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Subscription $1 Per Year. Vol. XXIX. Fruit. [Geo. H. Hepworth’s Sunday Sermon in the New York Herald.} Ye shall know them by their fruits. —[St. Matthew, vli., 16. If we wish to get at the man who hides inside of the man and find whether he is well tempered steel or only poor iron, we must listen to his actions rather than his speech. Talking is a good deal easier than doing, and one naturally paints a fair picture when describ¬ ing himself. But if you look at the cold facts of a man’s daily life you see at a glance whether he is saint or sinner, for deeds have a habit of telling the truth without favoritism. If we could be saved by what we believe, or what we profess to be lieve, we should forge our way in¬ to heaven without anyjgreat diffi¬ culty. But that is not the law. We must work our way there or not get to heaven at all. In a word, we must earn heaven before we can enjoy it. No one can make us a present of it. We must win it Jby deserving it. My creed will t not buy it, but my life will. We must take to the Lord the deeds we have been doing during these years of temptation, and they will de¬ cide our future, as they are now deciding our present. You can’t get something for nothing in the spiritual any more than in the phy¬ sical world. And it is unsafe to depend on what is called deathbed repentance which is well enough in its way, because it is better than no repen. tance at all, but a very poor sub¬ stitute for an honest life. I do not believe you can have God’s ap¬ proval by simply saying you are sorry for what you have done when the time comes that you can have your own way no longer. It is wiser to look at things in the stroug light of common sense ; and refuse to do wrong rather than do it and then see that you have made a mis¬ take. What I call religion, therefore, is rather a serious thing. You can¬ not do as you please in any such world as this. There is a law which will not be blinked out of sight. Neither can it be bribed to look on you more favorably than on others. Build on sand, and the house falls; build on rock, and it stands. A child once asked me if two and two always made four. I answered, 4 s Yes, my son, and if you never forget that fact you will be saved many a regret.” Religion must not be mistaken for a frothy sentimentalism which operates in some magical way to swing the pearly gales wide open. On the contrary, it i? sturdy, mus¬ cular athletic, giving you in the autumn the result of your labor in the spring and summer. Its pur¬ pose is to so educate and develop your soul that you will be happy and contented in whatever planet you find yourselt, because you have earned the right to be contented and happy. Religion is not primarily an emotion, but rather a thought, a conviction, a faith. It is like a bridge which is new to you. You try it doubtfully at first, not know¬ ing whether it will bear your weight cr not. But the further you go the more you trust it, and at last you feel sure that it will conduct you to the other shore. There are many things in religion which we do not understand, some The Toccoa Record Toccoa, Georgia, June 2 O 1902, which puzzle us very greatly. But the things we see clearly lead u» to have confidence even when we caunot see at all. I do not under* stand the mariner's compass, but experience teaches me to put im¬ plicit faith in it even in the storm and tempest. But some one will remind me that men and women have led the purest lives and still repudiated Christanity. I know of a marble quarry which would be very valu¬ able were it not for the iron rust which has percolated through it. Nevertheless I have seen several large blocks of marble from that quarry which were as white as white as December snow, The quarry, however will not pay for the working. Christianity is a series of the highert possible thoughts, and we have learned that noble thoughts make noble lives. The thought of God, of immortality, of duty, of obedience to law, are creative thoughts. They cannot enter your guest chamber without making the whole household radiant. The sun shines in every life where these thoughts dwell. The natural fruit¬ age of faith in them is a harvest rich in good grain, and. on the other hand, the aatural fruitage of doubt is discontent. The farmer who prefers poor seed to good is not wise,and why should he choose the lesser good rather than the greater ? Religion brings peace, resigna¬ tion,happiness. Therefore we want it. The Master leads in the smooth¬ est road from earth to heaven. Therejore we follow Him- I religion gives us the grace to live and the grace to die, comfortable in *he thought of eternity and re¬ union, then we call for it, as we call for food when we are hungry. The Providence (R. I.) News remarks : “Let us not forget that in our own posessions—Hawaii— we have two volcanoes.” The News should remember that Teddy the Terrible is equal to a half- hundred volcanoes himself, and will probably resent this saying that that there is only two in all our posessions. 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 I tried your grand Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, and now I feel like a new woman, You may publish this, that all others may learn of the great benefit ot your grand cure. