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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
Not Waning.

Consider the habits of benevolence
into which men and women have been
led in this modern time by the general
diffusion Of the Spirit of Christ, and the
growing power of His precepts and ex-
ample. There was never anything like
it in volume before this age. Millions
are poured out every year to help the
poor. Money devoted in love and
prayer, and cOnsecrated by the grace oil
God, sets in steady currents toward
hospitals and asylums and institutions
of learning, and to carry the Gospel
into new settlements. and into all sorts
of waste places, and to PARKWAY lands.
In old times, great stress was laid on
feeding hungry mouths. We lay great
stress on that. too, but we are trying
with unexampled energy to feed hungry
souls.
For a thousand years, all up and
down Christian Europe they were build.
ing vast cathedrals, which are yet the
admiration of all who have sense OF
architectural beauty. and solidity and
grandeur. To-day the chief efforts are
to build up humanity. Waning! the
hold and influence of Jesus on men
waning! The moral influence Of the
Christian church waning! What mean
these gifts. amounting to millions,
turned over to the aggressive and far
reaching aims of the church, by the
Deacon Otises and the Mrs. Stones?
What mean the Livingstones dying on
their knees in the heart of Africa? What
mean the Pinkertons surrendering their
lives in heroic eudeavor to pioneer the
way for the Lords servants in this same
dark continent? What mean all these
endeavors, all the sacrifices of personal
ease and material success, all these sur
renders of culture and wealth, to save
men, and to build up Christian institrl
tions and advance Christian civilization
in this land and in all lands. if faith in
the Son of God is a spent force, or is
even a diminishing forcea Not without
much of the sweetly propulsive love of
God do men do these things; and when
we see such operations going on we
may be sure there is something still left
besides mere vagueness, and besides
poetic speculation, and besides gross
materialism, and besides the cast-Off
garments of belief which once lived,
but is now dead.-Rcr- DR.. F. 4. Noble
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
The GrOcer's Conscience.

A poor widow, struggling hard to
rear family, had laid by six dollars
with which to pay her months rent.
This money she thoughtlessly left in
her pocket-book on the kitchen table.
The groceries she had ordered from the
neighboring grocer were brought by
his errand-boy, who. in leaving the
goods, saw the pocket-book, opened it
and stole its contents. She was thus
left without money to pay the rent,
which was due in a few days.
She reported the loss to the grocer.
He assured her that she should not lose
the money. The boy was arrested,
convicted and sent to Deer Island for
thirty DAYS, but nothing was said by the
grocer about refunding the money. Dis
fressed and apprehensive for the future,
she called upon him, urged her necessi-
ties as her reason for being urgent in
asking for the money, and concluded
by saying:
al simply wish you to do what is
right / can't afford to lose the mon
ey. Iwish you to treat me just as you
would have another treat your widow
If she were in my place"
"What / might wish another to do
for my widow in your place, and what
do for you. have nothing in COM
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
non. I have decided that I can not

mon. have decided that I can not
pay you the money" he replied.
A few weeks later the widow told the
facts to her pastor. The following Sum-
day he related the incident in the pull
pit, as an illustration of the common,
everyday life of many men, who ac-
cept Christ with the judgment and in
teilect, and claim to be Christians, but
do not regulate their lives by their pro-
fessions.
The grocer was present. His name,
face and place of business were not
known to the preacher. Yet to the
guilty man it seemed that he was being
called by name; that even the place
where he was sitting was tcing pointed
out and his place of business given.
Yet of all that vast congregation. only
the guilty man knew who was meant.
Before noon the following day the mon
ey was paid the widow, and with it was
letter telling of his shame and suffer-
ing as his own life was held up before
him. He might have said:
my conscience hath thousand several
tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale.
And every tale condemns me for william.
Thus conscience does make towards OF US
ALL"
If all this shame came from the re-
hearsal of one evil deed, what will be
the condition of evil men in the hour
"when every one shall give an account
of himself to Cod? Youths Conipa,.
inn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
The First Public Prayer i'm Denver.

