Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1886 — Groaning on a Bed of Agony, [ARTICLE]

Groaning on a Bed of Agony,

In the throes of rheumatism, which has reached the inflammatory stage, the invalid has just cause to deplore the inefficiency of medicines which could neither uproot tho disease at its outstart, nor avert its dreaded climax. Hostotter’s Stomach Bitters is a medicine which, without the danger attending the use of some of the ordinary specifies for this malady, is infinitely more searching and effective. Used at the start, it checks the progress of the disease, and expels, or neutralizes, the rheumatic virus in the blood. Who so takes it incurs no risk, and is sure to be benefited. Valuable in rheumatism, it is equally efficacious as a remedy for neuralgia, liver complaint, indigestion, chills and fever, debility, and inactivity of the kidneys and bladder. It may, also, be relied upon to promote sleep and appetite.

Where Gen. Grant Learned Strategy. Once, while talking with Gen. Grant, I asked him how he got his strategic knowledge. “I got it on the farm when I was a boy,” said the General. “I learned it when I was driving oxen, feeding calves, and breaking horses. One day, when I was on the old farm in Ohio, my father taught in a valuable lesson in strategy.” “Hdw,” I asked. “Well, father took me into the stable one day, where a row of cattle stood in their uncleaned stalls. “Said he, ‘Ulysses, the stable window is pretty high for a boy, but do you think you could take this shovel and clean out the stable ?’ “ ‘I don’t know, father,’ said I; ‘I never have done it.’ “ ‘Well, my boy, if you will do it this morning, I’ll give you this bright silver dollar,’ said my father, patting me on the head, while he held the silver dollar before my eyes. “ ‘Good,’ said I; ‘l’ll try,’ and then I went to work. I tugged and pulled, and lifted and puffed, and finally it was done, and father gave me the bright silver dollar, saying: “ ‘That's right, Ulysses, you did* it splendidly; and now I find you can do it so nicely, I shall have you do it every morning all winter.’ ” —Eli Perkins. The most astonishingly beneficial results have followed the use of Red Star Cough Cure by those affected with throat and lung troubles. Price, twenty-five cents.