The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-01

Tho Terrible Experience That Be.
fell John w. Thomas. Of Theta,
Tennessee.
Amicted with Peculiar Disease HE
Body Covered with Lumps Gould Not
Eat and Thought lie Was Going
10 Dry Vp-liis Recovery tho
Marvel of Tennessee.



Mr. John w. Thomas. Jr.. Of Theta, Tenr.
Is man with a most interesting history. At
present he is interested in bloodcd horses for
which Maury County is famous.
Sew people, | take IL, said Mr.. Thomas
o. a reporter who had asked him for tho
story Of his life, 'have passed through as re-
markablc chain Of events as have ana re-
manned alive TO tell the story.
III was along in 1854. when was working
In the silver mines Of New Mesico, that nv
troubles began ut first ! suffered with in
digestion, and so acute did the pains be-
come that went 10 California form nv health.
but the trip did me little good, and fully i'm
pressed with the idea that my last day had
nearly dawncd upon me, hurried back here
10 my old home TO die.
From simple indigestion my malady de-
vclopcd into a chronic inability to take any
substantial food, was barely able 10 Green
about, and ut times ! was prostrated bv
spells OF heart palpitation. This Condition
continued until one year ago.
'On the 18th Of April. 1898, suddenly
collapsed, and for days was unconscious.
In fact was not fully myself until July.
My condition on September ST. was Simply
horrible, l weighed but seventy pounds.
whereas my normal weight is lGJ pounds.
All over my body there were lumps from
the Size of grape 10 the size of walnut.
my fingers were crampcd SO thatI could not
more than half atraightcn them. had en-
trcly lost control OF my lower limbs and
my hand trembled so that could not drink
without spilling the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach. and IL seemed that
| must dry up before many more days had
passed
n mn ~ -. al.
calling in one after the other, and by the
aid OF morphine and other medicines they
gave me, | managed to live though barely
through the FAM
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms,
and just above the elbow Of each there was
large irregular stain as large as the palm
Of the hand and Of a purple color. the space
covered b. the mark was sunkcn nearly to
the bone. That" said Mr. Thomas. .is
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
ION the llth OF December. 1898 Just eight
months after took permanently TO bed
shall never forget the date-my cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carriers Creek, called on me and
gave me box OF DR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, saying they had cured him
Of parfial'paralysis with which / knew he
had all put died. l followed his directions
and began taking the medicine, as a result
/ stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Look at my hand. j. is as
steady as yours; my face has healthy look
about it: | have been attending 10 nv
duties for n month. Since | began taking
the pills have gained 80 pounds, and am
still gaining All the knots have disap-
peared from my body except this little
kernel here in my palm. have a good APP
petite and am almost as strong as ever
was.
yesterday rode thirtv-seven miles on
horseback ! feel tired to-day but not sick.
l used 10 have from two to four spells of
heart palpitation every night. since h. gan
the use OF the pills have had but four spells
altogether.
II know positively that / was cured BY
DR. Williams Pink Pills. and believe firm
ly that ii Is the most wonderful remedy in
existence to-day, and every fact have pre-
sentcd to You is known 10 my neighbors as
well as to myself and they will certify to
the truth Of my remarkable cure
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not patent medicine IN the sense that
name implies They were first compounded
as prescription and used as such in general
practice by an eminent physician. So great
was their efficacy that IL was deemed wise
10 place them within the reach Of all.
They are now manufactured by the DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
n. ". and are sold III boxes never in loose
form by the dozen or hundred, and the
public are cautioned against numerous i'm
itations sold in this shape) at 10 cents "A box.
or six boxes for ,25,. and may be had OF all
druggists or direct by mail from DR. VII
hams' Medicine Company.