Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1885 — The Reason. [ARTICLE]

The Reason.

Toper—lt seems very strange to me. I have never been on bad terms with liquor, yet it is beginning to cast reflections on my nose. F r iend— Indeed. T.—Yes; sir, you can see for yourself. F.—l see and understand the reason. T.—You do? F.—Certainly, my friend, certainly. You may say you have been good friends with liquor, but at the same time you have been in the habit of running it down, and that’s why it is casting reflections on your nose. — Boston Courier. When young I was too atnbitious to get plenty of the “root,” and, following out my inclinations, often overworked, and then put m a season of grunting, aided by “salts. ” But age is often accompanied by wisdom. Now I let others do the heavy work, while Ido the grunting over the light work. Half the wisdom of life, I have found out, lies in not working all the time, unless you have to, without now and then a season of enjoyment. C'uit consumption be cured.' 1 Yes. One man only, discovered the laws of gravitation. One man only, discovered the virtue of vaocination. And one man after years of study and reflection, has discovered the cure lor consumption. Dr. Bierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” is its specific. Send two letter stamps and get Dr. Pierce’s pamphlet treatise on consumption. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Autistic ability may not bo hereditary, but oftentimes drawing is sketching.—Texas Siftingx. A Alan in Rulns.-One of the most melancholy spectacles in the world is a human being shattered and broken down by the use of ardent spirits and tobacco. But the dilapidation may be repaired, the ruin restored to perfect sound ness, by a course of that most powerful of all vegetable invigorants, Du. Walkeh’s - California Vinkgak Bitteks. When the mercury fall 6 we may anticipate the dude drop if it’s an ice day.— Texas Sittings.