Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-05
ANOTHER N. ]. MIRACLE
A Story From CIV Jersey Which
Will Interest Everyone.


" ftft SIX 4 ff1AtA+As' afilN't -
4 very interesting story comes from
Cape MAY L. H., n. j. Jhe chief character
III the story is John L. Steel, who has
lived in that town for thirty years and is
QUE of the best known iueu III Cape May
County. To q reporter Mr.. steel sall
.GeFiaialy, I'll tell yott tue Story. am .1I
years old and was lirsi attacked With the
rheumatism twenty.six years ago. J s,!i-
ierei all that mortal man could stand. Inc
medicine and tho dDcioFing have had has
cost me At the very least S2,30j bstt they
were al like so much water in my case
"tIna day, in lSS2 was taken With
chill mp and down the back, my leg gave
out at the knee and fell Ike q log. Never
shall forget tho agOnv | suffered. |
thought ! would go crazy. | Could not
walk. and my legs were all drawn up al
the knee and felt as if dead. II was with
nit feeling and without power. called IN
DR.. Alexander Young, one Of our town
physicians. lie cupped and blisterei me
without success. | went to Or. Downs, a
physician of the old school. Dr.. Downs
took my leg and pulled 1t ont straight,
then he laid is over the arm of tile sofa ON
which ! was reclining, and from it sus.
pended TWO bricks, The pain was almost
unbearable. The battery was applied. and
the result was that | was just rs nad as
ever. As a last resource went to the late
| DR., Pancuast, then of Jefferson College.
! He pronounced my case chronic rheuIna.
! tisnl. and said that lie could rc.erc the
| pain but could not cure me. He gave me
| sarsaparilia and indide of potassium, OF
4 which lad already taken quantity.
4 felt that | was going from bad TO worse.
/ The pains were growing more intense. my
4 body was growing weaker and | mad TO
crawl upstairs OH my hands and knees.
| was as white as sheet, and at times nearly
1 frozen to death | slept under enough
| covering to crush me, aud was cold then.
had to lift my leg around wherever
wanted it, but at night u would twitch and
| jerk us though possessed by some hendish
power.
"Well. to CIT long story short. read
in the PHILADELPHIA RscOfd OF man who
had been cared by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, The story appeared
TO be an authentic account. and with ray
of hope sent for two boxes of Pink Pills
This was about six months ago. AS soon
as began to take them they began to dc
me good. | felt as though had been given
fresh blood and new muscles. When the
two boxes were finished ! sent for siS
more, and under this treatment con
tinuei to improve. | began 10 regair
the use of my limbs and could soon ge
around with the aid OF crItch and cane
Now have discarded the crutch. have
an excellent appetite and feel iirstclass al
over.
why Pink Pills have done more fol
ME than all the rest of the medicine anC
doctors put together, and my recovery !
due solely to them. / have taken i'll al
twenty boxes of Pink Pills and you cal
see for yourself what they have accom-
plished."
Suiting the action to the words Mr., Stee
placed his cane over his shoulder alli
walked off like a man who had never has
an hours sickness i'll his life. Some idei
of the severity of his case can be had from
the fact thai his left leg has been shortened
nearly an inch By the rayages of the dis
ease. The following affidavit was mad
before John Spalding, Justice Of the Peace
who has known Mr.. Steel during his entir
illness.
sworn and subscribed before me thi
10Th day Of May, A. p, 1888.
JoHS SPALDISG,
Justice Of tie Peace.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are not paten
medicine in the sense that name implies
/ They were first compounded as q prescriE
. ton, and used as such in general practic
by an eminent physician. So great wa
their efficacy that it was deemed wise /
place them within the reach of all. The,
are now manufactured by the Dr.WilliamS
: Medicine Company, Schenectady, \. y
} and BrockYille, Ont, and are sold i'll boxe
(never in loose form by the dozen or hur
dred, and the public are cautioned agains
! numerous limitations sold in this shapel Q
SO cents box, or six boxes for $3.50 an
may be had of all druggists or direct b
mail from DR.. Williams Medicine e,
g from either address, The price at whic
4 these pills are sold makes Il course of trea
5 meut Inexpensive as compared with 0tht
remedies OF medical treatment.