The Baptist headlight., 1894-05-23
| Man with a History.
= rgppIBLE EXPERIENCE THAT BEFELL
Y IOHB W. THOMAS OF THETA,
TENNESSEE.
5 With a Peculiar Disease. His
Sp's Covered with Lumps. Could
DO. eat and Thought he was
Going to dry up. His Re
coyery the Marvel Of
Tennessee.
III, III Nashville, Tenn, Banner. \

fEsrogg the NdSHUItte, 1eHit', buHHer.)
ToLn w. Thomos. Jr., of Theta
NJ 4 man with a most interesting his
lenh.' Il I. nresent he is interested in bloodec
foIy for which Maury county is famous.
bosss IT, III neople take it, said Mr.. Thomas
efsr narter who had asked him for the sto
ssfb;s iIli life. shave passed through "a re.
u o'sLable a chain of events as have and re-
naLnadli IA alive to tell the story.
palIeT ~. Tas along in 1884. when | was work
sb .bo silver mines of New Mexico. that
bg y ironbles IA, began: at first | suffered with
q ~ Gs;aestion, and SO acute did the pains be-
Dus thaf I went to California for nv
:oaIsh :elsh INT the trip did me little good, and
sa.i;I asr i;mInressed with the idea that INV last
nR ,nanRbad a nearly dawned upon me, hurried
y ~ bere to my old home to die.
Ssr sprom simple Indigestion my malady de-
,lra5 INTO 4 chronic inability to take anv
RtsD.tssntial food, I was barely able to CREEP
a,g sss,t and at times was prostrated by spells
asgt Kart palpitation. This condition con
a..sd until one year ago.
~ ~ tbe 18th of April, 1893, suddenly col
,ssad and for days was unconscious, in
ssSTf ~ was not fully myself until July. NV
sadtion on September 1st, was simply hor-
o oss weighed but seventy pounds where
n". !. M normal weight is 165 pounds. All
IL M body there were Jumps from the
sas If grape to the size Of a walnut, my
N sasac we're cramped SO that | could not
.ap ..ss than half straighten them. | had en-
4,sv Iost control OF my lower limbs and
ass y gsand trembled SO that | could not drink
U +shout ~, spiling the liquid. Nothing would
.nair, on my stomach, and it seemed that
WA dry up before many more days had
used
sIInc ii one after the other, and by the aid
JmOrphine i ana other medicines they gave
u managed to live though barely
trough the fall.
Hqre Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms, and
" above the elbow Of each there was a
nge irregular stain as large as the palm Of
n hand and of a purple color, the space
svered by the mark was sunken nearly to
N bone THAT" said Mr.. Thomas, ''is
Fat the doctors did by putting morphine
nume.
iOn The 18th Of December, 1893. Just
dght months after | took permanently to
ed- shall never forget the date-my cous-
n.Joe Foster of Carter's Greek, called on |
N and gave me box Of DR.. Williams
FIX Pills for Pale People, saying they had
aed him Of partial paralysis, with which |
ha Ne had all but died. followed his di-
naions and began taking the medicine, as
Rit stand before you today the most
|Gpsed man on earth. Look at my hand,
|ls as steady as yours; my face has a
|nfhy look about it; | have been attending
|pny duties for month. Since I began
lung the pills have gained 30 pounds, and
1 'maill gaining. All the knots have dis
|aalsd from my body except this little
II nelhere in my palm. have good ap-
|ERand | am almost as strong as | ever
lsterday rode thirty-seven miles On
Eback, feel tired to-day but not sick.
to have from two to four spells Of
palpltation every night, since | began
OF the pills have had but four spells
ather.
know positively that was cured by
MAlliams' Pink Pills, and | believe firm
aiit ls the most wonderful remedy in
aace today, and every fact / have pre-
2 you is known to my neighbors as
Esto myself, and they will certify to
'sfin of my remarkable cure"
|1hllllams' Pink Pills for Pale People
1a@ patent medicine in the sense that
|sa implies. They were first compounded
n sapleserlptIon and used as such in gener-
spaelce BY an eminent physician. So
", " vas their efficacy that it was deemed
n N Y place them within the reach of all.
MI M afe now manufactured by the DR..
TrsSaas Medicine Company, Schenectady. |
~ Nj ana are sold in boxes tncver in loose
wv wv " me dozen or hundred, and the pub
Y ess " saunoned against numerous imita-
MN l II sOa y this shape) at 80 cents a box,
,as.'s n yves tor $3.50 and may be had of all !
iswsl assss n. ,l of direct by mail from DIR. Will
~ Medicine Company.