The San Francisco call., 1896-03-28
DIAMONDS FROM A CEILING.

a better suit of clothes than Mr.. Benedict
showed me yesterday, and which by the
by he sells for $40, 1 think that Individual
must be slightly hard to please. lt was
really a suit of nice modest pattern,
wooden goods and tailored as well as one
could expect an ordinary work-a-day suit
to be. We are not all leaders OF fashion
and most of us want serviceable clothes.
Have you ever heard of joys Vege-
table Sarsaparilla2" 2" asked Mr.. Benedlct.
al have certainly heard of it. and have
used it." said Mr.. Benedict, 'but l think
probably if you want to know anything
about it, if give you living exhibit, II
will be much more to the point"
Then he stated in anticipation: 81 have
a son who is in the store at this moment
who was weak and little bit run down,
and nothing that we did for him seemed
to help him at all. couple OF years ago,
however, he took joys Vegetable Sarsa-
able to Judge better from his appearance
than from anything l could tell you as to
what it has done for him. He weighed
about eighty-five or niEetv-tive pounds
when he commenced to take it." Then
Mr.. Benedict beckoned his son, Mr.. Bert
Benedict.
What the pater says is true" said the
Young gentleman. The frank, blue eyes
and stalwart frame and the altogether
healthy looking face, betokened constitu-
ton which nine out of ten of US would be
mighty glad 20 have. To say that Mr.. Bert
Benedict has military air would be lncor-
rect He walks with that easy grace which
characteriZes a man who has been born
and knows that he has been born with good
blood in his veins, and he talks with the
confidence of man who knows that lie
has ability. Yes" he said. ~ have quite
good deal to thank joys Vegetable Sar-
saparilla for, | suppose. At any rate 1t
did me whole lot of good. 1t produced
no boils, it produced no sores on my face,
and in a word it did me unmixed good"
And his father added, ''We had this sat
isfaction. we knew from what we had been
told that there were no iodides nor mineral
poisons in the remedy, and our experience
has proved that our friends did not mis-
lead u.s.
1t is little bit of pleasure to quote gen.
tlemen of this type. They are few and far
between. They would no more indorse
patent medicine or a remedy of any nature
for money than they would indorse or
support an ordinary bunko-man game.
They are clean, bright, honest, business
men. They have the confidence of the
community, and while l cannot assert it
as an actual fact, for l do not know, |
should be willing to gamble about fifty 10
one that no man ever got anything from
1.-The Hastings under Misrepresentation
every man who goes there gets as good
value for his money as he can get any
where.
THE INSURANCE SIDE OF IT.
After leaving Mr.. Benedict I went to
lunch, and [ confess to rather satisfied
feeling after the particular waiter whom /
chose to fee in the Palace grillroom had
finished bowling his thanks. l started
across Montgomery street again, and just
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Harry Baehr, the well-known city agent
of the Phoenix Insurance Company of
London and the Providence Insurance
Company of Washington. Mr.. Baehr hap
pens to be one of the handsome men
about town, and his Maker provided him
with as sunny disposition as one finds in
a months walk. Mr.. Baehr is we'll
Solomon's Lodge, F. and 4. N, and he
also is member of the California Chap
ter of the Royal Arch Masons. Shaking
him by the hand, l asked him how busi-
ness was.
''Not very good" he said, "aIthough it
is picking up, and l have doubt that
insurance circles very soon will feel
great deal brighter than they do at this
moment. What are you writing about
now?" he queried.
to find ont from the principal City mer.
chants what they think of joys Vegetable
"Want to know what 1 think?" he
asked, briskly.
"Why, surely, / had no idea that you
knew ANYTHING about it,
mo? WE'LL" he continued, "six months
ago my stomach was all out of order. l
had no appetite and got up of morning
with bad taste in my mouth. It seemed
as though had bad case of the blues.
There wasn't anything for me to get blue
a bout. but / always felt little bit de-
pressed Somebody suggested to me that
take joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla. At
first 1 thought the proposition was
absurd, but eventually I tried it-and how
do look to-day?"
1t must be confessed that Mr.. Baehr was
the picture of health.
"Why," he continued, "I took one bot
tie ana it did me so much good that
if the second one had cost me a Thousand
dollars I am perfectly certain I should
have found the money one way or an
other to get it. | have taken three bottles
in all, and my wife takes it now, too. It
is an excellent remedy for any man who
is run down. whose work is of a sedentary
nature. or for any one whose liver or
stomach is affected. Just say that I said
this, please. Whoever the people are who
put it up, | consider that they do a pub
ashamed to say so." And with that this
healthy, happy insurance man went on
his way TO hunt for big premiums which
he would probably get. The Phoenix In
surance Company is one of the largest fire
insurance companies in the world, and as
City representative it could have no bet
ter man than Mr.. Baehr. And why? Be-
cause he is known as a dependable man.
This is not on my hearsay alone. Any
business man will indorse that
THE LADIES TAKE HAND.
There is shoestore at 129 Montgomery
street that is noted for the excellence of
its styles. 1t. too, has the reputation of
producing shoes of home manufacture,
and while the prices one pays there are
not the highest in the world the shoes
that one gets are not surpassed for wear or
for fit. 1t is owned by Mr.. James Gutberlet.
Mr.. Gutberlet has been in the business in
San Francisco for the last twenty-five
years, and during that time he has done
all that he could to support California and
her industries. He is an enthusiastic be-
lever in home industry. Asked as to his
opinion of joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla he
said 81 have none"
Ibid you ever hear of it?'' asked.
''Did those young ladies who recon.
mended it to me tell you they had done
so ?" he queried.
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