The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1898. 9 WORK AHEAD FOR SAMPSON'S SHIPS The Naval Officials Believe the Second Sea Battle Will Be Fought Before Tuesday. NEW YORK, May 7.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent telegraphs: confident expectation of the administration, the second sea fight of the war will occur, and either ‘Within forty-eight hours, it is the Rear Admiral Sampson's men-of-war or the battleship Oregon and gunboat Marietta will represent this Government in the engage- ment. Certainly by Monday, at the late: sailed from St. Vincent on Friday a week ago, or they shall have fallen in with the Oregon and her consort. st, naval experts say the scouts will have sighted the Spanish fleet which Ad- miral Sampson’s fleet is so placed as to be able to steam quickly to intercept the Spanish fleet if the scouts should reports ships for the fight after the An the fleet in the event of a fight with the Sp that it is sailing in the direction of Porto Rico. ierican fleet is sighted. anish fleet. It will be his policy to meet the Spaniards as quickly e after he learns their location and force & battle at once, giving the Spanish admiral little time to pre- al reports of the battle of Manila have furnished such-.conclusive evidence of the superiority of can gun crews over those of Spain, very little uneasiness is felt for the safety of Admiral Sampson’'s It is realized, however, that the vessels and the guns with which he will have to contend are far superior to those which were opposed to Admiral Dewey. Most of the Spanish vessels at Manila were of old types, and the largest guns they carried were 6.2 inch. Admiral Sampson will be confronted with the crack vessels of the Spanish navy. tween them six eleven-inch guns, and a fleet wh Admiral Sampson’s fleet is superior to that of the Spanish admiral in heavy guns. of the two fleets are more nearly equal. nother one carries two six-inch guns. Three of these carry be- The heavy guns in Admiral Sampson’s h will be opposed to these, are four thirteen-inch, eight twelve-inch and twenty-two eight-inch guns. The secondary batteries Naval experts here, however, place more reliance in the superior handling of the American ships and guns than in the supe ity of the American damage to his ships, as dld De batteries. wey. The Spaniards are expectea to put up a stubborn fight, and it pected that Adr.iral Sampson will come out of the battle unhurt or without the loss of a man or There is no doubt, however, that this battle will as effectually destroy Spain’s naval power in the Atlantic as did the battle of Manila in the Pac would all be o give a good account of herself and would send some of the Spanish ships to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The reports that Spanish war vessels have been sighted off Martinique and at other points in the West Indies have given rise to some little uneasiness in Washington. If these vessels are the fleet from the 11d the Spaniards have gone toward Cape St. Roque to intercept theOregon the battle between their fleet and two small companions, thé Marietta and Nictheroy, would be decidedly unequal. the side of the Spaniards, but there is no doubt among naval experts here that the Oregon would The advantage Cape Verde it would indicate that the Spanish admiral had made a much more rapid voyage than was anticipated, and that he intended to run down to the southward to look for the Oregon, for, if he were making a run to get into Porto Rico before he could be intercepted he would not go so far south as Martinique. The-general belief among naval officers, however, is that if the vessels reported at Martinique really were Spanish war vessels, they were some of the gun- boats which had been employed for the patrol of Cuba and Porto Rico and which had escaped to the southward. Though it has not been believed that there was much real danger of the Spanish fleet attempting to attack e Monda 1 pre thern ports of the United States, if the scouts should be unable to locate the fleet en route for Porto Rico be- v, and if there is no report of its having returned to either the Canaries or Cadiz by that time, addi- autions will be taken to prevent a possible attack on any of the northern sea-coast cities. - northern coast, now being maintained, will be made more thorough, and fast vessels will be sent further to all along the coast to intercept and report the Spanish fleet if it should have turned to the northward. The patrol of BEN LOMOND'S TOUNG GUESTS, Santa Cruz County En- deavorers Hold a Convention. Praise Services Conducted in a | Grove Near the Mountain | Village. | Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, May 7.