiblo moment. There seemed something uncanny in the surroundings, and for the first time a feeling akin to fear crept over the Captain. Hank Cabcra moved forward, swinging his lantern before bim. The walking was comparatively easy, aad aooa taalaatera bearer came to a halt "Well!" demanded Starbright. "We're here, Cap'n." Tho Captain felta rising In his throat, but he swallowed it with a gulp and peered for ward over a rock as bis compeaioa flashed the rays of bis lantern forward. He thought to look upon tbe mangled remains of the fair girl be had once sought iu marriage, and it is little wonder that tho Captain was a triflo nervous under the cir cumstances. "I see no one 1" uttered Starbright, after a hasty survey. Hank Cabora attend aa imprecation and eagerly scanned the rocky ground. "Tho gal hain't here, for a fact," be mut tered at length. "I a'pect the wild animals has carried ber off." 44 That is absolute nonsense." "Eh! Why is it!" 44 If such were tbe case some traces would be left behind. I see none bore. Your lio won't go down. Henry Cabera." "It's traces you seek, eh! What do yoa call this!" and the man with tbe lantern held up a bit of gray cloth that bad evident ly been torn loose by a jagged point of rock. The Captain at once felt the delicate text ure, and decided that it was a piece from a woman's dress, and closely resembled one that he had seen worn by Lura Joyce. M Jest look dowa here, pardner." Hank Cabera was bending closely over tbe stones at tho foot of the steep declivity. one huge, grimy finger pointing at the ground. The Captain saw and shuddered. Here, under the man's finger, had been a pool of blood which was now coagulated. It was a horrid reminder of the awful tragedy the solemn rocks and trees had witnessed but twenty-four hours earlier. The Captain shuddered aad drew back. "What d'ye think bow, pardner " Cabera regarded Captaia Starbright with a curdling grin. "It looks as though somebody had fallen here, surely," admitted the Captain, "but I must see the body before I will be convinced that a sure thing was made of the work." "Do ye imagine a gal could fall sixty foot outer them rocks an' not be killed, mister!" "It doesn't seera possible," admitted Star bright, "but bow am I to know that you are not deceiving me ! Some one seems to hare fallen on these rocks, but it may be another than Lura Joyce. I demand to see tbe body before any thing further is done." "Wal, I'll do my best." Then the man began a search which re sulted in failure. "Somethia's carried the dead gal away. that's sartln," muttered Haak. "I can't see through it bo more than you kin." "Let me take your lantern a moment. Hank." The forester turned the desired article over to Captaia Starbright, aad he pro ceeded to make aa examination on his owa account. Hewasaot long ia awkiag dis coveries that satisaed aim. A strand of curling red brows hair was pressed Baser a ash Bear the base ef the rock, aad half osaoaaiaa ia mam sansum leaves lay a peart-haadleisekBJfs that he knew to 1 the property of the venturesome Joyce from the fact that it had beea a eat from him ia the days geae by. Here was proof then that Lura Joyce had beea hurled to the bottom of the galea, aad this being true, the Captaia was satiated that the girl was dead. Bewaspuaued at the disappearance ef the body, howtisi. Seeariag the twia evidences ef the awfal Captaia Starbright retaraed te his brutal nap km. aad sigsjfied his rata. aeas to return to the greaad above. "Wal.whtdJdyeBaCap'Br T I'unf 'ii Us i "Itoyethiaklrym'abeatteegair Haak Cab era rotated to assva antfi tea Captain Starbright with aa ominous scowl on bis shaggy face. "No. Iaa aatisled that you bare told only the truth. Hank." A grunt answered the Captain's worts, and then Hank Cabera began moving for ward on tbe return. Just as they were ea the point of beginning tbe ascent at tbe point where they bad entered the gulch, both came to a stand, petrified into living statues for the time. A scream so wild, weird and awful rent the air as to curdle tbe blood In the veins of the gulch trespassers. "My soul 1 what was that!" Captain Starbright drew a concealed pistol and glared about aba without reply. A pair of gleaming eyeballs peered at the twain from the darkness. They seemed like demon eyes, and for the moment the Captain was too stupeSed to fire. Again tbe awful cry woke the echoes, and then the Captaia raised his revolver and sent a bullet hurtling through tbe air. A yell followed, thea a crash aad two men stood in darkness. Tbe lantern had been swept in fragments from the band of Cabera. Black darkness everywhere. The gleaming