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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Where 1t Was Hot.


ssCome from the tropics, reckon"
'sThe Isthmus," replied the seedy
man; '.you seem to know me. Did 1
ever meet you there"
s'Never was there. Never saw you
before"
~ thought you might have been
there durin' the hot spell of 81. The
heat was so thick that we couldn't tell
who was around at that time. That
was the year l got this black eye. Run
agin a door, and the heat shiyered up
go that l didn't even know I'd struck
door until the following winteri Any
objection to my closing the transom,
gentlemen? think feel draught!~
"Must be pretty hot in that climates"
remarked another of the party.
"Warmish," assented the seedy man.
with q shiver, 81 was in the laundry
business there for q time, and 1 run
everybody else out of the trade. None
of the rest could get along without
scorchin' things, but Just went ahead
with pieces Of hot ice aid made my
eternal fortune!''
s'Got any of it now?" asked another
moving up to give the seedy man room.
'.No, sirr' returned the seedy man
with sigh. "All the money in that
country is gold, mine just melted and
run away one hot night in March!
That was the month we lost all the
horses on the Isthmus. The fodder all
melted and scalded the stock to death!
l walked fourteen miles to find shady
spot, SO l could harden up a little hay
for my pet stallion, and when 1 got
back the stations teeth had melted,
and the poor brute died of hunger! ]
say, let that man shut the windows,
won't you?"
You must have a chill" suggested
the host.
'.No, I'm cold," persisted the seedy
man. ''We almost died for want of
water that spring. The sea evaporated
forty odd miles from the shore, and all
sprinkle their beds with oil to keep the
dust down. There was more than L.
100000 died of thirst, and only kept
alive because 1 had some quicksilver
which didn't evaporate. viii you be
good enough to move that chair from
in front of me? | can feel air comm
through the rounds in the back"
''How did you set out aliveP" asked
the host, after ordering the seedy mans
glass replenished for the fourth time.
That's one of the most curious
things you ever heard of" replied the
seedy man. 81 seen the lightnin' rod
on my house expandin', and that put
me up to somethin'. 1 just took down
that rod and l planted myself on one
end and let her expand. In four hours
| was in the piney woods of North
Car'lina You must excuse me, gen.
tlemen; this is too cold for me. I'll GO
home and get my overcoat and come
back. "-Brookiyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
A Brave Heart Always Tender.

When Sir John Lawrence was Gov
ernor-General of India he was told one
day of little girl who had been taken
i'll, and was pining away with grief at
the loss of very curious pet. The pet
was a tame ostrich, which the child had
raised from the egg, left by the ostrich
mother in the grass of the park at Bar
rackpore.
The little girls father was the keeper
of the park, and soon after her discov-
cry of the egg he died and his successor
was appointed.
Fearing that foxes or jackals would
eat her treasure, or that the cold dews
would destroy it, the little girl carried
the big egg to the bugalow, and buried
it safely in lidless box filled with dry
white sand. This she took pains to set
out in the sun every day just where the
fiercest rays would pour on it. At night
she coaxed a motherly hen, whose own
eggs she transferred elsewhere, to brood
over the box.
+ By-and-by, to the great fright of the
poor hen. a giant chick broke the shell,
and stepped into view. The hen ruffied
her feathers, spread her wings, and fed.
The little girl and the ostrich became
fast friends, and one was never seen
without the other. What, then, was
her dismay when the park-keeper took
it into his head that the ostrich was
public property, and must go to the
Government aviary!
The child was SO distressed at the re-
moval of her pet that her mother feared
she would die. But the military sur
geon who came to see her thonght he
knew of something better for her than
medicine. and he wrote letter to Sil
John Lawrence telling him all about it.
The Viceroy was very great man,
and had pressing affairs of state to at.
tend to. for millions Of people looked tc
him as their ruler. But he had very
tender heart, and far away in England
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Christianity First.

