The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-11
A Dead Man Telling His Strange
Experience.

For the last four months Mr.. j. Harry
Schrat k. IA young married man Of Phila-
delphia, has been seriously ill with spasms
of the heart, and last Sunday he appar-
emily died. Grape was hung on his door
bell and the neighboring gossips specu-
lated whether his widow would marry
again. -Four hours later the Grape was
torn down and it was announced that Mr..
Schrack had returned to life. While the
apparently dead man was being prepared
for the undertaken some one heard faint
groan, and restoratives being applied, Mr..
Schrack was soon sitting up. OF course
he was interviewed, and this is the story
he tells:
Last September had Il terrible attack
of hemorrhage of the lungs, and since
then have not been able to do anything,
except for one period of three weeks.
Ny health Mt times was fair, but three
weeks ago | felt that was going fast.
My flesh left my body. My entire APP
pearance changed. My appetite was gone.
Everything | swallowed was mt once
thrown off my stomach. Last Thursday
a week | found would have to give up.
| felt as though the power of action in
my limbs was leaving me. | was fearful
of going to bed, and so | sat in chair
for three days and three nights. | then
made up my mind that [ would have TO
die and asked to be put to bed. We'd
nesday night was taken with something
like a chill and spasms at the heart. Al
ter coming through that ! seemed to re-
vive until last Saturday Every hour
during that day experienced IA change.
While the right hand would be purple the
lett would be white. When the lett hand
became dark the right became white
again. The entire lett side of my body
was numb and almost useless. About .
o'clock on Saturday night my cyesight
began to fail me. lost my hearing and
my speech became thick, my tongue be-
ing greatly swollen. | had fully made
up my mind that had to die. At about
4 o'clock on Sunday morning the tips of
my fingers became like lead. My sight
was now entirely gone. Ny stomach was
terribly swollen and was greatly inflamed.
Each succeeding cramp was more severe
aud reached higher up into the stomach.
All the passages of my throat seemed to
be closed. Shortly before 7 o'clock |
asked to he moved to the foot of the bed.
Ny head had scarcely touched the pillow
when | exclaimed, Throw me over.
and tbcn-I found myself in another
land. The vision looked upon WAS the
most beautiful that man ever saw. 1t
would be impossible for me to give de-
scription that would do it justice. My
fist tee!inr was that of falling down II
great height and then found myself in
valley ! walked along until | came
to terrible, dark, black river, at sight of
which | shuddcred and feared Before
me ana beyond the river was black
cloud Other were walking ever the
river, and although | dreaded it. some
thing urged me on, and felt that had
To @ with the others. A | got nearer
u the dark cloud it became bright and
beautiful, and expanding, it opened and
disclosed the most beautiful sight. The
first 81" was Jesus. | saw a great tenn
Pile aud great throne. | saw my little
bov, who was drowned two years ago,
aud my other dead child. saw my dead
wife; but could not touch them. saw
people whom had almost forgotten. |
saw my old gray-haired grandfather, who
died when | was but two years old
There were many whom | looked for, but
| did net see them. Then the vision be-
gan receding, and | never can describe
the terrible disappointment lelt when
found myself again in he'd. felt, in
deed, grievcd. 1t was 4 O'Clock when
regained Consciousness, and ut once ! felt
as though my life had been renewed. |
was new mar. | had not thea, nor
have nov, an ache or PAIN. My eye
sight, my hearing, and my speech had
fully returned, and | feel now AS well as
| ever aid in nv life"
A FATHER's FooLIsuNEss.--Dr. Crane,