Father Dyer. a Methodist minister,
now living on the: Divide, was the pio-
neer preacher fIp Colorado. He. will
probably offer the opening prayer of
the approaching quarter centennial. 1t
is related of Fauher Dyer that when
he first landed iE,Shat is now Denver
he saw before him large tent, and to
, that. supposing . camp meetingto be
in progress, he wfnded his way To
mis- astonishmenahe found-not sxcamp
meeting but very extensive series of
games. such as faro. poker, keno and
the like. going forward. He re -aained
about the tent for forty-eight hours,
looking very in:ently upon the I Dgress
of the games. 1t the end of that period
he stepped upon table and sid, in a
voice loud enough to be heard az about
him: Boys. Z have looked at your
game now foE the past eight and forty
hours. Now L ask you to give some
attention to mine. Let us pray" They
had not before. known that this solemn
looking man:was a minister, S5a at the
invitation hats were taken off, chips
were dropped AID all bowed ,:isir heads
in prayer, with Father Dyer leading.
And that was the first public prayer
uttered i'm the Pixies Peals country.
After the prayer had been concluded
the games, we're resunyaa.-Denrer
Ne1cs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
How Christian Character Is Built Up.

1t is with the buibiing up of Chris
tan character as with the formation OF
crystals. In order that a crystal may
be properly and perfectly formed, at
least three things are needful; there
must be ample time in which all I'M
necessary fluid can be dissipated, and
the component parts of the crystal come
gradually together; there must be suf-
ficient room for all the angles and
planes of the crystal to attain their
requisite size; and there must be the alb
sence of agitation, so that all the points
and proportions of the crystal shall
be evenly and symmetrically formed.
Christian character, when it is what it
ought to be, is more beautiful than any
crystal that natures laboratory ever
produced; and, in order that it may reach
its perfectneSS, time is necessary. 1t is
a thing of quiet growth; it has to rise
gradually, and by many stages, into
form and beauty; to hurry through re-
| ligiouS processes will be to mar and
spoil the result; we must ..let patience
have her pe ERECT work" And space is
as needful as time. If we shut our
| selves up in narrow place, if we 90
away from the broad open world and
confine ourselves to a monks Seclusion,
to a hermit's solitude, we shall be
cramped and restricted; and, while
some parts of our character may be-
come finely and delicately developed,
others will be stunted and dwarfed,
and the character, as a whole, will
be anything but perfect. The alb
sence of agitation, too, is important.
Whatever may be going on upon the
surface of our life to interrupt its tran
quillity, deep down in the depths of the
spirit in which character has its begin.
nings, and from which it grows, there
must be the unruffied calm which
trust in the Fathers will and purposes
never fails to inspire; otherwise our char
facter will be built up by fits and starts
and so will lack the fullness of harmo
ny, symmetry, majesty, which it ough
to possess.-D. Wilkinson.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24

country post Office the face amount Of
the note viii be paid to bearer. the
bothersome old system Of Identification
and Endorsement having been aban-
doned. Thus for the three months dur
ing which the note is good it will be
ready substitute for legal tender in the
towns both of the issuing and receiving
offices. The decrease in revenue from
the money order department by lower
ing the price of small order from ten
to three cents will doubtless be large.
The firms that are obliged either to
take postage stamps in payment for
orders by mail or else lose many OF
their country customers will doubtless
receive the greatest financial benefit
from the postal note.
The law under which the note goes
into operation was passed at the last
session of Congress. When, last year,
the English Postmaster General, Faw-
cett, proposed the shilling postal note
to Parliament, its members laughed at
him as it had at Rowland Hills penny
postage. The ministerial majority,
however, passed the bill, and the de-
spised note became such favorite that
it is now proposed to have note for
fractions of shilling. The system has
been found to be of particular benefit
to small tradespeople, farmers and
others who have small sums to transmit.
Philadelphia Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
LOcuStS in India.

