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Vol. XXIX.
Love.
(George H. H«;p worth's Sunday Snruiou in
the New York Herald.)
i will love him and manifest inyaelf to him
—8t John, xi 21.
Can yo*£ onceive what this old
earth would be if there were no
love it ? Love is the river Jordan
in which we are all baptized and
consecrated to h new life. It flows
by evei y home in the land, making
green i ur low land meadows, ir- •
ngatiug the desert places, and
covering the sandy soil with
fluweis. Life would otherwise be
a dirge, but love makes it a paean
of praise. Take nil but love and
there is enough left to make us
content and happy: give ail but
that and you may as well give
nothing, for he who gives all but
sunshine gives only frost and ice
and cold.
Our confidence and trust in each
other, our loyal friendship for
each other, our willingness to
Sacrifice for each o‘her—all born of
love—are the saving grace of the
world. They are fragrance, they
are music, and thay are the bow in
the sky predicting a heavenly
morrow. Love points to God and
insists on immortality. It one is
prevaded by tbe spirit of love, not
as kindled shavings, which burn
intensely and suddeuly go out, but
like the altar flame of the Druids,
which never extinguished, he need
not argue about immortality, for he
has the right to demand it of the
Almighty, for such a divine pas¬
sion is not satisfied with this life,
to*
but seeks a higher development in
a larger place with larger opportu¬
nity.
Love is at once the prophecy and
proof of external existence, and
nothing else will satisfy the ap
petite which God Himself has im¬
planted. He would hardly be a
Heavenly Father who should so
fashion us that we should find our
supreme happiness and our high¬
est education in love, and then at
death suddenly blot it ali out. If
God’© power were limited such u
st:ite of affairs would be conceive
able, but with a God whose re-
sources are boundless it is not con-
ceiveable—a symphony hardly be¬
gun before it is ended. That would
be a curious exhibition of wisdom
and power, On the other hand
it would be a distinct act of curelty.
Tbe song that is only partly sung
when death bids us hush must be
finished in some other clime; the
task so nobly begun but left in¬
complete must be resumed else¬
where, or this is the strangest
world ever heard of and the great¬
est enigma, a world in which death
is more powerful than God.
Think of a planet without love
It is well nigh impossible. Such a
planet would not be worth living
111 One would rather not be born
in ©ticb a world. Only your own
advantage to fought tor and
won ! Greedy ©*o\ils clamoring for
mure and refusing to ©Imre a mor-
act with their neighbor©—u file and
.uni 1 I..I..JM keep trom 1 . others—.. wretched
world, too forlorn for words—no
blue sky, no green fields, no rivu-
lets making music, only a dreary,
J I barren waste of sand, with but one
highway, and that leading no*
i where. It is impossible to think
lof such a world until God has been
Idet hroned.
Man’s love is a very beautiful
ithing, but it lacks the special pecu¬
of Goa’s love. Man’s love
weak, but God’s is wise. God
TheToccoa Record
Toccoa, Georgia, June 6 1902.
loves us so much that He holds us
to our ideals, and, though merciful
He will tolerate nothing less
commands us to be ail He knows
we can be, and assists us with the
whole trend and current of the
nm verse. He will accept no itn-
perfect gilt. I hers is a sternness
and a glory in God’s love which
we ' find it difficult to understand,
it is so unlike our love,
VVhen we love we dondone ot-
tenses,excuse fault#, and so encour-
age both. The more we love, the
more partial and th* less critical
we are. It is because our love is
human, while His is divine. pjj g
, love makes , noble, , , develops , , and ,
us r
educates,while ours,pure and sweet
as it is, is apt to have the contrary
effect. There is no favoritism
with Him, and when you have HL
approval you may be sure that you
have the qualities of charactei
which can lawfully claim it. Hi*
is the perfect love, while ours is
imperfect.
But even our human love brings
heaven close to earth. Our family
relations, that of father, mother,
husband, wife, child, are all sepa¬
rate benedictions. They clear riie
rugged path of experience with
that sympathy which frightens
tempation away and fills the fields
with flower. and with a happiness
which can be had in no other way.
