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Subscription SI Per Tear. Vol. XXIX. A Letter to a Bride. In these days when the April breeze is freighted with th« odor of orange blossoms and a peal of wedding bells comes from over the hills, »^*re is an especial appropri- atf-nes* in a letter sent to 1 recent bride. Its author is unknown, but it was written «*ver thirty years ago—and lia» been treasured by a grand—mother with silver hair to present to her grand daughter on her wedding morn. It is worth re reading : * “I am holding some pasteboaid in my hands—three stately pack¬ ings from the brush of ceremony. I am gazing upon a card, ami upon a name—a name with which your gentle life began—a name with which your throbbing heart was lost ; but there is nothing struige about the card. The maiden’s sign still looks up from it, calm and customary, ms it looked on many a friendly visit, as it lies in many a foiuutl basket. 1 am gazing, too. upon a card where the nearer pa¬ rent tells the world she will be at home one day, and that is nothing new. But there is another card whose mingling here puts a tongue of tire into thin speechless card- board enamelling fate on common placc. It tells us that feeling is maturing into destiny and that these cards are but the pale herald* of a coming crisis, when a hand that lots pressed bunds and plucked flowers, shall choose one perfect flower. The three great stages ol Viur being are: the birth, the bridal and the burial. To the first we bring only weakness, to the last we leave nothing but dust. But here at the altar when life joins life, the pair come up to the holy mun, whispering the deep vow* and promising to help each other in life’s struggle of care find duty, The beauty will be ihc-re, borrow- ing new beauty from il«e scene, the guv and the frivolous, thoy and their flounces will look solemn for once. And youth will come to gaze on all its sacred thoughts and age will totter up to hear the old words repealed that to their liv*h have given the charm, Some will laugh over it as if it were a joke and some will weep over it as if it were a tomb, but two must s!and by it—for it is fate, not fun, this eveilasting locking of lives. And now can you, who have queened it over so many bending forms, can you come down at last to the fru¬ gal diet of a single heart ? to you have been aclpck. giving your time to the whole world, now you are a vvatefi buried in one par¬ ticular bosom, warming only his breast, making only his home sod ticking only to the beat of his heart whose time shall be in unison until these lower ties are lost in that higher wedlock, where ail hearts are united around the great central heart of all. Hoping that calm ntf>£ehine mny hallow' your clasped signature.” hands, 1 sink silently into A tramp stul« a bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. Whan he appeared in court he expl* ; ned that he fr«*w in the advertisement it was 4 s easy to take. * 9 so lie took it. ♦* Discharged, 9 t said the judge. .. l will go and take my»elf.” It is easy to take and a p 1 tect laxative. Sold by all , druggists. Dr. Davis’ Nervine. Will cure Indigestion, Constipa- tio j. Billiousness, Nervousness and tlenefai Debility. For sale by all drtggists. 9-27-oiyr. The Toccoa Record. Toccoa, Georgia, May 2, 1902. Patient Endurance. Geo. H. Hepworth’s Sunday sermon in the New York Herald; Hut 1 st patience have her perfect work. (St. James, i., 4. Patience is generally clashed among the minor virtue*, but so much of life’s happiness and use* fulness depends on it that we ought to give it a more prominent place, To patiently end ire an environ¬ ment which includes suffering and hardships is nothing less than hero¬ ism, and there are unseen and un- lecorded instances in which incri and women have even shown the courage of the martyr. Patience is always yoked with other high qualities of character. Its nearest ally is self-control arid self-control is as important when you are building a character as a rudder is when a ship is launched. It is literally the steering apparatus which keeps us clear of the rocks and shoals of an impetuous and reckless temper, I would rather have patience with perfect self- control tban to have genius, for while genius is erratic and often unbalanced, these other qualities give us poise and epoilibrium. Patience is grounded on resigna- tio11 to the inevitable, which results in a calm endurance under exasper- atirig circumstances, and in the cou viction that it is safer to bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of. When a man cultivates patience, therefore, he becomes master of himself and master of whatever may possibly happen. It is kingly, a royal vir- tue, and more depends on its pos- session than we are apt to think, You can reckon its value by con- sideting its opposite. Impatience is a dangerous quality. It con- statitly places your self-respect and your relation to your dearest friends in peril. Moreover, it makes un- happy circumstances more unhappy still. You can’t rebel against your surroundings with a complaining heart without rendering yourself weak 10 oppose or change *hem. Look your life over calmly and im¬ partially and you will find that where you have been at odds with your lot you have made that lot