The Mineral argus., 1884-03-20
4 MopERN
4 Miras1e that Took Place In our Midst
Unknown to the Pnblio-The Details
in Pnu.

eeS ever gwen TO the puDHc, winch IoOk
place here IN our midst, has just come
10 our knowledge and VIII undoubtedly
awaken as much surprise and attract as
great attention as it has already in news
paper circles. The facts are, briefly, as
follows: MIR. William A.. Crombie, a
young man formerly residing at Birming~
ham, a suburb of Detroit, and now liv-
ing at 287 Michigan Avenue in this city,
IAN truthfully say that he has looked
into the future world and yet returned
% this. A representative of this paper
has interviewed him upon this impor-
ant subject and his experiences are CIV
% to the public for the first time. He
said:
81 had been having most peculiar zen
sations for a long while. My head,felt
lun and heavy my eyesight did not seem
clear as formerly my appetite was ncer-
tain and / was una9countably tired 1t
was an effort to rise in the morning and
yet / could not sleep at night. My mouth
tasted badly, Ihad a faint all-gone sensa-
hon in the pit Gf my stomach that food
did not satisfy, while my hands and feet
we're cold and elammy. l was nervous
and irritable, and lost all enthuSiaTn. At
times my head would seem to whi1 and
my heart palpitated terribly. L had no
energy, no ambition, and L seemed in
different of the present and th~Oughtless
Tor the future. l tried to shake the feel
ing off and persuade myself it was sin
ply a cold or a little malaria. But it
would not go. / was determined not to
give up, and so time passed along and all
the while l was getting worse. 1t was
about this time that ] noticed | had be-
gun to bloat f~earfully> 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 I could scarcely
see out of my eyes. One ofmy friends,
describing my appearance at that time,
said: cit is an animated something but
{ should like to know what" In this
condition I passed several weeks of the
greatest agony"
FINALLY, n Saturday night, the mis-
sry eliminated. Nature could endure
no more. / became irrational and APP
~parently insensible. Cold sweat gath
cred on my forehead; my eyes became
| glazed and my throat ratified. Iseemed
; to be in another sphere and with other
surroundings. / knew nothing of what
: occurred around me, although l have
since learned it was considered as death
$ by those who stood by. 1t was to me a
luiet state, yet one of great agony. ]
Twas helpless, hopeless and pain was my
5n1y companioa. / remew6er trying te
e ! see what Was beyond me. but the mlst
e before my eyes was too great. tired 70
reason, but l had lost all power. / felt
\ | IL i u - 1-aAl 81 ~1,1;1o1 I,ov- tap.
rible it was. At last the strain upon m.
mind gave way and all was a blank. How
long this continued l do not know, bu
at last / realized the presence of friends
and recognized my mother. l the1
thought was earth, but was not certain
[ gradually regained consciousness, how
ever, and the pain lessened. / found
that my friends had, during my uncon
seriousness, been giving me a preparation
/ had never taken before, and the mex
day, under the influence OF this treat
ment, the bloating began to ~disappea.
= and from that time on | steadily i'm
L. proved, until to-day / am as well as eve
&c before in my life, have no traces Of tn.
y terrible acute Bright's disease, which 81
IS nearly killed me, and all through tn
g wonderful instrumentality of Warner
Safe Cure, the remedy that brought m
to life after | was virtually in anothe
world"
le you have had an unusual expert
ence. Mr.. Crombie," said the writer
i0hO had been breathlessly listening t,
+ the recital.
"Yes ] think / have" was the reply
and it has been a valuable lesson t.
me-. / am certain, though, there are
thousands of men and women at thi
very moment whohave the same ailmen.
: which came so near killing me
and they do not know it. believe kid
: ney disease is the the most deceptiv,
trouble in the world. 1t comes like
I thief in the night. 1t has no certain
symptoms, but GEMS to attack each one
differently. 1t is quiet .treacherous, ant
{ all the more dangerous. 1t is killing
Is more people, to day, than any Other
one complaint. II ] had the power ]
would warn the entire world against il
{ and urge them to remove ii from the
system before it is too late.
= One Of the members of the firm o.
e Whitehead & Mitchell, proprietors Of
= the Birmingham Eccentric, paid a fra.
ternal visit to this Office yesterday, and
v in the course of conversation, Mr.. Crom.
bie's name was mentioned.
II knew about his sickness" said the
j. editor, land his remarkable recovery.
, had his obituary all in type and an.
nounced in the Eccentric that he could
! not live until its next issue. 1t was Ger.
L family Il most wonderful case"