The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-06-10

LOVE. V\(nEN WE WERE YOUNG and the blood eou'.ed rapid,
a through the vains-the sap Of fe-the essenceo OF vigor caused
every nerve to Jingle as when touched by IN electric current; when the soft
oamy breencs Of spring time caused the flowers to peep from beneath their
wintV pilow-the little bird chirppcd in the trees and looked about for
his natc and al nature donned Its gany attire we contemplated the scene
with delight and >aid-lt is but the awakening the restoration Of anima.
uon suspended. Spring time the eaSn Of m. and love the period OF re.
production. Of growth, Of progress and mutt DUPLICATION. 1t is the time
when rrlNti , changes ON the sarni.isdam dove.
OF ul ua~ous ii wa, the most delightful. Our ~ul revel.d 10 ~enti.
mept. n love and varied speculation. Air castles were or dwelling places,
and the tArpst fairies eur ony companions. Upon the wingsoi love W e we're
transported ioa ralmo perennial light q land Of music, fair faces and flow.
c, wlrn" iUdrcrnallo fragrance produced the mos, delightful intoxcaton.
1t Ms love that sacred fame kndDed by the Gods from above to warma and
weld III ndt"'Iuanic union '"o souls created in the beginning for each
other. We thought 1t the real stun something ETHEREAL airy In form. but
everlasting in substance But alas! That glorious halucinaton, that de-
Hghtml dream has been dispeled. That iconoclastc, cold bhoded, con.
sentiment cat aud played the devil generally with all Of our prcconceived no.
.toU, of love. Instead II love being
\ spark Of tina, Immortal ar,
ro N" hn ,a rm1" "r %x Ha, r"'"
1t has turned out to be a bug, a microh~, a thing which bites and eats
and whose bite makcs sickness. In other words, DR.. Genet says That love
isa disease, that Ii is both contagious and infections, because having mi
rubes and baclI and germs and other things Of similar nature, these are al
ways notng about IN the atmosphere seeking whom they may devour and
finally finding a Judgment in some human system, where they begin their
deadly work, sometimes almost Immediately after being installed in COM
Portable quarters, but more frequently requ iring some little time for dcvel
opncnt ere the symptoms become manifest
Now isn't that horhleE The idea Of love that passion OF which the
spring poets have rayed, which has caused the young girls and adolcscent
boys to sigh and NOPE about IS though their I'es we're covered with fun.
gus growth that divine passion Of which Tupper c1claims:
"Ifno love n til" heart Is hlgh'cdn Nnd",n not nsmi
ftht pleasant song forg"ttrn IT'S oi@h learnt no more.
VT often viii thought look back and weep over sary affections
zoe t"d uh mrs"f that pheasant "ng will heard asa rrproachMI spirit
Mourning In at"ans strains ""r the desert of tn" heart
Whrct hci hot nrprh' SOFT he world hath wiberd Hso me oasis"
lsit possible that 1t is nothing but the effect o the bite of a bacillus Il
tina, 1t is produced In the way that yellow fever, small pI and other horri-
BILE diseases are produced. We do not believe 1t. But that Is not all this
horrible scientist has discovered. He says that a perfectly healthy human
being is not subject TO attack from the barM"s amors, but let n man fall ino|
that condition generally described AS a little run down., worn with grief or
tired constltutionaly, or otherwise dcbiitatcd from any cause or under the
influence Of liquor the new bacillus marks him for Its prey, sches upon him,
to work making cultures OF itself in his system, and before he knows,
poor wretch, that anything ais him, his system is infected from the crown
n his head to the sole OF his foot as badly IS in an aggravated case Of trchi.
niasis, and the miserable victim Of this terrible malady at once proceeds to
fail in love
That has not been on view Of the matter heretofore. We have always
ihonRht that health was a necessary prerequisite to love. Sound bones, PHI
mt m0SccSand n fun now Of pure blood have universally been regarded by us
Ha condition precedent, Kraft Ebing, the author OF that famous work,
'lNycopathia ScSnaliS, y holds to the sam idea. But the world Is moving
universe Is changing front, and God alone can tell what won.
things may yet come to light with the aid Of the microscope. Genet
las knocked the poetry out OF love, and from now o. 4 bad case OF love will
Ne treated by the doctors as other diseases with catharth, diurctic, ancS.
hctcS and such remedies, The bile bean and morphine, blue lass and red
ak bark Will take the place OF absence, unchean finger nails and catching
omc other fellow kissing your sweetheart to cure a case of love.