The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-02-15
A Modern Resurrection.
MIRACLE THAT TOOK PLACE IN OUR
MIDST UNKNOWN TO THE PUBLIC
THE DETAILS IN FULL.
Detroit Tree /'ress.)

| (DetroH free PreSs.)
One of the most remarkable occur.
rences ever given to the public, which
took place here in our midst, has Just
come to our knowledge and will un-
doubtedly awaken as much surprise
and attract as great attention as it has
already in newspaper circles. The
facts are, briefly, as follows: Mr..
William A. Cromble, young man for
merly residing at Birmingham, sub
uib of Detroit, and now living at 2s7
Michigan Avenue in this city, eau
truthfully say that he has looked into
the future world and yet returned to
this. A representative of this paper
has interviewed him upon this impor-
tant subject and his experiences are
given to the public for the first time.
He said:
81 had been having most peculiar
sensations for long while. My head
felt dull and heavy my eyesight did
not seem so clear as formerly my ap-
petite was uncertain and / was unac.
countably tired 1t was an effort to
arise in the morning aud yet could
not sleep at night My mouth tasted
badly, l had faint all. gone sensation
in the pit of my stomach that food did
not satisfy, while my hands and feet
felt clammy. l was nervous and irri-
table, and lost all enthusiasm. At
times my head would seem to whirl
and my heart palpitated terribly. l
had no energy, no ambition, and /
seemed Indifferent of the present and
thoughtless for the future. ! tried to
shake the feeling off aud persuade my
self it was simply cold or little ma
laria. But it would not 60 ! 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 begun to bloat
fearfully. My limbs were swollen so
that by pressing my fingers upon them
deep depressions would be made. My
face also began 10 enlarge, and contin-
ued to until could scarcely see out of
my eyes. One of my friends, describ.
ing my appearance at that time, said /:
Itis an animated something, but l
should like to know what In this con-
dition | passed several weeks of the
greatest agony.
"Finally, one Saturday night, the
misery eliminated. Nature could
endure, no more. l became irrational
and apparently insensible. Cold sweat
gathered on my forehead my eyes be-
came glazed and my throat ratified. 1
seemed to be in another shpere and
with other surroundings. knew moth
ing 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, and
yet one of great agony. was helpless,
hopeless and pain was my only COM
panion. remember trying to see what
was beyond me, but the mist before
my eyes was too great. tried to rea-
son, but / had lost all power. l felt
that it was death, and realized how ter.
rible it was At last the strain gave
way and all was blank. How long
this continued do not know, but at
last l realized the presence of friends
and recognized my mother. l then
thought it was earth, but was not Ger
tain. l gradually regained conscious
ness, however, and the pain lessened.
found that my friends had, during my
Inconsistencies, been giving me pre-
paration l had never taken before, and
the next day, under the influence OF
this treatment, the bloating began tc
disappear and from that time on ]
steadily improved, until to-day l am al
well as ever before in my life, have n,
traces of the terrible acute Bright's dis
ease, which so nearly killed me, and al
through the wonderful instrumentalit,
of Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy tha
brought me to life after was virtual,
in another world"
"You have had an unusual exper
ience. Mr.. Crombie," said the writel
who had been breathlessly listening tC
the recital.
eyes, l think | have" was the reply
"and it has been valuable lesson t.
me. | am certain, though, there ar
thousands of men and women at thi
very moment who have the same all
ment which came so near killing me
and they do not know it. l believ
kidney disease is the most deceptiv,
trouble in the world. 1t comes like
thief in the night. 1t has no certain
symptoms, but seems to attack each on
differently. 1t is quiet, treacherous
and all the more dangerous. 1t is kill
ing more people, to-day, than an
, other one complaint. If l had tn
J power l would warn the entire worl
against it and urge them to remove
!, from the system before il is too late
One of the members of the firm {
Whitehead & Mitchell, proprietors {
the Birmingham Eccentric, paid fri
ternal visit to this office yesterday, an
= in the course of conversation, M
: Crumbie's name was mentioned.
81 know about his Sickness sa
the editor "and his remarkable rec
very. l had his obituary all in tyl
and announced in the Eccentric tn
he could not live until its next i
7 sue. 1t was certainly a most woudt
a full case"
P Rev. A. r.. Bartlett, formerly past
d of the M. e. Church, at Birmingham
e and now of Schoolcraft, Mich, in l
n sponse to a telegraph, replied
II "Mr. w. A. Crombie, was Il memb
70 of my congregation at the time of l
Is sickness. The prayers of the chur
9 were requested for him on two differe
It occasions was with him the day
o was reported by his physicians as dyir
D. and consider his recovery almost a IN
er acle.'
y Not one person in million ey
SO comes so near death as did Mr., Gro
III bic and then recover, but the men a
3, women who are drifting toward I
"a same end, are legion. To note t
III slightest symptoms, to realize their $
niticance and to meet them in time
the remedy which has been shown
VI bemost efficient, is duty from viii
" there can be no escape, They are {
u, tunate who do this they are on I
ne sure road to death who neglect it.
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