eyes had dis appeared aad a solemn stillness reigned. This was even more impressive than the pandemonium of sound bad been. Hank Cabera clung to the arm of Captaia Star bright and cried ia a husky whisper: "The gulch is aa'nfedV I've heerd it be fore. Let's git" Mo good could come of their remaining, so the Captain, who was himself deeply startled, seconded his companion's sugges tion by immediately moving from the spot. The twain were not as long going up as coming dowa, and both were extremely glad when the welcome light from the window of Mother Cabera's cabia gleamed in their eyes. Tbe brave Captain actually staggered with weakness as be crossed the threshold. CHAPTER XXL A THABKLX&S CHILD, 'An' so you chaps has been in the gulch looking for the body of that spitfire gaL" Mother Cabera gave vent to a peculiar grating laugh that sounded harshly ia the ears of Captain Starbright. "That ia tbe truth, Mrs. Cabera," as sured the Captain. "Your son Hank tells me that a terrible accident happened, re sulting in the death of my esteemed friend. Miss Joyce. The whole country is aroused, and it is highly necessary that tbe truth be known. Miss Penroy and ber grandfather are nearly distracted with grief. Since wa did not find the body I am aot sure that Lura Joyee is dead." " You would like to know that she 1st " Captain Starbright casta quick glance at tbe second twin, who lounged on the ioor near, with a pipo between his red Jaws, aad said: "On the contrary, I should be glad to know that she is alive. It grieves mo sorely to think barm has come to one who was my friend." "Tho spitfire gal was your friend? " Tbe beady eyes of the bag pierced him like twin dirks. "The best friend I bad In the world," as serted Captain Starbright, with apparent feeling. He had confided only in the bag, and was not yet ready to place himself at the mercy of tho two ruffians who were supposed to be the sons of Mother Cabera. Ho had evinced too much feeling in tne presence of Hank, he feared, and resolved to be more careful in tho future. After a moment of silence Mother Cabcra stepped to tho Captain's side and touched his arm. " Como with me. Captain," she whispered in bis ear. Then she crossed to one corner of the room and slipped aside a mat re vealing a trap-door. Seizing a candle that stood near she lifted the trap and stepped through the aperture thus exposed. Was there danger in following! Captain Starbright was not ready to trust theso peoplo fully. He knew that his lifo would not bo worth a picayune should tho inmates of the gulch cabin deem it money in pockot to take it Ho had gone too far now to recede, however, and so, making sure of bis weapon, be followed the hag to tho collar below. As the trap closed above them Mother Cabera said: "I knew you was embarrassed up there afore the boys, so I thought I would bring you here where you could speak freely." Sho flashed tho blazo of her candlo about the room, a small, square apartment, with but the damp earth for a floor. Somo boxes and barrels stood about, and on one of tho former Mother Cabcra seated ber gaunt form. "I s'pose you was expectin' this accident a littlo sooner!" "No. I bad nearly forgotten about it. it was an accident, then!" "It looks that way." "It is very sad. I am sorry that the body was taken away. There seems to be some mystery about it." A low chuckle answered him. "It's plain's the nose on yer face, raptala Starbright." 'What do you mean!" "I attended to tho body. I was dowa while tbe boys was away and fetched tbe poor gal up an' planted her here." The hideous bagindicated with a tap of her foot tbe center of the room, which seemed a little higher than the surrounding ground. "Good heavens 1 Do you mean that Lura Joyce's dead body lies here under our very feet!" cried tbe Captain, his face white and ghastly ia tbe dun light. 'That's it exactly. "Hold tbe candle a micnit and I'll show ye proof." Mother Cabera thrust tho candle into bis band and going to the aide of tbe room lift ed a spado that leaned against the stones, and began digging in the center of the cel lar. "No, no; that will do," cried tbe Captaia. a clammy sweat oozing out oa his face as the spade struck something beneath the surface with a thud that was sickening. "Be you satisfied? It waa't take ass or" a a mlanit " "No, I want no further proof,'' groaned the wicked Captain. "I ant assured that poor Lura Joyce is dead. Let us go up" "Here is more proof, if you need it," chuckled the hag, at tbe same time produo icg a soiled envelope, and thrusting it to-1 ward the Captain. "I'm opinicned that the gal was a-carryin' this fur the heiress at