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Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
A BRIEF SKETCH OF HER LIFE
How the Vegetable Compound Had Its Birth and
How the ''Panic of '73'' Caused it to be Offered
for Public Sale in Drug Stores.
THE STORY READS LIKE A ROMANCE

had so often made from roots and
herbs for such of her women neigh
bors and friends who were sick and
aiiing. Its success in those cases had
been wonderful-its fame had spread,
and calls were coming from miles
around for this efficacious vegetable
compound.
They had no money, and little
credit. Their first laboratory was the
kitchen, where roots and herbs were
STEPPED on the stove, gradually filling
gross of bottles. Then came the
question of selling it, for always be-
fore they had given it away free.
They hired a job printer to run OF
some pamphlets setting forth the mer-
It's OF the medicine, now called Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
and these pamphlets were distributed
by the Pinkham sons in Boston. New
York and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended 1t to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts, the
FAMILY had saved enough money to
commence newspaper advertising on a
small scale, and from that time the
growth and success of the enterprise
was assured, until to-day Lydia E.
Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound
have become household words every
where, and thousands of pounds OF
roots and herbs are used annually in
making this great remedy for woman's
ills.
Although Lydia E. Pinkham passed
to her reward some years ago, the per-
petuation OF her great work was
guarded by her foresight.
During her long and eventfuI expert
ence she was ever methodical in her
work and was careful to preserve a
record of every case that came to her
attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms. treatment and results,
we're recorded for future reference.
and to-day these records, together with
thousands made since, are available to
sick women the world over, and repre-
sent vast collaboration of informa-
ton regarding the treatment of wom-
ans ills which, for authenticity and
accuracy, can hardly be equaled in any
library in the world.
Another act of foresight on the part
"a A<yu iuhudIH WAS 10 see lQdC
some one of her family was trained to
carry on her work. and with that end
in view, for years before her death,
had as her chief assistant her daugh-
ter-in-law, the present Mrs. Pinkham.
Therefore. under the guidance and
careful training of Lydia K. Pinkham,
and vast experience of her own,
covering twenty-five years. the present
Mrs. Pinkham is exceptionally well
equipped to advise sick women, which
she is always glad to do free Of
charge.
The record of Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made OF simple
herbs and roots. is proud and peer
less one. 1t Is record OF constant
conquest over the obstinate ills of
women. greater than that of any other
one medicine of its kind in the world,
and will ever stand as n monument to
that noble woman whose name its
henrc
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Like a Feudal Castle
The Home Of the Stevens Family, at
Hobcken, N. J., Has Stood for Century

, For two or three generations the
Stevens family has heen interested in
shipbuilding and steam engineering,
and preserved in the library are mod
els and other souvenirs of early ex-
periments in those lines. Naturally
there are yachting memorials for
John C. Stevens, known as "the Old
Commodore" to distinguish him from
Commodore Edwin A. Stevens, father
Of the present lord of the castle. 1.-THE
Did Commodore" was one of the
founders of the New York Yacht club
and its first commodore. Edwil A..
was the clubs third commodore. THE
Old Commodore" was one of the own
ers of the yacht America and went
over to England when she sailed her
celebrated race against the fleet of
the Royal Yacht Squadron.
In the drawing rooms and in the
rotunda are some handsome cabinets
in which are mementoes of the Wash
ington and Stockton families, with
whom the Steveneses have inlermar.
ried. The Washington relics came
through the marriage of the present
Col. Stevens's half-sister with Col.
Parke Custis Lewis, descendant of
Washington's step-daughter, Nellie
Custis. Among these Washington rel
les are dolls and trinkets given by
George and Martha Washington to
Nellie Custis and one of Lady"
Washington visiting cards. said to
be written by the hand of the immor
tai George himself. In the sleeping
rooms are great four-post bedsteads
many of them richly carved. One OF
them once belonged to an ancestress,
Susan Stockton. sister of the Singer"
On the walls of some of the rooms are
old pictures and tapestries Of interest
and value. The amount of really old
and ancestral furniture in the castle
shows that when the second building
was burned the family succeeded in
saving the greater part of its price
less heirlooms.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Identification for Warships.

