The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

Thus the little clock kept track of the
flying minutes in the Hltle nome. II
licked off the minutes of happiness. 1t
licked off the minutes of love. 1t called
stop-stop-stopl when there were little
disagreements and quarrels.
Tick-tick-tick.
There was a hurrying of womens feet
and the little clock on the mantel piece
listened and heard. There was nerv-
steps in the best room" And the
lttle clock on the mantel piece heard
and listened and licked on There was
a ring at the door-bell and the sound OF
And then there was the smiling face OF
the old family doctor as ne peeped INTO
the best room ana noqded ne s Inif ttie
clock on the mante piece, licked on in
echo to the pulse of new life.
Tick-tick-tickl 80
tie home There were new eyes, wide
open and curious that stared at the
little clock on the mantel piece ana
chubby fingers that grabbed at the moss
grown wheel on it's face. There was chlld /
ish laughter and in little while the pat
'e And P tbe8. one day. "she" didn't sit in
the accustomed corner of the best
room and listen to the tick Of the ut
tie clock on the mantel piece ana look
at the old, widowed Water-wheel anu
| build castles in the air for baby. The
| tick-tick-tick! Of the little lock resound-
ed I'm an empty room. And again there
Va hnFrVinK oil women Ictl anu fiiBH
| al the door-bell. And then the curtains
in the "best room" were pulled down ana
shut out the light that used to glisten on
the spray that fell from the mhdewed
water-wheel.
Tick-tick-ticki
THE chair in the corner of the best
room was empty, ana ne walkea Da slei9
alone to the mournful tick-tick-tlck!
OF the little clock on the mahtel piece.
| And the days all seemed 70 DC Iainy
"a chair
responded TO the tick on the mantel ana
the messy green on the Ola Watef-Wneel
grew fainter aud fainter and faded into
To sli on thousands OF mantel pieces,
little clocks are ticking away the rev re-
naming minutes IN the nVes or loVlng
wives and prattling babes-lves that
might have lived on TO make happy homes
but for little neglect or a litue lshof-
ance ,,,,,, -
never learn the supreme importance OF
their Womanly healthY WIZ they never
learn that they cannot be happy, heaithy
and capable wives and the competent
mothers OF robust children while they
suffer from weakness and disease OF the
delicate organs that make wifehood and
motherhood possible, and upon when the
perpetuation OF the race depends
There are thousands OF best rooms
where the clock on the mantel piece
that might be radiant with the smile of
a loving wife and mother but for this
Ignorance or neglect. III women VIII
only learn, and teach their daughters,
the supreme Importance OF keeping the
distinctly feminine organism IN "A per-
fectly vigorous and healthy condition,
this ever-recurrng tragedy viii sOoon be
a story OF the past II women who
suffer from weakness and disease of these
delicate organs will write TO DR.. II. v.
Pierce at Buffalo, N. Y, they Will learn
that in order TO recover and maintain
their health In this respect, ~ " not gem
erally necessary 20 submit to the humil-
iatlns examinations and local appli-
cations" insisted upon by physicians. In
writing conhdentialy TO DR.. Pierce, a
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In the hands OF "a skillful specialist. for
thirty years chief consulting physician 20
the InVallds' Hotel and Surgical institute,
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zeal institutions IN the world, with stan
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DR. Pierces FavOrite Prescription Is a
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acts directly on the delicate organs that
bear the burdens Of maternity. II makes
them strong ana healthy. IL cures all
weakness and disease and gives vigor vir-
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WifeAood and safe, capable motherhood.
Taken during the qqueamsh period OF
anticipation, II banishes the usual dis
comforts and makes baby's coming easy
and almost painless. II insures a robust
and healthy child. IL tones a wOman'a
nerves and enables and assists nature 20
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