The Arizona sentinel., 1899-07-15

hearning 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, and as she turped her head to watch the retreating, figure, she cried in tones that came from the heart "Oh! What would I not give to be like that woman. To have such a complexion. such brightness, such energy"
 "We1l, ' said her companion, You can have all that if you want 1t? ' |" If want 1t! Why, health is the fOndest wish of my life. I don live now. I only exist. But what do you mean by saying can be like that hearty, healthy, vigorous woman? It is impossible. She has something to draw on; stamina, constitution, something that I am utterly deficient in. How I wish I were as she is" My dear" said her friend, eff
 But to 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 My father lad a clerk who was a poor penman. One morning the mail brought a letter, written ill the most per feet commercial hand The clerk said to my father, How I wish I could write like that I'd give hundred dollars to be able to do it' You can do it," was the answer, "but not by wishing. You must will to do it and work to do 1t. Take this J every day for three months. At the end of that time you will be as perfect pen man as the man who wrote this letter." And he was. Now let 1ne tell you
 THAT wOMAN's STORY.
 She had three children ill the first three years Of her married life, and at the end of that time she was nothing but 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 Gotid barely drag herself about. And how did She recover?" the guest broke in eagerly Did you ever hear of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discov- cry ' Why, they are patent medicines, aren't they .? ' was the reply of the visitor. "Of course they are, D was the response.
 Do you know of anything of great public utility that is not patented? ?"
 YOu came here il patented Pullman Car. You sit in patent rocker You wear a patent safety hook, see, to hold up your dress, and yet object to patent medicine. In everything else a patent is an honor It puts the government back of the thing patented. It guarantees the public protection from fraudulent imitation of valuable articles. Why should not gov ernment patent be a veritable badge of honor to a medicine? It really is. A patent is really crown of merit which the gov ernmert awards to the skill, patience, labor and thought that enrich the world with new commodity or a new device. Every patent medicine begins with a formula that is common property. It is the skill to com- bine, the discovery of one more needed ingredient, the exact relation of the remedy to the needs of the body that lifts 1t out of the common formula and gives it a claim to be honored By 8 p9teIt"
 '' But do you really mean to say that Dr. PlerCe'S medicines made her
 A PERFECTLY WELL WOMAN"
 q mean to say just that" was the answer. "She had tried everything. Her local doctors had experimented with her She was broken ill health and bankrupt in hope Then, when calling on friend, she happened to pick up a copy 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 pro1Ong tiye story, 1t led to her taking Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, and the result is what you see."