Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1886 — A Modern Fable. [ARTICLE]

A Modern Fable.

A beautiful young lady, -who always aided her mother in the performance of the household duties, and who was of a kind and amiable disposition, was one day surprised by the visit of a fairy, who said to her: “I have watched you a Jong time, and have been much pleased with your cheerfulness, your kindness and amiability, and I have come to inform you that you will have one wish granted, no matter what it is.” The young lady pondered for a few moments and then said: “I would wish to live to a good old age. ” “Have then your wish,” said the fairy; “become a ballet dancer or a chorus singer, ” and she vanished. Moral: Virtue is its own reward.— Boston Chronicle. Where the Damages Should Come In. A recent decision of the Supreme Court allows a wife to sue for damages the person, male or female, who has alienated her husband’s affections and brought about the absence of his “conjugal society.” This is well enough, but the conjugal society of such a husband as that must be so much less than valuable that perhaps the woman gets her damages in advance of the suit. According to the testimony of physicians and coroners, in all parts of the Union, deaths have resulted from the use of cough syrups, containing morphia, opium, and other poisons. In this connection, Dr. Sam’l Cox, of Washington, aftercareful analyses, endorses Bed Star Cough Cure as being purely vegetable, and absolutely free from opiates, poisons, and narcotics. Price, 25 cents.