HEADING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7355, 6 July 1889, Page 2

HEADING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES.

IFrom "Modem Truth."! The great eneeeee and popularity of an article has now been confirmed byapoet card competition Inaugurated by the " Chemist end Druggist," » copy of -which reaches nearly every dealer in medicine In the United Kingdom, tne colonies, the Continent, and the United States. The publishers recently conceived the ascertaining from the trade the most popu* ar preparation for outward application nowbemgm*nnfa«taredend told. With' his object in vie w they invited a poet card competition, each dealer to name the pre. paration wnich was most popular with hie customers. . The publishers received 635 post cards, with the following results:— St. Jacobs 0i1... -. - £>* felliman's Embrocation ••• i<^ Holloway'e. Ointment... -•• •» Alcock's Porous Plaisters ... 19 Bow's Liniment ... — £ Perry Davis* Pain Killer ... 7 Vaseline * Cuticara ... ... — while eight other outward applications had one vote each. It will thus be seen that St. .TacobsOil was named by 381 different dealers as being the most popular remedy, leaving 251 (less than half) to be divided among lo other remedies; showing conclusively than St. Jacobs Oil to-day stands preeminent among all other proprietary medicines for outward application. In fact, the sales are more than doublethose of any other proprietary medicine in the world, and ten times greater than those of all other liniments and embrocations. This wonderful success rests on the solid foundation of merit (acknowledged everywhere). It is advertised only for 3uch ailments as it will cure, and hence it possesses the confidence of all classes of people, and has become a household word in every civilised country. Its success and popularity has become the subject of comment by almost the entire press of the country ; in many instances the leading articles of large and influential papers have been devoted to the details of what seem to be almost mapical cures effected by the use of St. Jacobs Oil in local cases comine: under the immediate attention of tho publishers. St. Jacobs Oil is endorsed by statesmen, judges, the clergy, the medical profession, as well as by the people in every walk of life. The curative powers of St. Jacobs Oil are simply marvellous. It conquers pain quickly and surety. It cures even wheu everything else has failed. It has cured thousands of cases of rheumatism and neuralgia which had resisted treatment for the greater part of a lifetime. It has cured people who have been crippled with pain for more than 20 years. After the most thorough and practical test, St. Jacobs Oil has received Six Gold Medals at different international exhibitions for its marvellous power to conquer pain. It is used extensively in the leading hospitals and dispensaries of the metropolis and provincial cities, and also on board her Majesty's troopshipsandtheCunard Steam Ship Company's fleet.