The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-09

beaniing eyes, erect figure and elastic step.
| Health seemed to radiate from her with
every movement For the first time since
her visit the interest OF her guest seemed
aroused, aud as she turned her head TO
watch the retreatjng, figure, she cried in
tones that came from the heart "Ohl What
would not give to be like that woman. To
have such complexion. such brightness,
such energy"
Well, said her companion, You can
have all that II you want in II want
H. Why, health Is the fondest wish Of my
life. ! don't live now. / only exist But
that hearty, healthy, vigorous womanp Il is
impossible She has something TO draw Oh; 7;
stamina, constitution, something that am
utterly deficient In. How wish were as
she is. /" My dear" said her friend, If
But 10 wish more virtue Is to gain,
your wish has carried you one step toward
the goal Of health. But wishing must give
place to willing before you can move far
ther. Ny father had a clerk who was
poor penman. One morning the mail
brought letter, written in the most per
feet commercial hand. The clerk said 10
my father, How wish could write like
that I'd give hundred dollars to be able
answer, but not by wishing You must
will to do il and work to do Il Take this
letter, copy il as fairly as you can once
every day for three months At the end
Of that time you will be as perfect a PEN
man as the man who wrote this letter"
And he was. Now let me tell you
THAT woMAS's STORY.
She had three children in the first three
years Of her married life, and at the end Of
that time she was nothing but a wreck.
She had severe trouble with the womb,
which caused her agony, her nerves were
shattered, she lost flesh, her rounded cheeks
fell in, her eye grew dull, she could barely
drag herself about. And how did she
recover?" the guest broke in eagerly.
Did you ever heai Of Or. Pieres's Fs.c.i;e
Prescription and Golden Medical Diseov-
eryi'" Why, they are patent medicines.
aren't they was the reply Of the visitor.
"0f course they an" was the response
Do you know Of anything OF great
public utility that is not patented"
You came here in a patented Pullman
Car. You sit IN a patent rocker. You
wear a patent safety hook, see 10 hold
up your dress, and yet object TO patent
medicine In everything else a patent Is
an honor. II puts the government back
OF the thing patented II guarantees the
public protection from fraudulent imitation
Of valuable articles. Why should not gov
eminent patent be a veritable badge Of
honor to medicinel 1t really is. A patent
is really crown Of merit which the gov
eminent awards to the skill patience, labor
and thought that enrich the world with
new commodity or a new device. Every
patent medicine begins with formula that
is common property. II is the skill to com
bine, the discovery of one more needed
ingredient, the exact relation Of the remedy
10 the needs Of the body that liits it out OF
the common formula and gives it a clam
to be honored by patent"
But do you really mean 10 say that DIR.
Piefce's medicines made her
a PERFECTLY WELL woMAN1"
AZ mean to say Just that" was the
answer. She had tried everything, Her
local doctors had experimental with her.
She was broken in health and bankrupt in
hope. Then, when calling on friend, she
happened TO pick up acopy Of DR.. Pierce's
great medical book, the Common Sense
Medical Adviser" Turning over the pages
idly she read passages that impressed her
with the practical common sense Of the
views advanced. She discovered that she
had been at war with nature and must be
reconciled. But not TO prolong the
story, Il led to her taking D.. Pierce's Fa-
yorite Prescription and Golden Medical
Discovery, and the result is what you see."