WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the “Panic of *73” Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.
, This remarkable woman, whose
fnaiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass., February 9th, 1819, com
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as a woman of an alert
And investigating mind, an earnest
*eeker after knowledge, and above
All, possessed of a wonderfully sympa
thetic nature.
In 1843 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
And herbs, nature's own remedies—
calling in a physician only in specially
argent cases. By tradition and ex
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
erties of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
In the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex
pressly designed to cure the various
Ills and weaknesses of the body, and
>• ’ it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina
tion of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
ham's friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
... out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
^ But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen
nial year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to bo found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were steeped on the stove,
gradually filling a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired a job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound, and these were
.distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
ily had saved enough money to com
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventlul expe
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre
serve a record of every case that came to
her attention. The ease of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice—
and there were thousands—received
careful study, and the details, includ
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent a vast collabora
tion of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter-in-law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in lier vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in tne work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pin kli am con tin ues this great work. and
probably from the office of no other
person have so many women been ad
vised how to regain health. Sick wo
men, this advice is “Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound ; made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.
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Tha Language' of tTia*T) mb rails.
From SiMiro Moments.
There Is a language of umbrellas ns
of flowers. For Instance, place your
umbrella in a rack, and It will often
Indicate that it will change owners.
To open It quickly In the street
means that somebody’s eye Is going to
be In danger.
To shut It quickly signifies that a
hat or two will probably bo knocked
off.
An umbrella carried over a woman,
the man getting nothing but the drip
pings of the rain, .signifies courtship.
When a man has the umbrella, and
the woman the drippings. It indicates
marriage.
To swing your umbrella over your
shoulder signifies "I uni making a nui
sance of myself.’’
To put an alpaca umbrella by the
side of a silk one signifies "Exchange
is no robbery.”
To lend an umbrella Indicates “X am
a fool.”
I To return an umbrella means—well,
never mind what it means; nobody
ever does that.
SKIN ERUPTIONS 35 YEARS,
/Suffered Severely with Eczema Ah
Over Body—A Thousand Thanks
to Cuticura Remedies.
‘‘For over tliirty-tive years 1 was a
severe sufferer from eczema. Thu
eruption was not confined to any out
place. It was all over my body, limbs
and even on my bead. I am sixty year*
old and an old soldier, and have been
examined by the Government Board
over fifteen times, and they said there
was no cure for me. I have taken all
kinds of medicine ami have spent large
sums of money for doctors, without
avail. A short time ago I decided to
try the Cuticura Remedies, and after
using two cakes of Cuticura Soap, two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment, and two
bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, two
treatments in all, I am now well and
completely cured. A thousand thanks
to Cuticura. I cannot speak too high
ly of the Cuticura Remedies. John T.
Roach, Rlchmondale, Ross Co., Ohio,
July 17. 11X15.”
One of the Family.
“Are you the editor that takes in so
ciety news?” Inquired the caller, an
undersized man, with a tired and timid
appealing look on his face.
"Yes, sir,” replied the young man at
the desk. “I can take In any kind of
news. What have you?”
“Why, It's this way,” said the caller,
lowering his voice. “My wife gave a
small party last night, and I am willing
to pay to have this report of the affair
put in the paper.”
"We don’t charge anything for pub
lishing society news,” observed the
young man at the desk, taking the
proffered manuscript and looking it
over.
“That’s all right,” was the reply.
“You don’t understand. I wrote this
up myself, and I put in a line or two
that says, ’Mr. Halfstick assisted his
distinguished wife in receiving the
guests.’ That’s the way 1 want it to
go in, and I don't care if it costs a
dollar a word. I want my friends to
know, by George! that I still belong to
the family.”
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How u Veteran Was Saved the Am
putntion of a Limb.
I B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Roose
velt Ave„ Indianapolis, lnd., says: “I
had been showing symptoms of kidney
trouble from the time
I was mustered out
of the army, but In all
my life I never suf
fered ns In 1897.
Headaches, dizziness
and sleeplessness first
and then dropsy. X
was weak and help
less, having run down
from 180 to 125
jteuuds. I was having
terrible pain ' iu the
kidneys and the secre
tions passed almost involuntarily. Mj
left leg swelled until it was 34 inches
around, and the doctor tapped it night
and morning until I could no louget
stand it, and then he advised amputa
tion. I refused, and began using Doan’s
Kidney Bills. The swelling subsided
gradually, the urine became natural and
all my pains and aches disappeared. 1
have been well now for nine years sinct
using Doan's Kidney Pills.