so much the worse and more difficult to get away from, whereas it you had accepted the bitter experience and made the best of it you would have reaped a benefit otherwise im¬ possible. It is equally true that where you have been impetuous of speech you had cause for regret, while a curbed tongue has bsena cause for rejoicing. W hen you have been silent you have done bet¬ ter than when you have spoken . A biiter word suppressed strength¬ ens the character while a reckless utterance is like a bomb, which it sure to injure if it does not kill a friendship. It is uu inexorable law that three- quarter* of the world must drudge in order to live. You may wonder why this should be so, but you will find no solution of the puzzle. The simple, stubborn fact faces you,and it ends all controversy. Moreover all the world, without exception, must sooner or later bear heavy burdens of sorrow and bereave- m0nt - The normel condition of is to be a burden bearer, and I i)*d almost said it is the only healthy condition. There is no smooth road laid down on the chart of life. We all trudge tlsvougfta storm and sunshine. Pov- sickness, trouble, death are to found everywhere. Kings and “Good Will to All Men.’ peasants alike have their sorrows. It it the common lot. There is only rne question to be asked and answered : How small we make these expriences contri- bute to strength of character, and potsibly to our welfare? Not, sure- ly, by a restless controversy with the inevitable and the inexorable, ^ miudonly aggravates the evil without even the shadow of a good result. It is your atti- tude of mind and heart which de- cides your happiness or misery. Fight fate and you will surely be defeated; not only defeated, but souced. On the other hand, make the best of the worst, calmly and putiently use events, and extract from them whatever of good they inuy contain, and your days will bwing along with a smoothness that will surprise you. More and better thau that, your calmness and patience will have a tendency to draw to you the help of the other world, and if you and the other worid come to a harmonious under- standing the very complexion of your adverse circumstances will change. In a word, the soul which fol¬ lows in the footsteps of the Christ and in poverty and hard work and misfortune bravely meets and nobly endures will find light in unexpec¬ ted places and joys where only fears were looked for. There is a subtile law here, and if we can dis¬ cover it and be guided by it the clouds will have a silver lining and even our sorrows will prove a blessing. God is still with us and so are the angels of God. With patience and courage we may fit ourselves for their kind services, and so make good use ot the roughest places over which we must travel to the rest and reward of the glorious future. A Cashier Testifies. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, Ill. Gentlemen :—After twenty years of aches and pains caused by con¬ stipation brought on by sedentary habits, I have found more relief in two bottles of Dr. Caldwell’s Sy¬ rup Pepsin than all of the hundreds of other remedies I have tried, and I take pleasure in giving you this testimony, believing you have the finest preparation made for stomach troubles. Very truly yours, D. F. Lange. Cashier Wabash R. R. East St. Louis. Sold by all druggists. The first salt was produced in the United States prior to 1620 and in the various reports of the Federal census meutiou is made of not less than thirty-two States in which salt has at some period been produced in considerable quantities. In 1899 Utah produced 235,671 barrels of salt equivalent to 1,178,355 bushels, nearly all of which was made by solar evapora- tion. Knightuville, Inch, April 22 d, lSie*. Pepsin Syrup Co., Moutieeilo, Ill. Gentlemen :—I have been selling Dr. Gntidwell’s Syrup Pepsin ever «ncr it Hot introduced to the trade. , . T. It is • the best . seller I, 1 ,1 ha ve ever had on my shelve* and gives the best satisfaction to mv mers of anything 1 ever offered them. Where I sell it once they inviMuatfiy return for more. As a laxative or as a physic it is par ex- cclieuce, the inoat pleasant and satisfactory preparation I have ever sold. Yours, etc., G. H. Came. Sold by all diuggtstt. Successor to Toccoa Times and Toccoa The President is Scourged by the Bishop of Savannah. Stinging and caustic were al- lusions to President Roosevelt and General Miles made by Rev. B. j. Keiley, bishop of the Catholic diocese, in t>is memorial address before the confederate veterans last night, April 27. His references to the president and General Miles were ;io tollows : “It is true thui tlie gentleman who now happens to bit in the presidential chair at Washington lias written of President Davis* : Before Jefferson Davis took his place among arch traitors, etc., it was not unatural that to dishon- esty he shoui add treachery to the public. The moral difference between Benedict Arnold, on the one hand, and Aaron Burr and and Jefferson Davis took Ins place among arch t aitors, etc, it was not unnatural that to dishonesty lie should add treachery to the public, The maral difference be: ween Ben edict Arnold, on the one hand, and Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis on the other is the difference be¬ tween a politician who sells his vole for money and one who sup¬ ports a bail measure to get. high political position. 