Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1888 — Died of a Fit. [ARTICLE]

Died of a Fit.

Byron’s good sayings have been in all men’s mouths—in the mouths of some who have claimed them as their own. Many were admirable puns, others had a better claim to remembrance. The last time 1 met him—a long time ago—l sat next him at dinner. “So Poole, the tailor, is dead!” remarked our host. “Indeed! What did he die of?” “Of a fit,” said Byron, at once; “what else could a tailor die of?” London World.

In t Nutshell—The new tariff bill needs only to be plainly understood to meet with universal acceptance by those whom revenue measures should affect—namely, the poor. It is the citizen whose one hard-earned dollar means fire, light, I read, that l?gislation must primarily protect The man with a million dollars can protect himself. First, we need in order that ”ages should be higher and goods chea; er, cheaper wool, chemicals, fibres like jute, hemp, fiax and lumber. We want cheap food and clothing, homes at f lir rent and especially cheapness in iron, clay and glass. The proposed tariff bill contemI lates this; not as thor mgh.y as we could wish, but still with measurable improvement upon any tariff bill we have known. Moreover, in abolishing war taxation we .• lose the war.—New York Herald.

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And now comes a chemist and explodes the theory that unbolted flour is the most nutritious, by stating that experiments show that it is harder to digest. The most sensible plan to follow is to eat what experience has proved screes with you.