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Wealth at Cowes.
From the Outlook.
Cowes has been enveloped with an
air of unattainable wealth. The sem
blance Is greater this year than ever,
and, as It is the only regatta which Is
very much talked about, its reputation
has bruited a wholly mischievous idea
of the game of yachting.
An Imported Chaser.
In South Africa candles the used for
lighting purposes in the homes, and
when a young Boer maiden has gentle
men visitors, the mother sticks a plr
In the candle, and when It Is burned to
the pin the callers understand that it is
time for their departure.
Mrs. Early, a society matron of Wash
ington, recently made a visit to th«
Transvaal, and was so Impressed with
the custom of the Boers that she de
termined to introduce it into her own
home. Consequently the electric llghu
were removed and candles substituted
in tile drawing room.
Mr. Staylate, a frequent though not
always welcome caller, was one of the
first visitors to call after the inaugura
tion of the new custom. He witnessed
the placing of the pin in the candle b>
Mrs. Early, and after she had gone
ventured to inquire:
“Why, Miss Early, why does, your
mother stick a pin In the candle?”
"Oh,” responded the young woman
with an air of apparent innocence,
“mother learned that in South Africa
as a way of sending home the boers.”
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teething; softens the sums, red note inflammation,
pain, cured wind colic. 26 cent' a bottle.
Mot Easily Moved.
Mary Johnson is a colored religious
fanatic. The negroes are all convinced
that her faith far exceeds her works
In fact, her daily life does not at al
accord with her pronounced religious
views. One day site was haranguing
a big, lazy-looklng negro, trying to con
vert him. She wound up by saying:
“You mus’ come tali church—you
rnus’ pahpaiah to leave this worl’."
Tlie negro shifted his position indo
lently and replied: “Ah didn't pah
paiah to come heah, an’ ah ain't goin
to pahpaiah to leave.”
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RUN DOWN FROM GRIP
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Hava Cured
This Form of Debility In
Hundreds of Cases.
“Four years ago,” says Mrs. F. Mor
rison, of No. 1922 Oarsou street, South 1
Side, Pittsburg, Pa., ‘V took a cold
which turned iuto the grip. This t rouble
left me all ruu down. I was thin, had
backache much of the time, had no ap
petito, my stomach was out of order and
I felt nervous aud unstrung.
“While I had the grip I had a doctor,
but I really suffered more from the con
dition in which the influenza left me
thau I did from the disease itself. I felt
generally wretched and miserable and
the least exposure to cold would make .
me worse. I couldn't seem to get any
better until I began to take Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills. I very quickly noticed a
benefit, after I began takiug them aud
they restored me to good health and
strength. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are i
a wonderfully good medicine. Thanks 1
to them I am now iu flue health and i
have had no return of my former trouble. !
I recommend the pills to evevyouo who
is ailiug and take every opportunity to
let peoplo know how good they arc.”
Dr. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Morrison because they actually mako
good, red blood. When the blood is red
nud healthy there can be uo debility.
The relation between the blood and
nervous system is £ueh that the pills
have a very decided action upon the
uerves aud they havo cured many severe
nervous disorders, such as partial pa
ralysis, locomotor ataxia and St. Vitus’
dauce, that havo not yielded to ordinary !
treatment. Their double action, on the
blood and on the nerves, makes them an
ideal tonic.
All druggists sell Dr. Williams’Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail post
paid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per
box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Co.. Seheuectadv. N.Y.
Too Much Refining.
From the New York Weekly.
Proud Mother—"Don't you think my lit
tle son looks very refii jd?"
Blunt Doctor—"Yes, indeed; looks na If
io could be knocked over with a feather."
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,
es mercury will purely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering It through the mu
cous surfaces, Such articles should never
He used except on prescriptions from reputa
ble physicians ,ns the damage they will do
Is tenfold to the good you can possibly
derive from them, flail's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To
ledo, O., contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of tbe system. In buy
lug Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. It Is taken Internally and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co,
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
Take Hull s Family Pills for constipation.
POINTS WELL TAKEN.
The most acceptable form of polite
ness Is cleanliness.
Because you say you Intend to do a
thing It isn't done.
About all some men are good for Is
to ‘‘second the motion.”
You may think you are entertaining,
but there are people dodging you all
the time.
Don’t send $10 flowers to the funeral
of a man whose family Is left without
any Income.
