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"Mein Gott, what a peoples," was the
expression of a newcomer when observ
ing his first Fourth of July in America,
lie looked out of his window upon
small boys and men mixed with cannon
firecrackers, saw blazing buildings in
the distance, horses running away and
ambulances bearing off the wounded.
The view was certainly impressive. In
connection with the newcomer's re
mark upon our original way of exhibit
ing satisfaction, it may be interesting
to know the net resuils of a day's op
erations. According to the Chicago
Trjbune the following casualties have
been reported for July 4, 1899: Killed,
Dt; injured, 1,851; fire loss, $422,570.
This year the fire losses were small.
When Portland burned they mounted
into the millions.
For exact information on disputed
subjects Boston is, of course, the prop
er source. P.oston scientists have not
only succeeded in running the kissing
bug to its lair but have extracted its
long sting and put it under the micro
scope. Tho weapon of the kissing bug,
as they describe it, is one-thirty-second
of an inch long und consists of a black
base, with a white end which branches
into two prongs. It is as hard as flint
and the points arc sharper than a
needle. The specimen was secured from
a gentleman into whose finger it had
been inserted by its original owner.
The finger swelled rapidly after it had
been stung and when it was treated
the sting was found imbedded in the
wound.
One recent Saturday a man missed a
drive at golf and smashed the young
lady who stood bel»ind him in the
mouth and knocked out all her front
teeth; and then when she was being
rapidly driven to the doctor's by an
other man, the horse ran away and up
set her and broke the man's leg and se
verely injured her besides, as an Irish
man would say". Happening on Satur
day as it did, says a Xew York paper,
this has nothing to do with the great
Sunday golf question now raging in
Boston. It does prove, however, in a
showy and dramatic way, what true
golfites have always contended, the
importance of learning to hit the
ball.
There are no statistics to show that
appendicitis is more prevalent among
those who ride than those who do not,
and there is not the sligntest evidence
of any kind to trace the injury of ap
pendicitis directly to bicycling or to
any other form of exercise. The bi
cycle may have its sins to answer for,
but before being held guilty of causing
death by appendicitis it is entitled to
the presumption of innocence and to
proof positive of its guilt.
Senator Clark, of Montana, recently
laid an asphaltum walk before his west
ern home, and the composition being
not yet dry caused a temporary board
walk 1o bo erected with the sign:
"Take the Boardwalk." Some local
wags noted this and the first day after
its appearance carried off the walk and
wrote under the sign the words: "We
have."
The wife of a western millionaire fish
packer is going on the stage for the
sake of being in an artistic atmosphere.
She says she went through a rigid
course of theosophy, Christian Science,
psychical research and hypnotism for
the purpose of establishing an electrical
current between herself and her audi
ence.
Writing from San Fernando a Kan
sas boy says: "Had apple dumplings
the other night, for supper. 'Spect an
old soldier would laugh at apple flump
lings on the firing line. They were
the genuine tiling, for I dreamed of
Filipinos with long knives."
That timid young woman down in
Lewiston, Me., who habitually plays the
piano during a thunder shower to
drown the noise of the thunder appar
ently doesn't know much about the af
finity between piano wires and elec
tricity.
A man from Wisconsin, accused of at
tempting.l' to poison a resident of Colo
rado Springs, has been acquitted on the
plea of insanity; and physicians testi
fied that his insanity was due to the
great altitude of the town.
HOW BRYAN LIVES.
The >1 r*c « phone Moulli <» 112 the
SilvvrUi'M lla» to tie l''re
i|itenll) "Oiled I i»."
There is t j be a firemen's convention
in western Pennsylvania next muntli.
The committee of arrangements in
vited William .1. Bryan to attend and
make a speech. Jlc replied that he
would accept for S2OO. This is less than
he {jot at cither of the two Chautauqua
meetings in Georgia at which he made
political addresses recently. There he
was given 51) pur cent, of the gate re
ceipts.
Some Pennsylvania democrats arc dis
pleased that Mr. Hryan should charge
for hi* addresses. There is a feeling
in Georgia even, where he is so popular,
th»* it is not quite dignified for a man
in his position —"the leader of his
party"—to become the drawing card of
an entertainment for a percentage of
the gate money. His friends say in his
defense that he does not receive money
for making what they call "regular
political speeches," but only for polit
ical speeches made at enterprises got
\ip for the express purpose of making
money. They say that Hryan "must
live" and that he cannot travel all over
the country and make speeches for
nothing.
