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v\ / j ^ fj *</ "*"f/Ws?8Bwi EE! JS?2S M rs. And crson, a ]m>n;:nc it society * woman of Jacksonville, T la., daughter of Recorder of Deeds, West, who witnessed * her signature to the followincr letter, o o ' I" ' Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound* "Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam: ? There arelmt few wives end mothers who have not at times endured agonies and sin h pun as only women know. I wish such women knew the value of Eydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. It ;s a remarkable medicine, ditferent in action from any I ever knew and thoroughly reliable. " T havo seen cases where women doctored fc?r years without permanent benefit, who wero cured in loss than thrco months after tal ing your Vegetable Compound, while others who were chronic and incurable came out cured,happy, and in perfect health after a thorough treatment with this medicine, t have neier used it myself without gaining great benefit. A few doses Restores my strength and appetite, and tones up tho ntir system. Y-air medion* has 1 ecu tried and found true, hence I fully endorse it." ? Mrs. It. A. anuerson, 225 Washington St., Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. ltecd, 2425 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, Pa., says : .rUfcui "Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam:?I feel it my duty to write and tell you the good I have received > ffivK fro,n bydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com^'V-? l'"vo been a great sulTerer with female to trouble, trying dillerent doctors and medicines W with no benelit.. Two years ago I went under y operation, and it left me in a very weak t tk, f condition. I had stomach trouble, backache, T" I headache, palpitation of the heart, and was very nervous; in fact, I ached all over. I find rv Vlt N-w yours is the only medicine that reaches ^ <H# ?\ K 9V^HxW^ such troubles, and would cheerfully ree4 Vm Sill *</l:':'i\xv onmieiul Lydiu E. Pinklmm's Vegetable 1 rjt y, 1 ' Compound to all suffering women." ^ hen women are troubled with irregular or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrluxri, displacement or ulceration of the w oml), that hesiriug-tiowu feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, flatulence, general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, they should remember there is one tried Aji?l true remedy. Lydiu ID. Pinklmm's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. The experience and testimony of some of the most noted women of America go to prove, beyond a question, that Lydia E. PinkliiVin's Vegetable Compound will correct nil sueli trouble at once by removing the cause nod restoring the organs to :i lienlihy and normal condition. If in doubt, write Mrs. IMiiklium at JLynu, Muss, as thousands do. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and Ttnrpialifled endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any substitute. Ornnrt forfeit If wo cannot forthwith produce tlio original lottorn and (denatures of V 1% 111111 aborro testimonials, which will prove tnHr ahaoluto p imiiiciu - v. UUwvU I.ydia K. lUiiklium M?<lUluu Co., I.yon, Muaa. A somewhat remarkable text The profession of bridepmaid book for the use of young Ger- seemp to be growing in New York, man soldiers has just been pnb- For some time it hap been the ^ liflhed. It deliberately instructs habit at weddings in that city tc soldiers to inform their superiors pay bridesmaids. At a recent of all kinds of offences commit- wedding there were no fewer H tea Dy their comrades. Services than 15 bridesmaids who were all of this character are Rtated in the punctually paid. Besides the text books to be a high duty and beautiful dresses given by the worthy of commendation. If the bride's father, they each received soldier hears anything derogatory $25 apiece for appearing in the to his officers or the kaiser he is wedding train. There are younp to fetch a policeman. ladies who accept so much as $10(1 > for their office of honor. One girl who is much sought after for A Rcmnriiitblrt Cnne. jier beauty ha8 appeared as brideOne of the most romarkable cases maid at more than 200 weddings, of a cold, deep seated on the and has in a short time amassed lungs, causing pneumonia, is that quite a goodly sum, besides reof Mrs. Gertrude E. Marion, Ind., coivinir manv costlv rir?n?nia # | w / ~~ ~?i mt ww" who was entirely cured by the - ?. , use of One Minute Cough Cure. 0. .t/ni . i WorliliiR Orcrlline. She says: "I he coughing and straining bo weakened me that 1 Eight hours Jaws are ignored run down in weight from 148 to by those tireless, little workers? 