Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-06-08

beaming eyes, erect figure and elastic step.
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 retreating, 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 if you want it }" of want
It! Why, health is the fondest wish of my
life. don't live now. l only exist. But
what do you mean by saying / can be like
that hearty, healthy, vigorous womanl 1t IL
impossible. She has something to draw on;
stamina, constitution, something that am
utterly deficient in. How wish were as
she Is" my DEAR" said her friend, "if
But to wish more virtue La 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
Their. Ny father had q clerk who was
q poor penman. One morning the mail
brought q letter, written In the most per-
feet commercial hand. The clerk said to
my father, How wish could write like
that; I'd give hundred dollar: to be able
answer, "but not by wishing. You must
will to do it and work to do It. Take this
letter, copy it 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 woMAN'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 Aesh, her rounded cheeks
drag herself about "And how did she
recoverl" the guest broke in eagerly.
did you ever hear of Dr. Pierce Q Favorite
Prescription and Golden Medical Discov-
eryl'" why, they are patent medicines,
aren't they was the reply of the visitor
of course they are, was the response.
,uhc yST know N Of Ia snything Cf great
You came here In patented Pullman
Car. You sit in a patent rocker. You
wear patent safety hook, 1 Sec to hold
up your dress, and yet object to patent
medicine. In everything else a patent is
an honor. 1t puts the government back
of the thing patented. 1t guarantees the
public protection from fraudulent imitation
Of valuable articles. Why should not gov.
eminent patent be a veritable badge of
honor to medicinef 1t really is. A patent
Is really a crown of merit which the gov
eminent awards to the skill, patience, labor
and thought that enrich the world with a
new commodity or a new device. Every
patent medicine begins with formula that
Is common property. 1t 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 it out Of
the common formula and gives it a claim
to be honored by patent"
But do you really mean to say that DR..
PieTce's medicines made her
PERFECTLY WELL woMAN1"
II 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 a friend. she
happened to pick up copy of DIR. Pierce's
great medical book, the 1'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 prolon~ the
story, it led to her taking DR.. Pierce's "a.
vorite Prescription and Golden Medical
Discovery, aud the result Is what you see.0