Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA.
AN OLD SOLDIERS HOT FIGHT
FOR LIFE AND HEALTH.

While In . Hospitals Physician Hands
Him Some Pills, and After . Few
Doses He Feels His Health Returning
The Patient . Widely known Man.
From the Netcs. Indianapolis. Ind
Sol. Jewell, Of SO Hill avenue, Indian
npolis, Ind, who In well known to the
dramatic profession, when a boy of IL
years old enlisted in Company H, 18th In
diana Volunteer Infantry, the first three
years regiment that marched to the front
from the Hoosier State. In the fall OF
1862 he was honorably discharged, be-
cause of disabilities contracted in the SER
vice. After a short time spent mt home
he went to New York and entered col
lege. He was n bright young fellow. a
edopening before him. But he again heard
the bugles and the fires of patriotism were
again aglow in his bosom. He enlisted
as recruit In Company M of the I'd Har-
ris Light Cavalry, Kilpatrick's famous
front. There was a great demand Cor
cavalry in Virginia, and the active young
trooper found plenty of fighting up and
down the Shenandoah Valley and in the
various campaigns on the Potomac. In
1864 he attracted the notice of the dash
ing and dauntless Custer, and was select
ed as one of his famous body guard, in
which he served until the close of the war.
After the war Mr. Yewell began to be
known as a skilled newspaper writer, and
correspondent, and he was later in de-
mand as theatrical writer and press
agent, a profession in which he achieved
signal success. He was hero in private
life as he had been on the field and in the
camp, and few of those who knew the
genial and versatile SOL Jewell had any
idea that he was great sufferer from
diseases and disabilities, contracted dur
ing the war. Such, however, was the
fnc 10 rh m a
hemorrhoids and chronic tonsilits for
years "As IL these were not enough,
said Mr.. Jewell, the other day, at the
Marion Home, relating his experience to
the reporter, II was doomed to fall vic
tim to the grip in 1890. This last fell
monster accentuated all my previous trou-
bles and added, seemingly, half'a dozen
new ones. 1t was in November of that
year that was compelled to give mp work
and came to the Marion Home. Creeping
paralysis or locomotor. ataxia developed,
| and in 1892 went to the hospital. where
| remained for several months. My con-
dition became so alarming that the sur
geons here who are my very good friends,
were compelled to admit they could do
nothing for me. My locomotor ataxia
was attended with vertigo and was la
BILE to fall at any unexpected moment;
| The surgeons having nothing else in mind
| recommended that last resources change
| of climate. So in May, 1894, 1 went to
| Boston, Mass. i had secured employment
| at the Columbia Theater there as press
writer, as i was determined to do some
| thing l remained there two seasons.
my vertigo and paralysis continued to
| distress me greatly. / consulted a num-
| Der of eminent physicians in Boston and
became q patient at the Harvard College
clinic on Bennett street. The surgeons
there appeared to desire to make much OF
| me as patient and / was willing. One
Ia, " m n N
II had scarcely used the box before,
| much to my surprise, found that the To-
comotor ataxia was leaving me. On the
second box the vertigo entirely disappear
| ed. my paralysis or locomotor ataxia was
| gone and began to have my old-tme
| Confidence in myself. Yes, all these all
| ments under which / had suffered were
| leaving me. / used about four boxes of
| these pills before knew what they were.
| At the close of the dramatic season of
1 1895 took n vacation, going up into the
| White Mountains and into Northern Yer
| mont. | asked my doctor and insisted
| upon knowing the name of the wonderful
| pills that he had been giving me. He
| laughed and said. i have been giving you
| remedy called Dr. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People.
| 81 said. Il think they are the best medi-
| cine / ever took, and can directly trace
to them all the benefit that l have re-
ceived.' / should have said that along
with my other Affections l was at times
seriously troubled with valvular affec-
ton Of the heart but the pills have prov
en- to be n splendid remedy for that also.
certainly believe they strengthen and
correct the action of that organ"
Mr.. Jewell has clear, fresh complex
ion, the hue of health, weighs 220 pounds,
has n first-class appetite, and, to use his
own words: II sleep like top" He is
81 yea~s old, and while Williams Pink
| Pills have not made a young man out OF
him, they have certainly restored him so
that he bids fair to see many years Of
usefulness.
II will leave here soon," were his part
ing words to the reporter. "as have an
offer to 60 to Boston and take up my old
theatrical work"
Mr.. Yewelrs many friends in the news
paper and theatrical professions will be
glad to know that he is again in good
health and restored to the pursuit which
he so long adorned.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shatter-
ed nerves. They are for sale by all drug
gists, or may be had by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.
Y, for 80 cents a box. or six boxes for
| 60 ~