Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1887 — A Word to Early Risers. [ARTICLE]

A Word to Early Risers.

A correspondent writes to inquire the meaning of the phrase, “Take Tima fey the forelock.” Well, usually it means to get your work in on the combination. For Time’s forelock yields—one turn to the right of opportunity and a forward push of courage. However, as a general rule, by the time the leisurely individual makes up his mind to try the combination, he discovers that old Father Time is either baldheaded or has that precious forelock of his pomaded closely to the scalp with the unguent of procrastination. Very likely the philosopher responsible for the forelock combination was the one who originated the remark that “The early bird gets the worm ” It would seem, from the way people take heed to the same, that they do not care to undergo the same a Miction as the early bird. And they probably might certify this belief by adding “That some vermifuge is not vermifuge.”— Texas Siftings. We ought not to bo too anxious to encourage untried innovation, in cases of doubtful improvement For a quarter of a century JDr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy has been before the public and passed through the severest test and is pronounced the most reliable remedy for that disagreeable malady. Thousands of testimonials of its virtues. 50 cents per bottle. By druggists. If the keeper of a jail is a jailer, why isn’t the keeper of a prison a prisoner?