Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
A Nervous Disease Characterized
by Involuntary and Pur-
poseless Spasms.
It Occurs Most often in Girls is Often Hereditary,
but Articular Rheumatism and Scarlet
Fever Predispose to it.
From the Chronicle. Chicago. N.

Notwithstanding the poor are always with
Us, Thanksgiving is none the less day of
rejoicing. Many charities have been dis
pensed and through numerous instrument.
alities the necessities and sufrerings of many
q worthy person have been relieved. Absent
members of households reunite at the old
homestead and gathered around the ftstal
board recount the incidents that have taken
place and the various blessings that have
been vouchsafed them since they yassemblelat
thelast annual meeting by the same fireside.
Il is time for memory and for joy. Among
the countless families Of Chicago there is
perhaps, not one to-day that feels deeper
sense of gratitude to the Giver of all good
and perfect gifts than Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Collier, of 1904 Armour Avenue.
Mr.. Collier, who is the electrician at the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad shops in
this city came here from Hamilton, Canada,
a little more than nine years ago uccom.
panied BY his wife and little daughter, their
only child Eta, then aged four. Little Eta
was bright and beautiful girl, but not a
very robust one.
For the last few years she had been some.
what ailing, but her condition was not such
as to create any uneasiness in the minds of
her parents. who almost idolized her. In
the school she was regarded as one of the
brightest scholars of her class and was the
envy of her classmates. Although but o.
little over twelve years of age, her intellect
was phenomenal. She was possessed, how
ever, of very nervous temperament which
is frequently the case with children of her
advanced intelligence. Early in the month
of June last, owing 10 a sudden fright, she
only to be afflicted with 81. Vitns' dance in
the worst form. The CONSERVATION OF Ler
parents may we'll be magincd.
OF course the best physicians were sum.
moned n, once hui their efforts TO restore l.cr
to her normal condition were devoi. of re-
suits. She c?ntinnc. Il, GROW worse, ler
appetite wholly failed and commencing with
her right arm her whole right side and lower
limb became limp, numb, and useless and
what little noUrislmcnt she WAS able to t. Ike
had to he Administered by others. To add
to the seriousness of the case she WAS unable
to obtain any sleep whatever.
1t was while in this deplorable condition
lowering between life and death with all
the prospects of a premature grave before
her, that one day on returning home from
his duties Mr.. Collier found awaitiny him a
newspaper. which an old acquaintance in
Hamilton, his former place of residence, had
sent to him by mail.
HI t.li. lOC;tl COlUliliS i.C rCsltt Of t.lc case
of u certain person he had known years be-
fore having been permanently cured Of the
complain. Of which his cwn daughter was
now suffering, by the use of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. He had often
heard and read before marvellous accounts
of the efficacy of this remedy hut as no
names witt! which he was personally i:!miliar
disbelieved the sta!ercn:s. But here before
his eyes was apparent evidence from one he
knew. He therefore lost no time in max.
ing assurance doubly sure and us soon as he
learned that the story was absolutely true,
he lost no time in procuring the Pink Pills
ih Gt e o senember sPor to s wds dsts S n s
after consulting doctors of different schools
Of medicine, he had taken her to the Home
opatl,ic Dispcnsary where her casn was dis.
eussed by all the members of the faculty
who unanimously declared in the presence