Lone Hollow " It proved to be the letter that Lura Joyce lost, aad had doubtless beea stolen by the bag while telling the girl's fortune oa the previous day. Captain Starbright read the letter with its affectionate words for the Stonefield me chanic, and felt "his muscles harden, afc feelings con teal with rage. " 1 will keep this," he said. " If you nay for it, yoa may." Tbehagbeldoutabonyhaad. He threat the candle back in her haad aad drew forth a wallet, counting out several haak notes. These he baaded over to hie cesxpaaJoB. " That is the first iastsllasat," be said, to a low tone. When doss the seat esmer "When I am Buster ef the Vsadfhls auMkat Mo oas stands ia my wayaew, aad before the saewsef Christmas whites the ground I will bo artsraC aad its outlying lsadB turned to retrace as above. BvideaUyshe with the sitaatioa. "CaemoaMBt" stops to thai as thus far ssa The haad ef the bag. "Yea must affair wholly to yourself, aot bail to year aoaa." I amt a fssL GaptoJa,' BUBBS4PBSmBaKl BBBsfat BBUBBS BBBBsBBBBBS ffSSBUBB UBBBstoBBSsl BBBBBB WRONG USES OF MONEY. Dr. Talmage on the Temptations of Those Who Would be Rich. Bribery at Klretloas Tb Woaator la Coart ia and UrliUtUt Halls The Mightiest Kanjcct to th Tempter Valae of Honesty. Ia a recent sermon at Brooklyn oa the subject of the "Wrong Uses of Money." Rot. T. Do Witt Talmage took his text from 1 Timothy vL 9: "They that will be rich fall into temptation aad a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lat4,which drown men in destruction aad perdition." He said: That is the Niagara falls over which rash a multitude of souls namely, the determination to have mon?y anyhow, right or wrong. Tell me bow a man gats his money and what be does with it and I will tell ywu his character aad what will be bis destiny ia this world and tbe next. I propose to speak this morning about some of the ruinous modes of getting ssoaey. Wo recently passed throuzb a aatioaal election in which it baa been estimated that $3).(XHiiuq were expended. I think nboot2),OuU000of it were spent in out nnd out bribery. Both parties raised all tbey could for this purpose. But that wn only on a large scale wnat has beea done on a smaller scale for fifty years and In nil departments. Politics from being tbe science of good government has often ben bedraggled into the synonym for truculency nnd turpitude. A monster sin, plausible, potent, pestiferous, has gene forth to do its dreadful work in all ages. Its two hands are rotten with leprosy. It keeps its right hand bidden in n deep pocket The left hand is clenched, and with its itcborous knuckle it tap at tbe door of the court room, tho legislative hall, the Con gress and tbe Parliament. The door swings open nnd tbe monster enters, aad glides through the council chamber as noftly as a slippered page, and thea it takes its right hand from its deep pocket and offers it in salutation to judge or legislator. If that hand be taken, and the palm of tbe intruder cross the palm of the official, the leprosy croaies from palm to palm in a round blotch, round as a gold eagte, and tbe virus spreads, and tbe doom is fixed and tbe victim perishes. Let bribery, accursed of God and man, stand tip for trial. The Bible arraigns it again and again. Samuel says of his two sons who became judges, "Thy took tribe and perverted judgment." David ays of somo of hi pursuers: 'Tneir right band is full of bribe." Amos says of some moil in bis day, "They take a bribe and turn aside the poor in tbn Kate." Eli phax foretells the crushing blows of God's Indignation, "Fire shall consume the tabernacles of brilerv." It is no light temptation. The might iest have fnl en under it. Sir Francis Bacon. Lord Chancellor of England of our modern philosophy, author of "Novum O.-gaiium," and a whole library of books the I end. n g thinker of his cjtitury, so pre cocious that when a littlo child be was asked by Queen Elizabeth, "How old are you?" be reot)ded. "I niu two years younger than your Majesty's happy reign;" of whose oratory lien Jonson wrote: "Tho fear of every man that heard him was lest be should make an end," having nn inconio which you would suppose would have put him leyond the temptn'.ion of bribery !C,OuO a year und Twickenham courtaKtft, and princely estates in Hertfordshire and Gor hatnbury yet under this temptation to bribery f.llin;r flit into ruin, and on his confess. on of Uikinx bribes, giving as ex cuse that all his predecessors took them; he w.i fined S2O9,O0O. or what corresponds with our $.. and imprisoned in Lon don tower. So also Lord Chancellor Mac clesfield fell; so also Lord Chance lor