The Columbian., April 25, 1884, Image 4

ON THE PLAINS.
The Current.
A thousand lone-homed cattle grazed
Upon a bonndless field.
And, with a shading band upraised
His bearded face to shield,
A swarthy herder's watchful eyes
Saw distant shadows fall and rise.
A clash of hoofs 'stampeded there,
Beat fast a loud tattoo,
And whizzing keenly through the air
A feathered arrow flew I
A gray mustang, with streaming mane,
Ttuhed riderless across the plain.
A DAY IN TANGIERS.
Moors, Arabs and Water-Carrier
A Ylit to Two Moorish Harems
Tbelr Inmates.
Mrs. John Stratton in New York Sun.
High above me I behold the build
ings and walla of ;Tangiers. The blue
Mediterranean dashes its wares against
a ruined mole and a temporary pier for
the accommodation of travelers. Every
thing is different from European
scenes. "Wild flowers gTow in profu
sion on the roofs and old walls. The
bright blossoms of the cactus glow in
the sunlight The prickly pear at
tains the size and height of trees, and
in many places forms arches, beneath
which ride Moors and others mounted
on mules and donkeys. The natives
eat the fruit, cutting each pear from its
stem with twine. The leaves are food
for camels.
Just below the hotel and outside the
gate of the city is the soko or . market
place. On Sundays and Thursdays it
is filled with a motley crowd, who bring
game, meat, eggs, fowls and other pro
visions from the surrounding country.
It is here that Gibraltar obtains its
supplies.
Here you see the genuine Bedouin
Arab. Wild and dirty as he is, he is
clean when compared with the horrid
looking men from the KiJf coast,
descendants of the old pirates. They
are wild and untamed, and fiercer than
untamed animals. They do not even
cover their heads. Their heads are
closely shaved after leaving a lock by
which they fervently believe Moham
med will pull them up to heaven. The
Jews are very numerous. They are
known by their peculiar dresses. They
cringe to the dust and put up with
every insult so as to remain in Tan
gier s.
The noise and din in the market
place is infernal. At least 5,0J0 tongues
are at work. You can hardly force your
way through the crowd. Once on the
outskirts you are lost in great herds of
cattle and strings of loaded donkeys
from Barbary. These little creatures
carry wonderful loads. They look
small by the side of the camels. These
animals, relieved of their loads, are
-lying down in a circle with their fore
legs tied t together. Near them are
numbers of goatskin tents, filthy in the
extreme, and only high enough to sit
under. The confusion is terrible. Some
of the men are banging on drums, and
others are playing the khutah, which is
infinitely worse than the Moorish
drum.
On passing through two gate3 we
came to a fountain. It was surrounded
by a mob of water-carriers. Tattered
rag3 fluttered over the naked legs. They
fought fiercely for precedence in filling
their water skins. Women whose faces
were covered with the exception of an
eye crouched on the ground near by,
selling bread. The magnificent Moor,
in flowing white robe and spotless tur
ban, strutted majestically by, not deign
ing to cast his haughty glance at us.
The streets swarmed with children in
various costumes. The small shops
were packed with men bitting cross
legged. Above, below, around, and
beneath there was dirt of every de
scription. Fortunately for us the viler
smells had been tempered by recent
rains. In summer the stench is said to
be almost unbearable.
This morning we were awakened
early by a great noise. We heard cries,
shouts, and beating of drama, the firing
of guns, and the steady tramp of ani
mals, biped and quadruped. These
were the thousands who had filled the
soko returning to their homes in Fez
. Morocco, and the great desert of
Sahara. There is, however, a dense
resident population.
A few years ago an English lady
married a Moor holding a high position
in Tangiers. He promised that she
should be his only wife, but since then
he has espoused four other women. She
is allowed to walk out, but not unless
she is guarded. If she left him, she
could take nothing with her. If
he sent her away, she would
be entitled to an income or to jC2,0DO
in cash. The poor thing is a
virtual prisoner. We have received
an invitation to visit her, and shall
accept it. Yesterday we were guest3
in two Moorish harems. The inmates
gave us a very kind reception. The
gloomy appearance of the outer walls
contrasted strongly with the inside of
the house. The halls were tiled. Mar
ble pillars, bright colors and rug? gave
the rooms a bright appearance. Mat
tresses were laid on the carpets in
apartments facing the court-yard. They !
were the bed-rooms of the wives. There
were no windows. Each wife leaves
her slippers at the entrance of her bed
room. We saw no chairs, and only an
occasional cushion. The wives prefer
to recline or to sit on the floor. One
or two sat on sheep skins.
