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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

before the dawn in the garden. And, of
course, as that is the greatest event in the
records of the Bible or outside of them, it
IS in it that we see most clearly how true are
the words of dear friend: Thank God,
when it is 30 dark it can be no darker, for
then the next thing must be daybreak.'
Three years of labor; only two women and
one man at His cross Thousands fed; no
one but an enemy to raise the sponge to His
lips when he cried II thirst" Multitudes
heard Him preach; even His disciples could
lot watch with Him one hour. One of the
Y is dead committed suicide after betray-
ing his best friend. Another, with an oath,
declares he never knew Him. Not a friend
20 carry His cross, not jew, not convert,
mly mere camp follower, one of Gods
Door, who, having long felt the weight of
the burden that CALLED His shoulder and
made Him ache, said: This man has too
much to bear''-the poor suffering with and
suffering for the poor, as only the poor know
now to do. Such were the days just before
the first Easter, As though even the world
lid not wish TO see how lonely and friend
less and forsaken and miserable and tor
lured He was, it drew black veil over its
face, and the earth was dark. So the lesson
comes to us to-day that we ought not to com
plain II, sometime IN our personal expert
ence history repeats itself The higher and
nobler your ideal, the more will you be left
alone perhaps, and called impracticable and
visionary. The more you love the truth, the
more opposition you can expect from men
who love darkness. Excellence, to begin
with, always speaks to small audiences.
Truth has for its first disciples the despised
fishermen. The splendid spires of Christen.
dom are an imitation of the masts of the
ships owned by Andrew and Simon Peter.
These are the darkest hours again, Just be
fore the Easter dawn, when we are learning
that the plainest woman is sometimes the
most beautiful; the steady man is the most
solid those who are frank make the best
friends. Patient, plodding, self-forgetful,
divinely-loving Jesus, against the midnight
backness of the ninth hour; how much
more beautiful appears the light of the first
day of the week when it was said: "He is
risen"
And so, let us all take heart this glad
Easter day, 1t may all be, as Tennyson
sings
80 runs my dream, but what am I?
An infant crying in the night.
An infant crying for the light,
And with no language but cry"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

the abbot to grant him admission to bring
him up as a lay brother The monk complied
with the request, and made every effort to
teach the boy religion and instruct him IN
the ways of the monastery, but in vain.
There were but three lines of all his lessons
that were ever impressed upon his mind.
When be had finished his daily tasks he
would always seek the quiet of the church,
where he would remain for hours on his
knees, repeating, over and over, the words:
II believe in God, trust in God, love
God"
One day his tasks were neglected, and the
lad was missed from his routine of duty.
He was not even to be found in the church
with his eyes fixed on the tabernacle, az
was his custom The abbot finally sought
him in his little cell. He lay dead before the
cruciiiX, his hands clasped and an expression
of inetfablc sweetness on his childish face.
After burial the abbot caused the boys ia
vorite lines to be engraved upon the cross.
No sooner was the cross erected than pure
white lily was seen blooming at the side of
the grave, The news spread rapidly, and
when the abbot heard 1t he returned and
caused the grave to be opened, and there,
to the establishment OF the monks, the root
of the lily was found to be imbedded in the
heart of the child
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

