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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1895. PIKLEY'S ASHES IN A WILL BE REMOVED TO A PraCE UNDER A CHURCH ALTAR CREMATION OF W.NORRIS BRONZE DESIG MARBLE URNS NED TO HOLD DUST OF ADVANOE OF INCINERATION. iy THis CITY | IN Favor The ashes of the illustrious journalist, Frank M. Pixley, now rest in the Safe De- posit building in this City. According to the desires of the family the body was cre- ' | deat | press directions are set forth for crema- | of SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT, | sentiments of respect to the memory of the | departed were violated by burning the | body now take a different view of the | matter. : | _With change of sentiment favorable to cremation will come plans for preserva- | tion of the ashes in urns or vessels. beau- | tiful in design, which will bear_inscrip- | tions attesting the virtues of the departed, | togethér with the record of the demise. | The urn represented in the single-column | drawing here presented is one from bronze of modern design. In conversations with men on the general subject of cremation one is surprised .to ascertain how many persons favor that process of disposingz of the body after 1 In many wills recently drawn ex- tion. Public attention has been directed to the subject of late by the incineration of the ins of Frank M. Pixley and William N That the number will increase constantly can hardly be doubted in view individual preferences expressed by sidents of the City. San Francisco now has two crematories— one at Cypress Lawn and one under the ices of the Odd Fellows’ Association. th institutions report an increase of and the increase would be r, it is said, if the influence of iations was not cast against irom interment to incinera- b I cremation, first many of the advocates of crema- tion imagined that the burning of the body would present a revolting spectacle, but the process as they observed it did not URN OF 3] INYO MARBLE, WHICH WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE PIXLEY’3 ASHES. mated at Cypress Lawn. The ashes, in- | closed in a copper cylind properly sealed, were taken to the Safe Deposit, | there to remain until the family decides whether the final resting-place shall be under the altar of the Church of St. Mar; the Virgin, corner of Fillmore and Steiner streets, or in the Pixley mausoleum of the cemetery. It is said that Mrs. Pixley is yet unde- cided 2s to the final disposition of the re- mains, but_inclines favorably to the prop- osition of placing the urn under the church altar. The Inyo Marble Company exhibits some designs of wins in marble which are deemed appropriate, and it may be that Mr. Pixley’s ashes will be placed ina re- ceptacle similar to the marble urn of which a picture 1s here presented. | The urns in general use are of marble or | bronze, as the inclination of surviving relatives suggest. At the columbarium at Cypress Lawn, copper cylinders are used to receive and hold the ashes. The cover is properly sealed and locked. Inside, covering the ashes, is a paper recording name of ceceased, date of cremation and such other matter of record of which preservation is necessary. W hen this cop- per receptacle is delivered to the family of deceased, the responsibility of the crema- | Pixley’s Ashes in the Safe Deposit Vault. tory ends. The further disposition of the | rations resent the distressing incidents of burial n the ground. In cremation all the ashes produced come from the bone The rest of the body is evaporated by the intense heat. In or v cases the process of incinera- | tion is finished within an hour and a half rom the time the body is placed in the furnace. he records kept at Cypress Lawn Ceme- | tery show the date of cremation, the age, nativity, date of demise, sex and religion Cylinder Containing Pixley’s Ashes. of the person whose remains were re- ceived. This record is not only entered on the books, but a parchment under the lid of the cylinder for the reception of the ashes contains the name, date of crema- tion and such directions as are given for the disposition of the ashes. TAKING OF THE OREGON. THE NAVAL MANEUVER OF CAP- TAIN MAY OF H.B.M. SHIP HYACINTHE. AN AMERICAN OFFICER'S EXPERI- ENCE IN TRYING TO VISIT AN ENGLISH YARD. The ‘‘taking of the Oregon” by the cap- tain of the British cruiser Hyacinthe dur- ing the visit of that vessel to this port several weeks ago, an account of which was published in THE CaLL yesterday, is being commented upon by naval officers. The—somewhat funny at first but serious afterward—story is to the effect that the commander of her Britannic Majesty’s war vessel wanted to have a peep at the crack battle - ship. He knew that the exchange of courtesy