The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-03


on SUNDAY morning, Grape hung by
the door OF tho dwelling l23 Mary
street, The nelghb0fs who knew tho
story of u long aud painful illness
said Poor MIR, Sphraok has gone at
last " Word was Hent 10 the doctor
that no need attend his patient 40
longtE The undertaken was Waited
In old Swede's' church MIR. S1hraok'a
death was announced aud the Sunday
school scholars commented upon the
death OF the teacher they had learned
10 love. At II O'clock, four h0urs
later, the Grape was torn down from
beside the dwelling Ia Mary street.
The order for the undertaken was
oouniprmanded, The doctor was told
10 hurry 10 HIS patient,
The story IN n remarkable one ].
Harry Schra0k, once wealthy meroi
ant, lost nearly All his fortune hy in-
doral K the notes NJ others who were
either ingrates or were themselves m.
fortunate. For the lust four months
he bas been seriously III, with nervous
spaams Of the herrt During the latter
part OF last week he himself gave up
all hope OF living, aud the attending
physician expected his PATIENTS death
momentarlly, Apparently Mr., Schraok
died NJ twenty minutes Of seven o'clock
on Sunday morning, Hls llmbs be-
came cold and rigid, HIS lipa 0olored
purple, and around His mouth wAs the
blue mark, generally supposed 10 be-
token death, A hand mirror was
placed over hls mouth, but It's shining
surface was not dimmed. His frienda
and neighbore who stood around pro.
nounced him dead and greved for
! him. a few hours aiterward the
body was completely stripped that II
might be prepared for the undeItaker's
hands. Before Washing the corpse lC
was necessary to remove II from tho
bed. A neighbor, Mr.. Charles shank.
land, lifted the body, when, TO hls
alarm, no distinctly heard feeble
groan. a hurried examination dGveln
oped the fact that the man WINS not
dead In short time Mr.. Schrnok
had regained consciousness, and was
sitting up In bed, but moro than that,
the man who before was lying al
deaths door, and who was terribly
afflicted with disease, was almost M
sound and well as ever he was in life.
The dead mans st0ry--'l,ast sep
TENDER had terrible attack OF
hemorrhage OF the lungs and since
then | have not been ABLE To go any
thing, except for one period of three
weeks. NV health at times was fair,
but three weeks ago felt TINT | was
going fast. My flesh left my body.
My entire appearance changed. My
appetite was gone. Every thing
swallowed was ut once thrown OH my
stomach. Last Thursday week
found | would have TO give up. felt
as though the power Of action In my
limbs WAS leaving mo. WAS fearful
OF going TO bed, and no 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. Wednesday night | was taken
with something like u chill and
spamss at the heart. After coming
through that, seemed to revive until
last Saturday. Every hour during
that day experienced achange, While
| the right hand would be purple tho
left would be white. When the left
hand became dark the right became
white again. The entire left side Of
my body was numb and almost useless.
About nine o'clock on Saturday night
my eyesight began falling me- | Lost
my hearing and my speech became
thick, my tongue being greatly swol-
len. had fully made up my mind
that had to die. htabout four o clock,
on Sunday morning, the lipa of my fin.
gers became like lead. My sight waa
now entirely gone. My stomach waa
terribly swollen and was greatly in
famed. Each succeeding cramp was
more severe and reached higher up
into the stomach. All the passages OF
my throat seemed to be closed. short
ly before seven O'Clock l asked to be
moved to the foot OF the bed. My head
had scarcely touched the pillow "hen
| exclaimed: "rhrow me over p' and
then--I found myself In aDoteer land.
"rhe vision looked upon was the
most beautiful that man ever saw. IL
would be impossible for me to give u
description that would do 1t justice.
My first feeling was that of falling
down a great height, and then found
myself In valley. | walked along
until / came to terrible, dark, black
river, at sight of which ! shuddered
and feared. Before me and beyond
the river was o black cloud. Others
were walking over the river, and, ale
though | dreaded 1t, something urged
me on and | felt that had to go with
the others. AS | got nearer to the dark
cloud 1t became bright and beautiful,
and expanding 1t opened and disclosed
J the most beautiful sight. The frat was
was Jesus. saw great temple and u
great throne. saw my little boy, who
was drowned two years ago, aud my
other dead child. saw my dead wife;
; but | could not touch them. saw
, people whom l had almost forgotten.
saw my old gray.haired grandfather
who died when was but two year,
old. There were many whom | looked
for, but did not see them there. Gassi
the vision began recedirg, and l never
, can describe the terrible disappoint.
, ment felt when found myself sgaiI
0 in bed. / felt, indeed, grieved. 1t wa'
+ IL o'clock when regained conscious
, ness, and ut once / felt as though my
life had been renewed. l WAS n new
/ man. had not then, nor have l now
a an ache or pain. My eyesight, IN,
4 hearing and my speech had fully re
" turned, and | feel now as well as eve
a did In my life.o
DR.. James II. Cantrell, the attend
. ing physician, said that Mr.. Schracl
. was attacked with nervous spasms 0
Q the heart. g. expected his death a
y any moment. He was In such cor
II dition since Sunday week, that | di
T. not dare to make an examination {
his lungs, as knew he could not stan
. IL. Mr.. Setback told me that durin
y the four hours Of his unc0neciousnet
- he had but one foot on eartn, and b
- :, was very sorry that had brought bit
~ ~ back, because he was so happy whel
" he was" Showing how fully he hi
.. recovered, Mr.. Sehrack said laughing