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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1896. CURES EFFECTED BY SUGGESTION. Dr. A. A. d’Ancona Tells of | His Experiences With | Hypnotism. \ | SOME STRIKING CASES.| | owing to the vividness of the impression One Young Lady Relieved of a Nervous Affection After but One Seance. { ALL PERSONS SUSCEPTIBLE. The Method of Inducing the Hypnotic State Varies With Each Subject. Hypnotism as a therapeutic agent in the practice of medicine has apparently taken | a wider and firmer hold on the profession | of San Francisco than the layman has had | any conception of, and its use, according | to those who have utilized the mysterious | power, has been most wonderful and snrig— factory in its results. Among the enthusi- \ asts on the subject 1s Dr. A. A, d’Ancona, | a member of the faculty of the State Uni- | ! versity. He has been using this agency for seve- d recently depends upon it to | large extent for his results. De- spite the fact that his large practice has | given him the opportunity of demonstrat- ing the efficacy of hypnotism on many patients, who are but too willing to sound his praise, the doctor is extremely | averse to having the matter discussed | in connection with him personally, and it was with most extreme reluctance that he consented to talk of the matter yesterday, though he freely admitted that he was a thorough enthusiast on the subject and bad used it with great success in many cases, some of a most striking character. On bein ed if it were possible to ex- rcise the hypnotic power on all persons with success, that is, so as to make them | amenable to suggestion by the operator, | ‘Various operators in reporting the | number of cases in which they have suc- | ceeded in‘inducing hypnosis zive different percent: In some the percentage is as | low as §, while in others it is as high as 80. “In a book published in 1846, writter an English surgeon practicing in Indi record of so-called mesmeric work shows that those who are not susceptible to the influence are very few. This doctor’s | practice was confined to the natives, “The susceptibility to hypnosis varies in different people, but exists inall. In other | words, to be a hypnotic subject does not require the pos special phy- sical or mental . | “The hypnosis may vary from a light | somnolent state to profound stupor. If a person retires to rest at night and persists in thinking of the events of the day he | certainly will neverfall asleep unless the | need of sleep is great. So if a person resists the efforts of the hypnotic operator | by active thought upon any subject he | will not go into the hypnotic sleep unless | he is by nature specially susceptible. | “To become hypnotic readily does not indicate weakness of will any more than does going to sleep as soon as the head | touches the pillow.” | “How is the hypnotic sleep induced?” | was asked. “I might answer,” replied the doctor, who was now thoronghly interested in his | attempt to elucidate his subject, “‘that all roads lead to Rome. But there are two | zes. general theories or explanations. One is‘l that hypnotism is induced by sug-| gestion, and the other by the physi-| cal effects of the manipulations of the operator. The method of vroducing it | varies with the patient. Ireally cannottell | myself how I uperate after I get started. | but the use of passes is not at all essential. | Sometimes I use them and ‘at others not, but I never know what I am going to do after I begin to concentrate my mind on the patient.” On being requested to give the facts con- | cerning what he considered some ot the most striking cases in his experience, he related the following, for obvious reasons omitting names: | “One case was that of a young woman | who had become greatly worried owing to having seen a good deal of a case of in- sanity in the person of her cousin, who was a member of her family. “The night after it became necessary to remove bim to a sanitarium she awoke at midnight, declaring she heard a voice say- ing ‘festering brain.’ At first, she said, she smiled to herself at the absurdity -of the words, but as the voice persisted she became possessed of the idea that she her- self would be ill. All through that night and the succeeding days the voice con- tinued. “It was not at this point that I was| called in. When I saw her it was 8o’clock | in the evening, and she was extremely | hysterical and suffering from a severe headache. “The suggestion was given her that her headache woula become rapidiy less severe, that the voice would become | fainter, and that when she retired she | would go right to sleep. | “She reported the next day that she re- | tired at 10:30 ». that she had no head- ache, that the voice had died away so NEW TO-DAY. A WORD IN YOUR EAR | THE SECRET OF BEAUTY of the complexion,, hands, arms, and hair is found in the perfect action of the Pores, produced by The most effective skin purifying and—— beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. ' Sold throughout the warld. British depot: F. Nrw. prny & Soxs, ), Kine Bdwardat., London. ~Porr iy Daug AxD CHE. COXP., Scle Props., Boston, U. 5. A | whatever was over her head was about to completely, that when she tried to re- member the words she found that the only words in the English language that she could recall were ‘French’ and ‘fricasse.” “Her trouble never returned, though she underwent but this one treatment. This was on May 10, 1895. “Some months after this she got the im- pression that the ceiling, the chandelier or fall on her, and this hallucination was dis- sipated by the same manner of treatment. *Another case was that of 2 woman who was thoroughly run down from nursing her mother through a long illness. She had frequent attacks during the day and night, in the course of which she felt what pi ans call the sense of impending de: th. 5 *She would wake up from a sound sleep that she was about to die. That impres- sion'disappeared rapidly after two or three sittings, but it took several weeks to bring her to a reasonably good nervous state.” A BANQUET FOR CHAUNCEY. The Union League Club Wires an Invi- tation to the Great Orator. The news published in yesterday’s Carn that Chauncey M. Depew was coming to San Francisco created great joy among the banqueters. Colonel George Stone, president of the Union League Club, called a special meet- ing of the directors of that institution yes- terday and it was resolved to tender PIONEER PHYSICIAN DEAD Dr. O. H. Petterson Passes Away After a Lingering Illness. CAME HERE IN FORTY-NINE. Was Once City Physician of Sacra- mento—Lived for Many Years in Placer County. Another California pioneer of forty-nine, Dr. O. H. Petterson, has passed away. The deceased had been ill for nearly a year. He died at his home at 1009 Clay street on Thursday. The funeral will be under the auspices of Crockett Lodge No. 139, F. and A. M., and will take place at 1:30 o'clock to-day. Dr. Petterson was born in New York in 1830 and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of that city. He also took a post-graduate course at the State University. He came to California in the summer of 1849 and located at Sac- THE LATE DR. O. H. PETTERSON. [Drawn from a photograph.] the Palace Hotel, to which a host of repre- | sentative Californians will be invited. | The invitation was promptly wired to | Mr. Depew in New York and his accept- ance is hourly expected. Mr. Depew enjoys great renown as the orator who has banished tke chestnut from the banquet board. In a brochure entitled “Our Chauncey’’ | Isaac H. Bromley fancies Jove on high Olympus getting weary of threadbare | jokes in dinner speeches. The Jovian re- frain runs: These dinner speeches tire me, They are tealous. flat and stale. From a thousand banquet tables Comes a melancholy wail, As a hundred thousand banqueters With a signal of distress. Thereupon Jove railies all the gods and organizes an expedition to discover an ora- tor. Inhis cradle Chauncey was found. Mercury &new him_in a minute by the “looseness of his chin.” 'his Attic salt.” said Fat Will keep him extra dr. At which the boy looked up And dropped the corner of his eye. _Chaunceys’ career from the cradle to Yale is pictured in verse. His achieve- Jove, ments at the banquet board are thus recog- nized: He's been dining and speaking For yewrs near a score; He bas routed the chestnut, xEyicted the boor. Till he gets on : Making ail men his friends Without seeming to try. Now he prays with the pious, Now drinks with the dry, Always sweet as a daisy And fresh as the dew, No fly ever lighted On Chauncey Depew. WAR INCIDENT OF THE FUTURE. The Great General Was Gloomy Because Things Were Not Going Ahead. The great general was perturbed. *We must do something to gain time,” he said. “I cannot risk a battle now.” “But the enemy is advencing already,” protested his aid. “Tken we must fall back,” returned the general decisively. “We are strongly intrenched,” gested the aid. ‘I cannot help it,” replied the general, “The odds are against us, and it would be nothing less than suicidal to risk an en- gagement.’’ *‘We outnumber them,” persisted the aid, as if unable to understand the gen- eral’s sudden resolve. “In the matter of mere numbers we have the advantage, but—"’ The general shook Lis head solemnly. “The factis,” he continued a moment later, “'a great calamity has overtakeh us,”’ “The ammunition—"" “Oh, that's all right.” “Our supply-trains have not been cut off, have they?"’ “Has any one tampered with the bal- loons?”’ “No. “The batteries—"' “They're in good condition, but we have no one who can keep them in good repair and operate them as they should be operatea.” The aid grew pale. *'The electrician—"" he gasped. “‘The electrician is dead drunk,’ replied the general. *“We will have to fall back and wait until he is fit for duty again. We cannot risk an engagement without him.”” —Chicago Post. .. English is the language that has altered most. Regarded merely as a Teutonic language, it is farthest removed from the varent stock. It is descended from the Saxon, which is the parent of low German and Dutch, and, as it were, the grand- parent of English. But besides the Teu- tonic part, which is the groundwork of the language, it has suffered all the effects of sug- a lengthy Roman occupation. | to the famous orator a great banquetat | ramento. Hehad chargeof the city hos- pital of Sacramento for over avear. Later he removed to Salmon Falls, El Dorado County, where he practiced his profession and met with considerable success. He was also a Justice of the Peace and Associate Justice of the Court of Sessions. During his residence at this place he enjoyed the confidence and respect of the community. Dr. Petterson next moved to New Alma- den, where he remained for eighteen months as surgeon to the company that was then operating the quicksilver mines at that place. He returned to San Fran- cisco, but finding that the climate of the peninsula did not agree with him he moved to Jowa Hill, Placer County, where he built up a large and lucrative practice. He remained in Placer County, where he was well and favorably known, until seven years ago, when he came to San Francisco with his family, and since that time made his City his permanent home. The doctor was well known outside of his profession as well as recognized in that calling for his honesty, integrity and skillfuluess in the treatment of diseases. He leaves a widow and llrfie family of grown children to mourn his loss. SYMPHONY CONCERT. Landsberger Wins Applause for His Violin Solos at Golden Gate Hall. A good programme was performed yes- terday afternoon in Golden Gate Hall at the seventh popular concert of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The au- dience was alarge oneand showed great appreciation for all the works performed. The orchestra opened the concert with the overture to Rossini’s “‘Tancred,” the familiar music being gracefully and effect- ively rendered. This was followed by the “Largo Appassionato,” from Beethoven’s A major sonata, scored for small orchestra by the conductor, J. H. Howe, and ‘“‘Love’s Dream After the Ball,” Czibulka. Nathan Landsberger played a “Legend,” by Wieniawski, and a “Spanish Dance,” by F. Rebfeld, with the orchestra. Both rks were well within the young violin- ’s powers, and _he rendersd them with considerable breadth and impression. The “Spanish Dance,” which was a remarkably taking composition, was most enthusias- tically encored, and Mr., Landsberger re- sponded by playing “‘Leonard’s “Souvenir de Bade.” Miss Rose Adler showed that she has improved considerably in her singing. She no longer raises her shoulders to any per- ceptible extent in breathing and the emis- sion of her tones is purer. She sang ““The Maids of Cadiz,” by Delibes, very prettily, and ad an encore gave *‘Oh, Happy Dny)' In the excerpt from the garden scene in “Faust,” which Miss Adler sang with Dr.D. A. Hodghead, the young lady’s voice was scarcely dramatic enough ‘to sustain the role of Marguerite effectively, but she sang the “‘Faust” music gracefully and pleasantly notwithstanding. Dr. Hodghead was not an unsatisfactory Faust and he sang his aria from the ‘Lucia” well, but he might secure a much fuller tone if he would aim at a less nasal pro- duction. The final Strauss waltz by the orchestra, ‘“Dorfschwalben,” was played with consid- erable spirit, but the temps was slower than that which Eaouard Strauss gives to the family waltzes when his orchestra vlays them. A movement is under way to provide funas by reans of which the rehearsals of the S8an Francisco Symphony Orchestra may be continued throughout the summer in order to prepare for the fall concerts. NEW goods all over the store. Don’t think of old styles or old prices. What $1 used to buy 50 cents will often purchase now. We have lots of new and beautiful things in pictures, frames, artists’ materials, leather sta- tonery, lamps and_shades, sriificial flowers and toilet articles. Everybody welcome. San- born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. o SPECIALS NEW TO-DAY- As usual we close the week with A GREAT SPECIAL SO IRY GOODS. FOR TO-DAY! OFFERING of a variety of THE NEWEST AND MOST SEASONABLE