The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-07-25
A DGOimiZGd Extract Of Petroleum,
The Only Article that viii Restore
Hair on Bald Heads.
What the World Has Been
Wanting for Centuries.

OF all the compounds which the chemists art has
given to the world for hundreds Of years for the pur.
pose Of restoring the hair to its natural growth and
color, not one has been perfect. Many Of the hair.
dressings Of the day are excellent, but the great mass
1.-THE stuhs sold for promoting the growth and bring.
ing back the original color, are mere humbugs, while
not a few are positively pernicious in their effect upon
the scalp and the structure Of he hair. An hair dye,
are well known to chemists as more orl poisonous
because the change Of color is artificial, and does moi
depend on a restoration Of the functions Of the scalp
to their natural health and vigor. The falling out Of
the hair, the accumulations Of %dandrud, and the
premature change in color, are all evidences Of
diseased condition Of the scalp and the glands which
nourish the hair. To arrest these causes the article
used must possess medicinal as well as chemical yir.
tues, and the change must begin UNDER the scalp tc
be OF permanent and lasting benefit. Such an article
has been discovered, and, like many other wonderful
discoveries, it is 4 found to consist Of elements almost
in their natural state. Petroleum oil is the article
which 10 made TO work such extraordinary results
but tits after the best article has been chemically
treated, and completely deodorized, that it is in a
proper condition for the toilet. twas in far-oh Russia
that the effects Of petroleum upon the hair were first
observed a government officer having discovered
that a partially bald servant Of his, while trimming
the lamps, had a habit Of wiping his oil besmeared
hands In his scanty locks, and the result was, In a
few months, a much finer head of black, glossy hair
than he ever had before. The oil wa tried on horses
and cattle that had lost their hair from the cattle
plague, and the results were as rapid as they were
marvellous, The names and even the tails of horses.
which had fallen out, were completely restored in a
few weeks. These experiments were heralded to the
world, but the knowledge was practically useless to
those prematurely bald and gray, as no one in civil.
lied society could tolerate the use Of refined petroleum
as a dressing for the hair. But the skill of one Of our
chemist has overcome the difficulty, and, by a pro-
cess known only TO himself, he has, after very costly
and elaborate experiments, succeeded in deodorizing
refined petroleum, which renders 1t susceptible Of
being handled as daintily as the famous EAU DE CO
LoGNE. The experiments wi b the deodorized liquid
on the human hair were attended with the most as.
tOnishing results. A few applications, where the hair
was thin and falling, gave remarkable tone and yigor
to the scalp and hair. Every particle ofdandruf dis.
appears on the first or second dressing, and the liquid,
30 searching in its nature, seems to penetrate to the
roots at once, and set up a radical change from the
start. 1t is well known that the most beautiful cOlOrt
are made from petroleum, and, by some my sterious
operation, the use of this article gradually imparti
a beautiful light-brown color to the hair, which, by
continued use, deepens to a black. The color remains
permanent for an indefinite length of time, and the
change is so gradual that the most intimate friends
can scarcely detect its progress. In a word, it is the
most wonderful discovery Of the age, and well calcu.
lated TO make the prematurely bald and gray rejoice
We advise our readers to give II a trial, feeling sal.
isfed that one application will convince them Of it,
wonderful effects -" Pittsburg Commercial" of Oct
%, 1877.