and Ohio being the other principal packing 
States.The “bob-veal season” is just 
about to open in this and other large cities— 
yes, and in small towns, too. Already, how¬ 
ever. large quantities of it are seized every 
day by the health authorities of New York. 
The butcher says to the inspector, "All right. 
If you say it is bob veal take it along. You’re 
the judge.” Whereou it is carted away, 
after the butcher has got a receipt, which he 
sends on to the shipper, thus escaping any loss 
except his commission. 
But why multiply examples? We have pub¬ 
lished many hundred statements in the patients’ 
own language of the effects of Compound Ox¬ 
ygen in almost every kind of disease. 
Now what of the future? Having accom¬ 
plished what we have, and against such odds, 
our progress hencc-forwardshould be broader, 
more successful, and more benefleient. As was 
to pave been expected, proprietors of sanita¬ 
riums and health resorts, whoso business has 
been diverted from them by the popularity of 
the Compound Oxygen, try to show that our 
agent is inert. But until they can rationally 
account for the thousands of wonderful cures 
effected by it, their tirades are in vain. Of 
eourse, there are—and there will probably be 
more—imitators of the Compound Oxygen. 
Some have already stolen our title, our litera¬ 
ture, and oven our testimonials. One of them 
having obtained from William Penn Nixon 
an opinion of Compound Oxygen in bis own 
case, now publishes it as though Mr. Nixon 
was cured by bis treatment instead of ours! 
Some of those agents may be inoccuous; but 
we have a good reason to uelieve that many of 
them are positively injurious. They will have 
their day. 
But despite all factious opposition Compound 
Oxygen must become increasingly popular, so 
long as it possesses the ability to effect such 
remarkable cures as now attest it® merit. 
For full information regarding the treat¬ 
ment and its use, address 
Adv. Drs. STARKEY & PALEN, 
1109 and 1111 Girard St., Philadelphia. 
sends his patients elsewhere to be cured, and, 
therefore, he lacks confidence in his own med¬ 
ical skill. “Well, there is one wav out of the 
dilemma: get possession of the superior cura¬ 
tive agent and thus make peace with your pro¬ 
fessional conscience and prove yourself a 
friend to suffering humanity.” What, and be 
jeered by one’s friends, aud tabooed by one’s 
professional brethren? “That appears to be 
about the price. But what is the alternative'?” 
Result: He gives up his hard-earned practice, 
secures at a great price the knowledge of and 
the right to administer the Compound Oxygen 
in this city. 
This included only the Office Treatment in 
Philadelphia.. Soon he was exercised by tbe 
fact that the operation of an office business 
was very limited. Something must be done 
to dispense the blessing far and wide. Accord¬ 
ingly, at no little expense, he hastened to make 
known to his professional brethren the virtues 
of Compound Oxygen and to furnish them 
with outfits for administering it. As he ought 
to have known would be the case, his efforts 
excited ridicule and reproaches. 
Nothing daunted, he entered upon a long 
series of experiments which resulted in the 
conviction that there was a much better 
method of accomplishing the end in view than 
the one which had failed. Hence the widely 
known Home Treatment. 
In this untried field he labored for a year; 
meeting mauy failures in his experiments; 
working hard at details and creating a litera¬ 
ture which the work absolutely req uired. On 
thelastof June, ten years ago, the practicabil¬ 
ity of the enterprise was demonstrated. But 
he had exhausted his resources, broken his 
health, and almost sacrificed his life. The 
ship was built and launched, but three years’ 
struggle proved to him that he could not 
freight and man it. Six-and-a-half years ago 
he found a man who could appreciate the 
value of the work in hand. Our united forces 
have fulfilled the brightest hopes of the pion 
eer. 
A new departure was the order of the day. 
The first and essential thing to be done was, to 
let those who needed our curative agent, know 
that, we were in possession of it. Knowing 
that man} r fortunes have been sunk in adver¬ 
tising, we decided to put that part of the busi¬ 
ness into tbe bands of one whose skill aud ex¬ 
perience had been proven. It is enough to say 
that the methods which he has adopted have 
revolutionized important branches of adver¬ 
tising. 
From the outset, we have dealt truthfully 
with tbe suffering sick, realizing that they at 
least had a right to demand such dealing. 
We knew that we bad a curative agent.superior 
to any other in the world, aDd therefore the 
simple truth about it would be the best cre¬ 
dentials it could have; hence we were not 
tempted to iuvent testimonials, or to steal 
genuine ones, or to romance on any. 
