The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-21
MODERN RESURRECTION.

fDetroit Free Press.)

(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
circles. The facts are, briefly, as follows;
Mr.. William A. Crombie, young man
formerly residing at Birmir CHAM, a suburb
of Detroit, and now living at - Michigan
Avenue in this city, can truthfully say tna
he has looked into the future world and YET
returned to this. A representative OF thus
paper has interviewed him upon this I'M
portant subject and his experiences are
I given to the public for tie first time. lie
said:
II had been having most peculiar sensa,
lions for long wnl.e' MY head leie uuiI
and heavy; my eyesight did not seem so
clear as formerly; my appetite was uncer-
tam aud | was unacCountably tired. IL
was an effort to arise in the morning ana
| yet / could not sleep at night. My mouth
! tasted badly, had a faint all-gone sensa-
| ton in the pit of my stomach tuat food dld
not satisfy, while my hands and feet felt
| cold ard clammy. | was nervous and irrl-
/ table, and lost all enthusiasm. AT times
/ my head would en- to whirl and my heart
palpitated terribly. l had no energy, no
ambition, and | seemed Indifferent of TIE
present and thouShti"Ss for the 1uturc.
| tried to shake e feeling off and pursuade
myself il was simply a cold or little ma
| laIia. But il would not go. was deter
mined not to give up, and so time passed
along and a Ill the while | was getting worse.
| l. was about this time that noticed mad
| begun to bloat fearfully. My limbs were
| swollen so that by pressing my ringers
upon them deep depressions would he
| made. NV face also Logan to enlarge, and
continued to until could seal cely see out
| of nv ewes. One of my friends, descrlb
| ing my appearance a that time, said: III
| is an animated something, but should like
| to know what In this condition passed
| several weeks of the greatest agony.
| FINALLY, one Saturday nigh the misery
| eliminated. Nature {, uld endure 10 more
| | became irrational and apparently In'enSl
+ bic. Cold sweat gathered on my forehead
my eyes became glazed and my throat
ratified. l seemed to be in another spnert
| and with other surroundings. l knew
no hing of what occurred around me, al
| though l have since learned II was con
| sidered as death by those who stood by
| L. was to me a quiet state, and yet one o1
! great agony. l was helpless, hopeless, ant
| pain was my only companion. L remen
Der trying to see what was beyond ME, bu
| the mist before my eyes was too great.
| tried to reason, but had lost ali power.
felt that it was death, and realized how
| terrible il was. At last the STRAIN upon
my mind gave way and ali was blank
! How long this continued l Go not know
| but at last lrealiZsd the presence otfrfend'
and recognized my mother. | then though
| it was earth, but was not certain. L grad
! ual!y regained consciousness, however, ant
| the pain lessened. | found that my friends
| had, during my Inconsistencies, been CAV
ing me a preparation | had never taken be
fore, and the next day, under the Influence
| of this treatment, the boating began L
| disappear and from that time on l steadily
improved, until to-day l am as well as eve
| before i'll my lite, have no traces of thu
terrible acute Bri2ht's disease, which 81
nearly killed me, and all through the won
Gcrful instrumentalily of Warmers SAT-
| Cure, the remedy that brought me to life
| after | was virtually in another world"
You have had an unusual experience
Mr.. Crombie," said the writer who hat
been breathlessly listening to the recital
Yes, / think | have" was the reply
"and it has been valuable lesson 10 me
| | am certain, though, there are Thousands
Of men and women at this very mOhlen
| who have the same aiiment which came 81
near killing me, and they do rot know it
| believe kidney disease is the most dec ap
tive trouble in tho world. II comes like
thief in the night. II has no certain svmp
| toms, but seems to attack each one differ
emily. l. is quiet, treachcrous, and all tht
|
| to-day, than any other one complaint. |
had the power / would warn the ontir
world against it aud urge them to renevi
it from the system before it is too late"
One Of the members OF the firm of White
head & Mitchell, propristors of the Biz
mingham Eccentric, paid fraternal visi
to this Office yesterday, and in the cours
OF conversation, Mr.. Crombie's name wa
| mentioned.
81 knew about his Sickness" said tn
editor, "ani his recognizable recovery.
had his obituary al in type and announce
IN Il Eccentric that he could not live unit
rs next issue. 1t was certainly mos
! wonderful case"
Rev. a. L. Bartlett, formerly pastor o
tho NJ. f. Church, at Ri minEham, and nov
# SchoUlCraft, Mich, in response to a tels
| gram, replied:
"Mr. W. A. Crombie was a member o
my congregation at the time of his sick
ess. The prayers of the church were re
quested for him on two different occasions
/ was with him the day he was reported b,
| ais physicians as dying, and consider nj
r"cCvery almost miracle"
Not one person in a million ever come
90 near dea h as did Mr.. CIombe and the
| recover, hut tbs men and women who ar
drifting toward the same end are legion
To note the slightest symptoms, to reaiz
their significance and to inset them ia tim
by the remedy whica has been Shown to b
| most efficient, is a duty from which theC
| can be % escape. They are fortunate VIII
| 10 this; they are on the sure road to dealt
who neglect it.
EVERY cloud has a silver lining; but
| is NOT so with solid silver wSi~r DitchprS