Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-08-27


r,ish writer has called it, the mother country
sends many things its people do not want.
and the consequences too frequently are an
over,t,cked market and depressed trade.
From ,hi, category we beg. however. 10 ex-
,luae two articles-the two celebrated rem
cdies o: Professor Holloway. Throughout
Australasia they are at . premium. The
pills and Ointment are considered the most
prcf,ablc commodities that can be taken to
the dgsngs. as their efficacy in the diseases
common in the gold region is we'll known to
cvrv nuggct-hunter and they are therefore Gag.
,rv bough. up at any price by those toi!ers
after the mammon of unrighteousness." Fer
bilious f:vrrs. and all disorders of the liver and
bowels which prevail ON the auriferous soils
of the interior, the Pills appear to be posi-.
tive immediate and invariable cure. We have
seen returned gold hunters from the dig
eing-," and their reports on this head are uni
lcrm Nor is the testimony less conclusive in
relation to the Ointment as a means of rcliev.
ing rheumatism and neuralgia and healing
the wounds, aborsions, Commissions, &C., incl
den: to hard life in the wilderness. In
short every one in I" the bush" looks UPON Hol.
loway's two preparations as sufficient med
icine chest for all the disorders of his outer and
inner man. He knows, for he has wintered
with them and summcred with them beyond
the settlements, that they are his surest reliance
in sickness at all seasons and under all circum-
stances. Almost every digger has some anec-
dotc to relate of the cures they have perform
cd. Limbs saved from modification, ulcers
preserved from gangrene, contracted joints re-
Taxed, liver disease arrested, dysentery and
diarrua cured-thcse are their trophies. In
fact they are among the good things of which
we cannot have too much, and although the
imports at present arc SO large as almost to be
Incredible, still the demand keeps in advance
of the supply Furnished with these reme-
dies the digger and the settler have little need
ofmcdical advice, for it seems beyond question
that their curative effects cover the whole cir
Gle Of diseases and a large portion of the chap
ter of accidents. Ofwhat use is success to
the digger, if, when fortune is achieved, he
die beside his hoard, and how many lives that
were sacrificed in early days of the gold dis
covcrirs, might have been saved by these ines
Unable preparations. In California we un-
derstand they are considered an indispensable
item, and most important one, OF every mi
HcT OutuL, anu We CAu OuAy CHyS VIVA q
knowledge Of what they have been accomp-
fishing throughout the world for the past
twenty years. that to be without them is al
most to lie without the q staff of life"
HoLIOwAY's Pills AND OINTMENT
-Whooping- Cough.-These dis
eases of early life are now causing fearful
havoc amongst children. If Holloway's Oint-
mcnt be we'll rubbed upon the throat and
chest, in such cases, the symptoms will BE-
moderated. and danger averted. Any intel
liSent person can efFectually apply this sooth-
ing and cleansing remedy. A little attention
to the directions enveloping each pot and box
Of Holloway's indictments, will enable any
one to prevent the disastrous consequences
daily resulting from neglccting infantile dis.
orders till it is toe late. and the little sufferer
refuses food and sinks. Holloways Ointment
and Pills should have prominent place in ev-
cry nursery and on every toilet table. All
that is healthy they preserve, all that is hurt
full they sweep away. s
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