between officials of different nationalities is a verit- able lovefeast, but in_the simple phrase- vlogy of the ununiformed civilian they don’t give away the extent of their prepa- shoot one another at the first opport The captain of a man-of- war may visit the skipper of another nation, but he only samples his host’s wine ashes is something for the relatives of the | not his ship. When American officers visit cremated to determine. A man in perfect health of body and mind, consideri: he certainty of death, may give command that his ashes be taken out to sea and cast on the waters. Another may consign his dust on land to the four wtnds. Many instances are of record showing that such reguests or com- mands have been obeyed. Not long since a husband took the ashes of his aeceased wife to Cypress Point, and then threw them to the winds. When asked why hLe did so, he replied that he fulfilled her re- quest 1n o disposing of the remains. The sentiment or feeling agawnst the dis- | posal of human remains by incineration continues to decline. The records of the Cypress Lawn Cemetery attest this change m the popular mind. Many who were at first inclined to view the departure from the cld custom of burial with a feeling that their British cousins they talk of the latest tennis match, not of the war of 1812. On vice versa occasions the subject of conver- sation is more apt to be buffalo hunting in %ne West than the Alabama award in the ast. * Captain May of the Hyacinthealso knew that there is no promiscuous visiting in the naval shipyards of Europe, and a tourist sp{ing around anything military would call down on himself much disagreeable attention. He was well aware of the fact that English dockyards are not open to the visits of American officers, yet he rowed over to the Union Iron Works and climbed up the side of the battle-ship Oregon and began his inspection. After he had boarded his gig and Te- turned to his own vessel the journeyman mechanics working around the hig battle- ship began to note the fact that the thing may be to the country. VRS, HULL PLARED JUDcE | Hull bad made the (rive from the Metho- was unusual, and when the presumption of the British tar rolled in upon their un- derstanding they voted it “cheeky.” Then the yard ofticials and the naval inspectors heard of it and were considerably excited. *The British captain must have stolen a march upon the watchman,” said a Union Iron Works employe last night, ‘‘but as he boarded the battle-ship from the bay side he was not noticed. However, it should go down in history as the most successful action in the antumnal move- ments of the British fleet. The thing was so unexpected that really nobody can be amed, as the works are not on a war footing, and no one is looking for a foreign officer to board them from the sea side un- announced. I'll bet no stranger could board the Oregon now.”” Henry Scett, when interviewed yester- day, said that it was true that the British commander visited the Oregon. ‘‘He came by invitation, and was shown over the vard_and ship by the officers there, and | that is all there is'in the story,”” said Mr. | Scott. “The Oregon is a contract ship, and until she is accepted by the Govern- ! ment the builders are practically her own- ers.” *“It’s surprising,” said an officerattached to a United States war vessel in the har- bor yesterday, ‘“how careless Americans sometimes are in those matters. We have been refused time and again, politely and firmly, when we requested permission to visit English shipyards. A foreign officer may come aboard this ship and we would show him every courtesy, but we would not point out to him our appliances for damaging him in case of unpleasantness with his Government. *‘The English captsin visiting the Ore- gon had a splepdid opportunity—in fact, the opportunity of his life—to examine in her uncompleted state every detail of her make-up. He found a good ship, and he will bear that in mind if he ever brings his guns to work on her. There are secrets which the Navy Depart- ment is trying to keep out of print and out of the knowledge of the representatives of foreigsn Governments, and in this we are only taking our cue from other nations. We are all watching one another. What are the military at- taches of all legations? Simply spies ona high plane. They don’t slip around in disguise ing vlans of fortifications; but their eyes are open, all the same. When the Hyacinthe’scommander visited the Ore- gon, whether by invitation or not, he went | to inspect the crack battle-ship for future use and if the Union Iron Works people were not awake to the fact they should be by this time. 1t is no plea that the con- tractors are the better judgesas to what shall be known regarding the Government