Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1881 — A WONDERFUL DISCOVERT. [ARTICLE]

A WONDERFUL DISCOVERT.

An Article That Will make the BaM and Cray Kejolre. [From the Pittsburgh Commercial.] Of all the oompounda which the chemist's art have given to the world, for hundreds of years, for the purpose of restoring the hair to its natural growth and oolor, not one has been perfect. Many of the hair dressings of the day are excellent, but the great mass of the stuffs sold for promoting the growth and bringing back the original oolor are mere humbugs, while not a few are positively pernicious in their effects upon the scalp and the structure of the hair. All hair dyes are well known to chemists as more or less 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 accumulations of dandruff, and the premature ohange in oolor 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 virtues, and the change must begin undei the scalp to be of permanent and lasting benefit. Such ad article has been discovered, and, like many other wonderful discoveries, it is found to consist of elements almost in their natural state. Petroleum oil xs 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 names of Carbolme. It was in 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 looks, and the result was, in 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 marvelous. The m anes and tails of horses, which had failen out, were completely restored in a few weeks. These experiments wore heralded to the world, but the 'knowledge was practically useless to the prematurely bald and gray, as no one in civilized society could tolerate the use of refined petroleum as a dressing for the hair. But the skill of one of our chemists has overcome the difficulty, and by u process known only to himself he lias, after very elaborate and costly experiments, succeeded in perfecting Carboline, which renders it susceptible of being handled as daintily as the famous kau ok Cologne. The experiments witli the deodorized liquid, on the humaif hair and skin, were attended with the most astonishing results. A few applications, where the hair was thin and lulling, gave remarkable tone and vigor to the scalp and the hair. Every particle of dandruff disappears on the first or second dressing, all cutaneous diseases of the skin and scalp are rapidly aud permanently healed, and the liquid, to searching iu its nature, seems to penetrate to the roots of the hair at once, and set up a radical change from the start. It is well known that the most beautiful colors are made from petroleum, and by some mysterious operation of naturo the use of this article gradually imparts a beautiful light brown oolor to the hair, which, by continued use, deepens to a black. The color remains p armauent 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 ago, and well calculated to make the prematurely bald and gray rejoice. The name Carboline has been given to the article.