The morning call., 1893-07-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A MICHIGAN MIRACLE.
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
A Singular Story of Detroit Moldeli-
Terrible Battle Which Lasted Monthsl
One of the Remark hi, In J
cidentS Bordering ON the
Romantic.
From the Detroit Free Press.

Thomas Hagen was seated in a comfort.
able rocking-ch at his cosy home, A2SoA
Russell street, yesterday morning wbef az
visitor was announced. The stntleIh han
Sose and greeted the new conner with} the
efce of diplomat, and as he opened ur.a !
con>ersation it was evident that Mr..
hagA was person of more than ordinary
intelligence. To his visitor the remark
aole ctNnges and peculiar career of this
man wase source of much interest. The
"onueriuhtransformat IN his appear.
ance WitnN the past two years Is Itself
Mor.ny Oh ne study of scientist. Mr..
hason coupe Of years ago was 80 weak |
anu eihaclated.t that to-day he does not i
seem the same itlividual.
rheumatism Wa the cause OF his terriblefi
sufferings.
He is a Detroiter Nv birth, having first }
seen the light Of day i this city thrty-six 4
years ago. when quit, boy he was ap- /,
pl enticed to the molder's trade and eyerR
since he has followed this vocation. He |
is quite prominent memlSr of the. local |
| StOyemOlderS' union and can be found /
| nearly every Saturday night in attendancef
| at the meeting of the order About twoi
years ago Mr.. Hagen became seriouslW
affected with rheumatism. the result of
| working in draughtS of cold air.
1.-The shooting pains OF rheumatism are
| actually. | believe, the most horrible pep-
alties that caa be lnflcted on mankind. I,
cannot begin 10 tell you OF the aeohy
suffered. | had q thorough experience IN
the art of torture, ard no matter what L
used to ease the pain II seemed as tnougn
! was doomed to greater suffering. had
numb of friends who took great interest
| in my case and recommended numerous
| remedies. which | tried without avail.
Nothing seemed TO do me any good. was
under the care Of several Well-known De-
troit D. ysicians, but their services were
absolutely without favorable results. 1
was bedriddrn. Why, l could not move
| from one chair to- another without ASSIST
ance. Some DAYS would feel little
brighter than others.
But presently another attack OF that in-s
| fernal rheumatism would strike me-, leaving
me veritaole wreck on the barren shores
of humanity.
"Bv accident 1 read two years ago al
Canadian paper containing a remarkable
story of miracle at Hamilton, Ont. 1t
was that of a man who was tortured to
death by rheumatism. He was induced TO-
use DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Pe0-
pie. He was Immediately cured. doubted
the truth of the matter at first, but thought
l would try It, l had my people punt an
over town, but they could q OF find the pills
at any of The drugstores. The only place
they were then sold at was over in Windsor.
Well, my relatives went over there and
purchased a. few boxes. Great Cnristo-
pher! but my mind goes back IN ecstasy to
the change which Immediately came over
me after using the Pink Pills. l began to
/ improve. and in a few weeks rheumatic
pains left me, and in a. short time L was
able to be out and around. From that time
| have been at work.
':It wasonot long after I secured the pills
over at Windsor that found they were fot
sale. here in Detroit, at Brown d. Co.'S,
n
eiI's and Bassett & L'Hommedieu's
Woodward avenue. l purchased them fol
fifty cents per box. / guess you can nuJ
them now at almost every drugstore in Dc
troit.
II have re commended the Pink Pills3
several Of my friends around to@n.%1
although their cases were similar TO lSxgN
they have all been cured. There 90
ing on the face of CAd's earth s$sesI ~
them for rheum atism and othe 81 lssd
Until my dying day will praiseA Ill III
Tor being the cause of my preseT ssS%N
and contented condition"
DR. Williams Pink Pills are not pated
| n'edicine In he sense in which that tern
is usually understood, but are Scien tifb
] preparation successfully used in genera
practice for many years before being ok
tered TO the public generally. They contail.
in condensed form all the elements DeFJ
essary to give new life and richness to tikgs
II
are an unfaillng stecifc for such diseased
as locomotor ataXia, partial parlysis Sti
VituS' dance, sciaiica, neuralgia, :neum-l
tlsm, nervous headache, the after effects
of la grippe, palpitaton of the heart. paleI
and sailow compilations, that tired feeling|
resulting from nervous prostration; all
diseases depending upon vitiated humors
in the blood, such as scroiula. chronic cry
| sipelas, etc. They are also a specific fol
troubles peculiar to females, such as sup
ressiuns, irregularities and all forms of
weakness. They build up the blood and
restore the glow of health to pale OF SAL
| low cheeks. In the case of men they eff
feet a radical cure in all cases arising from
mental worry, overwork, or excuses Of
| whatever nature.
| These Pills are manufactured by the DR..
| Williams Med cine Company, Schenectady.
| n. Y. and Brock Vile. Ont, and are
sold OILY in boxes bearing the firms trade,
mark and wrapper at 80 cents ooX. or six;
boxes f r 50 80. Bear in mind that Dr.s
| Williams Pink Pills are never sold inI
| bulk or BY the dozen or hundred, and aDys
| dealer who offers subs tute in this formt
i. irving to defrsdd you, and should be-
avoided. DR.. Williams Pink Pills mayk
| be had of all druggists or direct by mai
from DR.. Williams Medicine CompanW
| from either address. The price at whictE
| these pills are sold makes course Of treaty.
ment COMPARATIVELY inexpensive as coma
pared with other remedies or medlca&