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Maggie Hooper. Sold by all druggists. The first mention of shaving is in Genisis, XII., when we read thut Joseph, on being summoned before the King, shaved himself Stoutsville, Mo., May 5, 1900. Gentlemen :—I have been troubl¬ ed with Indigestiou and Constipa* tion for the last two years, and hive .ried every remedy known, but hud never received any relief until I was handed a trial bottle of Dr, Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, through our druggist, J. W. Wat¬ son, which gave me immediate re¬ lief, and I afterward bought a fifty cent bottle, which I can truthfully say has given me more relief than anything I have ever tried—R. A iri S>llb/ ail druggists. “Good Will to All Men.’ Tom Watson, the brainiest man in Georgia, is quoted as saying that if he is spared be will write a history of the United States in which he will give the south its full share of glory in the late war between the states and the causes that led up thereto, If Tom Wat- son sets his head to give us such a history, it will be worth studying. 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. 8aved His Money. Did he threaten to commit sui¬ cide when she said it could never be? Well, hardly. He got up, brushed the dust from the knees of his trousers with a silk handker¬ chief and said: “I feel that you have made a rich man of me.” “Made a rich man of you!” she exclaimed. “How ?” “I shall never marry,” he replied. Sweet Breath i« a companion to a well ordered stomach. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin keeps the stomach in order —the breath pure and sweet. Sold by all druggists. Brother Dickey’s Philosophy. Never min’ ’bout de spots on de sun. It’s de dark spots on de airth what needs polishin’. De Bayin’ is dat good folks is lone¬ some in dis worl’; but dat’s heap better dan havin’ company in hell. Some folks is all time cryin’ fer jestice fer de yuther feller, but if jestice ever knocked at dey own door deyM holler fum half way up de chimbley dat dey ain’t at home. I half suspects dat de real race problem what’s a-worryin’ folks so much is how to keep ten miles ahead er de bill collector.—Atlanta Con- atitution. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cure* Constipation, Sold by all druggist. W« see it in the Charleston Post that Gov. Jeff Davis of Arkansas wat expelled fjom membership in the Little Rock Baptist Church on these among other charges: Drunkenness (three charges) ; drunkenness and gambling; drunkenness and misconduct; drunkenness and treaty negroes; gross sins aganst the Church. 11 Gracious, but the ;r.»n was lucky! It’s a wonder they didn’t hang him. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. • There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep- JF —; III ILK L~hJCjr~ I hvft- deaths Many sudden are caused by it — heart disease, 1 pneumonia. heart failure or apoplexy r- are often the result i of kidney disease. Ii kidney trouble is al- lowed to advance the L_ kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs or the , kidneys , themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Bladder troubles most always result from a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of Site, SJZ finite Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It corrects inability to hold urine and scald- unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is SrfuTcuri'oHhfmost dEtreLng cLs. 0 Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar have wonderful ^samole^bottieof 33*55^ this new dis- covery and a book that tells ail about it, both Homeofsw*mp.Root. sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. Successor to Toccoa Times and Toccoa News. SCENT IN BIRDS. Feathered Things Lack the Animals* Acute Srr.eliing Power. Animals follow their noses with unerring instinct. A dog identifies his master by smelling him. A goat picks her kid from an inclosure of hundreds with her nose. After a Separation a cow is never satisfied with her calf until she has thor¬ oughly smelled it. The feathered family are so defi¬ cient as to smell and taste that they go anywhere and eat anything. 1 have seen birds contentedly brood- ing about slaughter houses and sew- er discharges where the air wa9 so contaminated that my horse would turn up its nose, draw its lips back from its teeth and groan, and I could only secure my material by working with a cloth dipped in dis- infectant bound over my lips and nostrils. The birds eat unspeaka- ble things. It is nothing to find them raking the river banks for worms at the very mouth of a sewer discharge. Some of our golden noted, gaylv plumaged birds that have been sung bv poets and painted by artists may be found in the fields complacently picking the undigested corn from the droppings of the herds they fol¬ low. Beyond all question the birds have sight and the animals scent, but where each is defective in one of these senses it seems compensat¬ ed for by the greater degree in which it possesses the other.