It is well known that Mr. Bryan's sole
business just now is that of presidential
candidate, lie deems it necessary to
the carrying on of that business that he
should be displaying himself continual
ly to the people and talking to them.
He counts that day lost in which lie has
not told a considerable number of his
fellow-eiti/.ens that he is their friend.
It is perfectly proper, therefore, from
VICTIM OF THE "KISSING BUG."
bis point of view that he should accept
every invitation extended him, from a
country fair to a firemen's tournament.
Hut the traveling' he has to do as peri
patetic presidential candidate costs
money, and Mr. Bryan has none to
spare. He has no accumulated wealth
to yield him an income, lie can earn
money at no profession while constant
ly on the wing. He has a family to sup
port. Therefore he must either run in
debt, which is wrong', or he must make
some money out of the desire of the peo
ple to see and hear him.
If some money-making enterprise like,
a Georgia Chautauqua, is a success be
cause of Bryan's presence, it is natural
that he should feel that he ought to
have a share of the receipts. 1f he were
not. a candidate for the presidential
nomination of his party, hut simply a
prominent democratic politician, no
body would find fault with him for get
ting all he could for his addresses. Cam
paign orators do not hesitate to charge
for their "regular political speeches."
Since Mr. Bryan is a presidential candi
date, however, many think his conduct
undignified.
Certainly it is unusual, but what else
can Bryan do? lie thinks he must carry
on his city to city canvass of the coun
try as he has been doing, and while
making his canvasses he "must live."
He does not wish to sponge off his
friends or borrow on the security of the
$50,000 a year lie will get if elected pres
ident. Ko lie has to charge for his serv
ices as other attractions do, and thus
make his business of presidential can
didate a profitable one. And as long as
he <1 riws crowds why should nol en
tertain men 1 managers hire him? While
he is advertising himself he is putting
money in their pockets.—Chicago Trib
une.
Cyif the republicans should now
abandon expansion the democrats
would reverse their present, course,
and come out in favor of expansion.
The republicans, of course, will adhere
to the expansion policy, and it will be
sanctioned by an overwhelming ma
jority of the people in 1000.—St. bonis
Globe-Democrat.
fllr. Bryan, at Atlanta, said that hi'
would rather help some one else win in
1 OOUs than to be the cause of democra
t's defeat. But then he had togo <>nd
spoil'it all by insisting i:pon platform
declarations which would render prob
able any democratic candidate's de
feat--Albany Argus (Hem.).
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1899
PROSPERITY PROOFS.
All I.iui'K of Trade mill loiitiwtry At
test tin* lleiielits of Repub
lican It u It-.
Along the Union Pacific, the Bur
lington, the Bock Island, the Missouri
Pacific and the Chicago and Omaha rail
roads in Nebraska dozens of new ele
vators are being rushed to completion
to take care of the grain crop.
In Pittsburgh it is said that every
blast furnace is producing to its full
capacity.
In the coke regions every oven is pro
ducing.
This activity extends all through the
iron business. Thole is not enough pig
iron to meet the demand. No new or
ders fcir rails can be filled this year.
Structural iron, which sold at sls a ton
before the boom, is now selling at $32
and is expected togo to $lO.
The lumber business of the past year
in the northern central district is the
best on record. Hardwood has ad
vanced from $22 a thousand feet to $32
and s3l. and the prices of all grades of
lumber make a new record.
The exports of domestic merchandise
for June were $'.)4,525,732, a gain of
about $2,000,000.
Our copper production of last year,
which was the largest over reported,
will be exceeded Ibis year.
The post office receipts of 50 leading
post offices for June aggregate $3,430,-
801, an increase of $130,193 over the ex
citing month of June last year.
Finally, the immigration statistics
for the fiscal year ended June 30 make
a remarkable show ing of 134,403 immi
grants in the last three months, or at
the rate of over half a million a year, a
record not reached since Is 1 .:;.
There is no doubting the meaning of
tlie.se figures, lakt.il from so many dif
ferent sources. They mean a general,
normal and stable prosperity, which
is the best kind of prosperity that a
country can have. —X. Y. World (lJein.).
COMMENT AND OPINION.
C~*The general prosperity of the
country is not a condition favorable to
the manufacture of issues by calamity
ites. —Indianapolis Journal.
I l'ryan pretends to believe in the
extermination of trusts, yet he voted
against the anti-trust clause in the Mc-
Kinley law. —Leavenworth Times.