The second harem belonged to a rich
Moor. We saw there several clocks
- and mirrors, evidently a recent impor
tation from Paris, but they looked out
of place. The Moor had only one
wife, and she was just 13 years old. She
had been married two years. She sat
on the floor barefooted with three
. other women, who were either relatives
or visitors. She was very pretty !
, With an engaging smile she motioned
us to sit near her. She looked ani
. mated, gay and happy. Several ser
vants in Oriental attire were in attend-
ance. The life of Moorish wives, must.
however, be very wearisome. They are
shut up in apartments with grated win
dow high above mankind, with only
occasional glimpses of the great world
without.
In the first harem I saw a widow with
seven children, all girls. Two were
playing cards and two were sewing.
Jione of the girls had ever seen a man.
On Fridays only the widow is allowed
to go to the Moslem cemetery to weep
and to pray over her dead husband.
We were oaered coflee and cake. Eti
quette required that we should drink
four cups of coffee and eat as many
cakes. Our visit was male very early
in the morning.
The poor wives seemed glad to see
us. They admired our dresses and
called each other's attention to what
took their fancy in the way of jewelry.
They were dressed gayly, but they had
- a slovenly look and an ungraceful walk.
John Buskin's new lecture on storm
clouds is pronounced by scientists t be
eloquent nonsense. ' I
FAMOUS BOTANY BAY.
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Australian IarrikInsT' Wbat 9t on
rare D. Conway IT rites About
Tbem.
Sydney (Australia) Letter.
There would seem, at first, some
thing almost poetio in the "larrikin"
liking for Botany bay. The traveler,
soon loses any illusion about that
famous bay. There never was a con
vict there. Convicts used to be "ad
dressed," so they say, at London, for
Botany bay, but none were landed
there. The convict colony was in
Sydney. One of the theories about
"larrikins" is that they are descendants
of the convicts, and the. theory would
be practically complete if their orgies
should haunt the spot where their fore
fathers and foremothers labored with
out reward, even as London free
thinkers used to preach at Smithfield,
where their predecessors were burnt.
But Botany bay, as a penal establish
ment, having proved a myth, I am becom
ing skeptical about the "larrikin" him
self. He must be a curious creature.
You hear him and her spoken of as the
pest of society rude, reckless, licen
tious, agressive, dangerous yet you are
likely to stay here a long time without
seeing one. 1 have been in the colo
nial cities more than two months and
still have to take the existence of the
"larrikin" on trust. They say that
crowds of them, between 12 and 20
years of age, go about the streets at
night and whenever they meet a re
spectable man or woman fly at them,
beat them, . trample them, sometimes
kill them. But whenever that is said,
some skeptical citizen whispers that you
must not believe all you hear. It is said
the "larrikin" makes enough money in
three days in the week to live riotously
during the other four.'
The streets 'of Sydney appear to me
orderly night and day. The pit and
gallery of the theatres are apparently
occupied by good-natured crowds and,
on the whole, I cannot help still sus
pecting that there is a good deal of
mythology investing this convention
alized "larrikin." However, I shall keep
a sharp lookout for him. Thus far
what I have heard of "larrikins" would
lead me to suppose that some of them
are employed on the particularly pious
Eress of the colonies which does not
esitate to knock down and trample
on anybody not of their opinions.
Such violence and vituperation in
print were inconceivable to me until I
came to these colonies. My own repu
tation of not being sound in the faith
brought upon me a serious experience
of holy larrikinism. I- was giving a
very innocent lecture on London in
Protestant hall, Sydney, to a good audi
ence, in which were the premier and
other ministers and eminent citizens,
when some pious people sang loud
Salvation Army hymns about the doors
and windows, and in an adjacent room
balls were rolled. I w as told it was to
drown my voice. The device, if it were
Buch, did not succeed ; but it gave me a
Vivid impression of the spirit that may
work in a colony distant from the cen
ters of civilization and give rise to the
phenomenal incivility called "larrik
inism.
How Cork Is fathered
Chicago Herald.
