Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-06-21
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
The Terrible Experience That Be-
fell John w. Thomas, Of Theta,
Tennessee.
Body Covered with Lumps- Gould Not
Eat and Thought He Was Going
TO Dry Up-His Recovery the
Marvel OF Tennessee.
LFrOm tAo Nashville. Tenn.. panner. ]

Mr. John W. Thomas, Jr, of Theta Tenn,
is maj with most interesting history. AT
present he is interested in blooded horses for
which Maury County is famous
"Few people, take it, said Mr.. Thomas
TO a reporter who had asked him for the
story of his life, shave passed through as re-
markable chain of events asI have and re-
manned alive to tell the story.
SIT was along in 1884, when was working
In the silver mines of New Mexico, that my
troubles began; at first / suffered with in
digestion, and so acute did the pains be-
come that went to California formy 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 chronic inability to take any
substantial food, was barely able to creep
about and at times Twas Frustrated by
spells of heart palpitation. This condition
continued until one year ago.
ION the 18th of April, 1893, suddenly
collapsed, and for days l was unconscious,
in fact was not fully myself until July.
My condition on September st, was simply
horrible, l weighed but seventy pounds,
whereas my normal weight is 165 pounds
All over my body there were Jumps from
the size Of grape to the size of a walnut,
my fingers were cramped so thatI could not
more than half straighten them. l had en-
tirely lost control of my lower limbs and
my hand trembled so that could not drink
without spilling the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach, and it seemed that
must dry up before many more days had
passed
~ made another round of the physicians,
calling in one after tho 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
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
tho bone. "That," said Mr.. Thomas, sis
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
"On the 18th of December, 1898, just eight
months after took permanently to bed
shall never forget the date-my cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carriers Creek, called on me and
gave me box of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, saying they had cured hin
of partial paralysis, with which l knew he
had all but died. I followed his direction:
and began taking the medicine, as a result
| stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Look at my hand, it is a!
steady as yours; my face has healthy lool
about it; l have been attending to my
duties for month, Since | began tal1inf
the pills have gained 30 pounds, and l an
still gaining. All the knots have disap
peared from my body except this LITTLE
kernel here in my palm. have good ap
petite and am almost as strong as l evel
was.
yesterday rode thirty-seven miles OF
horseback feel tired to-day but not sick
used to have from two to four spells o.
heart papitation every night, since | begaI
the use of the pills have had but four spells
altogether.
II know positively that / was cured b,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and believe firm
ly that it is the most wonderful remedy il
existence to-day, and every fact have pre-
sented to you is known to my neighbors a.
well as to myself, and they will certify Il
the truth of my remarkable cure"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peopl
are not patent medicine in the sense tina
name implies. They were first compounded
as a prescription and used as suchin genera
| practice by an eminent physician. So grea
| was their efficacy. that it was deemed wis
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 loos
form by the dozen or hundred, and tn
| public are cautioned against numerous in
itations sold in this shape) at 80 cents aboz
or six boxes for 80, and may be had Of a
druggists or direct by mail from DR., Wi
iams' Medicine Company.