Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-13
From Agony to Happiness
MRS. LUCY A. CRAWFORD WAS RAISED
FROM A BED OF SICKNESS.


disease % awful that medical science ~
long considered IL incufable. He had been
for i've months in his house and could not
walk. Mr.. Horn was IS yean old, and the
contrast between the hale and hearty man
had once seen, and this ehaciated indi.
yidual WAS % great that felt depressed BY
his condition.
He was under the care Of physicians
and was taking nostrunn and patent medi.
cines but with no sign Of hope. He had
grown dependent, and even his friends
were not sanguine of his recovery. II he
stepped ON the floor he either fell forward o.
backward and had no control of his limbs
He was dying by inches, and his mental
When M sss = that s' va. s Mlp Eoa
situation.
"Last April I was suddenly attacked with
sciatic rheumatism. I came down stairs
one morning and helped to prepare break.
fast, Az the %ss d w:. %9Sns issu.
fash of lightning was seized with the
dread disease. / rolled on the floor in indie
scribable pain. For houB I was knotted
and twisted as though BY the action of an
electric current.
I wished that I could die. Ny right leg
from hip to heel was drawn mp and CULVER.
ing with suffering. / could not eat NOR
sleep. l simply lay and moaned all day
and night: did not believe that one could
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reached the limit Of human endurance, and
that 1t was only my powerful constitution
that kept me from sinking into the grave.
al was roasted, swathed in hot fannels,
soaked in hot water. I vomited often, had
temperature Of i04 degrees and yet lived.
to think Of Mr.. Horn. heard that he had
| been cured by the use Of O medicine called
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
understood that he was q new man from
Their use. had little faith in their efficacy,
but almost in despair, bought Q box At the
"When I had taken half the contents Of
one box ! could sleep without opiates and
eat little. Two boxes emptied, I was
almost we'll: i was still lame, but the pain
had none of the nausea and felt compara-
lively well. About the time ! began to
take the third box 1 went into the kitchen
and made two pies. l was able to wash the
dinner dishes and help, my daughter in her
work. In two more days I walked a half
mile. ! went to the blind asylum grounds
and took a stroll around the neighborhood
The fourth box gone, / was perfectly we'll
except that l felt an occasional weakness
now and then in my leg. ! continued, and
took in all seven boxes, finishing the last
one in July. ! was then so well that I felt
like a child. / bad more than regained my
former health. / had increased in weight.
my cheeks were rosy and was happy.
| IL was then j went to Logan. While
there had the sincere pleasure to help q
friend to health through the Pink Pills.
Miss Dollison, a typesetfer on the Logan
Democrdf, was attacked with rheumatism in
her shoulder and arm SO that she could not
put up her hair. She took one box of Pink
Pills for Pale People and was cured. ! saw
Mr.. Horn, the Logan blacksmith about that
time. He was swinging his sledge with the
old, merry air, and told me that he had
taken 20 boxes Of Pink Pills and was Der.
fectly restored: He said that he never felt
better in his life" Mrs. Crawford smiled as
she finished. God has been good to me, {" she
said, "and think II no more than right that
should let people know what il was that made
the happy. healthy woman that am"
| DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary TO give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are sold in boxes (never in loose form,
by the dozen or hundred) At 50 cents q boz, or
six boxes for e. 50, and may be had Of all drug.
gists or directly by mail from DR.. Williaz1P
Medicine Company. Schenectady, NY.