The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-20

that time, and
doubtless the health benefrted also by
relief from nerve strain, brain flag,
etc. ...' II
If glasses go from one, it is not the
GLASSES which have changed, but the
eyes have become weakened just that
much.
Is it not plain that glasses so scien-
tifically ground and fitted to the eyes
as to enable you to see clearly with
out painful and tiresome effort must
last many times longer ana keep the
eyes younger than the trashy specta-
Giles palmsd off on the public by pre-
tended opticians eye experts, &c,
having little experience and still less
conscience? Many will say: What!
Glasses last so long? Impossible!
have to change mine every few
months" That is the experience OF
thousands, but 1t is simply because
they haven't the right glasses and
more important still, they haven't
Mayne Arnold to fit them.
In this and future issues of the Her
aid Prof. Arnold proposes to prove the
truth of the above by positive evil
dence from people Of such high social
position and character that the most
incredulous must believe.
During So years Mayne Arnold has
practiced his profession in the worlds
largest cities. While in Washington
in the early part of the civil war, Prof
Arnold was honored with the friend.
ship as well as patronage Of Hon. JAS.
Harlan, U. S. Senator from Iowa, as
the senator procured from Professor
Arnold his fine glasses. At Mt. Pleas.
ant, Iowa, (Senator Harlan's home),
nearly IS years afterwards, the Pro-
fessor found the Senator using thu
same pair of glasses procured from
Mayne Arnold and still giving perfect
satisfaction.
The Senator was pleased to give
Prof. Arnold the following unsolicited
letter. remarking pleasantly that he
regarded 1t as a duty to mankind to
commend an eye expert so uniformly
successful in relieving impaired eyes
and defective sight. This is the let
ter:
MT. Pleasant, Iowa, June q, 1878.
Il have procured and used pair of
Mayne Arnold's Peruvian Crystal
glasses, and think them the best and
most satisfactory I have ever used -
Jas. Harlan"
Prof. Arnold will be pleased to
show this letter at his eye sanitarium
opposite Spencer's, Oskaloosa. Hun.
dreds Of other letters commencing
Mayne Arnold's skill as an expert eye.
sight specialist and the perfection and
lasting qualities of his glasses can be
seen at his office and will be publish
ed in later issues Of the Herald.
LOOK OUT FOR AND READ THEM.
Eye-sight is priceless; II once lost It
may never be restored but Prof. Ar
nold's glasses will preserve and
strengthen IT,
At intervals Of a few years Prof.
Arnold made return visits to Mt.Pleas-
apt, and each time after careful
test found Senator Harlan's glasses
doing well as ever, and he probably
wore them till his death, which was
but few years ago. He was one OF
Iowa's great men. The Senator wore
the glasses about forty years without
change.
Mahaska county people will do we'll
not to buy glasses from irresponsible
ignorant pretenders and peddlers,
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glasses and have them skillfully fitted
by Mayne Arnold at about one-fourtn
what such "hy-by-night" frauds would
charge them Eyes tested free, Eye
medicines given away.
Mayne Arnold. only exclusive ex-
pert eye-sight specialist in Oskaloosa
N. B.-Not doctor nor surgeon.
Prof. Arnold gives attention to the
eyes alone.