vessels they are at work on, however sin- cere they may be and however loyal they A TRIAL AT WHICH HIGHBINDERS WERE PUT TO SHAME BY Two WOMEN. SHE AND HER JEWELRY ARE Now WELL oN THEIR WAY To CHINA. Just as the gangplanks were being drawn in and the moorings unloosed from the China, last Tuesday afternoon, a car- riage dashed up to the Pacific Mail dock, a | white lady, accompanied by a Chinese woman muffled in dark clothes alighted, and hurried to the steamer, where the Chinese lady was hustied on board. It was to escape being arrested that Qui Fou made her exit from San Francisco in such a hurried manner. She and Mrs. dist Mission on Washington street down to the foot of Brannan street in a quarter of an hour in order to outdo the villain who pursued her. It is about a month since§Qui Fou first sought shelter in the Methodist Mission, and from that time tiil the date of her set- ting sail things were kept pretty lively there by her creditors, her alleged cousins, whose name was legion, and the villain. r the first few -days after entering the ssion, Qui Fou did not excite the inter- that a younger girl would have done. e was 24 years old, which is well on toward middle age in the life of a Chinese ! woman, and she had no personal beauty to boast of. It seemed difficult to realize | that she could be the viétim, as she stated, of a stern determination on the part of a highbinder, one Leong Shing, to marry her whether she consented or not. When Qui Fou became better known, Lowever, she was found to have a very in- teresting personality, and Ler story was in- vestigated and was found to be so pathetic that Mrs, Hull determined to stand by her, though she was above the age of most of the girls whom the mission receives. Qui Fou, who comes of respectable parents in China, was lured to this country ten years ago under the pretext that a rich husband would be found for her. When she landed, a child of 14, without protectors or friends, she found herself a slave and was sold into a disrep- utable house. She had enough considera- tion for her parents not to tell them of her wretched plight, and though she sent them money every month it was always from her mytnical husband. Qui Fou managed at last to buy her free- dom, and as she had always been popular enough to be the recipient of many valu- able presents she came out of slavery with jewelry and money to her credit in China. Qui Fou resolved to return home for the anniversary and spend the rest of her days in China. " At this point Leong Shing, a highbinder who owns a number of female slaves, announced his intention of meking her his wife number four and appropriat- ing her property. She had never been one of his chattels, and, stoutly asserting her independence, Qui Fou continued ber arrangements for ber journey. The highbinder and his friends then began a systematic persecu- tion, and, finding that her life was in dan- ger, the woman fied to the mission. At all hours of the day Leong Shing, his tribes of cousins and streams of afieged creditors used to ring the bell and ask to see Qui Fou. The bills the woman owed were paid, but the highbinders continued to come like locusts. At last Mrs. Hull hit upon a rather novel expedient. She announced her intention of holding a tribunal and summoned Leong Shing and his benchmen to attend, accompanied by a_good interpreter. The highbinder, with a dozen or so of his parti- zans, were in attendance at the trial, all prepared to swear that Qui Fou was Leong Shing’s wife and that she had stolen his jewelry. On the other side Qui Fou was her own advocate, and had no henchmen to support her simple testimony. Mrs. Hull filled the office of judge; she also examined the witnesses and conducted the cross-examinations. The confession was finally wrung from Leong Shing that he had dealt in slaves, though he insisted that that was in the remote past. The judge, however, had f11msted herself. She new that the impeachment was equally :mf]icable at that moment. Then Qui Fou took a turn at telling her compatriots what she thought of them, and they were tongue-tied bsfore her. “If I were a real Judge I would hang you on a eallows as high as Haman,” said Mrs, Hull, and_when the highbinders heard that they silently stole away. Leong Shing afterward confessed that the female tribunal had crushed him as ;xe had never been crushed in his life be- ore. “If we had known that the Sing Song (teacher) would have talked to us like that we would never have gone near her,” he said. The highbinders did not go to the mission aiter that, but they swore out a warrant for Qui Fou’s arrest on the ground that she had robbed them. They were on the qui vive when the next steamer sailed. Qui Foun did not #0, however, She deferred her journey, and when their vigilance had relaxed she escaped on board the China. 