The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-12-26
IE STRANGE MEETING.

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THE STRANGE MEETING.
The meeting of the two women whose pic
lures are here given, shows that everyday life
furnishes experiences as thrilling as those that
come to US only in our widest dreams. And
the fact that such meetings occur every day
points moral that every woman in the land
should take to heart. Here was q woman in
the prime of life pursued by that sentinel
which seeks its victim among her sex alone.
From living picture she became, in less
than year, a wreck of human wretch edness
From dependency to despair seems but the
remaining STEP the last step.
HER LAST FAREWELL.
Overcome by the pre5entiment that precedes
n lingering death, she asked to be removed to
her old home in the West, and spoke what to
all seemed to be her last farewell. In the very
paper that cbronicled her departure the doomed
invalid found letters written by Mrs. Belle De-
ment, of Iroquois. H.; Mrs. Minnie Smith, of
Lowell Oregon; and others. Some of these
letters are printed below. They told how cures
had been found for cases like her own-shat-
tered health that had almost sapped life away.
With no more hope than that which prompts
the drowning man 10 catch at a stIaw-for she
firmly believed herself incurable, Just as tens
OF thousands of women believe themselves in
curable-she followed the advice contained in
these letters. The result is best told in the
woman's own words:
"In less than We months" she writes al
returned TO my friends in the East, as well and
strong in body and mind. and as happy and
free from pain, as any woman in the world.
I had gained nearly 80 pounds in weight. and
was so changed in face and form that when one
of my dearest friends met me in broad daylight
she almost tainted, for
SHE BELIEVED Me DEAD"
She adds; owe my whole life and happiness
to DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which
cured me after doctors. travel baths, massage,
electricity, had failed to even benefit"
This wOman's case, remarkable as it may
seem, is not an exceptional one. Thousands
and thousands of just such cures have been
made in every State by this same special rene-
dy for women's peculiar disorders and diseases.
This world famed remedy is not recommended
rs "cure-all," but most perfect specific
for w0men's peculiar ailments. As
POWERFUL INyiGoBATING TONIC
it imparts strength to the whole system and
to the organs distinctly feminine in particular
For overworked, "worn-out," "run-do de-
blitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers
seamstresses "shop-girls," housekeepers nurs-
ing mothers, and feeble women generally, DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest
earthly boon. being unequaled as sppetizing
cordial and invigorating tonic. As
SOOTHING EERvINE,
+" Fayorite Prescription is unequaled in SUBJ
DUNG nervous excitability rritability, nervous
exhaustion nervous prostration, neuralgia
hysteria, spasms, chorea, or st. Vitus's dance,
and other distressing, nervous symptoms COM
monty attendant upon functional and organic
disease of the generative organs of women 1t
induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental
anxiety and dependency.
In complicated cases. or when the kidneys or
liver are affected or the blood impure, DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery should be
taken conformity with the use of the "Favorite
Prescri ption," according to directions, around
each bottle.
A GREAT BOOK FREE.
When Dr. Pierce published the first edition of
his great work, The Peoples Common Sense Med
- ical Adviser he announced