Fair play., 1894-05-26
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
The Terrible Experience That Be.
fell John W. Thomas, Of Theis
Tennessee.
Afflicted with a Peculiar Disease-uis
Body Covered with Lumps-Could No,
Eat and Thought He Was Going
to Dry Up-His Recovery the
Marvel of Tennessee.
From the Nashville. Tenn. Banner !

| Mr. John W Thomas. ,Ir.. Of Theta, Tenn
| is Il man with mos interesting history. VI
| preseIe he is interested in bloodcd horses for
| which Naurr County : famous
| Few people, | take it, said Mr.. Thomas
| 70 a reporter who had asked him Tor the
| story Of his life, have passed through Is re
| markable I chain of events asl have a2d rc-
mained alive 10 tell the story
1T was along in lssi when was workinc,
| in the silver mines Of New Mexico that NV
| troubles began: ut first | suffered with in
| digestion. and 50 acute did the pains be
come that | wentto California for my health.
but the trip did NE little good. and fully in
| pressed with the idea that my last day had
| nearly iawned upon me, l hurried back here
10 my old home 70 die.
From simple Indigestion my maladv de-
veloped into a chronic inability II take anv
substantial food, l was barely able u creep
about. and at times Twas pros-rated by
spells of heart palp!tatiUn. This condition
continued until one year ago.
"On the ilth Of April. l>43. | suddenly
collapsed, and for days l was unconscious.
in fact l was not fully myself until July.
Ny condition on September 81, was simply
horrible, | weighed but seventy pounds.
whereas my normal weight IS l6j pounds
All over my body there were Jumps from
the size Of grape 10 the size Of a walnut.
my fingers We're cramped So that could not
more than half straighten them | had en-
tircly lost control of my lower limbs and
my hand trcmbled So that Icoull not drink
without spilling the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach. and il seemed tha.
must dry up before many more days had
passed.
II made another round of the physicians.
calling i'll one after the other. AMI 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.
and Just above the elbow of each there was
a large irregular stain as large is the palm
of the hand aud of Il purple color. the space
covered by the mark was suuken nearly to
the bone. That" said Mr.. Thomas, '.is
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into mo.
''On the ilth of December, 1898. Just eight
months after | took permanently to bed
shall never forget the date-my cousin. Joe
Foster. of Carriers Creek, called on me and
gave me a box of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for PAX. People. saying they had cured him
of partial paralysis, with which | knew he
had all but died | followed his directions
and began taking the mcd!,inc as !: result
| stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Look at my hand, il is as
steady as yours; my face has healthy lool;
about it; l have been attending to my
duties for month. Since | BEGAN taking
the pills have gained 80 pounds, and l am
still gaining. All the knots have disap-
peared from my body except this little
kernel here in my palm. | have good APP
petite and am almost as strong as | ever
was.
yesterday rode thirty-scven miles on
horseback feel tired to-day but not sick.
| used 10 have from two To four spells of
heart palpitation every night, since began
the use of the pills have had but four spells
altogether.
Il know positively that I was cured by
Dr. Williams Pink Pills, and believe firm
Is that it is the most wonderful remedy in
existence to-day, and every fact have pre-
sented to You is known 10 my neighbors as
well as TO myself. and they will certify to
the truth of my remarkable cure"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not patent medicine in the sense that
name implies They We're first compounded.
as prescription and used as suchin gcn2ra!s
practice by an eminent physician. 50 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 Company, Schenectady,
y. V. and are sold il boxes tncver i'll loose
form bv the dozen or hundred, and the
public are cautioned against numerous i'm
itations sold in this shape 1T - cents 4 box,
or six boxes Tor -. aud may be had OF all
druggists or direct b. mail from DR. VII
iaIns' Medicine Company.