(CSomebody started a rumor the
other day that I'.ryan would be willing
to see another man at the head of The
democratic ticket. Bryan says 110
friend of his ever gave birth to the
st or J Chicago Times-Herald.
papers would
be delighted to see an Indian war
break out in the United States so as to
compel the president to keep the regu
lars at home and call out volunteers for
the Philippines. They want something
on which to base their cry of "militar
ism."—lndianapolis Journal.
C3"lt- would be interesting to know
how many democratic papers now de
nouncing a slight modification of the
civil service lists intend next year to
support the Chicago platform, if reaf
firmed, with its declaration for lixed
terms of ollice, or. in other words, of 110
civil service system at all?—St. Louis
(j lobe-1 )ciuocrat.
Ep'Aguinaldo is counting on the aid
of American democrats, and boldly
says so. That is the interpretation lie
puts upon the expressions of llryrin,
Stone, Jones and other Chicago plat
formites. Hut he will discover how
sadly he is mistaken when the Amer
ican people pet a cliancc to speak their
piece about this liryanite foolishness.
—Troy Times.
P"ln the various readjustments in
the interest of labor in all the mills,
mines and factories increased wages
make an excellent showing, which will
last for sen!; 1 time. It is increased pay
and extended pay rolls that make pros
perity permanent; for the workman
whose Klondike is his capacity for la
bor in the use of horny hands is inva
riably a pood distributer of the cash
he earns, knowing that each and every
dollar can be duplicated in the widej.-
inp arena of honest Mpployment.-
[ Hardware.
SERVICE WAS SIMPLE.
Prtcnih (aitllier Giouml 11m* Hi<*r c t
I In- liUlt* C'»l. Inu i- r»o 11. :in<l Itviui
i:\tra<-lH (riiin llis Writing*'
N* u York, July -•>. Thefuneralofthe
imc Bobert (i. Ingersoll took place
Tuesday afternoon from \\«il i'-n,
llobbs Kerry, where lie died oil Kriday
last. .No I'ii rjrv'iii£t 11 was present to con
duct tin- service*; there was nonuple,
and there Were no pall-beurcrs. The
body lay on a cot in the room where he
died. It was enshrouded in white, and
just, one red rose placed 011 the breast.
Die services were held at four o'clock.
Mrs. 11 sat beside the dead, and
beside her were her daughters. Mrs.
Walston 11. Brown and Miss Maud In
gersoll. They were very much agitated,
and wept almost continuously. Mr. and
Mrs. ('. I'. Kartell were present, and
Charles Broadway House, Col. Inger
s.ill's oldest friend, occupied a chair by
the side of the bier. There were some
40 others present, and they remained
standing' throughout.
The intense silence was then broken
by Dr. John Clark Ridpatli, who in a
voice full of emotion said: "My friends,
it is a very sad duty to read in the
presence of the dead the last poem
written by Col. liobert (1. Ingersoll, en
titled "Declaration of the Kree." This
poem Col. Ingersoll had rend and al
tered in some of its parts only a fow
hours before he was stricken down."
Maj. (). .1. Sniytji, who resides in
Dobbs Kerry and who was a close per
sonal friend of Col. Ingersoll, then,
without preliminary words, read an
other extract from Col. 1 ngersoll's writ
ings, entitled "My Religion."
Dr. John Elliott, of New York, read
the funeral oralion delivered by Col.
Ingersoll over his brother's dead body.
This concluded the short and simple
services. Nearly all present took a
parting look at the dead and passed
out. After they had gone Mr. House
i.rose from his chair and, as he is totally
blind, passed his hand over the face of
his departed friend, and said: "Per
haps hi' is better now. No one can un
derstand it." Mrs. Ingersoll said to
him: "The colonel wanted you to put
your hand upon his heart," and suiting
the action to the word, she directed his
hand to the left breast of the deceased.
Mr. House asked what she was going to
do with the remains. "1 can't give him
up," she said. "I can't put him in the
ground, I can't bear to think of it.
We're piling to bring him back home."
The' body will probably be taken to
Krtsli I'ond. 1.. 1., on Thursday for cre
mation, but this arrangement is subject
to change.
