The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-11-26
Among the Bank Notes.

| CouHtiy ueVoteu 10 the W0rk Oh designing anu
| engraving bank notes, coupon bonds and all
that extensive class of fne-art commercial
| literature 1t dates back as far as to 1895. 1t
| printed the work for Government securities as
| long ago as 1909. One of the oldest engraving
firms outside of this great concern was that of
| Rawdon, Wright Hatch & Smillie, whose name
is familiar to all who handled the bonds and
notes of thirty or forty years ago. Mr.. Smillie.
| OF this firm who achieved national reputation
as an artist, is now spending the years Of ripe
old age at Poughkeepse, New York. His son,
William NJ. Smillie, Esq, is one of the Vice
Presidents of the American Bank Note Com
pany, having charge of the detail of the artistic
| work In that great institution.
well-known New York editor recently
| visited Mr.. Smillie in his Office in the new
building of the American Bank Note Company.
This building, by the way, is the most beautiful
aud ample IN the world for the purpose of COM
mercial art work. 1t is under the shadow of
the .spire of Trinity Church. It's offices are
| spacious and elegant, and its work-roOms are
equipped with wonderful perfection in every
thing pertaining to the designing and pro-
ductlon OF the immense quantity Of fine en-
craving and choice printing sent out from
| there.
so your father is now seventy-eight years
old, is he, Mr.. Smillie?"
"Yes; and for man of his age he has had q
wonderful experience Last Winter he had an
attack of pleurisy. We brought him from
Poughkeepsie to this city in order to place him
under the care of his old physician. He re-
manned here two or three months, most of the
time in very low condition. There was great
adhesion of the pleura and he could use only
about half of one lung. He returned to his
homo and grew so much weaker that we all
thought he would die. The pleura was tapped
and three quarts of water taken from it, He
suffered so that we determined to send him to
my brothers at Montrose, Pa thinking that
change of air might do him some good. The
change was made last July. While at Montrose
and sufocation. We gave him the best medical
care that could be obtained. But is was Of lit
tie avail. He wanted to go home to die.
-" In this condition he was brought to New
York, wrapped in shawls and blankets, for his
feet were swollen and he could not get his boots
on. found him thus at the st. Cloud Hotel
early in September.
when my fathers case had reached this
point l said to him and my mother and sisters:
Now, you have all had your way as to medical
treatment; suppose you let me have mine. l
am believer in Compound Oxygen. l want
to try it on father They agreed to it, although
they said his case was hopeless. Wegot nurse
from Bellevue Hospital She said she knew
nothing of Compound Oxygen, but would give
it a fair trial.
81 went to my old friend. DR.. Turner, in
charge of the New York office of Compound
Oxygen, 148 Fifth avenue. l told him my
fathers feet were badly swollen; that his
breathing apparatus was all out of order; that
his stomach was in bad condition from twenty
years of dyspepsia, and that he was very low.
The Doctor said: i hope we can help him; we
will try
$50 took Home Treatment Father was
so weak he could hardly inhale it at all. He
could take the Oxygen in short whiffs. The
nurse gave it to him ten or twelve times the
hat tnI,f ha S1ar,fo nd fha
first good sleep he had taken for weeks. 1t
was on Tuesday that he began the Oxygen
Treatment BY Saturday he was so much bet |
ter that he wanted to leave the hotel and go to
his home in Poughkeepsie. We lifted him
along as gently as we could, and in few hours
he was sitting his portico overlooking the
Park and the Hudson River and enjoying one
Of the most beautiful sunsets ever seen. Said
he: The Lord has made this sunset especially
for me. Now let me go to bed. want to
Sleep He slept nearly all night and with al
most entire freedom from pain.
"a week ago l spent day with him. / ar
rived about lunch time and they gave my
lunch in his room. When he saw it set out on
a small table he said: That's most appetizing
Why don't they give me my lunch that way?
Pm tired of eating sick folks dishes. / want
some cold lamb and food like other folks
Then he said that in order to eat solid food he
must have his teeth fixed. He sent for dem |
him new set. Why, if those teeth had been
taken out before he began taking the Com |
pound Oxygen it would simply have killed |
him. Now he stood it bravely, and what is |
more he is getting along handsomely with his
new set and eating pretty much what other |
people eat. His improvement has been mar
velous. Formerly he could sleep only by rest |
ing his head forward on a chair placed for the
purpose. Now he can lay his head back on his
easy chair and sleep comfortably. Before he |
took the Oxygen he had not been in a bed for |
six weeks Now he goes to bed every night |
and obtains refreshing slumber. He walks |
about his room and is sometimes taken out for |
short drive. He takes Oxygen several min
utes at a time. morning and night"
MI. Smillie, has your fathers improvement |
been steady and regular, or has he had inter- |
ruptions?"
There have been occasional days of depres- |
sion. and tive or three times we have almost |
feared that he was going to lose all he had |
gained. But each of these depressing periods |
had been less than the previous one / shall |
not be surprised if such periods return Oceas- |
ionaly. 1t is natural in man of his age that |
they should. But see the improvement. His |
breathing was INSTRUCTED; his stomach pain |
was great; his sleep was misery, and his skin |
was hard and dry. Now he breathes naturally; |
his stomach is free from distress; his sleep is |
refreshing, and his skin is like that of an |
infant Let me remark that the use of the |
Oxygenaqua which accompanies the Compound |
Oxygen proved very advantageous for the relief |
of his stomach and bowels"
'DO you regard your father as an entirely |
well MANI"
"As well as man of seventy eight can be |
who has passed through the experience he has. |
To renew the youth and heal all the infirmi- |
ties of man of his age would be an impossi-
blity. But you see what Compound Oxygen
has done for him. It has evidently prolonged |
his life And it has performed wonders in
easing him of pains which made life burden"
"And now as to your own experience, Mr..
Smillie? You must have had good reasons for
falling in love with Compound Oxygen to such
an extent as to recommend it for your father2"
Four or five years ago 1 was badly over
worked l had been giving too close attention
to business and found myself breaking down.
i procured a Home Treatment and diligently
followed directions. 1t brought me up. Since
then have never been without it, and never
will be. My wife has been suffering from nerv-
Gus Prostitution, and she is now taking Com
pound Oxygen with excellent results.
Il have friend who, three Summers ago,
was suffering with dreadful cough. That
man can't live long said some of his friends
who heard him cough. persuaded him to go
with me to tho Compound Oxygen office
few inhalations OF Oxygen produced a marked
effect on him. He had been almost seepless
at night. He soon began to enjoy restful sleep
All Summer he kept on improving. In the
Fall his cough was gone. He is now as lively