The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-15
Sfhiroam Sfhnapps.
OrfJCE OF UDoL'IIO WOLFE.
10, ter nf lie .Citirilm .trOr1atic .Schidpps
NO DCst C- CCG'
NEW YORK, November 3. 1868.

SO's {aip01 TER ~ lie :ctn,fGm dT0Edsif Sctnopps,
No 23 Bc1vc-.stycct.
NEW YORK., November g. 1868.
no the People of the Southern States:
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL EESTOR ALIVE.
now SO widely known as woLrE's sCHIEDAM
SCYNAPPS, was in reduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand lead'na members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago. its
proprietor was we'll aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and usefu,
preparations. He, therefore, endcavorcd to invest il
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
fciers, and to render all attempts to pirate 1t dill
cult and dangerous. It wac submitted to distIn-
gushed chemists for analysis, and pronounced oy
them the purcst spirit ever manufactured Its pur-
ty and properties having oeen thus ascertained, sam
pies of the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physirians including all the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes OF experiment.
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, had long been wanted by
the profession, as no reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors of commerce, all OF which were
more or less aduterated. and therefore unit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength Of the o of jumper. which formed one OF
the principal ingredients of the schnnpps. together
with an uralloyed character of the alcoholic ele-
| meut, give it, in the estimation Of the faculty,
marked supeno-:ty ovcr every other difusiTe stnu-
liant as diurstic, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men Of tho highest rank we're published In con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle OF the
schnapps as one of the guarantees Of its genuine.
nous. Othsr precautions sgains. fraud were also
sdopted; patent was obtained for the article, the
label was copyrighted fac sirTc of the proprieIors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover, his nams and that Of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bctles and the corks were sealed with
his private SEAL No article had ever been sold In
This country under the name Of sehnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfe's schdedam Aromatic
sebnapps, In 1851 and the label was deposited, ns
his trade mark in tie United States District Court
for the Southern District Of New Cork during that
year.
It might be supposed by persons unac cquntnied
with the daring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation otaonorable merchants by vcnd-
ing deleterous trash under their name, that tho pro-
tections 10 carefully thrown around these schhappS
would have preoluded tso introduehous aud sale OF
ccunterfeita They seem, however only 10 nave
stimulated the rapacity of impostor7. The trade
mark of tn, proprietor has been stoleE;the mdorse
mont which his Schiedars Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical professlou has been
claimed by mencacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his advertisements para
rlirascd his circulars coIie and wo-se than all,
GishonorabIn retailers atter disposing ofihe genuine
contents of his bottles, have filed them up with
common Gin, the most dee:erious of all liquors, aud
thns made his name and brand covor for poison
Tho public, the medical profession and Tho sick,
70, whom the schiedam Aromatic schrapps is pre-
scribed as remedy are equally intcrcsted with the
proprietor IN the detection o1d suppression OF these
neiarious practices Tho Gonu'ne article, nanulac-
t,.-cI at tie establishment OF the undersigned in
chiedam, Holland, Is distilled from barley OF Inc
irest quality, aud Favored with an essential extract
Of the berry of the Italian uuipb OF uroqualIed pu'
rily By q process unknown in the preparation OF
az other liquor it is freed from every acrimonious
and corroeive clement
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in tho SoutEarn States OF
the sule of cheap limitations OF tho Schiedam Aro-
mahc Schnapps in those markets; and travellers
who are in the habit OF using 1t as an ndoie 70 inc
baneful influence Of unwbclosome rt7or wafer. tcs-
tiry that cheap gin put up III Scbicdam bottles, Is
frequently palIned off upon. the unwary. The
agents of the undersigned havo been requested to
institute inquiries the subject end to forward 10
him the names Of such parties MS they mny nscrr-
tain to be engaged in tho atrorous system of decep-
t,on In conclusion the undersigned would say that
he has produced from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men of science in America. proofs ca
| apswerable of the purity and medicinal excel
lence OF the Schiedam Aromatic schnarps; That
he has expended many thousand dollars In sur
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should project the public and himself
AGAINST fraudulent imtntions; that he has shown 1t
10 be tho only liquor n tho world TINT can be uni
formy depended upon unadulterated; that Le has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
eruerimens in all It's forms; and from every ordell
lhe preparation wh bears his palnc seal aud trado
mark has come OF triumphant. He, therefore, feeh,
It duty he owes to lns telow-citizns generally. to
| tho medical profession and the suck, to denounce
and expose the charlatans who contercit these evil
denotes of identity, and he calls upon the press and
The ublc to aid him in his EFFORTS to remedy great
| ON evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physiclans and che nlsts OF this city will
prove to the reader that oil goods sold hy the urer
siencl are all tbat ''.ey aro repro~ented to be.
UDoLPHo WOLFE.
Iicel bound to say, that regard your Selma pp'
.,,,nina