Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1898 — Never Too Sure. [ARTICLE]

Never Too Sure.

Against the probability or possibility of mischance or accident we cun never be too sure. But if we should stop to consider bow great Is the chance of 6udden death, we would be made too timid and unhappy. Caution is needed not to be foolhardy, and precaution to know what is best to do when an accident happens. One day this winter two men were walking and one said: “We’re too timid in treading on slippery places. I tread firmly and never think about them, and so escape a fall.” “Never be too sure,” said the other; “it is that that throws you off and makes the fail the harder." Just then they came upon a place covered with thin snow, where kids had been sliding. The first speaker slipped and came down with his foot turned and badly sprained his ankle. He was a cripple on crutches until a short time ago, having used many things without benefit. Up to that time he had not used St. Jacobs Oil, which, when used, cured him completely, so that he walks as usual. There is a probability that for the rest of the season he will walk cautiously, with the precaution of having this great remedy ready for use.