The fact that education and culture
alone fail to transform the life and char
acter finds marked proof in the expert
ence of missionaries in Africa. When
American missionaries first went to
Natal they labored several years with
out seeing any profitable result. Their
method was to go among the natives
and preach to them the simple story of
Christ's mission upon earth, and the
necessity of accepting Him as master.
An English Bishop coming to the
country frankly told these missionaries
that they were beginning wrong.
"These savages,n he said can not
appreciate the sublime truths of the
Christ an religion. First you must teach
them in the common branches of edu-
cation. In fact, you must partially
or wholly civilize them, before they
will be prepared to accept Christian
fly" ;. '.'''
Acting on his own theory, the good
Bishop selected from the natives huts
twelve children, six boys and six girls,
from fourteen to sixteen years old.
These he had bound to him by contract
for three years, and then he took them
into his own family. During that time
they were taught to read and write and
to do ordinary work about the house
and in the garden. The girls were also
taught to play the piano. and the boys
drawing; but no religious instruction
was given them.
When the three years had passed the
Bishop told them that they were no
longer under obligations to remain with
him.
Without attempting to restrain the
Joy they felt at the prospect of passing
from under the influences by which
they had been surrounded for three
years, they rushed to their rooms,
threw off their Eu,opean clothes,
donned their head ornaments and CIR
dies, and with screams and shrieks, ran
from the house into the wilderness.
The good man did not see them again.
The missionaries continued in the
way they had begun; and, after thirty
years of labor, had the joy of seeing
twelve churches, eighteen schools and
two seminaries planted among this
most benighted people.
"But," says one of the teachers, ''be-
fore man has been led to embrace
Christianity we can not civilize him
enough so that he will even put a door
in his kraal (huD." Youths Com
pantOn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Brother Gardner on Matrimony.

81 understand" began tho President
Of the Lime-Kiln Club, as the meeting
opened in due form, .'dat quite a num-
Der of de members of dis club am
gwine to be married doorin' de sum-
mer. OATS all right, an I wish 'em
much joy, an shall be glad to witness
de Obsequies Of each an cherry one
But, l want to say few words i'm
gineral. In de fust place, am you
gwine to mar y fur love or fur sort o.
bizness partnership? If you answer
fur love, let me warn you to be sartin
dat you doan' mistake de sentiment.
Many young man who thought his
heart torn by love has plunged into
matrimony to diskiver dat he simply
had an admiration fur thirty dollar
set of false teeth an high instep. Ii
you answer fur q sort o biznes5 part
nership, let me warn you not to expect
too much. You won't love do woman,
an she won't trust you. 1t will be a
sort o boss trade in which both par
ties will be cheated and both continer
to be mad about it. You kin git along
arter a fashion, an people who see her
on your arm at circus won't know
how you fight ut home.
eff you mus marry, let common
sense have a show i'm de transackshuR.
Doan' 90 off yer feet bekase you meet
a gal who kin sing like a robin. smile
like rose an jump OFF street kyar
widout boderin de driver to stop A
wife will have much to do besides
singin' an eultivatin' dimples- If you
am gwine to marry, ak yerselves how
fur ten dollars per week will go when
divided up fur clothes an pervishuDs
an house rent an fewel an incidentias.
Befo' you fall in love wild a gal who
looks too sweet fur anythin' In a red
plush sacque, kinder figger on how many
SIGH duds your income would afford
her. Befo' you am all broke up ober q
gal who plays de pianner, talks French,
paints landscapes an reads poetry, jist
sit down an figger who am to cook yer
meat an taters. patch yer cloze, darn
yer socks an help We make twelve
dollars buy fifteen dollars worth of
things. Befo' We let par o. fashin'
eyes an cunnin' dimple captivate We,
look aroun' little an see if de owner
has got u temper like a wildcat. Mar
rage am lottery simply bekase people
take each ottfier insight an unseen
Let us now prognosticate to bizness>
Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Something About Toads.

