The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1896. 5 MVOR EVER A LEADER, Keeps Himself in Hand and So Controls His Fol- lowers. DOES NOT FAVOR STRIKES, Will Give His Aftention to the Prob. |- lem of Child Labor When the Strike Is Over. Robert T. Meclvor, the leader of the painters’ strike, keeps himself well in hand and so controls his followers. ’}"hm is the impression the young labor agitator wmakes upon the inquisitive stranger. The eye wanders from the !H_gm figure in its neat, gray business suit, to the youthful face with its keen, bright eyes and its deferential smile, and back azain to the spotless white four-in- hand, and is pleased. He is well but not offensively groomed. Probably he dresses with the nice exactness with which he lays on the final stroke of the brush on a completed building, and having performed that office carefully, he is as utterly obliv- ious of his garb the remainder of the day as though 1t were of the fabled skirs of wild beasts. That is a lesson Robert Mc- Ivor can teach some of his financial “bet- ters.” His features are sharp. Perhaps his an- tagonists might call him hatchet-faced, but they are strong features, and ‘his large nose has that curve that reminds us of an eagzle’s beak. He has reddish bair, mus- tache and complexion, and eyes that are brown or blue according to his emotions. When he talked of the wrongs of the poor and the need of a remedy for those wrongs his eyes grew dark and threatening and a listener could feel the power of the man. When he waxed diplonatic and said he did not favor strikes they were keen and gray, and when he dealt in commonplaces there were blue lights in them. There is nothing exceptional about his appearance. We pass fifty men of his type on the streets every day. Nothing exceptional until you watch him in conver- sation or debate. Then, even in panto- mime you recognize the element of leader- ship. There is a quiet force about him that acts as a magnet to the detached ideas and theories and plans of others. Sucha man is a loadstone. He is convincing, though unimpassioned in discussion. He never loses sight of the single purpose in view. Extraneous and to him unimportant objections he dis- misses with a miid *T care not a pin for that,”’ and the objector looks uneasy and dissatisfied, but cannot take exception to the even-toned reply. There is something compelling even in the low voice and measured tones of the leader of the strikers. He ie never needlessly argumentative nor loquacious. He has confidence in himself and his cause and inspires it in his co-lahorers. The diplomacy, intelli- gence and force that have won his present prominence have put him in the front in other battles between the two powers of ciety. Those qualities combined with his tenacity of purpose will continue to serve him. He will be a labor leader all his Jife and willdie with his social-reform byots on. He stepped from the hall on Mission street, where a conference of unionists was being held, to talk for a few minutes on the novel theme of himself instead of his cause. A cloud of battle and cigar smoke and the sound of jarring voices rolled out after him, but he was in no wise disturbed. Politeness and a modest disinclination to talk of self had a short struggle, but the gentler quality won. He talked of his Scotch parentage, of his - coming of a family of painters, of his leav- ing school for work at an early age, of his resiaence in Ireland during the home rule sgitation (with which, young as he was, he was identified), of his share in the Trafal- gar-square strike for Iree speech, and of his aid in preparing the way for the Lon- don dock strike. “I am always to be found at the radical end, you may depend upon that,” he said, smiling slightly. There was a call for McIvor. “Come as goon as you can,”’ whispered.the messen- ger, and a low-toned colloquy followed. Meanwhile the voices in the next room grew louder. The chief grew restive for the fray, and, promising to return when there was a lull, sought the scene of the contest. The vocal storm died away and the calm voice was heard again stilling the tempest. Then its owner returned. He resumed in a methodical way the story that had been interrupted. He came to this country nine years ago, when be was a youth of 2. He had worked in New York, Mexico and San Francisco, al- ways at his trade as painter. Three months ago he was elected walk- ing delegate of the Painters’ Union. This was the office of adjuster of claims be- tween employer and employe, an office that pays $12 a wezk to reimburse him in part for the loss of wages sustained by his attention to its duties. “Did you precipitate this strike?” wasa question which he skillfully evaded by a general statement. ] do not favor strikes except when they become a necessity. When employers will pay no attention to the needs of the employes those employes must be with- drawn for & time to create an opportunity for a conference. I regard a strike in the light of making an opportunity for an agreement by relieving the workers for a brief time. I would regret it if this strike should extend further; or, yes, if violence followed. At any rate, if strikes last long suffering for the families of the workmen is sure to follow. ] believe in settling all differences by an appeal to the batlot box as arbiter. Therefore I am in favor of a working- men’s party.”’ The courage of the man showed in his glowing face as he talked, still in those even tones, of the wretchednessof poverty. “We must make the workingman’s en- vironments more nearly what they should be. We must take his children from the streets and educate them. We mustdo it by law. “The strike will soon be settled, and satisfactorily so,’ he said. ‘“After that, I shall give my attention to d labor, ciiild edncation and to allied subjects.” Robert Mclvor is not form:dable in manner at least. He is not of the fire-eater brand. But he hasa forceful personality, this student of conditions, rather than books, and when he opened the door of the conference room and I saw a score of faces look expectantly toward him, 1 thought: A leader yesterday, to-day and always. ’ ApA PATTERSON. —_— Buluwayo, which two or three years ago was the site of Lobengula’s royal kraal, is lichted by electricity, and the eiectrical plant was imported from the United Btates, [Drawn from the original by a “Call” artist.) The Greeting That Accompanied the Sprig of Shamrock Sent From Ireland to the St. Patrick’s Day Convention of San Francisco. THEY MUST KNOW HOW. Candidates for Public Offices Should Be Qualified to .Fill Them. This Is the Position the State Takes in the Suit Against Superin- tendent Ashworth. Henry E. Highton, acting for the State in the case of the people against Superin- tendent of Streets Ashworth, has presented a somewhat novel view of the responsi- bilities of an office-holder, but one which appeals at once to the common-sense of the average individual. Mr. Highton, as special counsel associ- ated with District Attorney Barnes, on Saturday filed his brief in answer to the brief of Ashworth’s attorneys. In the opening paragraphs he says: There is a serious misunderstanding or mis- apprehension as to the nature of public offices. They are not political rewards. Each incum- bent of such an office is a servant of the State or municipality with fixed duties, expressed and implied, and under a contract in which he and his bondsmen vouch for two proposition First, his average or reasonable compétency, and, second, his fidelity. Apart trom any purely moral question, and without any necessary implication of corrup- tion, the defendant, when he accepted the office of Superintendent of Public Streets, Squaresand Highways, contracted, first, that he was fairly qualified to perform and, second, that he would faithfully perform the duties of the office, and, if he was incompetent or has been grossly negligent, he has broken his agreement and the penaity is removal. On these points the whole argument of the demurrer must converge. “This is a position which is supported by both law and comm.on-sense,” said Mr. Highton in speaking of the matter last evening and pointing to the long list of citations of law presented in his brief. “It isthe popular notion,” he said, “that when a man is elected to an office he is be- yond criticism unless he does something distinctly dishonest; that his election is the expression of the voice of the people and Le can conduct his office as ne sees fit. That I hold to be a grave mistake and if my points were more enforced upon the political partiesthe public service through- out the country would be vastly improved. Men in voting for & Superintendent of Public Streets, for instance, may person- ally prefer this man or that man, but they bave a right to expect that all the candi- dates are qualified for the duties of the office to which they present themselves for election. If they are not then they com- mit a fraud in accepting it. A man may, without any intent toward corruption, bungle bis business so as to bring great loss to the people. “In our proposed new charter a system of civil-service examinations is to be inau- gurated to test the fitness of applicants for clerkships in the public service. How much more important is it that the heads of departments should be qualified. I hold that 1f Mr. Ashworth allowed imper- fect street work of any kind to be done— that is, if he knowingly permitted any in- fraction of the specifications whatever— whether he profited py ‘1t or not, he is guilty as charged and subject to the pen- alty of remoyal.” The defendant is allowed to reply to the District Attorney’s brief; then Judge Slack will pass upon the demurrer, and, that being overruled, the case will come to a speeay tri HER CONVERSION. Mrs. Gougar Prepares the Way for a West Side Woman's Christian Temperance Union. “You all know it is my hope thai the time will come when there will be as many women as men in the pulpits and as many women as men at the polls,’® said Rev. W. A. Gardrer in.introducing Mrs. Helen M. Gougar to a large audience at the West Side Christian Church last evening. y “While the brother was talking I de- cided to use for my text, ‘Who knows but she may nave been raised up fora time like this,’ ”” said Mrs. Gougar, “I