—The semi- 1 convention of the Santa Cruz Union of the Young People’s ty of Christian Endeavor has just 1 its sessions at beautiful Ben Lo- the prettiest village in the Santa The delegates from rts of the county arrived last and were met by a commit- ee from the Ben Lomond society which ok the young people to the members’ here they were entertained | convention. | ces were held in the Pres-| which had been elab- | ; decorated by Miss Anna Sul- | The altar was banked with a | of blue lupines and the rich gol- | ow poppy. wild flowers which | such profusion around Ben | Cruz Mountains. all pz eve little church was crowded to the Miss Lizzie White presided in | absence of the president. A stir- | aise service was con- ducted by Rev. L. Rich of Watson- The roll of societies was called . Mrs. Nellie Morrell, of | onville. Each soclety responded | with a verse of Scripture. The socie onded were: Santa Cruz, | onal, Methodist, _Baptist, | Christian, Congregational Japanese, | Congregational Chinese; Watsonville, | Ct tian, Presbyterian, Chinese, Con- ational; Boulder Creek, Presbyter- | Ben Lomond, Presbyterian; Sky- | land, Presbyterian; Soguel, Congrega- the ring song and | | tion Aptos, Baptist. Prayer was | offe: Rev. A. B. Snider of Soquel. | The sermon was a grand one, by Rev. E. H. Hayden of the Baptist church lof Santa Cruz. His subject was “The \Presence of God.” | This morning at 7 o’clock about fifty | !Tndeavorers gathered in a grove on | 'the hillside overlooking the town. There | a prayer meeting was held. It was the most inspiring service of the con- vention. At 9 o'clock a devotional service was led by Mrs. F. Poster of Boulder Creek. The next convention will be held at Vatsonville. 'he following officers were elected: dent, Miss Lizzie White, Watson- est of Soquel: second vice-president s Minnie Bagnall of Ben Lomond d vice-president, Mrs. F. Poster of ler Creek; secretary, Miss Lillla Beebe of Watsonville; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles Fitch of Santa Bould Cruz; treasurer, H. J. Little of Santa | Cru . FOOD COFFEE. MARION McBRIDE. A Famous Worker for the W. C. T. TU. in Boston One of the famous workers in the W. C. T. U. ranks and one who stood very close to Frances Willard, is Mar- fon McEride of Boston. She Is a tire- less worker and an authority on pure foods. Everywhere she goes, she rec- ommends Postum, the famous food drink, for she knows of its great work in furnishing a pure, toothsome, hot i beverage for breakfast, much like cof- fee in appearance and taste, but madn by food experts from parts of field grains, selected to furnish brain and nerves with the food demanded by na- ture, It is especially welcome to those who find distress and disease follow coffee drinking. Grocers supply it at 15 | per package. and 25 cents | of the Junta on board and first vice-president, Charles E.| VIEWED BY INSURGENTS IN TREETOPS Ccpyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. ON BOARD THE HERALD-CALL | DISPATCH BOAT ALBERT F. DEW- EY, with the blockading squadron off Cuba, via Key West, Fla., May 7.— There was a second battle at Matanzas yesterday, and Lieutenant Commander Kimball of the Dupont was laughing about it this morning. When the Dewey found the torpedo-boat ten miles to the east of that port to exchange news, I got a boat Gown and went to the Du- pont, where the blithe commander told me that his boat and the Hornet, with their light guns, had shelled the block- house besi the lighthouse at Point Mayz, near th~ mouth of the harbor of Matanzas, and Fo.t Garcia, which is an old haci.1da used as a blockhouse and lies three and one-half miles to the east. As the Dupont was leaving her posi- tion off the lighthouse point a big shell was fired from the middle embrasure of a battery of the other side of the har- bor called Gorda. The line was perfect, but the elevation was bad and the range too long. The shell fell a thou- sand yards short. Lieutenant Commander Kimball, on learning that the Dewey had an agent was in search of a messenger from the insur- gents in Matanzas province, told me it might be of interest for me to know that some Spanish cavalry was scour- ® ing the coast off which we were talking. | I asked if he would run in with the Dewey and allow us to take a messen- ger off under cover of the Dupont's one-pounder. “With pleasure,” he replied, and a | little later the trick had been done and the dispatch-boat was on her way to Key West with brown-skinned Am- brosia Diaz, who has messages of im- portance for the Junta. He was landed on the coast by the Leyden on May 4. Since yesterday morning he had been waiting in the mangrove