Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1889 — Good Literature. [ARTICLE]

Good Literature.

Did you ever stop to think of the vast amount of good literature given away in this country? This inquiry is suggested by a few facts relative to the books, circulars, etc., issued by the proprietors of the wellknown medicine. Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Over '12.000,000 copies of cook books have been circulated within a few years by this concern. Hood’s book of parlor games has also contributed to the enjoyment of perhaps millions of people, as four or five millions of the books h«v© been published, ’i he new book of home-made candies, also issued by the famous Lowell medicine house, has been in great demand the past winter. Thousands of Hood’s placques have decorated as many homes, and the popularity of Hood’s Culendur is something wonderful. In all, the anuual output by C. I. Hood & Co. reaches the enormous quantity of 65,00d.00J pieces, or one for every man, woman, and child in the United States. It may be said that they wouldn’t do this if It didn’t pay. That is jusj; the point. Tuo proprietors of this medicine cannot afford to be purely philanthropic, and they certainly cannot afford to advertise a poor article. There must be merit in the medicine . to secure the continued increasing sale which it has, and also to warrant expending such a vast amount of money for the purpose of spreading its fame in territory where Hood’s Sarsaparilla is unknown. No amount of advertising can long sustain an article devoid of merit The numerous testimonials show conclusively that thousands of people have been benefited by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and no one can deny that a great deal of good has also been done bv this high class of advertising. —Buffalo (K. I'.) Express.