The People's friend., 1894-05-24
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
The Terrible Experience That Be-
fell John w. Thomas, of Theta,
Tennessee.
Afflicted with a Peculiar Dlsease-Hls
Body Covered with Lumps-Couid Not
Eat and Thought He Was Going
to Dry Up-His Recovery the
Marvel of Tennessee.
From the Nashville, Tenn. Banner.


Mr.. John w Thomas, Jr., of Theta, Tenn,
Is a man with most interesting history. AT
present he is interested in blooded horses tor
which Maury County is famous.
Grew people | take it, said Mr., Thomas
10 a reporter who had asked him for the
story of his life, ''have passed througha as re
markable a chain of events as have and re
mained alive to tell the story.
.eIt was along in 1884, when | was working
in the silver mines of New Mexico, that my
troubles began; at first l suffered with IN
digestion, and so acute did the pans pc
come that wentto California formy health,
but the trip did me little good, and fully i'm
pressed with the idea that my last day had
nearly dawned upon me, hurried back here
to my old home to die.
'From simple indigestion my malady de-
veloped into chronic inability to take any
substantial food, l was barely able to creep
about, and at times l was prostrated by
spells of heart palpitation. This condition
continued until one year ago.
"On the 18th of April 1898, l suddenly
collapsed, and for days was unconscious,
in fact / was not fully myself until July
NV condition on September 1st, was simply
horrible. | weighed but seventy pounds,
whereas nv normal weight is 165 pounds.
All over nv body there were Jumps from
the size of a grape to the size of walnut,
nv fingers were cramped so that1 could not
more than half straighten them. had en-
tirelv lost control of my lower limbs and
NV hand trembled so that could not drink
without spilling the liquid. Nothing would
remain on nv stomach, and it seemed that
must dry up before many more days had
passed.
II made another round of the physicians,
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 1a4l."
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms
and lust above the elbow of each there wa:
a large irregular stain as large as the palm
nf the hand and of purple color, the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly t.
the bone. 'That,'' said Mr.. Thomas, I'll
what the doctors did by putting mOrphin
into me.
Ion the 11th Of December, 1898, just elgh
months after took permanently to bed
: shall never forget the date-my cousin, 10
J Foster. of Carriers Creek, called on me an
gave me a box of DR.. Williams Pink Pill
for Pale People, saying they had cured hl1
of partial paralysis, with which L knew n
had all but died. l followed his direction
and began taking the medicine, as resu
7 stand before YOU to-day the most surprise
man on earth Look at my hand, it is 6
steady as yours, my face has healthy loo
about it; / have been attending to m
duties for a month. Since | began takln
the pills l have gained 30 pounds, and al
still gaining All the knots have disal
reared from my body except this lit
kernel here in nv palm. l have good al
petite and am almost as strong as eve
was.
yesterday l rode thirty-seven miles Q
horseback. feel tired to-day but not sicl
used to have from two to four spells
heart palpitatiOn every night, since bega
the use of the pills | have had but four spel
altogether. ,
II know positively that l was cured /
DR. Williams Pink Pills, and | believe tlr1
lv that it is the most wonderful remedy
existence to-day, and every fact have pr
sented to YOU is known to my nelghOorS
we'll as to myself, and they will certify
the truth of nv remarkable cure"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Poop
are not patent medicine In the sense tn
: name implies They were first cOmpOundt
3, as a PRESCRIPTION and used as suchln gener
practice by an eminent physician. SO gre
was their efficacy that it was deemed WI
to place them within the reach OF a
They are now manufactured by the u
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectad
N. Y. and are sold in boxes (never IN loo
form bv the dozen or hundred, and I
public are cautioned against numerous II
itations sold in this shape) at 30 cents Oo
or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had OF
druggists or direct by mail from DIR. W
iams' Medicine Company.