The districts of Matheran and Maha-
bleshwar, in the Bombay Presidency,
have been suffering from an invasion
of locusts, huge swarms of which have
settled on the trees, which appear 10 he
covered with red foliage and clusters of
red flowers during the occupation. but
when abandoned are nothing but
bundles of bare twigs. Although no Sc
rious danger has arisen from their APP
pearance this year, next years crops
will suffer very severely unless some
method of exterminating the eggs be
adopted, for if the female locust lays
some forty eggs on an average. active
measures should be taken during the
period of their underground life. While
the locusts are on the wing it is difficult
to make any impression on them. al
though the Italian landowner resident
in Cyprus has destroyed vast numbers
by placing in their path, soon after they
are Matched and still unprovided with
wings, pits so prepared that after
tumbling in it was impossible for
them to get out. This, however,
is only feasible during the wingless
stage, when the young locusts march
across the country in great columns,
more than mile in breadth. But the
most radical treatment is that of de-
stroying the eggs, which fortunately
are deposited, not s.ngly, but in masses
in one place, generally on an unculti-
waited hillside. The female inserts the
eggs by means of sword-lIke append
age, and sheds glutinous matter for
their protection: and as traces of this
may be seen glistening on the surface
of the soil, it affords an easy clue for the
searcher to discover their whereabouts.
In Cyprus rewards have been offered
and taxes imposed with view to stimu-
latinc the peasantry to destroying the
eggs, sixty-two tons of which were
brought in during 1868, representing
so, O00, 100000 locusts, the result being
that the pest disappeared for several
wears. Enormous rs is the destruction
caused by the locust. there is one adj
vantage about it, namely, that it is
edible-in Arabia men and horses using
it regularly as an article of diet. BY
some of the natives they are eaten with
oil after being stripped of theirlsgs and
wings; but Lady Anne BluHt in her
travels was in the habit of'bOiling them
and dipping them into salt. Their
flavor is described as savoring of vege.
table, not unlike the taste of green
wheat.-L0ndon Ne,cs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
For Young Readers.
SURPRISING.

Suppose you lived in little greenhouse
Where the sun shone thro the roof,
And over your head canopy spread
With light for the warp and wool,
While mother-bird cuddled you under hel
wing
whenever a leaflet stirred.
Suppose-why. don't you suppose you'd be
As happy asa bird?
Suppose you lived meath the sunny sky
In the meadows fair and wide.
And drank of the stream and nibbled the
grass.
And skipped by your mothers side.
And cooled your feet in a bubbling brook
Where your woolly playmates swan,
Suppose, now-don't you suppose you'd be
As happy asa lamby
Suppose You swung on a slender stem
Where your sister-roses hung,
With graceful nod for each passing breeze
But q heart where the dewdrops chung,
And burning cheek like the crimson streak
That fair In the sunrise glows,
Suppose-ah, yes, suppose you'd be
As sweet asa blushing rose.
But suppose your mamma knows
secret sweeter by half.
If she should hear she'd fold you close
And answer with a laugh.
She'd say: "Why here's my singing-bird,
NY precious little lamb,
My sweetest rose'-and you would say:
"Tm nicer as am
Our Little Men and Women.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
The SIuatter's Daughter.