bushes which fringe the coast by the little village of Boca de Camarioca, eight miles east of Matanzas. He compileted Lieutenant-Command- er Kimball's story by telling us that while the Hornet was throwing shells into the block house beside the light- house yesterday afternoon the in- surgents under Colonel Rojas to the southward climbed into the trees to see the performance from reserved seats, and cheered madly as the Hor- net's men got the range and hit their target. Lieutenant-Commander Kim- ball, when he found it advisable to call up the Hornet, with her six-pounders, | told her commander not to destroy the | lighthouse tower, but only the block- | house of the garrison, and left the tower for the cover of the neighboring trees. This was at 3 o’clock in the af- ternoon. The Hornet fired twelve shells, half of which struck the mark. The Dupont, after making sure that Point Maya was being made too warm for Spanish occupation, steamed down to a blockhouse opposite called Garcia Red, and a prominent landmark to the eastward, and turned loose her one- pounders. Here, as in the other place, the in- fantry men had urgent business behind the forest woods and hills. After mak- ing sure that they had gone to stay the Dupont resumed patrol duty. The cavalry afterward appeared at For- tina, but remained there only long enough to see the torpedo-boat’s men- acing one-pounders oftf shore. Diaz, with his son Ramon and a col- ored insurgent soldier, had seen this cavalry on their way from Rojas' camp to the beach near Boca de Camarioca, where old “'Practico” was to be picked up. Just behind the fringe of man- grove bushes on the shore is a road running parallel with the coast, and the guerrilla cavalry had been moving east, and then west along it. Once across the road and on the sea- side of the bushes the insurgents were fairly safe, but did not relish the idea | of leaving their hiding place for the | purpose of signaling the boats off | shore. The Dewey ran in toward shore with the Dupont. Diaz was to wave his handkerchief. As Dewey ran in toward shore with the Dupont beside her T made out a boat with fishermen in it and beyond that, half concealed by the bushes, a man in light clothes, which, at the distance, appeared to be those worn by the insurgents in the fleld. = He concealed himself at inter- vals, but flna]l);l advanced a little way | cover an wavy i - chlet. We waved In repis Louoieh at the suggestion of J. E. Cartay, who had given Captain Hyers information which enabled him to find Diaz, a white signal was tied to a wire stay and al- lowed to flap there. Tt was some one’s Jihite shirt, but it filled the bill admira- | The man on the beach w: ically, and I lowered a \}I])e(‘i\'ey];md with Car! | had told Captain Hyers to ke iglass on the man, and as we ]eef‘: 3:2 | tug he shouted to me that two men | were in the bushes beside the one which | signaled,'and had rifles. These we sup. | posed were the men sent from the camp of the insurgents with the messenger and so it proved. One was the son of Diaz. The three hurried across the sand to the edge of the rocks which | form the coast there. The little boat's | Bunwale was grasped by the insurgents ;In a trice. Diaz remembered that he and I were old shipmates, having sailed | together in the Three Friends when she | was_fired on under the hills of the south coast of Santa Clara in Decem- ber, 1897, and so he was willing to tell what news he could. The torpedo boat, a few hu yvards away beside the Dewey, war;dxr:;: guarantee that the cavalry would prob- ably keep on the other side of the trees. Diaz climbed into the boat and told his son and the other insurgents to hurry back to camp. They would have tarried to give him more messages from friends, but he reminded them of the time, and they hurried away. We returned to the Dewey, and as we went over the side shouted our thanks to the commander of the Dupont. The tor- pedo boat steamed off shore, after sending a boat to us with mail for Key West. Diaz told us the Spaniards were hurriedly moving troops westward and | to the coast cities, and withdrawing them from the interior. He did not know the details of the killed and wounded at the Matanzas bombard- n reply, and then | aved energet- boat from the tay rowed, in. I ARMED MEN WATCH THE WISCONSIN They Patrol the Shore ‘Where the Battle Ship Lies to Guard Against Secret Attack. Rumors That an Attempt Would Be Made to Destroy the Vessel Cause Increased Vigilance on the Part of Officials. men seen on the train was lurking in the vicinity of the works, extra precautions were taken to thwart The managers of the Union Iron ‘Works fear that an attempt will be | made to