The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-02
Sebieoam Srbaqsps.

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OFFICE OF UDOhpHO y bLEE.. +,
Sote Ifap07 ter Of the SchtcduBt SChu1r,Ds
NO. S2 Bcayc.-etreet.
NEW YCGB, Nov mis- = ;. 1868
To the People OF ss,c Southcrg =, states,
WHEN THE PURE IA EDIClNAL Il GlTORATIvE
now 80 widely known "a WOLFl, sCHIEDAM
SCHNAPPS was in reduced into tho world under
tue endorsement of four thousapls ,ne members
of the medical professf0u tvasfy y ars ago. its
proprietor was well aware that iSSsgl,G not wholly
escape the penalty attacbe to &# and useful
preparations He, therei 80, on,tI@ -rc o invest II
with strongest possible ssSe9u s% aims counter
feitors, and to render oil atenptsto pirate 1t diff
cult and dangerous At was submitted to distn-
guished chemists for analysis. and pronounced by
them the pures spirit ever manufactured. Its pur-
ty and properties having been thus ascertained, sam
pies of the article wert forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including al the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes of experiment. A
circular, requesting trial of the preparation and
report of the result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical men in
the Union promptly responded. Their opinions Of
the article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they said. mad long been wanted by
the profession, as reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors Of commerce, all Of which were
more or less adulterated, and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
the principal ingredents Of the schnapps. together
with an unalloyed charpct& of the alcoholic Gle
ment give 1t. in the estimation Of the faculty, q
marked superiority every other difusve stimu-
liant as diuretic, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
mon of the highest rank were published In o con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle of the
Schnapps. as Of the guarantees Of Its genuine
ness. Other precautions sgainst fraud were also
adopted; patent obtained for the article, the
label copyrighted, aac snile Of the proprielors
autograph signature attached to each label and
cover his and thatof the preparation were en-
bossed on the bottles. and the corks sealed with
his private seal. No article had ever been sold in
this country under the name Of schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfe's schiedam Aromatic
schnapps. in 1851; and the label was deposited as
his trade mark in the United States District Court
for the Southern District Of New York during that
year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacquainted ed
with the darng character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonorable merchants by vend-
ing deleerous trash under their name that the pro-
tections carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precluded the introductions and sale Of
counterfcits. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity of impostors. The trade
mark of tho proprietor has been stolen the ndorse-
received from tho medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated. his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied, and worse than ALL
dshonorable retailers, after dsposng Of the genuine
contents Of his bottles, have filed them up with
common gin, the most deeterious of oil liquors. aud
thus made his name and brlnd cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick
for whom the schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scrtbed as remedy, equally intereste1 with the
proprietor in the detection and rcseic- Of these
nefarious practices. The genuuo at 10, nanuac-
tured at the establishment OF t'lo dcrs igncd in
Schiedam, Holland, is distilled tro & rirey of tho
finest quality, aud favored ntal extract
OF the berry of the italian jul ed pu.
rity. BY process unknown IN tae PfSsssra tion Of
any other liquor it is freed from every 4cr onious
and corrosive clement.
Complaints have becn rsceiS8' MSE eading
physicians and families in the U,tsssts& s.es of
the sale of cheap limitations OF The schedaln Aro-
matte Schnapps in those ,marhe.s; aud travellers
who in the habit of using 1t antidote to the
baneful influence of unwaskaoseme river wnter, tes
ify that cheap gin, put up In Schiedam bottles Is
frequently palmed OFF upon the unwary The
agents of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries the subject ana to forward to
him the names of such parties us they may asc,r.
tain to be engaged in the atrocious system Of decep
ton. In conclusion the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men Of science in America, proofs un
aDswerable of the purity and medicinal excel.
lence of the Schiednm Aromatic Schnarps that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur.
rounding it with guarantees aud safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that ne has shown it
to be the only liquor in the world that can be uni
formly depended upon luadulterated; thut he has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in all its forms; aud from every ordeal
the preparation viii bears his name seal and trade
mars' has come OF triumphant He, therefore, feels
ta duty he owes to Ills feow-citizens generally to
the medical profession and tho sick. to denounce
and expose the charlatans who counterfeit these ev
denotes of identity, and he calls upon the press and
the public TO aid him in his efforts to remedy so
an evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physicians and che nists of this city Will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the under
signed are all that they are repre- ented to be-
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
Ifeel bound to say, that regard your schnaops
as being in every respect pre-eminently pure, and
the purest possible article Of Holland Gin. hereto
fore unobtainable. and asssuch may be safoly pre-
DAVID L. MOTT, M. D..
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York
20 P1NEsTaEEr, New YonK.,
November 81, 1867 s,
UDoLrHo WOLFE, Esq, Present:
Dear Sir-I have made chemical examination of
sample OF your Schiedam Schnapps. with the in
tent Of determining If any foreign or injurious SUB
stance had been added to the simple distilled spirits
The examination has resulted In the conclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or harmful
admixture have been unable to discover auy
trace Of the deleterious substances wich are en-.
ployed IN the aduiteration Of liquors. would not