Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-09
HOSTETTER'S BITTERS.

HOSTETTER'S BITTERS.
ADULTERATioN AID ITS coNsLoUEs
CES.-A ALTERATION is as old as Commerce i,
sell Nearly al the valuable commodities, in-
GLIDING the precious metals with which the rest
arc purchased. have been al some time or other
deteriOra'ed BY Inscriptions men. Ages be
fore the art Of distlling into xicati,. beverages
vas known. the fsrmented ju,ce Of the grsre
vas sophisticated bv professional sdal,era,ors.
The Roman Wine merchant. treated the matter
In business !ise-way. The Father OF Medicine
0alen himself, anthsmati,ed their practices
They used lead TO arrest the acetous ,srueuta-
ton. and bsiled new vine in metal vessels, sub
seausntly adding sea water sad other vie In
gradients to incrsass the bulk end clarity the
article. TO this day sons Of The Medstsfrsnsan
wass are subjected to processes similar 10
those in vogue with the Latia winners 1000
years ago There were laws then, ~ there are
aow, against adultsrs,ion, and then as now they
we're evaded or disregarded. At G later date .
tremendous struggle took place in Germany
between the physicians who applied tests to de
tset the presence Of poisonous metals: in thsTeu-
tonic wines. and the wine growers who invent
| ed processes to defy them, and il vas not until
. comparatively modern period that science got
the better Of deception.
The information on tins important subject
which has recently been gwen to the world by
| eminent chemists is not, therefore, new as re-
CARDS the main facts. though tho details may
| have heretofore been unknown to the general
public. Society WAS already aware that hun
dfsds Of thousands Of ito members we're crszsd.
and destroyed by poisonous liquors, though it
vas not - well posted - 10 tho nature Of the
deadly agents BY which they we're robbed Of
health and reason and sent to untimely graves.
Now that the community has been favored
with the full particulars. me must determine
for themselves whether they will drink the poi
soasus liquors Of commerce or not Those
whose physical and mental conditions 10 such ~
to require stimulating and tonic trestment-and
every medical man Knows that an imneuss
multitude Of the feeble and ailing Of both sexes
are included IN this eatsgory-havs again and
again been assured BY Competent authority thu
they will lind il the celebrated Vegetable lnvig-
GRANT. known eveey where Us Hostetter's Stom-
ach Btters. pure medical preparation. adapted
10 the restoration Of their health and strength
1t is not. indeed, beverage. nor intended to
satisfy the furors for stimn ants which the fiery
| compounds OF the bar room create. Its simply
. tonic, Alternative and anti bilious medicine, The
| ingredients of which are unauthorized product
OF sound rye, and most approved specifics Of the
botanical matsria medioa. In view Of the his
DRY Of sdulteratioa from tho earliest ages 10 the
present day. and especially in view of the recent
chemical revelations. published BY authority Of
the Board Of Health, can any man OF won IN who
needs . medicinal stimu'ant, hesitate for a mo-
msnt between such preparation and The con-
taminsted and the unne Dictated liquors in com.
mon use a. beverages, One test superior 10 all
others, and which net err, has heen applied
to this preparation. viz tie test Of srprienee-
FOR twenty years il has been doing good
strengthening. restoring, sustaining. For more
than tive Thousand years adultsrated stimulants
have beed working evil--epfesblng, maddening
| eoA sio1i luz record - authentic and
elusive on both Sides and it is for the iudic,ous
| and prudent TO decide between the bane and
the remedy. 1t would se,m, however, that
every rational being ought 70 prefer a mild and
Harmless preventive and curative. in .mali but
efficient doses, to long ard freeuen. gups of
active poison
Atthe earousals Of the ancient. egyptians the
miniature semblance of = skeleton. ipclosed in
CONN, was carried round The convevia board BY
slave. and In turn resented to each gueat.
Such,a remindar Of the consequences of iudul.
sing 10 dangerous potations might be revived
with advantage in this age Of ciyilizatisn.
Perhaps II the same significant symbol Of
death il the cup" we're placed beside every
dram Of polluted liquor. many glasses Of wet
destruction" that are new poured down human
throsts would b left untasted.
tits to BE- hoped that the world will one day
realise the fact that exsn pure difiusivs stinu.
liant can only be useful for medicinal purposes
sad that in order to utaliss them they must frs.
BE- ceubiasd with isnic amp alternative veeeta-
bic substansss Upon she nature and propor.
lions sfthess substances depends the efficacy
Of all alcoholic medicines. No raw spirit. how.
svsi carefully rsctiAsd and hevsvor free frsm
sdulisratioas. can b. freely and frequently taken
- semmsn drink without evil consequence.
Thiuk. then. what must necessarily BE- the result
Of inbibing hsbituallo ond in large quantities.
liquors containing lfusel oil and other deadly
elements!
1t would. perhaps, b unjust to say thaa shs
liouof -m1IaPa And fhaa> ~hn ee1es1 th... -.