The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-04-05
JUDGE KELLEYs VIEWS.

less advocacy of the right, and his uncom-
promising opposition to the wrong. Since
1850 he has been member of the House
of Representatives of the United States.
He has always been known as man of
positive counsels; powerful speaker; an
earnest debator; an able thinker, and an
worker.
Judge Kelley has been so long and so
prominently before the American people,
hat his sentiments on any important sub
Ject are valued, even by those who do not
agree politically with him. He is emphat-
lcally man of the people. Elevated to
the Judgeship many years ago, he proved
to be man of such answering integrity,
such earnestness of purpose, and such
depth of conscientious conviction, that he
was for long term of years retained on
the judicial bench; and on his desiring to
retire to the comparative seclusion of an
extensive law practice, was told by the
people that he must serve them in Con-
gress. For twenty three consecutive years
his Congressional service has been rem
dered with singular fidelity and purity.
His utterances are well known to come
from his inmost heart, and his opinions
to be the result of the most mature delib-
GRAFTON. The Judgment of such man
carries with it immense weight, and his
views, whether on public affairs or private
interests, are entitled to the respect and
esteem of all thoughtful persons.
Judge Kelley's power of resistance to
obstacles which would have put an ordi-
nary man in his grave, has long been the
subject of comment, not only among his
friends, but the public generally. Such
was his physical condition ten years ago
that it was feared the next Congressional
session would be his last.
For many years the Judge has been af-
hicted with the most obstinate catarrh,
which defied all the old-fashioned RENE
dies, and which would have entirely laid
on the shelf less indomnitable man than
himself His life became almost a burden
to him, and he was nearly at deaths door.
To-day although at an age when most
men begin to show signs OF wearing out,
he is hearty and vigorous, and as ready
and as able to perform his arduous Con-
gressional duties as he was twenty years
ago.
An account of Judge Kelley's remark
able case, as given by himself, will be of
interest to all who are suffering with
catarrh, and who are wondering what
they shall do to get rid of this horrible
disease. One of our editors recently spent
a morning with Judge Kelley at that gen.
tleman's home, in West Philadelphia. To
him the Judge communicated the history
of his illness and recovery, substantially
as follows:
81 had, as hereditary victim to catarrh,
suffered for years. l was subject to vio-
lent paroxysms of coughing Straining for
relief had produced abrasion of the mem
bane and daily effusion of blood from my
throat. For four years | passed a portion
of each Congressional vacation in the
Rocky Mountains or on the Pacific Coast.
While there found relief, but on my return
to tide-water the disease appeared with
apparently renewed vigor. My breathing
power diminished, so that in the early
summer of 1873 it was little more than a
painting for breath. About two years be-
fore this my attention had been called to
Compound Oxygen Gas at then admins
tered by DIR. Starkey. A friend who had
great faith in its efficacy advised me to try
it. On reading DIR. Starkey's advertise
ment threw the little book aside, and de-
clined to resort to the treatment, on the
ground that it was quack medicine
which proposed to cure everything, and
was consequently without adaptation to
any particular disease. | grew worse and
in the summer my breathing was so short
that a cough, a sneeZe or sigh produced
such acute pain at the base of the left
lung, that | felt it necessary to close up
my affairs, as | did not believe | could last
for sixty days. Nor do | now believe
would have lasted for that time had / not
found potent curative agent.
ildU IOSU IOUC VI lily dSd1uSt
the gas, as medicine, but in very desper-
alton, seeing that it could not make me
any worse than | was, and as medical
treatment had utterly failed to meet my
case. | concluded to try it. After thor
ough examination, DIR. Starkey, to whom
| was then stranger, said: Sir, have
no medicine for either form of your dis
ease (alluding to the catarrh and bleeding
of the throat, but, if you will give me
time. I viii cure you My response was
a natural one. You are frank in saying
you have no medicine for either form OF
my disease, and yet you propose to cure
me. By what agency will you work this
miracle9' 'The Oxygen Cas- said he, is
not a medicine. 1t has none of the char
acteristics of medicine compounded OF
drugs. These create a requirement for
continual increase of quantity to be taken;
and. if long persisted in, produce some
form of disease. But the gas produces no
appetite for itself. 1t passes, by inhala-
ton, into the blood. and purifles and in
yigorates it. The system is thus enabled to
throw off effete matter. You will find by
experience, if you try the treatment, that
it will not increase the rapidity of the ac-
thereof will be stronger under its infiu-
ence.
"This explanation removed my objec-
tions. and I could see how such an agent
could operate beneficially in cases of
widely different symptoms and character.
CDR. Starkey said that the cells of my
left lung were congested with catarrhal
mucus, and that he believed the gas would
at once address itself to the removal of de-
posits, and the restoration of my full
breathing power.
81 entered ON the use of the treatment,
and at the end of three weeks, with an
improved appetite, with the ability to
sleep several consecutive hours, with a
measurable relief of the pain in the lung,
and with DIR. Starkey's consent made the
tour of the lakes from Erie to Duluth, in
G.. Carey. Returning, we visited friends
in ST. Paul, Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Notwithstanding the intense heat, re-
mained in Philadelphia during the sum-
mer, and inhaled the gas daily with the
happiest effect. Before Congress assem-
bled in December, my lung had been re-
lieved of much Of it's nauseous deposit,
and l was able to breathe without pain.
without OBTAINING you with detail,
may say that in the progress of my recovery
l had occasional hemorrhages, which al
ways preceded palpable step in the pro-
gress of recovery; SO that / came to regard
these unwelcome visitors as part of the
remedial action of nature, assisted by
Compound Oxygen Gas.
Il am now more Illdu ten years Oluer
than I was when | first tested the treat
ment. l have had no perceptible effusion
of blood for more than six years. breathe
as deeply as did at any period of my
young manhood, and my natural carriage
Is so erect as to elicit frequent comment.
81 have regarded my case as very ex-
traordinary one, and yet have had under
observation one which regard as more
remarkable than my own. That of a young
lady, who had been paralyzed by fright or
confusion when her horses ran away and
her carriage was destroyed; and to whose
father DR.. Starkey, after examining the
case, said she was beyond the reach of
human agency. / know her now as a
happy wife and mother. restored to most
excellent health.
"You may judge of my restoration to
health by the contrast between the results
of some of my recent Congressional de-
bates, compared with what they were in