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Special Correspondence Ahanta (Gu,) Consti-
tuition, JUly Is, 1888.
A representative of the Constitution
spent a portion of last week in Macon,
and was accidentally thrown with Mr.. j.
a. May, an employee of SchOfeld's extern
sive iron works, who startled your reporter
by remarking to him: ~ feel kindly to-
wards everything and everybody that
comes from Atlanta. because
lowe MY LIFE
to firm in your city, and will gladly
give you history of my case.
sit was discovered" he said, Swhen |
was three years old, that L had inherited
from some of my ancestors a Scrofulous
Blood Poison Of the worst type. AS l grew
older the disease continued to grow worse.
l had tried in turn score of the best and
most noted physicians, and had taken
medicine until it seemed a farce. Before
| was twenty | had swallowed, it seems to
me, two or three drug stores, and was a
living proof that there was no virtue in
medicine for my disease. The disease and
medicine combined had taxed my system
until / was mere physical wreck / was
sallow, had no appetite, had lost flesh UNI
til | was nothing but sores, skin and bones
The sluggish blood which flowed slowly
through my veins was full of poison, and
was in such fearful condition that even a
pin scratch would result in an liberated,
running sore that would take weeks to
heal. | had taken Mercury until my Joints
were stitf, and | suffered so from
MERCURIAL RHEUMATISM
that was laid up every winter: and the
mercury had soaked into the marrow of
my bones until | was an infallible barom-
eter, and could foretell to a certainty the
approach of rain by the aching in my
joints. Hearing of Swift's Specific, | de-
termined to try it, but without any faith.
A SPEEDY AND EFFECTIVE CURE.
| commenced improving with the first
bottle, and in short time the stiffness had
left my joints and the sores had disap-
peared from my body. | passed through
last winter without a taInt of rheumatism,
and have had no appearance of the terri
bic disease since. My general health inn
proved as Swifts Specific drove out the
monster which was eating my life away,
and | gained in flesh until | weigh $50
pounds, which is nearly double what it
was when l began the use of the Specific.
For the first time in years | enjoy my food.
AS an evidence that Swift's Specific has
eliminated all the poison from my system,
l cut off one of my fingers few months
ago in the machine, and in less than two
weeks it had healed up nicely; and few
days ago l mashed my thumb with ham,
mer, and you can see it is healing up last.
II either of these accidents had happened
a year ago, the chances are that l would
have lost my hand. In summing up, l will
say that my experience proves beyond the
shadow of doubt that Swifts Specific
will cure the worst cases of Blood Poison,
even when it descends as an Inheritance;
that it will cure Mercurial rheumatism,
and drive the mercury out of the bones,
joints and system; and that it will build
uD the general health and is the best med
icine in the world. My case alone is
enough to convince anybody; but l have
known it used in a number of cases, and
it has never failed in a single instance
Mr.. May will take pleasure in answer
ing any letters in regard to his case.