Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-11-06

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tho knowledge of his remedies. Time
rolled on. aud from the hitherto untho't
Of expenditure of 5000 in annual ad
vertising. he increased that outlay to
E10. 900 in the year 1S45. At the time
Of the great Exhibition in London in
1851. he was expending E20,000 per
annuu and in the year 1855 it had risen
to the enormous sum Of ESQ 900, whilst
now, in this presen year, 1862, it has
reached the almost incredible amount of
E40, 900 This vast SUN is expended
in advertising his medicines in every
available manner throughout the four
quarters of the globe. For the proper
application Of these, he has directions
translated into almost every known
tongue we may instance Sanskrit. Chi
nese. Turkish. Armenian. Arabic, Tamil
(Clngalose character,) all the vcrnacular
tongues Of India, ard all the languages
spoken on the European continent. There
is scarcely the Office of any Journal
where his portrait may not be found,
reverenced as the Prince Of Advert
SER His motto has always been that
what is worth doing at all is worth do
ing we'll" Need We state. as the result
of this indcfatigable industry, that in
every land and in evesy cline. the name
Of Holloway" and the fame of his dis
coverics, are but 30 many household
words. To or Numerical readers it
will be 40 novelty to point out the vast
enterprise Of the British nation, nor
how its pin ,cly merchants track civi)i-
cation as the falcon its quarry but
they may be pardoned for expressing
some beaIderment when they find one
man. totally unsidcd. save by his genius
and the blessing of an All-wise Provi
dence. causing the entire ea,th to re
echo with tributes to the aid he has rem
dered to medical science. aud the mar
velous results be has achieved in q sim
pic mercantile point Of view. 1t would
be an easy task to quote to our readers
many British and foreign firms who
have, by import and export Of endless
fabrics. accomplished position of i'm
mense wealth, but we have no such in
tricate consideration.
We have to speak of tho propri etor Of
two unpretending articles, a pill and an
ointment, which. lying in chemists
shop. would pass unnoticcd. We have to
chronicle that this man has, with these
modest means, p iced himself amongst
the highest Of those merchant princes
who call their capital tho metropolis Of
the world" and has furnished an unprc-
cedsnted episode in the history of COM
merce. Amongst his correspondents,
this extraordinary man numbers kings
and princes, who bear testimony to the
value Of his medicines equally with the
poor unnoticed cottagcr, or the uncivil-
lied Indian.
Let us Instance, that when the august
en bassadors from Siam Waited London
in 1857, they not only were the bearers
of an autograph letter from their major
king to Mr. Holloway. but they paid
him an official visit in the state carriages
of the Queen Of England, and presented
him with gold enameled ornament. q
present from his Majesty, in testimo-
ny of his satisfaction that the remedies
we have so frequently alluded to were
introduced in his dominions.
But the magnitude Of our theme
is tempting US beyond ordinary limits.
Having imperfectly outlined history.
we will briefly dwell upon the reflections
and the moral which at the same time
resulted from it, and dictated this sum
mary of it.
How eloqucutly are VIC reminded, by
this consideration. from what small be-
g,nnings the grandcst triumpbs, socially.
and historically. have been achieved
Aud how mourufuIy may we glance up
on our own beautiful land. with Natures
boun'ies on every side. aud remember
that our modern history chronicles but
little rave the grand and the majestic
dwarfed into the puny aud the insignif- !
cant. Aud whence cones this melan-
chnly decay2 Is it not that we hide
the treasure around US. neglect the op-
por unites which seem to beg for en-
ployment, and content ourselves with
the husk. that others may own aud prize
the nutritious kernel? Holloway might
have taken the remedies which new bless
one half the world. and carfully hiding
them in a drawer. have waited for Gus
tom (oaly to wait 10 vain and 'starve. y
But. no! He said there shall be no