'Oh, papa, see what great, ugly
toad! Do get stick and kill him be-
fore he gets away. - said little Tommy
Gray. as he was walking in the garden
with his father.
"Why do you wish him killed." ask
ed his father.
'Oh, because he is such an ugly thing,
and am afraid he will eat up every
thing in the garden. You know we
killed several bugs and worms which
we found here last evening. 1 am sure
this toad is much worse than they"
1--WE killed the bugs and worms be-
cause they were destroying our flowers
and vegetables. This poor toad never
destroys plant of any kind about the
place. Besides, he is one of our best
friends. These insects that are doing
so much harm in our garden are just
what he uses for bis food. have no
doubt that he kills more of them every
day than we did last evening. If you
can find live bug, place it near him
and see what he will do.''
Tommy looked about, and soon found
three bugs, which he placed near the
toad, and then stood back short dis
lance to see the result. Soon the bugs
began to move away. The toad saw
them, and made aquick forward motion
of his head. He darted out his tongue
and instantly drew them, one by one,
into his. mouth. Tommy clapped his
hands with delight. ~
GLOW can such a clumsy looking fell
low use his head and tongue SO
nimblyp" said Tommy; and he ran off
to find more food for him.
The next evening Tommy went again
into the garden, and soon found the OBJ
ject of his search ready for his supper.
At first the toad was shy, but he soon
learned to sit still while Tommy placed
the food near him. Then he would dart
out his tongue and eat the bugs while
Tommy was close by. Finding that the
boy did not hurt him, he soon lost all
fear and became a great pet. Tommy
named him Humpy, and says he would
not have him killed now for anything.
Our Little Ones.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Shaving by Pieeenieal.

A commercial drummer. with several
heavy cases in hand, painted into
Warth's barber-shop, adjoining the
State Street House. to-day. One side
of his face had seven days growth Of
whiskers. while the other side was per-
fectly smooth. He threw himself into
. chair. .'Shave me-" be said, brus-
auely. The astonished barber began
to adjust the cloth about his neck. look
ing at the drummer's face meanwhile
with eloquent curiosity. 'aBeen in the
barber chair once this morning, haven't
you2' queried the barber. Twice"
said the stranger, correcting hims
"once in. Philadelphia and once at
Bristol. Got my face lathered in Phila-
delphia and then saw couldn't make
my train unless started. Got the
barber to wipe of my face. and ran
and got on Just as the train was NOV
ing. At Bristol 1 thought I'd have
time to do some business and get shaved
and catch the next train. Got through
with my business, ran into o barber
shop, got lathered again, and got half
my face shaved, when heard the train
coming. Jumped up and paid the bar
Der, and again had my face wiped of.
and struck for the depot and got the
train just as it was moving. People on
the train looked at me and then turned
away and whispered They thought /
was an escaped lunatic- Iwant close
shave, please, and take your time to it.
I'm going to make up for this helter-
SHELTER business in the morning.-Trea-
ton IN. d. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
For Young Readers.
ARCHIE s MISTAKE.

Archibald Stone is Archie's name,
And Daisy Stone. that's Daisy:
Namusas and Papa's are just the same
And mine-why, l am M4isy.
Daisy and 1 are twins, you know,
Exactly eight years old;
We are Just alike from top to toe,
And our hair is just like gold.
And Archie he Is almost ten,
And figures on slate,
But does not add up rightly when
He says we are not eight.
For have learned little song
Its name 10 1.-TWO Times Two;
That's why I know that Archie's wrong,
For course the song IL true.
Papa says not to worry more,
Nor vex my little pate;
But Daisy's four and ! am four,
And that makes US Just eight.
re1 -Emssa C. Dotrd, IN 81. Ntchotds.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27

he had little girls Of his own; 80 he
wrote reply. BY the return mail. that
the ostrich was at once to be given to
ifs rightful owner, who lost no time in
getting well.
Does anybody ask: {" How can Aunt
Marjorie make a bit of advice out of
this little incidenta'' Well, you know
we wrap pills up in sugar; and so we
tell stories, and hide lessons within
them.
A brave heart is always a tender
heart, children. No matter how busy
you are, you may, like Sir John Law
renee, take time to do kind act for
some one who is weaker than yourself.
-Hdrper's Young People.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Onward and Upward.

