Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-14
A MODERN RESURRECTION.
a Miracle thar Took Place In our
Midst Unknown TO the PubIIc--
The Details In Full.
Detroit Free Press

place here in our midst, has Just come
to our knowledge and will undoubtedly
awaken as much surprise and attract as
great attention as it has already in news
paper circles. The facts are briefly. as
follows Mr.. William A. Crombie. a
young man formerly residing at Birm-
ingham, suburb of Detroit, and now
living at 2S7 Michigan Avenue in this
city, can truthfully say that he has look
ed into the future world and vet return
ed to this. A representative of this
paper has interviewed him upon this i'm
portant subject and his experiences are
given TO the public for the first time.
He said:
4 had been having most peculiar sen
satlons for a long while My head felt
dun and heavy; my cyesight did not
seem so clear as formerly; my appetite
was uncertain and / was unaccountably
tired. 1t was an effort to arise in the
morning and yet | could not sleep at
night. My mouth tasted badly, | had a
FAINT ail-gone sensation in the pit OF
my stomach that food did not sat
isty, While my hands and feet felt
cold and ciammy. | was nervous and
irritable, and lost all enthusiasm AT
times my head would seem to whirl and
my heart palpitated terribly. | had no
energy, no ambition, and | seemed in.
different of the present and thoughtless
for the future | tried to shake the feel
ing OF and persuade myself it was sim
ply a cold or little malaria. But Il
would not go. | was determined not 20
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
maze. My face also began to enlarge.
and continued to until | could scarcely
see out of my eyes. One of my friends
describing my appearance at that time,
said: 1T is an animated S0mething but
/ should like to know what In this
condition / passed several weeks of the
greatest agony"
FINALLY one Saturday night, the mis-
cry eliminated. Nature could endure
no more. l became irrational and ap-
parently insensible. Cold sweat gath
cred on my forehead; 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, alth cugh | have
since learned it was considered as death
by those who stood by. 1t was to me a
quiet state, and 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 l had lost all power.
felt that it was death, and realized how
terrible it wn4 At last the strain upon
nay mind gave way and all was blank
4
! but at last | realized the presence OF
friends and recognized my mother.
then thought it was earth, but was not
certain. l gradually regained conscious.
ness, however, the pain lessened.
found that my friends had, during my
unconsciousness. been giving me a prep
aIation | had never taken before, and
the next day, under the influence OF
this treatment, the blOating began To-
disappear and from that time on | stead
/ lily improved, until to-day l am as well
as ever before in my life, have no traces
of the terrible acute Bright's disease.
which SO nearly killed me. and all
through the wonderful instrumentaliN
of Warmers Safe 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 had
been breathlessiy listening 20 the recit2!
Eyes, | think | have" was the reply,
''and it has been a valuable lesson TO
me. I am certain, though, that there
are thousands of men and women al
this very moment who have the same
ailment which came 50 near killing me,
and they do not know it, / believe kid
ney disease is the most deceptive trOub-
lie IN the wcrid. 1t comes like a thief
in the night. 1t has no certain symp
toms, but seems to attack each one diff
ferently 1t is quiet, treacherous, ana
all the more dangerous. 1t is killing
more people to-day than any other onr
complaint. If | had the power | woulo
warn the entire world against it, an0
urge them to remove it from the system
before it is too late"
One Of the members of the firm OF
Whitehead q Mitchell, proprieters of the
Brmir CHAM Eccentric paid a fraternal
visit to this office yesterday, and in the
course Of conversation, Mr.. Crombie's
name was mentioned.
Il knew about his sickness, said the
editor, land his remarkable recovery. !
had his obituary all in type and announce
ed in the Eccentric that he could not live
until its next issue. 1t was certainly a
most wonderful case
Rev. A. r. Bartlett, formerly pastor
of the NJ E. Church, at BirminP ham,
and now Of Schoolcraft, Mich, in re-
spouse to telegram, replied;
Mr. w. A. Crombie, was a member of
my congregation at the time Of his sick
ness The prayers of the church were
requested for him on two different oc-
casions i was with him the day he
was reported by his physicians AS dy-
ing, and considered his recovery almost
a miracle
Not one person in a million ever comes
so near death as did Mr. Crombie and
then recover, but the men and women
who are drifting toward the same end,
are legion. To note the slightest symp-
toms, to realize their significance and to
meet them in time by the remedy which
has been shown to be most efficient, is
a duty from which there can be no es-
cape. They are fortunate who do this;
they are on the sure road to death who
neglect it.