A Death-bed Resurrection.

Manawatu Herald, 3 February 1898, Page 3

A Death-bed Resurrection.

ANOTHER PRESENT-DAY MIRACLE. DOCTORS BEWILDER D ; FRIENDS DUMBFOUNDED. SENS \TION IN PEARL BAY.

Our reporter called at the home of Mrs. Nelson, wife of Mr J. D. Nelson, proprietor of the popular Pearl Bay (Sydney) pleasure grounds, and lessee of Clontarf and its fine pavilion and surroundings. Mr Nelson's name is admirably known in thi* particular, and hie Wednesday evening excursions to Clontarf, and his Sunday trips to both there and Pearl Bay are not only always well attend d, but are conducted with the greatest degree of good management and dclat. Our reporter's mission was to find out if the reports he had heard respec.ing Mrs Nelson were true. Mrs Nelson's tuneful voioe at once proc aimed her hearty welcome to the scribe, and he wa* forthwith at ease with this most kindhearted of ladies. "Do yon know that in the past 15 years;" she observed, " I have spent £200 in tonios, cures, and patent medicines without receiving tbe slightest benefit ov surcease of pain." '"It's a large sum," we remarked. "Yes, indeed," was the reply; ." but I spent every penny of it. Although I have been taking these medicines for 15 years, it was not until 1888— or eight years ago— that I felt myself becoming completely prostrated and unnerved through the severe and continuous attacks of acute indigestion and general nervous debility. There was no mistaking the symptoms, and day by day I sank nearer the grave, until the family have been actually gathered round me expeo'ing ma to die. So weak and enfeebled did I become that every particle of physftftl strength deserted me, and for 48 hours together I have lain helpless and even unable to speak. Fer two days and nights at a time without cessation I used to suffer from the most fearful headaches, until the agonizing strain was so severjs that I hard y knew where I was, and cared not whether I lived or died. " A burning hot feeling spread round my throat, just as if I had swallowed boiling water ; the pain was excruciating and worse than the vilest attacks of heariburn. There was always a repugnant taste in my mouth, as if I'd been sucking a penny. Yon know how horrible that is I During . this time I had numbers of people to entertain, but it was pad work for me trying to dd it. I frequently experienced the sores Jijbf pains in the cheat and stomach, ana so hot and irritabe did ray skin become" jlhat I couldn't even bear to wear my nigntdress, whilst I was so weak that, tbe bejetaheet on top of me was too much, and *|en that bad to be dispensed with. I'm pkssionat'.ly fond of oysters, but I couldn't take one; and as the indigestion and nervous debility got wojse and worse, I could neither even drink mi kor water. All solids had been long out of the question, and it would have absolutely killed me had I taken any. Several doctors well up in their profession, and in whom I have great confidence, examined a •ad prescribed for me. They did not lei; me what they thought of the case, out of kindness to me, but knew well enough that their ideas were all expressed in two short but significant wordsHopeless ! Incurable t They unsuccessfully treated me for acute ind ; ge3tion, and they left me no better than they toaad. me although once or twice I obtaint-d a little temporary relief. At last I came to as near crossing the line between life aud death as ever a woman did. I was now t.o weak to even walk, and I coild only stagger falteringly along tbe room, holding on by chairs and tables, thus drawing myself along. 'As my malady increased, so did my want of rest, and night or day I was utterly unable to sleep. Insomnia pursued me like a fiend. Then I became even worse, and tbe orisia arrived, heightened and accentuated by srious domestic sorrow. For five long days and nights'l lay he'pless and entirely pros-rated, utterly unable to swallow the softest parade of food or the smallest drop of moisture. My husband just kept me live by moistening my Hp3 with brandy. All could see the crisis had come, and that the end wa3 near.- Grief, alarm, and resignation were painted on the faces of those around me. One day, however, one of my sons brought home a box of Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and said, • Ma, these pills are J6r pale people; you must try them. I've heard they've done a lot of good to others.' To please him I consented, because I knew

they would at least do me no barm. I took the pills. The result was most asfounding, and to me miraculous. A short time after taking thera I commenced to improve. My appetite returned, and I ate ravenously. My family was amazed. If I had forocd food down my throat before I had taken the Pink Pills it would have killed me," she explained impressively. " But from then I rapidly improved. First I took one pill at a time juet before each meal, and after that two before each I meal. My appetite completely returned, i and I relished all sorts of food. I was able to sleep soundly and well, the pains left my stomach and chest, the 'severe j headaches became spectres of the past, the j coppery taste left my mouth, and my ! cheeks became pink instead of pallid. In two short weeks after just taking the pills I was up and about and able to attend to my duties, and I was absolutely and completely cured of every malady I had . ■offered from in three ehort weeks and , . two days. In addition to the total absence ' '-, of indigestion and uervbus debility, the j irritation in my skin vanished, and I was I able to onoe more wear my corset and i | ordinary clothes wiih comfort. Now I oan eat raw fruit going to bed without ill effect," remarked^ our sprightly aud en. j ter taining narrator. In conclusion she said, "Please recommend Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People to everyone. lam sure they will enre almost anything, and I'm only too glad to give you every parlicular of my case for publication. Anyone who wants to see me will always find me at Pearl Bay, where I shall be very happy tp tell them what I've told you." Thousands have been cured of paralysis, locomotor ataxia, spinal disease, rheumatism, and sciatica'; also diseases arising from impoverished and vitiated humors of the blood, whioh cause scrofula rickets, chronio erysipelas, consumption of the bowels and lungs, anamia, pale and sallow complexion, general muscular weakness, loss of appetite, palpitations, in the back, nervous headache, early decay alt forms of female weakness, and* hysteria by Dr Wi Hams' Pink Pills. Tbe genuine Pills are sold only in wooden boxes, about two inches in length, each of which is encircled by a blue warning label. The outside wrapper has the full name, Dr WMiams' Pink Pills for Pale People, printed in red on white paper. | In case of doubt it is better to send direct i to the Dr Williiams' .Medicine Company, j Wellington, N.Z., enclosing the price, 3s. a box, or six boxes for 15s. 9d. These pills ave net a purgative, and they .contain nothing that injures tbemnst delicate child.