The German admiralty has resolv-
ed upon furnishing ships of war with
means for recognizing each others
identity at distances too great for
reading the name of the vessel. This
Is to be effected by the use OF rings or
bands on the chimneystack. differing
in number and color. The colors used
will be black. white. red and yellow.
According to several Liberal German
journals, the ships Of the opposing
squadrons frequently mistook friend
for an enemy during the recent ma
neuvers, owing to the absence &C any
means for recognizing each Others
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
DUST IS OUR FRIEND.
catches and Dlffuses Light, Gives Us
Raindrops, Snowfiakes, Clouds, Cor
geous Sunsets and Sunrises.


seous Sunsets and sunrises.
While dust contains many of our
mortal enemies, 1t is one of our very
best friends, says the Sunday School
Times, and the finer it is the more we
owe to it. If there were no dust the
Sky would not be blue, there would be
no raindrops, no snowhakes, no hail
storms, no clouds, no gorgeous sun
sets, no beautiful sunrises.
The instant the sun passed out OF
sight we should be in darkness. The
Instant it rose it would be a sharp cir
Gle Of light in black sky. There would
be no evening glow to chat or think
in, no lovely dawn with bird song and
cattle low at natures awakening. The
dome of the sky would be as dark as
1t Is on bright moonlight night. The
moon and the stars would shine by day
in all their brightness. The whole
earth would be in deep, dark shadow
excepting where the suns rays fell d.
rectly upon it in one great binding
circle
Rays of sunlight or any other kind
of light go straight through all kinds
of gases, no matter of what they are
made. In passing through them, il
they contain no dust the rays cannot
be seen-they are invisible. You
have often seen the sunlight enter
darkened room through partly opened
shutters or crack or knothole. You
have noticed that the rays were full
of dust moving about in every direc-
ton. The air Is made of gases mixed.
You did not see the rays of light you
saw the light in the sun reflected by
the particles of dust. Millions of these
particles were too small for you to see.
but not too small for such a searching
thing as light to miss.
Each cubic inch of air contains an
enormous number of dust particles.
The number is beyond our con-
ception. John Aitkin of Falkirk, Scot
land, was the first to count these dust
particles. He counted them by lit
tie machine he carried in his pocket
and in a very simple way. He has
been able to count 100000 dust par
ticles in cubic inch of the ordinary
air of Glasgow.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

low lie lie great and teeming cities.
The dining room has an especially
fine outlook. and facing the river is
great window composed of one
enormous sheet of plate glass, through
which the panorama of the day can
be seen as if one We're out of doors.
and through which when at night the
family sit at dinner the myriad lights
OF New York appear floating, as 1t
were, on the tide. with the lights OF
passing vessels weaving changing
pattern on the rivers breast.
The island-an island no longer
which Col. John Stevens of Revolu.
tionary days bought, is now built over
solidly with houses-all except the
castle park, and this park makes the
Stevens home n vcritable rus in urbe.
The park was originally larger, but
Edwin A. Stevens father of the pres.
ent colonel of the same name. WHEN
he founded the Stevens Institute OF
Technology. gave a large slice of his
grounds 10 that institution. and some
portions of it have since been sold
OFF. There used to be great graperies
on the place, but the land where they
formerly stood is now owned by the
institute. Also the great greenhouses.
which were formerly in the park for
the raising of flowers, were torn down
not long ago, having become decrepit
from age.
The Stevens Institute of Technology
is one of the many benefactors of the
family. The late Edwin A. Stevens
established it in 1867, giving a block
of land, a building fund and an en-
dowment of half million dollars to
set 1t going. In the days of the civil
war Commodore John c. Stevens built
an ingenious floating fortiiication
known as the Stevens battery. 1t
was never used. and though he spent
great sums on 1t the family received
little or no return.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Convention Of pips Smokers.

At convention of pipe smokers.
held In Brussels the other day. the
president, NJ. Kos, informed his hear
ers that it took him three hours and
seven minutes to get through one pipe.
A pipe, he said, would outlast three
hours If filed in particular way
loose at the bottom. firmly in the mid
die, and again loosely at the top.
Further" said he, you must give up
your whole mind to the process. Pa
tience and determination make the
true smoker"
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Source of Supreme Court Law.

The Hon. Henry w. Paine, lecturer
at the Boston University law school,
was once in the lSw library, and as he
glanced down the shelves he noticed
several blocks of wood shaped like
law books, which had been put in to
fill out the shelves. "Ah" said Mr.
Paine, now | see where the supreme
court gets it's law
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Strength of CheerfuIness.

Carlyle says: "Wcndrous is the
strength of cheerfulness. altogether
past calculation its power of endu-
rance. Efforts to be permanently use
full must be uniformly joyous-a spirit
all sunshine. graceful from very glad
ness, beautiful because bright" Who
could resist such nature?
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
LINGUISTIC Missionaries

Missionaries of the American Meth.
odist church speak no fewer than
thirty-seven languages. There are
5000 of these workers and 100000
Christians under them.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Grizzly Losing Aggressiveness.

1t is said in California that even
the grizzly is changing his character;
that he has lost his aggressiveness.
and will seek cover on the approach of
man, whereas formerly he would vol
unfairly give battle. and at times had
been known TO charge company of
men when her had not been even pro-
voked to battle.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Reading Through Salt.

