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, , t* Democratic Candidate’s Speech Accepting Nomination. REPEATS GOLD DECLARATION Denounces Executive Usurpation. Touches on Colorado Labor War. Asserts Necessity of Tariff Revision. Regulation of Trusts—Opposes Mili tarism and Imperialism. Esopus, N. Y.. Aug. 10—The speech of acceptance of Alton Itrooks Parker in reply to the committee which noti fied him of his nomination for the presidency by the Democratic party if as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com- mitiee: r have resigned the office of chief Judge of the court of appeals of this state In or- | der that 1 may accept the responsibility that the gixat convention you represent j has put upon me without possible preju- | dice to the court to which 1 had the hon- j or to belong or to the eminent member* ; of the judiciary of this state, of whom J I may now say as a private citizen I am justly proud. At the very threshold of this response and before dealing with other subjects 1 must, In justice to myself and to re lieve my sense of gratitude, express my Idded perhaps to ethers, led to the forma tion of a committee of citizens that, with the supp .n of the mililarj authority, de ports fn.m th. state without trial persons e aspect, d of belonging to the organiza- ti. n ot .vhit h the re. petrators of the dy namite outrages w. e supposed to be members. In both ca s the reign of law gave way to the reign of force. These illustrations present s me evidence of the failure < t government to protect the citizen and his property, which not only Justilied the action of your convention in this regard, bat made it its duty to cail attention t> tie fact that constitutional guarantees are violated wh< nev. r any citiz* n is denied the right to labor, to ac quire and to *:'.joy property or to reside where his inter sts or inclination may de- termin. ami the fulfillment of the assur ance to rebuke and punish all denials of these rights, whether brought about by Individuals oi government agencies, should be enforced by every official and supported by every citizen. The essence of good government lies in strlet ob- i servance of constitutional limitations, en forcement of law and order and rugged opposition to all encroachment upon th* sovereignty of the people. The foregoing suggestions but empha size the distinct.' c. which exists between aur own and many other forms of gov ernment. It has been well said In sub stance that there are but two powers in government—' r. the power of the sword, sustained by the hand that wields It. and the other the power of the law, sustained by an enlightened public sentiment. The difference In these powers is the differ ence between a republic such as ours, based on law and a written constitution, supported by intelligence, virtue and pa triotism. and a monarchy, sustained by | force exerted by an Individual, uncon- i trolled by laws other than those made or sanctioned by him. One represents con • slitutlonalism, the other Imperialism. The present tariff law is unjust in its operation, excessive In many of its rates and so framed in particular instances as we hop? for m- world v/hhe pr ery citizen ot th law shall be mad abridge the pnvib citizens of t: •• ! ,.,i: any person th • n : laws and at tin the civilized . ng to ev- 1 Two College Boys. btales that no - Animals.] . re d which shall ‘ Two boys left home with just r immunities of enough to lake them through college, States or deny to after which they must depend entire-1 protection of the jy upon their own efforts. They at- r,-vV' R i V-' r d< iv, y tacked the collegeiate problem suc- simuar rights to tn< inhabitants of the . ' , , Philippines, but tde away from them c,, .ssfull>, passing the giaduation, le- tln right "? tri d by jury and place their eeived their diplomas from the fac in'and the disposition of their property ulty, also commendatory letters to a in the keeping of those whom we send to large shipbuilding firm with whom th.... to be their governors? vCe shall tlH , v desired employment. Ushered c.-..inly rue it as a nation if we make j t the waiting-room of the head of e\"n fr'm the standpoint of national ^ rm ’ 110 1 ’ v,ai ’ al1 au " dience. He presented ids letters. “What can you do?” asked the man of millions. ‘T should like some sort of clerk ship.” | “Well, sir, I will take your name j and address, and should we have; si-llity which thus eame°to us, but that I anything of the kind open will eor- resp"iisibilit> \Nill be best sul.served by i respond with you.” pr. paring th* islanders as rapidly as pos- As he passed out he remarked to si !: -hr.i ss, tl. -re is no prospect that the t-v. !,t> ini’.iiw!..