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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

Although the young peoples move
ment in the United Brethren Church
is of but comparatively recent growth
and was for some years opposed by
some OF the leading members of the
church, yet it has, from the first, had
growth and prosperity.
All over this beautiful land of ours
there are societies of the Young PeO-
pies Christian Union. During the
past year the movement has been
practically founded in Switzerland,
Holland and Germany. NatiOna
conventions were held in England,
Ireland and Scotland. The work is
also being established in India and
South Africa. The world is girdled
with this movement. Altogether
there are one thousand six hundred
and twelve Young Peoples Christian
Unions, in the United Brethren church
with two hundred and eight societies
in the junior department, making the
total num- Der of societies one thousand
eight hundred and twenty, with a
membership of seventy-twO thousand,
nine hundred aud ninety one. We
have ALTO. about 500 Christian En-
deavOr societies. These are nearly
all loyal to the Union of their denOm-
ination. Occasionally society will
have nothing to do with the denOmi-
national work, but generally such
societies are cotrolled by persons out
side the church.
The Young Peoples Christian Union
OF the U. B. church, of lola. was Orga-
nized in the spring of 1895 with about
ten active and eight associate MEM
bers. The membership is now nearly
thirty active and fifteen associate
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26
English Blue Grass.

SIOO per bushel, good, sound, clean
seed, crop of '96. Unsurpassed pas
ture grass. Above price is % to 80
per cent below regular seed houses.
Jno. ). Gilmore, FredOnia, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

ster, assistant principal in the High
school, are making rapid progress.
Miss Brewster is thoroughly equipped
for this work. Chancellor Snow
speaks of her as being one of the best
ever sent out from the State UNIVERSE
ty.
Lamb is a Leader.
Mari, Record: Senator Lamb is
not exactly the man his name would
indicate. He has prodded the Pop
majority more than any other Re-
publican Senator The other day, for
instance, in discussing the anti-pass
bill, he declared himself to he the
only member of the Senate who did
not ride on pass.
PatrOuize Men You Know.
Hiawathd World: A gang of sar-
saparilla fakirs are working through
Kansas, and are said to be coming
money. The fakirs canvass from
house to house, claiming they are adj
vertising a great sarsaparilla blood
purifier. and are selling their remedy
| for one fourth the drug store price.
The "sarsaparilla" consists of burnt
sugar, oil of sassafras and oil of dan
delion. They manufacture their sar-
raparilla as they go and it costs them
about two cents bucket.
Few Mistakes but Good Advertisement
Ptattsburg (Mo) Leader: MIR. T.
s. Ball of lola Kansas, called Oh US
Wednesday. He left Clinton county
! IL years ago, and has been residing in
| Kansas since. He came home to visit
his veDera bile father who lives near
Startled, and is now past 80 years of
sge. lola is celebrated for it's natural
gas wells. The city voted bonds for
! So 900, and with other assistance, at
depth of $50 feet, the gas flowed at
the rate of 10000 600 cubic feet per day.
Now there are seven of these wells,
each having as great flow as the first.
This gas will furnish heat for a stove
at cost of so cents per month. Other
wells since sunk, have a capacity as
high as 1900 O00 cubic feet. Manu-
factories are increasing, and an inn
mense smelteT for treating zinc ores
has been erected The gas supply
seems unlimited, and permanent.
lola is destined to make great town.
Bright hoy, put brighter MAMA
K. C. Star.
A bright little boy
AT the open door,
Missed the great brown rug
From the study floor.
Mamma" he called.
Al a pause in his play,
Won't you keep is floor
BarefoOted all day.
The same little lad
of his crisp toast slice,
Said, "Only uh soft
Inside is nice-Peas
Div me some mOre,''-
In convincing tones
I've Gated all is
Piece 'cept uh bOnes.'
LILLIAN HONE PICKEN-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

The B. Y. P. u, of the Baptist
church, hold their meetings on Sun
day evenings after services. Their
subject for next Sunday is "Christ's
trial before Plate" The young peO-
pie, who do not attend one of the
other yodng peoples meetings, are
cordially invited to attend ours, and
urged to sttend one of the societies
meetings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