destroy the battle-ship Wis- |, % ttempt on his part to destroy the consin and the torpedo-boat which are | 'p;aym. Th}; police ‘!:'ere at once ycon- now in the course of construction. For | sylted, and have declded to place an several days past rumors of an attempt | armed guard in charge of the two ves- being made by Spaniards to blow up | sels. the vessels have created the wildest| Captain Spillane, when asked about excitement at the works. Last night] the matter last night, was unusually secretive. He admitted, however, that Lieutenant Anderson of the Potrero station was appealed to, and he sent Lieutenant Bennett's divison had been detailed to patrol the works, and that all his available men 19 guard the ves- sels. Concluding that the force was he had sent four men from his division not large enough he telephoned to Cap- to assist them. Since the commencement of hostili- tain Spillane for more men. The lat- ter picked out four of his best officers ties between the United States and and sent them to assist in preventing Spain the managers of the iron works the vessels from being tampered with. have been appealed to by the Govern- ment to hasten the completion of the The managers of the Union Iron Works have also a number of men who have DR. PIERCE'S MEDICINES. | WOMA O THE TTLEAELD WHAT SHE GIVES T0 A NATION. ‘Whether war shall descend and con- tinue upon us now with all its indes- cribable horrors and frightful carnage, or the brooding angel of peace shall “spread her white wings to the sun- shine of love”—whatever may be the | issue to-day or any other day in our American history—the tremendous fact remains the same, that woman is for- ever a chief and inseparable factor in the warfare of nations. Her rare appearance on the battlefield or in hospitals—nursing, cheering and DR. PIERCE'S MEDICINES. cold hands and feet and many other, bad feelings, too numerous to men-! tion. Home physicians’ treatment did me no good. I had become very despondent and thought I would never be well again, but with a faint heart I wrote Dr. Pierce and de-, scribed my symptoms as best I could. He promptly answered by letter, and sent me a treatise on ‘Woman and Her| Diseases’; he also outlined a treatment; for me which I followed to the best of my ability, and after taking six bottles of ‘Favorite Prescription’ I can truth- fully say that I felt like a new woman., In a few months afterward, when I was suffering with the many troubles due to pregnancy, I procured ‘Favorite Prescription’ and took it through that, time. I soon became very stout and felt well. I was in labor only a short; time and got along well—better than I ever did before. now two months old, and has My baby is a fine boy,' never battleship and torpedo boat. Work on been patrolling the works looking out torpedo boat has been finished and the | were kept well back by the aggressive | ment. He said that Belancous, briga- dier of the insurgents in Matanzas province, had about 500 men and only a small sick list. The hospital facili- ties are bad, and men wounded would be in a bad fix, but Rajos had only | four of them. The country folk are in terrible straits for food. | Diaz sald the insurgents had really been feeding their friends in Boca de Camarijoca. There disease and famine had carried off 150 of the wretches who found shelter there in the last few months of reconcentration. The dead outnumbered the population which the village would have in time of peace. Some of Rojas’ men who were captured by the Spanish three days ago were re- leased and sent back with a message that the Yankees had begun war and that the Cubans and Spanish, being of the same blood, should combine to fight the United States. The insur- gents were surprised at not being killeq by their captors, and sald they would take the message gladly and hurried to Rojas. Their story was laughed at. Colonel Rojas said the news from t}xe outside world would not prevent his fighting the Spanish. Diaz sa: efforts to make the Cubans desyesrts‘;crl; becoming general. Little notices are left on trees, saying that the Yankees will leave naghing Spanish on the fsl. and if they have their way, and urging all Cubans to unite and fight them. The Spanish are still burning and de- stroying as they move, and still the guerrilla _cavalry scours the country, driving the cattle into the towns. As far as Diaz could learn, the railway between Matanzas and Havana has been kept ope: Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Missfon. the former has been rushed, and it is expected that it will be put into service for any person Who might attempt to destroy the vessels. Both the torpedo- before many weeks. The frame of