Better still,it tearfully and joyfully
points to that perfect day in which
our broken ties shall bind them¬
selves closer together once more,
and in which the mansions of God
shall be filled with loving heart-
which will thenceforward know
mo parting.
Mrs. Maggie Hooper bends a
Message.
Jefferson, Ind., May 15, 1900.
Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello. Ill
Dear Friends:—I was bothered
with stomach Trouble and Dys¬
pepsia for years. Nothing helped
me until 1 tried your grand Dr.
Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, and now
I feel like a new woman. You
may publish this, thut all others
may learn of the great benefit ol
your grand cure.
Sincerely yours, Mrs. Maggie
Hooper. Sold by all druggists.
A corresponded at St. Pierre,
Martinique, estimates that the:
money losses of that city by tbe
eruption of Mont Pelee were more
than $40,000,000. Not less than
$15,000,000 in bonds, stocks, jew-
elery and cash, it is calcnlated,
were destroyed. Very little of tbe
proberty was protected by insur¬
ance.
Stoutsville, Mo., May 5, 1900.
Gentlemen :—I iiave been troubl-
ed with Indigestion and Constipa¬
tion for the last two years, and
hive *ried every remedy known,
but hud never received any relief
until l was handed a trial bottle of
Dr, Caldvveiis Syrup Pepsin.
through our druggist, j. W. Wat¬
son, which gave me immediate re-
p e f, and I afterward bought a fifty
cent bottle which i can truthfully
,i..n ™ mo,.
anything I have ever tried —R.
B. Aurd. Sold by all druggists.
Gen. Nelson A.Miles has accep-
ted an invitation to deliver a speech
in Philadelphia on the Fourth of
July. It will be interesting to note
how the general will be able to
make a speech without saying any*
thing, yet he will have to come
prettv close to doing that very
thing. .. The \\ a r Department ^ : is . still
keeping an eye on him and its ears
°* >en '
“Good Will to All Men.’
This is the year of the seventeen
year locusts, in some sections of the
country. Many persons in the sec-
tions threatened have been looking
forward to thevisitation will dread,
It may be that the loevsts will
P rove u blessing in disguise and a
powerful weapon with which to
fight the beef trust. G. F. Brochet,
a Frenchman living in Maryland,
sa ys they are very good to eat;
toothsome, delicate and nourishing.
In France, he says, locusts are serv¬
ed with sweetbreads, and are high
ly esteemed as a delicacy. Mr.
Brochat has invited a number ot
his friends to. partake of a locust
dianer with him. He will serve them
in soup, broiled, tried, rosted and in
pies. He describes the flesh as being
something *=*. like soft-shell crab or
shrimp, . though . . , , ..
with hardly so
niuc j 1 p tlvor
A Traveling Man
confided to us the other day that
he used Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Pepsin in his family and needed
no other remedy, as it seemed to
keep the entire family so perfectly
from Constipation, Indigestion,
Sick Headache and Stomach
Troubles. Sold by all druggists.
On June 14, 1777, Congress pass¬
ed an act adopting the stars and
stripes as the national flag. The
date is now known as *‘Flag
Day,” and an association has been
formed for the purpose of securing
a general observauce of the day
throughout thecountry.The associa¬
tion has aoently sent out a circular
urging that ‘‘Flag Day” this year
be made notable by flying the
flags from school house, public
buildings and private house.
Sweet Breath
is a companion to a well ordered
stomach. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Fep*in keeps the stomach in order
—the breath pure and sweet. Sold
by all druggists.
It must pe galling to tbe tran¬
scendent genuises of Congress to
note that Nr. Napoleon Lajoie
draws uearly 50 perceut. more
salary than they do, for working
about two hours a day for five
months, merely because he is an
expert in catching base balls, runn¬
ing bases, throwing the opposition
out at opportune moments and
swatting the ball good and hard
when it is most needed, what's the
nse of being a Beveridge if it is
worth several thousand dollars a
year more to be a ball player
Dr. Davis’ Nervine.
