Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-24
MAN WITH A HISTORY
The Terrible Experience that Bsfsl
John W. Thomas, Of Theta, Tenn.
Afflicted with . Peculiar Disease, HIS bodv
Covered with Lamps. Could Not Eat
and Thought He Wss Going to
Dry Up-His Recovery the
marvel OF Tennessee.

Mr.. John w. Thomas, Jr., OF Theta,
Tenn, Is a man with q most interest
ing history. At present he Is int r.
ested in blooded horses, for which
Maury County Is famous.
Sew people. take It., said Mr..
Tho mas to reporter who had asked
him for the story of his lie, have
passed through as remarkable chain
of events as have and remained alive
to tell the story.
at was along in 1884, when 1 was
working In the silver mines OF New
Mexico, that my troubles began: at
first suffered with indigestio and SD
acute did the pats become that l went
to California for my 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, huri led
back here to my cid home to die.
From simple Indigestion my malady
developed into q chronic Liability TO
take any substantial food, was barely
able to Greco about, and at times | vas
Frustrated by spells of heart palpita-
tion. This condition continued until
one year ago.
"On the 18th of April, 1883, I sud-
denly collapsed, and for days was I'M
conscious, in fact / was not fully N.Y.
self until July My condition on Sc pit.
was simply horrible; l weighed Lut
seventy pounds, whereas my normal
weight Is l65 pounds. All over my
body there were Jumps from the size
of grape to the size of a walnut, my
fingers were cramped SO that / could
not more than half straighten them. l
had entirely lost control OF my lower
limbs and my hand trembled so that
l,sv, unit hA
LIQUID. Nothing would remain on my
stomach, and it seemed that / must
dry up before many more days had
passed.
Il made another round Of the physi-
clans, calling in one after the Lther,
and by the aid of morphine and other
medicines they gave me, managed to
live, though barely, through the fall.
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his
arms, ana just above the elbow of each
there was large irregular stain as
large as the palm of the hand and Of q
purple color; the space covered by the
mark was sunken nearly to the bone.
THAT" said Mr.. Thomas, Il, what the
doctors did by putting morphine into
me.
"On the 18th of December, 1899, just
eight months after took permanently
to bed shall never forget the date
my cousin, Joe Foster, OF Carter's
Creek, called on me and gave me box
of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, saying they had cured him of
partial paralysis, with which / knew
he had all but died. 1 followed his
directions and began taking the m edi-
cine. AS a result stand before you
to-day the most surprised man on
earth. Look at my hand-it is as
steady as yours; my face has q healthy
look about it; have been attending to
my duties for month. Since / began
taking the pills have gained thirty
pounds, and / am still gaining. All
the knots have disappeared from my
body except this little kernel here in
my palm. / have good appetite and
l am almost as strong as ever was.
yesterday rode thirty-seven miles
on horse back; l feel tired to-day, but
not sick. used to have from two to
four spells of heart palpitation every
night. Since l began the use of the
pills have had but four spells alto
gether.
Il know positively that was cured
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and | be-
lieve firmly that it Is the most wonder
full remedy in existence to-day, and
every fact I have presented to you is
known to my neighbors as we'll as to
myself, and they will certify to the
truth of my remarkable cure"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are not a patent medicine in
the sense that name implies. They
were first compounded as a prescrip-
tion and used as such in general prac-
tice by an eminent physician. So great
was their efficacy that it was deemed
wise to place them within the reach Of
all. They are now manufactured by
the DIR. Williams Medicine Co pany,
Schenectady, N. Y, ana are sold in
boxes never in loose form by the dozen
or hundred, and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold
In this shape) at so cents a box. or six
boxes for $3.50, and may be had of all
druggists or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Company.