-i of dollars expended in ti,,- purchase of the islands and the six hundred ar 1 titty millions said to have b - n since disbursed will ever come back to us. The ;:< < id. iit of war brought the Philippines b.t'j < ur possession, and we are- not at lib ny to disregard the respon his waiting companion, “You can go in and ‘leave your address.' ” The other presented himself and slide for seif government and giving to them the assurances that it will come as soon as they are reasonably prepared for It. There need be no fear that the as- , s Ttion so often made of late that we have his papers. now become a world power will then be j "What can you do?” was asked, without support, ours is a world power. “j can ( j 0 anything that a green and as such n must be maintained. but I hand can do, sir," was the reply. . deny that it is at all recently that the .... . . , , United States has attained that eminence. | The niagna e touched a hell, which Our country became a world power over a I called a superintendent. century ago, when, having thrown off for- “Have you anything to put a man eign domination, the people established a free government, the source of whose au thority sprung and was continuously to! proceed from the will of the people them- Ives. It grew as a world power as its i to work at?” “We want a man to sort scrap- iron,” i^id the superintendent. And the college graduate went to profound appreciation of the confidence I eXuct i nor( i| n:i to profits from the peo-i reposed In me by the convention. Attei . gi) w . e ,, un( ], rs » t jod has this view be-| nominating me and subsequently recelv-, como that m:lny , jr ., mln ,. nt members of I ing a communication declaring that I re- ^ n( {)ubllcan party an d at least two of garded the gold stanAird^ as firmlj ano | ltg state conventions have dared to voice! irrevocably established, a matter concern ing which 1 feit it incumbent upon me tc I make known my attitude so that here after no man could justly say that hi* | support had been secured through indi-i ^YoTime‘be necessary rcction or mistake, the convention reiter ated its deti rminution that 1 should be ) the standard bearer of the party in the | present contest. This mark of trust ano i confidence 1 shall ever esteem as the high- 1 est honor that could be conferred upur ! me—an honor that, whatever may be tin fate of the campaign, the future can h no degree lessen or impair. The admirable platform upon which the party appeals to the country for its confidence and support clearly states th* principles which were so well condensed in the first Inaugural address of Presi dent Jefferson and points out with fore* I and directness the course to be pursued | through their proper application in ordei to Insure needed reforms in both the legis lative and administrative departments ol the government. While unhesitating ir Us promise to correct abuses and tei right wrongs when vi-r they appear or howevei several admin- /eminent rauS'-d; to Juy - ti-mte the .several ad isii.'.iiv' dip5.tnui.ts of the guvernn the general sentiment on that subject. That party seems, how ver, to be col lectively able to harmonize only upon a ; plank that admits that revision may from but it is so j phrased that it is expected to be satis factory to those in favor of an increase J of duty, to those who favor a reduction thereof and to those opposed to any; change whatever. Judged by the record of performance i rath* r than that of promise on the part of that party in the past, it would seem ne if the outcome in the event of its success ; would lie t gratify the latter class. With absolute c.'..trol of both the legislative, and executive departments of the govern ment sin March 4. ISliT, there has been ! neither reduction nor an attempt at re duction In tariff duties. It is not unrea sonable t - assume in the light of that rec ord that a future congress of that party will not i lertake re vision of the tariff 1 downward in the event that it shall re ceive an in lors, mint of its past course on that subject by the people. It Is a fact and should !><• frankly conceded that should our party be successful in the corn- sturdy citizens, to wh'-se natural increase work sorting scrap-iron, were added immigrants from the old i One week passed, and the president world seeking to obtain h-re the liberty i meeting the superintendent asked, and prosperity denied them in their own “How is the new man getting on?” countries spread over the face of the, ()1 " i(l ,, , “ he (lid his Work land, reduced the prairies and forests to ... . . . . . „ cultivation, built cities, constructed high- 80 ' ve ^ that put him o\ei the f-iUir,. ways and railroads, till now a nation Ih year this man had reached which at the formation of the government; the head of a department and an ad- numb'red only three millionsMn popula- visory position with the management tlon has become eighty millions, and from a sa i a ry represented by four fig- occan to ocean and the lakes to the gulf while his whilom companion was the country Is the abode of a free and . . . * , . prosperous people, advanced in the high- clerk in a literj . s able, washing est degree In the learning and arts, of harnesses and carriages. civilization. It is the liberty, the advance- ; mi nt and the prosperity of its citizens, Ing contest we cannot hope to secure a the condui t of whose officials has ere- ma jo r jty in the senate during the next ated scandals, and t" punish those whe have been guilt) yf a bp/ach yf then trust; to oppose' the granting of specia privileges by wiiieh the* few may profit at the expense of the many; to practice economy in the expenditure of the mon-1 eys of the- people and to that end to re-1 turn once more t * the methods of thi founders of the r public by observing ir dlsbursing