The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-01-25
A MODERN INSTRUMENTATION.
a Miracle That Took Place in on
Midst Unknown 90 the Pubftc
The Details I'm FuII.

The Details I'm Full.
Detroit Free Press.
One of the most remarkable occurronH sever
given 10 the public, which took place tefe IN
our midet, has Just come to our knowlNiG a. aud
Win undoubtedly awaken as much Surprise
and attract as great attention as II haf 6lready
in newspaper circles. Tho facts are,brleny,
rs follows: MIR. william A. Orombie,f Young
man formerly residing at Blrminghaih o sub.
urb OF Detroit, and now living at on Michl.
gan avenue In this city, can truthfully say
that he has looked into tho future world aud
yet returned to this. A representatFe OF this
paper has interviewed him upon tiHs import
ant subject and his experiences af given to
the public for the first time. Ho sd:
VI had been having most pecIlar sensa-
tions for long while. My head elt dull and
heavy; my eyeeight did not seem 80 clear rs
formerly; my appetite was unc~tain and
was unaccountably tired. 1t w0 an effort to
rise in tho morning and yet GOULD not sleep
at night. My mouth tasted hkily, had
faint all-gone sensation in the rt OF my stom
ach that food did not satisfy, vbilo my hands
and feet felt cold and clammy.3 was nervous
and irritable, and lost all Enthusiasm. At
times my head would seem u whirl and my
heart palpitated terribly. Ithad no energy,
no ambition, and seemed @difrorent of the
present and thoughtless al the future.
tried TO shake the feeling OFT 4nd persuade my
self 1t was simply cold ONO little malaria.
But IL would not go. i was determined not to
give up, and 80 timo passat along and all the
whiIo was getting worse@ II was about this
time that noticed had kegun to bloat fear
fully. My limbs were 4Sollen so that by
pressing my fingers upou,them deep depres.
sions would BIO made. MI face also began TO
enlarge, and contnued TO until / could
ecarcely see out OF mn eyes. Ono OF my
friends, describing myfappearance at that
time, said VI Is an animated something, but
Ishould like to know wllht In this condition
i passed several weeksYpf the greatest agony.
"Finaly, ono SATURDAY night the misery
eliminated. Nature cQbld endure no more.
became irrational and apparently insensible.
Gold sweat gathered on my forehead; my Dyes
became glazed andfmy throat ratified. I
seemed to be In anothot sphere and with other
surroundings. I kneH nothing OF what oc.
CURED around me, although ] have since
learned II was considered as death by those
who stood by. 1t wa8to mo IA quiet state, and
yet one Of great agony. was helpless, hope
lees and pain was niY only companion. re-
member trying to so what was beyond me,
but tho miet before ny eyes was too great. l
tried to reason, butf Dad lost all power. felt
that IL was death, and realized how terrible IL
was. At last the si4ain upon my mind gave
way and all was utank. How long this con-
t1nued do not knoS, but at last realized the
presence OF friendGknd recognized my mother.
then thought 1t wbs earth, but was not cor
tain. l graduallX regatned consciousness,
however, and the pain lessened. found that
my friends had, during my Inconsistencies,
been giving mon preparation had never
taken before, andahe next day, under the In
fuence OF this tr{htment, the bloating began
to disappear, anH from that time on I steadily
improved, until fe.day am as well as ever be-.
fore In my life, nave no traces OF tho terrible
acute Brights d&ease, which so nearly killed
me, and all Though the wonderful instru-
mentality OF wa$ner's Safe Cure, the remedy
that broughtmgto life after was virtually In
another worldly
''You have hin an unusual experience, Mr..
Crombie," said the writer who had been
breathlessly lf4fening to the recital.
ayes, thinE1 have" was the reply, sand IL
has beon yalaable lesson to me. i am GER
tain, though, here are thousands OF mon and
women at thtf very moment who have tho
same ent@hich came 80 near killing me,
and they do nit know IL. believe kidney dis.
case is the md ~ deceptive trouble In tho world.
1t comes likeh thief In the night. II has no
certain symptoms, but seems TO attack each
ono differently. 1t is quiet, troacherous, and
all the mora} dangerous. II Is killing more
people, to.day, than any other one complaint.
II had tho Bower would warn the entire
world against IT, and urge them to remove It
from the sy9tem before II is too late"
One OF thu members OF the firm OF Whitehead
Mitchell propriotorso OF the Birmingham Ec-
centric, paid fraternal visit to this ONCE yes
terday, and In the course OF conversation Mt.
Crombies Game was mentioned.
III knew Rbout his Sickness" said the editor,
sand hfstremarkable recovery. l had his
obituary al In type and announced In tho Ec-
centric thai he could not live until its next IS
sue. II wns certainly most wonderful case"
Rev. A. B. Bartlett, formerly pastor OF tho
M. E.. Church, at Birmingham, and now OF
Schoolcrnyt, Mich, In response TO atelegram,
aMr. WA. Crombie was a member OF my
congregation at the time OF his sickness. Tho
prayers Of the church were requested for him
on two different occasions. was with him
the day Ne was reported by his physicians as
dying, end consider his recovery almost
Not onb person In a million ever comes so
near deqth as did Mr.. Crombie and then re-
cover, hit tho men and women who are drift
ing toward the same end, are legion. To note
the slightest symptoms, to realize their signi-
ncance'and 10 meet them in time by the rem
edy which has been shown to be most efficient,
ia duty from which there can be no escape.
They are fortunate who do this; they are on
the sure road to death who neglect 1t.