'-Light and look at yer saddIb;'' said
tAH. squatter's~ daughter, as =, man
stopped at the. 6nce. The man who
haL been severa Iweeks in the neighbOr--
hsed, and who isad become so well ac-
u,s;sinted with the girl that her hand
gcme face wss ever before him.. adj
vanced to WHARF she was sitting, and
liHyeringly shook the hand which she,
sStended him.
SLOW are WA, Emily"
"Fust rate; never felt better nor had
.e.Ss."
where's al the folks?"
Scattered Dads gone to the still
house, mans, gone to quiain', Bob's
lyin' round loose, somewhat, and
Dicks drunk. / speck.'
emily" said the visitor. seating
himself in the doorway, don't yon
know that dressed in anything like :
stylish way. you would be one of thr
handsomest girls | ever SAW"
wall, Lcr', hadn't thought abota
"Wouldn's you like to- wear frss
lresses?n
Now, you're shoutin,-"
"And haze 4 good education?'
Il don't kera so much about the. sd
dycation, cause I'm serter 'spiciOus
bout book sense. Real old hoss sense
is the kind to have, an eff persons
got the boss sense he can't take book
iarnin to, any great shakes"
s.You :sre mistaken. Educatfoa &C
complishes wonders, and without our
great colleges and schools this entire
country would soon be worse than ii
was when first discovered"
Il know jes' what I'm er talkin'
about" she replied, IAN thar amt no
usen YOU tryin' ter talk book larnin'
agin' me, ease Use got the figgers. A
mighty eddycated Teller come to see me
fur a long time an folks lowed we'd
marry, an l reckon we would eft it
hadn't er been chat his eddycation
proned to be failure. One day at a
log rollin'. Tony Diver. the runt of the
neighborhood, orter hearing my eddy
Gated man blow powerful chance
went up to him an said. ..Look a
hear, Cap'n, ysu've been talking about
sour eddvcation for some time, now i
want to show you that it don't amount
to nothin, and tellin' the smart man to
cut his capers, Tony grabbed him.
They scuffSed aroand' a while, an
finally Tony flung him. Tony don't
know letter in the book. an when ii
was diskirered that the feller's eddyca-
ton didn't amount to anythin'. pap he
come home an SEE: Emily that smart
man o. yourn was flung down jes' now
by Tony Diver. Eff yer marry him III
drive yer from under my roof an YOU
shant come back no mo- Pap says
I, i amt agoln' ter fling myself
away"
Emily, do you think that you could
I've happy with me?'
LOOK here. If Gabe johnson
knowed that yer was a talkin' ter me
chat err way. he'd chaw yer name"
''What, are you engaged to him."
at hits me that ere way"
Unjust say that 1 don't think he:
| -
"Hole on right thar. Didn't he whiI
the preacher at Dry Fork t'other day
an didn't he slap the jaw often tn,
! County Judge? Yer can't sit here ans
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-IS YOU make a speech be sure that
your speech is out before the audience
Like the dog in the Manager, the
nose is above kissing, and is always
ready to, interfere with the kissing Of
others.
al have a bright prospect before
me-" said the loafer. ''You always
will lave" remarked Fogg. II don't
think you will ever catch up to- it,
Boston Transcript.
Indignation will fill the breast oil
every artist when we state that two men
Were arrested in a lumber-yard the
other Gay, because they were suspected
os a design on wood.-Cbicago Herctid.
Arr Alabama girl three years cd.
on going to the window early one fogyy
morning, cried out: 80, come here
and hook, mamma. The sky is, all
cramn2ed down to the ground"
Ills estimated that the Delaware
peach, arop this season Twill be from
two-ttfirds to three-fourths of full
crop As there never has been q
full crop of peaches in that State. il
is ditieJlt to tell upon, what 1he grow.
ers base their Standardization
HergiR
Al high school sirllexplained. to, her
friead that to say, ''he kicked the
buekat,'' is slang, and that the petite
expression is, ..he propelled his, pcda.
extremitieS with violence against 6
familiar utensil used for the transpor.
tarion of water ard. other huids.''-N
H-Rost
Our amiable- young oeusin,- Bar.
okess, Burdett- Coutts-B Bartlett. etc,
holds S2O,OOO,OGO' in United States
hndsS A recer6 interview with the
Baroness convinees us that she intends
to hold them, to-. That's the gall oil
it.. Georgina was always,tha KIND OF
a. giri.-BurdetS.
Charlie went to see theapPIe of his
eve. the other evening". and after q
proper amount of atfeCsionatec converse
don, said: "fll give youa pair of ear
rings, dear, ii you'll earn tism By let
ting me bore, your ears Haven't
earned them already. then'> queried
the fair Object of his sffectiors-CHicagc
Tribune.
Some people assert thssr they will
believe only what they can see. What
is clearly demonStrable. they will ac--
eept, but. nothing. else. These very
people, however, believe with all theiH
might tiat they have brains, and yet
they never saw them. and other folts
at any ,ate havsno evidence that thay
possess.them.-N Y. Herald.
The young doctors who have hssn
let Loose from the schools on conficing
and yhysic loving public are likefS to
try many experiments very interesting
to all except, perhaps. the subJeyts o.
them. They remind one OF the allter'
ste fellow who. on being told that a
csrtain patient was convalescenh> said,
aiWby. that is nothing. can cure con-
valesceace in three hours. "-Chieagd
! Ne,Cs.
President Grevy, of France, is a
great DISQUALIFICATION he can get
Coffee fit to drink. Calling one day at
a country hotel for a cup he asked:
s.Have you any chieory?" .sYes, sir"
..Brine me some" The landlord
brought small can full. ais that all
YOU have?" mo, sir. we have a little
more" ''Well, let me have it, too"
Another can was brought Positive
| ~. this is every gram you hayee'7
Eyes, sir" very well; now 90 and
make me cup Of coffee"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
TIE NEW POSTAL NOTE.
Description u the New Currency and
How IL VIII be used.


