Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1878 — A Pen Picture. [ARTICLE]

A Pen Picture.

A few months, or even weeks, since, her pallid countenance was the very type of ruddy health—the delight of the school and the pride of the household. She was always welcome wherever doty or pleasure led her. Diligent, punctual and exemplary in the class-room, obedient and loving at homo, she won the hearts of all. But alas I those glowing cheeks and lips are now blanched by consumption. The voice onoe so in laugh and song is feeble, husky and broken by a hollow oough. Let ns approach her conch and gently take her bloodless hand in our own. Do not shudder because of its feeble, passionless grasp. The hand once so warm ana plump shows its bony outlines, while the oords ana tortuous veins are plainly mapped upon its surface. The pulse that bounded with repletion, imparting beauty, vivacity, health and strength to the system, is delicate to the touch. The enervated heart feebly propels the thin, soanty blood. Must we lose her while yet so young and so fair ? No. There is relief. Bat something more is required than the observance of hygienic roles, for enfeebled nature calls for aid and she must have it. Administer this pleasant medicine. It is invigorating. It allays the irritable cough, improves the appetite ana digestion, and sends a healthy tingle through her whole being. The blood is enriched, nerve ns power increased, and the heart bounds with a new impulse. Her face brightens—the blood is returning, her voice is clearer, and her requests are no longer delivered in that peevish, fretful tone so deadening to sympathy. Her step is still faltering, but strength is rapidly returning. Let us take her out in the warm, life-giving sunshine. In a few weeks she will go without our aid, and be able to Join her companions in their pleasant pastimes and feel her whole being ‘‘ warmed and expanded into perfect 'life.” The change is so great that we think she is sweeter and nobler than ever before. And the modicine which has wrought this transformation we Jflok upon as a blessing to humanity, for there are other loved ones to bo rescued from the grasp of the insidious destroyer. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery has raised her. It will raise others.