the boat and the Wisconsin are being machinery is now being placed.in posi- tion. The managers of the works have doubled their working force in order tlat the vessels might be completed 28 soon as possible. The scene in the vicinity of where the boats lie is one of activity and ex- citement. Blue-coated guardians of the peace are patrolling the shore line, keeping a sharp lookout for any spy seeking to destroy the vessels. A num- ber of special officers employed by the iron works are patrolling the half-fin- ished decks of the Wisconsin, their hands on their guns, ready to shoot down any enemy who might attempt her destruction. On the outside of the works a number of armed guards are on the alert for anything of a suspic- jous nature. Until the vessels are completed every precaution will be ta- ken to guard against any attempt to injure them or the plant. closely guarded, and every effort is being made to prevent a Spanish spy from entering the works. ! - Armed men are patrolling the shores of the bay contiguous to the point where the torpedo-boat is being con- structed, with instructions to shoot any person who attempts to tamper with the vessels. Since the report that two Spaniards were overheard on the Eastern overland to remark that they had come to this State for the purpose cf blowing up the powder works and also to assassin- ate Governor Budd, the managers of the Union Iron Works have exercised every caution to prevent any attempt to injure their plant. As rumors were current that a Spaniard answer- ing a description of one of the INTER-CLUB TENNIS. The First Match of the Series Wou by the Local Players. The first match of the inter-club doubles | was played yesterday at the California tennis courts between Adams and Weihe of San Francisco and Stone and Mur- dock of Alameda. The home team won and the Alameda cracks went home in er disgust. Uihe firet sot was the hottest of the match, Game by game the teams ad- vanced until it was five all. The visitors captured the next game, needing only one more to win the set, but this they were not to get. Adams and Weihe braced | themselves and the set was the property | of the home team. the Edison quht and Power Company for $535 13 for lighting certain public offices and the Free Library for January, 1868. These were withdrawn on the Mayor re- ceiving information that a conference was to be held by the Finance Committee of the Supervisors and reg\éesen!a.Uves of the companies named looking to a settle- ment of the entire matter relative to the lighting bills. COMMERCIAL KNIGHTS. An Entertainment Given in Union- Square Hall by the San Fran- cisco Association. The San Francisco Commerclal Travel- ers' Association, which now numbers a about ‘100 members, gave a most pleasing surprise of all the second set w0 Hhe surDLe o i easy fashion by | entertainment to its friends at Union- Stone and Murdock. They allowed their | Square Hall last night. Opponents but three games out of the set.| The committee on entertainment, con- The next two sets were attached by | sisting of W. F. Rancel, C. E. Tarrant, Aldamls :mv:}i ‘a‘}i‘\h?as:Tz};:nm"l‘r’\m?hetfig:l T. McCarthy, W. Angelo, H. Suskind, D. Pivo Sets, driving seourately” and placing | BetenEln aud el h Eadie Vi ment. tone an urdock | o d BN Mo Columbus Quartet; recitation, Miss Bou- vie; selections by Professor Mallet's sex- tet; vocal solo, Dr. Alvey; skirt dance, Miss L. Rhodes; vocal solo, Dan O’Calla- ghan; zither quartet, Professor Reck and pupils; songs, Mr. Byrnes; duet, Messrs, Hynes and Snyder, and comic song, Mr. Nunan. After the programme there was a dance and the serving of a collation and refreshments, The invitations were unique. They were in imitation of a small gripsack on which !l‘he;rf appeared in golden letters 8. F. C. —_——— Too Fond of Liquor. Gustav Tesch, a printer, was yesterday convicted by JudgeCampbell of failing to | provide for his children. As he promised Two such vetoes were filed by to mend his ways the Judge allowed him Mayor yesterday. .One was of the claim | to go on suspended sentence. Tesch has of the San Francisco Gas Light Company | lost several good jobs through his love for $97312 for lighting certain public | for liguor, and the Judge warned him buildings during the month of January, that if he did not reform he would be 1898, and the other was of the claim of | sent to the County Jail. COL. TRUMBO A FREE MAN. playing of the San Franciscans. One fea- ture of the game was the splendid driv: ing of Murdock. The score was §-6, 3-6, 6-2, —_——— BILLS FOR LIGHTING. Reductions m{af Be ‘Made in the Amounts Charged the City. Negotiations are In progress looking to | a settlement between