Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1884 — Violent Measures [ARTICLE]

Violent Measures

Are, or should be, only resorted to in extreme cases. Danger is incurred by persons who tamper with disease. To take drastic, drenching cathartics, or to neglect a recourse to judicious medication when the bowels are constipated, are alike acts of folly. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters relieves, and it persisted in, ultimately cures costivencss. But this effect it never produces violently or abruptly, nor is there any medicine on-earth that will do any permanent good that causes a sudden change, accompanied by pain in the intestinal region. Dyspepsia, no Jess certainly than constipation, is remedied by this sterling, time-honored medicine, which is also the leading antidote to malaria, and a safe and pleasant remedy for rheumatism, inactivity or disorder of the kidneys or bladder, and biliousness. This statement is based upon ample evidence.

Situated- one and a half miles north of Poundridge is a pretty little sheet of water called Trinity Lake. It is the source of supply for Stamford, Conn., four miles away. There is a singular phenomenon connected with this lake which is not generally known, except to a few residents of this locality. It is what is called* a floating island, a good-sized body of land, which has for several years appeared at regular intervals near the center ol the lake, and, after remaining upon the surface of the water for several days, sinking again to the bottom, about forty-five feet. No one has yet taken the trouble to investigate the phenomenon, and the country people have become so accustomed to it that they think little about it. •

In the new Mason & Hamlin Lipright Pianos the strings are held by screws and secured directly to the iron plate, each string being held by a separate screw. In pianos generally the strings are held by the friction of wrestpins set in wood. The results of the Mason & Hamlin Improvement are remarkable purity of tone (resulting in part from the easy method of tuning the three strings belonging to each tone, exactly together), with much less liability of getting out of tune or being affected by climatic changes. This improvement has been pronounced the greatest made in Upright Pianos for half a century.—Boston Journal.

Coffee culture is very interesting, and the growing crop is very beautiful. The trees at maturity are from five to eight feet high; they are well shaped and bushy, with dark green foliage, and planted eight or nine feet apart. The flowers are in clusters at the root of the leaves, and are small, but pure white and very fragrant. The fruit has a rich color, and resembles a small cherry or a large cranberry; it grows in clusters, close to the branches, and when it becomes a deep red is ripe and ready to be gathered. The trees are raised from seed, and do not begin to yield until the third year. In Central America they bear well for twelve or fifteen years, although, in exceptional cases, trees twenty years old will yield an abundance of fruit. The tree is particularly beautiful when in full bloom or when laden with ripe fruit. Dr. Pierce’s Compound Extract of SmartWeed combines French Brandy, Jamaica Ginger, Smart-Weed and Camphor Water, the best possible agents for the cure of diarrha a, cholera morbus, dysenteryor bloody-flux and colic, or to break up colds, fevers and inflammatory attacks. The receipts of the friction match manufacturer are gross, but the man who sells the matches is generally grocer.— . Lowell Courier.