Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-10-05
A MAN WITH A HIST
THE TERRIBLE ENPERIEN(
BEFELL JOHN W. THOMA
THETA, TENNESSEE.


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Afflicted With n Peculiar Dis.
Body Covered VITA I.umps-Cs
Eat aud Thought lie was Goiu
Dry Up-IIls Recovery the aIt
vel OF Tennessee.
(From ne Nashviils, Tenn D
Mr.. John W. Thomas, Jr., Of Th
IS man with most interesting
AT present he is Interested in blooied
for which Maury County Is famous.
Few people, take it. " sail Nc.
TO reporter who had asked him
story of his life, "have passed tbr
remarkable chain Of events as I }. !,
remained alive to tell the story
at was along in 1884, when i was
In the silver mines OF New Mexico.
troubles began at first l suffered "
digestion, and so acute did the pal
come that went TO California for my
but the trip did me little goo i, and full
pressed with the idea that my last ds,
nearly dawned upon me, hurried baei
to my old home to die.
"From simple indigestion my malai
yelope into chronic inability totak
substantial foo !, was barely able 10
about, AMI at times l was prostr,t.
spells of heart palpitation This com
continued until one yearago.
"on the 18th OF April, 1898, I 50 n
collapsed, and for days l was uneon,
In fact was not fully myself until july
condition on September LIST was simpI
rlelei | weighed but seventy pounds. VII
my normal weight is 165 pounds. All
my body there were Jumps from the siz
grape 10 The size CT Z wa!aas. nv
were cramped SO that could not NOR,
nall straighten them. had entire
control of my lower limbs am NV
.remoled so that | could not drink wi
spiillng the liquid. Nothing would r,
on my stomach, and it seemed that
1ry up before many more DAYS had n
made another round OF tho pbvs1
calling in one after The other. and by + N
d morphine and other me iieines they
ne, | managed to livethough barely thfe
he fall. -
here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms.
ust above the elbow of each tbera -
afSe Irregular stain rs large as the mil
ne hand and OF purple color the 81
oNerod by the mark was sunkpn nefri
ne Zone. That said Mr.. Thomas.
mat tho doctors did by putting morpf
lto me.
"On the 11th OF December 1893 inst !
lonths after took permanently TO bed
ld.' never forget the late--my cousin$
oster, OF Carriers Creek. called on me
ave me box Of DR.. Williams Pink Il
u Pale People, saying they hal cured i
partial paralysis, with which l knew
40 all but died. l followed his direct
ID Degan taking the Medicine as a resul
ana beiore you to-day the most surpr.l
an on earth. Look at my hand. it Is
eady as yours my face has a healthy ID
out 1t have been attending 10 nv dut
ra month. Since began taking the pilI
we gained thirty pounds, and am Sd
lning. All the knots have disappeal
1m my body except this little Kernel al
my palm. have a good appetite an
almost as strong as l ever was.
~ yesterday | rode thirty-seven miles
rseback; feel tired to-day but NOT si
sed to have from ;wo TO four spells
art palpitation every night since | be
use OF the pills 1 have had but four So
ogether
1 know positively that l was cured
Williams Pink Pills, AMI believe frs
nat 1t is the most wonderful remedy
stenee to-day, and every fact | have . I
ted TO you is known TO my neighborsi4
! as to myself, and they will certify 10 Y
N OF my remarkable cure"
r. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG
not patent medicine in the sense tE@
he implies. They were first compoun IL
prescription and used as such In gen T,
lice by an eminent physician. So al
their efficacy that it was deemed wis "
o them within tn reach Of all. ThevH
manufacture by the DR.. TfllistS
lelne Company, Schenectady, N. " ~
sold in boxes (never in loose form "a Y
N or hundred, and the public aralF
ed against numerous Imitation !.
shape st tb,,.is,i,,.-s,a,ats a box, or I'D O.
d by mail from DR.. williams M edfAin'
p1ny.