Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-09-24
Life's Brevity.
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So wrote the gifted poetess Mrs Hemans
How true the sentiment and withal so univer-
sally sppropriate3 Every community tells
the mournfui story in its little history, and
utters sad responses in Its death scenes. Tt
would seem that the spring time, with its bird
songs and blooming flowers. was the period
when most the old die The rude shock of
winter beating hard against tine earthly house,
made frail by the wear and tear of wears, is
too much, and .'man goeth to his long hone."
The bright Summer with ripening grain and
fru'ts-nature then most gay and Joyous is an
harvest time for death, when the little inuo-
cents pass from earth to fill up the countless
host beyond the dark river The Fall time,
even in its threshold when the cool winds
take ehe place of the hot breath of Summer,
and its verdure begins to wear the russell hue,
Is the season for the young to die. How sadly
has this been exemplifed in our town within
the past three short weeks! Four of our
young people have been carried "to the house
appointed for all the living" The girl OF
seventeen, the young man of twenty nine, the
young woman of full flower, and the Young
mother who only three brief years ago was
Joined in holy wedlock Coming to the
parental abode from her city home, it was to
sicken aud die. Her infant of a few weeks
old was taken along. and mother and child
were placed in the same cotin and in the same
grave. The last two persons were reared in
the same part of the town, grew I'D in life
together-died within few hours of each
other-aud laid corpses within stones throw
apart. Truly there is in these sad DISPENSE
lions admonitions to the living. The summer
season just over has been gay one for the
young among US. In song aud play and dance
It's weeks have gone swiftly by. Now just on
r. haze NJ l..
vision, e'er its joyous laugh has died on the
AIR, death has come and 10! fonr of this class,
me HomMy, have gone from earth forever
The Old must die, the Young may die'-
I'm the midst of lille we are in death"
Charlestown, Sept. 20, 1872. T.
NOTHING CURES NOBODY When man
i supposed to have CONSUMPTION. or that
tendency in the constitution which will uiti-
matey develop that disease, niue times ont of
ten, he is given over to die, for the reason
that nine out of ten people believe it M in,
curabte disease What good dies it do to
heheve this Does il render the person aler.
or add to his hopes of heightened life d? Not
at all.
1t leaves him without hope, and the man
without hope will, in all likelihood. abandon
himself t. DESPAIR. Dr. keyser has cured
IL
sERs LUNG CURE will disiuteyrate ,nbercu.
inus matter and carry 1t out of the svs,em,-
II will d" more. 1t will neutraI,ze that nrin
c'p'e called tuherce, in the blood, and hinder
ITS deposition In the lungs, or anywhere else
10 the human system. How fataI to cnnsnmp.
nves is that plan which dri es disease awav
from the throat and nose down into the lungs.
"A man supp"ses himself to have catarrh. He
runs some acrid fluid up one side of his nose
aud "ut the other. The nose is healed. but
the disease has descended lower down, where
II Is capable Of doing more harm. The true
treatment is tn cure the blood and the nose
aud catarrh will get well without spray or
d"nches. DR.. KEYsER's LUNG CUgE will
do it
DR.. K"yscr's Office. 167 Liberty street,
Pittsburgh.
THE NATURAL BRIDGE We Fave the
fo''"~'n. facts, says the Richmond State
J"""""/. from gentleman who recently
visited the Natural Bridge: On passing into
the G"r@e below the bridge, by the usual
route, he was surprised to find the bed of the
stream Cedar Creek dry and unsightlv. The
Keeper "f the hotel stated that about two
weeks before the creek suddenly disappeared
IRON under the bridge, and our informant on
following up the gorge found the stream pour-
ing down into the earth aud seeking some IN
known channel beneath. 90 careful ex-
animation three leaks were fnund-thc largest
being through i>snre. or fault in the lime.
| stone bed of the stream. These the visitor
partially stopped up in few minutes and
sent scanty stream on its way to the bridge.
Similar fanIts were revealed by further ex>
| animation and the conclusion is inevitable.
| that the rocky substratum of these limestone
hills is thor ughly honeycnmbed by the ac-
ron OF water. This conclusion is further
sustained by the fresh discovery of caves.
some OF them of considerable extent, in the
Immediate vicinity Of the bridge
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