The National tribune., 1885-12-03
A TREASURER's SAFETY.
An Active Screw MsHufacturer has the twists taken
cut Of his system.

An Active Screw MaHufacturer has the twists taken
cut OF his system.
Once upon q time-and it was not so many
years ago, either-gimlet-pointe screws such
as we have to-day were unknown. The screws
of those days were finished of Cat at the end,
and hole had to be bored for each screw, so as
to permit it to enter the wood. Some Of the
best inventions the world has known were by
lazy fellows; snd the gimlet screw was one OF
them. mechanic who was born tired +" and
who hated the labor of boring hole in the
wood for each screw, conceived the thought
that if the screw were furnished with little
tail end in the shape of a pointed gimlet, much
trouble might be saved
At first the manufacture Of such screws was
attended with difficulties, but machinery to
overcome them was in due time invented.
The gimfet-pointed screw is one of the ne
cessities OF the present age. Our great screw
factories turn these useful little things out by
the million and million. One Of the greatest
of the screw concerns is the American Screw
Company, whose extensive works are at Provi-
dence, Rhode Island.
The treasurer of this great corporation, and
one of its most active managers, is W. Fl. Hen
dersOn, Esq, one of the most widely known
business men of Providence. Mr.. Henderson,
who is now well advanced in years, has had a
long experience of invalidism, against which he
bravely battled. His principal trouble was
catarrh, which was so obstinate as for long
time to defy all treatment and so deeply seated
as to cause a great degree of deafness.
Our Rhode Island correspondent recently
spent an hour with Mr.. Henderson, who talked
freely of his past and present experience. "My
catarrh was of very long standing" said Mr..
FL. "At an early age had severe attack of
scarlet fever which left me with a variety OF
ailments. The most troublesome and perma-
nent of these was this catarrh. The catarrh
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all that the doctors could do for me, it in
creased from year to year to such an extent
that my expectorations were so copiOus as to be
very annoying. You may judge how they were
when / tell you that would often use up as
many as half dozen handkerchiefs day In
the night time the catarrhal discharge was SO
great that | almost feared to go to sleep lest
should be choked while asleep. l would have
to rise once or twice during the night and free
my nostrils and mouth from the accumulatiOns.
/ am now over the worst of my trouble, how
ever, and my catarrh is SO nearly gone that it
gives me no Inconvenience One handkerchief
a day is sufficient for all my needs in that di-
rection."
Then, Mr.. Henderson, some of the treat
ment you have been taking has done you
good?"
' Yes. Let me tell you about it. I tried a
great many things which were Ofno avail. One
medicine after another failed me. Itried cleo
tricity. and thought received some advantage
from it; but the relief proved only partial and
temporary. Twas ready to try almost anything
that gave any hope of relief. Mr.. Sullivan
Fenner, Of this city, advised me to try Com
pound Oxygen, an article Of which l knew
nothing except what he told me. 1t had been of
great advantage to him and his son. This gave
me practical and lasting relief. 1t was about
two and a-half years ago that l sent to Phila-
delphia for Home Treatment of the Com
pound Oxygen, and at once began using it. You
may judge of my surprise at its operation, when
i tell you that in few days felt it was doing
me good, in checking the discharges and giving
new life to the affected parts. l used the Oxy-
gen regularly and persistently for several
months. At first could inhale only few
seconds at time, and that was with considera-
BILE difficulty. But as / continued to use the
inhalant, inhalation became easier, and relief
was greater. The gain in my strength and
general health was very satisfactory. 1 had
been so much Of an invalid that 1 was unable
to attend to my business with regularity; but
as my improvement in health went on, gradu-
ally but surely, 1 found myself able to do far
more than had done for years. To indicate
to you the extent of my improvement / may
say that l now rise early. and am at my office
by nine or ten o'clock. have nine clerks and
keep them busy. l go out during the day and
attend to great deal of outdoor business, down
town. About six o'cloek-T go home and spend
the evening in reading or otherwise, and go
to bed about eleven. l sleep we'll"
"Then you are entirely free from catarrh,
Mr.. Henderson
"Quite as free as man of my age can ever
expect to be after such protraeted siege with
so obstinate disease. For all practical pur-
poses am a well man. still take Compound
Oxygen occasionally, especially if 1 take cold,
for there is nothing like it to break up cold.
/ have visited Messrs. Starkey and Palen in
and have talked with them over
my case They are gentlemen for whom have
a high esteem, and am glad they have done so
much good and relieved so much distress as
they have with the Compound Oxygen"
"Some of your friends have had pleasant ex-
pericnce with the Compound Oxygen, have
they not, Mr.. Henderson,"
Yes; l have recommended it to many. My
wife has taken it with good effect. She was
suffering with general debility. 1t vitalized
her and gave her strength as nothing else did,
"Then there is an old gentleman, the father
of one of my clerks, Mr.. Tyler. This gentle
man is over seventy years of age. For many
years he had suffered from asthma For twenty
five years he had not been able to sleep except
when sitting in chair. He could not lie upon
his back. He wrote to Messrs. Starkey and Pa
len for Home Treatment in May, and by
July he was able to lie on his back and sleep
like other people.
II think it is asking good deal of Compound
Oxygen to expect it to afford relief in such old
and obstinate cases as these. But you see what
it has done. 1t can be depended upon. l firm
ly believe in its efficacy"
The number of those who are firm believers
in the remedial power of Compound Oxygen is
daily and largely on the increase. 1t is won
derful remedy for the relief of the suffering
and the strengthening of the weak.
An interesting treatise on the subject is pub
lished by Messrs. STARKEY AND PALEN, 1929
Arch street, Philadelphia. This will be sent
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