Will cure Indigestion, Constipa-
tion, BiDiousness, Nervousness and
vieneral Debility. For sale k/ *li
drtggists. 9 - 27 -oiyr.
A RELIC OF WITCHCRAFT.
A curious discovery has been
made at Lynn, in Lincolnshire. In
an old house a heart shaped piece
of cloth, pierced with needles and
pins, has been found in a “gray-
beard" bottle. This is undoubted-
lv a relic of witchcraft. Accord-
ing to the editorial secretary of the
British Archeological association,
the memento was designed for some
one's harm. “It is part of the para-
phernalia of witchcraft. The most
interesting thing about this discov-
ery is that it should have occurred
at Lynn—i. e.. in a part of the
world where the superstitions be-
longing to magic and vt it die 1 a ft
old. and the fact that the cloth was
contained in a ‘greybeard’ or ‘bellar-
mine' bottle would seem to show
t } ia { the time of its deposit belongs
most probably to the sixteenth or
ear b' seventeenth century, at which
period, of course, a belief in witch¬
craft was universal." — St. James
All His Staff Must Marry.
Health Commissioner Bosley of
has startled all of the
twenty-four ^ members of his staff
wit}l ma trimonial order. The un- !
married men have been told to find ;
Successor to Toccoa Times and Toccoa Hews.
wives beiore the end of another
year, and the widowers have been
given a reasonable time in which to
get married again.
Dr. Bosley when questioned about
his odd order said that he found he
could get better service out of mar-
ried men than single ones. “It has
been my experience all along," said
the commissioner. “A man is not
apt to settle down until he has a
wife to take care <*f. This, of course,
is not always the case, but it is true
in the great majority of instances.
A great department like this, deal¬
ing, as it does, with the health of
the city, demands the services of
steady men who can be relied upon
for any emersrenev."
A Costume of Ratskins.
A thrifty Welshman at one time
exhibited himself publicly in Eng¬
land attired in a costume composed
from top to toe of ratskins, which
he had spent three years and a half
in collecting. The dress was made
entirely by himself. It consisted of
hat, neckerchief, coat, waistcoat,
trousers, tippet, gaiters and shoes.
The number of rats required to com¬
plete the suit was 570. Most curi¬
ous of the garments was the tippet,
composed entirely of rats* tails.
Two to One.
“I want you to make for me a
thousand strong pocketknives," said
the jobber.
“Here's a good knife I keep in
stock," replied the manufacturer.
“I can give you a thousand at once.
It has two good blades and a cork¬
screw."
“Never do. This order is for a
prohibition state."
“Well, do you mean to say the
corkscrew is of no"—
“I mean to say that tbe knife
should have two corkscrews and one
blade.”—Beverages*
How Fishes Multiply.
Piscatory authorities of the high¬
est standard tell us that were it not
for nature's grand “evening up"
provisions the fishes of the seas
would multiply so rapidly that with¬
in three short years they would fill
the waters to such an extent that
there would be no room for them to
swim. This will hardly be single disp uted
when it is known that a fe¬
male cod will lay 45,000,000 eggs in
a single season.
Which Beats?
“If you had moved as many
ffines as I have," said the wife of
the Methodist preacher, “you would
fi e tired to death of it."
“If you had moved as often as I
have," said the wife of the book
all." agent, “you wouldn't mind it at
And the question now is which
had moved the oftener. — Chicago
Tribune.
Plagiarism.
“I wish," said the literary hack,
“that I could sell all I write."
“And 1 wish," replied the editor,
who had discovered something, “that
you wrote all you sell."—Philadel¬
phia Press.
And Wouldn’t Hurt So Much.
used George—They say that girl you
to call on has very large feet,
Paul— her father's, Well, the/re" not as large
as at any rate.—Chel-
sea (Mass.) Gazette.
-
Safe Advice.
