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Subscription $1 Per Year. 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. -------------- 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-,