In San Domingo there is a remark
able salt mountain, mass of crystal,
line salt almost four miles long. said
to contain nearly 90.000.00O tons, and
to be so clear that medium sized print
can be read with case through blocl,
foot thick.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Chinese SiIverware.

One of the oddities of our nomen-
clature is that the combination of
metals known as German silver con-
tains no silver in its composition and
Is of Chinese and not of German
origin. 1t was first introduced into
Europe by the Germans, and for some
time it was not generally known that
Chinese.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Education and Humility.

In the outdoor, as in the indoor
world, ore of the first things that can
be said for education is that it teaches
humility. There's nothing like an in
creasing acquaintance with the things
that you can't do right off for reduc-
ing swelled head.-C. B. Fry.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Actors Copy IrvInu.

Sir Henry Irving furnished the
model for the typical actor of the
comic papers. No actor was ever so
much initiated by other actors and in
their attempt to look like Irving there
was developed such exasgeration of
his manner and appearance that ir.
resistibly called for caricature as a
type.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Paris Picture Case.

One of the courts in Paris is oc-
cupied with case against a picture
dealer who sold what he asserted was
genuine Raphael for $4,000. The
cred that the dealer had bought the
picture for twenty francs He wants
his $4,000 back. But three experts
have pronounced the painting genuine.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Remedy for Sprain or Bruise

Wormwood boiled in vinegar and ap.
piled as hot as can be borne on a
sprain or bruise is an invaluable rer,.
edy. The affected member should
afterward be rolled In flannel to retain
the heat
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Always Toot Your Own Trombo,.

Don't underrate yourself in talking
to others. People are SO generally
in the habit of overrating themselves
that those who listen to you will take
You at your word and think yoG are
boasting Somerville Journal
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Adaqc Revised.

BE sure that you are right, and run
the risk of somebody else getting
there ahead of you. Sometimes It is
better not to go ahead. anyhow.--Joh
a. Hawland.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Colors TO Kin Germs

The use of colors as germicldes is
advocated by a French scientist. DIR.
A. Cartez. who says that we may rid
ourselves of microbes by painting our
walls with particular colors.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Don't Waste Time.

Don't waste your time" is Il max
i'm that ought to be ON everybody
mind from the moment that Language
becomes Ineligible
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Whistle for Health.

Swedish physicians say whistlins
will do much toward the development
OF robust physical frame.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

Especial Correspondence }


Towering on its hill above the
River and surrounded by ten-acre
park in the midst of a city-the most
densely populated for its size of any
in this country if not in the world
Stevens Castle at Hoboken, New Jer-
scy, is veritable ancestral castle ris-
ing from sea of modern dwellings, a
landmark of stability amid change.
The farms of the old New Cork
families have been changed into city
blocks and their dwellings either torn
down or become tenement houses. But
through all the changes of more ,han
century the "Stevenses OF Castle
Point" have kept their ancestral
home and, to large extent, their
wealth.
Hoboken was an island lying under
the Jersey heights when Col. John
Stevens bought it at the close of the
Revolutionary war. 1t had formerly
belonged to the New York Bayards,
from whom Bayard street Is named
but the Bayards being Tories, their
estates were confscated. and John
Stevens bought the Hoboken property
from the state. On the only hill on
his new possessions. the present
Castle Point. he built his house in
the form of a stone castle, construct
ed of bluestone and plastered on the
outside. He laid out a large park
around it and lived in almost feudal
style, while the settlement which is
now Hoboken grew up below his
castle walls. The John Stevens of
those days was a relative of the Bay
ards who had previously owned the
property. and he built his new castle
on the site of one which the previous
owners had erected and which had
been burned down by a party of
Wings from Hackensack in the trou-
blDus days of the Revolution.
Nriripat Gaelic Pnroe6 noup
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

Every housekeeper should know
that If they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains sixteen ounces
one full pound-while all other Cold
Water Starches are put up in three
quarter-pound packages. and the price
is the same. 10 cents. Then again be-
cause Defiance Starch is free from all
injurious chemicals. If your grocer
tries to sell you twelve-ounce pack
age 1t is because he has stock on
hand which he wishes to dispose of be-
fore he puts in Defiance. He knows
that Defiance Starch has printed on
every package in large letters and fig
ures "1G ounces" Demand Defiance
and save much time and money and
the annoyance of the iron sticking. De-
iiance never sticks.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

ieN"-ihe toiornunnS winter Resort.
san Antonio Is an ideal place to
spend the winter. Half foreign, wholly
unique. 1t is altogether one of the in
semi-tropical vegetation and numerous
plazas, udobcs and missions make 1t
more like an old Spanish city than any
American town
The round-trip rate to San Antonio
via Colorado " Southern is si1.10. Com
plete Information may be had from Mr.
SITS.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
COLLEGE CRIMINALS.
Barbarous Practices in Fraternal So.
ciety Initiations.-Student Tied to
the Track and Killed by a Train
Lives of Railway Passengers I'M
perjIed

