The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-30
PHILADELPIIIA'S MIRACLE.
HOW THE DEAD MR. sCHRICk UNEx-
PECTEDLY CAME 10 LIRE.


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.t,,,,, ,ho ,ly,t,i,,,, ION Mar, s,r.,,
a ~, "' IN ~ ", w. Wv. A.,
Tho nrighbOrs who knew the story oi long
and uniuful illness said. Poor Mr. S'hrack
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mas gone ~ Ihs'' worn ""7 9'"' l" '"' "'.u"'
thni he need attend his patient no longer. Inc
undcrtnker WINS Wis ted. I'm O,d Swrlos' tGlora
mn"rh'r., w. s,.hrarl sLon,h ,,,s on,nnnrcJ
Dcil 'hur'h VI! ''''"'N s"''''u was """'"".''
and the sunday school scholars commented
,,o, ,h, t,.,h Of fla, ,c,,bcr l,v bod l,oruel
to love-
At II o'clock four hours later. the Grape was
torn down from tho dwelling in Mary street
The order for the undertaken was counter
mendcd. Thc doct9r was tod to hurry To- Ms
Swclcs church were about passing resolu;
ton Of condolcncew their Together, orphaned
hoy when IN" pastor. tn trN :. IL. shines. was
handed piece oi pAInt hearing, ih' single
word, hastiy written; MNiNcd. The neigh-
horhood was soon mex win rumpr-. Among
hose who mad an mixing 81 tn" facts II was
generally nErn"d mat sumrthMg not far short
q mira h,J happened. The story is. in
j. Harry ; 'lrark, a wcll-io-do merchant lost
nearly al his fortune hy endorsing the notes ot
themselves ,unlortunaic. with his only son.
his wife AMI two children having died. h" has
house on Mary street above Front For the
last four months he has been seriously III with
nervous spasms Of the heart. During the latter
part ot last week he himself gave no all hop" Of
living. and the attending physieian. DR.. !. H.
CanircI, expected his patients death moment
Mr.. Schrack died. apparently at twenty min
ntes Of O'Clock. on Sunday. morning. His
nurple' and around his month was The blua
mark generally supposed to hetoken death. A
shining surface was not dimmed. His friends
and ncighbors who stood around pronounced
him dead and greycd Tor him. \ few hours
afcrward ,he body was ,compct"ly stripped
that il might hc prepared for the undortakpr's
hands. Before washing the corpse il was neccs-
sary 70 remove ii from the bed. nciehhor
to his alarm he distinctly heard feeble groan
A hurried examination, developed the fact that
tween tGem Mr. s6ankand GS hurried i" for the tS
instructions he had received unit, the doctor
arrived. In q short timo Mr., schrack had re-
bed. Nor. than that. the man who before was
lying ,n n, a, death door, and who was terribly
wei as eyer ho had been in his life.
Mr.. Schrack dreaded the idea Of his cnsc
ssi b. %SdS p ut PIT o ;a parcurs
them himself. so that the statement might bo
correct Times representative. yesterday
found him sitting up In bed. with bright color
In his checks. and looking Ike anything but n
corpse. He is young man. probably 80 years
In a hoarse whisper. not the result Of his i'll
ness but caused by his catchingn slight cold in
consequence Of the perspiration he was thrown
into 10y the remedies employed to revive him
He spoke earnestly Of his experience. hut was
vivncious and smiling and at times joked about
the expressions NJ the doctor when he found
him alive II tells his story rs follows:
Last September had terrible attack 81
hemorrhage of the lungs. and since then have
not been able 20 do ANYTHING. except for one
period of three weeks. Nv hoalth attimcs was
last My flesh loft my body. Ny entire appear
ance changed Ny appetite was gone. Every
thing swallowed was AZ One. thrown of my
stomach. Last Thursday week | found |
would have To- give up. ! felt a. though the
power OF action in my limbs was leaving me.
was fearful Of going to bed. and 80 | Sa. in a
chair for three days and three nights. | then
made up my mind that would have 10 die and
] asked e. he Put 10 bed. Wednesday night
and spasms at tho heart. After com
Ing through that | seemed to revive
until last Saturday. Ivory hour during
that day experienced change. While the
right hand would he purple the left would
be white. When tho left hand became dark the
right became white again The entire loft side
OF my body Ma- numb and almost ua'l'-s.
About o'clock on saturday night my cyeSieht
began railing me-. ! lost my hearing. and my
speech peIanr tllck. my tongue being greatly
swollen. Aat lul,y made ny my mimi that
had 70 DE. Al about o'clock on sunday
morning The tips OF my fingers became like lead.
MY sight was now entirely gone. Ny. stomach
was terribly swollen. ana was greatly inilamcd:
Each succeeding cramp was more severe and
reached hlsher up INTO tho stomach All the
passage OF my throat seemed T. be- closed.
shorty before clock asked 70 he moved 20
the iogl on W" Deu, MY, h"ld hal s,hrc"ly
toucheu Me p,l9w Whrn 'Nc.aimed; Throw
me over ehd tnth-l i"Yhl myself IN another