The San Francisco call., 1896-03-28
They Are Falling Rapidly in the
Palace of a Gentleman Who
Believes in the Great
Home Remedy.
FROM EVERY QUARTER
A Day Spent Among Some of the City's
Big Men on Various
Streets.

L
ing over on the boat. Like score or more
of other people have the fortune, good or
bad, to live in Oakland, and reco gnizing in
me the Individual who had been searching
for information as to the merits of Joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla he thought fit to
continue his query with this: "There is
no man better known in town than Colonel
Andrews; why don't you go and see him?"
l replied. "I should be delighted to, ii 1
could happen to catch the genial colonel"
'You would not wait for him, l sup
pose?"
said: "No; my business is to get at
haphazard the opinions of people whom L
may find. and to make an appointment
with man would possibly give him time
to prepare a speech. I have found that
off-hand a man generally tells the truth,
and that happens to be Just exactly what
is looked for in this inquiry-nothing
else''
'eWeI I think it would be satisfaction
to me at anv rate" said nv friend, 'if you
could quote so well known man as
Colonel Andrews" And so 1 decided to
see him if 1 could.
In no instance, excepting this one, have
I gone back for an appointment. Time is
money, and it might SAVIOR trifle of in
tention if were to make arrangements to
meet any one at any specified time for
particular purpose. and the plain al m has
been to make these interviews the genuine
gist of popular opinion about joys Vege-
table Sarsa parilla. For the sake of variety
l trotted from one street to another, and
took the following interviews absolutely at
random:
THE OLDEST oPTIcIAN.
I got off the car Just above the Examiner
Office and wandered in q sort of aimless
way in to the store-one might almost call
it palace-of MIR. c. Muller, S24 Market
street. A man of my years feels If not
sense of awe at any rate sense OF deep
respect when interviewing man like Mr..
Muller. No one who knows anything of
local history is not aware that he has been
foremost in promoting in San Francisco
the oculist's science. He has not been
backward in advancing MOI y for that
purpose. and since 1868 Gust mere mat
ter of thirty-three years. he has been
recognized as our best optician. Mr.. Null
Ter is enthusiastically Californian. 1t IS
scarcely necessary to say that he was not
born here, but he could hardly be more
sgripped with hooks of steeP' to California
than he is. l asked Mr.. Muller if he had
ever used Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
i
number of bottles" Then was question
and answer for about ten minutes, and the
gist of what Mr.. Muller said was this:
Some five years ago | was verv much
run down. / felt that change of life which
man sometimes feels; my health was
fairly good, but my energy was lacking.
| could attend to my business, but not in
the same way as / had been accustomed
tot was little bit of labor. tried to
overcome the feeling, but could not, and
some one suggested to me that [ should
try joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla. 1 did,
and its effects were so satisfactory from
the first bottle that I thought it best to
take another, and l can assure you that
for FIVE years have never been withoutit.
Don't imagine from this that 1 have taken
it continuously, or that have taken the
dose prescribed of it regularly. | found it
did me good and then brought my COM
mon sense to bear on the matter. and
eventually found that thimbleful was
enough to make me feel well enough to 60
to business and to attend to it without
worry. In word, it made new man of
me. Should any one ask me as to the
benefits that / have derived from its use,
whv of course [ should be more than
pleased to add my word of praise to the
score of people who have testified to you
about it. / have no hesitation in saying
that in my opinion it is the best pro-
prietary remedy that we have, and say
this simply and solely because it has done
me personally so much good"
Mr.. Muller has done a good deal for
science and for humanity in confining
himself exclusively or almost exclusively
TO correcting errors of refraction in eve
sight. The oculist seems to have a dis
tinct objection to the optican going out
side of his given position of fitting glasses
to weak eyes, and so Mr.. Muller has been
q little bit handicapped in his professional
Investigations. Many of us remember
we'll (when he examined the eve with in
struments especially prepared by himself)
that he was able to detect Bright's disease
as clearly as Professor Barnard can see the
spots on the sun. But for some reason or
other he evoked the jealousy of some
prominent oculists. and now Mr.. Muller is
devoting his life to perfecting the business
or profession of an optician. That he
stands at the head of the men who follow
him can scarcely be doubted.
DIAMONDS DROPPING LIKE RAIN.
Faithful to the promise made, Colonel
Andrews was visited at his Diamond
Palace on Montgomery street, close to
Pine He was in a somewhat reminiscent
mood, but was willing to talk of every
thing from the Mexican war to the Nc
Kinley tariff "I believe said the
colonel, ain everything Californian. I
have my clothes made here; / have my
ShOeS maze mere, L nave my mats maze
here, and my wife gets her things made
here. / do think that once / bought a
dress for my better half in Boston. because
it was particularly beautiful. but so far as
/ know there is nothing that can be had
in California that L do not buy here. 1
have made my M oney here, and 1 intend
to spend it here"
Then, asked as to his opinion as to joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla, he said: ''Of
course | have heard of it, who has not,
hut have not had occasion to use it.
never spent two dollars in medicine in my
life but you may quote me as saying that
If wanted sarsaparilla certainly would
use joys, for it is a home product. You
NAV further state that l say that l have
heard it spoken of enthusiastically, and [
am really glad to know that any home pro-
duct is thought SO highly OF as Joys Veget-
able Sarsaparilla appears to be-" The
colonel said whole lot more, but be
wished to be quoted shortly, and there is
no good reason for ignoring his request.
Mr.. BENEDICT OF 1.-THE HASTINGS"
Twirling round on my heel L started
south. having an intention to go to lunch.
and as the north side of Market street
offers some inducements to the hungry
man had that point in view, but when |
reached the corner of Sutter street the
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