The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-11
AN ACTUAL MIRACLE.
a Story Which Seems too Wonderful
Cor Belief, but Which is AbsD.
lutely True.


Ii occurred in Sidney, Ohio, and is Q
cnse which not only includes the mos,
clear and definite of statements from the
person herself, but which has all the
absorbing realism of a romance, and ali
the force of unquestionable truth. Fol
lowing is the statement, which can be
Tead with the greatest interest:
II am young lady, and like most
young ladies, shrink from appearing in
public or seeing my name in print, but
4 have passed through an experience 80
remarkable that feel compelled to make
1t public. know there are many young
Ladies, elderly ladies, and men too, for
that matter, who are in the very greatest
danger, and yet who do not know it.
TO all such my experience will prove in
valuable.
"a little over two years rgo l took a
severe cold, and, as so many others do,
cazelessly neglected it. 1t was very, very
annoying, and kept thinking every day
If would pass away, but, instead of doing
se, II grew worse. 1 coughcd consider
ably, but it was not the cough alone
that ANNOYED me. 1 was frequently
feversh, my lips were parched, my
sxeath hot. My appetite was poor, and
lost i'll flesh daily. Sometimes my
cheeks would be very red, and again
w2uld be as pale as death. ] tried to
sseap regularly, but could not, and when
Z did sleep / was troubled with horrible
streams. In this way several months
passed by, until finally became so weak
shat was compelled to take to my bed.
'<L cannot, and do not, believe the
greatest writer in the world could de.
scxiNe what I suffered. For eighteen
inonttls was unable to help myself in
file least, and my mother, sister and
brother were completely worn out TAX
Ing care of me. had no less than seven
different physicians, who came to see
me separately, and we've also often in
soasultation together. One and all pro.
noGnced me incurable, and said l must
die. Beyond the possibility of doubt
had consumption in its last stages. OF
course. in addition to all the medicines
s1f the doctors, took cough syrups and
cod liver oils, which I hoped would cure
sEe, or at least bring me relief. But, alas,
none of them even eased my suffering.
'f0ne day, ah how well 1 remember
1T, my mother and sister came into my
room with tears rolling down their
checks. Between their sobs they told
Vie that had but short time to live,
and that the best physicians had said
sc, and that they had done all in their
power. l knew this, and was wi ling to
die, but the thought came to me that l |
would like to see our town once more,
and perhaps look into the faces of some
.oi my friends. My mother and sister
fooEed amazed, and the physicians even
more so. 1T was simply suicide they
SAID, and you certainly will never return
To the house alive But, with the weak.
mess and wi.fulness of dying person, l
insisted, and, as the day was pleasant,
they finally yielded, and carriage was
secured in which they fitted up bed of
pillows. was carried out, placed in the
t2arriage, and slowly driven about the
Ceurt House Square. People looked on
Ia wonder, and was taken home more
dead than alive. My relatives all stood
about my bed expecting to see me die
ut any uoment, while friends who had
seen me driven out, came to call at the
house.
Zone OF the friends who called had in
her hand trial bottle of medicine,
which had been given her. 1t claimed
70 be cure for consumption, and she
urged my mother to give me some of it.
When SO many able physicians have
declared that consumption cannot be
'Gred, and when in its first stages it is
% difficult to check, how could any
nedicine possibly help me, on the verge ..
II the grave? But a drowning person
VII grasp at straw, and so my mother i
gave me some OF the remedy, and CON {
ihHed at short intervals to administer it.
after taking two doses, l felt
Ietter, and so another bottle was pro
ured without delay. Very soon de.
lded Improvement was noticed in my t
l continued taking this f
emedy, which was not only doing Inc i
o inuch good, but was so pleasant to the 1
aste, and l solemnly affirm that owe '
ay complete recovery and rescue from :
ne grave to DIR. Ackers English Remedy g
Or Consumption, which was the only r
hing that could and did save me. To- t
1y am rs we'll as l ever was in my a
iei strong and in perfect health, indeed, :
iy friends consider my recovery moth .
1g short OF a miracle. +
This, in brief, is the story OF my suf. i
.Eing and salvation and T wiah tbat | Il