The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-06-22
An Unprecedented
Gain In Weight
A Trained Nurse Gained Fifty-tI1rec
Pounds by Using a Nerve Food.
ONE OF The MOST REMARKABLE
RESULTS on RECORD.
Nrc-, ,he oasstte, Yonker,. NY.

ST don't ls,k mues like living skeleton
now, 90 I And yet TWO years ago weighed
just seventy-tw forp1s," said Mrs. J. w.
Coffey, of 50 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers,
N. Y, to reporter. And we agreed with
her, for she certainly looked anything hut
living skeleton, but rather bore the appear
ance of plump and attractive lady in ex-
cellent health and spirits. Continuing she
said:
al had lost my appetite and was wasting
away in flesh, losing some ffiy pounds in a
few months. Doctors said was threatened
with consumption. l was under what was
regarded as frst-class medical treatment,
but il had apparently little or no effect, for
I kept getting worse until was so weak
that could not attend 10 my household
duties and could hardly walk. Ny husband
and everybody who saw me thought surely
that would die, and there seemed no help
for me.
"Tonics and stimulants and medicines all
seemed useless, and ! grew worse and worse
until at last I resolved to seek some new
remedy - one entirely out Of the usual line
of nauseous drugs and doses of stuff which
seemed to take away what little relish
might perhaps otherwise have had for food.
A friend told me of some wonderful cures
effected by DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People and bought box. The effect
from their use was noticeable from the first
and soon appeared almost miraculous, for il
seemed pretty nearly like the raising of one
from the dead.
hal scarcely done befnre for weeks, and soon
begin TO gain in flesh anil strength. / went
one day to the DOCTORS Office and he was sur
prised ut the chang IN me for the better.
had to confess that / had been taking the
pills, and he WAS broad-minded enough 70
advise me to continue what was evidently
doing me so much good. / took. Ia ALL six
boxes, and increased in weight from 70 tc
l25 pounds, which is my regular and normal
weight"
care you sure the cure is permanent"
"Well, yes. Ny work is that II trained
nurse, which meacs as you probably know,
irregular hours and ut times great rxhaus-
dion. During the two years since my re-.
oovery I have Ind many engagrnaents, and
through them ali have continued in good
health. | take pleasure in bearing tesii
mony to the remarkable power Of This grea
mad; al discovery. | knoz of other cure,
effected by it. friend of mine suffered
greatly at her rnen.hly periods. One bo1
relieved and three boxes cured her. But
know of no case equal TO mine, FIR my attn
alton was critical, desperate and almos
hopeless"
Mrs. Coaey has lived In Yonkers for sir
teen years, and for twelve years has follows
the business of attending the sick, excepting
only the period Of her illness. She hs
hundreds Of acquaintance AVID friends VIII
know her 10 he capable and trustworthy
Nsny Of thnm know how very i'll she wa
and how remarkable was her recovery. TIL
pills have n large sale in Yonkerx and Wes'
chester County, which will I've greatly in
creasei ms their merits become better known
for they seem to hc one of the medical MAJ
seL of TIE aye.