U'aterbnry perished The black chapter in Engliib, liioli, Freucb and American politics is tho cbapterof bribery. Some of you remember tbe Pacific mail subsidies. Mot of you remember the awful tragedy of the Credit Mobilier. Under the tempta tion to bribery Benedict Arnold sold the fort in the highlands for ..'ll,57r.. For this sin Gorgoy betrayed Hungary. Ahitbopbel fdTKuok David and Judas kissed Christ. When I seo so many of the illustrious go ing down under this temptation it makes mo think of the red diaj;oii spoken of in Revelation, with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns, drawing a third part of the stars of Heaven down after bim. Tbs lobbies of the IcgMntures of tbi country control tbe vouutry. Tbe land is drunk with bribery. "O," rays some one. "there' no need of talking against bribery by promise or by dollars, because every man ha his price." 1 do not believe it Even heathenism and tbs dark ages have furnished specimen of incorruptibility. A cadi of Smyrna had a case brought before him on trial. A man gave him 500 ducat in bribery. The case came on. The briber had many witnesses. Tbe poor man oa the other side had no witnesses. At the closo of the case the cadi said: "This poor man has no wit nesses, he thinks; I shall proiuco in bis behalf M) witnesses ngaiust the other side." And then putting out the bag of ducats from under the ottoman, he dashed it down at the feet of the briber, saying: "I give my dccNion against yoa" Epnm inondas, offered a bribe, said: "I will do this thing if It b right, and if it be wrong all of your goods can not persuade me." Fabriciu. of the Roman Senate, was offered a bribe by Pyrrhus, of Macedon. Fabriciu answered: "What an example this would be to the Roman people; you keep your riches and I will keep my pov erty aad reputation." The President of the American Congress during the Amt-ricaa revolution. General Reed, was offered 10,000 guineas by foreign commissioners if he would betray hi country. He replied: 'Gentlemen. I am a very poor man. Lut yoar King is not rich enough to buy me." But why go so far, when you and L if we move in honorable society, know men and women who by nil the consecrated force on earth and hell could not be bribed. They would no more be bribed than you would think of tempt ing an angel of light to exchange Heaven for the pit. To offer n bribe is villainy, but it is a very poor compliment to the ssaa to Whom it is offered. I have not mnch faith in those people who go about bragging bow mach they could get if they would only sol! out. Those women who complain that they are very often Insulted need to understand that there is soawthlacin their carria to invite insult. There are men at Albany aad Harriaburx and nt Wash ington who would no mors be ap proached by a bribe than a pirate boat with a few cutlasses would dare to attack a British aua-ef-war with two basks ef guns en each side loaded to the touch hole. They are iacorraptlble men aad they are tbe few men who are to save the csty aad save the land. Meanwhile, my advice is to all peoplo to keep out of politics union yea are raynlBerable te this style ef tearp Utioa. Indeed ifyoaareaatarallystrsag yeaaeed religions buttressing. Nothing sat the grace ef God caa sastaia our public awn nnd make them what we wish. I wish there might coaw aa old f aaaiaaed revival ef religion, that it might break oat ta Coagrees aad ia the Lexislatares nag saaay of the leadinr aad Paasouata dowa to the anxious that Kiags aad lag fetters aadi if the Blag beater, far tbe atbl daiiarat ta swU a. 1 -T!r? m tears to the Csarea. aad fivers aH ha -r t i.... , ai that this evil of bribery oftea begia in tbs home circle aad ia the nursery. Do not bnb your children. Teach them to do that which is right, and aot beennso of the ten cent or tbe orange you will give them. There is a great difference between rewarding virtue aad making the profits thereof the impelling motive. Tbat mau who Is honest merely because "honesty is the best policy" is already a moral bank rupt. My charge is to you. ia all departments of life, steer clear of bribery, all of yqw. Every mm and woman at some time will be tempted to do wrong for compensation. The bribe may not be offered in money. It may bo offered in social position. Let ns remember that there is n dsy coming wbea the most secret transaction of pri vet life aad of public life will com up for public reprehension. We run not bribe death, wo can not bribe sickness, we can not bribe the grave, we can not bribe the judgments of that God who thunders against this sin. "Fie!" said Cardinal Beaufort, "fie! can't death be hired? is