The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-13

Visitors.
TORONTO DAILY GLOBE, July 25.-This
is an age OF doubt; especially in regard
10 cures by patent medicines, and not
without reason, for too often have the
sick and their near and dear loved ones
been deceived by highly recommended
nostrums that were swallowed to be Of
less avail than as much water. The
old, old fable of the boy and the wolf
applies also too frequently to many OF
the specific connections for curing tho
ills that flesh is heir to; and when real
cure Is effected by a genuine remedy
those who might be benefited fight shy
Of it, saying, ut was cure, cure so
often before that won't try it," When
such a state Of affairs exists IL is advis
able that assurance should be made
doubly sure.
A few W., lis ago marvellous and
almost mir Gu ous Ire WAS made knoan
1" Csnani ans tarough the meoiIm OF
! i'll ti,mIiton he%suepeis l,%as stated
TIA, Mr.. John M.r,hall a well.known
resident OF Hamilton, by the aid OF DR..
Williams Pnk Pills for Pale People.
had been snatched from the very jaws
cf death, placed upon h g feet and
enabled to mingle with his fellow.citi-
zens with moro than renewed health
and strength and even brighter spirits
liam he had experienced for years be-
lore. This remarkable statement nat
nra'ly excited The wonder of almost a
continent. Some believed, most people
doubted, althou Oh the facts were placed
30 clearly as to ward off the slightest
suspicion of fraud. To investigate the
very extraordinary cure and place be.
fore the people OF Canada and the United
States verihcation or otherwise of it
was the special mission OF Globe re-
porter few days ago.
close inquiry into the circumstances
first showed that Mr.. John Marshall,
whose residence is rs Little William
street, in tho northeast portion of the
city, while employed as foreman for the
Canadian Oil Com pany, five years ago,
fell upon the edge Of an oil vat and
hurt his back. Thinking little of the
affair, Mr.. Marshall continued to work
on, but after a few months he became
i'll, gradually got worse, and in August,
four years ago, became stricken with
the dread disease, locomotor ataxy-a
disease ats cking the nerves and render
ing that portion of the system attacked
perfectly helpless, proclaimed by the
physicians to be incurable-which left
MIN from the waist downwards without
feeling and utterly unable to move his
lower limbs. All he was able to do was
to raise himself by. the aid of sticks and
crutches and drag himself around the
house and occasionally to the corner of
the street on fine days. His legs were
without feeling, pins and even knives
were stuck into them without the sick
nrin
He could take walking stick and beat
his legs until the blows resounded
through the house and yet he felt moth.
ing. During all these years Of torture
Mr.. Marshall consulted every doctor of
ability in the city; tried every form of
treatment and took almost every kind
of patent me dicine, but without receiv-
ing one little of relief The agony was
frequently so intense that he was
obliged to take morphine pills in order
to ri ceive a reasonable amount, OF sleep
AS the months and years passed by,
although the doctors continued to treat
him In various ways, they plainly told
the suffering man that he could not get
better, the disease was set down in the
works OF specialists as incurable. The
doomed man was member Of the United
Empire Council, No. 100, Royal Temp.
lars OF Temperance, and under the dis.
couraging circumstances he thought it
advisable to apply for the payment of
of the total disability claim of ST. 600
allowed by the order on its insurance
policy. Application was accordingly
made, but before the claim was granted
the patient ha to offer Conclusive
proof of his total disability to the chief
examiner, and Mr.. Marshall was sent 10
Toronto for a special electrical treat
ment. 1t proved no more successful
than the others that had preceded L.,
and G number of city doctors and the
chief medical examiner Of the order
signed the medical certificate of total
disability. and Mr.. Marshall received
from the Dominion Councillor OF the
Royal Templars check for $1,000 last
November. One day last February came
Mr.. Marshall's salvation, although he
did not accept it at first A small pam.
phlet telling of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
End the diseases they cured, vas thrown
unto the house, but it was placed aside
ana no notice vas taken of it for weeks.
one day the sick man reread the cir.
cular and concluded to try DR. Will.
nams Pink Pills. although Mrs. Mar.
snail tried hard to diasnade him, saving
tney would be as Intellectual as all the
others, but on April 14-memorabled ay
TO him-Mr. Marshall tegan to take the
pills, one after each meal for a start.
In few days change was noticed and
as ne continued to take the pi ,is he
gradually improved and in little over
month he Was able to take the t: ain
tof toronto and yisit an astoaished