got one, know, because Sarah True, the
dressmaker, said she was making it; for
some reason, she seemed amused about it,"
WAS she?" Mrs. Ellis Strengthened the
Battenberg mat on the table before she pro
ceeded. "Well, she'll not be amused when
I've got through with her; I've got to have
it out with somebody
Seems { me, there's more real comfort in
having a thing out with your own husband
than with any dressmaker that ever lived
said Mrs. Jordan.
There is-usually" Mrs. Ellis cheeks
were red as the paper roses on her mantel-
piece Henry and / had pitch battle
over my Easter dress. How was to know
that his rheumatism was bad, that he'd lost
money in an investment and his typewriter
had corrected his spelling the day told
him must have it,"
'Humph," snapped Miss Towner, "men
say women have no brains and then they
expect 'em to know everything without be-
ing told"
"They do" agreed Mrs. Jordan. eve
limited about Easter dresses myself"
I'VE said so much that day that we hardly
spoke for a week afterwards" went on Mrs
Ellis. "Then | made up my mind to have
that Easter dress, anyhow, and it was easier
w bt llthNduNs iltlhy gov plthSdlls lpbs uNl
though he'd had a big stroke of luck he
never said Easter Dress
"le thought your old one would do; that
all a man knows about dress" said Miss
| Towner.
Henry thinks he knows a great deal
about dress" sighed his wife after we'd
/ been married five years he'd still tell me
| how | ought to have my clothes made
Well, being mad, got a real expensive
! Faster dress without saying word. | didn't
| let Sarah True make it, because | was afraid
she'd blurt it out to him"
Then Maria Ellis was only jealous, not
critical" said Mrs. Jordan.
My dress, a beauty, came home Saturday
and was locked in the spare room. Some
how, | didn't feel so good, if had my own
way. The way that new dressmaker piled
on extras in the bill was awful. 1t looked
as if the only thing that wasn't extra was
the running up of the seams!"
But you wore it to church to-day" asked
Miss Towner.
81 did not. When it was time for church
in walked Henry with big bundle. He
looked sort of cheap, and said: Say, EN-,
here's your new Easter dress'"
But" gasped Mrs. Jordan, chow"
That was what l wondered until he
opened the bundle, saying, proudly: KNEW
I'd been mean, so / just selected you the
handsomest dress money could buy and had
it made the right way. ALWAYS knew had
good taste in woman's clothes!'"
But what sort OF dress"
THE kind of a one you'd love to see the
woman you detested most wearing Easter
morning. said Mrs. Ellis but looked
into Henry's happy face, and-well, felt
10 mean for the things I'd thought and the
hing I'd done that kissed him and wore
that dress to church, feeling like a cross be-
ween a martyr and sneak thief. But IN
tell Sarah True what | think of her for
making a thing like that" she added,
firmly. ELISA ARMSTRONG.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
DAYBREAK IN THE GARDEN
BY FRED'K E. HOPKINS, D. D.,
Pastor Pilgrim Congregational Church, Chicago.

I(MH WILL open the blinds, said lit
N tie child one morning, $50 that
VIZ can see to learn my lesson to-day
and she learned it without even stopping to
think where the light came from that made
the words so clear And in that same spirit
let us learn lesson in the light of the
Easter Sabbath. We have an old-fashioned
proverb that it is always darkest Just be-
fore the dawn; and that is proverb forti-
fed by collection of proofs, as old as the
world, and as sacred as the Bible.
The darkest hour that the commercial in
terests of our country ever saw was the
morning when Commodore Perry, young
man only % years of age, sailed out of Put
Inlay, on Lake Erie, TO fight a squadron
of the navy of Great Britain. which, up to
that time, had never known defeat.
The great Magma Charta, that charter
which first boldly declared anything like
human liberty and equal political rights be-
tween man and man, was never in such
jeopardy as on that morning when Cromwell
found his army completely surrounded
shut up like hand in glove-but he
prayed; and literally the clouds overhead
broke, and the sunlight glistened on the
spears, and he shouted: "The Lord of
Hosts is with u.s." And through the ranks
of the enemy he made door of opportunity
which has never been shut
This, by some strange literary classifica-
ton, is called "profane history" but can we
not see the hand of God in all of it? And
these are some of the dark hours the ma
tions have passed through And it is all like
the Divine revelation. Noah did not get
discouraged during his dark hours not in
the fftieth year that he labored all alone,
or in the one hundredth year that he la
bored all alone, nor in the one hundred and
tenth year that he labored all alone, and
in the one hundred and twentieth year, per-
haps just when he was giving up, he heard
the rain falling on the roof of the ark, and
said: at is the footstep of God coming
to fulfill His promise" 1t lightened, and he
said: THAT is Gods face" 1t Numbered,
and he said: THAT is His voice" Dark
hours-the next, from the summit of Ara
rat, he saw the bow in the clouds.
How is it Jacob did not see the angel UNI
/ til, in addition to all his other trials he
broke his leg?
At supper time there is grief all over the
mansion. David cannot be comforted. AT
breakfast he walks in, looking like one that
has had the rosy dreams of a child. Why
was this? He had seen through his tears
! the child he mourned and knew that he
was safe with God; and so he comforted 9th
ers, as he had been comforted by thai
vision and the voice of Him who spoke il
the night seeming TO tell him that he coulc
say to others: "IIe shall not come to me
but | will come to Him"
How is it that Daniel sleeps tonight il
the lions den, and tomorrow in the palac,
of the greatest empire in the world?
All these are Bible incidents. They al
throw light upon that hour, which was jus
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