— “Sight and Scent In Birds and An¬ imals” in Outing. Got His Money’s Worth. A short time ago two highway robbers attacked an old Scotchman, with the intention of-robbing hkn of all he had. The Scotchman, being a strong, powerful man, “let out” right and left and knocked the two ruffians into the road; but, they being two to one, he was soon overpowered and his money taken. . After they had got clear away one thief said to the other: “I’m jiggered if he ain’t nearly broke my jaw.” “I reckon,” replied the other, “that he’s broken one of my ribs at least. But never mind. How much did yer get off ’im?” After searching among the hand¬ ful of buttons the reply came: “Great Scott! Only two ha’pen¬ nies !” “Crikey!” exclaimed the other, holding his ribs. “If he’d fight like that for two ha’pennies, how would he ha’ fought for sixpence ?” She Was Not Interested. A humorous illustration of the fatuousness of parochial litigation comes from Norway. A widow in poor circumstances, being in want of relief, became chargeable to the rates, and thereupon the city of Christiania went to law with a neighboring commune concerning the question of its liability to con¬ tribute. The case was carried from one court to another, and after much legal wrangling and hundreds of pounds being wasted in costs a finai decision was recently arrived at. When it occurred to those con¬ cerned to make inquiry for the poor °l of d all \adv the whoJmd litigation, been it the occasion found was that she had been dead and buried f or J years! —-— Cale b Cushing’s Reading, ^ Caleb Cushing s decisions , . . while ... a justice of the supreme court of Mas- sachusetts were the admiration of fi ar b u t lawvers wondered at his familiarity with the reports know ing that he had been long out of practice. A writer in Green Bag explains this familiaritv by the statement that Mr. Cushing on be- ing appointed to the bench prepared himself by reading in nineteen days fifty-seven volumes of Massa- chusetts reports. His habit was to read every book, pamphlet or peri- odical that seemed likely to gratify his intense thirst for knowledge. Stop the Cough and Work off the cold. Laxative Brouo guimne Tablets cure a oohl in one dav. h Cart, No Pay. Prw m cents. No. 25 So Tired It may be from overwork, but the chances are its from an in¬ active LIVER. With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. It can be kept in healthful action by, and only by Tiitfs Pi ZS5 TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. A son of Erin appeared at the money order window of the postof- fiee recently and said that lie wanted to “sind some money to ould 0ire- land.” “Fill out this form,” said the clerk, handing the applicant one of the forms used on such occasions. “An* phwat is that?” asked Jer- ry. “It’s a form that every applicant for a money order uses.” “An’ phwat has a letther of ad¬ vice got to do wid me eindin’ 50 shillings to me ould mother?” “A letter of advice to the post¬ master where the money is to be paid must always go with a money order.” Jerry went away from the win¬ dow, grumbling and mystified. After haff an hour of painful ef¬ fort at a high desk provided for the public at one end of the room Jerrv returned to the window and handed in this “letter of advice” to the postmaster at Ballycarney: Dear Moikr- Oi’m tould Oi must give yez a bit uv advice before yez'11 be able to pay me ould mother the 50 shillings Oi'rn sindin’ along with this. So, Mike, Oi would advise yez to come to Ameriky an' git a job at kapin* postoffice, for It’s illigant post offices they has here, an’ Ol’ve no doubt the pay is tin toimes what it is wid yez. and any fool can do the work. So now be sure an’ pay me ould mother the $10, for Oi’ve done as the law says and sint yez a letther of advice. —Kansas City Independent. A Moment of Suspense. Professor Oscar Browning, writ¬ ing in The Century of “The Royal Family of England,” tells this anec¬ dote of Queen Victoria: One can imagine a privy council at which the new ministers had to be enrolled. The admitted members stood round the room. The novices knelt in the center. The queen looked wistfully at those who were technically her servants, but who were really her masters, wondering what her relations with them would be and whether they were fit to bear the burden intrusted to them. Borne who accept office are perhaps sur¬ prised at the details of the cere¬ mony. One whose duties necessi¬ tated that he should be for some time absolutely alone with the queen in a small room without a single at¬ tendant wondered what she would say to him and he reply to her. The difficulty was solved by his saying nothing and the queen only remark¬ ing when she had to sign his com¬ mission, “What a tremendously long way they have put thw ink off!” Gothic Architecture. Gothic architecture, so familiar to us, leaves the impression of as¬ cendant aspiration. The tendency is upward. Heedless of weight, it breaks through the weight, The nave rushes upward from the aisles, the tower upward from the nave, the spire upward from the tower 1 he support is lateral to allow of the upward tendency, buttresses euoport the sides, the aisles support the nave, flying buttresses hold up the roof. The wall is destroyed, be¬ ing pierced hv window and arch, The arch takes the thrust off from the pillars and the capitals become mere bands. . he windows point upward. The arch points upward, The weight, without being denied, a3 in the Moresque, is thrust aside, i s distributed over the lateral sup- port to a p ow the upward tendency, _ London Tablet.