The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-11
MEDICINES.
Hostetter's Celebrated Bitters.

No house in the United States stands
better, especially among newspapers, than
that of Hostetter & Smith, of P%ittsburg,
and the following is but a just compliment
to their enterprise; we copy from that well
known publication, the PHILADELPHIA Jour
nall Of Commerce.
One of the most potent and universally
understood truths of all time, is that wa
ter will find it's level; )" and it is equally
true that good grain will find its sure mar
ket; and pure articles generally of excel
lent qualities will eventually work their
way into the public appreciation, and after
wards stand OIL their own merits. In this
latter class we refer to the worldwide rep.
utation of HosTETTER's BITTERs, which,
as a safeguard Of health and the best re-
source in sickness, stands the foremost pro-
prietary medicine in the world, and is strik,
ing illustration of how the goodness of
God has mercifully been allowed to be util-
lied by man in mingllug those virtues OF
herbs and pleasant stlmulants, in such a
manner as to bequeath to the public almost
u panacea. To discuss the various means
recommended by medical writer's, for the
preservation and restoration of health,
would require a bulky volume but as it
is simply intended, in this connection, to
set forth the proprietios and uses OF
COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTATIVE AND
RFMEDY, all that is necessary to be said
upon the subject can be compressed into
a much smaller compass. The medicinal
value of HosTETTER's BITTERs was de-
termined many years ago by the Judgment
of the public. In every civilized portion
Of this hemisphere it is accounted the pur-
est and most reliable Tonic and Corrective
at present known. During a triumphant
career of twenty years, it has had innum-
cradle competitors. but no real RIVAL, either
in efficacy or popularity, and may be justly
said to occupy a higher position among
that class of medicines regarded as absO-
lute specifics than has ever heretofore been
reached by any proprietary preparation.
Through the kindness of Mr.. G. w.
Cooper, the Business Manager of this won
dertully successful firm. we gained a few
interesting facts about the manufacture of
the Bitters. The present firm is Hostel.
ter 4 Smith David lIostctter and Geo.
w. Smith. They give employment at the
present time to oyer one hundred and fifty
people, besides being obliged to have labor
done outside of their warehouses. The
buildings occupied take in the Nos. 81, IS,
SO, 60 and 81 Water, and running through
to First avenue, Pittsburg, Pal structure
of three stories high, 10 by 100 feet.
In order to supply the inquiry of the pub
lie as to the efficacy of their medicinal Bit
tiers, they run ten Campbell Cylinder
Presses for printing almanacs, of which
they circulate, using 5000 900 per year.
They employ a large force of hands in
printing their W finely steel engraved
and bronze labels. The house also run
eight folding presses, of a capacity of TO-
900 each daily. They do all their manu-
featuring, storing, printing, and shipping
in the buildings in the active little city of
Pittsburg, which is a good seat from which
such a purifying and health giving medi-
cine should emanate. OF the elegance
and order of the buildings, machinery, and
the order prevailing in this princely man
utactory, words can convey but an imagin- !
AIRY idea, However, it is not astonishing
that such should be the case, when we
know that the trade Of the Messrs. Hos
letter Il smith extends from Pole to Pole,
and in our land we cannot 90 North, South,
East, or West, but what we find a Hostel |
ter bottle as familiar as a pin cushion.
The tonic prihcipie OF HosTETTER's BT-
TIERS is derived from a combination Of the
finest vegetable invigorants with a
diffusive stiuulant, and are a certain rem
edy for all malarious diseases, fever and
ague, bilious chills and fever, etc; a med
icine for nearly all emergencies, derange-
ments of the stomach and bowels, kidney
diseases, diseases Of the liver, etc, etc.
We learned many other facts from Mr..
Cooper, and thank him here for that kind
courtesy which, though costing little, is of
so much value as to leave "a lasting and
most pleasurable memory.
Individually, the members of the firm
are courteous gentlemen, and enjoy envia-
ble social positions.