GOODS which we place on sale at Prices That Make Them Unmistakable Bargains! LACE DEPARTHENT! At 15¢c to $2.50 a Yard. BATISTE LACE INSERTIONS AND BANDS, linen shade, the latest trim- ming. At 50c to $2.50 a Yard. BATISTE LACE EDGINGS AND ALL- OVERS, in linen shade. At 25¢ to $1.75 a Yard. ISIGNY, POINT LIERRE AND MA- LINES LACE, in all widths and Bands to match. At 20c to $1.50 a Yard. ISIGNY AND IVORY POINT AP- PLIQUE LACE, in all wiaths. At 10c to $2.50 a Yard. CREAM AND BLACK. CHANTILLY LACE, all silk, in all widths. At 60c to $3.00 a Yard. BLACK MOUSSELINE DE SOIE AP- PLIQUE LACE, Honiton Braid ef- with Bands and Allovers to fects, match. At 2%c to 30c per Yard. FRENCH VALENCIENNES LACE, in white and butter, an endless variecy. LADIES GOS! At 50 Cents. LADIES' GOWNS, made of hea: lined back, tucked yoke, will at 50c. At $1.00. LADIES' GOWNS, made of Wamsutta muslin, deep square collar adged with embvroidery, full sleeves, regular price $1 25, will be offered at $1 each. muslin, offered MEN'S £ BOYS FURNISHINGS! 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At 50 Cents. dozen LADIES’ SWISS-RIBBED FRENCH LISLE-THREAD VESTS, Jow neck and sleeveless, silk-braided neck and arms, cream, pink, ecru, sky and black colors, will be offered at 50c. ! PARASOLS ! PARASOLS! At $1.00. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in silk Gloria, lined in black, will be offered at $1. At $1.50. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in silk Gloria, double ruffle, in black, will be offered at $1 50. GLOVES! GLOVES! At 45 Cents. 2000 pairs 5-HOOK UNDRESSE GLOVES, in mode, tan ;Pv;g axlllg shades, regular value $1, will be offered at 45 a pair. At 50 Cents, 1000 pairs BIAR;{ITZ KID GLOVES, col ors mode and slate, regula Will be offered at 50¢ & pair. "o e S0 At 65 Cents 1000 pairs &BUTTON LENGTH ) QUETAIRE UNDRESSED ‘{I?III% GLOVES, in tan colors and black, regular ¥alue $1, will be offered at 654 a pair. At 65 Cents. 1000 pairs 6-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS. QUETAIRE CHAMOIS SKIN GLOVES, in natural color and white, regular value §1, will be offered at 65c & pair. At 75 Cents. 950 pairs 5-HOOK KID GLOVES, colors and black, regular value $1 25 will be offered at 75¢c a pair. At 90 Cents. 900 pairs 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES (large uttons to match gloves), all shades and black, regular vaine$1 50, will be offered at 90c a pair. WAISTS % CHILDREN S SUITS! At $1.50. CHILDREN’S DUCK SUITS, sizes 4 tg 10, full skirt, blouse waist, finished with deep sailor collar, will be offered at $1 50 each. At $1.00. LADIES’ STRIPED AND FIGUREB LAWN WAISTS, yoke back, extra full sleeves, perfect fit, will be offered at $1. Murphy Bullding, Harket and Jones Stregts. _—-——e———————————oo e Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Streets Murphy Building, Market aud Jones Streets. Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Siregtg. CONSUMPTIES SOLATED Successful Operation of the New Ordinance in Ala- meda. PATIENTS MUST BE ADVISED. Methods of Treatment Must Be Changed to Prevent the Spread of Contagion. Dr. 0. H. Lubbock, Health Officer of Alameda, in speaking yesterday of the or- dinance recently adopted by the Alameda Council requiring physicians to report cases of consumption for the purpose of isolating the patients said: *‘It is too soon to make any statement of the practical re- sults of the new order, but that it will be very effective in preventing the spread of the disease there can be no doubt. “It is now known that consumption is contagious,” said Dr. Lubbock, ‘‘and the wonder is that precautions of this kind have not been taken all over the land. I believe it has been left for Alameda to set the example, as I know of no other place where the isolation of consumptives is un- dertaken. *‘By isolation we mean room isolation, of course. We could not undertake to house up consumptives as we do smallpox patients. In the first place there is not the necessity, for the one disease is not nearly as contagious as the other. What we do is to require the family to give the patienta room by himself, or at least a ved, We re%nire them to be cleanly, well supplied with handkerchiefs or cloths for use on the street, which are afterward burned. ‘A mother having consumption will often have her.children sleeping in_ the same bed with her, and by kissing them and other similar means communicate the disease. In such cases it is generally blamed on hereditary taint, while that is really not the cause at all. A perfectly healthy person sleeping in the same bed with a consumptive for a length of time is almost certain 1o become affected with the disease. *‘Hitberto,” continued the doctor, “it has been customary to conceal