A.. persons who have occasion to
send small amounts of money through
The United States mail will hail with
delight the advent of the new postal
1ote. fac-simile of which is printed
below. The date of deliverance from
he alternative annoyance of enclosing
small coins and bills, sent at the immi-
cent risk of loss or theft, or the practi-
,aiiy useless postage stamps in an en-
selope for transmission by mail will be
October /.
The Government has heretofore SOL
smnly warned the public not to put
heir money in envelopes. Under the
new system the country cousin can
visit her postoffice with S4.99, or any
lesser sum, and deposit the same with
4 fee of three cents. The country post
master will then punch three holes, as
above indicated. to the right of the
order, showing the dollars. cents and
lines deposited, and two more holes to
The left through the month and year.
He will then atfix his stamp and sigma
;ure and hand over the note without
requiring, as at present, the horoscope
and pedigree of the sender and receiver.
At the Philadelphia Post-office upon
The receipt of duplicate from the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
Religious Miscellany.
GODS WORLD OF LEISURE.

1t is not nearth dusty street
Where men march ON with weary feet;
1t lies across the breezy down
Outside the houses and the town,
And is not vexed by all the strife
And strain that make our modern life.
This world is still. but is not slow, -
And nothing fails to thrive and grow;
The grasses aye to heaven aspire
And each day rise little higher,
And all glad things the hours employ,
In getting full of peace and 10y.
In our fast world snatch of song
Is made TO last whole day long;
But i'm Gods other world His praise
Fills all the hours of all the days; o.
The busy bees and birds on wing 81
Have always time enough to sing.
There is no need of haste and rush;
The world of leisure has its hush;
Things work respectfully: the ritl
Trickles i'm music down the hill,
The shadows up the mountain creep
And there is time for rest and sleep.
And there is time for Joy and love
The clouds float tenderly above.
Leaves press together as they dance
And seek the sun with flash and glance,
The butterflies the flowers caress,
And everywhere is happiness.
/" There is no hurry" say the trees;
- Take time for gladness," says the breeze;
+" Plenty of time" respond the hours;
" No need for worry" add the flowers;
" Rest and be thankful say the skies;
:" Do not make haste" the sun replies;
" No hard task-master is our God"
Says every plant and leaf and sod.
oh, il is good to come away
And hear what these, our teachers, say;
In Gods fair world of leisure rest,
An ha htrr inH or hiSfraSSp1.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
Still Too YOunss,

"Father;" he asked with bnyish sim.
plicity. ..were you ever lSadad?''
..Loaded9 What ON aarth do You
mean?T
"Wap,. Won must have hsen loaded at!
some time or other. l gEsss. or else hoS.
could Won have unloadsdsn
..Bqs. come here. Now. what is it -
"Why, 4 heard soms.men talking a.,
about vou to-day. OIs.of 'em said ysp'
was rich, and the other said you made
Your start by unloading lot of sorae--
thing or other on somebody he knew"
He did, eh?"
s&Yes: and | wanesd to ask you what
Won was loaded with. so as to SEE il il
killed him stone dsa&-"
Iii meet the saoundrel who hiss trS
daaced me I'll make il hot for hisl. and
YOU can run upstairs BOW. You aren't
old enough to understand thing syet-"
That's whaa one of the men said
when the other told him YOU ought to
he behind the bars. ''-TdU St5set Neps.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24
Choice Selections.

The world would be much better of
il the pains taken to analyZe the subtl.
est moral laws were given to the prac.
tice of the simplest.-Marie Eschen'
bach.
Let us be careful only of the quail.
ity of our work-that it be thorough,
genuine, supplemented, the best that
IS in us. the best that can come out of us.
And above all let us leave success to
God, who is Just misunderstanding
lam Gaskcu.
The tender words and loving deeds
which we scatter for the hearts which
are nearest to us are immortal seed
that will spring up in everlasting
beauty, not only in our own lives. but
in the lives of those born after u.s.
Spurgeon.
AS to being prepared for defeat, ]
certainly am not. Any man who is pre-.
pared for defeat would be half defeated
before he commenced. l hope for sue
cess, shall do all in my power TO secure
it, and trust to God for the rest.-Ad-
nirat FdrragM.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24

The Mikadoof Japan has decorated
Prince Bismarck with the Order of the
Chrysanthemum,' making the fifty-fifth
bestowed on his princely pibs by vari.
Gus potentstes. All these honors, and
yet he gets blood in his eye when
Berlin butcher names q new vintage OF
sausage after him! He is not conc
PEELED to wear the sausage on State
occasions either NorrisioUn Hersi0.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-24

Timothy Ryan, while lying a
hammock at Brooklyn, fell about two
feet, striking his head on stone and
fracturing his skull. He died soon
after.-Brooklga (M. ~ Eagle.