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Subscription $1 Per Year. Vol. XXIX. The Foundation of Faith. [Geo. H. Hepwortb's Sunday sermon in the New York Herald.] A great many honest minds have been disturbed and driven to the verge of doubt by their inability to form any conception of God. He is the uncreated Creator, but the words convey no meaning what¬ ever to our minds. If you look thro ugh the Lick telescope at Arcturus you see very little more than with the naked eye, and if the profoundest philosopher looks at the Almighty he sees very little more than the unlettered peasant. Still Arcturus is in the sky, whether you can peer into his secret or not, and God is in your life, thought vour most searching thought re¬ turns to you empty handed, The very words omnipotent and om¬ nipresent have an unthinkable signification, and when the man of science tells us that space is abso¬ lutely limitless, that it consists of horizons which are simply endlers in number, we accept the fact, but have no more conception of it than the microbe in a watch has of the delicate machinery whose ticks are a continuous roll of thunder in its ears. What, then, you ask, is the basis of a religion which demands such self-control and self-sacrifice? If these problems will always remain insoluble, and if you can know so little of the Bring who demands your soul's allegiance, why may not religion itself be a mistake? Many a heart has been engloomed by these thoughts and many a mind befogged by them. The Church, I fear, has done us an injury by putting into a creed its speculations and making that creed a standard of excellence. If the creed were offered to hungry minds as merely a theological hy¬ pothesis, to be accepted or rejected by the thinking folk in the re¬ ligious community, valuable in so far as it is spiritually, helpful and satisfactory to the individual, then we could see its importance. But when you are told that it is the absolute truth on tne subject, and that assent is the condition of re¬ ceiving the Christian sympathy ot your fellow pilgrims through the darkness, you are balked in your efforts to lead a holy life, and per¬ haps fall from the high level of your natural faith to the fateful lowlands of doubt as to whether the whole scheme of salvation is not mythical, True religion is independent of any purely intellectual theory of the universe, and is founded on facts proven true by the universal experience of mankind, This statement is easily illustrated by childhood. The little one does not understand its mother has no comprehension whatever uf a mother’s love or of the significance of a mother’s discipline, If the baby were gifted with speech and could describe its relation to that mother it would maxe as many misstatements as we do in describ¬ ing our relations to God. The mother’s providence is wholly mis¬ understood ; even her watchfull care looks like interference with the child’s rights, and the child might say, as Calvin did of the Almighty, that “of her own good pleosure” she pets at one moment and punishes at another. The knowledge that punishment and love are entirely consistent with each other, or that mother is still mother even when the child s The Toccoa Record. Toccoa, Georgia, June 27 1902. prayer is sternly denied, is beyond the reach of that narrow intellect, and will be for many a year to come. Mothers and children some¬ times get at odds for this reason, and in like manner we get at odds with the Almighty. Bui when we come to be men our minds are large enough to set¬ tle certain matters of practical im¬ portance. It is needless to therize for harsh experience tells us truths which cannot be gainsaid. The microbe in the watch has learned his lesson and knows that some journeys are dangerous while oth¬ ers are safe, and from that moment ht has a plan of life. He con¬ structs a decalogue for himself, and the “Thou shalt not” is the voice of imperial law, not forbidding him through caprice, but because an infraction of the law is follow •d by loss and remorse. Every man knows that there is a right and a wrong ; has been taught this by many tears and failures; that love biings sunshine, and hatred the tempest; that filial relations with the Infinite result in sereni y ot soul, a resignation to harsh events which changes them from a curse to a blessing by some necrom¬ ancy whose secret he cannot fathom while hostile relations end in lone¬ liness and desperation ; that in¬ tegrity of character is worth all it costs to acquire and defend it. Add to this the prophetic longing for another life, which no argument can suppress, a longing that, like the spring on the mountain side, will have its way, snd a curious conviotion, which seems to be a component part of his nature, that in ways unexplained the dear ones in heaven can find a path to earth, drawn by a love which was sacred and strong before the funeral bells tolled, and is equally strong and sacred now, and you have an array of facts, corroborated by every hu¬ man life in every clime and every age. That is the basis of the kind of religion which Christ taught. He gave us no explanation of mysterious problems, but simple truth instead—truth most needful and altogether practical. Build your faith on that foundation and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Earth will become the primary school for God’s Univer¬ sity,and God Himself the Teacher, whose love is no more loving than is His discipline. Mrs. Maggie Hooper Sends 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. Stoutsville, Mo., May 5, 1900. Gentlemen :—I have been troubl- ed with Indigestion and Constipa¬ tion for the last two years, and have cried every remedy known, but had 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 ir l. Sold by all druggists. “Good Will to All Men.’ Mushroom Spawn. Mushrooms, although of sponta¬ neous growth, are raised from spawn. The best spawn is made in England and is the droppings of horses, cows and sheep, dried and pressed into bricks. Artificial grow¬ ers take great care to have the soil changed in the beds frequently, and they also keep the heat of the beds at a certain temperature. Ther¬ mometers are stuck in the soil at short distances apart and are con¬ sulted every few hours, both night and day. This carefulness results in producing good mushrooms, but it is not necessary in the production of ordinarily good ones. My ittle son had an attack of whooping cough and was threaten¬ ed with pneumonia ; but for Cham¬ berlain^ Cough Remedy we would have had a serious time of it. It ulco saved him from several severe attacks of croup.—H. J. Strick- faden, editor World Herald, Fair Haven, Wash. For sale by E. R. Davis & Co Mean Man. The Messenger Boy--Well, how d'yer like mercantile life? The Office Boy—Aw, de boss don't give me any encouragement. The Messenger Boy—How's dat ? The Office Boy—Why, he never gives me a look when I'm workin', but just as soon as I start ter loaf a bit he's Johnny on de spot wit' his eagle eye.—Puck. Stop tli# Cough and Work off the cold. L#*attv« Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a M •old In dev. N Cure, No Pay. Price oenta. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures Constipation. Sold by all druggist. Call at Kilao ° & Edwards and exam- . their , ,. line 0 1110 I10W OI ij* ladies , walking ii* skirts i • . JUot Upt5Il“u rmATipd lin mi. Tli*^ are first-class and will be sold cheap. To Cure a Cold in on* Day. Take Ltx«Uiv«* Jirouio Quiniue I ablets. AM druggists refund the money if it fails to egre. E. W. Grove’s signature is on each Wf. 25c. Funny Business Ways In Russia. As typical of Russian eccentrici¬ ties in business a writer in Scrib¬ ner's Magazine cites the case of a foreign minister who was in the habit of having books bound two or three at a time. Just before his de¬ parture he wished to have fifty books bound in the same way. He sent for the binder and asked him at what price he would bind fifty vol¬ umes. The reply was, “If you are going to have as many as fifty bound, I shall have to charge you more a volume than for two or three." Stop the Cough and Work off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quimno Tnblou cure a cold in one day. N Gun. No Ply. Prion 06 centa. A Story of Cecil Rhodes. Once at a big dinner which Cecil Rhodes gave at Groote Schuur, where all the servants were men, a charming woman came down in a tea gown which was a “dream," but which was cut high up to the wear¬ er's diamond clasped throat. Cecil Rhodes, who was orthodox in his notions of dress, looked at the tea gown, but said nothing. Next morn- ing, however, he sent his secretary to the woman of the high necked gown with this message: “I like my guests to dine in evening dress and not in compromise, however charm- ing-* _ Try Chamberlain s Stomach & Liver Tablets, the best physic. For sale by E. R. Davis & Co. Druggist*. Successor to Toccoa Times and Toccoa News. PPiuDIGALS IN PERFUMES. Oils and Ointments That Were Used by the Romans. The amount of perfume used in the palmy days of Koine was enor¬ mous. The wealthy patricians were most prodigal in this respect. The perfumers were called unguentarii, us they principally compounded un¬ guents and must have done an im¬ mense business. In Rome they con¬ gregated in a quarter called the Vicus Thuraricus. The most cele¬ brated perfumer in the time of Mar¬ tial was a certain individual named Cosmus, whom Martial frequently mentions. At Capua there was such a number of perfumers that the principal street of the city, named Seplasia, was almost entirely occu¬ pied by them. For the most part these tradesmen were Greeks, and, as at Athens, their shops (taberna) were the rendezvous of the rich idlers of those days. The perfumed oils and ointments were made in great variety. The basis of the oils was generally the oil of Ben, and that of the unguents was a bleached and partly purified tallow. They were used not only for the hair, but to anoint all parts of the body, especially after the bath, which was quite a complicated process. It was also customary at banquets to honor the guests by pouring costly perfumed oils over their feet. Some of these were sim¬ ple oils, such as rhodium, made from roses; melinum, made from quinces; metopium, from bitter almonds; narcissimum, from the narcissus. Perhaps the most fashionable oil after the oleum susinum was that called crocinum, made from saffron (crocus), which communicated both a fine color and odor to the person. Heliogabalus never bathed without it. Superstition Hard to Kill. For more than a millennium Eng- land has been a Christian nation, yet m tne museum at Oxford we see images bristling with' rusty nails and needles, which demonstrate the late survival of a belief in sympa- thetic magic in the rural communi- ties whence these objects came. Within the university itself I se- cured a desiccated specimen of familiar vegetable which an officer of one of the colleges had carried for years as a preventive of rheuma¬ tism! Neither centuries of enlight¬ enment nor the revolutionary changes of this progressive age have exterminated such beliefs. They even adapt themselves to the new conditions, as in the case of the lady living within the shadow of the walls of Harvard university, who maintains that carbons from arc lamps are a sure preventive of neu¬ ralgia!