STOP! WOMEN,! AND CONSIDER THE ALL-IMPORTANT IS FACT That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are confiding your private ills to a woman — a woman whose experience with wo man s diseases covers a great many years. \ ou can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private troubles to a man—besides a man does not under stand—simply because he is a man. Many women suffer in silence and drift along' from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ^ ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing them* selves to the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician. It is unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experience is great. Mrs. Pinkham’s Standing Invitation: Women suffering from any form of female weak ness are invited to promptly'communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received! opened, read and answered by women only. A' woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks noth ing in return except your good-will, and her ^ advice has relieved thousands. Surely any yvoman. ric£ cr poor; is very foplish if she/ does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. — Lydia EL Pinkham 1 Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Following we publish two let ters from a woman who accep ted this invitation. Note the result. First letter. “ Dear Mrs. Pinkharo:— “ For eight years r have suffered something terrible every month with mv periods. The pains are excruciating and 1 can hardly stand them. My doctor says I have ovarian and womb trouble, and I must go through an op eration if 1 want to get well. I do not want to submit to it if I can possibly help it. Please tell me what to da I hope you can relieve me. "-Mrs. Marv Dimmick. 59tn and E. Capitol Sts, BenningP.O., Washington,D.C. Second letter. ‘ Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “ After following carefully your advice. Mid taking Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound, I am very anxious to send vou my testimonial, that others may know their valueand what you have done for . '* As yon know, I wrote you that my doctor said I must have an ojieration or I could not live. I then wrote you. telling you my ail ments. I followed your advice and arn en tirely well. I can walk miles without an ache or a pain, and I owe my life to you and to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I wish every suffering woman would reau this testimonial and realize the value of writ ing to you and your remedy.”—Mrs. Mary Dimmick. S'.'th and E. Capitol Streets, Ben rung P. 0., Washington, D. C. 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They bide some blessed moment of quick tears— Some moment w ithout date— Some gleam or flower, or leaf, or beaded dew. Some tremble at the ear of memoried sound Of mother-song—they seize the slender clue— The old loves gather round! XX hen that which lun-d us once now lur eth not. But the tired hands that gathered dross let fall. This is tiic triumph of the things forgot— To hear the thed hear! call! And they are with us at Life's farthest reach. A light when into shadow ajl else dips. As, in the suanger's land, their native speech Returns to d\ ing lips! —Kdith M. Thomas, in “Cassie” and Other Verse. Soldiers in Trying Situation, "Firing over men with heavy guns,’’ said the doctor, "was from the sur geon’s standpoint a very interesting experiment. 1 never saw the experi ment tried until after our army had been driven back at Stone river, and when it was proposed then to throw the infantry to the tront of the artil lery, and fire over them at the at tacking enemy. ] demurred. The idea was to save the artillery as well as the infantry, the general in&Nfing that when the heavy guns had shat tered the enemy's line our own in fantry would be in position to finish the work. "So it happened that the men of our division were formed in line in front of five or more batteries of artillery, ordered to lie close to the ground and await orders. The boys could see tne rebel line coming at a double quick, and they wanted to know what the darned fool general meant. But no sooner were they down than the bat teries opened on the rebels, the shot and shell, passing not more than two feet above the heads of our own men. Most of these were stunned by the unusual situation, and by the roar oi the guns so near them. "I observed those in my vicinity very closely to note the first effect on the nerves. Most of them accept ed the situation in good part, and, turning their faces to the ground, waited patiently for the end. On a few. the strain was too much, and while not a shot or shell touched them, they were’ at the end disabled and helpless. Others seemed dazed and in a state of collapse until the artillery at a signal ceased firing and the order came to charge. Then the men who had seemed to be on the point of collapse went forward blind ly but lustily, returning