the city and the| San Francisco Gas Light Company and the Edison Light and Power Company. | Several of the claims of these two com- | panfes have already been vetoed by Mayor Phelan, on the ground that the charges were excessive, owing to meters | fhat have a tendency (o Useoren o o o i Fully Released From the Bonds of Matrimony in Salt Lake Citu Yesterdau. News was recelved in this city last night that Mrs. Trumbo was granted a divorce from Colonel Isaac Trumbo in Salt Lake yesterday. The decree was entered by default, no defense having been entered in the case. Mrs. Trumbo was well known as a Salt Lake belle before her marriage, having been prominent in society for several years before the promising aspirant for the United States Senate married her. Incompatibility of tem- per and tastes became apparent a few years ago, culminating in the suit de- cided yesterday. The plaintiff was granted $1000 in cash, also a farm of sixty acres at Mill Creek, fifty shares of stock in the American Biscuit Company, 10,000 shares of stock In the Free Gold Mining Company of California and some other minor property. In consideration of these transfers Mrs. Trumbo agreed to deed to Colonel Trumbo certain property in San Francisco. R A AR AR s R R e A e R R R R R A 2 2 PPPPPPP99990% 0 k4 © Ld ® @ Ed ® L4 L4 3 k4 & @ R4 ® | comforting the wounded or dying—is a | very small part of what woman does} to promote this country’'s fighting ca- pacity. She does more than roll band- ages, scrape lint and send out dainty | boxes of provisions for husbands,‘ brothers and sweethearts in the field. | The wives and mothers, and the sis- | ters and sweethearts that will becomei wives and mothers—contribute some- | thing more in addition to this cheering | comfort and inspiration. | Every male fighter, however brawny | and heroic, was born of woman; was once a feeble infant drawing—along | with his very breath of life from his mother’s own physical resources—the | hardihood, mental stamina and high | courage that become a nation’s final and impregnable defense in the Iast[ dread arbitrament of war. | Shall we say that women contribute | the bandages and provisions? No; they contribute the fighters! ‘What sort of men will the women of this present day contribute to the | nation and the world? What sort of | help and encouragement and inspira- | tion can a woman be who is enfeebled | and broken down by the diseases and | weaknesses peculiar to her sex? Can | such a woman maintain the position | that belongs to her on the battlefield of every-day exertion and struggle? Can she hope to be a capable mother or efficient wife? The dreadful sufferings which women endure solely because of the delicate, special organization which makes them wives and mothers leads a thoughtful person to consider whether it is most woefully deplorable on their own sad | account or for the sake of the other lives that are sooner or later dependent on their own. It is certain that the great work which has been done towara restoring the physical capacity of women in the last twenty vears, by Dr. R. V. Plerce of Buffalo, N. Y., has had a phenomenal share in bullding up the courage and power of the present generation. But there are fifty thousand more women who ought to know what Dr. Pierce’s | extraordinary medical insight and ex- perience and his marvelous “Favorite Prescription” have done for their hopeless, discouraged sisters through- out the world. Every woman knows that the average doctor cannot understand her case. He is too busy; he has too many other cases of an entirely different nature; he lacks the special experience and thorough understanding which are ne- cessary to a complete appreciation of her troubles. A lifetime of experience and constant study has made Dr. Plerce the acknowledged cxpert au- thority in this particular field of prac- ice. : So many women are in almost the same state of mind as Mrs. Elizabeth J. Bullard of Winnie, Bladen Co., N. C. “I was afflicted for seventeen months,” she writes. “I was confined to the house and yard all the time. I could not be on my feet but a very little: could not lift the weight of a cup of coffee, and did not have the strength to speak more than a few words at a time. We tried three doctors and a lot of patent medicine, which cost over one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and found no relief. I had lost all hopes of ever getting any better when my friends advised me to take Dr. Plerce’s medicines. My husband said he would try them next. He got me five bottles of ‘Favorite Prescription’ and three of ‘Golden Medical Discov- ery.’ I commenced taking these mea- icines and soon found rélief. ~When 1 had taken one bottle of each I walk- ed half a mile to church. I commenced taking them the first of January, 1897; the first of the following June I took my cooking in hand and have cooked | for eleven in family all through the summer. It was Dr. Pierce’s medi- cines that gave me all the relief I have received. I recommend them to all suffering females, for it is his medi- cines and the help of God that has re- stored me. May the Lord bless him and his medicines for the good they have done me.” Another lady, Mrs. W. G. Day of Trussville, Jefferson Co., Ala., writes: “I cannot find words sufficient to ex- press my praise for Dr. Plerce’s medi- cine. For two years I had suffered with weakness, headache, pain in my back and side which would become so sore that I could hardly bear the weight of my hand uoon it; had ] | ly ald recovery. | head of one of the best medical insti- | tutions in the world.” | been sick any. I will never miss an| opportunity to recommend Dr. Pierce’s medicines. I hope that all suffering | 1adies will consult you, for I think they | will be benefited by taking your medi-{ cines.” In the treatment of women's diseases there must be on the part of the physi- cian a realizing sense first of all that the trouble is a specific one; that it/ saps the very foundation of a woman'’s vitality. It is not to be pooh-poohed afl nor made light of; nor ‘patched up”i with “a little something for the diges- tion,” or a little something else for the heart action. The remedy must be| radical and thorough; it must give specific tone, health, purity cnd or- | sanic power directly to the fundament- al starting point of the difficulty; it must entirely rejuvenate the nervous system and recreate the supply of com-! plete, forceful, abundant vitality. The wisest physician is none too wise to deal with these troubles; scientifig| training, deep study and the widest practical experience are indispensable; no mere unskilled nurse, however cap-| able in her own sphere, is at all suit- able or equipped with the requisite un-| derstanding of physiology and medi-| cine to be safely trusted in difficulties so delicate and complicated. All cases are not precisely alike in} every respect; and while, as a matter of fact and record, there has not been| found one case out of a hundred of fe- male difficulties but what was prompt-{ ly alleviated and eventually cured by Dr. Pierce’'s Favorite Prescription, fre-| quently it happens that in obstinate, cases a_course of simple and inexpen-! sive self-treatment at home will great- In all such cases Dr. Pierce gladly gives careful, profes- sional advice by mail free of charge. He has been for thirty years chief consulting physician of the Invalids® Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, ! N. Y., and has gathered about him a| staff of eminent associate specialists in the different fields of medical prac- tice. Dr. Pierce has originated some | of the most wonderfully effective rem- edial discoveries known in modern medicine. The late President Garfield once said of him: “He is one of the{ best men in the world and is at the Any woman may feel absolute confi-| dence in writing to Dr. Pierce; her let- | ter will be considered sacredly private, never published except by her express ! wish and permission, and will be an-! swered with a sincere and intelligent | desire to place at her command the most capable and expert medical serv- ice to be obtained anywhere in the world. { “My wife 1. d been a great sufferer! for a number of years with nervous i prostration assoclated with every symptom that women of her age (45) are liable to have,” writes W. O. Gard- ner, Esq., of No. 122 Diamond street, | Little Falls, N. Y. “She took a good | deal of medicine of various kinds, and ;- doctored with local doctors until I was | not able to pay any more doctors’ bills, | She read the book that she procured | from you, and commenced to use Dr. | Plerce’s Golden Medical Discovery and | his ‘Favorite Prescription.” Her hea.\mi is better now than it has been in six; years. If she had used the medicine six ¢ vears ago I might have been a good ! many hundred dollars better off.” “I had been a great sufferer from female weakness,” writes Mrs. M. B. ‘Wallace of Muenster, Cook Co., Texas. “I tried four doctors and none did m any good. I suffered six years, but last I found relief. I followed yo advice, and _took four bottles of ‘Gold- en Medical Discovery,” and eight of the || ‘Favorite Prescription.” I feel like a | new woman. I have gained eighteen pounds.” § The famous work entitled “The | Common Sense Medical Adviser,” by | | R. V. Pierce, M. 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