During the morning there were many
visitors to look upon the face of the de
ceased. \mong them were several old
colored servants of the family who
had come from Washington and took
four days off or paid their expenses to
do honor to their benefactor. Among
these were two former butlers of the
family. One old man. who was a bag
gageman on Ihe railroad, came from
down on Long Island, others came from
Chicago, Syracuse and liuffalo. Many
additional telegrams of sympathy
were received Monday, one of them
being from (len. Miles. Floral tributes
were received all the morning, and
there were two rooms full of the.m. A
photograph of the body was taken in
the afternoon just as i1 lay surround
ed by these' flowers. It took a three
quarters view of the face.
FRANCO-AMERICAN TREATY.
KtttaliliMli mcnt of Reciprocal Hala
tion* <iive» Sal infliction in
Official Circle*.
Washington, July 20.—The signing of
the Kranco-Ainericau reciprocity treaty
is accepted in official quarters, govern
ment and diplomatic, as not only a de
sirable trade arrangement, but also an
other evidence of the friendly political
ties between the two countries. Ex
pressions to the effect were exchanged
during tile latter days of the negotia
tions between those highest in author
ity on both sides, and it is understood
that President McKinley, in particular,
was desirous that there should be no
failure in a negotiation which promised
to establish another friendly bond be
t ween the count ties. In a personal way
it is regarded as a noteworthy achieve
ment of the French ambassador, who
in his comparatively brief service here
has made a reciprocity treaty, and has
acted as a peacemaker between the
I'nited States and Spain. The officials
on both sides are refraining from any
expressions of triumph over the re
sults, as they say each side has secured
a fair equivalent for what ii has given,
and that the trade of both countries
will be much benefited.
The shipments of the I'nited States
to Kranee are considerably more than
those coming from Kranee. Last year
our exports to France exceeded 500,000,-
000 francs, while the trade from France
amounted to about 250,000,000 francs.
More than half of this traffic will be in
fluenced by the rates established in the
new treaty. In the case of the French
shipments, goods worth 50,000,000
francs are on the free list, while anoth
er 50.000,000 francs of goods are not in
fluenced by the treaty. lea\ing ship
ments valued at 150,000,000 francs to be
directly affected by the new rates. The
value of American goodsaffi cted would
be even greater than this, owing to the
larger amount of American exports,
l.iu'li t » i "Ii I*, ill- Two.
Minneapolis. Minn., July 20.—A spe
cial to the Times from St. Cloud says:
James ilarren. of Krecport, and Miss
Agnes Ilerzog, of Millwood, were in
stantly killed by lightning about noon
Tuesday at the home of Miss Ilcr/.og.
The Ilerzog family and Ilarren were
silting on the porch when lightning
struck the corner of the house, killing
Ilarren and Miss Ilerzog. The rest of
the people were uninjured.
iii'i'iil. a \f. to Ri'«ign.
Cape Town, July —ii is understood
that President Kruger has definitely
abandoned the idea of resigning/.
HOLD TIIEM IX CHECK.
Presence of Troops Lessens the Dan
ger in Cleveland.
*iriker«t n nil Their Vr'e ml
in Some Itidtihu. lint Nut of n Seri
ou» Nit tore—lliK l''orcc of llili
tin in I lie City.
Cleveland, 0.. July 20.- Strikers and
their friends Tuesday night held a inci t
ing and various speakers protested
against the presence of troops and llie
carrying of arms by private citizens,
meaning nonunion street car employes.
The day brought forth no new reports
of rioting and violence. Haiti fell dur
ing most of the afternoon and did w hat
the police have been unable to do—keep
crowds from collecting and molesting
cars. Eleven of the 14 lines of the liig
Consolidated Street railway were in
operation before seven o'clock. The
three lines on which cars were not start
ed were the Cnion, Burton and Clark
avenue routes.
IliK Force of Mllltln.
H. A. A\ line, adjutant general of state
troops, is in command of the military
here, and approximates the force under
him at 20 companii s, aggregating near
ly 1,200 men. Kour hundred of them,
Columbus, Newark and Chillicot he, ar
rived Tuesday afternoon and were dis
tributed about the city at points where
it is judged most probable trouble will
occur, if any at all takes place. Mayor
Karley said that he thought the force of
police and soldiers under (Jen. Axline
sufficient to overawe any mobs which
might collect.
lie refused to say whether or no he
purposed the disarmament of the non
union men now operating the street
cars and whose use of firearms is gen
erally commented upon as "too promis
cuous." A stiite law exists which de
clares that a defendant arrested for car
rying weapons, upon proving that he
believed his life, liberty or property en
dangered while pursuing any lawful
act, shall be discharged. Several non
union men, arrested on this charge,
have been discharged under the act re
ferred to.
