The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-28
THE VIRTUES OF TAR.

A very ingenious ''se1l" upon the ROYAL 60;
cicty OF Great Britain was perpetrated by Sir
Charles Hanbury Williams a wicked wag 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 i'm
the former correspondence that the leg was a
scooden one! Although this joke was a sore one
for the society, it did not injure the reputation
OF Tar as remedy, for its legitimate cures were
so wonderful that odes written in its praise,
ana the celebrated Bishop Berkely published two
Volumlnous 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. G. 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 by
the faculty, and the cures were such as to con-
vert its enemies and firmly establish it as one of
the greatest blessings to suffering humanity Its
success was immediate and widespread, and its
manufacture became of great Importance and a
source of wealth to its reviver. A long life was
spent for the welfare ofmankind by Dr. Wisbart
in perfecting his discovery and promulgating ts
usefulness, and at his decease (Which took pIsse
but recently the method of preparation and
the extension of its usefulness devolved upon his
sons.
Tar Cordial is an extremely potent and valu-
able medicine for the cure of throat and lung.
diseases 1t combines, to a degree unknown in
any other remedy, vigorous action with safety
and harmlessness.
1t cures colds and coughs with marvellous
celerty, and is the only preparation which ap-
proaches to specific. 1t does not cover and
patch up, but eradicates disease by removing
the cause, and for obstinate, long-contnueS
catarrhs, and consequently of the incipient
stages of consumption, is the only certain remedy
in the pharmacopeia. 1t would be 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 superauous
and reference not requisite. Not only as an in
ternal remedy is it valuable, but externally it
heals sores and irritations, and as a pleasant
fumigator in the sick room stands above all
others.
The firm also are the proprietors and preparera
of the same physicians celebrated Worm Sugar
Drops, which, while pleasant to the palate and
treat to the child effectually remove worms,
and act as mild purgative medicine, cleansing
the system and removing those premonitory
causes which might terminate in dangerous or
fatal diseases.
Invalids suffering from any of the diseases 70
which we have alluded or from dyspepsia
should send to