Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1884 — Assisting Nature. [ARTICLE]

Assisting Nature.

It is of no use attempting to force nature. She won’t stand it, and rebels. She must be coaxed as it were, not driven. For instance, in attempting to overcome constipation or indigestion, violent, or what physicians call, by way of euphony, “heroic" treatment, is sure to defeat the purpose in view, which is, or should be,, to permanently, remedy the evil. The use of drastic cathartics is especially to be deprecated; for although they temporarily overcome costiveness, yet the intestines are so weakened and inflamed by them as to be rendered unfit to perform the ejective functions properly. How much better tp assist nature in such a cass with such a mild and salutary aperient as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which strengthen at the same time that they relieve the bowels. Not only is this result achieved by their use, but the activity of the torpid liver s restored, the stomach invigorated, ana the entire system grearly benefited. Thk singer who understands the management of his breath is a great artist It ought to be the same way with a barber. “We are a great tract society,” remarked the President of a company which recently purchased 1,000 acres of land in Texas. The letter U is said to be the merriest letter in the alphabet, because it's always in fun.—The Booties.