from a con- sumptive the fact that he is such. The effort has been to avoid the depressing effect of the knowledge upon the patient’s mind and spirits. But with the recogni- tion of thiy disease as contagiolxs other people must be considered. So that the time has about come when the old rule must be abandoned, Lhe patient advised of his complaint and precautions taken to prevent its ccmmunication to otiers, ‘“‘As to the cure of consumption, that is ancther matter. I am afraid that the several cures that have received so much attention lately have hardly been put to sufficient test as yet to warrant the pinning of great faith to them. ‘There has not been time enough. It is unfortunate that they have been brought to public notice prema- turely, for the effect is to discredit even that which may be good. I am not saying that these remedies are not all that is claimed for them, but that they have not been made certain as yet. But whether they are or not, I am sure that an ef- fective remedy for consumption in its earlv stages is only a matter of a little time. The inquiry andexperiment that is going on will surely find it. “In the meantime it is plainly within the province of common-sense to remove those causes for the spread of the disease that all physicians are aware of.” Adolph Weske’s Failure. Adolph Weske, the litigious Sonoma County farmer, has failed for $17,250. His property is valued at 15,150, but it is heavily mort- gaged. Weske was a wealthy man a few years ago, but domestic troubles brought -him to law'and hie spent money very rapidly. Somé time ago he was before court on an order to show cause why he would not pay alimony to +bis divorced wife, and on that occasion he swore he was practically penniless. The prin- cl;al debts against him are John Freely $2400, the Exchaunge Bank $5000, the First National Bank $5000 and Mrs. Weske $2100. —————— NOT GHIRARDELLI'S CHILD. Mrs. Barbagela Fight for Fortune Fails. Judge Coffey has decided that Domingza Barbagelata, who was petitioning for a child’s share of the estate of Dominga Ghirardelli, was not Ghirardelli’s child. Ghirardelli’s wife by her first husband. In the will the following clause was pre- sent: 1 bequeath to Dominga or Dominiga Martin, wife of Francisco Barbagelata, domiciled in San Francisco, of California, $2000, * * * Mrs. Barbageleta claimed she was Ghirardelli’s child, born before he mar- ried her mother, and she claimed she had been recognized as his child by the tes- tator. From the evidence, however, Judge Coffey has decided that she was Ghi- rardelli’s stepdaughtér, and entitled to no more of the estate than the amount spe- cially bequeathed to her. BEFORE THE GRAND JURY Customs Inspector Williams Called Upon to Defend Himself. Special Agent Moore Anxious to Se- cure an Indictment—The Wong Sam Case. There is & 1ull in the Custom-house scan- dal. Major Moore, Special Agent of the Treasury Department, 1s not pursuing the inspectors of the Chinese Bureau with that same eagerness that distinguished his movements at the opening of the cam- paign. Whether he is satisfied with bring- ing the investigation before the United States Grand Jury and leaving it in the hands of that body for final action, or whether he has been checkmated by the department because of his inability to se- cure a conviction in any of the cases (ex- cept one) handled by him since coming to San Francisco the major will not say. It is known, however, that he is greatly de- pressed since Coliector Wise defeated him in every turn, and he naturally fears be- ing recalled by Secretary Carlisle. The charges against “Dick” Williams, the shifty interpreter of the Custom- house, are before the Grand Jury. The accused with his attorney, Lyman L Mowry, was before that y yesterday. The inspector was called upon to explain’ his connection with the unlawful landing of Chinese at this port and to explain cer- tain services rendered by him for which he is said to have received money. The majority of the witnesses against Wil- liams are Chinese and their evidence does not seem to carry muck weight with the courts. "It is believed in customs circles that the only salvation for Major Moore is to secure the conviction of Williams, otherwise he wiil be changed from the agency. The examination of Wong Sam wascon- tinued before United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday. Miss Cameron and Miss Culbertson; from the Chinese Presby- terian Mission, testified that Dong Sun Yet did not_leave the mission on the day that Wong Him and Wong Wing Chew testified to seeing her in a photograph gal- lery in company with Loui Quong. 