Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — MAN WITH A HISTORY [ARTICLE]

MAN WITH A HISTORY

The Terrible Experience that BefeP John W. Thomae, of Theta, Tenn. .' 1 : __ Afflicted with a Peculiar Disease, HU Body Covered with Lcuaps, Cculd Not Kat* < and Tiielight He Wus Going to . Dry Up—His Keto very the Marvel of Tennessee. I [From the Nashrille (Tenn.) Banner.) Mr. John W. Thcmas, Jr., of Theta, Tenn., is a man with a most interesting history. At present he is interested in “blooded horseSj for which Maury County is famous. . < r “Few people, I take it," said Mr. rhemas to a reporter who had asked him for the story of his lile, “have passed through as remarkable a chain jf events as I have and remained alive to tell the story. “It was along in 1884, when I was working in the silver mines of New Mexico, that my troubles began: at drat I suffered with indigestion, and so icute did the pait.s become that I went to California for my health, but the - trip did me little good, and fully imoressed with the idea that my last day had nearly downed upon me, I hurried back here" to my cld home to die. “From simple indigestion my malady Icveloped into a chronic inability to -take any substantial food, ! was barely ible to creep at out, 1 and at times I was prostrated by spells of heart palpitaiioh. This ‘condition continued until

one year ago. “On tho 11th of April, 18P3, I sudienly collapsed, and for days I was un.■onfeious, in fact 1 whs not fully myself until’July. My condition on Sept. I was simply horrible; I weighed but seventy pounds, whereas my normal veight is 11:5 pounds. All over my body there were lumps from the size jf a grape to the size of a walnut, my lingers were; cramped so that I could not morqjihan half straighten them. I nad entirely lost control of my lower imbs and niy hand trembled so that I :ould not drink without spilling the liquid. Nothing would remain on my stomach, and it seemed that I must lry up before many more days had passed. : ~~ “I made another round! of the physicians, calling in one after the other, ind by the aid of morphine and other tnedlcines they gave me, I managed to live, though barely, through the fall." Here Mr. Thomas displayed his irms, anti just above the elbow of each there was a large irregular stain as targe as the palm of the hand and of a purple color; the space covered by the mark was sunken nearly to the bone. ‘That,” said Mr. Thomas, “is what the doctors did by putting morphine into me. “On the lfth of December, 1893, just eight monf hs after I took permanently “s 1 ted—l shall never forget the date—my cousin, Joe Foster, of Carter’s Creek, called on me and gave me a box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, saying they had cured himof partial paralysis, with which I knew lie had all but died. I followed his directions and began taking the cine. As a result I stand bo.ore you to-day the most surpr.sed man on aarth. Look at my hand—it is as steady as yours; my face has a healthy look about it; I have been attending to my duties for a month. Since I began taking the pills I have gained thirty pounds, ami I am still gaining. AU the knots have disappeared from my body except this little kernel here in my palm I have a good appetite and I am almost as strong as I ever was. “Yesterday I rode thirty-seven miles on horseback: I feel tired to-day, but not sieK. 1 used to have from two to four spells of heart j alpitation every night. Since I began the use of the pills I havo had but feur spells altogether. “J knew positively that I was cured by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and I believe firmly that it is the most wonderful remedy in existence to-day, and ivory fact I have presented, to you is known to my neighbors as well as to mys-elf, and they will certify to the truth of my remarkable cure. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are net a patent medicine in the sense that name implies. They were first compounded as a prescription and used as such in general practice by an eminent physician. So great was their efficacy that it was deemed wisoftff them within the reach of ml. ' They are now manufactured by the Dr. VV’illiams’ Medicine Co r.pany, Schenectady, N. Y., and are sold in boxes incver in loose form by the dozen or hundred, and the public are cautioned against numerous imitations sold in this shape) at 10 cents a box. or six boxes for $2.5', and may be had of all dr: ggi ts or direct by mail from Dr. Wiil.ams' Medicine Company.