Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1888 — EXCHANGE SIFTINGS. [ARTICLE]

EXCHANGE SIFTINGS.

; Under foot—Sidewalks. a bad .sign—An illegible signature. Every sportsman should be a game fellow. An elopement is apt to be a miss-ad-venture. A serious affection of the throat— Hanging. “Put up and shut up”—The' stoves and doors. Toe board of trade—The clerks behind the counter. Among traveling salesmen order is Heaven’s first law. When a law suit is put oft it is by no means always worn out. Texas Siftings: To be a well preserv-

ed man—drink well water. What most people found in their Christmas stockings—Corns. A vulgar man courts publicity with the hope pf wedding notoriety. Charity may cover a multitude of sins, but it is not its regular business. Christmas comes but once a year to make our pocketbooks feel queer. A poet sings: “Oh, whst will the Christmas bring?” Bills, sir; bills. The prosperous hardware merchant is usually known by his stovepipe hat. The way of the transgressor isn’t anything to the weigh of the coal dealer. A man who makes the fur fly is presumably on the lookout for cold weather.

“Woman feels where man thinks,” says a writer. Yes, that’s why man is bald. ■ The wear and tear on contribution boxes is a very small item of church expense. The most valuable seal ring in the world is the one extending around the north, pole, -. , Unfortunates who are seeking health should not be, deceived by the many published certificates of cures from paid or imaginary persons. The best recommendation of a remedy is its good effect. A trial of Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla will prove it to be the best blood purifying and strength-giv-ing medicine that weak, nervous and debilitated individuals can use. Insist on your druggist selfing you .this remedy. Take no substitute. Search the Scriptures and ye shall find autumn leaves. Look to it, some of the mean druggists and rumshops are selling imitations of “Moxie.”