Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 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 I 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 hgislation must primarily protect The man with a million dollars can protect himself.

First, we need in order that '•ages should be higher and goods cheaj er, cheaper wool, chemicals, fibres like jute, hemp, flax 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 contemjlates this; not as thor Highly as we could wish, but st'll with measurable improvement upon any tarifl bill we have known. Moreover, in abolishing war taxation we close the war. —New York Herald.

Dus. bTARXEY and Palens’ advertisement of Compound Oxygen n this issue of this paper should be read by all of our readers. The cures which ‘LR tr-<ument is effecting are almost miracnlous. In the few years since its discovery they have treated in all parts of the world upwards of fifty thousand patients. Thousands of th ,e ha.e given testimonials that ey are cured, and a large prop) don of the others report great ,nefit from its use. Their offer send a tw 7 o hundred page book free, giving a histpry of the treatment, with a large number of testimonials, is a liberal one. Read the advertisement and send for the book now.

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 agrees with you.