the public funds the care ami! caution a prudent individual observe* with respect 0, his own. still the spirit ol the platform assures conservative instead of rash action the protection of the inno cent as Vv guilty; tli economj and thrift; the protection ol property and a guarantee of the enforce ment for the benefit of all of man's in alienable rigiits. among which, as said U the Declaration "f Independence, are "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Liberty, as understood in this country the punishment of tie; r 'Cement • f industry four years, and hence we shall be unable t i secure any modification in the tariff save that t > which the Republican ma jority ir. th' senate may consent. While th refore we are unable to give assur ances of relief t" v the people from surh j exees ve duties as burden them, It is due to th-in that we should state our position to be In favor of a reasonable reduction of the tariff, that we believe that it is de-1 mande 1 by the best interests of both man- ufacturer and consumer, and that a wis« and ben. '.cent revision of the tariff can * arc mplishrd as soon as both branch** of c .;,r -s and an executive in favor f It .".re elect I without creating that sense of uncertainty and instability that has on other occasions manifested itself. This can be achieved by providing thatj such a reasonable period shall intervene between the date of the enactment of the statute making a revision and the date of its enforceiri' nt as shall be deemed suffl- means not only the right of freedom fr"tr c j,>nt for the Industry or business affeot- actual servitude, imprisonment or re- ed by ,• .virion to adjust Itself to th" stralnt, but the right of one to use his; faculties in ;.II lawful ways, to live and j work wh- re he will and to pursue an;, lawful trade or business. These essen tial rights of life, liberty and propertj are not only guaranteed to the citizer chan,vis an 1 n 'v c 'millions Imposed. P.i contid at am 1 in the belief that the de mand of the people for a reform of th* tariff is just that I indulge the hopd that should a Democratic house of representa tives and a Democratic executive be oho- by the constitution of each of the sev-; sen by t | ie p.-opie even a Republican sen- era! states, but the states are by th. ate rnay heed the warning and consent tn fourteenth am raiment to. the constltu-, p-jv at least som 1 measure of relief to th* tlon of the I'nited States forbidden b ; p cC pi,, t deprive any person of any one of them -p ht .. combinations. popularly called without <!ii' process of law. fusts, which aim to secure a monopoly Occasionally, try reason of unnecessary (j{ trai1 jn t i K . necessaries of life as wel! or Impatient agitation for reforms or be-1 af) j n tn.se things that are employed upon cause th. limitations placed upon the d • th ,, f . irrT1 j,, t h. factory and In many oth- partm.nts of g • .'eminent by the const!-1 tutk n are disregarded by officials desir ing to acc. mp'iish that which to tlam seems gdod. wl, ’her the power exists ir them ' r not, it becomes desirable to cal'. | attention t" the fact that the people, in, whom all power resides, have seen fit through the medium of the constitution) to limit the governmental powers con- er fields of industry have been eneoti aged and stimulat'd by excessive tariff duties. These operate to furnish a sub stantial market in the necessities ol, eighty millions of people by practically excluding competition. With so large a market and highly remunerative prices continuing long after the line of possible competition would naturally be reached, ferred and to say to departments created th , temptation of all engaged in th.- same by It. "Thus far shall thou go and nc ; business to combine so as to prevent com farther.” To secure the ends sought the petition nt home and a resulting reduc not any career of conquest, that make the; country a world power. This condition j we owe to the bounty of Providence, un- j folded In the great natural resources of the country; to the wisdom of our fa- ! thers, manifested in the form of govern-! nicnt established by them; to the energy, industry, moral character and law abiding spirit of the people themselves. We are not a military people, bent on conquest or engaged In extending our domains in b reign lands or desirous of securing natural advantages, however great, by f >roe. but a people loving peace tv t only fer ourselves, but for all the na tions of th - earth. , Tl. <’i.» ay of great military arma ments nu pleas, the eye and for the mo ment .. Xi-’t the pride of the citizen, but it «. nu t 1 .'ing b the country the brains, br.iwu : 1 la. sole “f a single immigrant r in’uce tl. ii.V' .-tment here of a dollar of capital. 1 f course such armament as may i n ..ary for the security of tin . nt;. . .d tn* protection of the rights o: its citkei.s . t home or abroad must be im. in tain d. Any other course would lie not only fa!. ? economy, but pusillanimous. I p: otest. 