Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-13
HosTETTER'S BITTERs.

HOsTETTER'S BITTERs.
ADULTIRATIoE AND ITS C0N3EQuEN-
CES.-Adal.erat,on 10 % old a Commerce il :
self. Nearly al the valuable commodities, in
cluding the precious metals With which the rest
are purchased. have been u some time Or other
dstsrierssed BY uhserupulous men. Ages DO.
fore the art 81 distillisg nsozicssisg beverages
Vas known. tie fsrmenssd juice Of the grape
vas sophisticated BY professional adaltera.ors.
The Roman vino msreha ats treat ID the rsster
10 busisess-liss-wsy. The Father OF Medicine
0alea himself anthsmasis.d their prsetiess.-
They ssed leaA y asrsst the aceteus isrnsnta-
tiss, asd bsilsd new wise 10 metal vessels, sab
sssssstly aAdisg sea vaasr aad ether vile 10.
gusdisaAs 70 isersass The bulk asd clarity Ne
artiels. 70 this day some q The NsAsssrraasaa
wisss are subjected - processes similar 70
those IL vogue With The Latin viatssrs 5000
ysass ago. There we're laws thss. - there a.
new. against sdultsrstios, aad thea - sow, they
we're svadsd or disrsgardsd. At later date .
tremendous struggle took place 10 Germany
between the ply sicians who applied tests TO de-
sset the presence Of peisenous metals in shsTeu-
soaic wines. and the wine growers who invent
ed processes to defy then. and Il vas not until
. comparatively modern period that science got
the better Of deception.
The information On this important subject
which has recently been gwen y the world BY
eminent chemists 10 not, there fore. new ~ re-
Cards the main fsets. though the details may
have heretofore been unknown TO the general
public. Society was already aware that hun
drsds Of thousands Of its members vsrs erased
and Destroyed BY poisssous liquors. though il
wss mot - we'll posted u - The nature Of the
deadly agents b. which they we're robbed %
health end reason and sent 70 uatimsly graves.
Nov that he commusity hes been favored
with the full particulars. nsn must lstsrmiss
o. themselves whether they will drink The poi
soasus liquors Of commerce or not. Those
whsss physical and mental conditions 10 such -
- require Stimulating and tonic treatment and
every medical man lknows that an imnenss
multitude Of The feeble and ailing Of both sexes
are Included IN shis category again and
asaia been assured BY coopstsnt authority ths
they will lind in the celebrated Vegetable Invis-
GRANT. known everywhere y Heststter's etom-
seh B,ssers. . pure medical preparation. adapted
= the restoration Of their health and strength.
II is mot. iadeed, . beverage. ner intended TO
satisfy the furore for stimu'ants which the fiery
compounds OF the r-room create. tits simply
tonic, alternative and anti bilious medicine. tho
Ingredients of which are unadulteratsd product
81 sound rye, and most approved specifies Of the
stanicAl matsria medios. In view Of the his
-. A. -
present day. and especially in view Of the recent
chemical revelations. rublishsd By authority u
the Board Of Health, cen any maa Or WON IN who
needs medicinal stimu'ant, hesitate for 30
ment between such . preparation and the con-
taminatsd and the unnsdieated liquors in COM
mon use - beverages Ose test superior 10 all
sthsrs. and which can net err, has heen applied
to this preparation, viz tie tsst of erps,Iense-
For twenty years il has been doing good
Strengthening. restoring. sustaining. For more
than two thsasand years adulter ated stimulants
have beod orking evil fesbling, maddening
and slayisg. The record 10 authentic aad con
elusive on both sides, and it IT, for the judicious
and prudent 10 decide between the bans and
the remedy. 1t would se,m, however, that
every rational being ought to prefer mild and
harmless preventive and curative, in small but
Efficient doses, to long and frequent guips Of
active poison!
Atthe ea.ousals Of the ancient, egyptians the
miniature semblssce OF skeleton, ineiosed ia .
OHM, was carried round the eonvevial board BY
. slave. and in turn ! resented to each guest
Such. remindar of the consequences Of indul-
ging in dangerous potatiens might be revived
with advantage in this age Of civilization.
Perhaps II the same significant symbol Of
desth in tho cup wore lplaced beside every
dram Of polluted Liquor, many glasses Of "wet
destruction" that ere now poured down human
throats would b left untassed.
II 10 TO b hoped that the world will one day
realise TIE feet that exen pure dinusivs stinu.
liant can ealy b. useful for medicinal purpose
and that in order to utaiiss them they must frat
b combiaed with ienic amp alternative vegeta-
10 sabstansss upon she nature and propor-
sicnsssf these substances depends the -sfRcaey
Of al alcoholic nsdicines, No raw shirt. how.
evel carefully recti6ed and however free frem
adulierstions, can b freely and frequently takes
= . sonmsn drink without evil eeaseQusnces
Thiuk, then, What must neesssarily b The rssu,t