'She and her jewels are ‘now far from. the clutches of ong Shing. MILLER ONTHE STAND HE FIGURES AS AN EXAMPLE OF How NoT TO TESTIFY. DAY OF ARTFUL FENCING. HE LOANED POTTER MONEY AFTER JESSE'S MOTHER BEGGED HiM NoT. PROFITS OF THE BIG FIRM. He Denies TuaT HE CHARGED RESPONDENT WITH ANY CRIM- INAL CONDUCT. Henry Miller, his elbows on the arms and leaning forward upon his hands, clasped in front of him, sat in the witness- chair all day yesterday in Judge Buck's court at Redwood City. Mr. Miller was being required to tella great many things about the affairs of Miller & Lux, his relationship to Jesse Potter, the executor of the willof Charles Lux, why he loaned him such large sums of money, why he himself has resigned the office, what relation the date of that resignation had to do with the date of the beginning of the suit for an accounting, and a great many other interesting things that might demonstrate the truth of the theory of conspiracy, upon which is made the petition for the removal of Jesse Potter as executor, the hearing of which was pending. Mr. Miller was nota ‘“‘good witness” witnesses go. He prolonged the inqui tion over himself just about twice the time necessary to have secured the information he gave if he had given it promptly and directly. His evasion for that one day may stand forever as an example and study for devotees of indirection. They were a marvelous series of answers. Not one, not the simplest question did he an- swer directly and simply and allow the answer to stand. Mr. Miller is a shrewd business man, and the calm tone of the inquiry did not for one moment lull him into forgetfulness that its purpose was directed at his un- doing in this matter. But his igdirection was not all an intent to evade. Much of it came of habit; no doubt it is constitutional with him. He is naturally cautious and wary. Besides he is gifted with a picturesque inability to ex- press himself. Words are tardy with him, and after a long, painful struggle to find them they are the very oddest expressions that sometimes come to his relief. In one instance, just before the adjourn- ment, Mr. )[asticL. his personal counsel, who has been attending the hearing as a subpenaed witness, asked leave of the court and by its consent interrupted the proceedings to rescue him from the effect of one of his most outre lapses. For four hours, therefore, Mr. Miller yes- terday served more to entertain than in- struct the court. All the rules of evidence were set aside in his case. The court it~ self was helpless, for Mr. Miller seemed to be that bland, imperturbable, perfectly willing but constitutionally faulty horse that could not be driven in traces. Despite pleading, instruction, warning, every effort of counsel and court, every answer began in circumlocution and con- tinued in circumlocution to the end. On the day before, at the beginning of his ex- amination, he answered two questions— that his name was Henry Miller and that he was born sixty-seven years ago, with no accompanying explanation. Those were the only exceptions, from the beginning to the close. Mr. Delmas through it all maintained a perfectly even front, evincing no shade of irritation, except for the moment that he tried it on as one hopeful means of making the witness talk to the point. But it failed. The lawyer baited the witness in every conceivable form. When he asked, for in- stance, about the profits of the concerr for the past eight years and the witness, by way of reply, said that he had devoted tue income to the improvement of the vast property, Mr. Delmas wouid move that the answer be stricken out as ‘‘irrespon- sive” and try again. *Do_you know what the profits have been, Mr. Miller?” he would ask. “Qur property isso large and extends over so much territory and the deprecia- tion of real estate values have been very great these past few years that I could not say exactly.”” “We do not expect it exactly, Mr. Miller. state approximately if you can.” “The profits with us are about 15 or 20 per cent more than they are with any other concern in our line. We have got things in such shape that we produce at a minimum of expense.” “But what were the profits as the result of this splendid management—about what were the profits?”’ ““Well, as I say, about 20 per cent more than any other firm in our line”—with every placid appearance of sincerity, as though he really thought this was an an- swer. Mr. Delmas merely strokes his shaven chi s an you tell us, Mr. Miller, what the profit would be upon the sale of a single steer?"” “Well, no, not exactly. I sbould have to figure out the cost of the production of the steer.” This is the sort of thing that consumed the day—fencing, fencing, fencing. Mr. Delmas at each failure would draw away and approach the witness from some other point, separate and recombine his questions, put them in disguises and by every art known to the practical lawyer endeavor to get a direct statement of the point at issue. But the nuggets of fact were few. Did the lawyers on the other side object, Mr. Delmas pointed to the witness as his excuse, and the court was compelled to accept it, as indeed the lawyers on the other side did also. The day began with inquiry about the ower of attorney to Jesse Potter, revoked ctober 10, 1893, at the time it was sup- posed to be given to Mr. Nickel. Mr. Sheldon, who the witness said was a go-between between Mrs. Lux and him- self, came to him and advised him to re- strict Jesse Potter’s spending money to Without noting the circumlocution the examination continued about as follows: ““But you allowed kim to draw money afterward 2"’ 1 “I learned that it was being done. He drew it indirectly through loans from our cl:)u]smmers. The firm honored the due ills.” “‘But you ordered the firm to discontinue that?” “Yes.” ‘And then you began to lend him money on your own account?”’ e *‘How much have you loaned him?” “Abour $60,000 in all, exclusive of what he bas paid back.” “You were secured?” “Oh, yes.” “You would not have loaned him with- out security ?** “Ob, no."» _“You loaned him up to the full extent of hx‘s security and no further. o5, “You took no chances?” *I took more chances than with others. He lived in my house eight years and was a cousin of my wife. But I knew he was to be the heir of Mrs. Lux and would have & large income.” Then began the most remarkable exhibi- tion of fencing of the day over the date and Mr. Miller's knowledge of the will of Mrs. Lux. He said he had never read it all through. Asto the date, well. he was gf\ din San Joaquia County when it was ed. ““We will assume that you didn’t look at the will until it was at hand,” said Mr. Delmas. “When did you see it?” To answer this the witness gave in detail the routine of his daily duties. He arrived from tbe south usually at 8 A. ., took breakfast, changed his clothes and— ‘““Take a bath?” asked Delmas. “No, sir; not just then. I went to my oftice, read my letters, attended to my work, and after office hours,” he went on tosay. If there happened to be any im- vortant wills that inierested him he would then examine them. This will made Pot- ter wealthy, and he, Miller, could afford to lend him. ‘“‘But you had loaned him large sums be- fore there was a will?” *‘Oh, but I knew he would be the heir.” Mr. Delmas began to read over the long list of big loans, asking at last, ““Is that Tight?”’ footing up such extravagant sums as §9000 a month. You advanced him all that? “Yes.” ““You never stopped to think that these were large sumsof money for a man to spend ?"” **Oh, yes; I thought so.” “}\iu( you kept on loaning him?” ¥es 2 “Did you have any idea of how he was spending it?” ‘It was not my business to ask about his private affairs. I had an idea, yes.” :‘What was that idea ?” The objection to this question provoked from Mr. Delmas a vigorous statement of the petitioners’ attitude in this case and their views of that of Miller toward the Lux heirs, which_led them to ask for the removal of Jesse Potter as the executor. my" attorney, almost beyond my right to do so to hurry the settlement.’” **What did you mean by saving Mr. Pot- ter from disgrace?”’ ; “I did not think that an old firm like ours—one of the oldest in the City—should have any one borrowing from the custom- ers and when the bills were presented have their claims stuck under the nose of the coliector, and it was to keep him out of the mouths of the dogs of butchers that I offered to loan him money.” It was this last expression that Mr. Mastick succeeded in having changed, as he said the witness must have meant “‘out of the mouths of the talk of butch- ers,”” although the answer had been read to the witness from the reporier’s notes and he assented to it as being correct. The court adiourned, and the case will go over until Monda; SOUTHERN DEVELOPMERNT. Vice-President Huntington Impressed ‘With Los Angeles Enterprise. H. E. Huntington, vice-president of the | Southern Pacitic Company, returned yes- | terday from the southern part of the | State, where, in company with Engineer | Hood, he had been on a visit of inspcc-‘ tion. He reports good progress being made on the double track now in course of construction between Jos Angetes and | Shorb, a distance of six miles, an improve- ment made necessary by the increase of business there. | Ballasting on the Covina branch, he saiq, | was about compieted, and the line from Shorb to Pasadena will be opened by the first of the month. 