Ralph Hawley. the nonuion conduct
or who killed Henry Cornweit, a boy,
appeared before a magistrate charged
with murder in the second degree. The
hearing was postponed and the defend
ant held without bail.
Mayor Karley late Friday night is
sued a proclamation calling upon lie
citizens to act calmly during the excite
ment of the strike and to remain off the
street as much as possible.
Troop* l'or Soutli Hrooklyn.
Mayor Karley. lien. Axline, Police Di
rector Ilarrett and Assistant Corpora
tion Counsel M. 1!. Kxccll held a long
conference over the situation Tuesday.
The result was that a large guard of sol
d'ers was sen t to.South Brooklyn, where
the mayor believes the disturbing ele
ment to be strongest.
(tiots at \iitlit.
With the coining of' darkness small
riots, mostly in the foreign inhabited
part of the city, made their appearance,
and conflicts in which nobody was seri
ously hurt took place between the sol
diers and police, on one side, and al
leged strikers and their sympathizers
on the other. On Broadway the cars,
laden with guards and a few passen
gers. traveled in pairs. End at Clay and
Pearl streets a mob of about 2,000 men
and boys, with a sprinkling of women,
gathered, and when they could elude
the soldiers, stoned the cars and the
crews. Conflicts were frequent, and a
number of arrests were made. At ten
o'clock, as a detachment of militia were
Hearing the spot, the crowd bombarded
a pair of cars with stones and speci
mens of vegetation far from being
wholesome. The soldiers charged with
fixed bayonets, and in a few minutes
the erstwhile aggressive mob «as eon
ci aled in the alleys, by-streets and in
their rookerv-like houses. There were
a few incipient riots in South Brooklyn
before midnight, but the guards had
Ihe situation well in hand.
I'lrml \oV Guilty.
The executive committee oft"he
strikers met and issued a state
ment denying any connection with re
cent disturbances, including the nitro
glycerin explosion which Sunday
wrecked a Euclid avenue car, and aver
their determination to refrain from any
unlawful acts. Kriends of the strikers
are asked to withhold their patronage
from the Big Consolidated company.
President Bryan, of the strikers' asso
ciation. to whom some local papers
have credited utterances advocating
anarchistic tactics in prosecuting the
strike, has entered a complete denial
of the published statements.
Hislioii liorstiutinii'M AtMrcsH.
Citizens of Cleveland, among whom
the street car strike is the chief topic
of conversation, Tuesday added their
comments to the address issued by Itt.
liev. Ignatius K. Ilorstmann. bishop of
the diocese of Cleveland. The utter
ances of the Catholic divine, a man of
great influence among the people of his
denomination throughout Ohio, are re
garded as vividly expressive of the situ
ation here, and it is expected that his
message pleading that the law be ob
serxed and civic dignity upheld will re
sult in the subduing of much of the vio
lence which has made the past week an
epoch in local history.
ttryr.n to lie a Dclrisnte.
Washington, July 20. The Post says:
Bryan will be a delegate to the next
democratic national convention. This
statement was made to a I'ost report
er by Congressman Clayton, of Ala
bama. who represents his state upon
the democratic national committee,
and who has just returned from the
meeting of that committee in Chicago.
iiiur llattleabip Laitnched.
Brest. Kranee. July 20. The battle
s', ip Suffreii was launched here 'lues
day. She is the largest ship in the
Kreiich navy, being of 12,500 tons uis
ulaceKient.
| GOOD NAME AT HOME j
lls a TOTVCT of Strength Abroad." In J
{ Lo<well, Mass., 'where Hood's Sarsapa- J
J rilla is made, it still has a larger sale T
2 than all other blood purifiers. Its fame J
* and cures and sales have spread abroad, 112
{ and it is universally recognized us the z
I best blood medicine money .<». t buy. J
{ Be sure to get Hood's, becaust J
NICELY TAKEN IN. ~
He Knew tlie Way# of the
World Hut Got Caught
Napping.
The man in question used to say lie knew
the way of the world us a eat knows its
own kittens, and laugh at the wiles of those
who live on their wits.
He had been economizing at every turn
for a long time, saving all that he could,
for the holidays were near at hand. He
left his station" the other night in the teeth,
of a blizzard. The 'buses had stopped run
ning, and he buttoned his coat collar about
his neck with a determination to walk
home rather than squander the price of a
cab.
