The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30

trfom the NASHVILLE. xenn..' Danner.7 -
Mr.: John w. ThonassJ r., Of Theta, Tenn,
present he ts-interested IN blooded horses for
whi.,h Maury County is famous. B. s5s,.ys
Few people, take it, - said Mr.. Thomas
to q reporter who had asked him Tor the
Z story OF his life, .have passed through as re-
markable o chain Of events as have and re-
manned alive tell the story. .sss astaa
ut was along in 1854. whenI 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 I went to California for my health,
pressed with the idea that my last Gay had
nearly dawned upon me, hurried back here
to my old homo to die. .x. 49,
'sFro.n simple indigestion my malady de-
veloped into chronic inability to take any
substantial food, was barely. able to creep
about, and at times wac Frustrated by
spells OF heart palpitation. This condition
continued until one year ago.
ION tho nth Of April, $685. suddenly
collapsed, and for days was unconscious,
in fact was not fully myself until July.
My condition on September st, was simply
aorrible,i weighed but seventy pounds,
whereas my normal weight is 1876 pounds.
All over my body there were Jumps from
the size of q grape to the size Of q walnut,
: more than half straighten them. I had en-
tirely lost control of my lower limbs and
my hand tremb1ed so that could not drink
without splitting the liquid. Nothing would
I must dry up before many more days had
passed. tz'E& -l5E4 asT5s
II made another rousd 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 1fr. Thomas displayed his arms,
and just above the elbow of each there was
q large Irregular stain as large aa the palm
of the hand and of a purple color, the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly to
t1,a 1,o,, hot taai6 To-
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
'sOn the 18th of December, 1898, Just eight
months after took permanently to bed
shall never forget the date-1ny cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carriers Creek. called on me and
gave me a box of DR.. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People, saying they had cured him
Of partial paralysis, with which knew he
had all but died. I followed his directions
and began taking the medicine, q result
1 stand before you to-day the most surprised
steady as yours; my face has healthy look
about it; have been attending to my
duties for a month. Since I began taking
the pills have gained 80 pounds, and am
still gaining. All tho knots have disap-
kernel here in my palm. have good ap-
petite and am almost as strong as ever
"Yesterday rode thirty-seyen miles. on
used to have from two 70 four spells i. Of
heart palpitation every night, since began
the use OF inc Plus nave nao OuG tour spells
altog ether. ''8 - 20 =. i-
7 know positively that I was cured by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and believe firm
ly that it is the0nost wonderful remedy in
e to-day and every fact have pre-,
we'll as to myself, and they will certify to
the truth Of my rem arlkable cure.''
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
arc not a patent medicine in the sense that
name implies. They were first compounded
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 inn
itations sold in this shape) at 50 cents a box.
or six boxes for 80, and may be had Of all
druggists or direct by mail from DR.. wa
liams' Medicine Company. .7'T.
CTS a lucky thing,'' said the sad-eyed
humolist, s'that tho magazine editor didn't
accept my verse;" ''Why.' Because COM
mon decency would then have compelled me