The growth of tbe business has been pbe- 
nominal During the first year the business 
doubled each month. During the last four 
years we have recorded in our books state¬ 
ments of diseases, reports of progress, repeated 
advice and prescriptions, of over twenty-thou¬ 
sand persons. Much more could be said in 
proof of the success of our work as a commer¬ 
cial enterprise; but let this suffice. It is of 
much greater importance to prove that our 
professional success has exceeded the other. 
What have we to show in this direction? 
During those fourteen years, we have treated 
thirty thousand patients. Among these a 
large proportion had been sick for years. 
They bad exhausted the skill of the best phy¬ 
sicians of all schools, different sanitariums, 
various natural health resorts, shops of nos¬ 
trum-mongers, and months of hygeuie travel¬ 
ing. In many of these cases it, has cost more 
to remove the baleful effects of the treatment 
practiced on them, than those of the original 
disease. How many of them have been desper- 
ate cases may be inferred from the fact that 
we have filled scores of orders—sent uncondi¬ 
tionally—in which the patient has passed the 
reach of any remedy on arrival and out of 
this unpromising multitude, ninety per cent, 
have been either cured or greatly benefited 
We have proved that a number of diseases 
which by common consent have beeu assigned 
to the category' of " incurables ,” no longer 
belong there. We have cured a number of 
cases of Bright’s disease. Two of these cases 
were hrothers, whose father, one brother, and 
one sister bad died of the same disease. We 
have treated fonr cases of Luco-nwtov iita..ria, 
or progressive paralysis. In all of these the 
progress of the disease has been arrested (which 
no system of medication has ever been known 
to ao), and the patients have made genuine 
progress toward health. We almost never 
fair to cure asthma—even of fifteen years’ 
standing—unless the case has beeu spoiled by 
the use of narcotics, which served as palliatives, 
but constantly aggravated the disease. The 
9 amecauhesaid of that “opprobrium meden- 
di," hay fever. The cases of consumption- 
confirmed phthisis—which the Compound Ox¬ 
ygen has cured can be couuted by scores. We 
are confident that we make more genuine 
cures of catarrh—nasal, laryngial, bronchial, 
aud pulmonary,—thun all the catarrh special¬ 
ists in the country. 
A distinguished member of the New York 
Bar, who appeared to be a wreck, both physi¬ 
cally and mentally, and who had settled up his 
worldly affairs, resumed his active business, 
after three months’treatment; and this busi¬ 
ness he has successfully followed for a year. 
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, who had been disa¬ 
bled for nearly two years by a dangerous ex¬ 
haustion of tbe brain, has for a year and a half 
beeu prosecuting her professional work with 
more ease aud energy' than ever before. The 
Hon. W. D. Kelley, Father of the National 
House of Representatives, will tell anyone 
that he owes the last ten years of his life to 
Compound Oxygen; and it can hardly be dis¬ 
puted that during this period his labors iiave 
not been surpassed by those of any other mem- 
VvilHnm Punn NixnTi of the 
HOME NEWS. 
FOREIGN NEWS, 
Saturday, Feb. 9,1884. 
The cable tells us that across the Atlan¬ 
tic another week has passed dull of news of 
general interest, except in Egypt, where Baker 
Pasha having started out f rom Saukim, a Red 
Sea port, at the head of 3,500 badly disciplined, 
ill- armed and naturally cowardly Egyptian 
troops, was met not far from the town by an 
adherent of El Mahdi with about 2,500 fierce 
fanatics and utterly routed, 'The European 
officers fought, nobly, and of them 23 or 23 
were slaughtered, together with about 2,500 of 
the troops who, instead of fighting, either ran 
away or fell on their knees begging vainly for 
mercy. Baker and tbe remnant of his forces 
made their way back to Suakim, where they 
are now shut up under protection of the Brit¬ 
ish war vessels. They will probably soon be 
recalled north. “Chinese” Gordon is still on 
his way to Khartoum to pacify tbe Soudan by 
turning the country over to native chiefs. 
France has just offered England to march a 
strong force to the Soudan.M. 
Rouher, the famous Bonapartist Minister— 
the Vice-Emperor—died Monday. 
Terrible storms and much damage, especi¬ 
ally to shipping, in the United Kingdom 
about a week ago........ A German company 
is being organized to acquire territory in 
Borneo in opposition to the British company. 
.The compilers of the Australian cen¬ 
sus report that Australia could furnish 450- 
000 men from 20 to 40, capable of bearing 
arms.“For offences against Prince Bis¬ 
marck,” the editor of the Berlin Volks Zei- 
tung will pass the next nine months in prison. 