4 A ol What most impressed him during his brief sojourn in Los Angeles were the numerous_signs_of prosperity on every | side, due, he said, to the people and the press uniting in the effort to bring their | section of the State into popular favor. #Within two blocks,” he said, I saw no | less than seven large buildings being | erected, and there is no reason why we | should not be as prosp erous here."” | ‘‘As we have nothing to conceal in this case, everything bheing patent upon its face,” he said, *‘the purpose of the ques- tion must be plain and so clearly a proper one. We undertake to show .’m:fwifi)shmv that Mr. Miller was notified by the mother of this young man of his extravagance and the improper life he was leading, and that she requested the firm of Miller & Lux, for the saving of her son from these excesses, not to advance him more than $300 a month. Now, during all of tnis\fime there was going on a contest for winding up the affairs of Miller & Lux, which contest Mr. Miller was fighting with all the energy and persistency characteristic of him, his purpose being to perpetuate himself in the control of the vast property of which he had persuaded himself he was in justice, if net in law, the absolute owner—a purpose which he has so far accomplished by ex- cluding from the enjoyment of it every- body but himseli. Now, in that suit Mr. Potter, jointly with his mother, was inter- ested. They were the only legitimate plaintiffs. Tt was of the utmost import- ance to Henry Miller that he control the plaintiffs in that action as well as the defendants. Can your Honor imagine a hold upon a litigant, an adversary, greater than that which Henry Miller started to throw around this man? Iinagine Jesse Potter carrying on a litigation against Henry Miller, carrying it on with that devotion and unflinching energy which is demanded of any one who undertakes to be Henry Miller’s adversary, while Henry Miller held a trust deed and mortgage upon everything he owned, not onlf’ in possession but expectancy, in this world. “Imagine Jesse Sheldon Potter opposing the plans and schemes of Henry Miller when the very bread he ate day by day was paid for with Henry Miller's money, when the money for the support of his wife and child came from the same source. “Wedo not care to take a too gloomy view of huican nature, but we are not such fools that we can ignore the true motive which made Henry Miller minister to this young man at the rate of $4000 a month.” The question was allowed and the wit- ness said : “My idea came from men who were con- stantly inquiring for Mr. Potter—men on the racetracks and who sought pleasure more than business. I warned him against Mr. Delmas read to the witness his testi- mony offered in the accounting suit re- ferred to in the evidence of Judge Spencer the day before, in which Miller said Potter was no good, was throwing himself away, etc., and he admitted that he had so testi- fied, though he tried to qualify the state- ments. The witness further testified: “Mr. Nickel first notified me of the shortage of Potter’s account of over $20,000. That was the first [ knew of it. I made him give me a note for it. There was an- other shortage of $5000 in regard to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship ac- count. It ran back to 1882. I made Pot- ter give me a note for it and charged him with interest from the time he took the money. ¢ “Our (Miiler & Lux) sales since the death of Mr. Lux in 1887 have amounted to from one and a quarter to one and a half nillions a year—about ten millions alto- gether, The sales after depreciation of real estate and stock in trade leave but littie profif. Our property is generally in the southern part of the State. Our busi- ness is the sale of meats of ali kinds, wool, hay. ete.” Mr. Delmas’ long struggle to get from the witness a statement of how much of this ten miliions was profit was withoat success. “You resigned as one of the executors of the Charles Lux will in 18922 ““Yes.” “How long after you resigned was the suit brought against you for an account- ing?” “Within a reasonable time. I mean by reasonable about two years.” “Don’t you know that it was brought almost immediately 2" “I don't know."” “It was brought by your own attorneys, Messrs. Mastick, Belcher & Mastick,” “I am not sure who brought it, it was either that firm or Garber, Boalt & Bishop.” ‘‘Don’t you know as well as that you are sitting there that it was not Garber, Boalt Bishop?” “Iam not sure. It was a friendly suit, to be conducted guietly and without fric- tion and as speedily as possible.” **‘Who decided that it wasto be a friendly suit? Did the German heirs consent fo this friendly suit, brought by your own at- torneys ngnin:zlyourae pon I think so. I think they consented.” ‘‘Mr. Potter and Mrs. Lux consented, did they 2" *Yes,? “Do you not know that Mr. Potter re- ceives from vou all the money that goes to the support of himself and wife and child ?”’ “I presume so—I don’t know that he gets it all from me.” “You paid even his stable bills, at the rate of §10 a day, that were first charged to the firm ?” “Yes.” “Did you not resign your office as ex- ecutor in order to bring suit against your- self as surviving partner?”’ *I resigned on the advice of Mr. Belcher, Who told me I could not be executor and sarviving partner at the same time.”” ‘‘Were there not _times when you gave orders that Mr. Potter’s due biils and drafts should not be paid?” ‘“There was one occasion when Mr. Bishop asked me to do so. That stood good only until he made another demand.” Mr. Pilsbury now took the witness for cross-examination. 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STIPATION norrhoids, bile, I loss of ar intes 1 U Y 33 Ru y. aris Sold by all Druggists. / &/\/(\ S . )} DOCTO 737 Market Street, ~= N cessful practice in this city, desi literary and professional educati Pacific Coast for their confidence and to assure the afflicted everywhsre of receiving from him skillful and scientific treatment now and in the future. A TS SWEANY, San Francisco, Cal. (Opposite Examiner Office). THIS LEARNED SPECIALIST, WELL AND FAVORABLY known throughout the West by his long residence and suc- res to thank the people of the patronage in the past, and With a thorough on, and with extensive experience in the practice of Nervous Chronic and Private Diseases of both sexes, he cures every curable case in the catalogue of human ills. He addresses himself in particular to cases that have bafiled the skill and science of other doctors. His patients are among our most intelligent citizens of every trade and profession, including merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, miners, farmers, laborers, every case he undertakes. letter, this day. NERVOUS DEBILITY ofvery fine, nace clalty. This distinguished doctor's success in cases of this character nas been really phe- nomenal. YBUNB MEN #f you are troubled with night emissions, exhausting drains, pimplee, bashfulness, aversion to soci- ety, stupidness, despondency, loss of energy ambition and ’self-consciousness, which de- Rrives youof your manhood and absolutely un- ts you for study, business or marriage—if you are thus afflicted you know the cause. Getwell and be aman. there are MIBDLE-AGED AND OLD MEN ere,oce | of you troubled with weak, aching backs and | kidneys; frequent, painful urination and sedi- ment in urine; impotency or weakness of | sexual organs, ‘and other unmistakable signs of nervous debility and premature decay. | Many die of this dificulty, ignorant of ihe ' cause, which is the second 'stuge of semina weakness, The most obstinate cases of this | character treated with unfailing success. 1 lAmEs if you are suffering from persistent | headaches, painful menstruation, | lencorrheea or whites, intolerable itching, dis- | lacement of the womb, or auy other distress. | ng ailment _peculiar {o your tex, you should | call on DR. SWEANY without delay. He cures when others fail. literary and professional gentlemen, many of whom have ex- hausted the skill of their family physicians without obtaining relief. His name is a sufficient guarantee of a perfect cure of Consult him, either in person or by It may save you much mental and physical suffering, and add golden .years to your life. “ Gonon | | PRIVATE diseases—Gl nres, Syphilis, Hydrocele, Varico- | cele, Tenderness, vellings, Weakness of Or- gans, Piles and Fistula. Rupture quickly cured without pain or detention from business. complaints, painful, KIDREY AND URIZARYcpmpiegoes pointu, quent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural dis- charges speedily cared | GAT““RH ch poisons the Breath, Stom- ach and Lungs and paves the way for_Consumption, Throat, Liver, Heart, Kidney, Biadder and all constitutional and ine ternal troubles: Rupture, Piles, Fistuls treated far in advaace of any other institution in the country. Disenses, 8 BLGOD AND SKIN P Syphilitic Taints, Tumors, Rn tions, etc., promptly cured, le in & pure, strong and healthf FAEE TREATMENT i e coll 'in office on Friday afternoons. g WRITE ygur troubles fuily ana frankly ana effective treatment wili be sent yon, free from observation, to any part of the coun. try. Thousands cured at homie. Book entitied ;‘Gui(:’e‘m Health” sent free 1o those desorib- ng_their tronbles. All communiestions s credly confidential. Sisiizs e Office hours—9 A. M. t512 M., 2 to 5 and 7to S P. M. Sunday, 10 A. M. to12 M. only ADDRESS, F.L. SWEANY, M. D. . 737 Market Street, $an Francisco, C