1. w. ver. against ihe feeling, now far t o prevalent, that by reas- n of th, commending position we have assum ed in the world we must take part in the disputes and broils of foreign coun tries and that because we have grown great we should intervene in every impor tant question that arises in other parts of the world. I also protest against th* erection of any such military establish ment i'.s wou'.J be required to maintain the o untry in that attitude. We should coniine our internationaal activities solely to matters in which the rights of th* country or <>f our citizens are directly involved. That is not a situation of ise- lation, but of independence. The government of the United States was organized solely for the people of th* United States. While it was contemplat ed that this country should become a refuge for the oppressed of every land who might be fit to discharge the duties of our citizenship, and while we have al ways sympathized with the people of ev ery nation in their struggles for self gov ernment, the government was not created for a career of political or civilizing evan gelization In foreign countries or among alien races by intervention in their af fairs. The most efficient work we can d* in uplifting the people of other countries Is by the presentation of a happy, pros- pen.us, self governing nation as an Ideal to be emulated, a model to be followed. The general occupation of our citizens in the arts of peace, or the absence of large military armaments, tends to impair nei- th r patriotism nor physical courage, and f. r the truth of this I refar the young men of today to the history of the civil war. For fifty years, with the exception of tlie war with Mexico, this country had been at peace, with a standing army most of the time of less than ten thousand men. He who thinks that the nation had grown effeminate during that period should read the casualty rolls of th* The Czitr a Hard Smoker. After breakfast the czar of Russia smokes a very strong Havana cigar, says the Lorn.on Mail, and indulges in tobacco incessantly for the rest of th* day. although hi> doctors have wameu him that it is most injurious to hi? health. In u Japanese Garden. In a garden wee and co> 1, Blunted pine and fairy pool. Tinkling, tinkling now and then On her car,en sainis. n. Sighing for the little man G ,ne to li; lit for dear Japan, S.ts tiie girl, Oyucha San. Ah, but you w re proud of heart When you saw his troops depart! Riding like a foreign lord. Boots and cap and dangling sword. Demigod and hero man Who would make a new Japan— Tl'.us he seemed, Oyucha San. “Good success!" I heard you pray On the hour he went away. Shin Id the gods h e l. can you guess What may come with “good success?” How his sword may change the plan Of the silken old Japan, Almond eyed Oyucha San? Hear the crickets’ reedy tune! See the lantern of the moon Glint the lacquer on the deep Where the gray carp lies asleep! Why should armies scheme and plan, Dun ambition for Japan, Which is,blest, Oyucha San? How the gods may br surprised When Nippon grows “civilized!" When the spade of commerce threads Railroads through your iris beds! Vanish clogs, kimono, fan; Vanish beauty from Japan- Vanish you, Oyucha San! Pr< igress calls you, so, alas, Yeddo’s blossom time must pass! Soon you’ll hear the grinding mill Shri< k and fume on Nara’s hill, O’er an ugly, ehanged Japan— And for this your little man Goes to war, Oyucha San. —Wallace Irwin In New York Globe. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. ELECTION NOTICE. people hnvi by the constitution s>parat ed and distributed among the three de partments of government—the executive, legislative and Judicial—certain p wers and it is the duty of those administering each department so to act as to presen t rather than to destroy the potency ol the co-ordinate branches of the govern ment and thus secure the exercise of all the powers Conferred by the people. Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to William C. Jarvis touching the perpetuity of out Institutions, written many years after h» had retired to private life, said, "If th* three powers of our government malntair their mutual independence of each othei it miay last long, hut not so If either car assume the authority of the other." It tion "f prices has proved irresistible in a number of easis. All men must agri* that the net r suit of enacting laws that foster such inequitable conditions is most unfortunate for the p. ople as a whole, and It would >> • m as if all ought to ngre* that the eff. etlve remedy would lie to up- pr prtutely modify the offending law. Th* growth of monopoly, of which complaint is Justly made, cannot be laid at th* doors of the courts of this country. Th* decisions of the supreme court of th 1 United States, the court of appeals ol this state and the courts of last resor. In many other states warrant the asser tion that the common law as developed affords a complete legal remedy against monopolies The fact that they have mul- The primary flection will be hold armies on either side at Shiloh, Antietam, I on Tuesday, August both. All who Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, at-Stone 1 are qualified to vote and wish to do Ri- r and Chlekamauga. I would be th* st) nuls t have their names on the club last man to pluck a single laurel from u j t five days before the elec- the crown of any one of the military he- . _ „ ro* s t" whom this country owes so much. E\ erj candidate must .si-.li the hut I insist that their most heroic deeds pledge and pay his assessment not later than 12 o’clock of August 17th. The county campaign meetings will already proceeded at to; be held as follows; August 18th. August Huh. August 20th. must be confessed that in the course ol tlpllc-d in number and increased In power has been due not to the failure of th>- courts to apply th.