The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-29
ANOTHER HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY.
Mr.. Wild. the Inventor OF Lin0leum, Notes Dis
coyerey as Valuable as His Own.

COfeTel as Vaibauie ID ObGs
Fifteen or twenty years ago it was found that
a floor covering could be made, looking like
oii-cloth and lasting as long or longer, and yet
without that GOODNESS to the tread which is one
of the peculiar characteristics of oil-cloth. The
new article was made of very finely ground
particles of cork, mixed with linseed oil and
other substances in mysterious ways, which
need not here and now be described Limo
leum" was the name selected for it. At first it
was put before the public on very small scale.
But its merits created great demand for it,
and it is now a household institution, both in
this country and in England. At the head of
the Linoleum business in this country is the
weil-known house of Joseph Wild g. Co., of 81
Worth ST., New York.
The senior partner of this firm is Joseph
Wild, ESQ.,, resident of South Brooklyn, ard
one of the most hearty looking gentlemen of
his age anywhere to be seen. He is considera-
bly, over seventy, with snow-white hair, erect
FORM and very cheerful countenance. To
look at him one would suppose he never had
suffered q days illness in his life. Yet there
was time when Mr.Wid was an invalid worn
by active attention to business, and seeming to
be on the verge of total nervous prostratiOn.
Concerning his inva'idity and his restoration
to health one of our correspondents recently
had little conversation with him at his store.
"They tell me you were considerably run
down in health, Mr.. Wild2"
sit is very true sir. l was not bed-ridden,
NOR was l entirely laid aside from business, but
l had given myself very closely to my business
affairs, and my duties in connection with the
church and some of the Baptist benevolent So
cieties had weighed heavily upon me. A
younger man than l might not have felt these
burdens as / did, but at my time of life they
began to make their mark on my constitution
l felt lack of vitality and realized that my
nerve power was about to fail me. My eppe-
A. g. l. L
digestion was somewD Gt disordered l needed
In fact rehabilitation. About this time / heard
of Compound Oxygen, and l made inquiry of
DIR. Turner in charge of the New York office
Of this remedy, to see If it could be applicable to
me. Learning from him that others who had
been run down rs ! was had been benefited by
the Compound Oxygen, l procured Home
Treatment with considerable doubt as to
whether or not it would do me any good. This
was about two years ago. Since that time l
have been taking Compound Oxygen, not all
the time, but frequently at intervals, when
have felt the need of it"
"Then you received decided benefit from it
at the outset?"
Every soon after began to inhale found
that l was receiving new strength. And was
glad to note that it WAS real strength and not q
mere stimulus. noted also the steadiness of
my improvement. There was no falling back,
but constant and reliable advance. Daily
could feel an increase of vitality. My spirits
were better and my power of action was greater.
/ was able to attend to my business and to all
my other duties with far less strain ON me than
! had for some time previously experienced"
"And so you now find yourself as we'll as
ever, and beyond the necessity of medicinef"
For man of my years ! am as hearty and
vigorous rs l can expect. i am free from dis
ease and pain and am attending to as much de-
tail of business as if / we're only fifty years old.
As to medicine l have no use for it, drug
medicine / mean domot call this Oxygen
exactly medicine; certainly not in the sense
that drugs are medicinal l regard it as a won
derfuI vitalizer and inyigorator. And it is as
such that l even now occasionally resort TO it
when l feel the need. keep it in the house,
and intend to continue doing So"
To the many gentlemen of advancing years
who are oyer-worked and weary, and who feel
themselves in need of rehabilitation, Compound
Oxygen is, as in Mr.. Willis case, q valuable
helper. The late rs. Arthur, of Philadelphia,
was brought almost from the grave by this
means when he was quite an old man, and by
1t his life was prolonged for a number of years.
The Hon. William ID. Kelley, of Philadelphia,
who is beyond seventy, attributes to Compound
Oxygen his recovery from what had been pro-
nounced a fatal disease. He still uses the Oxy-
gen as vitalizer, and is in vigorous condition,
attending to his legal and Congressional duties
as actively as of old.
For valuable treatise on what Compound
Oxygen is aud what it does, write to Drs.
STARKEY & PALEN, 1929 Arch Street, Phila-
delphia. The treatise will be mailed free of
charge