The Local Union, of this city, has
been holding Cottage Prayer meetings
every week, for about a month, with
reasonable success. 1t is their inten-
ton to hold series of meetings in
the spring with the aid of the local
preachers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

Do you take your young peoples
paper? If not are you in touch with
the best workers? Yes, we all have
Bibles, bat these papers give us help
full Bible lessons and plans of study
the beauty of which would surprise
many of US. Then too, the inspiration
we get from reading the report OF
other societies is helpfpl. And unless
we are we'll supplied with missionary
literature, we need our paper that We
NAV know the needs of cur workers
in the various fields. Without some
kind of help we can know nothing of
this one Of the most vital interests OF
christian work. AS the carpenter
could net work without sOOls, neither
can any workman, much less can we
who are doing christian work.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

r. HI. Bennett, district president of
I'll g Y. P. {. u, has gone on trip in
the southern part of the district i'm
the interest of the Union.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

Rev. and Mrs. King are holding
a revival at Rock Creek, northeast of
lola. Quarterly meeting was held at
that place last Sunday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26
Christian EndoavOr

Communications intended for this column
should be addressed Christian Endeayor Care
of REGISTER lola Kansas"
This week we introduce TO the read
ers of the REGISTER new depart
meDt TO be under the care of the
Young Peoples Societies of the City.
Although this column is headed
christian EndeavOr," we place the
broader construction on this title,
including all Young Peoples Societies
working toward the one great object,
the salvation of souls. We hope
through this column to broaden our
work along all lines, to draw our
young people into closer touch with
each other, to increase our spirituali-
ty, to deepen our interest in county
and district work, and in every way
possible to enthuse our young people
to greater effort along lines of person
al work.
Whatever we have to say to one
another, provided we can 0OndeDse
! it sufficiently, Is to be admitted here,
all sorts of news that may be of
general interest to the various sOci-
cites In the county, notices and re-
ports Of special meetings and conven
tions held, new plans adopted and
new business methods which have
proved successful, or something about
your district work, whatever news
you may have may seem unimpor-
tant and commonplace to you. but
send it along, it may prove just what
Is needed and desired. We hope by
next week to be able to announce the
names of the assistant editors and to
be in regular working order.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

r. H. Bennett is the president and
the meetings are held every Sunday
at $50.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

Presidents,-wOnt you, as soon as
you read this, please drop us a card
with the name of your corresponding
secretary, and any Item ofnews you
may have?
Remember. if you want toannOunce
a social for your society, praise
service, a cottage prayer meeting, a
lecture or anything of the sort, it will
be gladly received. And remember
too, a great deal of the success of this
work depends, upon the individual
society. Let us hear from all.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

Giving is habit and to inculcale it
is one of the chief possibilities OF
the missionary committee. Not to
make money" but to make givers,
should be our study. Why cau't
christians enjoy giving and realize
the "blessed To give?' The Turkish
widow who received from her church
twenty cents weekly toward her aud
h+r children's support, was grieved
w ben her two cents a week, that she
gave the church, was about to be re-
turned to her. ''Is it not minle " hen
you have given it To me-" she said.
land can not bring my tithes with
the others ?" DO our young chris
tians give because they love to give?
Are we as societies doing all we can
to ineoleate this christian character
istic in our members?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26
Cures

Prove the merit of Hoods Sarsaparilla posi-
tive, perfect, permanent Cures.
Cures of scrofula in severest forms, Ike
gOitre, swelled neck, running sores, hip
disease, sOresin the eyes.
Cures of Salt Rheum, with its intense itching
and burning. scald head, letter. etc.
Cures of BOils, Pimples, and all other erup-
tons due to impure blood.
Cures of Dyspepsia and other troubles where
good stomach tonic was needed.
Cures of Rheumatism, where patients were I'M
able to work or walk for weeks.
Cures of Catarrh by expelling :he impurities
which cause and sustain the disease.
Cures of Nervousness by properly tOning and
feeding the nerves upon pure blood.
Cures of That Tired Feeling by restoring
strength. Send for book of cures by
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26
FOR the President Inauguration, Wash
ingtOD, ID. e.