In point of tyranny there is little to choose 
between St Petersburg and Berlin.The 
French Government, has received advices to 
the effect that M. de Brazza i3 making excel¬ 
lent progress in his African schemes on the 
Congo.The treaty between Portugal 
and Fngland relative to the Congo provides 
for tbe free navigation of the river and fixes 
the Portuguese boundry of the Zambesi re¬ 
gion between the Shire River and Lake Nyassa. 
..A telegram from Wnrraw announces 
that the foreigners employed upon the rail¬ 
ways have received notification that they 
must be naturalized or they will be dismissed 
at the expiration of nine months. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
Saturday, Feb. 9, 1884. 
Ohio Jersey cattlemen are again "mad” 
with the State Board of Agriculture for re¬ 
fusing to put Jerseys on the same footing as 
Short-horns at the State Fair. No exhibition 
of Jerseys at next State Fair unless this is 
done.Six million fewer sheep, and 318,- 
000 fewer cattle in Great Britain now than 
eight years ago...The Arapahoe Cattle 
and Land Company for $250,000 has purchased 
the cattle and range of Henry Gebhard at 
Agate on the K. P. R. R.,60 miles this side of 
Denver 
Dorsey, of Star Route notoriety, 
has gained control of the Palo Blanco Cattle 
Company’s stock and range, having got Mr. 
Alley, of Mass., to pay $750,000 for the kite Mr- 
Bosler’s interest and kicked out all the others. 
..Good news of the condition of the 
herds aud flocks of Texas; but the owners are 
in difficulties on account of fence-cutting 
and money borrowed in expectation of a con¬ 
tinuance of late high prices.Stock do¬ 
ing well in Montana; it is thought 40,000 head 
will be shipped from the Territory next Sum¬ 
mer, against 30,000 last year........Three 
thousand head of Texan one. two and three- 
years old cattle were lately sold into Colorado, 
two-thirds of them yeBrliugs, deliverable at 
Ogalalla, for ?1«, $20 aud $35 respectively- 
.... A large cattle company has been formed 
at Plattsmouth, Neb., with a capital of $100,- 
000, to rent a ranch in Custer County.. 
Texas wool to be shorn next Spring, is likely to 
be extra good, owing to constant, crossing with 
the Merino, and absence of starvation breaks 
in tbe fiber. There are now in the State 5,000,- 
000 sheep that will shear eight, pounds each of 
washed fine wool, says the Wool Grower. 
Its the rat not the hog that, is the real cause of 
American trichinae.The Chambers of 
Agriculture of several counties of England 
passed resolutions on Saturday urging Parlia¬ 
ment to restrict the importation of cattle, in 
order to prevent the spread of cattle disease. 
Mr. Chapin has introduced a resolution to the 
same effect in the House of Commons. 
The millers report a wheat surplus of 100,000 
bushels, in Colorado; but the Farmers’ Alli¬ 
ance finds it 50,000 bushels short.Hog 
cholera, is said to be raging in tbe vicinity of 
Butler, Mo.It is estimated that 100,000 
bushels of corn are now cribbed at Sheldon, 
Neb. Most of it was bought at 25 cents a 
bushel, and is held for a rise in the market... 
... Big sale, the other day, of the sorghum 
sugar made at Sterling, Kan.—over 280 bar¬ 
rels.P. D. Armour, the great Chicago 
packer, is decidedly in favor of retaliatory 
legislation agaiust the foreign foes of the 
American Hog.The Bill mentioned here 
last week is law now iu Texas making fence- 
cutting a felony. Twenty mounted men have 
cut fences 40 miles west of Austin, and a big 
effort is being made to capture and punish 
them under this new law....The Penn¬ 
sylvania Railroad Company are to put 
weather signals ou their traius for the benefit 
of farmers. Red aud blue suns, red and blue 
crescents, and red aud blue stars will indicate 
the sorts of weather that are predicted. 
The National Agricultural Convention had 
two days’ session here during t-he week. Offi¬ 
cers for the ensuing year were chosen as fol¬ 
lows: President, Colonel Hpragueof Vermont; 
Vice-President, ex-Mayor Hutchinson of Utica; 
Secretary aud Treasurer, Joseph H. Reall, 
New York City.In 1883, no less than 
7fi.fi45.890 tin cans of tomatoes were put up in 
the Uuited States, the wholesale value being 
about, $0,000,000. Mauyland puts up aland 
one-half of the product, and New Jersey over a 
fifth. There are fifteen other States which 
have packing houses, Delaware, California, 
Review of a Great aud Beneficent 
Work. 
