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sstitsaE. Sebnapys.
CL'EEE OF UDOLpHO WOLFE,
Sole Inlp6, terSJ he Schtedans aromatic .Schnapps
&9 no 81 Beaver-street.

WHEN THE pUaa 4LEDIClNAL RESTORATIVE,
now so wite)y known as WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM
SCHNAPPS. WIS in reduced into the world under
the endors rmcnt Of four thousand leading members
Of tho medical profession twenty years ago. its
proprietor wts we'll aware that It could not wholly
escape t. rxdnait5 attached to all new ana usefu,
preparat rs he, th srefore, endeavored to invest il
with stron5 possible safeguard against counter
feiters, aa to render all attempts to pirate It diff
cult ant G-1Rernua It was submitted to distn.
gu'shed oleiasrs tor analysis. and pronounced by
them the pnre9t sp,rt ever manufactured. Its pur-
ty and propnrtes having been thus ascertaned sam
pies of the aticlo were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians inlndinG oil the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes of experiment.
circular, re0us ting trial Of the preparation aud
report o. the 70 suit, accompanied each specimen.
Four Thousand of the most eminent medical men in
the Union proaptly re spoaded. Their OPINIONS Of
the article wro unanim pusly favorable. Such
preparattor. ty s,t!d had long been wanted by
the p-of -oi no reliance could be placed on the
ordinary ii4nss of commerce, all of which were
more or les sduiteratel. and therefore unfit for
medical purIsa the peculiar excellence and
strength Of tn ci Of juniper. which formed one Of
the principal Ingredients of the Schnapps together
with an unaEYed character of the alcoholic ele-
ment, givo it in the estimation Of the faculty, q
Sui'GAfthes over ivory OCuer Oluu61v0 S1mu
liant as q liurf ic, tonic and restorative. atc2
These Satisfactory credentials from professional
mer of the h,hest rank were published in con-
den sed form, nd enolos with each bottle of the
schnapls, OF the guarantees Of Its genuine.
ness. oher precautions against fraud were also
adopted plbnt was obtained for the article the
label wss copy GIFTED, FAC sn,e Of the proprietors
aut0gu nh sigl,tnre was attached to each label and
cover, IA neap aud tina OF the preparation were en-
bossed on Ire ,odes ar the corks were sealed with
his pr e sss No article had ever been sold In
this &C ry ulier the name Of schnapps prior to
the i''fo iuctpn OF Yolfe's schiedam Aromatic
Selma s In lSl; and the label was deposited, as
his trde marh In the United States District Court
for thu Southru District of New York during TINT
year. %
y ,-ifht be supposed by persons unacquain,ed
with nc diriry Character of the pirates who prey
upon ht rnputtion honorable merchants by vend-
Ing dAeier onsrash under their name, that the pro-
teetons SO capful1y thrown around these schnapps
wouldhave pecluded the introductions and sale OF
counterfeits. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity Of impostors. The trade
mark OF ths proprietor has been stolen the indorse
ment which his schiedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mlndacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have baen initiated, his advertisements para
phrased, his cTculars copied and worse than all,
dshonorable rfailers after dsposing of the genuine
contents Of hi, bottles, have fled them up with
common gin tie most deleterious Of all liquors aud
thus made his rame and brand cover for poison
The public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the schiedam Aromatic Schnapps is pre-
scrbed as remedy, equally interested with the
proprietor in the detection and suppression of these
netarious practices. The genuine article, manufac-
tured at the establishment of the undersigned in
schiedam, Holland, is distilled from q barley of the
nnest quality. aed favored with essential extract
OF the berry of e italian uuipe~, of uncquaed pu.
rity. By pr&ess unknown in the preparation Of
any other hquoS it Is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive eli lsment ssse -,g.yt
Complaints hare been received from the leadinu
physicians and families in the Southern States of
the sale Of cheap lniitatcas OF the schie,ian Arc
matte schnapts in those markets; aud travellers
who are in the habit OF ns,ag it antidoe to the
panein' influence OF unwholasome rlvar water. tes.
t!fy that cheap gin. put up in Schiedam bottles Is
frequently palmea off upon the unwary The
agents OF the undersigned have been a, snasscd to
institute inquiries the subject and to forward to
him the names Of such parties as they may ascer-
tain to be engaged in the atrocious system Of ecep
ton In conclusion. the undersigned would say that
he has produced from under the hands Of the most
answerable Of the purity and medicinal excel
lence OF the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps I; that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur.
rounding 1t with guarantees ana safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown It
to be the onlyliquor in the world that can be uni
fornly depended upon unadnlterated: that he has
challenged Investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment. In oil Its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation which bears his pane seal and trade
mark, has come Off triumphant. He therefore feels
it duty he owes to lis fellowcitzens generally to
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the charatans who counterfeit these evi
denoies OF identity. and he calls upon the press and
the public to aid him in his efforts to remedy 80 great
an evil ~ t pA
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians and chemists of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by tho under
signed are all that they are repre- entad to be-
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
feel bound to say, that regard your schna ops
as being In every respect pre.sminently pure, and
deserving OF medical patronage. at all events II ia
the purest possible article Of Holland Gin hereto
tore lnobtainaole. and as such may be safely pre-
scrtbed by physicians. Gye Gi,S .3s9, ,!s n -5g Z.
DAVID 1. MO TT, .N. D..
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.
,t 20 PINE-sTREET, NEW YonK,
November 21, 1867.
UDoLpHo WOLFE, Esq., Present: N t@s,
Dear Sir-I have made chemical examination of
. sample OF your schledam schnapps. with the in
tent Vt determining If any foreign or injurious sub
stance bad been added to the sInpe distilled spirits
The examination has resulted IN the conclusion
that the sample contained poisonous or hurmful
admixtnre. have been unable to discover any
trace Of the deleterious substances wich are en-.
ploycd In the adulteration Of liquors. would not
hesitate 70 nse myself or to recOmme nd to others
On excellent and unobjectonable variety of gin.
Very respectfully yours,
(s3sned.l CHAS. A. sRELY, Chemist
NEW YoRx, No. 63 CEDxR.srnEEr, n,
II ...s@itstJ ~ ~ i.st.9 November 26, 1867 (
UDoLrH0 WOLFE, Eeq.. Presesst aI
Pear Sir! have submitted TO chemical analysis
two bottles ot '.scaiedam schnapps," which i took
troM fresh package IN your bon.ie warehouse and