The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-05-05

dition to this cheering comfort and inspira-
ton
Every male fighter, however brawny and
heroic, was born of woman; Yves once feeble
infant drawing-along with his very breath
of life from his mothers own physical re-
sources-the harelihood, mental stamina and
high courage that becomes a nations final
and impregnable defense in the last dread
arbitrament of war.
Shall we say that women contribute the
bandages and provisions? No: they contrib
ute the fighters!
What sort of men will the women of this
present day contribute to the nation and tho
world? What sort of help and encourage
ment and inspiration can a woman be who is
enfeebled and broken down by the diseases
and weakness peculiar to her sex. Can such
a woman maintain the position that belongs
to her on the battlefield of every day exsr
ton and struggle? Can she hope to be a
capable mother or efficient wife?
The dreadful sufferings which women en-
dure solely because of the delicate, special
organization which makes them wives and
mothers, leads thoughtful person to consider
whether it is most woefully deplorable on
their own sad account or for the sake of the
other lives that are sooner or later dependent
ON their own.
1t is certain that the great work which has
been done toward restoring the physical
capacity Of women in the last twenty years,
by DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, has
had q phenomenal share in building up the
courage and power of the present generation.
But there are fifty thousand more women
who ought to know what DR.. Pierce's extra
ordinary medical insight and experience and
done for their hopeless, discouraged sisters
throughout the world.
Every woman knows that the average
doctor cannot understand her case. He is
too busy; he has too many other cases of an
entirely different nature; he lacks the special
experience and thorough understanding
which are necessary to complete apprecia-
ton of her troubles. A lifetime of expert
ence and constant study has made DR..
Pierce the acknowledged expert authority In
this particular field of practice.
So many women are in almost the same state
of mind as Mrs. Elizabeth j. Billiard of
Winnie Bladen Co., N. C. ~ was afflicted
for seventeen months" she writes; II was
confined to the house and yard all the time.
/ could not be on my feet but very little;
could not lift the weight of q cup of coffee,
and did not have strength to speak more than
few words at a time. We tried three
doctors and a lot of patent medicine, which
cost over one hundred and twenty-five dollars,
and found no relief had lost all hopes OF
ever getting any better when my friends adj
vised me TO take DR.. pierce's medicines. My
husband said he would try them next. He
got me five bottles of Favorite Prescription
and three of Golden Medical Discovery l
commenced taking these medicines and soon
of each | walked half-a-mile to church. |
commenced taking them the first OF January,
1897; the first of the following June l took
my cooking in hand and have cooked for
eleven in family all through the summer. 1t
was Dr. Pierce's medicines that gave me all
the relief | have received. l recommend
them to all suffering females, for it Is his
medicines and the help of God that has re-
stored me. May the Lord bless him and his
medicines for the good they have done me-"
Another lady, Mrs. w. G. Day, of Truss
vile, Jefferson Co., Ala, writes: . l cannot
find words sufficient to express my praise for
DR.. Pierce's medicine. For two years | had
suffered with weakness, headache, pain in
my back and side, which would become so
sore that | could hardly bear the weight of
my hand on it; had cold hands and feet and |
many other bad feelings too numerous to
mention. Home physicians treatment did |
me no good. l had become very respondent, |
and thought would never be well again, but |
with faint heart wrote DR.. Pierce and de- |
scribed my symptoms as best | could. He |
promptly answered by letter, and sent ME a |
treatise on Woman and Her Diseases :; he |
also outlined a treatment for me, which | /
followed to the best OF my ability, and after
taking six bottles of Favorite Prescription
I Gan trnth f,,Ilv cav that I fplt like a nav
In a few months afterwards, when |