HEAPING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8665, 30 December 1889, Page 4

HEAPING THE POLL BY 212 VOTES

(From Modern Truth.) The great success and popularity oE an article has now bt«D confirmed by a Post Card Competition inaugurated by Tho Chemist and Druggist, 11 copy of which reaches nearly every iltuli-r in u.edicine in tho Uuited Kinciiom. iba colonies, the Continent, and in'ihe United States. Tbo publisher*: recently concaved the id6a of ascertaining from the trade che most popular preparation tor c Jtward application now being manufactured and sola. Wnn this object in view lhej invited a post card competition, each dealer to numb the which was v ost popular' with biß cuetoiftru. The publishers rectived 635 post card 6 with the iol.owibg reeultß :—: — S-JacobbOil 384 ISlhuiau'ti E.ii bfcmiou ... 172 HoiiOWii>'»' luin/t-nt ... 32 Alcocß'e Porous r'lalßt^rß ... 19 Bow'b Ltnini nt 7 Perry Davia' Fuin Kuier ... 7 Vaseline 4 Cuticura ... ... while eight other outward applications hud oqo vote eaub. It will thus be seen that St. Jacobi Oil was named by 384 different dealers as being the most popular remedy, leaving 251 (lees than half) to be divided among 15 other retueditß ; ehowiug conclusively tbat 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 10 limes greater than tboße of all other liniments and embrocations. This wonderful success retts on the solid foundation of merit (acknowledged everywhere). It is advertised only for mch ailmsnts as it will cure, and hence it possesses the confidence of all classes of people, and has become a nousenold word in every civilised country. Its success and popularity has become the subject of comment by almoßt the entire preflß of * the country ; in many instances the leading articles ot large and influential papers have been devoted lo the details ot what seem to be almost magical cures effected by tbe uao oil St. Jacobs Oil iv local cases coming under the mmediate attention of the puolishers. bt. Jnoobs Oil ia tsndorswd by atat&smen, judges, tbe clergy, Lbe menicul profession, at) well as by people in tvery walk ot lite, lbe curative powers of St. Jacobs Oil are simply u.urvellous. It conquers pain quickly and bureiy. It cures even when everything else bos lulled. It has cured thousands of cubkb o£ rheumatism and neuralgia which bad resisted treatment tor the greater part of a lifetime. It has cured people who have been crippled with pain tor moie than 20 years. Alter the most thorough and practical test, St. 4 Jacobtj Oil has received Six Gold Medals at different international exhibitions for uu marvellous powi_r to conquer pain. It ia used extensively in tbe lending hospitals and oiepensaiies ot lbe metropolis and provincial citiee, and also on board ht>r MajbHty'e Iroopotiips una the Lunard Steam Ship Uoi»pau}'tt tieut.