The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-23


states supreme court, who was the son
nf charcoal burner, and Turner. The
painter who was the son of barber,
and Lord Give. who saved India TO
England, shipped by his father TO
Madras us n useless boy whom he want
ed to get rid of. and i'rideauX. the
world-renowned scholar and theolo-
pian. securing pots and pans to work his
way through college, and the mother of
the late William r. Dodge the philan-
thropist and magnificent man. keeping
thread and needle store. and Peter
Cooper. who worked on small wages
in glue factory. living to give 100000
for the founding OF an institute that
has already educated thousands of the
poor sons and daughters of America.
aud Bowdiich. the scientist. beginning
his useful learning and afiluent career
by reading the books that had been
driven ashore from a shipwreck at
Salem. There is, young man. a great
financial or literary or moral or re-
ligious success awaiting you If you only
know how TO go up and take II. Then
take /, or get ready to take It. The
the triumph when you have conquered,
There is flower in Siberia that blooms
only in January. the severest month
Of that cold climate II is n star-shaped
Hover and covered with glistening
spccks like diamonds. A Russian took
some Of the seeds Of that flower to st.
Petersburg and planted them. and they
grew. and on the coolest day of Janu-
airy they pushed back the snow and ice
and burst into full bloom They called
it the snow flower" and IL makes me
think of those whom the world tries
10 freeze out aud snow under, but who
in the strength of God push through
and up and out and bloom in the hard
est weather of the worlds cold treat
nent. starred and radiant with n beau
ty given only TO those who find life
struggle and turn IL into victory.
Again, If you would master the sit
uation when angry do not utter
word or write letter but before you
sppak word or write a word sing
verse Of some hymn in tune arranged
in minor key and having no Stuccato
passages. II very angry. sing two
verses. lf in positive rage. sing three
verses. First of all. the uuhealthiest
thing on earth is TO get mad. II jangles
the nerves enlarges the spleen AM
sets the heart into wild humping
Many man and many a woman has
in time of such mental and phNsica,
agitation dropped dead Not only that
but it makes enemies out of friends.
Nfir nj
anger Is partial or cons unHrate SUI
eide Great attorneys. understanding
his. have often won their cause by
willrully throwing the opposing couU-
sci into IL rage. There is one man you
must manage or one woman YOU mus
control in order TO please God and
make life Il success and that is your
self There are drawbridges to every
castle by which you may keep out of
your nature foreign foes. but no man
has defense against himself unless
it be n Divine defense. Out of The mil
lions of the human race there is only
one person who can do you permanent
and everlasting harm. and that is the
being that walks under your own hat
and in your own shoes. The hardest
realm that you will ever have to gov
ern is the realm between your scalp
and heel. The most dangerous cargo
"A ship can carry is dynamite. and tie
most perilous thing in ones nature is
m explosive temper. II your nature
is hopclessly irascibc and tempestu-
GUS then dramatic placidity If the
ship is on fire and you cannot eNtin-
guiSh The flames ri auyrate keep down
the matches. When at some injustice
| inflicted upon YOU or some insult Of
! ferpd or some wrong done. the best
| thing for YOU ia say j. to say moth.
ing and the best thing for YOU 10 write
| Is 10 write nothing. If the mcanneS>
| done Won is uubeuruhlc or you must eN-
press Yourself or die then commend
a Plan that ! have Once or twice sue.
/ cess fully adopted. Take a sheet OF
paper Date 1t at Your home or office
| then PM the wrougdocr's rrmc NJ the
head Of the letter raqe without any
| prefN Of Colonel" or >uGiN OF -"D. D..
! and hcgin with no term Of cour-
tesy, but bold and abrupt sir"
/ Then follow II with statement Of
! the wrong he hGs done YOU aud of The
| indignation you have felt Put II into
! the strongest terms Of cNccralion you
Gun employ without bcirg profane.
| Sign your name to the red-hot epistlo
| Fold il. Envelope H. Direct II plainly
TO the man who has done you wrong
/ Garry the letter week or two weeks
IL need he. and then destroy IT, In Gods
name destroy it.
like what Abraham Lincoln said
to one Of his cabinet officers That cab
met officer had been helied and mis-
| represented until in n fury he wrote
letter Of nrraignmrnt to his enemy
and in lHnsest possible phrdseology
told him what he Thought Of him The
cabinet ofl"er read II 10 Mr., Lincoln
and asked him how he liked IT, MI.
Lincoln replied: at is splendid for
sarcasm and Scorn | never heard any
thing more complete in that direction.
! Bun do Won think Won can afford 10