The cork tree belongs to the class oi
oaks, and there are two trees, quercus
Kuber and quercus occidentalis, that
from time to time shed their bark or
outer coating. This coating is the cork
of the trade, but the bark shed by na
ture is not marketable, because it does
not contain any sap, which is necessary
to retain the elasticity. Cork for in
dustrial purposes is gained by peeling.
After a tree is three years old the peel
ing may commence, but cork of that
age is of inferior quality, and the peel
ing would kill tne tree, lrees ol
twenty years give cork of a fair qual
ity, and the quality increases until the
tree has gained the respectable age of
1UU or loU years, when the bark be
comes hard and unwieldy. The circu
lar incisions are made around the
trunk of the tree and connected by per
pendicular cuts, allowing the two half
circles to be removed. - Care must be
taken not to disturb the fiber or inner
bark, which keeps the tree alive.
This peeling process can be repeated
on the same tree at intervals of from
eight to ten years, yielding cork plates
from one to four inches in thickness.
The half-round cork pieces are pressed
into plates while still moist from the
tree ; then the rough coatings are re
moved and the plates are immersed in
boiling water for several minutes' and
pressed again. After that they are
piled into bundles, fastened by iron
hoops, and are ready for the market. The
raw material will sell from 4 to 70 cents
per pound, according to quality and
thickness, and is not subject to any im
port duty. The full-grown cork tree
reaches a height of seventy feet and
a diameter of five feet. It grows in the
almost impenetrable forests of Spain,
the southeastern part of France and
Algiers and Senegambia in Africa. The
quality of the cork depends very much
on the 'ay of the land, that exposed to
the greatest heat being the finest.
Each tree yields cork of two different
dimensions, the bark on the northern
side of a tree being the thinnest.
Experiments have been made to cul
tivate the cork oak in Florida and Cali
fornia, but so far they have not result ad
in success. There is a good prospect,
however, that cork of a marketable
quality may be obtained in the former
state as the oak plantations advance in
age.
Queer Little Oranges.
Now York Sun.
Very red little oranges, tomato
shaped, with shiny skin, and done up
in colored tissue paper, can be found
this winter in every fruit store and on
many stands. They are mandarin and
Tangierine oranges, from Florida. The
two varieties are so nearly alike in
looks and taste that nersons rnificcna.
torned to them can not always tell
which is which. The mandarins came
originally from China, and the Tangier
inesj from the country whose name
they bear. In Florida they are called
"kid-glove orange.," because, it is said,
lad es can peel and eat them without
soiling their gloves. Between the skin
and the pulp is a loose layer of fibers,
which is easily separated from the
pulpjv The skin has only to be broken,
wheii it can be taken oft' dry and in one
piece. In taste they are ery different
from other orauges of good quality. In
stead of the spicy flavor that is dis
tinguishable i i ripe and fresh Indi.in
river oranges, there is in the mandarins
und Tangerines a taste suggesting that
of new wine. The pulp is very tender,
and there is little but juice within the
delicate lining.
Leigh Hunt : It is books that teach
us to refine our pleasures when young,
and which, having so taught us, enable
ns to recall them with satisfaction when
The Craze of Amateur. Theatricals.
New York Cor. Inter Ocean.
The fad of the hour is amateur
theatricals. . People have gone, half
crazy over, them", and assurer passport
to fashionable circles cannot be found
now than the ability to Act, or, at least,
the inclination, it is an. awful thing to
be an amateur actor. The first duty of
a father unquestionably is to strangle a
child who shows the slightest disposi
tion to go upon the amateur stage
There is no doubt that amateur acting,
in nine cases out oi ten, is
an evidence of incipient insan
ltv. If a man taints ne can
ride a horse, and ha gets on the horse,
is thrown to the ground, and half
killed, he at once arrives at the con
elusion, without any ulterior argument,
that ne can t ride mat norse. A man
who attempts to walk ?on the water
sinks. He is usually aware of the fact.
But if a man, woman, or child starts in
on a soulless career as an amateur
actor, no power in heaven or on earth
can convince him or her that he or she
cannot act. The rage for the sport
goes on with unabated fury. It has
reached so high a development here
that recently the Kemble society gave
a perorinan -o of "Othello" at the
Academv of Music on which they ex
pended $6,000 for scenery, properties
and professional teachers. Tney
started a subscription for the expenses
of the performance, expecting that
$1,000 would put them through.
but $6,000 was subscribed almost
before the society was aware of
it. So they had new sets of
scenery painted throughout, and cos
tumes made which excited the envy of
professional managers. After the
show was over I met a stock-broker
whom I knew very well, and who
plaved the part of Dorenzo. I asked
him how the thing went off.