will talk to you about those magical letters we see so often in the newspapers and elswhere, | lettersstand for? I will tell you. We are | coming to upset the liquor trafi | _ The lady described the genesis | Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, | which originated in the crusade against saloons in Ohio twenty-two years ago. “If the union had accomplished nothing more in its double decade of life, the work it has done among_the children would more than reward us for every effort put forth,” said she. ‘“‘In all but two States of the Union temperance instruction in the schools has been made compulsory. Then there is the Loyal Legion, a children’s band, many thousands strong, whose motto is, “Uremble, King Alcohol, we are growing up.’”" She told the story of 400 men signing the pledge as the result of temperance meet- ings on a big-Atlantic liner, and said: “If [ | were a rich man or woman, I would estab- |lish W. C. T. U. superintendent at every seaport.”” Mrs. Gougar said: *“We have | forty departments of the work. Oursis a complex system. We work for the child- | ren, the men in all trades, and the women | —yes, the fallen women. We have come [ to find that a fallen woman is as much | worth saving as a fallen man. We stand | for white living for both sexes. We believe | that a man should be as clean mentally, | morally and physically as the woman he marries. ““‘We have made woman suffrage a branch of work. It wasoncof the latest put forth by the parent tree. We were much inclined to say, ‘I haveall the rights I want.’ I said it often, and I remember well the last time I uttered those words I amended them. I said, ‘I have all the rights I want, but not all the rights I can make use of.” "’ And she told the pathetic story of the death of her washerwoman at the hands of a drunken husband. “I determined then,” she said, “that I would use every power God has given me to give the death blow to that which makes such crimes possible—crimes that are perpetrated, the newspapers tell us, at the rate of 3400 per ancum.” It was arranged at the close of the meet- | ing that the ladies of the neighborhood, | irrespective of creed, should meet at the | church _at 2:30 . M. Wednesday to organ- |ize a Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 4 | The subject of the afternoon’s talk was | a general discussion of the liquor traffic, the attending evils and the remedy. The lecturer demonstrated in a clever way that rum-selling was the curse of the land, in that it filled the vprisons with convicts, made husbands murder their wives, fath- ers kill their children, and a thousand other evils almost as bad. | The sovereign remedy for this was the ballot-box, with the mothers of the land given the right to vote. | DURRANT TRANQUIL. A Possibility That the Day of Execu- tion Will Not Happen for An- other Year. Theodore Durrant, notwithstanding that his name and the history of his awful crimes have been either read of or spoken of in every section of the globe where the English language is used, is apparently at verfect ease in cell 28 at the County Jail, where he is quietly awaiting the result of his appeal to the Supreme Court for the murder of Blanche Lamont. From the wicket of hiscell he had a smile and a pleasant word for the Salvation Army lasses who visited him yesterday | afternoon. His eleven months’ incarceration hasnot told on his constituzion. It will be twelve months on the 14th of April since Durrant was arrested in Contra Costa County for the crime of which he has been convicted. As his case now stands,with the still fur- ther uncertainty of the California penal law, Durrant will bave to see New Year's day of 1897. The bill of exceptions, which will of necessit{ have to accompany the arpeal in order that the seven wise “men of the Supreme Court may see what, if | any, errors were made by the trial Judge, have not been signed and consequently have not gone to the Supreme Court. Until this bill of exceptionsis prepared and forwarded the Supreme Court can take no action. Assuming, and_in this there is no cer- tainty, thatthe bill of exceptions wre sent up now, the case would not, considering the crowded condition of the calendar of the Supreme Court, be set before the July term. Assuming that it should be advanced ahead of other cases it would rnot be reached before August. 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It occurred on thesidewalk at the southwest corner of Green and Mason streets yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. From words they came to blows, and Gercken succeeded in getting in the first blow, which knocked Buckley down. In the fall his head siruck the unsympathiz- ing asphaltum sidewalk, rendering him un- conscious, in which condition he remained all day. Policeman G. A. Anderson, who lives in that vicinity, was sent for and removed Buckley to the Receiving Hospital. Gercken was taken into custody later, and is de- tained in prison pending the result of the injured man’s condition. An examination of the injured man later in the evening showed that his skull had been badly fractured, and considering his