—Journal of American Folk¬ lore. Fire From Friction. It is well known that some sav¬ age tribes are accustomed to obtain fire by the friction of dry wood, hut white men trying the experiment usually fail. The method used by a native Indian tribe, the Yanadis of Madras presidency, is described in a bulletin of the Madras government museum. In a short stick a square cavity is made. The stick is then laid on the ground and held firmly in place by one operator, while an¬ other rapidly twirls between his hands a longer stick, one end of which rests in the cavity. From the fire thus produced dry leaves or a rag can be ignited. Wantcd Music. “As I hear your piano very fre- quently, Mrs. Fortissimo, I suppose that you are up on musical mat¬ ters/’ r\ Certainly, Mr. Crusty." *\ Then, do you know who was playing when the poet wrote, ‘Music hath charms T ” “I do not. But why?" “Well, if you can find out I wish that you would invite that musician to play on your piano."—St. Louis -^ e P u ^^ c - The Bucket Brigade. The little town of Massos, in Sweden, has a female contingent, No. 26 15o strong, in its fire brigade. The water supply of the village consists simply of four great tubs, and it is the duty of the women “firemen" to keep these full in cases of fire. They stand in two continuous lines from the tubs to the lake, some distance away, one line passing the full buck¬ ets and the other sending them back. A Meal That Was Never Eaten. Like all primitive peoples, the Maoris are very inquisitive and in the manner of children are inclined to bring everything to their mouths to test its qualities. In the early days a party of Maoris came across some bars of soap which had been washed ashore from a wreck. Find¬ ing that, the stuff was too stickv to be eaten raw, they resolved to cook it. Accordingly they cut it up into small pieces and sprinkled these pieces over the sweet potatoes and fish which formed their evening meal. I ina’/y they covered the whole mass over with fern leaves and nulls and, putting earth on the top, left everything to bake quietly in the ovens till evening. The scene at the evening meal must have been very funny. Not only did the tribe have to go supperless to bed, bu^ the whole set of ovens were spoiled, and new ones had to be constructed before any further cooking could be done.—All the Year Round. The Banana of Malayan Origin. The banana goes back to the ear¬ liest days. Alexander's soldiers, as Pliny says, joined the sages of India seated in its shade and partaking of its delicious fruits; hence the name sapientum, given the plant, which likewise bears the name of Jupiter’s fair daughter, Musa. Now, it has been shown that the banana is of Malayan origin. Iiow did it get to India and South America and Mexi¬ co ? The feet of birds have borne seed a full 10,000 miles, while the cocoanut has floated well nigh the world around in the great ocean currents. But the cultivated ba¬ nana has no seeds, nor has it a cas¬ ing like the globular cocoanut to float it around over the waters. Then it must have been carried by man. Sickly Creatures. They were neither of them bril¬ liant scholars, but they liked to move with the times as regards their knowledge of current events, so the daily newspaper was regularly deliv¬ ered at their humble domicile, and it was Jennie’s duty to read out dur¬ ing breakfast time all the most in¬ teresting items of the day. One morning after wading through the latest intelligence from the front she turned to another page of the paper and said: “Herbie, it says here that anoth¬ er octogenarian's dead. What's an octogenarian ?" “Well, I don’t quite know what they are, but they must be very sick¬ ly creatures. You never hear of them but they're dying.”—London Answers. New Year's In China. New Year’s time in China is al¬ ways fruitful of fires. It is the Chi¬ nese custom that all debts must be liquidated by the end of the year. Failure to do so means utter ruin of one's credit. It frequently happens that a Chinaman, seeing disgrace staring him in the face, will set fire to his house and thus plead to his creditors: “How could I pay? Tho gods have destroyed my home. Ask the gods for the money." In this way, if not detected, honor is saved and credit is unimpaired. How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be eared by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F J.‘Chkv.v*v & Co., Props., Toledo,O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Chemer for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in ali business transactions and financially their able to carry out any obligations wade by firm. West & Tkaux, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Waldjnq, Kixnan & Martix, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and tnucoue anrfaces of the s vs tern. Price 75c. per bot¬ tle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial* Hall’s Familv Pills are the best.