The Republican journal., 1901-02-28
Ont OF the FIRST VICTIMS.
Mrs Howard Recovered Only to Suffer
Further Tortures.

from at Plaindealer, Canton, n. Y.
A-S Milton Howard of Canton, n. Y,
s'S The following evidence of her own ex-
AlNlee. she says:
Ii was eight or more years ago, when
sflp l'SJ Became prevalent, that / came
9sl Will 1t after having nursed two mem
w Of my family through the disease. /
NE5Iy sic6 and for three weeks my life
Y leSpairsi of. | dropped in weight
s sn a pounds to 125. / finally recovered
N he mp, but almost as soon as / was
|@ny tet began to have trouble with my
SsMAaGa' called several physicians and
n al diagnosed my trouble as acute in
-paalloA Of the stomach. | was under
~ VnSlant care of the doctors and they
|f'she many kinds of treatment. At times
s all0S leSpared of life, so far had the
y, SSa% progressed But by careful nursing
@r WISant treatment | had partially re-
nv oi'l :, rom this stomach difficulty at the
,ars VI taIey years of suffering, although
s,-g g 10 y pounds in weight. My condi-
T., Ss slightly improved, but no sooner
nj, s ls So than another long period of hor-
nnor AS soon as my stomach began
Aa aa' my nerves began to trouble me. |
1''ls tScltabie and irritable during the
n. D !, ID was at night that my sutferings
NH ,ls "Qi st, for | speedily became in
MI, condition that i could not sleep.
tsss5jd' it1 night | walked the floor dis
es S,.. iiled many eXpedients to pro
tBit JN' ali to no purpose. L might
M e u9le and almost lose conscious
Fn ga7H @ at once, from no cause at all,
slB . lu START INTO complete wakefulness,
| VI 6o Nerve tingling and every sense
| Vi Nv. epsII \ cold sweat would break
|& lie and my skin would begin to
| s4r a. g'edte nearly craZed for lack of
h f ra ~, iei' that unless something came
| I'd son ,ellpl speedily | would grow mad.
|aDoy 3ls'ant tching of the skin became so
sna' ~, n mat ! was convinced that l had
+ aaniSroSSF dSp OF the skin, but my doctor
f y Idlr ns HE and said that the irritation
F & ss 70 my nerves. | was given wine
aer ~ To build up nv condition and
n aFa 1s blood, but after time l could
SA tboS DneIh longer as my stomach re-
| " bDt tba Then | took different RENE
Altar 'Hey dld me no good at all.
d, vboI .iese terrible spells of nervous
Pa, IT Va,. y seemed as though l should go
|lqded r agata be given 0piates and they af-
F sSe t lGlel from my suffering, but of
4 ye salS relief was only temporary.
s1tsema,n ago last October, read an ad-
III Pq~ag1l. OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
seit p na never expected they would
sagbt t tEo permanently, if at all, but l
frs h H al II could do no harm to try the
esl wa You'd only be to satisfy myself
%@HdiifSi uoing all in my power to improve
told nv L.,
sOnce II . Try them and he got me some.
sA 1 ~Tsan to feel a marked improve
W akk S@n NJ say exactly how long l had
ss9e eleanr5S mem when things began to look
satl NSii ,l Tor me, but it was less than a
appetits55 stomach began to improve and
eat sn5 70 grow so that actually want
ves 6eaasna enjoyed my food. Then my
Yeas IAN sni 70 improve. For the first time
elOvementl oyed sound, natural sleep. My
tine :, was gradual and sure from
my blood seemed to clear up