books, pictures, dainty little gifts, some
thing from every friend in the dear old
Crescent City, with love for Agnes" She
was bewildered and almost fearful, but true
to her training chose a choice bud from
the lot, and pinning it on the captains blue
coat begged the steward to do likewise for
each passenger.
Sophie came along with a square, white
package, and Importance written on every
line of her face.
"'Scuse me, cap'n," she said but de
young gem'men tole me tub glib missy dis
at the correc moment, and mus do it.
Agnes took the package, cut the string
and saw a tiny note with line across its
face
Read this when you are alone" 1t was
in Philips handwriting. She slipped it in
her pocket and unfolded yet more, to find
Philip Barlow's face gazing up into hers
from the card, and on the margin, in the
same characterize hand;
"Your Philip, if you will have it So"
Her sight grew dim She clutched the
picture tightly and half rose; her lips We're
very white. She would have fallen, had not
the watchful Sophie caught her up and
swiftly carried the unconscious girl TO the
safety of her cabin. Though Sophie was
good, it was but human that she should take
the photograph from the girls hand, nod
very intellgently, and then gently re-
place it.
Just as Agnes Ducharme awakened To the
newly risen love of her life she was glad to
see Sophie quietly tanning her, while the
golden pendulums licked off the melody as
she sang:
Praise de Lawd! .Fo' Chris is risun;
All Is Joy on yeth.'
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50 sadly. The captain stopped to say a
kind word to Agnes about being a good
Samaritan, and added: do what you can
for her and the poor young mother. Her
father died few days ago; he lies in his
coffin on this ship. The mother is con
sunptive and is trying to get home with
her baby before she, too, dies and leaves
this little creature alone. God bless usl
he exclaimed, "what troubles some women
have to bear" and he was off again like
shot
With all the good work of nursing the
baby, and being kind to the mother, there
was ever uppermost the feeling there il
no sorrow like my sorrow.' She was very
young, and the trouble stayed with her by
day, overwhelming her at night On Easter
even a tropical hurricane came laundering
down upon them. Sails were carried away,
mast was shattered, two sailors were
hurt and the winds whistled at their dis
tress, whilst the waves threatened TO en-
gulf the poor old ship. Opiates were given
the sick mother and her baby, who, clasped
closely in each others arms and strapped
in their narrow berth, lay quietly as ii in
the final sleep between coffin walls.
Agnes, fully dressed, lay mute with ter
ror, listening for the end, whatever it might
be, too frightened to cry, too awed to pray.
Her open eyes seemed to see her whole life
in pictures, which the lightning flashes re-
vealed one by one. o, the awfulness of that
night, unreieved by prayer or companion
ship, till Sophie burst in the door, and.
kneelng beside the terrified girl, cried:
"Save us, Lawd, or we pe'ish." Then tears
streamed from the eyes of these two wom-
en-. White and black they were, but one
in spirit, and with clasped hands and gentle
sympathy sustained each other till dawn
came, bringing sunshine, a calm sea and
safety.
| 1t was fully II o'clock before the gong
sounded for breakfast that morning. Its
first note found Sophie at the door, smiling
and saying:
"Mo'in, Miss Agnes! Chris is risun, and
so is we! De cap'en gwine ak blessn' dis
mo'in'. Come on, missy, yo' DON know
what yo' might git in de way oh guards,
| flows and gifts, dis Dressed Yeaster moi y
Nonsense, Sophie, vino could send me
such things way out here on the great ocean,
and after such a storm, too?'
"De ways OBJ Prov 'dence is 'scrutable, y
| quoted Sophie, and lifted the portiere for
| Agnes to enter the saloon. Capt. lie Grand
rose at her entrance, as did all the passen-
gers, and a thrilling prayer of thanksgiving
went up in homely seaman fashion, which
brought tears to all eyes and hearty, sin
cere amens from every voice.
| Gladness followed, and the saloon was full
of murmuring voices. Agnes was little
faint from WEAKNESS and was trying to get
to her seat, when the captain CALAMITY led
her to the chair beside him and placed her
in it, saying:
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, we may as
well give thanks for all our blessings, anc
one is, that we have Miss Ducharme a,
voyageur. Her presence has brought Easter
blessings, indeed, though our ships refrig
orator has been sorely taxed to preserve
| them" and he laughed, gayly.
Agnes looked up, and what a mass o
beauty surrounded her. Flowers, fruit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

