The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-16
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
An Article that Will Make the Bald and Gray Re-
(From the Pittsburg Commercially

tFrom the Pittsburg Commercial
OF all the compounds which the chem
lists art have given to the world, for
hundreds of years, for the purpose 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 of the
stutfs sold for promoting the growth and
bringing back the original color are
mere humbugs, while not few are posi-
lively pernicious in their effect upon the
seal p and the structure of the hair. All
hair dyes are well known to chemists as
more orless poisonous, because the change
IN color is artificial and does not depend
upon a restoration of the functions of
the scalp to their natural health and
vigor. The falling out of the hair, the
accumulation of dandruff, and the pre-
mature 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 medical as well as chemical viz
tues, and the change must begin under
the scalp to be of permanent and lasting
benefit. Such an article has been dis
covered, and, like many other wonder
full discoveries, it 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 is after the best refined article has
been chemically treated, and completely
deodorized, that it is in proper condition
for the toilette and receives the name of
Carboline. 1t was Ill far off Russia that
the effects of petroleum upon the hair
were first observed; a government officer
having noticed that a partially bald
headed servant of his, when trimming
the lamps, had a habit of wiping his oil
besmeared hands in his scanty locks, and
the result was, III a few months, a
much finer head of black, glossy hair
than he ever had before. The oil
was 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 tails
of horses which had fallen out, were
completely restored in few weeks
These experiments were heralded to the
world, but the knowledge was practically
useless to the prematurely bald
and gray, as no one III CIV
ilized society could tolerate the use
OF refined petroleum as dressing for the
hair. But the skill of one of our chem
lists has overcome the difficulty, and by a
process known only to himself he has,
after very elaborate and costly expert
ments, succeeded in perfecting Carboline,
which renders it susceptible of being
handled as daintily as the famous eau de
cologne. The experiments with the
deodorized liquid, on the human hair and
skin, were attended with the most aston
ishing results. A few applications,
where the hair was thin and falling, gave
remarkable tone and vigor to the scalp
and the hair. Every particle of dan
drutf disappears on the first or second
dressing, all cutaneous diseases of the
skin and scalp are rapidly and perma-
nently healed, and the liquid, so search
ing IN It's nature, seems to penetrate to
the roots of the hair at once, and set up
a radical change from the start. 1t is
well known that the most beautiful col
ors are made from petroleum, and by
some mysterious operation of nature the
use of this article gradually imparts 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 init
mate friends can scarcely detect its pro-
gress. In q word, it is the most won
derful discovery of the age, and well cal
culated to make the prematurely bald
and gray rejoice. The name Carboline
has been given to the article