The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-04-28
SOLSVILLE MIRACLE.
Restoration of Philander Hyde
from Paralysis.
Helpless and Bed-Rldden-His Recovery
from This Pitiable Conditional
Remarkable Narrative.


During the past few months there have
appeared in the columns of the STANDARD the
particulars Of 4 number of cures so remark
able as TO justify the term miraculous.
These cases were investigated and youched
for by the Albany JDu nI, the Detroit Netrs.
iLbnnY Express and other papers whose rep
utation is q guarantee that the facts were
as stated. Different schools of medicine
and some of the brightest lights in the pro-
fesslOn had treated these cases. unsuccess-
July; and their recovery later on, there
fore, and its means, have created aprOfound
sensation throughout the country.
The S'dHiIsi has published the above &C
counts for what they were worth, and are
happily able To supplement same to-day by
an equally striking case near home. The
case Is over in Madison county, at Solsville,
and the subject is Mr.. Philander HYDE, who
told the reporter the following:
Il will be 80 in September. l was born
IN Drookiicld. Madison county, where ali
my life was spent until recently, when. be-
coming helpless. | came to I've with my
daughter here. My life occupation has been
that of a farmer. l was always well and
rugged until two years ago last winter,
when | had the grip. When it left me | had
a sensation of nUmbness in my legs. which
gradually grew to be stiff at the Joints and
very painful. | felt the stiffness in my feet
first. and tEcpain and the stiffness extended
Ia my knees and to my hip joints. and 10
the bowels and stomach. and prevented d.
gcSti"n. To move the bowels | was Com-
pc!l'rl to take great quantities of castor oil.
While | was in this condition, cold feel
ings would BEGIN in my feet and streak up
my legs TO my back and would follow the
whole lcngtu Of my back bore. could not
sleep. | had no appetite, | become helpless.
While in this condition WAS treated by a
nun Der of prominent physicians. They did
me no good. Isooa became perfectly help
less and lost all power of motion even in my
bed"
The physicians consulted pronounced
fathers ease creeping paralysis" said MIR.
and Mrs. Johnson. land when ne brought
him h"Iuc he had 10 be carried all the way
i'll Il bed. The doctors said they could only
relieve the pain, and for the purpose he took
a pint Of whiSkcy a day for three months,
and morphine in great quantities. When he
BEGAN taking Pink Pills we stopped giving
him morphine or any other medicine. and
cut OF all stlmulautS. In ten days after
father hc-dn taking the pills. he could get
out Of hcd and walk without assistance. and
has continued to improve until now he
walks about the house and the streets by
the aid IF 4 cane only"
YES" said NJ. Hyde. and the pain has
gone out Of my back and the nUmbncss out
of my lc,;S. | have no more rhills. my di-
CcSri0n is good. and l have an excellent ap-
petite And then. after a pause. But. an,
ne. | am an old man: | nave seen NV best
days. and cannot hope To- rcrover my old
vi-"r as a younger man might. bat | am SO
thankful! II have the uSc If my limbs and 10
be relieved of those dreadful p2iaS."
Others IN SolSvillc are tak:a" Pink Pills,
notably the mother "f Abel Curtis. who IS
using them with satisfactory effect for ricu-
matiSm. and Mrs. Lirpitt, wife Of cx SEN
ator lirifrt. Is using them with much bcne-
tt for nervous debility.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain in a con-
dcnscd form al tn" elements necessary to
give new life and richness Ia the blood. and
restore shattered nerves. They are an IN
failing specific for SUcn diseases as lncGmO-
tor atlXia. partial paralysis. st Nitus' dance,
neuralgia, Rheumatism, nervous headache,
the after CifcrtS Of Ia grippe. palritatiuR Of
the heart. and that tired feeling resulting
from nervous prostitution, all diseases re-
sUlfiHg from vItiatcd humorS in the blood,
such as svr"fUia. chronic CTySiVrlaS. etc.
They arr ais i specific for troubles peculiar
L. females. such as supprcsSiuns. irregular
ties and all forms of weakness. In men
they c!fcct a radical cure in all eases arising
from mental worry, Overwurk or cN,eSscs
OF whatever nature.
These Pills are manufactured by the pr.
Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady,
y. Y. AMI B~rockvillc. Ont, and are sold
only in boxes bearing the iirm's trademark
and wrapper al - cents a box. or SIX boxes
for - -. and az" never sold in bulk or by
the dozen or hundred.