Two recognized epochs of human life have 
been completed since we began this work. It 
is meet that, we make a halt, long enough at 
least to take a note of the region over w hich we 
have journeyed, and to examine the horizon 
which opens up to us. . 
Twice seven years ago one of us started sin¬ 
gle-handed to inaugurate aud develop a new 
use, at once scientific and practical, profess¬ 
ional and commercial, business-like and benefi¬ 
cent. They only who have tried it know the 
difficulties to be encountered in creating an 
entirely new business and securing its recog¬ 
nized entrance into the rank and file of busi¬ 
ness; that we have done this gives us the 
right to speak. ... 
For eight years this single-handed work was 
prosecuted. The operator had a conviction 
that in the Compound Oxygen he had found a 
mode of redeeming his fellow-men from the 
sufferings of disease, more potent and benign 
than the world had ever seen. This inspired 
him with the courage to abandon a lucrative 
practice which he had been twelve years in 
buildiug, and to overcome all obstacles in the 
way of realizing his dream—of proving to the 
world that his conviction was securely founded. 
That this has been fully accomplished, thou¬ 
sands of people, either cured or made richer 
in greatly improved health stand ready to 
testify, ~ t*. 
Sixteen years ago the senior partner had his 
attention called to a few persons who were 
taking the Compound Oxygen. They declared 
that they were improving with satisfaction. 
He felt sure that they were being stimulated; 
and that, consequent! v. they would soon show 
the effect of all stimulation, and retrograde 
below the point of health at which they began 
the treatment. 
By carefully watching the cases for several 
months, his prediction failed of verification, 
in a single case. He then induced several of 
his own patients—cases whom any physician 
would have considered very doubtful under 
any system of medication—to try the effect of 
the Compound Oxygen. With surprise he 
watched them making commendable speed 
health ward. He then put members of his own 
family under treatment, and with like good 
results. 
All this provoked a couflictin his m md. He 
had proof that in the Compound Oxygen there 
was an agent that would cure many sick ones 
whose condition would baffle the medical skill 
of any physicians whom he knew. And many 
others whom he might c-ure in six or twelve 
months would get well in as many weeks 
under the action of that agent. 
Now the question forced itself upon his mind 
and peremptorily demanded an answer: 
"What are you going to do with this latter 
class of patients, who confide to your care the 
restoration of their health? As a faithful phy¬ 
sician, is it not vonr duty to take the surest 
and shortest way to secure for them that for 
which they are paving you?” Well, what is 
the proposition? “Evidently send such 
patients where you know they can be better 
served than they can be under vour care and 
ministration.” But that would be suicidal. 
“No, the proportion of such patients would 
be small.” True, but the public will not dis¬ 
criminate. They will 666 only that the doctor 
A long list of catalogues will be found on 
jHuje 100, Our readers may be benefited by 
sending for all of them and comparing them 
so that they may select the best varieties of 
seed from the best seedsmen. 
CROPS AND MARKETS, 
February 9,1884. 
The wheat and com markets have gained 
some. This has been due rather to light re¬ 
ceipts and a considerable reduction in the 
visible supply than to any increased demand. 
The higher rates have still further checked 
exports. The gaiu on wheat for the week 
has averaged about, 1 1 to . per bushel, 
that floods in Ohio, 111., and Iud., and freez¬ 
ing weather with bare ground were damaging 
the W inter wheat now in the soil, caused a 
“crop scare,” and under proper manipula¬ 
tion of the advices by the " longs” prices were 
advanced and sustained. There was also con¬ 
siderable talk about damage to the stored 
corn iu the West, aud of the very general poor 
quality of the entire crop of Indian corn of 
1883, with the exception of that raised iu 
Kansas. 
The week witnessed an almost uninterrupted 
advance in t.he prices of hog products. The 
trade generally recognize that, owing to the 
falling away in the number of hogs received 
at packing points, the aggregate packed be¬ 
tween November 1 last, and March 1, 1884, 
will probably prove to behalf a million less 
than in a like period in 1882-’83. The decline 
in the movement of hogs to market is still so 
marked as to constitute a strong bull prop to 
prices, and the outlook is for a further gain. 
The advance iu prices of hog products since 
November 1 is about 50 per cent., aud the 
quotations, except as to lard, are within sight 
