Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-26
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
Various Items.


The half OF the railway mileage or
the earth is in the United States.
1t takes about three seconds for :
message to 60 from one end OF the
Atlantic cable to the other.
Though men boast Of holding the
reins, the women generally tell theh
which way they must drive.
The more we help one another, the
more we want to. The more broth
|erly we act the more brotherly We
feel.
Hagerstown has been selected as
the meeting placein 1897 Of the Dunk
ards or German Baptists, in the Unit
ed States.
Some one says truly, that the best
way for man to train up child in
the way it should go is to travel that
way sometimes himself.
Boys should be careful not to go in
bathing too often, as physicians state
that going into water frequently will
bring on typhoid and other fevers.
Paint the tongues of your fever pa
tients with gIycerine, says physi-
clan ii will remove the sensation of
thirst and discomfort felt when the
organ is dry and foul.
/" Did they treat you cordially p
:" Indeed yes. Why, about midnight
her father came to the head of the
stairs and called down to kno& if 1
wouldn't stay to breakfast.
The longest day of the year has.
nineteen hours at st. Petersburg, II
hours at Hamburg, 1e4 Hours at Lon
don, 10 at New York and three and
one-haf months at Spitzbergen.
The little rascal got spanked for
hanging his cap up on the floor
There's said the mother. ''Now do
you know where ID put your cap?,
81 know where I y sh / had put it, y
answered the hopet IL.
Senator Faulkner is very enthusi-
astic on the Democratic prospects in
West Virginia. He says the party
was never SO well organized or har-
monious, and that it will sweep every
thing. CNm5e1 Qoia Times.
We call specid attention to our
Paper and En- eloRes IN boxes, Of
which e have sipe largest stock III
foEh and qualities 4
bisess Dr
$50. 3laldo4 y tore.
Richmond is discussing the
question Of lloltiiHe an disposition cs
large proportions So chat viii az
tract exhibitors A, ieople from all
over the Union. Intended, prob
ably, to be n SORT 0i Introduction 10
the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Heartburn may be relieved almost
Instantly if half n teaspoonful of ta-
lie salt be dissolved in a wine glass
9f cold water and then drank. When
the eyes are tired and weak, If they
are bathed in slightly saline water,
they will soon become soothed.
Mr. Vest spoke the naked truth in
the U. S. Senate, when he said the
Mckinley bill Sas not intended to
benefit the people of the codntry, but
to pay off the manufacturers fer their
subscriptions to the Republican par
ty in the last national campaign.
One Of the relics placed in the
cornerstone Of the Confederate Sol
dier's Home at Atlanta, is spur
sent by General LongstreetI 1t mas
made from a Union cannon captured
at the first battle of Bull Run, and
was worn by General Longstreet
throughout the war:
Some preachers are not successful.
Perhaps they have not been prayed
for after the manner of the colored
brother, who, having obtained the
pulpit services of Northern clergy
man, made this supplication: 30
Lord, bress dis yere w'ite brudder
dats cum down from de Norf tt
preach to us. Fill him wild de fame
of de spirit. 'Noint him wild de ker-
osene oil of salvation and set him on
freI"
The weaker sex would occupy
no such position of relative weakness
| If natural laws were followed. II
women must, as is SO freely claimed,
remain physically short of man s
strength, there rs no reason why the
disparity should remain so great as
it often is. Where women lead an
active life their strength and endur-
ance comes remarkably close to the
strength and endurance of the other
seq, and in the control of their owr
systems may readily under develop
ment excel the other sex. In other
words, tradition has more to do witt
| the .sRaakness,, OF women tran has