1t is somewhat significant that the
men who talk the most about overwork
do not appear to be very much over
worked themselves. 1t is usually the
~overwork of somebody else which they
are talking about 1t is too often the
case that the people who are afraid of
too much work are those who are fond
of their beds. 1 do not find the best
working men of our day complaining
that there is too much to do, and that
men are wearing out too fast. They
believe that God gives a man strength
for duty; and that when a man can no
longer work he has no longer any need
to live. God gives us what we can do,
and we are to take it and do it. Still,
are we not very busy? Are we not en-
gagged every moment, SO that there
seems no room TO put in anything else?
Very likely; think it is so with most
Of us; but l do not see that this has
much to do with the question before US.
Suppose we do not enlarge the volume
of our work, but only the character of
it Can you not drop some things
which you are doing, and take on bet
ter thingsa The apostle Paul said:
When was child. thought as a
child, l spake as child" but when he
became a man, he found that he had
not room enough for childish things and
manly things, too, and he gave up child
ish things, and took on those which
suited his years. When he was to run a
race, he forgot things which were be-
hind, and he put off the things that
troubled and beset him-not because
his raiment was not good. but because
!! he could not run with it. / have no
doubt that every one of us is carrying q
great many things which are taking up
his time, but which he might well
enough let alone, because he has out
grown them.
:. What are the engrossing demands
OF my life?" is simple question for
every one to ask. Are there not things
which have taken hours of the last year
for which we are too old, which we
ought to have left behind us while we
turned to something better; things
which somebody who was younger.
who had not been taught of God so
long. could do just as wene [ think
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Sunday-Schooi Lessons.
THIRD QUARTER.
RIDDLES SOLVED BY RELIGION.

1t is a superficial allegation often
made that religion but solves the rid
dies of existence by resolving them into
another riddle as inexplicable. Were
it true that it only resolved the many
into one, il would SO far have followed
the aspiration of philosophy, which is
to resolve phenomena into laws, and
laws into single law, and which knows
that the ultimate ground of all must re-
main inexplicable to science, since. il
capable of being explained into aught
besides, il would not be the ultimate.
But this is the least part of the sophism.
Religion does not substitute riddles for
riddles. She answers a thousand pain
full riddles, each of them a Sphinx
ready to devour us, by lifting them into
q higher region, and she resolves them,
as has been well said by Auguste Nicolas,
into one sun-ike mystery, which, if it.
self too bright to be scanned with I'M
dazzled eyes, yet irradiates the whole
world besides. The ages and nations
bear witness to that mystery; it is the
mystery of power and of healing; of
life and of love The knowledge of
God ratifies conscience and enlightens
it; consecrates reason while humbling
it; sets the will free by teaching it to
substitute for the thralldom of petty
motives glad submission to a holy
law. 1t is the mother of progressive
wisdom and of spiritual civilization; it
gives the man the power to act right
eously and to bear patiently; it changes
an anarchy of warning passions into a
royal commonwealth Of graduated pow
ers. For ages it has dried the eyes of
the widow and guided the orphan s feet
Yet these are but its lesser gifts, for
its higher boast is that it creates an in
lner world of sanctity and peace, q
hidden life p" of the creature with the
Creator. the pledge of glorified life
with Him. The spleen of an migrate
full and hasty time may fancy that it
can sweep such gifts away; but true
philosophy will rebuke a revolt so self
destructive and so dishonorable. What
ever the theorists may affirm or deny.
Christianity processes to be essentially
a life, the life. of individual man
and of social man; and, despite the
scandSls produced by those who
have but taken religions name in
vain. human experience has attested
her claim. We live in an experimental
age; a skeptic would do well to become
an experimentalist, and test religion by
living it. Amid his inquiries he should
include careful one as to whether he
has been sincere and reverent in
quirer. We have been told, and not un-
truly. that "honest doubt" has in it
much of faith. But doubt is not honest
when it is proud, when it is reckless,
when it is as confident as if thoughtless
negation were solid conviction, or as
apathetic as if Divine truth would be
less of a gain to man than the struggles
that elicit the strength" 1t is in the
light, not the darkness. that men strug-
gle: and it is the Christian life that
claims the name of awarfare. The war
rior must have solid ground beneath his
feet.-Nineteenth Century.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27
Wise Sayings.

