The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-04-19
A MODERN RESURRECTION.

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A MODERN RESURRECTION.
A Miracle that Took Place in Our
Midst Unknown to the Public
The Details In Full.
Detroit Free Press.)
One of the most remarkable occurrences
ever given to the public, which took place
here in our midst, has just come to our
knowledge and will undoubtedly awaken
as much surprise and attract as great at
tention as it has already in newspaper cir
cles The facts are, briefly. as follows:
formerly residing at Birmingham, sub
urb of Detroit, and now living at 2S7 Michi-
gan Avenue in this city, can truthfully
say that he has looked into the future
world and yet returned to this. a repre-.
sentative of this paper has interviewed
him upon this important subject and his
experiences are given to the publlc for the
first time. He said:
81 had been having most peculiar sensa-
tions for long while. My head felt dull
and heavy; my eyesight did not seem so
clear as formerly; my appetite was uncer-
tain and / was unaccountably tired. 1t
was an effort to rise in the morning and
yet could not sleep at night. My mouth
tasted badly; had faint all-gone sensa-
ton in the pit of my stomach that food did
not satisfy, while my hands and feet felt
cold and clammy. was nervous and irri-
table. and lost all enthusiasm. At times my
head would seem to whirl and my heart
palpitated terribly. had no energy, no
ambition, and seemed Indifferent OF the
present and thoughtless for the future. |
tried to shake the feeling off and persuade
0ff d1r. n 10
laria. But it would not go. l was deter
mined not to give up, and SO time passed
along and all the while ! was getting
worse. It was about this time that no.
ticed had begun to bloat fearfully. My
limbs were swollen SO that by pressing my
fingers upon them deep impressions would
be made. My face also began to enlarge,
and continued to until / could scarcely see
out of my eyes. One of my friends, de-
scribing my appearance at that time, said:
1T is an animated something, but should
like to know what In this condition
passed several weeks of the greatest
agony.
''Finally, one Saturday night, the misery
eliminated. Nature could endure no more.
became irrational and apparently insen-
sible. Cold sweat gathered on my fore
head; my eyes became glazed and my
throat ratified. seemed to be in another
sphere and with other surroundings. |
knew nothing of what occurred around
me, although / have since learned it was
considered as death by those who stood
| by. 1t was to me quiet state. yet one of
great agony. was helpless, hopeless and
| pain was my only companion. remember
| trying to see what was beyond me, but the
mist before my eyes was too great. / tried
| to reason, but / had lost all power. l felt
that it was death, and realized how terri
BILE it was. At last the strain upon my
mind gave way and all was blank. How
| long this continued do not know, but at
| last realized the presence of friends and
recognized my mother. | then thought ii
was earth, but was not certain. gradu
ally regained consciousness, however, and
the pain lessened. I found that my friends
had, during!my unconsciousness, been Civ
ing me preparation had never taken be
fore, and the next day, under the influence
of this treatment, the bloating began tC
improved, until to-day | am as well as
ever before in my life; have no traces oi
the terrible acute Brights disease, which
so nearly killed me, and all through the
wonderful instrumentality of Warmers
Safe Cure, the remedy that brought me tt
life after was virtually in another world:
/ ou have had an unusual experience
Mr.. Crombie," said the writer who haC
been breathlessly listening to the recital
Yes, l think / have" was the reply
"and it has been valuable lesson to me
l am certain, though, there are thousands
of men and women at this very moment
who have the same ailment which came sc
| near killing me, and they do not know it
| / believe kidney disease is the most decept
| i've trouble in the world. 1t comes like {
| thief in the night. 1t has no certain symp
toms, but seems to attack each one differ
emily. It is quiet, treacherous. and all the
more dangerous. 1t is killing more people
to-day, than any other complaint. If I hat
the power would warn the entire worlc
against it and urge them to remove it from
the system before it is too late"
/ One of the members of the firm of White
head & Mitchell, proprietors of the Bir
mingham Eccentric, paid a fraternal visi
to this office yesterday, and in the course
of conversation, MI. Crombie's name was
mentioned.
81 knew about his Sickness" said tn,
editor, sand his remarkable recovery.
had his obituary all in type and announced
in the Eccentric that he could not live un
til its next issue. 1t was certainly most
wonderful case"
Rev.A r. Bartlett, formerly pastor o.
the M. E. Church, at Birmingham, anG
now of Schoolcraft, Mich, in response tc
a telegram, replied:
'sMr. w. A. Crombie, was member o.
my congregation at the time of his sick
ness. The prayers of the church were re
quested for him on two different occasions
| I was with him the day he was reported
by his physicians as dying, and consider
his recovery almost miracle"
| No one person in million ever comes sc
near death as did Mr.. Crombie and ther
recover, bat the men and women who are
! drifting toward the same end, are legion
/ To note the slightest symptoms, to realize
| their significance and to meet them in time
by the remedy which has been shown to bt
the most efficient, is duty from which
there can be no escape. They are fortu
nate who do this; they are on the sure road
to death who neglect it.