Some clew to the real cause of foot
ball casualties may be found in recent
news items quite removed from the
Held of college sports. In an Ohio col
lege there is a grave suspicion that a
student was bound and tied upon a
railroad track where he was killed by
train. The supposition is that this
was done as part of an Initiation
ceremony by a college fraternity, or
secret society, and conclusive evi
dence has already been supplied OF
other acts of torture and violence re-
sulting from this absurd and savage
practice.
In New York college town, an elec-
trio railway company has offered a
large reward for the person. supposed
10 be a college student, who soaped
the tracks at a dangerous curve and
grade, and who imperiled the lives OF
a number of passengers that were only
saved by the prompt and skillful act
OF an expert motorman.
In Chicago the guests OF large
hotel were disturbed by the entrance
of a riotous party of college stu
dents. who conducted two blindfolded
youths that were set TO fighting while
on their hands and knees upon the
floor. This act is also supposed 10 be
an example of college frat" initia-
tions.
These three news items, taken from
a single days press report, show
clearly the need for instruction to
some American college students of
what constitutes crime.
Murder. theft, arson. assault with
intent to do bodily harm, malicious
destruction OF property. public in.
decency and other crimes, cannot be
excused upon the pretense of sport.
or the exuberance of youthful spirits.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

immense Sum Spent For Tobacco.
Great Britain spends on tobacco and
:lpes about $70.00o.00O every year,
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Superb View From Castle.

The view from the castle is superb
One looks far up the Hudson and fan
down the bay, and all around and be.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

New York State has authorized an
expenditure Of $50.003.nr tor eoot
rctA.g.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

one OF the most absorbing things in
the world is n sponge.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

Original Castle Burned Down.
For the Hoboken property John
Stevens paid the sum of 100000.
which was considered an enormous
amount In those days. The castle re-
built by Col John Stevens was
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14

Opportunity is the milk. action tn,
cream.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-14
Lodge Entry.

In blue. open from the rotunda. Then
there is the great dining room, n spac-
ious library, billiard room. bedroom
and bath and a housekeepers room.
On the floor above are twelve bed
rooms and a number of bathrooms. In
all. the house contains twenty rooms
exclusive OF kitchen. servants rooms
and bathrooms. with. of course. pan
tries, storerooms and clothes.
yvsssos" in abundance.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-18
EXPRESSING EMOTIONS.
EIocutionists Discuss the Art Of POr-
trdual at Contention.

Mrs. Genevieve stebbins Ashley. in discussing
santornirne and Gesture at TIE sixth annual CON
,ertior OF the Nevy-Yor State Association OF Elu-
cptionists ir Brooklyn yesterday. commented on
80 eeacr which habtual attitudes exert on the
lives and feelings Of the persons who assume them
without considering modern mind cure or
-houzht cure" she said. Il have always found mat
4, assume a position was TO fee like that position
Z hold rny chest high with courage, why. Ielt
courageous Now. in coming here to-day didn't
know quite what I sfould say. but II I had come
with a suuken chest fumbling my fingers ner-
vously. and with tinid alr''-she threw herself
into the posture indicated-"why, really don't
dare 10 keep It she excl aimed for fear It should
rs hypnotic influence over me right here and
now"
Henry Gaines Eawn acquiesced. When I go
luio Tile house and hnd the family sitting in the
twilight said DE. II tell them 10 get up. light the
eas-do something. i they sit there long enough
they win ee, The dumps. just from sitting in the
dark and th.1kug.'
Ny Hawn denied that there was an intimate con
nection between the body and the emotions. 7
have seen women belonging 10 the moneyed and
leisure class who could dance all night so perfectly
developed and trained We're they physically. Yet
their hearts were callOuS. For real emotional re-
sponsveless i would rather 90 10 BIddy. IN the
klJehen. or some dear o!a NANNY who would cry
Lastly. M IiaWn udicued the fnsistence which
eiocltionisls place On feeling ours is the only
au where they talk Of it, When q paints q
ooakey he doesn't have 10 feel like donkey"
I'm not 50 sure OF that the comment Of
MS Ast!eA. II til-nS the man who paints donkey
TeSs qTs lte- l-he f" o9nkeE mink the reason why
Ake z dog. lie felt ike a dog would feel when he
saw bone. or when be was struck down. II was
De'anse MS Elective sympathy was so strong
thet ne painted dogs SO well
~ ne evening there was dramatic recital. at
tnh.g henry III; Mrs. Lily Hoffner Wood Morse.
Mrs Jessie Eldridee southwck Of Boston readings
s1oa eIs Fslst To-day there will be afternoon and
elai IN me evening, followed 10y Teceptio2.