"Gloriously, gloriously," he said
rubbing his hands, briskly and smiling
with great satisfaction.
"It was a success, was it ?"
"Success was no name for it. Joe
Clare, the assistant scene painter of the
Fifth Avenue theatre, told me on the
dead quiet that with the exception of
the characters of Othello, Iago, Des.le-
mona and Cassio he had never seen any-
thing so fine in his life, except a per
formance in 1862 in Dublin."
'Cracking" and "Stabbing:" Oysters.
Trenton Times.
-When-Thomas W. Walsh, of Phila
delphia, the partner .of George A.
Beech, was recently shown Frank
Cobine's offer to open with Beech, if he
would "crack" instead of "stab" the
ojster, Walsh said :
"That is a verv trivial objection. Mr.
Beech is quite ready and willing
either to 'crack' or 'stub.' He is the
champion oyster-opener of the world
He wears two gold medals as proof of
his pre-eminence m the art. One was
won at Fox's theatre, the present
Chestnut Street opera house where he
stabbed 100 oysters in four minutes and
seven seconds, distancing five competi
tors. The other lie captured at a match
in the National theatre."
"What is the diderece between 'crack
ing' and 'stabbing ':' " was asked.
"'Cracking' is the refuge of the
bungling and inexpert artist. The
novitiate in oyster-opening finds it
quicker. He uses a knife-handle as
heavy as a giant's club. Pound 1 He
splinters the shell, scares the oyster
prematurely to death, and deafens his
customers. The Btabber's work is as
delicate as a watchmaker's. He can
operate with a knife as thin as a lance.
Deftly he inserts the point. He touches
the oyster on the head. The oyster
withdraws. With a quick twist of the
wrist he lays the oyster bare, intact
noon his pearl bed. He surrenders
himself then with grace and dignity
Ah, there is a great difference between
"cracking and 'stabbing.
English nooses Dark.
Robert Laird Collier's Letter.
Why is It that these dear, good English
people, who intellectually . love the light and
seek It so wiuruuy, live Doauy in sucn aarn
nessl By day and by night the rooms of
English houses are dimly lighted. I was
shown finally into Lord Onslow's office, pass
ing through a large hall and two passage
ways and by two staircases. This room,
where the earl works, Is low studded, long and
narrow, filled with stained glass, and how
he could see to write at this table without
artificial light I cannot at all make out.
However, It is no matter of mine.
It is all of a piece, and it is national tempera
ment. English people simply hate a glare or
light. They rather fancy everywhere In na
ture, in art, and in society sore, ana, per naps,
upon the whole, dull colors. Although the
room was dark, I found Lord Onslow full of
light. His hearty, frank manner had the
strength of the Rocky mountains in it, and I
really was quite inspired by contact with a
man who has been on the plains and In the
Western Alps hunting and rollicking, snar
ing the sb'sties of cowboys amd being
abased roundly by our independent, fearless
American press for giving himself aristo
cratic airs in a land where every man la a
sovereign.
ALorelr Parple TIbn
New York Evening Post.
Boganvillia spectabilii,the fascinating
vine of a wonderf r.l purple color, is now
in market and may be ordered in quan
tities from a Poughkeepsie grower.
This grows wild in South America,
where it festoons the forest; it is diffi
cult to make it flower in the best con
structed conservatories in this region,
however. It is a peculiar plant ; when
its dazzling flowers appear, the foliage
drops off; it requires about four weeks
after the blossoms open for them to
deepen to their best color. The flowers
never fall, and even after the vine is
cut will remain perfect for weeks.
When dried they are bike tissue paper,
but cling firmly to their stem. Those
fortunate enough to procure enough of
this vine to festoon a mirror or pictures
may depend upon it : for many months
for ornament. Two decorations have
already been made of Boganvillia spec
tabilis. There are few flowers that will
combine with its marvelous color. liia-
nonia Venusta is very elegant garlanded
with it, and lilies have not their fairness
clouded by it.
Balzac's Wildest Idea.
New York Sun.
