The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-25

cheaper artiile. and another drug
may be in full force. and the ORE
scription my nave just the opposite
effect in ended. Oil of NORWOOD
warran pure from Boston was
found To have Al per cent.
of resin and alcohol aud chloro-
form. S.ammnnv is one of the most
valuable medieal drugs 1t is very
rare, very precions. 1t is the sap or
the gum of a tree or a bush In Syria.
The root of the tree is exposed. an in
cision is made into the root and then
shells are placed at this incision to
catch the sap or the gum as it exudes.
1t is very precious. this scammony.
But the peasant mixes it with a cheap
err material; then it is taken to Aleppo,
and the merchant here mixes it with
a cheaper material; then it comes on
to the wholesale druggist in London
or New York, and he mixes it with a
cheaper material: then it comes to the
retail drug list, and he mixes it with a
cheaper material, and by the time the
poor sick man gets it into his bottle it
is ashes and chalk and sand, aud some
of what has been called pure scam
mony after analysis has been found to
be no scammony at all.
Now, practical religion will yet rec
tify all this. 1t will go to those hypo'
critical professors of religion who get
a corner in corn and wheat in Chi
cago and New York, sending prices up
and up until they were beyond the
reach of the poor, keeping these bread
stuffs in their own hands, or cOntroll-
ing them until the prices going up and
up and up, they were, after awhile,
ready to sell, and they sold out, making
themselves millionaires in one or two
years-trying to fix the matter up with
the Lord by building church or uni
versity or a hospital-deluding them
selves with the idea that the Lord
would be so pleased with the gift he
would forget the swindle. Now, as such
man may not have any liturgy in which
to say his prayers, | will compose
for him one whic h he practically is
making: "Oh, Lord, we,. by getting a
corner in breadstuffs, swindled the
people of the United States out of $i0,-
down the land. and we would like to
compromise this matter with Thee.
Thou knowest it was scaly job, but
then it was smart. Now, here we
compromise it. Take one per cent. of
the profits, and with that one per cent.
you can build an asylum for these poor
miserable ragamuffins of the street,
and | will take yacht and go to
Europe, forever and ever. AmenT
All. nv friends, if man hath gotten
his estate wrongfully and he build a
line of hospitals and universities from
here to Alaska, he cannot atone for it.
After awhile, this man who has been
getting corner in wheat, dies, and
then Satan gets corner" in him. He
goes into a great, long Black Friday.
There is a break in the market. Ac-
wiped others out. and now he Is him
self wiped out. No collaterals on which
to make spiritual loan. Eternal de-
falcatiou.
But this practical religion will not
only rectify all merchandise; it will
also rectifv all mechanism, and all toll.
A time will come when a man will
work as faithfully by the job as he
does by the day. You say when a
thing is slightingly done: ''Oh, that
was done by the job" You can tell by
the swiftness or slownesS with which
a hackman drives whether he is hired
by the hour or by the excursion. If
he is hired by the hour, ne drives very
slowly, so as to make as many hours as
possible. If he is hired by the excur-
sion, he whips up the horses so as to
get around and get another customer.
All sty .es of work have to be inspected.
Ships inspected, horses inspected, ma
chinery inspected. Boss to watch the
iourneyman. Capitalist coming down
UNEXPECTEDLY to watch the boss. Con-
ductor of city car sounding the punch
bell 10 prove his honesty as a passen-
ger hands him a clipped nickel. All
things must be watched and inspected.
Imperfections in the wood covered
with putty. Garments warranted tn
last until you put them on the third
time Shoddv in all kinds of clothing
Chromos. Pinch beck. Diamonds for
81 So Bookbinding that holds on I'M
til You read the third chapter
Spawned horses, by skillful dose
of Jockeys for several days, made
to look spry. Wagon tires poor
lv put on. Horses poorly shOd.
Plastering that cracks without
any provocation and falls off.
Plumbing that needs to be plumbed.
Imperfect car wheel that halts the
whole train with hot box. So little
practical religion in the mechanism of
the world. tell you, my friends, the
law of man will never rectify these
things 1t will be the all-pervading
influence of the practical religion of
Jesus Christ that will make the change
for the better.
Yes. this practical religion will also
go into agriculture, which is proverb-
tally honest, but needs to be rectified,
and it will keep the farmers from send
ing to the city market veal that is too
Young to kill. and when the farmer
farms on shares, it will keep the man
who does the work from making his
half three-fourths. and it will keep the
farmer from building his post and rail
fence on his neighbours premises. and