02 pounds. I tried a number of Dr. King's New Life Dills. Millremedies to no avail until I used ions are always at work, night Ono Minute Cough Cure. Four and day, curing Indigestion, Bili k bottles of this wonderful remedy ousness, Constipation. Sick Head* cured me entirely of the cough, ache and all Stomach,Liver and strengthened my lungs and re Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, stored me to my ncmal weight, safe, sure. Only 25cts at J. F. ? health and strength." Crawford Mackey A Co., andCrawfordBros. Bruo. drug store. I ENDURANCE OF TROOTS IN THE CIVIL WAR. To the Editor of The Sun?Sir ; Tlie following statistics of tiie Oivd vVar, which come from tlie records of tlie War Department, may prove of interest with regard to your leader ot Dec. 31, and the letter ot "Veritas," with your comments of today : In one action one Union regiment lost U2 l)er eenl Union regiments lost between 70 and 80 per eent. 8eventeen Union regiments lost between GO and 70 per eent. Forty-one Union regiments lost between 50 and GO per eent. These numbers are all taken Irom the muster rolls on tile in the War Department.where each man is accounted lor by name. The severest loss was by a Confederate regiment at Getty s burg, 720 out ol 800 men, or 0o per cent. Another lost in one battle 82 per cent. Three lost in one battle between Go and 7o per cent. Nine lost in one battle between 5o and Go per cent. Twenty nine lost in one battle over 5o per cent. Longslteet's division lost at Gaines's Mill and Glendale 4, 438 out ol 8,831 men, or over 50 per cent. Several divisions lost in some one action over 40 percent. The roll of killed and wounded during the four years of our Civil War, North and booth, was G00 men a day. There were over 2,5t?0 actions ol sufficient importance to be identitied by name. In 1982 of these a regiment or more was engaged. In 112 of these actions the loss exceeded 500 men. This does not count the innumerable small all'airs on the picket line ol an outpost service in scouting and reconnoitering duty. The total death roll in the North was 3G0,ooo ; in the South nearly as much. This pvcln.i^ those who (lied at home as a result of exposure, wounds or disease after discharge. Counting! these, the losses in four years ex 1 ceeded (Joo,ooo men. This from I a population 35,000,000, North I and South, ot which 4,000,000 I were slaves. Out of this population there was an average force I kept in the field ot (>.*>0,000 men j 111 the north and something less than -loo,000 men in Hie South. I These statistics speak for themselves. There is something in 1 this uprising of a people which is ' worthy of imitation.?Theodore I A. Dodge, New York, Jan 3. HALF HATES To New Orleans, La., Mobile,Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., via Southern Railway. On account of the Mardi Gras, to be held at New Orleans, La., ' Mobile, Ala., and l'ensacola. Fla.. 1 the Southern Railway will Hell > round trip tickets from all points ; at rate of one faro for round trip. . Tickets on sale Feb. 17th to 23rd, I inclusive, and for trains arriving at above points on the morning ' of Feb. 24th, limited for return > until Feb. 28th, except that by 1 deposit of ticket by the original , purchaser, personally, with the ( , Joint Agent not earlier than K?b. ' 18th and not later than Feb.28th, upon payment of a fee of 50 cents 1 at the time the ticket is deposited an extension can be had until March 14th, 1903. Apply to any I agent of the Southern Railway. ' or to R. W. Hunt, D.P.A , Charleston,S.C. VV. Ii.Tayloe, A.G.P.A. Atlanta, Ga. The many friends of John Blount will be pleased to learn that he hus entirely recovered . from his attack of rheumatism. Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured him after the best doctors in the 'town (Monon, lnd.) hail failed to, j give relief. The prompt relief ( from pain which this liniment affords is alone worth many times its cost. 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