Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1892 — QUERIES. [ARTICLE]

QUERIES.

What greater loss than that of a true friend? Is not equanimity the best of supports under difficulties? How many hours of vexation will pay even a small debt? Abe not short outs in b'usiness often hazardous to honesty? Do not situations of hazard best prove the sincerity of friends? Is thebe not such a thing as being too prudent ever to fall in love? , Is precipitance in action any more dangerous than excessive caution? Would not some people have a “great footing in the world” if the size of their footgear determined their rank and success in life? How many people who boast of the high standing of their ancestry are as careful as they might be always to sustain the character of their house and hand it down unimpaired to their descendants?—Boston Home Journal.