The Arizona sentinel., 1899-04-22

beainirg eyes, erect figure and elastic step.
 Health seemed to radiate from her vita every movement For the first time since her visit the interest of her guest seemed aroused, and as sue turned her head to watch the retreating, figure, sue cried in tones that came from the heart "Ohi What would not give to be like that woman. To have such a complexion. such brightness 3uch energy"
 Well, " said her companion, "You can have all that if you want it?'' If want 1t! Why, health is the fondeet wish of my life. l don't live uow. 1 only exist But what dc you mean by saying l can be like that hearty, healthy, vigorous woman? IL IS impossible. She has something to draw on 1; stamina, constitution, something that an utterly deficient in. How wish l were as she Is. Ny dear," said her friend, If
 But 10 wish tncTe virtue is to gain,
 your wish has carried you one step toward the goal of health. But Eishirg must give place 10 will 'ng before you eau move fir. theT. My fathez had Q clerk who was a poor peHman. One morning the mail brought s letter, written in the most per feet commercial hand The clerk seid to
 my father, How l wish I could write like that I'd give hundred dollars to be able answer " but not ny wishing. You must sill to do 1t and work to do it. Take this letter, copy il as fairly as you can once eveIy day for three months. At the eud of that time you will be as perfect pen man as the man who wrote this letter. Ard he was. Now let me tell you
 THAT woNAN's STORY.
 She had threc children in 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 sue lost flesh, her rounded cheeks fell in, her eye grew dull, she could barely drag herself about. And how did she recoveT?" the guest broke in eagerly. " Did you ever hear of Dr. Pierce's K7evorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discov- cry Why, they are patent medicines, aren't they? ?' was the reply of the visitor " Ot course they are, was the response.
 Do you know of anything of great public uril;ty that is rot patented ,"
 You cane here in a patented Puilnian Car. You slt in patent rocker. You wear patent safety hook, zee, to hold Up your dress, and yet object to ratent medicine. h everything else 8 patent is an honor. It puts the government beck of the thing patented. It guarantees the public protection from fraudulent imitation of valuable articles. Why should not gcv- ernment patent be a veritable badge of honor to a medicire7 It really Ia. A patent IS really ( crown of merit which the gov erErent awards to the skill, patience, labor and thought that enrich the world wit!1 a new commodity or new device. Every patent medicine begins with formula thet is common property. 1t is the skill to con- bine, the discovery of one more needed the exact relation of the remedy to the needs of the body thai lifts it out of the common formula and gives it claim to be hOnOred by a patent b
 But do you really mean to say that Dr. PieEce's medicines made her
 PERFECTLY WE'LL WOMAN"
 IT mean to say just that" was Che answer " She had tried everything. Her local doctors had experimented with her. She was broken in health and bankrupt in hope. Then, when calling ou 8 friend, she happened to pick up copy of Dr Pierce's great medical book, tEe "Common Seuse Medical Adviser" Turning over the pages idly she read passages that impressed her with tile pra-tical co;nron sense Of the views advanced. She discovered that she had been at war with nature and must be reconciied. But not to prolong the story, 1t led to her taking Dr. Pierce's Fa- yorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, and the result is what you see.'