“Do you ever advise vour patients
to take exeroise, it's'perfectly doctor?"
“Oh. yes; safe to do
so. They never take it."_Indian-
apolis Aews.
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It Haa to (pome Down.
Pat Kane settled at Buflalo, im-
ported his brother Mike from Cork
and on his way home took him to
see Niagara. Mike, turning his
back on the falls, calmly lit his
PT 6 *
“I say, Mike, that's Niagara."
“I see it.”
| l°°k. Isn't it . wonder-
5 What's wonderful?"
£ Why, Mike, the wather cornin'
down!"
“What's to hinner it?” replied
the imperturbable Mike. — Kansas
City Independent.
No. 3o
A VISIT OF CONDOLENCE.
Little Edna Expressed Her Sympathy
In Her Own Worde.
Little Edna was a solemn child,
Whether that was due to her own
peculiar disposition or to the fact
that her old black mammy delight-
ed in mournful events it is hard to
say.
On one occasion Edna went with
her mother to pay a “visit of condo¬
lence" to her aunt, whose husband
had recently died. She was very
fond of this aunt, who had express¬
ed a wish to see the little niece, so
she and her mother came all the
way from their country home, and
or. the road mamma talked serious¬
ly to the little girl.
“You must be very sweet to
auntie, darling. She has had such
a sorrow.”
“Yes, it was drefful," said Edna,
with a sympathetic sigh.
“It certainly was, and you must
say something very nice to her/'
“What, mamma ?"
“Oh, I don’t know, dear; any¬
thing that comes into your kind lit¬
tle heart. And you must hug and
kiss her and tell her how much you
love her. Poor auntie!"
“Oh," said Edna, and she lapsed
into silence until they reached tneir
destination.
On seeing the child her aunt was
very much affected and cried a good
deal, and Edna sat on her lap, pat¬
ting her hands and stroking her
hair while thinking of something
“comfortable" to say.
At last she made up her mind to
speak. She leaned over and kissed
her auntie softly on the fUrehead.
The tear stained face was raised to
hers, and the child whispered:
“Auntie, darling auntie, did you
'joy yourself at the funeral?"—Ohio
State Journal.
Why She Forgot.
“Bridget, I want a pound of
steak, a bag of salt, two ounces of
pepper, a loaf of bread and a pound
of butter. Do you think you can
remember them all, or shall I write
them down?"
“Sure, ma’am, I can remember
one by the other. When I have
bread, I know I want butter, and
when I have steak I know I want
pepper and salt."
“All right. Go and don’t be
long."
Bridget was not long. She was
back in a very short time, but with
an empty basket.
“Why, where is the dinner,
Bridget ?"
“I couldn't remember one of
them, ma'am."
“Why, I thought you could re¬
member each article by the one be¬
fore it ?"
“Faith, ma'am, I had nothing to
remember the first one by!"—Lon¬
don Tit-Bits.
Wise Distribution of Time.
Once when dining quite by chance
with Dr. Creighton, the late bishop
of London, at a certain club Lord
Bosebery remarked: “Ah, my lord
bishop, what a nuisance this dining
is! Two things I absolutely dread
—a long dinner and long sermon.
I think that a sermon and a dinner,
however good either may be, ought
never to last more than a quarter
of an hour or twenty minutes at the
most.”
“Well, well," said Dr. Creighton
musingly, “could we not arrange
matters this way, my lord? Knock,
say, ten minutes off the sermon and
put it on to the dinner."—“Men of
the Moment."
The Elephant.
Animal trainers say that the ele- j
phant trute is the most intelligent of the
creation and that this is one
of the few animals that reason from
cause to effect. Bverything that
physical structure of an ele-
phant will permit it to accomplish
can be taught these curious think-
ing animals. To successfully in-
struct an elephant, however, re-
quires a peculiar education on the
part of the trainer. This latter
must not only have a thorough un¬
derstanding of the art of training,
but he must also have a scientific
know ledge of the animal's posaibili-,