If you want an unique experience in con-
nection with Easter spend it in the West
Indies. Take Martinique for example.
Everybody goes to church. The thief who
has had his hand in your pocket only a
minute before is one of the most devout
persons in the sacred edifice The service
ended the whole population gives itself up
to enjoyment On the streets and in the
public squares pictures full OF bright color
are formed by the gorgeous turbans and
gowns of gaudy print worn by the natives.
The coole women, sitting upon the grass,
that is so bright and verdant all the year
round in that glorious climate, form a hui
man flower garden of rare beauty, while
gold, silver and precious stones sparkle on
their wrists, arms and ankles.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
Easter sunday In Seville.

There is no better place to see much that
is picturesque in the celebration of Easter
than the city of Seville Spain, once the
capital of the Roman province of Boetia,
long the chief city of the Moors and for
many years the royal city of the Spaniards.
1t abounds in magnificent churches. Its
grand cathedral of Santa Maria de la Sede
is the largest in the world except st.
Peters at Rome. On Easter morning its
high altar is a bower of floral beauty, and
PROSTATE before it are many devout souls,
the richly attired lady of fashion and the
poorly clad woman of the people kneeling
side by side and minglng their tears of joy
Mt the feet of their risen Lord
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

swer to the last farewell shout and waving
OF hats.
As the fog cleared the warm April sun
shine beat down on deck, causing passengers
and crew to doff all extra apparel, but Agnes
shivered and took gloomy view of every
thing. 1t was too bad, went her thoughts;
why could not she have finished her visit,
and had, what dear old brother Jack called
cher fling" 1t was hateful of her little in
valid brother Joe to imagine he was going
to die, and must have her with him; quite
unnecessary in mother to write urging her
return, and objectionable in father to tele-
graph "Start for home at once"
Such a time as she had had calming Jack
and Nellie, who were raging at Joe for spoil
ing the Easter gayeties; and then the rush
to pack up, and write notes of apology,
pathetic and incoherent, TO the friends who
had prepared round of pleasures for her.
She had not seen Mr.. Barlow alone a mo-
ment, and now she would probably never
see him again. Well, possibly it would be
better. If he did not care for her, il were
better far he should not know that his face
was ever in her thoughts, and that she loved
him so tenderly.
Not that he had ever given her cause for
this by one spoken word. Only he-he
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