Take the Mo. Pac. Ry. via st. Louis.
One fare for the round trip, only one
change of cars. Tickets on sale March
1st and 2ud, return limit March 10th.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-26

ster, assistant principal in the High
school, are making rapid progress.
Miss Brewster is thoroughly equipped
for this work. Chancellor Snow
speaks of her as being one of the best
ever sent out from the State UNIVERSE
ty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
tain Baer. when informed that the rea-

tain Baer, when Informed that the rea-
son why the child was not buried was
because the family was in complete
restitution, sent food to them, and
notified the county agent Of the circum
stances. The child was buried in the
potter's field. The woman's story is
printed, because it is true picture Of
life in a great city.
IT cannot bear to think Of my child
not having a Christian BURIAL said
the mother to the reporter. For that
I have prayed to God, but he has not
answered me. have not asked him to
spare the life of my baby, for know
that what is best for it he will do, but
if he will only let me keep it believe
it would help me to bear life, and I
would work so hard for it. For the
sake Of my children I have suffered
much from their father, but how could
it have been worse for them if I had
left him and taken them with me?"
When asked as to her antecedents
Mrs Reynolds said:
.'I am native Of France, having
been born in Paris thirty-one years
ago. My father died when I was a
child and when was fourteen years
old my mother brought us to this coun
try. For a short time we lived in New
York with my fathers sister, Mrs. q.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
The Famine In India

The appalling extent Of the fam.
inc in India is indicated by
the statement that the districts
affected by the scarcity include
about two-thirds Of the country and
those suffering actual famine include
about one ourthof the whole The fam
inc districts contain more than eigh-
ty million people. The government has
instituted public works to give en-
ployment to the needy, and at last
accounts the number was about two
million, and was increasing rapidly.
AT the shortest, the famine must con-
5tinue four or five months longer. and
if the June monsoon should be dis
appoin tingssit mig ht be continued much
beyond that time: s. me previous fam
ines have been more acute than this,
but few have extended over So wide
an area or affected 50 large popula-
ton. s ii sS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
below the Reynoldses, says that his

q @ = ( tEF y
below the Reynoldses, says that his
treatment ,l' of his wife is worse than
brutal. She has no words but good
OF Mrs. Reynolds. The police at the
Attrill street station say that Rey-
nolds is an utterly worthless charac-
ter He was repeatedly arrested for
stealing dogs, but was discharged
when the destitute condition Of his
family was learned by the police. They
not in saloons, in training or trading
dogs. The death Of his child would
not have been known to the police had
not a little girl run to the station and
told Of Reynolds drunkenness and
abuse Of his wife. When the officers
went to arrest him he promised to be-
have himself, and the police Spermitted
him to stay in the house after Mrs.
Reynolds told them she did not want
to have her child placed in its grave
while its father was locked up in sta
ton house. The home Of the Reynolds
family is in a thickly populated neigh
.borhood, and on all sides Of them
church spires point heavenward.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18

Bruner. whose husband IS a wealthy
wine importer. MY aunt was kind to
us. but more dear to her was her purse.
She obtained for me, when 4 was sew
enteen years old, q situation as gov
erness in the family of Levi p. Nor
ton, then living in Washing ton. When
they returned to New York I went with
them and there met my husband. who
was then employed as a butte on Fifth
avenue. After our marriage discov-
cred he was addicted to drink and was
unable to retain q position. Nine years
ago lie decided to- leave New: York and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
ve came is Chicago. L lhoped taat here

