Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-16
is. ARTHUR AT SEvENTY-FIvE.

Slgnl 10 the cltlZtnS OF fnllautlpnla. as ne
has walked the streets of the city on the
route between his homs and his office.
His name has been a household word
among the readers of pure literature
throughout the whole country. And Ar
thurs Home Magazine. which he has so
long and SO successfully edited. has Sc
cured SO hearty and ST. permanent a well
come in many thousands of the best
households in the land. that Mr.. Arthur
cannot I've regarded a. a stranger by intel
ligent people anywhere. The many sto-
res and tales IF which he is the author.
are written in the interest of purity. good
morals and reform, and, especially those
which are in aid of temperance work.
have been productive of immense good.
They have had an exceptionally favorable
reception, and have nobly served their
purpose of stimulating people TO high
aims and noble intentions.
II might he supposed by those who have
not personally seen Mr.. Arthur that man
who could for years work as diligently as
he has, and who could produce the extra
ordinary amount of superior literary ma
terial which has come from his pen, must
he one of giant physique and robust consti
tuition. Those who are familiar with his
slender form know that ii is far otherwise.
His constitution was never strong. About
1870 he suffered to such an extent from
pHN anu utINOuS tIdt
most of his friends gave him up as not
likely to live long. 1t seemed as if his
work was almost done.
The narration of Mr.. Arthur's decline in
health, and his restoration to vigOr and
the enjoyment of life, is of singular inter
est, as given by himself to one of our edi-
tors who recently enjoyed a protracted
conversation with him. Mr.. Arthur said,
substantially:
s.Drnyionv tho vnar 1S-O my hath
had been very poor For number of
years had been steadily losing ground in
consequence of the constant physical and
nervous strain resulting from Overwork.
became 80 exhausted that my family and
friends were very anxious about me. Only
a few of the most hopeful of them thought
! could live for any considerable time.
was forced to abandon all my most earnest
literary work, and | regarded my career
in authorship at an end. was so weak
that could not walk over few squares
without great fatigue. The very weight
of my body was to me wearisome bur
den. My appetite was poor and my di-
gestion was much impaired.
About this time my attention was at
tracted to Compound Oxygen as then adj
ministered by DIR. Starkey. | had heard
Of wonderful cures wrought by its agency:
SO wonderful indeed, that had net per-
sonally known the Doctor, and possessed
the fullest confidence in him, l should
have been very skeptiCal on the subject.
! tried the Compound Oxygen Treatment,
first simply as an experiment. knew II
could not make me worse than l was,
and I hoped it might make me better.
That it would do for me what it has, had
not dared to hope
How soon did you begin to realize the
advantages of the treatments
almost Immediately. Its effect was
not that of stimulant, but Of gentle
and almost imperceptible vitalizer Of the
whole system. Soon l began to have
sense of such physical comfort as had
not known for many years. My strength
was gradually returning. This slowly but
steadily increased. In a few months ]
was able to resume my pen, and within
six months after doing so completed one
of my largest and most earnestly written
books; and this without suffering any
drawback, and without any return of the
old feeling of exhaustion. For more than
seven years after this | applied myself
closely to literary work, doing, As | be-
lieve, the best work of my life
Did your uniform good health continue
during those years, or did you suffer re-
lapses into your former state of exhaus-
ton.
1.-The improvement was substantial and
permanent Not only had no return of
the old weakness and exhausted feeling,
but l was able to work i'm my study from
three to four hours a day. The constant
remark i heard from my friends was,
How well you are looking! Nor was il
only in the strength and vitality that
gained by the use of Compound Oxygen.
For twenty years had suffered with par
oxysms of nervous headache, sometimes
once or twice a week. They were very
severe, lasting usually six or seven hours.
In year after commenced the Compound
Oxygen Treatment. these were almost en-
tirely gone. 1t is now over ten years since
l had such an attack. was, moreover,
liable to take cold, and l had frequent at
tacks of influenza. which always left me
rarely that l now take cold. When l do
80, at once resort to Compound Oxygen,
which invariably breaks up the cold in
from one to three days."
And now, Mr.. Arthur, what is your
present condition of healths
ut is all have any right to desire or
expect at my somewhat advanced age of
10. sleep well. and am able to take my
proper amount of food, enjoying my meals
with regularity and heartintss. My di-
gestion, although slow, is good. do not
confine myself to any particular articles
of diet, but eat what other people eat, re-
iecting of course that which seems to be
indigestible, or too rich. am able TO at
tend to my customary literary work, de-
voting about four hours day to it, and
that without any sense of WEAKNESS ex-
cept as to my eyes. Were it not for the
fact that with advancing years find my
eyesight not as good as 1t formerly was, l
should be able to work longer without ia
tigue. / enjoy moderate exercise, and
take 1t regularly without that feeling of
exhaustion which was formerly so de-
pressing"
The testimonials and reports of cases
published by Drs. Starkey & Palen in
their pamphlets and advertisements, IL
literally true, show Compound Oxygen to
be the most remarkable curative agent yet
discovered. DO you believe them all to be
Henuine.
~ have the most complete confidence in
them. For years have had personal &C.
quaintance with Messrs. Starkey & Palen,
and exceptionally good opportunities for
serving them, as well in private life as in
their professional relation to the public. i
am sure that neither of them would or
could become party to any fraud or de-
ception. But facts are of more value than
opinions. Let me give you fact. pub
lish a magazine, and have had an adver-
Using contract with Drs. Starkey s. Palen
for over six years. During this time
l have published, monthly, from one
10 SlN OF SeNcu uiHtTcHt TcpOTtS
Of cases and cures under their new
treatment, or over three hundred in
all. Now, in erery case I hare er
amined the patients letters from Which
these reports Ue,v taken, and know the
extracts made therefrom, and published
in my magazine, to be literally correct.
Stronger evidence of genuineness than
this, cannot of course he given"
Mr.. Arthur, some years ago you gave
testimonial in regard to what Compound
Oxygen had done for you; and you also
have spoken freely in your magazine con-
corning Messrs. Starkey & Palen. Do you.
in view of your present acquaintance with
these gentlemen, and your large expert
ence with Compound Oxygen, endorse all
you have said.
Il do, most fully, and without any re-
servation whatever.
And now, as to testimonials. Have you
at any time given . testimonial in faver of
other special remedial agents or modes of
treatmenti
Never. The first and only time that
have permitted my name to he used in
commenting a curative agent to public
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