The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
A MODERN RESURRECTION.

A MODERN RESURRECTION.
A Miracle that Took Place in ON
Midst Unknown to TIE Public
The Details i'll Full.
Detroit Free Press.l
One of the most remarkable occur
rences ever given to be public, which
took place here in our midst, has just
come to our knowledge and will I'M
doubtedly awaden as much surprise
and attract as great attention as it has
already in newspaper circles. The
fucts are, briefly, as follows: Mr.. Will
liam A. Crombie, young man fer
merly residing at Birmingham, sub
urb of Detroit, and now living at 2S7
Michigan avenue in this city, Can
truthfully say that he has looked into
the future world and yet returned to
this. A representative of this paper
has interviewed him upon the impor-
tant subject, and bis experiences are
given to the public for the first time.
He said:
81 had been having most peculiar
sensations for a long while. My head
felt dull and heavy; my eyesight did
not seem to be 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 faint all-gone sensation
in the pit of my stomach that food did
not satisfy, while my feet felt cold
and clammy. 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 l
seemed Indifferent of the present and
thoughtless for the future. l tried TO
shake the feeling off and persuade my
self it was simply cold or little
malaria. But it would not go. 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 l 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 to enlarge, and con-
tinued to until 1 could hardly see out
of my eyes. One of my friends, des-
cribing my appearance at that time,
said:i 1T is an animated something,
but / should like to know what In
this condition 1 passed several weeks
of the greatest agony"
"Finally, one Sunday 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. 1
seemed to be in another sphere and
with other surroundings. l knew
nothing of what occurred around me,
although [ have since learned that it
was considered as death by those who
stood by. 1t was to me quiet state,
and yet one of great agony. 1 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. l
tried to reason, but 1 had lost all
power. 1 felt that it was death, and |
realized how terrible it was. At last |
the strain upon my mind gave way |
and all was a blank. How long this |
continued do not know, but at last |
/ realized the presence of friends and |
recognized my mother. L then |
thought it was earth, but was not GER
tain. 1 gradually regained conscious
ness, however, and the pain lessened.
1 found that my friends had, during |
my Inconsistencies, been giving me
a preparation 1 had never taken be- |
fore, and the next day, under the in
fluence of this treatment, the boating
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 the wonder
full instrumentality of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy that brought me to
life after 1 was virtually in another
world"
"You have had an unusual exper-
fence, Mr.. Crombie," said the writer
who had been breathlessly listening to
the recital.
eyes; l think 1 have" was the re-
ply, "and it has been a valuable lesson |
to me l am certain, though, there |
are thousands of men and women at |
this very moment who have the same |
ailment which came so near killing
me, and they do not know it. l be-
lieve kidney disease is the most de-
ceptive trouble in the world. 1t comes |
like a thief in the night. 1t has no
certain SYMPTOMS, but seems to attack
cdC1 Ol0 ul1lSl O1lG1ys~ IL 10 4ulCG,
treacherous, and all the more danger
Gus. 1t is killing more people, to-day,
than any other one complaint. If
had the power I would warn the en-
tire world against it and urge them to
remove it from the system before it is
too late"
One of the members of the firm of
Whitehead & Mitchell, prOpritor5 of
fht C-h EtOanntrin r1aJ6 q
fraternal visit to this Office Yesterday
Mr.. CrOmbie'S name was mentioned.
81 knew about his Sickness" said the
editor, "and his remarkable recovery.
1 had his obituary all in type and an
nounced in the Eccentric that he could
not live until it's next issue. 1t was
certainly a most wonderful case"
Rev. A. r. Bartlett, formerly pastor
of the M. E. church, at Birmingham,
and now, of Schoolcraft. Mich, in re-
Spouse to telegram, replied:
"Mr. w. A. Crombie was member
of my congregation at the time of his
sickness. The prayers of the church
were requested for him on two differ
ent occasions. | was with linn the
day he was reported by his physicians
as dying, and consider his recovery al
most miracle"
Not one person in a million ever
comes so near death as did Mr.. Crom-
bic 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.
A Communication.
AUSTIN, Feb. 6, 1884.