The National tribune., 1885-04-02
A Salesman's Narrow Escape.

| Salesman's Narrow Escape.
To sell goods appears to be easy business, cspe-
cially when the goods are SO beautiful and at
tractive as to seem almost to sell themselves.
| But there are duties and responsibilities con-
nected with the life of head salesman in q great
establishment of which the casual shopper has
very little idea. One of the largest houses in
| the artistic proclaim and glass business not
| long ago came near losing its chief salesman
Had he died, as it was expected he would his
| place would have been very difficult one to
! fill His escape from death was indeed very
narrow one.
When our editorial correspondent recently
| called on Mr.. AlOnzo Clark he found him sur
rounded by all manner of tasteful elegancies
in china and bric-a-brac, in the spacious sales
rooms of the we'll known house Of Davis,
Collamorc & Co, Broadway and Twenty first
! StS. New York. Mr.. Clark is a somewhat spare
and sinewy gentleman of, about 40 or over. He
carries with him the marks of a severe tussle
with disease, but shows, both in his counte
nance and his actions, That he has won the
! victory.
We will let Mr. Clark tell his own story:
any trouble" he said, "was chiefly with
my lungs and throat. Originally had q good
constitution, and came of i healthy family, my
mother having reached the advanced age of 81,
and being still an active woman. During the
war i could endure long marches and severe
without being attacked by rheumatism My
! first sickness was four years ago in malarious
| region in Connecticut. The malaria got the
better Of me, and laid The foundation for ca
| tarrh and all the other evils | have been af-
| fiicted with"
About year and half ago ] caught a
severe cold. My lungs became infamed, and
my whole system was Frustrated. Soon L
showed all the symptoms of consumption.
was entirely disabled and unfit to attend to
business. | was in the care of one of the best
known ply yscians in the city, and one of the
most expensive ones. But physicians could do
| little in reaching my case. The neareast they
came to finding out what was the matter with
me was when they told me that if had any bust
ness affairs to settle to see about it as early as
possible. as could not last long. 1t was under
stood at the store must die, and that my place
would have to be supplied by somebody else.
My weight, which had been 49, ran down to
| 1l0. Yet i had firm courage, with sure
| hope that somehow OF other would recover.
"After got rid of the doctors, who had given
me up to die, got little better and was able to
drag myself down to the store. couple of lady
customers spoke to me about Compound Oxygen,
and advised me to go TO the New York office of
Starkcy & Palen, and see DR.. Turner about it.
/ knew nothing about this remedy, but con-
cluded to try it, just on a venture. On taking
few limitations at Dr. Turner's Office, was
| matter to inhale something which was without
| taste or odor, but certainly it did me great
deal of good My benefit began at once. j
soon was able TO walk up and down stairs. i
| took one EOme treatment which lasted me
! for three months; then | got q second. My
appetite returned and my sleep was good.
| When / first visited DIR. Turner had not for
months slept in bed. / had been compelled
to take such sleep as could get by reclining in
chair Ny feet and ankles were badly
| swelled and l seemed in all respects to be get
ting ready for the undertaken. After taking
| the Oxygen while began To enjoy refreshing
| sleep for two or three hours at time; | could
| lie in bed and obtain rest and comfort by doing
SO.
81 will here say that | found great advan-
| tago in the use of the n0se-piccc inhaler for my
catarrh / inhaled directly through the nos
| trls, with the best effect yellOwish pulpy
| secretion had been coming both from nose and
throat The effect of the Compound Oxygen
was 10 cause this to stop, and with it the pain
| and unpleasant sensations had been feeling III
my head.
''Soon | found myself, to my great delight,
able to attend TO business, rs of old. had not
all my former strength, nor could / expect it,
But was rapidly gaining, and have kept on
| gaining ever since. All last Winter l was
| duty except q few of the wetteSt and NEST
| slushy days. when thought it prudent to stay
| i'll the house have been able to attend to my
regular business. and am now Of course / am
careful of myself l do not expose myself 10
storms. l walk with ease few blocks every
| day, and that without experiencing any great
| sense of fatigue"
Mr.. Clark, do you still continue the treat
| ment, or are you Independent of it?'
"Once in while, If have a slight return Of
| throat trouble, | take q few inhalations and
| with positive advantage. do not now need to
take it for catarrh, for my catarrh is all gone,
to my great relief | consider myself as thor
oughly cured as can be- j have gained most
of my lost flesh back again, and am increasing.
OF course do not expect ever to be very
stout"
Are you, then, a believer in Compound
Oxygen as o restOrcr OF health p
Believer? Why, yes most thoroughly and
heartily. i cannot say too much for it, You
cannot wonder that / have lost ali confidence
in the old systems. They could do nothing for
me but tell me was going to die, and they
blundered when they told me that Compound
Oxygen brought me To what you see me now,
and did II after they had failed Yes, you may
say that / believe in Compound Oxygen, and
that recommend every body who is situated as
] was to make a fair trial OF it. don't know
what they make il of, and don't care ; all that
! know about it is that il pulled me through.
That's enough for me-
Compound O2yge, is not an experiment. 1t
is tried and true. Hundreds OF others give simi-
lar testimony TO that OF Mr.. Clark Many of
those who have experienced the best benefits
from it are those whom the old fashioned doc
tors had given up To learn all about Com
pound Oxygen, send To Drs Staritey 4 Palen,
ll09 a iii Grard Street, Philadelphia, for
deeply Interesting little work on the subject,
which will be sent you by mail
Excursion 10 Shi'Oh.