The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-06
FRANKFORD'S MIRACLE.
SAMUEL HART, 4 PBRALYTIC, ASTON
ISLES PEOPLE BY WALKING.
The Story of Man Whom Ply sicians
Had Given Up-Once Cripple and
a ParaIytic, Now as SpFy as
Boy-His Recovery Re-
marketable One.

IaraiYttc, NOW as spy as
Boy-His Recovery a Re-
markabIe One.
From the Philadelphia Record.l
The wonderful experience of Samuel j.
Hart of Frankford has set the whole
Twenty third Ward talking,
Mr.. Hart and his wife conduct a dry
goods store at 1861 Fran kford avenue. He
is about 20 years of age, is pioneer in the
Frankford district. He fought for the
Union bravely throughout the war with
Colonel Gray's gallant regiment. the
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and is leading member of Phil j. Kear-
ney Post No. 50, G. s.. r. He also belongs
to Shackamaxon Tribe No. 116 of the I'M
proved Order OF Red Men, the Knights Of
Pythias and numerous other organizations.
Here is the story he told reporter of his
wonderful cure, which has startled Frank
ford:
''Six years ago while l was working at
my trade as carpenter. l fell downstair
and fractured my skull, sprained my spine
in two places and sustained other serious
Injuries. l was picked up for dead, car
ried home and laid for thirteen months
utterly unconscious of my surroundings,
in fact l was Ous of my mind. Then | had
my skull trephined at the Hahnemann
Hospital" here Mr.. Hart exhibited a small
portion of his own skull bone which he
carries as a pocket piece, "apd | began to
improve, but my spine gave me great
deal OF trouble and eventually resulted in
locOmotOr ataxia. First | found l could
not walk without two canes; | became so
bent that felt like living Interrogation
point. Although l was under treatment
by a skilled physician | grew rapidly
worse.
''On February IA last" continued Mr..
Hart, Il was suddenly seized with loco
motor ataXia. Both my legs below the
knees were numb and com pletely par
alyzed, and had a painful sensation about
the hips. L fell and was confined for about
five months in an invalid chair. Besides
the paralysis OF my lower limbs L suffered
eXcruciating pains in my back ana legs,
could not sleep soundly; my nerves were
completely upset aud my appetite went
back on me. would frequently go several
| days without eating mOuthful of food.
| Once tried to false myself in the crutcbes,
! but fe helpless forward and would have
| struck the floor had not the doctor seized
me. He told me never to try and walk
| again. Then l was seized with frigbtful
| commissions, which came on at intervals.
Zone day last June l happened to read
IN newspaper OF remarkable cure, eff
| fected by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
! People, OF man up IN Maine suffering
| frcm locomotOr ataXIa. | told my wife
| a bout it. we both agreed that 1T would do
| no harm to try the pills and we got sup
| ply. Before L had finished the first lot
was able to leave my Invalid chair. The
1
dead legs, ana l put the chair up in the
| garrett. 1t has been there ever since. |
| have steadily improved ever since and my
| legs are now as sound as dollar. My
| form s more erect. and l walk with the
same springy motion that l had when l
| was twenty-five years old. Let me give
| you an instance of my activity"
| He picked up a cane, held it with both
| hands a slight distance apart and hoped
! through ii and back again with the agility
of a Schoolboy. That is something very
few young men can do. he sad, with a
touch of pride in his tone.
Il suffer no more pain in nv limb" he
resumed, but my fractured skull gives
me some trouble. | have severe pains in
the head, beyond these I am well man,
and | ascribe my recovery entirely to Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
Again, | repeat, beyond the pain in my
| head l feel like IA young man."
]. Samuel j. Hart, of frankfort, Phila-
delphia County, Pa, do certify that the
above statement is correct and true in
every particular
x SAMUEL j. HART
Certified TO before me this 21st day of
| August. 1894.
GEORGE l.. BATTERsBY,
| seal. Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now manufactured by the DR.. VII
liams' 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
limitations sold in this Shape) at 90 cents a
box, or six boxes Tor 81 90, and may be
had Of all druggists, or direct by mail from
H. - N Il foTr, r..