Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-03-22
THE PREACHERS WIFE.
A Newspaper Mans Visit to an
Arcadian Home In Missouri.
The Interesting Story of "a Lady who
Hnd Lived for Thirty Years In tho
Shadow OF Sudden Death
Halo Old Age Recalls n
Dark Memory.

Nrom tho ST. Louis Globo Democracy
"Yes, ought to DO happy in this little
paradise, andnow am, butthero werclong
years when lived in the shadow, not OF tho
ioresttrees that loom up SO grandly on our
hillside, but in the shadow of death. For
years saw the sun go down behind tho
western hills, and as retired for the night
added to the prayer, which it has been the
custom Of my dear husband and myself TO
utter together, tho old, the sweet, tho trust
full invocation Of childhood, If should die
before l wake, pray the Lord my soul TO
take Inover gazedu tho orb asst sank
behind the hills without the haunting fear
that 1t was for the last time"
Tho speaker was Mrs. s. s.. Ballaine, the
wife of Rev. s. s. Ballaine, of HORNE Sta.
ton, Jefferson County, Mo. Mrs. Ballaino
has for many years led the life Of an invalid
70 whom tho dread summons might como aL
any moment, until kind providence threw
her way tho remedy that has restoredher
aealth, her vigor, one would almost say,
aeryouth. Her recovery is unsurpassed in
The history of medical science and should be
repeated in every paper and publication
In the land that others suffering with the
experience OF Mrs. Balaine and be saved.
| correspondent Of tho Gl0be-Demoordt
determined to start the good work and
called at tho Ballaine Home, believing that
the story would be of far greater value and
interest If told in the lady's own words.
my story" said she, sis simple one of
suffering and relief. ] have had disease of
the heart from which few ever recover, and
from which never expected to escape. 1t
was In 1864 that was first made aware that
| had heart trouble. / had risen and lighted
fire, feeling in normal health, when 1 sud
denly became unconscious. / knew no
moro until l recovered my senses in bed.
They told me that ] was black in the face,
and that when first picked up no motion of
the heart was perceptible. About six years
ago was attacked with variety of afllic-
tions, such rs short breath, extreme weak.
ness, fainting spells, and, most annoyingot
all, burning, irritating nettlo rash, that at
times rendered me almost frantic, and, as
you can readily understand, seriously aggra-
waited my heart troubles. l had settled
down to contemplate the end, and such was
my suffering that, wicked as 1t was, some
times prayed for it, when one day glancing
over religious paper published in Mon
treal, read the testimony of a lady whose
case was much like mine, and who had been
benefited by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
| Pale People. Having seen similar accounts
in other reputable papers, resolved to try
| them. 1t was o heaven-Sent resolution.
| The first box had most miraculous effect.
| The ncttle rash disappeared as If by mgaic,
and my trouble yielded to the medicine like
the snow yields to the spring-time sun, and
l feel better to-day than have for twenty
| II ~ for nt1gh hon INV
Improved condition. My blood is full and
rich, my appetite is good, my nerves arc
steady, j sleep soundly and wake up re-
freshed, l climb the hills of our farm with
out fatigue and perform all the manifold
duties of tho farmers wife, and surely my
| heart must be in normal state when an
swcr to all these conditions.
Newspaper ethics usually prevent thepub-
LEGATION in the news columns of anything
that might be construed as an advertise
ment and thus much valuable knowledge is
suppressed that might prove of incalcula-
bic benefit to thousands. The praise of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills should be sung
throughout the land. They should be as ia
miliar in every household as the name of tho
nation, and the newspapers should unite in
making them So
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f2.50-they are never sold in bulk or by the
1907 by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y, or Brockville
Ontario.