But de Lawd gwine change me soon,
When l gifts on high-y-igh!
GGfWl ELL, I'll change you long before
NV then, you lazy niger, if you
kAA don't move quicker with them
trunks!" shouted the steward of the Chris
topher Columbus from the dingy gang
plank.
"Yessah! Comm, sahl" and the rusty,
yaller coon" ran his rickety wheelbaTow
swiftly on deck and deposited this last adj
dition to the steamers cargo fairly flying
back TO the levee, glad to escape farther
abuse.
A bell rang whistle blew, ropes were
loosened, coarse voices talked at once, or
ders to sailors, abundant profanity, few
shouted "good-by's,' and the Christopher
Columbus was off, down the waters of the
muddy Mississippi on her way to New
York
A long line of relations and friends stood
watching a lonely, girlish figure on the deck,
waving farewells and sending CHEEKY smiles
and signals to the young traveller. An UNI
expected voyage means discomfort, but
when one leaves old New Orleans on Holy
Thursday, with Easter pleasures so near,
and leaves in a yellow fog; when the dear
est brother and sister in this world are
standing on the levee; when the little
cousins and nieCes are dancing up and down
with some appearance of joy, and when the
man one loves best stands beside a pretty
girl, chatting and smiling with her, the
prospect of sea voyage alone is wretched
enough. Agnes Ducharme felt it TO be too
much, and murmured: They seem glad
to see me 60" but she knew that this was
not true, and sent watery smile in an
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
BIRTH OF THE LILY.
II Bloomed at the Side of the Grave of .
Boy Who Loved God.

WI e ARE told that in a quaint old Gene
IVA terry, near Seville, medieval cross
hAAl is seen near the entrance, on which
the following lines are traced
81 believe in God
! trust in God.
] love God"
The cross is erected over the grave of
title boy, who died centuries ago. the only
son of a poor woman. The boy was called
~ natural, the Spanish name for a weak
minded person. Although everyone loved
the child, it seemed almost impossible to
teach him anything. He was willing TO learn,
but seemed to have no memory or power to
comprehend. At last, in desperation, his
mother took him to a monastery, imploring
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
lie SURPRISED Ills WIFE.
Presented Hor with an castor Dross Of
Astonishing Design.

(kf{f NEVER was one t. tell anybody
unpleasant things" remarked old
E.ls Mrs. Jordan, but have relations
in law myself, and | feel it my duty to tell
you that Henry's brothers wife says she
wonders what Henry ever saw in such a
dowdy as you that he married her Not that
| think much Of Maria Ellis opinion myself;
her father was retail grocer before ever he
was wholesale one an he used I give short
weight. When father gives short weight
in sugar, it's no wonder daughter gives
short weight in truth"
Maria didn't like your new Easter dress,
Mis- Ellis, said Miss Towner, deity catch
ing the thread of conversation. You've
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
Hard Question TO Settle.

Chumpleigh-You seem rather reflective,
my dear"
Mrs Chumplegh-I was thinking where
should sit in church on Easter, If take a
front scat everybody will see my new bon
net while if | sit in the rear | will be able
In see nil e. q others.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
sInr Isn,t EverythIng.

"Thmty-fve dollars for that blamed little
hat Why, confound it, dollar bill would
cover it,"
yes Henry, dear, and so it would cover
a thousand dollar bill"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

She-I must have a new dress.
He-Do you ever think Of anything high
er than dressesg
she--lpdeed, yes; new Easter bonnet.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
A ReguIar Attendant.

~ am very regular in my attendance at
church." said the dissipated young man.
"Indeedy"
Eyes, go every Easter"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05
AN EAST E r
LOVE TALE
By ELvIRA FLOYD FRoEMCKE.

Use a rusty, yaller coon,
But de Lawd gwtne change me soon,
When | gifts on high-y-lghv .
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

NE WILL open the blinds" said lit
II III tie child one morning, $50 that |
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FARMHlLL.

William Rice is laid up with the
leg he broke last winter. He slip
ped and fell injuring his leg severe
ly. The doctor says no bones are
broken.
Giles Wilcox of Ellsworth visited
at James Rice's the past week. He
has just returned from the state of
Washington wherehe went last fall.
He intends to return there and make
that state his home.
Herman Shute has hired out tc
work for James Rice during the fall.
John Wild has moved into his
new house which is one of the finest
in Rock Elm.
Ed. Campbell has traded his pony
team to Dell Crandall for a large
horse.
Paul Shute has hired to work for
William Rice.