Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-04-08

various items.
So long as you are innocent, fear
nothing.
'Tis a mercy TO have that taken
away from us which takes us from
God.
Death will be the funeral of all OF
our evils and the resurrection of all
our joys.
A man may be doing much who is
successfully overcoming adverse in
fuences.
Whatever else may be wrong, ii
must be right to be pure-to be just,
and tender, and merciful and honest.
Col. D. D. johnson, of Tyler coun-
ty, will be candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress in
the First District this year.
Keep up hopes in bad times. We
have the same sun and sky and stars
the same God and Heaven and truths ;
the same duties and the same helpers.
The Circuit Court in Mercer coun-
I ty has decided that there is no such
game as ''cards," that cards are sim
ply "pieces of pasteboard with which
various games are played"
Preserve your conscience always
soft and sensitive. If but one sin
force its way into that tender part of
the soul and dwell easy. there, the
roadispaved for Thousand iniquities.
Religion is that nobler half of life
without which nothing stands in a
true balance. 1t wants the same
skill of practical training as the other
side, and will marvelously help and
steady that.
"The truth in masquerade" is Byrons term
for lie. But it is the truth, and no masque-
rade, that DR.: Bulls Cough Syrup cures coughs
and colds. No cure SO speedy. Price twenty
five cents.
Censure and criticism never hurt
anybody. If false, they cannot harm
you, unless you are wanting in char
acter, and if true, they show man
his weak points and forewarn him
against failure ana trouble.
If you should have lame horse. and have
used. every remedy without success. invest
Twenty-Five cents bottle of Salvation Oil. 1t
will cure him.
A lady's maid, seeing her mistress
struggling with stamp that would
not stick, took the stamp, rubbed it
on the mucilage on the flap of the en-
veiope, and put it in its place. 1t
was an ingenious way out of com
mon difficulty, we'll worth remem-
bering.
Dyspepsia's victims are numbered by thous-
ands. So are those who have been restored to
health by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
AT Huntington, this State, young
man who had escorted a young lady
to the theatre fell sad victim to the
pernicious habit of going out between
acts. About the second time he
went out to see man his fair COM
panion arose, invited a friend to ac-
company her home and gracefully
retired.
If your cough keeps you awake and restless
by night, take Ayers Cherry Pectorul and OBJ
tain immediate relief. This remedy allays in
f1ammation. heals the pulmory organs Induces
sleep, and restores health. The sooner you
begin the better.
An exchange very cheerfulIy and
truly remarks: "When you hear a
man sneering at his local papers you
may know at once that he does not
spend any time or money in making
them better. A man who cannot see
any benefit arising to his town from
the influence of his local paper is of
as little value to the town as year
old delinquent list"
''When the spring-time comes" we usually
Bnd ourselves drowsy and exhausted, owing TO
the impure and sluggish state of the blood
To remedy this trouble. take Ayers Sarsapa-
rila, the most powerful. yet safe and econom-
ical, blood-purifer in existence.
The Hon. H. Dudley Coleman. Re-
publican Congressman from the sec
ond district of Louisiana, has ap-
pointed Master Duncan B. Hood, son
of Confederate General John B. Hood ,
cadet to the West Point Military
Academy. He is said to be prom
ising young man, and may be ex-
pected to acquit himself with credit
should he pass the necessary exani-