HEAPING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8614, 28 October 1889, Page 4

HEAPING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES

(From Modern Truth.) The p^ent success and popularity of an article has now beeD confirmed by a Post Card Competition inaugurated by Thp Chemist und Druggist, a copy of which reaches nearly every dealer in medicine in the Uiiited Kingdom, tke colonies, the Continent, and in the United States. Tb» publishers recently conceived the id6a of ascertaining from the irade ibe most popular preparation tor outward application now being manufactured and sola. With this object in view they invited a post oard competition, each denier to name tbe preparation which was most popular with his customers. The publishers received 635 post cards with the following results :—: — S- Jacobß Oil 384 Elliman's Embrocation ... 172 Holioway's Ointment ... 32 Alcock's Porous Pluisters ... 19 Bow's Lininit-Dt 7 Perry Davis 1 Pain Killer ... 7 Vaseline ... ... 4 Cuticura ... ... 2 while 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 tho moßt popular remedy, leaving 251(le88 than half) to be divided among 15 other remedies ; showing conclusively that St. Jacobs Oil to-day stands preeminent among all other proprietary medicines for outward application. In fact, tbe sales are more than double those of any other proprietary medicine in the world, and 10 times greater than those of all other liniments and embrocations. This wonderf nl success rests on the solid foundation of merit (acknowledged everywhere). It is advertised only for bucb 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 influenciul papers have been devoted to the detnilt? ot what seem to be almost magical cures effected by tbe use of St. Jacobs Oil in local esses coming under tbe immediate attention of the publishers. St. Jacobs Oil is endorsed by statesmen, judges, the clergy, the medical profession, as well as by people in every walk of life. The curative powers of St. Jacobs Oil are simply marvellous. It conquers pais quickly and surely. It curee even when everything elae 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 mote than 20 years. Alter (he most thorough and practical test, St. Jucobs Oil has received Six Gold Medals at different international exhibitions foi its marvellous power to conquer pain. It is used extensively in the leading bospitale and uispensaiies of the metropolis and provincial cities, and also oo board hut Majesty's troopships und the Cunard Steam Ship Couipuny's fleet.