advanced age Ruckley’s chances of recov- ery are regarded as very poor. g Gercken last evening staied to his attor- ney that Buckley was drunk at the time of the trouble in the saloon. Gercken went out on the sidewalk, where he was fol- lowed by Buckley. Tne latter struck him, so Gercken says, and the prisoner claims that he knocked the old man down in seli- defense. ————————— Those who have partaken of peacock de- clare that gorgeous bird to be decidedly tough eating, while it is said of the swan that the fact of its ever having been a familiar dish speaks highly in favor of ancient English cuatlery. Moreover, it should not be forgotten that when bus- tards’ and boars’ heads were as common as sirloins and saddles now are, there were W.C.T. U, Do you kmow what thoueJ_Judge: to consider ats This would bring it | scarcely any vegetables to eat with them. | Kept Sober for a Week, Talked Politics With Chris, and Then Got Mellow. He Filled the Baldwin Bar With a Delighted Crowd Which Envied His Alcoholic Load. John L. Sullivan, who had been duly sober and debonair for a week, got mellow last evening and made things lively in the Baldwin Hotel barroom with his husky roar. : Early in the afternoon he appeared on the Market-street boulevard as straight as a string, dressed like a thoroughbred and with a latest style silk hat whose polish made the surrounding mirrors darken with envy. Toward 3 o’clock in the afternoon Chris Buckley strolled down from the Occidental Club and stepped into the Bald- win, where he met John L. Sullivan and Paady Ryan. With two or three friends they took possession of the curtained alcove nextthe door, and John L. ordered drinks for all hands. Then Chris ordered the waiter to repeat the dose, and Paddy Ryan came in a good third with the like order. ghris doesn’t get drunk, and he drank very sparingly. John L. did all the talk- ing, principally on pugilism and National politics, while Chris proved a patient lis- tener. This lasted for about an _hour and Buckley toox his leave, but John L. kept he ball rolling and switched from light ‘wines to whisky. After dinner he put on a suit of daik gray clothing, and walked up to the bar and huskily roared: *“Gimme ’nother drink!” and invited two or three friends to join him. Paddy Ryan sat in a chair against the wail with a look of disgust on his face as John L.took whisky at the speed of two glasses to the minute. The ex-champion was introduced to a very lightweight jockey, and insisted that the jockey should drink with him. Then, lacing a hand as plump as a ham on the Ettle fellow’s shoulder, he expressed the opinion with a whisper like the bark of a sea-lion that Garrison was the greatest jockey that ever lived. ‘ Finally Paddy Ryan got out of his chair and tried to induce the heavy-weight to leave the room and get away from the crowd, but_Sullivan requested him to lgo to the tropics or in that vicinity and let him alone. 3 Then an attache of the hotel came in with *‘Clear this fu“ eway, gentlemen,” and the crowd fell back against the wall, while Jonn L., with his left arm around the jockey’s neck, was huskily calling for “’nother drink.” When John was finally put ‘to bed, at a late hour, a quart of bromo-seltzer was placed on a table within easy reach. THE THEOSOPHISTS. Lecture by Dr. Allen Grifiiths on Inoc- ulation and Hypnotism. The lecture given last evening in Ruby Hali, Redmen’s building, under the au- spices of the Theosophical Society in .America was on ‘‘Inoculation and Hyp- notism,” delivered by Dr. Allen Griffiths. The lecturer explained that inoculation relates to the physical and hypnotism to the mental plane, and said that the for- mer, while 1t has a tendency to afiect dis- ease, does not act as a preventive. Disease, he asserted, has its origin in the mind, or lower brain,’ which is the intellect. and is produced by the lower passions, such as anger, envv, a desire for re- venge which cannot be obtained; that these thoughts affect many organisms in the body and in that way produce an unhealthy condition, the re- sult of which is disease. The remedy for this is cheerfulness and elevating thoughts. : Hypnotiem, he said, is anpther form of inoculation. It is one person taking en- tire possession of the mind of another ana making that person his abject slave. He expressed the opinion that hypnotism is a moral wrong, and that for one person to take possession of the mind of another to make that individual perform a certain thing ought not to be, “for,” said the speaker, “‘our highest 0“3 is to discharge our individual duty, and if we all do that it will resuls in greater happiness.” ERIN'S FLAG WILL WAVE St. Patrick’s Day Will Be Ob- served With Music, Song and Sentiment. SHAMROCKS FROM IRELAND. They Come Fresh From Mayo, With Greetings to the Exiled Celts in America. The shamrock of Ireland will hold sway to-morrow. It will be St. Patrick’s day, and the sons and daughters of Erin in San Francisco will cbserve the anniversary of their apostle with becoming ceremonies. All arrangements sre now complete for the two big celebrations at the new Wood- ward’s pavilion —in the afternoon and evening. In