The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-12
STRANGE POWER.
EXHIBITION OF PTHESOME.
NaLBENEFICENCE.
Citizens of Texas SOicina
Approval of Il Wonderful
Substance.
REVELATIONS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY
CHARACTER.



The citizens of Waco have pretty
correct and high esteem for anything
of positive merit. They also do not
refuse to yield allegiance to that which
has been demOnstrably shown to be
for the public good. As the great
German remedy, st Jacobs Oil, has
| gained q very z roug hold in this city
and county, and as much has been
said about its great cures in rheuma-
tic affections, the writer thought it
not inappropriate at this season TO
| collect some data for publication. lie
! is aware that he will have to encouu-
| ter some natural prejudice which, in
all communities exists TO more or less
extent, against advertised remedies.
But on the whole it
is hoped that the follow
ing highly interesting interviews
upon the subject with some of our
well known citizens may prove valua-
bic to the public Mr.. W. II. Grider,
proprietor Of the Waco oil works, one
of the most intelligent and energetic
citizens here, gave the reporter an
incident in the history OF st. Jacobs
Oil, which..is Of special signiii alce as
illustrating how deep-roOted preju-
dice may be swept away by SEEM
ingly trivial circumstance.
Mr.. Grider, who relates an anecdote
well, said that upon one occasion he
was il Montgomery, Alabama, stop
ping with a friend by the name Of
Nelson. His friend was considerably
under the weather. lie WAS af1l ctCd
with rheumatism and was suffering
to such all extent as to voice his VeXa-
ton thercat in sundry groans and
yexatious exclamations. One night
while Mr. Nelson was thus asserting
his dissatisfaction with pain generally
and the rheumatism particularly, one
OF his acquaintances recommended
St. Jacobs Oil as relevant. The
suffering gentleman secuted the idea
and lost no time in prOnouncing
sweeping negative against all special
ties in the catalogue, winding up with
asserting decided sccpticism III the
great German remedy. just before
retiring, however, Mr.. Nelson, who,
i'll the meantime seemed 10 be revoIv-
ing something in his mind, exclaimed:
BY George! III try the stufl.''
Turning to servant he bade
him 90 for bottle Of the
st. Jacobs Oil. When he came down
the next morning Mr.. Nelson looked
decidedly more cheerful, and, upon
being interrogated as to the cause,
frankly confessed that good applica-
ion of the great German remedy, well
rubbed in, had made him feel like q
new man. This was only the begin
ming of hls cure, but several more ap-
plications of the oil relieved him en-
tircly, and he is now warm advocate
of st. Jacobs " | as cure for rheu-
While in the office ofthe McClelland
house the writer broached the subject
of the ST. Jacobs Oil to the clerk, Mr..
d. q. Cox, mentioning at the same
time some OF its alleged cures. Mr..
great remedy from personal eXpe-
ricnce with it, and thought very high
ly OF it. Mr.. Cox then went on to
stare that he had q terrible rheumatic
pain in his right foot. There were
times when il pressed him SO sorcly
that he could hardly hobble around, |
lie bought bottle OF the 81. Jacobs |
Oil, hoping almost against hope that, |
by its use, he would obtain relief. He
applied it one night and felt less pain
the next day. With each subsequent
application HIS foot felt better, and /
with the eighth application the /
pain ceased altogether. lie WAS, /
rs a matter OF course, great /
" reiOiced at result /
10 which his expectations before use
ng the oil certainly did not reach,
md he felt ike advising all others
with pain to adopt the same
reatmeu, Pretty soon after his own
;asc
THE HEAD COOK
At the McCieIland house spralned his