The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-06-02
A MAN WITH A HISTORY
THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE THAI
BEFELL JOHN w. THOMAS OF
THETA, TENNESSEE.
Afflicted With n Peculiar Disease
His Body Covered With Jumps
Could Not Eat and Thought He Wa
Going to Dry Up. His Recovery tn,
Marvel Of tennessee

From the Nashville, Tenn, Banner.)
MI. John w. Thomas, Jr., of Theta,
Tenn, is a man with Il most interest.
ing history. At present he is interested
in bloodcd horses, for which Maury
county is famous.
Few people, I take it," said Mr..
Thomas to a reporter who had asked
him for the story Of his life, have
passed through as remarkable a chain
of events as l have and remained alive
to tell the story.
1T was along in 1884, when I was
working in the silver mines in New
Mexico, that my troubles began; at
acute did the pains become that l went
trip did me little good, and fully i'm
pressed with the idea that my last day
had nearly dawned upon me, l hurried
back here to my old home to die.
From simple indigestion my malady
developed into a chronic inability to
take any substantial food, l was barely
able to creep about, and at times l was
FRUSTRATED by spells Of heart palpita-
ton. This condition continued until
n year ago.
On the 18th of April, 1898, I sud-
denly collapsed, and for days l was un-
conscious; in fact, l was not fully my
self until July. My condition on Sep.
TENDER LIST was simply horrible. l
weighed but seventy pounds, whereas
my normal weight is 1G5 pounds. AL
over ny body there were Jumps from
the size of a grape to the size Of a
walnut; my fingers were cramped so
that l could not more than half
straighten them. I had entirely lost
control of my lower limbs, and my
hand trembled so that l could not
drink without splitting the liquid. Moth
ing would remain on my stomach, and
it seemed that I must dry up before
many more days had passed.
Il made another round Of the physi-
clans, calling in one after the other,
and by the aid of morphine and other
medicines they gave me I 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 a purple
color, the space covered by the mark
was sunken nearly to the bone.
That" said Mr.. Thomas, lis what
the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
ION the 18th of December, 1893, just
eight months after l took permanently
to bed-I shall never forget the date
my cousin Joe Foster of Carriers Greek,
called on me and gave me a box Of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, saying they had cured him of par
tial paralysis, with which I knew he
had all but died. I followed his di-
rections and began taking the medi-
cine. AS a result I stand before you
to-day the most surprised man on
earth. Look at my hand; it is as steady
as yours; my face has a healthy look
about it; I have been attending to my
duties for a month. Since I began
taking the pills I have gained 80
pounds, and I am still gaining. All
the knots have disappeared from my
body except this little kernel here in
my palm. I have a good appetite and
I am almost as strong as I ever was.
yesterday 1 rode thirty-seven miles
on horseback; I feel tired to-day but
not sick. l used to have from two to
four spells of heart palpitation every
night. Since I began the use of the
pills I have had. but four spells alto
gether.
81 know positively that I was cured
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and l be-
lieve firmly that it is the most Won
derful rcuedy in existence to-day, and
every fact l have presented to you is
klGNn to my neighbors as well as my
self, and they will certify to the truth
of my remarkable cure"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are not a patent medicine in
the m that name implies. They
were first compounded as a prescrip-
ton and used as such in general prac-
ticc by an eminent physician. SO great
was their efficacy that it was deemed
wise to place them within the reach of
all. They arc now manufactured by
the T)r. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady. N. Y. and arc sold in
boxes (never in loose form by the
dozen or hundred, and the public are
cautioned against numerous limitations
sold in this shape) at 80 cents a box,
or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had
of all druggists or direct by mail from
DR.. Williams Medicine Company.
FIGHTING POWER OF CHINA.