money nothing? must I die, aad so rich? if th owning of the whole realm. would sav me, I could get it by policy or by purchase by money." No. Death would not b hired then; he will not be hired now. Men of the world often regret that they have to leave their money here when they go away from the world. You caa tell from what they say ia their last hours that on of their chief sorrows is that they have to leave their money. I break that dluion. I tell that bribe 'taker that he will take his money with him. God will wrsp it up in your shroud, or put it in th palm of your hand in resurrection, and tbero it will lie, not in the cool, bright, shining gold as it was oa the day yoa sold your vote and your moral principle, but there it will lie, a hot metal, burning nnd consum ing your hand forever. Or, if there b enough of it for a chain, then it will fall from the wrist clanking th fetters of an eternal captivity. Tiie bribe is an ever lasting possession, lou take it for the time, you tak it for eternity. Borne day in th next world, when you are longing for sympathy, you will fel on your cheek a kiss. Looking ap you will find it to be Judas, who took thirty piece of silver as a brib and finished th bargain by put ting nn infamous kiss on th pur cheek of bis divine Master. Another wrong us of money is seta In the abuse of trust funds. Every man dar ing the course of hi life, oa a larger or mailer seal, has th property of other committed to hi keeping. H is so far a safety deposit, he Is aa administrator, nnd holds in his hand th interest of th family of a deceased friend. Or he is an attor ney, and through his custody goes the payment from debtor to creditor, or he it tbe collector for n business bouse which compensates him for th responsibility; or hfc is treasurer for a charitable institution and he holds aim contributed for the suffering; or he it an official of th city or the Stat or the Nation, nud taxes and subsidies and salaries and supplies are in hi keeping. It is as solemn a trust a God can make it. It Is concentrated and multiplied confidences. On tbat man de pends th support of a bereft household or tho moral of dependents or the right movement of n thousand wheels of social nirchaniam. A man mny do what he will with his own but be who abuse trust funds in that on act commits theft, falsehood, perjury, and becomes, in nil the intensity of the word, a niicreant. How many widows and orphaus there are with nothing between tlum and starvation but a sewing ma chine, or held up out of th vortex of de struction simply by th thread of a needle, red with their own heart's blood, who a little while ago had, by father and hut baud, left them a competency. What i tbe matter? The administrators or tbe executors have sacrificed it running risks with it that tbey would not have dared to encounter ia their owa private affairs. How oftea is it that a man will earn a livelihood by the sweat of bis brow and then die, nnd within n few months all the estate goes into th stock gambling rapids of Wall street. How often it It tbat you bav known men to whom trust fundt were committed taking them out of the savings bank and from trust com panies, and administrator turning old homesteads into hard cash, and than put ting the entire estate into the vortex of speculation. Embezzlement is an easy word to pronounce, but it hasten thouiaad ramifications of horror. There it not n city that bat not suffered from th abuse of trust fund. Where I th court house, or tbe city hall, or the jail, or the post-office, or th hospital, that in th building of it has not had a political job? Long before th new court hous ia New York City was completed it cost over f IV 000,000. Five million six hundred aad six-ty-three thousand dollars for furniture! For plastering and repairs, 13,370,000. For plumbing and gas works, $1,231,817. For awnings. !,&& Th bills for three month coming to the nic little tem of fl3.15L19B.39 There wss not aa honest brick, or stone, or lath, or aalL or foot of plumbing, or inch of plastering, or ink stand, or doorknob in the whole establish ment. Tbat bad example wat followed la many of the cities, which did not steal quit to much because there was aot so much to steal. There ought to be a closer inspec tion and there cught to b lest opportun ity for embezzlement Lett n man should take a five cent piece tbat does aot belong to bim, the conductor on th city horse car must sound his bell at every peymeat and wear very cautious about small offense but give plenty of opportunity for tinner oa a large seal to escape. For a boy who steal a loaf of bread from a coraer grocer