- law wb-n properly moved by administrative officials or pri- our history executives have employee powers not belonging to them. Statutei have been passed that were expressly for bidden by the constitution, and statute} vate individuals, but to th.- failure of "*!’• have been set aside as unconstitutiona when it was difficult to paint out the pro visions said to be offended against ir clals charg"! with the duty <>f enforcing the law to take the necessary procedure to procure the judgments of the courts ir their enactment. All this has been don* the appropriate Jurisdiction, oupled with with a good purpose, no doubt, but ir disregard nevertheless of the fact that ours Is a government of laws, not of men, deriving Its "Just powers from the consent of the governed." If we would have out government continue during the ages tc the fact that the legislative department* of some of our state governments as wel as congress In the manner already re ferred to have by legislation eiu'ourngi<-' their propagation. What is needed, it addition to the passage of a statute revis- preceded infinitely more from devotior to the count!';.' than from martial spirit. j»s I hav g- at I'ligth. other questions suggested ir th< platform must await my letter of at- ceptai.f e. Mr. Chairman, In most graceful speech you have reminded me of the great re sponsibility as well as the great honor ol the nomination Vi-stowed upon me by th* c..nv-n!i< n you r»present this day. 15* assured that both are appreciated, sc k eihy appreciated that 1 am humbled ir their presence. I accept gentlemen of the committee, at Ezells on the 23rd. th- nonilnatii n. and if the action of th*, The committeemen who have not cor vent loii shall be indorsed by- an elec- !'q rn jshe(l the secretary with the man- tion by the peop.c I will, God helping nirprw for their respective nrecincts me. give to the discharge of th. duties ol , Ior respective precincts that exalt d office the best service cl "*11 please do so at once. The niana- Which 1 am capable and at the end of th* «ers may set the election boxes at any term retir. to private life. I shall not time by calling on the secretary, be a candidate for nor shall I accept a . Q. W. Speer, Blacksburg .. .. Grassy Pond .. Macedonia .. .. Ravenna August 22nd. Timber Ridge .. .. August 23rd. Owens’ Ford August 24th. Gaffney August 29th. The congressional candidates will speak at Blacksburg on the 22nd, and com£ for the benefit of those who shall j n g t bt , tar!:f duties to a reasonable basis succeed us we must ever be on our guard j s not 80 much other and different law? against the danger of usurpation of that as h ivlng both the disp sltb.r authority which resides in the whole peo ple, whether the usurpation be by offi cials representing one of the three great departments of government or by a body of men acting without a commission from the people. Impatience of the restraints of law a* well as of its delays is becoming mort and more manifest from day to day. Within the past few years many instance* have been brought to our attention whert In different parts of our beloved country supposed criminals have been seized anc punished by a mob, notwithstanding th* fact that the constitution of each stat* guarantees to every person within It* Jurisdiction that hls life, his liberty oi his property shall not be taken from him without due process of law In a struggle between employers and employees dynamite Is said to have beer used by the latter, resulting In the loss oj life and the destruction of property. Th* and the courage to enforce existing law While this is my view of the sc pe of tli- common law, if it should b* made to ap pear that It is a mis'a.ken one then I fa vor such furthe^legislation within con stitutional limitMu.s as will give t!u people a Just and full measure of protec tion. It Is difficult ’ to understand how any citizen of the United States, much less a descendant of Revolutionary stock, can tolerate the thought of permanently deny ing the right of self government to the Filipinos. Cm we hope -to Instill Into th.- minds of our descendants reverence and devotion for a governin' n* by the people while*denying ultimately that right to th* inhabitants of distant countries whose territory we have acquired either by pur chase or by force? ('an we say to th< Filipinos, "Your lives, your liberty and your property may be t ken from you without due process of law for all time,' r. nomination. Several reasons might b« advanced for this position, but the ten* trolling one with me is that I am fully persuaded that no Incumbent of that offle* Should ever be placed in a situation ol pi .