'fhi.u acted as a sort of a bombshell in the camp of the defense, and an adjournment was taken until this morning. She was, he decides, the daughter of | NEEDS A HIGH SCHOOL. Superintendent Babcock Is in Favor of One in the Mission. NUMEROUS SCHOLARS THERE. Other Districts No More Populous Are Much More Favored in This Respect. The efforts of the residents of the Mis- sion district to have a High School estab- lished in that locality have met with much favor in one branch of the municipal gov- ernment—the Board of Education—and if the wishes of Superintendent of Schools Babcock and others of the department go for anything the institution will soon be an assured thing. Mr. Babcock is em- phatic as to the needs of the Mission in this respect. g “There is no doubt that the Mission Qistrict should have a High School,” said Mr. Babcock. “While the Mission fur- nishes a large proportion of the pupils in our public schools, there is not a High School south of Market. The Western Addition has two, the Girls’ High School at Geary and Scott streets and the Lowell High School on Sutter street, near Frank- lin. The north side also has the Poly- technic High School at Bush and Stock- ton streets. The Girls’ High School should have been built somewhere in the Mission. 2 “At the present time all the school chil- dren who live in the Mission, Potrero and South San Francisco and attend a high school have to travel a long distance and pay cariare, which is an important item to many people. Some even come from Ocean View, and one boy in the Loweil High School comes all the way from the Six-mile House, on the San Bruno road. “The Mission is one of the best portions of the City. The citizens are well-to-do and of the class who believe in educating their children, and the fact that their chil- dren must ga such distances must interfere me extent. A lo'?he total enrollment of school children in the City is about 33,000. Of these about one-half are south of Market street, and in the district that would be benefited by a high school in the Mission—that is from Fifth street west, and taking in the Potrero, South San Francisco and Ocean View—there are 12,281 school children. Those living between Fifth and the water front, about 4000 in number, would be divided between the Mission and the other high schools. E’l‘hus if a high school were established in the Mission it would immediately have a larger attendance than any of the other | three, for it would be convenient for at Jeast 14,000 school children, while the re- maining .19.000 would be divided among the other three schools. | “The Board of Education has the power to establish a high school in the Mission if the Board of Supervisors will make a suf- ficient a'Pproprisl,ion next year for that purpose. FORGERS IN COURT. Dean Shows a Willingness to Plead should he go to trial, but McCluskef is anxious to be tried at once, so McCluskey’s case was set for April 2and that of Dean for April 8. Dean will then be given an opportunity to change his plea should he desire to do so. It is supposed that Dean’s expressed willingness to plead guilty is for the purpose of keeping out testimony which will demage McCluskey. The case against McCluskey is the weaker one, and it is sup- posed that Dean feels his case is hopeless, and so is willing to sacrifice himself. A HALL BUILDING. The Irish Societies Will Give a Picnia at Schuetzen Park Next Month. A meeting of the St. Patrick’s Alliance of America was beld last evening in Red Branch Hall, at the corner of O’Farrell and Mason streets. to vrepare for a grand picnic_and entertainment at Schuetzen Park, San Rafael, April 19. Several hun- dred dollars in prizes will be given, includ- ing a gate prize of $20. Irish games, music and dances will be on the list of ex- ercises. A meeting was also held in_the hall to consider the question of building a large edifice which will contain the halis of all the Irish societies in the City. It will bea costly structure of the most modern de. sign. /E\smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside his store; it marks the new era of drug selling. Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. PATROMIZE HOME INDUSTRY. EUY DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. REFINED BAR IRON ANGLE IRON BAND IRON. $1.70 base 2.15 flat 2.00 ¢ Guilty to Save McCluskey. The two bank forgers, Arthur H. Dean, alias Frank Severs, and Joseph McCluskey, who robbed the Nevada Bank, were ar- raigned hefore Judge Wallace yesterday. Both pleaded not guilty, but Dean inti- mated that he may withdraw this plea and plead guilty.. 5 % E Dean is willing to wait for his trial, Round Edge Tire St 2.00 flag Toe. 2.40 Plow 2.25 « German Hammered * 3.75 base Pick 4.00 ¢ Machinery 2.00 Spring § 2.50 Cold Kolled s 3.25 o Finished Shafting. e 3.25 Terms :—Cash. F. 0. B. Cars or Steamer, - JUDSON W’FG. €O, FRANCISCO.