Difficulties dissolve before a cheer.
full spirit like snowdrifts before the sun.
To enjoy a good thing exclusively
is very often to exclude yourself from
the true enjoyment of it.
AS a malarial air may endanger a
good constitution, so bad companions
endanger good character.
We must remember that there are
three things from W lich we can not es-
cape-the eye of God, the voice of our
conscience, and finally the stroke of
death.
You haven't time to stop and dis
pute with every crank who attacks
Moses. The attitude of live Chris
tianity is not apologize, but aggressive.
-Erchanqe.
1t is all right to think. but the
thinking should be pure, reverent and
full of an honest purpose. There are
infinite losses to any one who harbors
thoughts that are base, or even aimless.
Christianity never degrades, but al
ways increases manliness. Other re-
ligions impose servitude; this imparts
freedom. False religions make servants
of men; this creates sons of God. Jesus
Christ calls His disciples friends, +"
net servants.
=" An entire year in the church, and
1 have not made single scquaint-
ance." The man who said this was fu-
rious in his complaints of the congrega-
ton that thus neglected its members;
but the blame should be the other
way, for man who can stay that long
among a set of Christians without
compelling them to know him proves
that he is of little use.-United Presby-
teridn.
DO your best. This is the duty of
all. Anything less than this is degrad-
ing to any man. Whatever your bust
ness, never be satisfied with anything
less than the very best you can do at
the time; and do better next tine if you
can. You are then sure of progress.
Remember, the question is not how
much you can do, but how well you can
do it. This is your true measure OF
success in any vocation OF life. A man
in high position, when tainted with
once ls,ing cobbler. said: =. Did not
90 my WORK Wen! 1nat Is the QueS-
ton, whether cobbler, legislator or
minister of tine Gospel: Did / not do my
work we'll? Do your Morning
Star t>ltiH ia a4i7ylsit = -f2aE -Gl
The sight Christians have of their
defects in grace, and their thirst after
greater measures of grace, make them
think they do not grow when they do.
He who coyets a great estate, because
| he hath not so much as he desires,
therefore thinks himself to be poor.
Indeed, Christians should seek after the
grace they want, but thet must not
therefore overlook the grace they have.
Let Christians be thankful for the least
growth; if you do not grow so much
in assurance, bless God if you grow in
sincerity; if you do not grow so much
in knowledge. bless God if you grow in
humility. If a tree grows in the root,
it is true growth; If you grow in the
rOt-grace of humility, it is as need
full for you as any other growth.-T.
Watson.
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Religious Miscellany.
LEAVE IT WITH HIM.

Yes. leave IL with Him,
The lilies all do,
And they grow.
They grow in the rain.
And they grow IN the dew
Yes they grow. sf
They grow In the darkness, all hid In the night,
They grow In the sunshine. revealed by the
stil they grow.
They ask not your planting,
They need not your care.
As they grow.
Dropped down in the valley, -7-
The field, anywhere
Therefore they grow. q,
They grow In their beauty. arrayed In pure
white. fH
They grow. clothed in glory. BY heavens own
light;
6weetly grow.
The grasses are clothed. fr
And the ravens are fed
From His store;
But you who are loved,
And guarded and led,
How much more Hr
WIN He oiothe you and feed you ana give you
Then leave Il with Him, He has everywhere
Ample store.
Yes, leave Il With Him.
'Tis more dear 70 His heart,
You viii know.
Than the lilies that bloom,
Or the flowers that start
Meath the snow.
Whatever you need, II you ssk 1t in prayer.
You can leave 1t with Him, fo- you are His
You, you know.
-PrcsbNcrian.
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teen placed on the tower, and half .
hundred greedy vultures had gorged
themselves with human flesh, and were
sitting stupid and satiated laxily wait
ing for another ghastly meal. The Par
sees defend this mode of disposing of
the dead on sanitary grounds. especially
in large cities, and look with disgust on
other customs. But give us the bible
method of burial, and the grave for our
departed, with the dear old formula:
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to
dust" Following our Savior into the
tomb, we have the glad hope of a glor-
ious resurrection.-Cor. Troy IN. ~
Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27

AT . recent dinner party in Paris
the host provided a novelty which may
possibly become feature Of the dinner
parties of this electric age. Beside
each plate was a telephone, which was
connected with q distant salon, where q
superb orchestra was playing. The
guests were thus able, between the
courses, to pass the time pleasantly in
listening to good music instead of
making obvious remarks about the
weather.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27

An English writer says the girls and
women of his country owe their clear
compilations and prettiness to a plenti-
full use of soap and water. Ladies of
this country seem to think that soap is
m invention of the evil one, especially
gotten up to ruin fair complexions---
~ y. Sun.