-.idble temptation to consider what th* effect of action taken by him in an ad ministrative matter of great importance might have upon hls political fortunes. Questions of momentous consequence to all of the people have been in the past and will be in the future presented to the president for determination, and in ap I J Frt- . Beil. Chairman, tf. Secretary. LETERS OF ADMINISTRATION. perpetrators of this offense against th« and expect we will long glory In that fca- laws of God anti man and all others on- turn of M^gna Chorta which h - 's become gaged In the oonsplracy with them should,- Iniorper't d. ir. subst-in ■■ m 1 effect, into after due trial and conviction, have had the constitvtl'n of i very slate r.s well an m -ted out to them the m -it rigorous pun- into the four*' nth amendment to th - ishment known to the law This crime. - * ’* 1 r ’- » r-., By J. E. Webster, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, W. W. Whelchel has made suit to me to grant him Letters of ,, , ,, Administration of the estate and ef- irr’Jhfn. a8 wel1 V foots of Mrs. Mary S. Whelchel, de in weighing the facts and the arguments qofd bearing upon them he should be unem- c * . barrassed by any possible thought of the These are therefore to Cite and ad- Infiut nee lil!( decision may have upon, monish all and singular the kindred anything whatever that may affect him and creditors of the said Mrs. Mary personally. I make this statement not in g Whelchel, deceased, to appear be- orlUelsmcf '^V^four presidents f rom : f me in the Court of p ro bate, to W ashinffton down who have either held . . , , . , . , the cilice for two terms or sought to sue- Cherokee court house, Gaff- cci'd thcms-lves, for strong arguments can h6y, S. C., Tuesday, August Ibth, next be advanced in support of the re-election after publication thereof, at eleven of a president. It is simply my Judgment o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, that the interests of this country are now jf an y they have, why the said Ad- ■n vast and the questions presented are m i n i s tration should not be granted, frequently of such empowering magnt- r i VOT , /.n-ip,. niv >, nm i .ui,, qftth dav tude to the people that It Is Indispensable , ^ \ en un<Jer ni ^ hand, this y to the maintenance of a befitting attitude °t July- before the people not only that the chief J. E. Webster, magistrate should be Independent, but Probate Judge, that that independence should be known p u b Jq Gaffney Ledger Aug. 5th & of all men. J904. r ‘U- yswaSt im, m iS'-s if! m x y/t V \ s. •• ,•*' ..a# . •••." .J*'** 4 ' * •V'-,**v. sl'' r • A-’' Hi Minneapolis, may be per- Miss Nettie Blackmore, tells how any young woman manently cured of monthly pains by taking Lydia E* Pinkham's Vegetable Compounds “Young Women: — I had frequent headaches of a severe nature, dark spots before my eyes, and at my menstrual periods I suiferea untold agony, A member of the lodge advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, but I only scorned good advice and felt that my ca'se was hopeless, but she kept at me until I bought a bottle and started taking it. I soon had the best reason in the world to change my opinion of the medicine, as each day my health improved, and finally I was entirely without pain at my menstruation periods. l am most grateful.”—Isettie Blackmore, 23 Central Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Painful Periods < are quickly and permanently overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The above letter is only one of hundreds of thousands which prove this statement to be a fact. Menstruation is a severe strain on a woman’s vitality, — if it is painful something is wrong. Don’t take narcotics to deaden the pain, but remove the cause — perhaps it is caused by irregularity or womb displace ments, or the development of a tumor. Whatever it is, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is guaranteed to cure it. ) * If there is anything about your case about which you would like special advice, write freely to Mrs. Pinkham. She will treat your letter as strictly confidential. She can surely help you, for no person in America can speak from a wider experience in treating female ills. She has helped hundreds of thousands of women back to health. Her address is Lynn. Mass., and her advice is free. You are very foolish if you do not accept her kind invitation. Details of Another Case. “Dear Mrs. Pinkham: — Ignorance and carelessness is the cause of most of the suffer ings of women. I believe that if we properly understood the laws of health we would all be well, but if the sick women only knew the truth about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, they would be saved much suffet- /•y* ing and would soon be cured. “ I used it for five months for a local diffi culty which had troubled me for years, and"for which I had spent hundreds of dollars in the vain endeavor to rec tify. My life forces were being sapped, md I was daily losing my vitality. “Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured me completely, and I am now enjoying the best of health, and am most grateful, and only too pleased to endorse such a great remedy.” — Miss Jennie L. Edwards, 604 II St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Mrs. Pinkham, whose address is Lynn, Mass., will answer cheer fully and without cost all letters addressed to her by sick women. 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