The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-21
THE VIRTUES OF TAR.

very ingenious "sell' upon the Royal So
ciety of Great Britain was perpetrated by Sir
Charles llanbury Williams, a wicked wac of the
age, during the furore caused by the discovery
of the wonderful healing powers of TAR
WATER Sir Charles sent communication to
the President relating the circumstances of a
sailors breaking his leg on board of the guard
ship at Chatham, and its perfect union and cure
by an application of spun oakum soaked in Tar.
After the communication had been read and
printed in the Royal Transactions he sent second
letter, stating that he had forgotten to state in
the former correspondence that the leo was ,
aCoOden one! Although this joke was q sore one
for the society, 1t did not injure the reputation
of Tar as remedy, for its legitimate cures were
so wonderful That odes were written in its praise
and the celebrated Bishop Berkely published two
voumlnous works describing, endorsing and
registering its virtues. From the failure of
scientific men, at that period, to extract and
concentrate the curative principle from the
crude tar, its nauseOusness caused it to fall into
dsuse, and its great healing powers were lost to
mankind until DR.. L. Q. c. Wishart succeeded
in depriving the specific of its unpleasant and
cruder particles, and in his PINE TREE TAR
CORDIAL offering to the afflicted all that was
valuable while the other parts were eliminated
by its careful preparation AS soon as this was
accomplished the remedy was again endorsed Inv
the faculty, and the cures were such as to con-
vert its enemies and firmly establish il as one of
the greatest blessings to suffering humanity. Its
success was immediate and widespread. and its
manufacture became Oh great Importance and q
source of wealth to its revver A long life wa.
spent for the welfare ofmankind bv DR.. Wishort
in perfecting his discovery and promulpatino its
usefulness, and at his decease (Which took nIace
but recently) the method of preparation and
the extension of its usefulness devolyed upon his
sons.
Tar Cordial is an extremely potent and valu-
able medicine Tor the cure of throat and lung
diseases. 1t combines, to degree unknown in
any ether remedy, vigorous action with safety
and harmlessness.
1t cures colds and coughs with marvellous
celebrity, and is the only preparation which ap-
proaches to a specific. 1t does not cover and
patch up, but eradcates disease by removing
the cause, and for obstinate long-continued
catarrhs, and consequently of the incipient
stages of ofconsumption, is the only certain remedy
in the pharmacop9ia. 1t would be q waste of
the readers time to enumerate cases. for the
remedy is so well known, its virtues have been
so thoroughly tested, that eulogy is superluous
and reference not requisite. Not only as an in
ternal remedy is it valuable, but eIterndLv it
heals sores and irritations, and as a pleasant
fumgator in the sick room stands above all
others.
The firm also are the proprietors and preparers
of the same physicians celebrated Worm Sugar
Drops, which, while pleasant to the palate and
a treat to the child, effectually remove worms
and act as a mild purgative medicine, cleansing
the system and removing those premonitory
causes which might terminate in dangerous or
fatal diseases
Inyalids suffering from any of the diseases to
which we have alluded or from dyspepsia,
should send to