Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-14
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One of the most remarkable occurrences
ever given to the public, which took place
here in our midst, has just como to our
knowledge and will undoubtedly awaken
Is much surprise and attract great at
tention as it has already in newspaper
| circles. The facts are, briefly, as follows:
Mr.. William A. Crombie, a young man
formerly residing at Birmingham, q suburb
Of Detroit, and now living at 287 Michigan
;Avsnue IN this city, can truthfuliy say that hat
| returned to this. A representative of this
| paper has interviewed him upon this inn
| portant subject and his experiences are
given to the public for the first time. He
said:
| 81 had been having most peculiar sensa-
tiofis for . long while. My head felt dull
/ and heavy; my eyesight did not seem so
clear as formerly; my appetite was uncer-
was an effort to arise in the morning and
yet could not sleep at night. Ny mouth
| tasted badly, had a 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 lrri-
table, and lost all enthusiasm. At times
| my head would Sc EN- to whirl and my heart
| palpitated terribly. l had no energy, no
present and thoughtless for the future. 1
tried to shake the feeling off and pursuade
myself it was simply cold or little ma
laria. But it would not go. was deter
mined not to give up, and so time passed
along and all the while 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
| made. My face also Logan to enlarge, and
continued to until could scarcely see out
| of my eyes. One Of my friends, descrlb-
| ing my appearance at that time, said: 1T
| is an animated something, but should like
| to know what In this conditions passed
several weeks of the greatest agony.
Finally, one Saturday night, the misery
| eliminated. Nature could endure no more.
became irrational and apparently insensl-
BILE. Cold sweat gathered on my forehead;
my eyes became glazed and my throat
ratified. i seemed to be in another sphere
and with other surroundings. l knew
nothing of what occurred around me, al
| though I have since learned it was con-
| sidered as death by those who stood by.
It was to me quiet state, and yet one of
great agony. ] was helpless, hopeless, and
pain was my only companion. remem-
Der trying to see what was beyon me, but
the mist before my eyes was too great. 1
tried to reason, but had lost all power. l
felt that it was death, and realized how
terrible 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 Irealized the presence of friends
and recognized my mother. then thought
it was earth, but was not certain. grad
ually regained consciousness, however, and
the pain lessened. found that my friends
had, during my Inconsistencies, been Civ
ing me preparation l had never taken be-
fore, and the next day, under the influence
l. of this treatment, the bloating began to
disappear and from that time on steadily
improved, until to-day 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 tho won
derful instrumentality of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy that brought me to life
| after 1 was virtually in another world"
"You have had an unusual experience,
Mr.. Crombie." said the writer who had
been breathlessly listening to the recital.
Yes, / think l 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
near killing me, and they do not know it.
I believe Kidney disease is the most decep-
tive trouble in the world. 1t comes Ikea
thief in the night. 1t has no certain symp-
toms, but seems to attack each one differ
emily. 1t is quiet, treacherous, and all the
more dangerous. It is killing more people,
to-day, than any other one complaint. If
I had the power would warn the entire
world against it and urge them to remove
1t from the system before it is too late"
One of the members of the firm of White
head & Mitchell, proprietors of the Bir-
min CHAM Eccentric, paid fraternal visit
to this office yesterday, and in the course
of conversation, Mr.. Crombie's name was
mentioned ffss s5t se*
81 knew about his Sickness" said the
editor, I" and his remarkable recovery. I
had his obituary all IN type and announced
in the Eccentric that he could not live until
it's next issue. It was certainly a most
wonderful case"
Rev.fA. r. Bartlett, formerly pastor of
the NJ. E. Church, at Birmingham, and now
of Schoolcraft, Mich, in response to a tele-
gram, replied:
r Mr.. w. A. Crombie was member of
my congregation at the time of his sick
ness. The prayers of the church were re-
quested for him on two different occasions
/ was with him the day he was reported by
his physicians as dying, and consider his
recovery almost miracle" Il
Not one person in 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 symptoms, to realize
their significance and to meet them In time
by the remedy which has been shown to be-
most efficient, is duty from which there
can be no escape. They are fortunate who
do this; they are on the sure road to death
who neglect it. S.
: EVERY cloud has silver lining; but it
Is not so with solid silver water pitchers.