We came rs Chicago IS i hoped that here
with new slrroundin he would be-
able to keep his promise to reform and
be good to me, but he has not been.
What 1 have suffered at his hands /
should not tel. have, by God s help,
been q true wife and mother, though
1T has been hard to stand the cursings
and beatings from my husband. In
the nine years we have been in Chicago
for at least five he has been out Of
work. When he was at work, four
8fifths Of his earnings went to the sa-
sloonkeeper and on the rest my babes
and ~ have lived. How, God only
knows! When Mr.. Carroll.
president Of the Chicago Carpet Com
3pany, heard Of the death Of our child
and our lack Of food and coal, he Of
sfered to give $40 toward the burial
expenses. MY husband went down to
the store for the money, but they would
not give it to him, fearing he would
spend it for drink. He talked SO bad
" to them that finally they said they
would not do any thing for him. The
money with which he got drunk was
part Of $1.50 which was given to me
by a neighbor to enable me to have
made a dress SO I could go to my child's 8;
funeral. had saved the cloth for
1T for two years. I gave him the cloth.
and the money in the morning to take
to the dressmaker. He gave her ST.
and kept the SO cents until he spent
4 it for liquor. have made up my
mind that my duty to my children is
greater than my duty to my husband,
II can find a place where they may be
left i can work and earn money to
keep them and myself if II can escape
my husband. He has often declared
he would kill me, and I think he will
some day, but if I must hearei it do not
want my children, growing up as they
are, to hear his profane language and
witness his treatment Of me. / have
no friends. He would never allow me
to make any. cannot keep the chill
dren here, without food or fire. All
three OF them are sick, and the doctor
gives me no hope of the baby's life. "
Mrs. Mcintyre, who lives on the floor
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
! A GOODLY FIGURE. J

Big Price Paid for Poetry Which Made
Precedent.
The Washington Star reporter was
taking an intellectual fall or two, out
Of the literary person just to- show
that individual that all. the literature in
the world wasn't centered in one hui
man being when the literary person be-
came catechetical
.Do you know" he said, the high
est price ever paid for single short
poem?'
That was easy for the reporter.
Course dc" he said, .4it was that
thousand and one of our American pc
riodicals paid up to Tennyson for
couple OF dozen lines or SOL
The literary person simply wither-
ed the reporter by look.
s 81 beg your pardon" he said, .tbut
the highest price ever received for a
short poem was by man, an Eng
lishman too, by the way, bearing the
plebian name of Smith His poem
was shorter than Tennyson's and he
got fifteen times as much for it,
Eli bet you, /" interrupted the re-
porter, that no American publisher.
however anglomaniac he may be, was
fool enough to put up that amount for
a poem.
'.I'U admit, it was an Englishman
who paid the money" said the literary
person in a tone of regret. .This Mr..
Smith, who died in 1889, at the age Of
.65, was brother Of Horace Smith. and
the two Smiths wrote those very clev-
er things Of bygone day, known as
The Rejected Addresses, being imita-
items of famous authors. One one occa-
SION our Mr. Smith dined with Mr..
Strahan, the kings printer, who was
suffering from old age and CONT,
though his mental faculties were as
bright as ever, and the next morning
Mr.. Strahan received from Mr.. Smith
the following stanza Of eight lines
8a Your lower limbs seemed far from
stout,
When last saw you walk;
The cause / presently found out.
When you began to talk;
The power that props the body's
i length,
In due proportions spread,
B IN you, mounts upward, and the
strength
. All settles in the head. I,
This compliment was SO PLEASING
TO Mr. Strahan that he forthwith added
a codicil to his will by which he be.
queathed 5000 in cash ($l5,oO0) to the
poetical Mr.. Smith.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
LENGTHY SNAKE STORY.
Point il dispute which Il g Yes


Awaiting Development.
"a rather sun burned but cookbook
Ing farmer made his way up to the
snake editors desk and stood there
waiting to be heard, says the Wash
tngton Star. The snake editor looked
up into his kindly face, with its far
away gaze and smiled welcome in
spite of himself.
Good morning he said as pleas
santly as if his visitor had money.
How are you % responded the Wis
itor. I'm from Montgomery county"
Is that SOP greeted the editor.
Yes, that's so,' said the visitor,
pulling up a chair and gazing far
away.
What I came in for" he went on
8 lr y, was to ask you q cues
ton. You are the snake editor, they
told me downstairs
That's right. What can do for
you? ~
1T don't know. P'raps you can an
sWer my question, and p'raps you
can't t. 2
What is ii 2? ~
s. cure that man that Loudoun
county's been posting on her snake
crop, amt you ~
.s.''
IT thought SO. Wen, we've got
snakes 81 l in Montgomery county, too, as
we'll as they have in Loudoun. &
Do you want to get up a competi.
tive exhibition 2"
"Oh, no." he said gently as a ring
doves COO. It only want to- tell how
we are fixed on snakes just now in
Montgomery and submit question.
You see, it's this way: We catched a
snake on our place yesterday, or ruther
we partly did, for he amt all catched
| yet, and 2 ss.s
Hold on!'' exclaimed the editor.
How can that be?''
It's just the way we are doing it in
i Montgomery, said the visitor calmly
We found him coming out of hole
in the rocks and there was eighteen
feet Of him out of the hole at the time
we seen him The rest Of him was
printing under ground toward Lou
doun, and judging from where we
stopped him coming out the other end
Of him will likely reach clean across
the river over into Loudoun. # he's
all in Montgomery, it's all right and
We'll pull him out, but if the biggest
half OF him is over in Loudoun, and
he,s a Loud0un county snake, by gum,
we propose to shove him back and let
those Landowners take care Of their
own. The question want you to
settle is which county ought to- have
the credit Of the shaker
The Visitors .far-aWay look changed
into one Of panied perplexity and the
snake editor asked for further time.
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!, Chicago.


