The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-08-08
A DGOduTizGi Extract Of Petroleum,
The Only Article that VIII Restore
Hair on Bald Heads.
What the World Has Been
Wanting for Centuries.

or 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 teen perfect. Many Of the hair.
dressings Of the day are excellent, but the great mass
Of the stufs sold for promoting the growth and bring.
ing back the original color, are mere humbugs, while
not a few are positively p~ernicious In their effect upon
the scalp and the structure Of he hair. All hair dyes
are well known 10 chemists az more orle 8 poisonous.
because the change Of color is artificial, and does not
depend on n restoration Of the functions Of the scalp
to their natural health and yigor. The falling out Of
the hair, the ~accumulAtions Of dandrud, and the
premature change in color, are all evidences Of a
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 vir-
tues, and the change must brgin UNDER the scalp to
be of permanent and lasting benefit. such an article
has been discovered, and, like many other wonderful
discoveries, II Is found to consist Of elements almost
in their natural state. Petroleum oil is the article
which Is made TO work such extraordinary results (;
but tits after the best article has been chemically
treated, and completely deodorized, that 1t is In a
proper condition for the toilet. 1t wa in faro 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 knowled e 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 II susceptible Of
being handled as daintily as the famous EAU DE- CO.
LoGNE. The experiments wi h 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 vigor
to the scalp and hair. Every particle ofdandruff dis
appears on the first or second dressing, and heliquid,
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 colors
are made from petroleum, and, by some my sterIous
operation, the use Of this article gradually imparts
a beautiful light.brown color to the hair, which, by
continued use, deepens 70 a black. The color remains
permanent for an indefinite length Of time, and the
change is 50 gradual that the most intimate friends
can scarcely detect its progress. In a word, it lie 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 it a trial, feeling sat
ished that one application will convince them of its
wonderful effect -'Pittsburg Commercial" of Oct.
q, IS7.