to their senses as they ran. Some of these were in the hospital the next week, and their cases were a mystery to me and were very difficult of treat ment.” . "I speak.” said the sergeant, "for those who kept their heads and who made no complaint except, on account of the burning wadding from the guns or the fiery flakes or sparks that fell in showers on their backs and more often than otherwise burned through overcoat and blouse before they were discovered. The boys talked about being held at the cannon's mouth, about the surprise that awaited the Johnnies in front, and as the per formance continued longer than they expected. they wriggled from pla^e to place on the ground, doing consid erable visiting. It seems Incredible to me now. but while that bombardment was in prog ress I received visits from two men of regiments in other divisions whom I had not seen in the course of the war. One of them was an old. school mate. His regiment had been driven back on our left just as we were ordered to lie down in front of the guns. Noticing the number of our regiment, and, as he put it, feeling a little lonesome, he decided to join us and see the outcome of the new tac tics. “When the firing began, and the smoke from thirty or forty cannon settled down upon us, darkening the air about us like a cloud, he asked where company C was. and, with his nose to the ground, crept along the front of three companies until he found me. All our faces were black with dirt and smoke, and when my old schoolmate, without looking up, spoke my name, some one said, jocu larly, ‘What you want. Dirty Face?’ and, slapping me on the shoulder, said, ‘Here is your man.’ We lay side by side for what seemed to us a long time, when there came creep ing toward us another figure. “The fellow was coming slowly, his movements in the smoky gloom re minding me of pictures of Indians creeping on an enemy. Like the oth er, he asked for me. and when 1 said ‘Here!’ he flopped close beside me, speaking only one word, ’Teach er.’ I felt, rather than saw. that one of the incorrigibles of my first school had come to me. He made me under stand that it was his private opinion that hell had broken loose and that we were all doomed. Oppressed by this impression, he thought he would like to die with somebody who knew him. don’t you know? Therefore he came over to his old teacher. After the charge he took everything back about the end of the world and all that, and, so far as I know, is living to-day.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Ycungest Federal Soldier in Parade. The youngest soldier of the Union armies during toe civil war and the or.Iy»one who was enlisted under the personal order of President Lincoln, marched in the inaugural parade on 4th of M.-.rch. He is William "^ara, now the sprier vice ccm " 'cr of Potomac Post No. 1. «~f this Mr. O’Meara was only 11 years ben the war broke out He had been for some time a drummer boj in one of the local militia organiza tions and when President Lincoln is sued his call lor troops Mr. O'Meara's father raised a company and made his son a drummer boy. When the time cf-me to be mustered in, the Federal general refused to enlist young O'Meara, although the latter claimed tl at he was 13 years old instead of 11. The boy some time before had been able to do to President Lincoln a fa vor in directing him and his secretary of war to a house in an outlying sec tion of the city, and just as the boy was about to turn away from the mus tering ground, at Seventeenth street rnd Pennsylvania avenue, crying and heartbroken, he saw President Lin coln approaching from the direction of the White House. The boy ran to the president and told him his trou bles. Lincoln took him by the hand and walked back to where the com pany was being mustered in. ‘‘Gen eral.’’ he said to the mustering officer, ‘ why don't you enlist this boy. He wants to go, his father is the head of a company, and he has the proper spirit for a soldier." “He is years under the age,” the general replied, "and it cannot be done without an order from the com manding general of the armies of the United Slates." "Then," said President Lincoln, "as I am the commander-in-chief of the armies cf the United States. I order you to enlist this young man.” It was done at once, and O'Meara served thiough a large portion of that great conflict. O'Meara s papers show that he was discharged from the army when only 13 years old. and with a creditable record of service behind him.—Brooklyn Eagle. — Horrors of Andersoriville. Andersonville, Leile Isle, Florence ; nd I.toby prisons are now only names to many American citizens. If the Penrose bill, having passed the sen ' ate and been recommended to th house of representatives, is ratified b; that body, some gold coin in, and thus kept the ball and the money until the end of the war. There was $40 in grid. Hr retairs <-f the money and the battered missile of lead ta this day, as mementos of his war ex perience.