at No. 1249 Maplewood avenue In one
corner Of the carpetless, scantily fur
nished room huddled together two chill
&dren, whose white, wan faces told a
tale Of starvation and suffering On
"a bed lay a babe Of two years, with
the shadow of death on its face, and
over it leaned the mother, clad in
rags.
In8the front room was sadder sight.
There on a cot was the body Of little
girl five years Of age, who died three
days before Of pm umonia a death GER
tificate would say, but truth would say
of neglect and starvation. No beauti-
#ful casket Of white held the remains of
the little one who had found rest and
peace in death. The mother had
STRENGTHENED its little limbs and closed
! its blue eyes, but nothing had been
done in preparation for its burial, I'M
til the fact Of its death was reported
to the Attrill avenue police station BY
the daughter of Mrs Caroline McIn-
tyre, widow who possesses only the
house in which she lives and part Of
which has been occupied by the Rey-
nolds family since last October. Cap
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
TAIN AGES SER NJ ON
FEsTIvITY THE SUBJECT or
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE.
From the Text: Bring Hither the Fat
ted Calf and Kill It--I,ulke 1923
When Sin and Sorrow Shall BE No
More-Gates of Paradise.

N all ages of the
world it has been.
customary to cele-
brate joyful events
by festivity. T h 9
signing of treaties,
the proclamation
Of peace, the inaug-
uration Of Presi-
dents, the corona
ton of kings, the
Christmas, the mar
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throngs Of young and old stood up and
in the presence Of heaven and earth
and hell attssted their allegiance to-
Jesus Christ, ] felt joy something akin
to that which the apostle describes
when he says: Whether in the body
/ cannot tell; God knoweth." Oh, have
not ministers right to rejoice when a
prodigal comes home? They blew the
trumpet, and ought they not be glad
Of the gathering of the host? They
pointed to the full supply, and ought
they not to rejoice when thirsty souls
plunge as the hart for the water
brooks? They came forth, saying:
| .'sAll things are now ready ought
they not to rejoice when the prodigal
sits down al, the banquet? Life In
surance men will tell you that minis
1 tiers Of religion, as class, live longer
| than any other. It is the statistics
of all those who calculate upon human
longevity that ministers Of religion.
as a class, live longer than any other.
+ Why is it There is more, draft upon
1 the nervous system than in any other
4 profession, and their toll is most ex-
hausting I have seen ministers kept
on miserable stipends by parsimonious
congregations who wondered at the
dullness of the sermon when the men
of God were perplexed almost to death
! by questions OF livelihood and had not
enough nutritious food to keep any fire
a in their temperament. No fuel, no fire.
Il have sometimes seen the inside Of the
& life Of many Of the American clergy
men, never accepting their hospitality
because they cannot afford II but ]
have seen them struggle on with sal
i aries OF five or six hundred dollars a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
troubles, Past, present and Fntnr,.,.

AZ TrOubIes, & asst, Fresent and Future 81
Bury the troubles that are past; bear
the troubles Of the present; do not
worry about the troubles Of the future
Meet each trial as It comes, and ii a
majority Of cases, the best course will
be to pass it by, and leave Il with God
he Christian.