The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-25
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
,r1yE TERRIBLE EXPERiENoE
nEFEIL JOHN w. THoNA' w
THETA, TENNESSEE.
,m;.t.a with II Peculiar Dist"Se'
M. u,ax Covered with Lumps'
x., Ent md Thought He was
Going to Dry Up. His recovery
Marvel of Tennessee.
f,9rom the Nashville. Tenn tanner

r,rom tbe Nashville, Tenn, Banner9
Mr. John w. Thomas, Jr.. OF lheta,
Tenn is 4 man with most interest
;,,r history At present he is Interested
IN hIoolcI horses, for which Maury
county is famous. A..
Few people, | take II, said Mr.
Thomas TO Il reporter who ild ashe'l
him for the story Of his lie, nave
nasSea through as remarkable Il chalh
If events as have and remained awe
to tell the story.
1T was along in 1884. when | was
working in the silver mines III New
Mexico, that my troubles began. ut
first | suffered with Indigestion, ana SO
aelrte did the pains become that went
to California for my health, but the
trip did me little good, and fEliy I'M
pressed with the idea that my Inst day
had nearly Iuwne,l upon me, ! hurried
back here to my old home To die.
From simple Indigestion my lnalady
developed into Il chronic inability To
take any substantial food, | was barely
able 10 creep about, and 1T times | was
prostratcd by spells Of heart I'alplta-
rion. This condition continued until
one year ago.
on the llth of April. 1893, | sud
denly collapsed, and for ia, $ | was un-
conscious. in fact. was not fully my
self until July, My condition on Sep
tenber 1>t was simply horrible.
weighed but seventy pounds. whereas
my normal weight is l6o pounds. All
over NY body there were humps from
the size Of il grape To the size OF Il
walnut my fingers were cramped So
that | could not more than half
straiehten them | had entirely lost
control of my lower limbs, and my
hand trembled So that | could not
drink without spilliug the liquid. Moth
ing 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 other.
and by the aid Of morphine and other
medicines they gave lie ! managed to
live though barely through the fall.
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms,
aud just above the elbow of each there
was Il large irregular stain rs large as
the palm of the hand and Of Il purple
color, the space covered by the mark
was sunken nearly to the bone
That" said Mr. Thomas. is what
the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
On the 1lth Of December. lS9;, just
eight months after took permanently
to bed shall never forget the date
my cousin Joe Foster Of Gartcr's Greek
called on me and gave ne box of
Df. Williams Pink Pills for Pale peo-
pie, saying they Lad cured him Of par
tldl paralysis. with which | knew lie
had all but died | followed his di
feetions and began taking the med-
cine. As I result | stand before yOi
to-day the most surprised man on
earth. Look at my hand. ii Is :lS steady
rs yours; my face has il healthy look
about II. | have been attending to nv
duties for month. Sine. began
taking the pills | have .ane! 30
pounds, and | am still gaining. All
the Knots have disappeared from my
body except this little kernel here in
my palm. have Il good appetite and
| an almost as strong as | ever was.
esterday | rode thirty seven miles
on horseback. | feel tired to-day ln,t
not SICK. 1 used to have from two 10
1oiir spells Of heart palpi,a,ion every
AIsht. since began the u.s. ot the
pills ! have had but four spells alto.
gether
Know positively that | was eured
ny lr Williams Pink Pills. anl | b.
lleNe ffmly that it Is the lno>t won.
defful reue1y in cxistent.. to-day ,na
every 1aet | have presented 70 Won *
hLsNh 70 my neighbors as well * my
ssii, ana they will certify To the truth
of my remarkable cure
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale
Ieopie are not 4 patent medicine in
ut sens that name implies. They
We're iirst compounded ~ j nr.sn,i,.
uoh anu used as such in general nr,r-
.ice Dy IN eminent phySieian So a.re.t
was 'heir efficacy that ii was deemed
wise 70 place them within the reach of
an. hey are now manufactured ;,v
ule ir Williams Medicine 1nmn,nv
otiehectady. \. Y. and ar. sold ~
nos's 1heVer III loose form hv III.
uozeli or hundred, and the puh)jc aro
cautioned against numerous it,ita,;,,n
soni ~ ms shal,e) ut - cent, 4 hox
- s,A npxcs Tor $50. and may i. had
~ ~ aii druggists or direct by mail frnn,
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he names Of all persons who 49,