the morning there will be | masses in all the Catholic churches, and the day will be religiously and patriotic- ally regarded by the Irish people and their descendants as in days of yore. The St. Patrick’s day convention held its closing session yesterday. Among the in- teresting incidents of the gathering was the receipt of a bunch of Irish shamrocks irom the Sisters of Charity of the County Mayo, Ballaghadlim, Ireland, sent through | Mrs. A. F. Hunley of Benicia, Cal., to | Hon. J. F. Suliivan, the orator of the day. | The shamrocks, which were presented to | Judge Sullivan, were accompanied by an | illustrated poem of greeting to the Irish in | exile. Ex-Judge Sullivan was asked to address | the convention. He said that in part pating in the celebration of St. Patrick’s | day he would discharge his duty as best he | could. He felt that every son of an Irish- man, instead of losing hisidentity with the race, should feel proud that the blood that coursed through his veins was that of Irish parentage. 2 Tt had become fashionable in this eoun- try to belittle the Irish, and it was their | sacred duty to bring to the attention of the | American peopie the facts as to what those | of Celtic blood had done to build up this | great nation. He applauded the idea of building a home for the Celtic clubs of San Francisco, and hoped that a library, con- taining works which would tell of the glory of the race, what it had done for civilization and for America, would be es- tablished in connection with the hall. ““We sometimes believe that every Irish- man is a Catholic,” continued Judge Sul- livan, “‘but we must remember that the Protestants in Ireland made great sacri- fices for human good, and no man did | more than Robert. Emmet, Thomas Davis, John Mitchel, Charles Stewart Parnell; no men did more gallant service for their country. Let us always welcome our non- Catholic Irish citizens, for they stood with us in the great struggles of Ireland for _civil and religious liberty.” John Mulhern, chairman of the commit- | tee of arrangements, reported that every- | thing had been done to make the celebra- tion (afternoon and evening) on Tuesday in every way creditable. He felt that the versary would be pleased with the pro- gramme which had been printed and gen- erally circulated. The report was received and favorably acted upon. All the sub-committees sent in encour- aging reports, and the convention ad- journed for four weeks, when the business attending the celebration will be closed and the receipts turned over to the com- mittee having in charge the erection of an Irish-American hall in San Francisco. o e EVENING CELEBRATION. Ball and Exhibition Drill by Califor- nia Garrison at the Pavilion. California Garrison No. 101, Regular Army and Navy Union, will give an en- tertainment on the evening of the 17th inst. at the Mechanics’ Pavilion. Previous to the ball, exhibition drills will be given by a battery of the Fifth Artillery and a troop of cavalry from the Presidio and the Second Gun Division of the Naval Battalion, N. G. C., through the kindness of General Graham, commanding toe Presidio, and Lieutenant-Commander L. H. Turner of the Naval Battalion, N. G. C. On the corclusion of the exercises the night will be given up to dancing. The union is composed of men who have served honestly and faithfully in the regular army and navy, and was organized for the purpose of aiding ex-soldiers and sailorsin securing employment and_assist- ing those in distress. Itisa national order, with branches througbout the United States and on ships of war in foreign seas. The members are taught loyalty to the country and devotion to its flag. CATHODE THEOLOGY. Rev. William Rader Compares Roent- gen’s Discovery to the Penetra- tion of Theology. Rev. William Rader of the Third Con- gregational Church spoke last evening upon the “Theology of the Cathode Ray.” His text was: “For there is fothing cov- ered that shall not be revealed; neither hid that shall not be known.”” In part, he said: The revelations of science are often the types of great truths in the spiritual world. What is known as the new photography furnishes such a type. This discovery is in harmony with our times. Discovery, insight and pub- licity are the ts of modern thought. We do not discover continents, but motives. Prophecy has surrendered to.penetration. The cathode ray is penetrating the social, political and religious world ; more and more e are be- ginning to see the inner 1ifé of things. Science stops with matter. It may look through iron and stone and flesh, but it cannot see mind and motive and soul. The new pho- tography cannot see life—only the phenomena of life. In the conscience of the people, more- over, is written the revelation that is to come, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed. There is such a thing as agnosti- cism. alimited and fragmentary knowledge. There is, t00, a theology of the coming trans- parency when all things shall be made plain. he revelation of things is the judgment of men. God’s insight is the cathode ray that flashes beyond our visual range. This is s world of mystery. The