"Beastly night," said a tall, imposing
man, as lie tapped our friend on the shoul
der. "Get into my carriage there; I'll be
with you in. a minute," and he dashed into
the station after his bag. Jt was too good
an offer to be refused, and the traveling
man putin most of his time in thanking
his benefactor, who politely insisted that
the pleasure was all his.
"Just tell him where to drive to,"he said,
later; "I get out here. No, don't mention
it. Glad of the opportunity."
Now, it was a horrible night, and he was
using another man's carriage, so he could
not do less than to treat the driver and
give him a cigar to keep his nose warm. At
last the economical traveler was at home,
and he shouted a cheery "good night," as
he slammed the door of the vehicle and
started for the house.
"Here," crierl the driver, "you've forgot
ten something."
"Thanks. What is it?" as he hurried
back.
"Nine shillings."
"What?" as the harrowing conviction
seized him. "Why, the other man."
"That other man be blowed. I don'tknow
him from a crow. You took the cab."
Then our man drowned the voice of the
storm while he was settling, and, going in,
swore his wife to secreev. That's the way
it got out. —Pearson's Weekly.
REPORTING THE WEDDING.
As It WHS Tnrneil In by the Yonnjc
Reporter Fit for the Waste
Basket.
A reporter on a newspaper was given the
task of writing up a very swell wedding.
He composed a line account of the wed
ding ceremonies, but, like many young
writers, he tried to use too flowery lan
guage, and, becoming excited, he forgot to
be accurate in the use of words. The de
scription of the beauties of nature read
something like this:
"The silvery moon hovered over the
scene, and the stars twinkled merrily; the
soft sighing of the wind in the trees near by
came like a benediction of love to the happy
couple entering upon the voyage of life to
gether."
The reporter sent in his copy, but just
as the paper was about to be sent to prpss
he rushed into the editor's room, all excite
ment, saving he wished to make a correc
tion in the account of the wedding, as, ac
cording to the almanac, there was no sil
very or any other moon on that night.
And the reporter also said thai he had
blundered in writing of the "contesting"
parties instead of "contracting" parties.
After a few more corrections the account
of the wedding was found available for the
editor's waste-basket. —Tit-Bits.
An Intellectuul Test.
"Your name?"
".lan Przvbskalzi."
"How long have you been in this coun
try?"
"Vilhelm McKinley."
"Who wrote the declaration of independ
ence?"
"Congress."
"Do you swear to obey the laws of thil
nation?
"Jorge Yashingtin."
"What form of government is this?"
"Kbfyhcm Linking."
"That will do. You're accepted. Step
down, 112 say."
"Der Star Spangled Bcnner!"
"Don't you understand me? I told you
you were all right."
"Dree cheerz! Heep, heep, hooray!"
Is this an examination for admission to
citizenship? No, gentle reader, the man
wants to be a soldier, and our great and
good government has declared that a sol
dier needn't have any more brains than a
voter.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evert' woman believes that her husband
is a child in some respects, and that she
must b-e on the alert to keep things out of
his grasp that he wants, hut which are not
good for him.—Atchison Globe.
[LETTER TO MRS. FINKUAM NO. "8,465]
" I vas a sufferer from female weak
ness . Every month regularly as the
menses came, I suffered dreadful pains
in uterus, ovaries
PERIODS OF ISTSSSLSJ
SUFFERING 1 had my children
GIVE PLAGE very fast and it
RO PERIODS L OFT MC VERY7CAK
\ year ago I was
OF JOY | taken with llood
ing and almost
died. The doctor even gave me up and
wonders how I ever lived.
" 1 wrote for Mrs. Pinkham's advice
at Lynn, Mass., and took her medicine
and began to pet well. I took several
bottles of the Compound and used the
Sanative Wash, and can truly say that
lam cured. You would hardly know
me, I am feeling 1 and looking so well.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound made me what 1 am."—Mils.
J. P. Srr.ETcn, 401 MECHANIC ST..
CAMDEN, N. J.
How Mrs. Brown Was Helped.
" I must tell you that Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound has done
more for me than any doctor.
" I was troubled with irregv.iar
menstruation. Last summer 1 began
the use of your Vegetable Compound,
and after taking t.vo bottles, I have
been regular every month since. £
recommend your medicine to all."—
MRS. MAGGIE A. BROWN, WEST PT.
PLEASANT, N. J.
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