His most picturesque, project was to
open a grocery store on the Boulevard
des It aliens, put on the sign "Honore
de Balzac," dress himself in a blouse
and serve his customers, and have Gua
tier to roast' the ooffee, Gerard de
Nerval to sell mustard, and George
Sand to take the cash. Thi he said,
would set all Paris agog, customers
would flock in by thousands, and he
would make an enormous fortune.
A GREAT HOUSEMAN.
Mr. J. n. Goldsmith, owner of the Wal
nut Grove stock farm, N. Y., says of the
wonderful curative qualities of St. Jacobs
Oil, that having long used it for rheuma
tism and on his breeding farm for ailments
of hordes and cattle, he cheerfully accords
this great pain-cure his preference, as the
best ne ever used, in an experience of
twenty years.
JUDGE FLANDERS OF NEW YORK.
The Hon. Joseph R. Flanders enjoys the
eminent distinction of being one of the
most prominent lawyers in xsew xors:.
Born and brought up in Malone, Franklin
county, on the edge of the Adirondack re
gion, he early devoted himself to the
practice of law. and took an active part in
the politics of the State. He was for
years Judge in Franklin county; and he
served with distinguished anility several
terms In the Legislature of New York.
He was for a long time in partnership, in
the practice of law, with the Hon. W. A.
Wbsalw -nrtm m-on Vi'0-Trairfpnt. of the
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United States, during the Presidency of
ivir. nayes. Judge Jblanaers was a mem
ber of the famous committee appointed
about thirty years ago to revise the Con
stitution of the State of New York. He
alwavs has been a staunch and fearless ad
vocate of temperance reform, and of purity
in political affairs. During the controversy
which led to the war. he was conspicuous
for his consistent and forcible advocacy of
"State rights," always taking the ground
of the statesman and jurist, and not affil
iating with the demagogues or noisy polit
ical charlatans on either side.
In his present appearance Jud&ce Flan
der's countenance gives no indication
of the remarkable physical experience
through which, he has passed. No one
woulasuppoae, from seeing him busily at
work in his law office, a cheertui, hearty
and well preserved, elderly gentleman,
that he was for many years a great suf
ferer, and that his emancipation from
slavery to severe disease was a matter of
oniy recent date. nut even so it is.
Visiting him a few days ago in his well
appointed law offices in "lemple Jourt,
which is one of the new twelve-story of
fice buildings of the metropolis, we found
him disposed to engage in conversation
regarding his illness and his complete re
storation to health. The information
which he communicated in regard to this
extraordinary ease was substantially as
iollows
"For many years I suffered from weak
digestion and the dyspepsia consequent
upon it. My health was not at any time
since I was twenty-one years of age, vig
orous; although by persistence and close
application I have been able in most of
the years to perform a large amount of
worK in my proiession. liradualiy l de
clined into a state of physical and nervous
prostration, in which work became almost
an impossibility, in lsvu l was all run
down in strength and spirits. Energy and
ambition had entirely departed. That
summer I went to Saratoga, and took a
variety oi the waters, under the direction
of one of the resident physicians. But
instead of receiving any benefit I grew
weaker and more miserable all the time I
was there. 1
"In September I returned to New York
in a very reduced state. I was incapable
of work and hardly able to leave the
house. . Soon after my return I suffered a
violent chill, which prostrated me to the
last degree. But under medical treatment
I gradually rallied, so that in the course of
the winter and spring I managed to do a
little work at my office in my profession.
During this time, however, I was subject
to frequent fits of prostration, wkich kept
me lor days and weeks at a time in the
house.
"So I kept on until the summer of 1882.
I tried a variety of medicaments which
kind friends reoomended, and was under
the care of several physicians from time
to time. In the latter part of the summer
I went to Thousand Islands, where I 6taid
several weeks with friends. But I found
the atmosphere did not agree with me
Soon I had a chill; not a severe one, yet
in my state it added to my weakness and
general discomfort. Several days after
this l had another chill, which totally
prostrated me.
"As soon after this as I was able to
travel, I went to Malone, my old Franklin
county home, intending to stay for awhile
among relations and friends, and to con
sult my old family physician. But I found
that he was away in the White Mountains
with Vice-President Wheeler, my old
friend and former law partner. They did
not return to Malone until three days be
fore I left there. Of course I consulted the
physician. He neither said nor did much
for me. I came away, feeling that the bat
tle of life was nearly ended. 1 he next time
I saw Mr. Wheeler in New York, he
told me that the doctor had said to him
that he never expected aizain to see me
alive. When I arrived at home-in Septem
ber, it was in a state of such exhaustion
that I was unable to leave home except on
bright and sunshiny days; and then only
to walk slowly a block or two.
