The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29
A sALEsmAN's MARROW ESCAPE.


To sell goods appears to be easy business,
especially when the goods are 50 beautiful
and attractive as to seem almost to sell them.
selves. But there are duties and RESPONSE
bilities connected with the life OF head
salesman in q great establishment, OF which
the casual shopper has very little idea. Ole
Of the largest houses IN the artistic porcelain
ar glass business not long ago came near
losin its chief salesman. Had he died, as
il was expected he would, his place would
have been very difficult one 10 I'LL. His
escape from death was indeed very narrow
enc.
When our editorial correspondent recently
called on Mr.. AloDEo Clark. he found him
surrounded by all manner OF tasteful ele-
gspcies in china and bric-a brsc, in the
spacious salesrooms Of the well known h0use
of Davis. Collamere & Co., Broad way and
Twenty first street. New YORK. Mr.. Clark
lie somewhat spare and sinewy gentleman
Of about forty or over. he carries with him
The marks of q severe tussle with disease,
but shows, both in his co1ntensnce and his
actions, that be has Won the victory.
We win lie. Mr.. Clark tell his own story:
my trouble" he said. was chiefly with
my lungs and throat. Originally l had
good constitution. and came of healthy
family, my mother having reached the IL
vapced age of eighty two and being still an
sctive woman. During the war could en-
cure long marches and severe fatigue, and
could lie on the ground at night without be-
ing attacked by rheumatism. My frs. sick
ness was four years ago in mslarious re-
gion in Connecticut. The malaria got the
better of Il e. and laid the foundation for CA
tarrh and all the other evils have been af-
/ flic ed with.
About year and half ago caught
/ severe cold. My lungs became infamed,
and nv whole system was Frustrated. Soon
4 ! showed ali the symptoms OF consumption.
I / was entirely disabled and unit TO attend
to business. I WAS in the care of one of the
best known physicians in the city, aud one
I Of the most expensive ones. Sat physicians
could dc little in resching my case. TIE
nearest they came to finding out what was
the matter with me wax when they told one
/ that if j had any business affairs to settle 10
/ see about II as early as possible, as | co1ld
/ not lest long twas understood st the store
that must die, and that my place would
! have TO be supplied by somebody elsa. My
weight, which had been 137, ran down to 10.
Yet bad q firm courage, with q sure hope
that somehow or other / would recover.
| AFTER got rid of the doctors, who had
given me up to die, got a little bstser aud
I was able to drag myself down to the ST re.
] a couple OF lady customers spoke tn rue
about Compt und Oxygen. and advised me
to go to the New York Office OF StarkeY &
Palen and see DR.. Turner ABOUT it. ! knew
nothing about this remedy, bat concluded
TO Try IL, Just on a venture. Ga taking
{
1 rprised at the effect or me. IL seemed
hight matter to inhsle son sthing which was
| without TASTE or odor; bat certainly il did
me great deal of good. My benefit began
at once. I soon was able to walk up and
| down stairs. ] took one home treatment"
which lasted me for three months; then l
! got second. My appetite returned and my
sleep wss good. When I first visited D..
| TurDe had not for months slept in bed.
! had been compelled to AXE such sleep as
could get by reclining in chair. Ms feet
and ankles we're badly sEel'ed, and Isesmsd
in all respects to be getting ready for the
I undertaken After taking the Oxygen
awhile began to enjoy refreshing sleep FOR
/ two CT three hours at time; l could lie IN
/ bed snd obtain rest and comfort by doing so.
Il will here say that found great a1van-
tege in the use OF the nose-piece inhaler for
my catsrrh- inhaled directly through the
| DOstriIs with the best etiecs. A yeliOwish
! PUPPY secretion had been coming both from
nose and throat the effect OF the Com
pound Oxygen was to cause this to STOP sud
with 1t the pain and unpleasant sensations
had been feeling in my bead.
Soon ! found myself, to my great delight,
able 10 attend 10 business ss OF old had
not my former strength, nor could ex osot
it. But was rapidly ing. and have kepu
On gaining ever since. All last winter was
on duty, except few Of the wsttet aud
most slusby days. when thought it prudent
attend to nv regular business, aud sm nov.
OF course 1 am careful OF myself. l do not
expose myself to storms. walk with ease
few blocks every day, and that without ex-
peritncing any great sense oil fatigue"
! Mr.. Clark, do you still continue the treat
mept or are you independent Of it?"
Once in while II | have q slight return
OF throat trouble, take few inhslaticns,
and with positive advantage. DO not now
mead 10 take IL for catarTh, for may catarrh
is all one. TO my great relief l consider
have gained most of my lost flesh back again,
aid sm increasing OF course do not ex.
ptc' ever TO be very Stout"
Are you, then, believer in Compound
/ OJy gen as restorer OF health?'
Believer? Why, yes; most thoroughly
and heartily. | can not say too much FOR il.
You can not wonder tia. have lest al co.,
| fidence in the old system. They could
( do nothing for me pot tell rue | was
they told me thst. Compound Oxygen
brought me to what you see me now, anu did
IL after they bad failed Yes: you may say
| that l believe in compound oxygen, aud
that recommend every body who is situated
! as was to make fair trial of it. / don't
| know what they make it OF, and don't care;
| sll that know about it is that it pulled me
throukh. That's enough for mel
Compound Oxygen is not an experiment
II is tried aud true. Hundreds of Others
give similar testimony to that oil Mr.. Clark.
Many of those who have experieDc d the
best benefits from it are those whom tns old
fashioned doctors have given no. To learn
all about Compound Oxygen, send to Drs
| Starkey q Pollen, 1,109 and / Ill Girard
street, Philadelphia, for deeply interesting
little work on the subject, which will be sent