newspapers only catch a fragment of the mighty life around us. Wedo not understand our pain, our troubles, ourselves. But the day hastens when shall. All threads shall be disentangled and the universal life disciosed. The race ap- gmlches that ewful day. Science is the pro- iction of its dewn. “Now we see through a glass darxly, then face to face.” The world will never be happy until its interrogatories shall at last be wiped away. ——————— He'd Pay for Keeping. A certain M. P. has ‘a little daughter l‘;hcl has the making of & great financier in er. One day her father called her to him. My dear,”’said he,"’a man this morning offered 'me this room full of gold if I would sell your little brother. Now that means gold enough to fill this room from wall to wall and from floor to cefling. If I sell your little brother for that sum I shall be able to buy everything in the world you want. Shall I sell him?” “No, vapa,” answered the little girl Pmmptly; and then, before her delizhted lather could embrace her for expressing A CLOSE SHAVE! What J. T. Ward of Park ity Saw Close Ahead, He Altered His Helm in Timeg, but None Too Soon. HE HISTORY OF NO STATE IN THE Union a hundred ylars to come will be more interesting than that of Utah. The suc- cessful camping-ground of the Mormons (what- ever else may be said of them, a greater power in civilization), it has literally gcown from s sandy waste to a land “flowing with milk and honey,” and now supports a cuitured and ine telligent race, who can indubitably throw the cap of challenge into the arena of progress with & good prospect of winning the laurels. Of course, not all of the inhabitants of Utah are Mormons, but the settlement of the Territory primarily cannot be denied them. Salt Lake City is said to be one of the prete tiest cities in the Union, but it is not the only monument of the go-ahead spirit that Utah possesses. Park City is certainly deserving of mention. It ha#nota great population, but it 1s peautiful, and its 1nhabitants are as clear- sighted and keen people as possible. One of them—Mr. J. T. Ward--came pretty near to making & most serious misteke not many months ago, though. He was suffering from & serious malady, and he had neglected it—as people will sometimes do—with the conse- quence thst his health became so impaired that he was, as the sailors put it, “rightin the breakers.” But, to use another nautical phrase, “he altered his helm just in time.” Neglect for a few days longer would have been serious to Mr. Ward, but with his good, gen- uine common-sense he placed his case in the hands of the famous specialists of the Hudson Medical Institute, that great curative estab- lishment which has occupied the big white building at the junction of Market, Stockton and Ellis streets for so Jong. When once he had given them his confidence he was secure, and he felt it instinctively. To say thatbe was cured is of course unnecessary, for his case was a curable one, and all curable cases are cured, He has written as follows to the management: PARK CITY, Ul Sept. 4, 1895. Hudson Medical Institute, San Francisco, Cal.—Gentleme! I am very pieased to sa that I am cured of the terrible disease which had, and Ishall always speak a good word for the Hudson Medical Institute. I forward you some money now, and you can let me know in your next letter what I owe you. \'_ou{xAtruly, This is plain evidence of the abilities of the specialists of the Hudson Medical Institute: But there are thousands of such letters re ceived monthly. K. C. Taft of Stowe, Cal., says: “I am feeling fine, without a sign of the disease now.” F. Minturn, St. Louis, Mo.: ‘I desire to ex- press my sincere thanks for the careful and conscientious manner in which my case has been treated by you.” 3 E. W. Fowler, Kamele, Or., writes: “I am feeling as good now as it is possible for man to feel.” Now, when these letters come so plentifully, and they cover all classes of diseases, is it not absolutely conclusive proof that if you can be cured the Hudson Medical Institute is by far the best and most reliable place to go? There relief is CERTAIN. All the Following Cases Are Curable: Catarrh of the head, stomech or bladder; all bronchial diseases; all functional nervous diseases; Bt. Vitus' dance; palsy; epilepsy; H Kkinds of blood troubles; ulcers; waste of vital forces; rheumatism; gout; eczema; all skin diseases, from whatever cause arising; psorl- asis; all blood poisoning; varicocele; poison oaks; lost or impaired manhood; spinal trou- ble; nervous exhaustion and prostration; ine cipient paresis; all kidney disease sciatica; all bladder troubles; dyspepsia; ine digestion; constipation; all visceral disorders, which are treated by the depurating depart- ment. Special instruments for bladder troue bles. These are a few of the speclal diseases in which exceptionally remarkable cures have been made by the specialists, and it may frankly be stated thas » helping hand Is extended to every patient. EW= Circulars and Testimonials of the Great Hudyan Sent Free. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts. 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