HEAPING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8537, 30 July 1889, Page 4

HEAPING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES

{From Modern Truth.) The f rent success and popularity of an artielo has now been confirmed by a Post Card Competition inaugurated by The Chemist und Druggist, a copy of which reaches nearly every dealer in tuedicine in the United Kingdom, the colonies, the Continent, and in the United States. The publisher recently conceived the idea of ascertaining from the trade the most popular preparation for outward application now being manufactured and sold. With this object in view they invited a post card competition, each dealer to name the preparation which was most popular witb his customers. The publishers received 635 post cardß with the following results :—: — S- Jacobs Oil 384 Ellicuan's Embrocation ... 172 Holioway'e Uintment ... 32 Alcock's Porous PJuisters ... 19 Bow'a Liniment ... ... 7 Perry Davis' Pain Killer ... 7 Vaseline 4 Cuticura 2 whiie eight other outwurd applications had one vote each. It will thus bo seen that St. Jacobs Oil was nsuned by 384 different dealers as beini; the most popular remedy, leaving 251 (lefra tbun hulf) to bo divided among 15 oilier i'fcaiedita ; showing conclusively that St. Jacobs Oil to-day stands preeminent among all other proprietary medicines for outward application. In fact, tbe sales are more thun double thoae of any other proprietary medicine in tbe world, and 10 times greater thaa those of all other liniments and embrocations. This wonderful success rests on tbe solid foundation of merit (acknowledged everywhere). It is advertised only for bucb ailmeuts as it will cure, and hence it -possesses the confidence of all classes of people, and baa become a household word in every civilised country. Its success and popularity has become j the subject uf comment by almoat the j entire press of tbe country ; in many instances ibe leading articles ot large and influential papers have been devoted to the details of what Beem to be almost magical cures effected by tbe use of St. Jacobs Oil in local cises coming under tbe immediate attention of the publishers. St. Jacobs Oil ia endora«d by statesmen, judges, tbe clergy, tbe medical profession, as well as by people in every walk of life. The curative powers of St. Jacoba Oil are simply marvellous. It conquers pain quickly and surely. It cures even when everything else baa failed. It baa cured thousands of caseß of rheumatism and neuralgia which bad resisted treatment for the greater part of a lifetime. It baa cured people who have been crippled witb pain tor mote than 20 years. Atter tbe most thorough and practical test, St. Jacoba Oil has received Six Gold Medals at different international exhibitions for its marvellous power to conquer puin. It ia used extensively in the leuuing hospitals and dispensaries of the metropolis and provincial cities, and also on board her Majesty's troopships and tbe Canard Steam Ship Company's fleet.