The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-24
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
The Terrible Experience That Be. fell John w. Thomas, of Theta,
 Tennessee.
Afflicted with Peculiar Disease-Hts Body Covered with Lumps-Could Nos Eat and Thought He Was Going to Dry Up-His Recovery the
 Marvel of Tennessee.
[From the Nashville, Tenn, Banner l

MT. John w. Thomas, Jr., of Theta, Tenn, is a man with most interesting history. At present he is interested in blooded horses for which Maury County is famous.
 Few people, take it, said Mir. Thomas to reporter who had asked him for the story of his life, ''have passed through as re- markable chain of events as have and re- mained alive to tell the story
 "It was along in 1884, when was working in the silver mines of New Mexico, that my troubles began; at first I suffered with in- digestion, and so acute did the pains be- come that wentto California for my health, but the trip did me little good, and fully i'm pressed with the idea that my last day had nearly dawned upon me, hurried back here to my old home to die.
 "From simple indigestion my malady de- veloped into a chronic inability to take any substantial food, was barely able to creep about, and at times I was prostrated by spells of heart palpitation. This condition continued until one year ago,
 "On the llth of April, 1S93 suddenly collapsed, and for days I was unconscious, in fact was not fully myself until July. My condition on September st, was simply horrible, weighed but seventy pounds, whereas my normal weight is 165 pounds. All over my body there were humps from the size of grape to the size of walnut, my fingers were cramped so thatI could not more than half straighten them. had en- tirely lost control of my lower limbs and my hand trembled so that Icould not drink without spilling the liquid. Nothing would remain on my stomach, and 1t seemed that must dry up before many more days had passed.
 'I made another round of the physicians, calling in one after the other, and 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 as the palm
 of the hand and of purple color, the space covered by the mark was sunken nearly to the bone. "That," said Mir. Thomas, lis
 what the doctors did by putting morphine into me.
 'On the 11th of December 1898, just eight months after I took permanently to bed-I shall never forget the date-my cousin, Joe Foster, of Carters' Creek, called on me and gave me box of Dr. Williams Pink Pills
 for Pale People, saying they had cured him of partial paralysis, with which I knew he had all but died. l followed his directions and began taking the medicine, as a result stand before you to-day the most surprised man on earth. Look at my hand, 1t is as steady as yours; my face has healthy look about it; I have been attending to my duties for a month. Since 1 began taking the pills have gained 30 pounds, and am still gaining. All the knots have disap- peared from my body except this little i kernel here in my palm. l have good ap- i petite and am almost as strong as ever was.
 'Yesterday rode thirty-seven miles on horseback. I feel tired to-day but not sick. used to have from two to four spells of heart palpitation every night since began the use of the pills have had but four spells altogether.
 1T know positively that was cured by ly that it is the most wonderful remedy in existence to-day, and every fact I have pre- sented to you is known to my neighbors as i well as to myself, and they will certify to the truth of my remarkable cure.n Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are not patent medicine in the sense that name implies. They were first compounded as prescription and used as such in general practice by an eminent physician. So great was their efficacy that it was deemed wise to place them within the reach of all. They are now manufactured by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and are sold in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred, and the public are cautioned against numerous i'm itations sold in this shape) at 30 cents box, druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Will iiaTpal Mad{cina COmDany