"Meanwhile my son. who had been in
Massuchusetts, made the acquaintance of
a country postmaster in that btate, an
elderly gentleman, whose prostration
seemed to have been as great as my own,
or nearly so. This gentleman had been
taking the Compound Oxygen Treatment,
and had received from it the most sur
prising advantage. My son wrote fre
quently, and urged that I should try this
treatment. But I had lost all faith in
remedies. I had tried many things, and
had no energy to try any more, liut in
September my son came to New York,
and persuaded me to vifcit Dr. Turner,
who is in charre of Dr. Rtarkev & Palen's
office in New York for the Compound Oxy
gen Treatment. My going there was not
because l had any faith In this treatment,
but to crratifv mv son's kind imnnrtnnitv.
WThen Dr. Turner examined my case, he
thought 1 was so far gone that he hardly
dared to express the faintest hope.
"On the seventh of October I commenced
taking the treatment. To my great sur
prise 1 began to feel better within a week.
In a month, I improved so greatly that I
was able to come to my office and do some
legal work. I then came to the office reg
ularly except in bad weather. On the
nineteenth of December a law matter
came into my hands. It was a eompli
cated case, promising to give much trou
ble. and to require very close attention. J
had no ambition to take it, for I had no
confidence in my ability to attend to it. I
consented, however, to advise concerning
it, and to do a little work. One complica
tion after another arose. I kept working
at it all winter and inte the sprinpr. For
three months this case required as contin
uous thought and labor as 1 had ever be
stowed on anv case in all mv lpcn.1 experi
ence. Yet under the constant pressure and
anxiety I grew stronger, taking Compound
Oxygen all the time. In the spring, to my
astonishment, and that of my friends, I
was as fit as ever for hard work and close
aplication.
. "My present health is such that I can
without hardship or undue exertion at
tend to the business of my profession as
of old. I am regularly at my office in all
kinds of weather, except the exceedingly
stormy, and even then it is seldom that I
am housed. My digestion is good, my
sleep is as natural and easy as it ever was,
and my appetite is as hearty as I could de-
Rlre.
"A remarkable feature of my case Is the
hopelessness with which Dr. Starkey
viewed it at the outset. -It was hot
brought to his personal attention until
after, in Dr. Turner's care, I had begun
the treatment. Then my son wrote to
him, setting forth my condition, and ask
ing him to interest himseii individually
in endeavors for my benefit. Dr. Starkey
replied that he had carefully examined
the case, as set before him, and that there
was evidently nothing that could be done.
Ha raw no nnssihla chance of mv hfintr
made better, and doubted if I could even
be made more comfortable. 'I am very
sorry,' he wrote, ' to give such a hopeless
prognosis, but conscientiously I can give
no other." What would Dr. Starkey have
said, had he then been assured that in less
than a year from the time of his writing I
should be thorouehlv restored to as trood
health as ever I had, and that I should be
able to attend regularly to the arduous du
ties of my profession f
"Do I still continue to take the Treat
ment? No; not regularly, for iny system
is in such a condition that I do not need
it. Once in awhile, if I happen to take
cold, I resort to the Treatment for a few
days, and always with certain and benefi
cial effect.
"Mv confidence in the restorative power
of Compound Oxygen is complete; as also
It Is In the. ahilitv and inteeritv of Drs.
Starkey & Palen, and of Dr. Turner, who
is in charge of their New York Depository;
otherwise I should not allow my name to
be used in this connection. 1 have thus
freely made mention of the history of my
case as a duty I owe of rendering possible
service to some who may be as greatly in
need of physical recuperation as I was."
Jfrom the above it wouia seem uiai even
the most despondent invalids and those
whose condition has been supposed to be
beyond remedy, may take courage and be
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A MODERN RESURRECTION.