The man In a dangerous location nev
er thinks he is In a dangerous location
or he wouldn't be there.
The owner of a horse and buggy tries
to be modest, but he can’t help show
ing that he feels a little superior.
The first Insurance against trouble
that children about is to get a prom
ise from mother that she will not tell
father.—Atchison Globe.
No one Is defeated until he gives up.
Hard times has a good many rela
tives. It is the twin brother of the
blues.
That man has failed who has not been
able to keep a good opinion of him
self.
Self control will succeed with one
talent where self Indulgence will fall
with ten.
What the superior man sueks Is In
himself. What the small man seeks Is
In others.
There Is no disgrace In unprjventable
poverty. The disgrace is In not
doing our level best to better our con
dition.
Poverty Itself is not so bad as the
poverty thought. It Is the conviction
that we are poor and must remain so
that is fatal.
Confidence Is the Napoleon In the
mental army. It doubles and trebles
the power of all the other faculties.
The whole mental army waits until
confidence leads the way.—Success.
NO DAWDLINGk
A Man of 70 After Finding: Coffee
Hurt 111m, Stopped Short.
When a man has lived to be 70
years old with a 40-yoar-old habit
grown to him like a knot on a tree,
chances are he’ll stick to the habit till
he dies.
But occasionally the spirit of youth
and determination remains In some
men to the last day of their lives.
When such men do find any habit of
life has been doing themj^harm, they
surprise the Oslerites by a degree of
will power that is supposed to belong
to men under 40, only.
“I had been a user of coffee until
three years ago—a period of 40 years
—and am now 70,” writes a N. Dak.
man. “I was extremely nervous and
debilitated, and saw plainly that I
must make a change
“I am thankful to say I had the
nerve to quit coffee at once and take
on I’ostum without any dawdling, and
experienced no ill effects. On the con
trary, I commenced to gain, losing my
nervousness wtliln two months, also
gaining strength and health otherwise,
t “I'or a man of my age, I am very
well and hearty. I sometimes meet
I persons who have not made their Pos
tum right and don’t like it. But I toll
I them to boll it loug enough, and call
' their attention to my looks now, and
i before I used it, that seems eonvlno
1 iug.
“Now, when I have writing to do, or
i long columns.of figures to cast up, I
| feel equal to it and can get through j
■ my work without the fagged out feel
: Ing of old.” Name given by Postum
i Co., Battle Creek, Mlcb. Bead the
book, “The Road to Wellville,” iu pkgs.
i “There’s a reason.”
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Story With a Moral.
An old minister was washing his
buggy in his front yard early one Sun
day morning, when one of his churchly (
neighbors chanced to pass by.
“Don’t you know what day this is,
parson?” inquired the neighbor.
“Yes, indeed, 1 do know when the
Sabbath comes round,” rejoined the
minister.
“Well, then! do you think It the
right thing to do, to be washing your
buggy in the front yard on Sunday?
If you must wash it, why not take it
around in the back yard?”
“Well, you see,” responded the min
ister, “it’s Sunday in the back yard,
too.”
Preparing for Raid.
Ernest Lam son tells this story:
“A police captain was about to raid a
gambling den. At midnight taking his
place at the head of a squad of stalwart
men, he looked them over closely, and then
said to his lieutenant:
“ 'Is everything in readiness for the
raid?’
“ ‘Yes, sir,’ replied the lieutenant, sa
luting. “Our arms are in first rate or
der, here are the reporters, there are th-'
flashlight camera men, and I notified th<
proprietor of the place this afternoon.’ ”
Bryan’s Roasting Ears.
Morton Jordan, who accompanied \V.
J. Bryan part of his tour of the old
world, is telling this story on the dis
tinguished Nebraskan: It seems that
Mr. Bryan is a great lover of roasting
ears, and for several days he called
for them at the hotels where the party
chanced to stop. Failing every time he
finally went into a cornfield and bought
a dozen nice ears and gave them to the
hotel landlord with the request that
they be served at the dinner hour. Af
ter the party had been seated at the
table the roasting ears were brought
in in a large punch bowl. They wire
raw, were standing on end with crushed
ice packed around them. Not being
horses, Mr. Bryan and his gu< sis re
fused to partake of the rare dish, and
Mr. Bryan had them taken off the ice
and carried them to Switzerland, where
he himself personally Instructed the
chef how to prepare them.
The population of New South Wales
on June 3o was 1.540,240, an increase
of 9,540 for the quarter.
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