HEADING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7421, 21 September 1889, Page 2

HEADING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES.

* [From "Modern Troth."] tEe fnt«fe faccess and popularity ofen article has now been confirmed bya pose card competition inaugurated JJJ ™« "ChemtetandDruggist^acopyo* which reaches eeitfly everydealer in medicine in the United Ktosdom. the colonies, the ContlneA tfnlted f tates. The publishers recently conceived the idea ol ascertaining from the trade the most popu- j lar preparation for outward application j now betog manufactured and sold, with this object in view they invited a post cart | competition, each dealer to name the> preparation whfeh was most popular with his %*Sns**«a received 635 post cards, with the following results:— r-6fc Jacobs 0i1... ; ■i iiUlman's Embrocation ... 17| Hollow-ay's Ointment... ... J^ ,„ Alcock*sPorous Plaletere ~. 19 Bow's Liniment •-• ••• £ Perry Davis , Pain Killer ... 7 Vaseline ... ... — * ■ Cuticura ... — — * whUe eight other outward applications had one vote each. _ , . _~ It will thus be seen that St. Jacobs Oil was named by 384 different dealers as being the most popular remedy, leaving 231 flese than half) to be divided among 15 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 double those 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 such ailments as It will cure, and hence it possesses the confidence of all classes of people, and has become a household word n 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 nave been devoted to the details of what seem to be almost mapical cures effected by the use of St. Jacobs Oil in local cases coming under the immediate attention of the publishers. St. Jacobs Oil is endorsed by statesmen, judges, the clerecy, 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 surely. It cures even when 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 need extensively in the leading hospitals and dispensaries of the metropolis and provincial cities, and also on board her Majesty's troopshlpsandtheCunard Steam Ship Company fleet.