to keep hi mother from starring to death, a prison; but for def sailers whoabsroad with half a million of dollars, a castl oa th Rhiae, or, waiting until th esTente is forgotted, then a castl oa th Hadtea! Aaother remark areds to be amir, aad that is that people ought sot to go late place, into basinets, or into sotltloat, where the temptation is mightier thea their character. If there be large rum of money to be handled end tbs ssaa Is aot are of hit owa integrity yoa bav no right to run aa a asea worthy craft into aa euro clydoa. A man caa toll by th teat of weakness or strength la th prtaceofa bad opportunity whether he It in a safe plec. How many pareato max aa awful mistake whea they pat their boys ia bank lug houses a ad store aad shop and fact ories aad p'.aces of sol etna traits, without oace dltcaiag whether they caa eadare th temptation. You give tbe boy pieaty of money nnd have no account of it, aad make th way dowa baween very av. aad yoa may pat upon bim a art stare that a caa aot stand. There are men who go iato positieas fall of ttasUtlea. eeasieer- lag oaly the eae fact that tbey are (eerat iv pesiUona. I say to tbe yeaag sees here this msralag, diehoatsty wdt set psy la this world or ia the world tocesas. Aa abbes wasted to say a sites ef grouBd aad the owner weald aot sell U. tat the owner finally rsaosassd te let II tej him until he could raise eae eras, sad toe abbot sewed aeeraa, a crop of area years: Jtaa i tu yet tbat the ditbsaestiea which yoa stoat is year heart aad Ills will suets to be vary iasigaiBcaat. bat asey trill grew ap aatil tbey will overshadow ya warn herrnVe dartnete, evershsdew all time sad sll eteraity. It will set be a crap far hundred yearn, hat a erep far I stead this havo BsSJBIia. before ssaarv k " nisablisaas bav trust f ii It t -- at seat yea skat Tea hava haass ' - a- thoasand of people mske shipwreck. They get the property of others mixed up with their own property, they put it Into investment and away i: all iroe aad they csa not return that Mcb they borrow,!. Then come the explosion and th money market is shaken and the pre denounce and the Church thunder expulsion. You have no right to us tbe projxrty of others except for their ad ran tag nor without consent unles tbey are minors. If with their consat you invest their property as well a you can and it I alt lost you ar not to blame, you did the b-t you could; but do aot come into the de lusion which ha ruined o many ns. of tbiakiag lcau a thing I la their posses sion therefor It i theirs. You hare a solemn trust that Goi ha given you. Ia this vast assemblage there may be some who bav misappropriated trust fund. Put them back. or. if you have so hope lely involved them that you caa not put them back, confes th whole thing to those whom you have wronged and you will slrep better nights, and you will bav a better chance tor your tout. What a sad thing it would be if, after you ar dead, your administrator should find out from the account books, or from tbe lack of vouchers, that you were aot only bank rupt In estate, but that you lost your soul. A blustering young man arrived at a hotel in th West and he saw a man on th sidcwslk and In a rough way. a no man ha a right to address a laborer, said to him: "Carry this trunk upstairs." Tbe man carried th trunk upstairs and cam down, and then the young man gar turn a quarter of a dollar which was marked, and insteal of being twnnty-ttre cents It wa only twenty cent. Then the youux man gave his card to th laborer and said: "You take this up to Governor Grime; 1 want to e bim." "Ah."ald thelator-r. "I am Governor Orlnies." 40," said th young man. "you I excuse nw" Then tbe Governor said: "1 wa much Impressed by the letter you wrote me asking for a certain otnc in my gift, and 1 had mad up my mind you should have it; but a young man who would cneat a laborer of tlv cent would swindle the Government of th State if he got hit hand on it. I don't want ycu. Good morning, tir " It never pay. Neither in thl world nor In tbe world to com will It pay. I do not tuppos there ever was a bMtor ssc!mn of honeaty than was found In the Duk of Wellington. He marched wth his army over the French frontier and the army wat tuffring and h hardly knew how to gt along. Plenty of plunder all about, but a commanded none of th plunder to b taken. He writes home the remarkable words: "We are o ex whelmed with debte and I can scarcely stir out of my house on account of putdle creditors, waiting to demand what is due to them." Yet at tbat very time tho French peasantry were bringing their val uables to bim to keep. A celebrated writer say of