—Henry County Local. HOW TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ESCAPED PELVIC CATARRH BY AID OF PE-RU-NA. Female Weakness Is Usually Pelvic Catarrh. Pe=ru-na Cures Catarrh Wherever Located. j! Mrs. Lizzie Redding, 3134 B Clifton Place, St. 11 Louis, Mo., writes: S !; “I found after trying many different medicines \ 'I to restore me to health, that Peruna was the only thing which could be depended upon. I began ;! taking it when I was in a decline, induced by !; ;! female weakness and overwrought nerves. !; !> “I began to feel stronger during the first week <; !;I took Feruna and my health improved daily «! !; until now I am in perfect health and enjoy life as ]! I never did before.”—Lizzie Redding. ]j J Mrs. Mable Bradford. 13 Church street. ]» 1 Burlington. Vt., Secretary Whittier Oratorio • Society’, writes: ]» • “Peruna is certainly a wonderful medi-;! J cine for the ills of women. I have heard it ! spoken of in the highest praise by many, ! | J and certainly my experience is well worthy !j j of a good word. |2 • “I began to have severe pains across my j I 2 back about a year ago, brought on by a cold, ' [ | and each subsequent month brought me ![ | pain and distress. !| j “Your remedy was prescribed, and the |! 2 way it acted upon my system was almost |! ! too good to be true. I certainly have re- <[ 2 gained my health and strength, and I no 2; | longer suffer periodical pains and extreme 1; 2la88itude/j-MableBradford: ^^^^^^^^ j! Thousands of Women Cured Every Year by Correspondence—This is What Dr. Hartman Proposes to Do For You Without Charge. Women who suffer should read the evidences presented here. We have thousands of letters from grateful friends who tell the same story. Half the ills that are peculiarly woman's own are of a catarrhal charac ter. Female weakness was not under stood for many years. Dr. Hartman deserves the credit of ! having- determined its real character. He has made catarrh and catarrhal _______ diseases, including pelvic ca tarrh a life-long study. 1'eruna cures catarrh, whether of the pelvic orjrans or any other organ of the human body. Pe-ru-na. a Natural Beautifier. Peruna produces clean, mucous mem branes. the basis of facial symmetry and a perfect complexion. The women have not been slow to discover that a course of Peruna will do more toward restoring youthful beauty than all the devices known to science. Many a girl has regained her faded beauty, many a matron has lengthened the days of her comely appearance by using Peruna. In Peruna these women find a prompt and permanent cure. Thousands of testimonials to this ef fect arc received by I)r. Hartman every year. The good that Peruna has ac complished in this class of cases can scarcely be over-estimated. '| If you do not derive prompt and d <[ satisfactory results from the use of \' Peruna. write at once to Dr. Hart- Ji 11 man, giving a full statement of your \ 11 ease, and he will be pleased to give 1 [ 11 you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President ' [ i[ of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum- d !' bus, Ohio. All correspondence held !» | > strictly confidential. ' > Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Definace Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in *i-pound pack ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand De fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stick ing. Defiance never sticks. Silver money 250 years old is still in circulation in some parts of Spain. The housewife who has not yet be come acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market, and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guar anteed by the manufacturers to be su perior to any other brand, but because each 10c. package contains 16 ounces, while all the other kinds contain but 12 ounces. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Once the sheepskin was the symbol of the student; now it is the pigskin. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it un til his stock of 12-ounce packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only bet ter than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 ounces to the package and sells for same money as 12-ounce brands. The genius works because he must; other people because they must eat. Try me just once, and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. Life is a hurdle race in which a lot of people jump at conclusions. Ask Tour Dealer for Allen’s Foot-Ease, A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot. Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen s Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac cept no substitute. Sample mailed Free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N, Y. Next to excellence is the apprecia tion of it.—Thackery. Mrs. Winslow’s soothing Simp. 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