4 i When Mr. Davis was living and a prisoner a fellow named Miles, placed shackles ou him in prison, though there was no neces¬ sity for it, and no one but a brute would have done it. But I have never heard that Miles after Mr. J )avis’ death maligned ins character —that species of the envenomed malice was reserved for the recre¬ ant son of a southern woman—‘the rough rider’ of republican politics, t ( lf . accidency of 1902, the lightning change artist of the white .house, who can hobnob with the Kaiser’* brother and sit cheek by jowl an Alabama negro; who can in¬ dulge in meaningless platitudes while the south, on the bravery and common heritage of southern hero¬ es and denounce them before ttie Grand Army us anarchists; who can profess a broad American spirit, which brands sectionalism as a crime, and laud the loyalty of our vet runs of 1861-65 to the con¬ stitution and reunited country, w hile the damning evidence of his own written word shows that he compared ‘the noblest Roman of them all’—Jefferson Davis—to a Benedict Arnold. •**Jefferson Davis was a states¬ man, a soldier a man of high char¬ acter, a senator, a cabinet officer, a president, not put in office by a bullet, but by ballot. “Theodore Roosevelt’s title to immortal fame will rest 011 shoot— ing beasts and profiting by the murderous act of a reprobate who shot a man. j > how’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for uny case of - Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. * J* Ghinnea &. Co , I rops., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned ’ ‘* stve known F. J. Cheney tor the Iast ‘5 >’ ears ’ ;,nd beheve llim P er fectly honorable in all business transact ions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Thu ax, Wholesale Druggist. Toledo, O. Walding Kinnan & Marvix, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure it taken in- ternaily, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by ail Druggists. Testimonials tree. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. No. 18 “Yes or No. 11 The efforts on the part of rnein- hers of the house to piu one another d^wn to direct answers reminded Representative Capron, of Rhode Island—one of the beet storytellers in the house, by the way—of an experience in the last campaign. Mr. Capron was very much bother¬ ed while making a speech by a man »n the audience who insisted ou asking questions to which he de¬ manded either ‘‘yes” or *'no ,: for an answer. t« But there are some questions, j » tiually remarked Mr. Capron, ** which cannot be answered by ‘yes’ or * no ’. ’ ’ 4 4 I should like to hear one,” scornfully commented Ins annoyer. “Well,” said Mr. % run, “I think I can prove it. ive you quit beating your wife, Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no. »>» The crowd saw at once that Mr. Capron had the man in n trap. It he said “yes * it was a confession mat he had been beating iiis wife, if he had say “no” it was an ad¬ mission that he was still indulging in the pastime. i s Yes’* or “no” shouted body in the hull, and in the midst of the confusion the man made his escape.—Washington Post. Cures Eczema, Itching Humors, Pimples and Carbuncles.—Costs Nothing to Try. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is now recognized as a certain and sure cure for eczema, itching skin, humors, scabs, scales, watery blisters, pimples, aching bones or joints, boils carbuncles, prickling pain in skin, old, eating sores, ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Blum taken internally, cures the worst and most deep-seated cases by en- ri ching, purifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the skin. Botanic Blood Balm is the only cure, to stay cured, for these awful annoying skin troubles. Heals every sore and gives the rich glow of health 6 ) the skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes the blood red and nourishing. Especially advised for chronic, old cases that doctors, patent medicines and hot springs fail to cure. Druggists $1. To prove that B. B. B. cures, sample sent free and prepaid by writing Biooi Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Discribe trouble, and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. A bill recently passed into the Massachusetts Legislature required th'fc licensing of cats. The fee is fixed at fifty cents, and it is provid¬ ed for that any who shall keep a cat contrary to the provisions of the act shall be fined five dollars, one half to fio to the informer and the one half to the city or town treasury. Between July 1 and 10 of each year the chief executive of each city or town is required to is-,ue warrants for the execution of all unlicensed felines. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin l!ure8 Constipation. Sold by all druggist. Il ’ s a to break old bachekr to the matrimonial harness, but when he is broken he is the tamest of them all. The Rev Thomas Dixon says he lias discovered by reading the Sou¬ thern newspaper* ot 1865 and thereabouts that Booker T. Wash- ington’s platform of negro educa- tion can be found in the speeches of the Confederate generals to the negroes, after they got home from the war.