th transaction: "Nothing can b grander or more nobly original than thl admission. This old soldier, after thirty year' service, thl iron man and victori ous General, established In an enemy's country, at the head of an Immense army. Is afraid of his creditors. This Is a kind of fear that ha sel loin troohVl ronur ors and invaders and I doubt if the aniiala of war present any thing comparable to it sublime simplicity." O! is It not high time that we preached the moral of tbe gop-l Mr. Froude, th celebrated English historian. has written of hi own country these remarkable wrds: "From the great bouse in the city on Ln- don to village grocer, the commercial llf of England ha been saturated with fraud. Ho deep ha it gone that a strictly honest tradesman van hardly hold his grouu 1 againt competition. You ran no longer trust that anr article you I uy I tbe right thing it pretnd t !-. We hnre fa ss weight, f.ilse m-n u , cheating and shoddy everv where. And yet tbe clergy liave set-n all this grow up In al-so uto In difference. Msny hundred, of irrmons have I heard in Hnglan 1. many a disserta tion on th? mysteries of the faith, on the divine mission of the clergy, on Bishop and justification, anil the theory of good work, and verbal Inspiration, and th efficacy of the sacramntt, but during all the thirty wonderful years, never one that I can recollect on common honesty. Now, that may b an exaggerated state raent of things In England, bat I em vary certain that in all parts of th earth wo need to preach the moralities of the gos pel right along beside the faith of the go pel. Dr. Livingstone, the famous explorer, was descended from tho Highlander, aad be said that one of hi ancestor, on of the Highlander, one day called his family around him. The Highlander was dying; he had hi children around his death bed. He said: "Now. my lad. I bav looked all through our history as far bach a I caa find it, and I have never found a dishonest man in all the line, aad I want you to un derstand you Inherit good blood. Yoa bav ao xcus for doing wrong. My lads, b honest." An, my friends, b honest before God, b honest before your fellow ms, b hon est before your souL If there b those here who hav wandered away, cons back, come bom, come now, one snd all, aot on exception in all th assembles, com Into the kingdom of God. Co back on the right track. Th door of mercy is open and th infiait heart is fall of compassion. Come horn! Coat boss! O. I will b well satisfied If I Could sav some young man this morning. osas young man that ha ta goiag astray aad would Ilk to get back. I am glad that tons on hat set to anvtle tbat sees ia August of 1WL n a young girl saved from dath a whol rail train of passengers. Horn of you reasembar to at out west la that year oa a stormy night, a hurricane blew dowa part of a railroad bridge. A freight traia came along nnd it crashed iato th ruin, aad the aginraad conductor prlhcL There was a girl living in ber fnthrseabia nar tbe disaster, aad she heard th crash of tbe freight trans, aad she knew that ia a few aonuU nn express traia wat da. Bh UgkUd a lan tern nnd clambered sp ca she trim of the wrecked bridg oa te tho ssaia bridge, which wa trestle work, aad tartod to erot amid the thsader aad lightning of th tempest nnd th raging ef th torrent beneath. Oa asl estop aad It would hav been death. Aaud all that horror th lantern went out Crawling timet una eotn tin walkiar over slippery rails aad over th arvntla k, ah cam to tho o?hr s4 of tho ri vr. She weated to get to th teiegrasa station, where tbe express traia did aot etop, so that the daagtr aught be sU slushed to th ttoHea where the traia did stop. The traia was dae ia five Bsiaatoa. She was owe avie a? frata the ttlegrash etatiaa, bat the train trn late. Wish eat i feet she sow like to wind. Causing ap to taiigTSiB east ten, pasting with dsaehly asaootioa. tbe bad only lessees: Ts sviac hi down.1 to aarasv Tne tsai Btauoa te tao seat salted. girl saved tbolivsa ef has si i is ef T i Snaaaaoo aamttmmmm tbat aarat ahat hm gvra style ef hsjsiaees is a tree, aad s7Tssp is a track, aad every sight Is a wars, aad ssuUtitotses saner She f-f ef auusatiaa toejard para ragtag smd terrific, Oefi hnlsi aa Sa aw aw aa aa ku s p a w ave stop ana sressv Las as threw sataeigaal. Let as give ssaa 23T1 v? Preeae. aWware! swwar: TWhriatos MISCELLANEOUS. A Hrooklyn man Is so modest tbat be never change hU boardln,: plsca until atW dark. -Ttnie- "If any one call for . wrote the escaped convict to tho warder of the jail, "tell him I am out and yoa , doa't know when III baw4. The ivcords kept i hoepl- tais fhow that