Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-06
A LONDON MIRACLE.
An Important Statement by a
WeIl-KnOwn Citizen.
Mr.. Il. J. Powell Relates His Remarkable
Experience TO an Advertiser Repre-
sentative Tortured by Malig-
nant Rheumatism From Boy
hOOd-lIe at Last Es.
capes From Agony.
A StOry Full Of
Hope for 9th
er Suffer
efs.


AT 33 Alma street, South London
lives Mr.. Il. j. Powell, gentleman
: who has resided in London aud yiciD
tty for abOutsix years. He has been 8
sufferer since bis youth with rbeuma
tism in It's worst form, but now the
haggard face and almost crippled form
Jf a year ago have given away to an
appearance of health and vigOr.
Hearing of this reporter called on
| Mr.. Powell aud asked him to relate his
experience.
The rst time / really felt any rheu-
matte trouble" said Mr. Powell, twas
IN 1872. a twinge of pain caught me,
out passed away in III instant. L did
uot knOw what 1t was. After that /
vas attacked at various periods, and IN
1876 began To grow alarmed. In 1878
suffered from sciatica in the left leg.
."For mum Der Of years afterward
continued to grow worse and worse.
Ia the summer of 1884 | experienced
the pain constantly. 1t was all day
ind at all times. / took the electric
treatment steadily fol several weeks,
| out il did me not the slightest good.
"a year ago last winter / was seized
| with pain and for fourteen weeRs
| never left the house. The only way in
| which could be moved was bv being
| wheeled around in an easy chair
| What | suffered during that period no
nne but myself can ever realize. Mr..
Marshall, of whose case you have read
II an acquaintance of mine, aud said he
| could not say whether Pink Pills would
sure rheumatism or not, but they were
GOOD for the blood anyway, and at
least il would do me no harm to try
ualf a dozen boxes.
$50 ! did, bought six boxes, took
four and received no benefit that |
could recognize, but while taking the
fifth noticed that for period of three
or four days felt no pain. supposed
it WAS temporary relaxation due to
natural causes However, IL gave me
some hope to finish the sixth box.
Then | knew | was getting better
much better The pain which bad
been constant became intermittent and
less severe. My friends and family
told me that | was beginning TO look
like another man. My face, which
lad begun to wear drawn expression,
common with people who are suffering,
commenced to show better color.
MY system was being toned up In-
spired with increased hope | purchased
six more boxes from DIR. Mitchell, the
and with each box | realized more and
more that II was "a cure. | used up
thirteen boxes in all, and when the
thirteen was finished had not
symptom of pain for three months.
"NOw,n concluded Mr.. Powell, "you
have my experience. | know what
was; | know what ! am. | know that
from boyhood | nave been victim of
malignant rheumatism, which has been
torture the last few years. / know
that have tried every remedy and
been treated 10y the best medical skill,
but ~ vain; and know that Pink Pills
have succeeded where everything else
has failed aud that they have brought
me back health aud happiness. There
fore ! ought TO be thankful, and am
thankful Aud Mr.. Powell's intense
eaInestness of manner could admit no
doubt as To his gratitude and sincerity.
"You may ask Rev. Mcintyre, of the
Askiu Street Methodist Church, or
Rev. q. A. Andrews, B. A.. pastor of
the Lambeth circuit, whether l was
sick man or not" were his parting
words.
The reporter dropped In ON Rev. G..
Il, Mcintyre at the parsonage, ,S2 'Askin |
street. II know Mr.. Powell well,n
said the reverend gentleman when |
questioned. "He is an esteemed par
ishoner of mine aud ia attending the
Askin Street Church again. "Do you |
remember Mr.. Powells illness year |
ago last winterp' "Ies; he had very |
bad attack OF rheumatism which laid |
him up for "a long time, He had To be |
wheeled around the house In chair. |
heard he had been cured by DIR. Will |
AIa A. L.
my opinion most conscientious per.
son, and any statement he would make |
would be perfectly reliable"
Mr.. u. A. Mitchell, the we'll known
druggist, upon whom the reporter |
next called, said; ~ know of Mr..
Powelps cure aud il Is every word true. |
have sold thousands of boxes of |
Pink Pills and knowing that they al
ways give satisfaction have no hesita. |
tion in recommending them as a per-
feet blood builder and nerve restorer,
curing such diseases as rheumatism,
neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomoter
ataNla, 81 Nilus dance, nervous head
ache, nervous prostraUon and the
tired feeling therefroln, the after ef-
tects ot lagrippe, dieeases depending ON
hum0r in the blood. such "a scrofula,
chronic erysipelas, etc. Pink Pills |
give healthy glow to pale and sallow
compleNions, aud are a specific Tor the
troubles peculiar 20 the female system,
aud in men they a effect radical cnre
in all cases arising from mental worry,
oveT'work or eXceases of whatever
naturr.n
These pills are manufactured by the
DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady n ", and Brockville,
Ont, aud sold only tn boxes bearing
their trade mark aud wrapper, at so
'enls a box, or six boNes Tor $500, aud
are never sold ia bulk, or 10y the dozen
~ hundred, aud any dealer who offers
substitutes Ia this i'rni Is trying Ia de.
reud sou, pud should he avoided.
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