A Miracle that Took Place In Oar
Midst Unknown to tbe Public j
The Details In Fall. j
(Detroit Free Press.) v
One of tse 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 cir
cles. The facts are, briefly, as follows:
Mr. William A. Crombie, a young man
formerly residing at Birmingham, a sub
urb of Detroit, and now living at 287 Michi
gan Avenue in this city, can truthfully
say that he has looked into the future
world and yet returned to this. A repre
sentative of this paper has interviewed
him upon this important subject and his
experiences are given to the public for the
first time. He said:
"I had been having most peculiar sensa
tions for a long while. My head felt dull
and heavy; my eyesight did not seem so
clear as formerly; my appetite was uncer
tain and I was unaccountably tired. It
was an effort to rise in the morning and
yet I could not sleep at night. My mouth
tasted badly;' I had a faint all-gone sensa
tion in the pit of my stomach that food did
not satisfy, while my hands and feet felt
cold and clammy. I was nervous and irri
table, and lost all enthusiasm. At times my
head would seem to whirl and my heart
palpitated terribly. I had no energy, no
ambition, and I seemed indifferent of the
present and thoughtless for the future. I
tried to shake the feeling off and persuade
myself it was simply a cold or a little ma
laria. But it would not go. 1 was deter
mined not to give up, and so time passed
along and all the while 1 was getting
worse. It was about this time that I no
ticed I had begun to bloat fearfully. My
limbs were swollen so that by pressing my
fingers upon them deep impressions would
be made. My face also began to enlarge,
and continued to tintil I could scarcely see
out of my eyes. One of my friends, de
scribing my appearance at that time, said:
'it is an animated something, but I should
like to know what.' In this condition I
passed several weeks of the greatest
agony. i
"Finally, one Saturday night, the misery
culminated. Nature could endure no more.
I became irrational and apparently insen
sible. Cold sweat gathered on my fore
head; my eyes became glazed and my
throat rattled. I seemed to be in another
sphere and with other surroundings. I
knew nothing of what occurred around
me, although I have since learned it was
considered as death by those who stood
by. It was to me a quiet state, yet one of
great agony. I was helpless, hopeless and
pain was my only companion. I remember
trying to see what was oevond me, out me
mist before mv eves was too creat. I tried
to reason, but I had lost all power. I felt
that it was death, and realized how terri
ble it was. At last the strain upon my
mind crave wav and all was a blank. How
long this continued I do not know, but at
last I realized the presence of friends and
recognized my mother. I then thought it
was earth, but was not certain. I gradu
ally regained consciousness, however, and
the pain lessened, l iound that my menus
had. durinc!mv unconsciousness, been criv-
ing me a preparation I had never taken be
fore, and the next day, under the influence
of this treatment, the bloating began to
disappear and from that time on I steadily
improved, until to-day I am as well as
ever before in my life; have no traces of
the terrible acute urignt s disease, wnicn
so nearly killed me, and all through the
wondertul instrumentality of Warner's
Safe Cure, the remedy that brought me to
life after I was virtually In another world.
" You have had an unusual experience.
Mr. Crombie," said the writer who had
been breathlessly listening to tne recital.
" Yes, I think I have," was the reply,
" and it has been a valuable lesson to me.
I am certain, thoutrh, 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.
I believe kidney disease is the most decept
ive trouble in the world. It comes like a
thief in the night. It has no certain symp
toms, but seems to attack each one differ
ently. Ik is quiet, treacherous, and all the
more dangerous. It is killing more people,
to-day, than any other complaint. If I had
the power I would warn the entire world
. . . j, .1 - a. M
against li ana urge uiem w remove it ixuiu
the system before it is too late. m
One of the members of the firm of White
head & Mitchell, proprietors of the Bir
mingham Eccentric, paid a fraternal visit
to this office yesterday, and in the course
of conversation, Mi. Crombie's name was
mentioned.
"I knew about his sickness," said the
editor, "and his remarkable recovery, i
had his obituary all in type and announced
in the Eccentric that he could not live un
til its next issue. It was certainly a most
wonderful case."
Rev. A. It. Bartlett, formerly pastor of
theJNl. Church, at IJirmingham, and
now of Schoolcraft, Mich., in response to
a teleeram. replied : i
"Mr. W. A. Crombie, was a member of
mv contrrccation at the time of his sick
ness. The prayers of the church were re
quested for nim on two different occasions.
I was with him the day he was reported
by his physicians as dying, and consider
his recovery almost a miracle.
No one person in a million ever comes so
near death as did Mr. Crombie and then
recover, but the men and women who are
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