HEAPING TELE POLLBY 212 VOTES

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8789, 27 May 1890, Page 4

HEAPING TELE POLLBY 212 VOTES

{From Modern Truth.)

The preat success and popularity of aa article has now been confirmed by a Post Curd Competition inaugurated by Tbc Chemist and Druggist, a copy of V7taicb reaches nearly every dealer in medicine in thw Uuited Kingdom, the colonies, the Continent, and in the United States. Th« publishers recently conceived tho idea of ascertaining from the trade the most popular preparation for catward application now being manufactured and sola. Wun this object in view they invited a post card competition, each dealer to name the preparation which was most popular with his customers. The publishers received G35 post cards with the following results :—: — S- Jacobs Oil 384 Ellirnan's Embrocation ... 172 Holloway's Ointment ... 32 Alcock's Porous Plaisters ... 19 Bow's Liniment ... ... 7 Perry Davis' Pain Killer ... 7 Vaaeline ... ... 4 Cuticura , 2 while eight other outward applications had one vote each. It will thus be seen that St. Jacobs Oil w»s named by 384 different dealers as beinc: the most popular remedj', leaving 251 (less than half) to be divided amoD? 15 other remedies ; showing conclusively that St. Jacobs Oil to-day Btands preeminent araoni{ all other proprietary medicines for outward application. In fact, the sales are more thtin double those of any other proprietary medicine in the world, and 10 times greater than thoße of all other liniments and embrocations. This wonderful success re6ts on the solid foundation of merit (acknowledged everywhere), It is advertised only for buch 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 j instances the leading articles of large and i influential papers have b6en devoted to the details of what Boeru to be almost i masical cureß effected by the use of St. Jacobs Oil in local cases coming under the mmediate attention of the publishers. St. Jacobs Oil is endorsed by statesmen, judges, the clergy, tho medical profession," as well as by people in every walk of life. The curative powers of St. Jacobs Oil ara simply marvellous. It conquers pain quickly and surely. It curea 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 ior moie than 20 years. After the most thorough and prnctical teßt, St. Jucobß Oil has received Six Gold Medals at different international exhibitions for its marvellous power to conqner pain. It is used extensively in the leading hospitals and dispensaries of the metropolis and provincial cities, and also on board hor Majesty's troopships and the Cunard Steam Ship Company's fleet.