fewer death ccur be , tween eovon and eleven o'clock in the evening than duriaf say other four I hour of tho day. Ou eight of the ballot Hp ud bJ a SL Paul jury recsnt!.T the word 1 gulltv was variously spell!: Greilty. i eJlty! guM-Jr. C!ty. gealtoy. galdy. guldy. guilty. A jug f cider thlrtr-twrt year oia was unearthed ta Camdea the other day. and of the twenty reen who gut a swallow of the smooth and deceitful liquid sixteen wcremado drunk wlthla i tea minutes. At a church fair In Troy. . .. they blindfold the men and let 'cm kiss the women st fifteen cento a piece. One man kicJ hi wife seven different times, nnd when ho naorrtalnesl the bnso dcs'vjitlon he demanded the return of his money and got It. Detroit Kre I'reea. Pawnbrnking. or the business of lending money on pawn or pledges, nppoara to have originated with the Ituliaa at a very early period ia the world's history- Th grvmteat pawn broking establishment in tho world it the Mont de I'leto In Paris, established by royal comnsand in 1717. It is slated tbat tho emrtllost steam engine ever made was rervntly com pletl. nf trr two year of labor, for thi Paris rxhibltioa. It is composed of ISO pieces of metal. Is a shade undnr thress-fifths of an inch in hclghlb. and weighs lees than one-nlntb of aa outittj. A watchmaker made It. A convict who was lately released from the Jollet penlteatlary after serv ing a six year' sentence, took with hlra $2aU which he had earned by toneeuttiiig as "overwork." Tho man knew aothlng about that Industry whea he entered the prison, but he soon became skilled in the work, owing to the energy with which be eaten! Into iu Kurope enn not corojHt with the United State in tho loftlnra of Iter sta tions for taking tnnUorologicat olnr valions. There are only two stations on the Kurupean continent which rvas-h any great height, bring about 10.0 and 11.000 feel respectively. Among the stations In America Is Pike's IVak, which haa aa altitude of 14.100 feet -or only about 1.600 fret lowrr than tho summit of Mount lllnnc and exceed ing by more than 3.000 fprt any mete orological station in Kurnpe. The New Knglnnd Farmer rtxritly ptibUdhed an, Instructive tabic- of the numbvr. slz nnd productiveness of tho farms in twrnty-slx Stat. Tho revo lutions made by tills tAblj nro surpris ing. Tho New Jersey farms lead all the others in tho value of their prod ucts por acre. It hlng t0.2; and tho Dakota farms rank tho lowest in that respect, they yielding nn average valuo per acre offl.iH. Now York come third, and singularly enough, f 'onnccl icut. Rhode Island and Massachusetts follow in successive order. Hut West era farms nra so large, and so easily worked, that the gross rrsulta satisfy their owners hugely. DR. NORVIN GREEN. Tbe trewersM n Ut ml lb Weatorn l'al Tegrsb Casr. Every week-day morning, as the bell in Trinity steeple tolls nine times, a man. evidently aged, but with his six feet three Inches of frnmework held erect, his face without a wrinkle and his grey hair and mustache of vigor ous growth, walks briskly into tho Wretera Union building oa lower Broadway. There he remains until the aftcrnooa is well advanced. At 4:30 o'clock to a mlnuto hn la la the Astor House, whero the dispenser of liquids, without any Instructions, pre pares for him a rye toddy He walks to the coraer of Barclay street aad Broadway, only a step away, where aa old public hack man opens the door of hit waiting vehicle and. without a word being exchanged, drive his pa senger to a handsome residence in East Twsaty-tblrd street. That is part of the daily routine of Dr. Norvln flrewn. president of the Westers Union Tel graph Company. He oonfevae to only sixty years of age. and his looks giro credence to bit words, but his intimate friends say he is nearly seventy-five years old. and tbey make, the stato eat with pride. Dr. Green still bold -the active management of tbe g-" corporation he preside over, but he llvee well, sever sllowlag the hinge of bis humanity to bocomo rusted. Wbea he was a practising phyalciaa in Kentucky be was aa assod-a4-; of a schoolavMr aame-4 Jaaae G. Blaine. He traveled oa borseback through lonely regions, with hit medi cine aad instruments In bis saddle bags. It wa thea sad la that Stat that be obtained an ownership ia tho old Houaw Telegraph Coatpasy. which eveat-mlly led to his being tbe cabf atas in the telegraph system of th country. Dr. Grn ciainss that be gave Tboasaa A. Ediaoa tbe esipioysseat which wss the begisaisg of ki eu eassful carvsef. to wbJca. aa is wll atsewB. the Western Untoa Ceatpsay ha largely coatribsvtsal. 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