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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
ADVERTISEMENTS
SENT FREE ID MEN The State Medical Institute Discovers a Remarkable Remedy for Lost
 VigOr.
ARE SENDING FREE A TRIAL PACKAGE
 TO ALL WHO WRITE.

Free samples of a most remarkable remedy are being distributed by the State Medical Institute, Fort Wayne, Inc IL cured so many men who mad battled for years against the mental and physical suffering of lost manhood that the Insti- ute has decided to distribute free trial packages to all who write. It is a home treatment and all men who suffer with any form of sexual Tcakr~ resulting from youthful folly. premature loss of strength and memory, weak back. varico- cele. or cancellation of parts can now curs themselves at home.
 The remedy has a peculiarly gratefu! effect of warmth and seems to act direct 10 the desired location, giving strength and development just where t Is needed Ii cures all the ills and troubles that come from years of misuse of the natural functions and has beer. ar absolute sue cess in all cases. < request 10 the State Medical Institute. 193 First National Bank I3uildfng Fort Wayne. Ind stating that YOU desire one Of their free trial pack ages will be compiled with. The institute is desirous of reaching that great class of men who are unable to leave home to be treated and the free sample will en- Cole them 10 see how easy it Is to be cured of sexual weakness when the proper remedies are employed The in- ftitute makes no restrictions Any man who writes will be sent q free sample. carefully sealed in a plain package so that its recipient need have no fear Of or publicity. Readers are requested to write without delay.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
DR. PIERcE's REMEDIES
DR. FIEHCES REMEDIES HE MAN THAT
 WOMEN WRITE ID.

There's man in Buffalo who has, without doubt, larger number of woman correspondents than any other person, man or woman, in the entire country. And yet not one in thou sand of the women who write have ever seen the man they write to. For after all it's not the man they write to, but the physician. There's no sex in medi- cine. The physician with this exten- sive correspondence is Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the h. valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. '.
 Undoubtedly pr. Pierce owes his great popularity atllong women to his many and wonderful cures of that class of diseases known as female troubles ' To the treatment and cure of these dis eases he has given over thirty years of his professional life, and has estab- lished himself as the specialist par ex- cellence in the treatment of diseases peculiar to women.
 The esteem in which Dr. Pierce is held by women is not to be wondered at when It is known that in the thirty years, and over, in which he has given attention to woman's diseases, he has,
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
DIR. PIERcE's REMEDIES.

shelter the man who preys on woman's confidence. An example of the pecu- liarly preposterous claims made by these people is found in the claim that a man cant understand a woman just because he is a man" The only way in which this can be interpreted as true is by accepting the statement in it's bare literalness as of man and woman. But it is to be noticed that there is a vast difference when you qualify the terms man and woman by the term physician. How easv it would be for such advertisers to say write to a woman physician because a man physician cannot understand woman. just because he is a man. How easy it would be to do this if the woman" who invites correspondence could or dared write M. D. after her name, and even then, how preposJerous the state ment would remain. For two thou sand years the practice of medicine has been entirely in the hands of men, as it is in general to-day Woman in medicine is new thing, so new that she has not entered to any known ex- tent into the field of surgery. What ever any woman practitioner has learned of medicine she must have learned in schools taught by men. and from books written by men. What paradox, therefore, is presented in the claim that the man who has taught woman all she knows about medicine does not know anything about medicine himself.
 Women who are educated in medicine would be the first to laugh at such statements. It's only the woman of the
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DR. PIERCE's REMEDIES

edge becomes exact and certain, as his skill becomes developed and perfected, so he achieves rank among his fellows and is held in honor by the public. Such rank Dr. Pierce has achieved, and as q specialist in the treatment of diseases of women he stands at the head of his profession in the United States.
 Dr. Pierce's remedies differ from most medicines in the fact that they con- tain no alcohol, whisky or other in- toxicant and are absolutely free from opium and every other narcotic drug. For no other medicine prepared exclu- siyely for the use of women, as is "Fa- voTite Prescription" can such a claim be truthfully made
 The difference between pr. Pierce's establishment and all patent medi- cine" establishments is very remark able, and is apparent at once to every person who has had the opportunity of actually comparing Dr. Pierce's labora- tory with that of any other institution For instance, since Dr. Pierce has ad- vertised to give free consultation by letter, many have initiated the adver- tisements and make an exactly similar offer As far as the advertisements go, they make ju-t as good a showing as Dr. Pierce. But go to these other es- tabliShments and ask to see the doc tor'' who gives medical advice and you'll find, nine times out of ten, that there is no doctor connected with the establishment. Where there is a doc- tor he is probably some medical failure, selling his professional title to the medicine firm for small consideration.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
4 NEW BELL RINGS
 ON ST. LEANDER'S
PRESENTED BY PORTUGUESE
 MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.
The Old Bell Had Done Duty for a Quarter of a Century and Has
 History.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
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OaklanQ OTlce San francisco Call,
 90S Broadway, Dec. r.
 To-Eaorrow afternoon there will be bell blessing at St. Leander's Church at San Leandro. The Portuguese members of the congregation have been at work se- curing a new bell for the church, and Father Santos has procured one of rare mellowness. It weighs nearly a thousand pounds, and arrived at San Leandro on Monday. To-day it was placed in the tower.
 Tomorrow afternoon the beautiful and elaborate ceremonies Of blessing the bell will be conducted by Rev. Father O'Ma- honey, who has been specially delegated to this duty by Archbishop Riordan. Rev. Father Santos will deliver a sermon in Portuguese.
 The old bell Of the church has done duty for more than a quarter of a century, and has q romantic history.
 In the early days t-ere arrived at Yerba Buena an English trader. He bought up all the hides on this side of the bay. The Peralta brothers then owned all of this county. and Don IgnaCio Peralta. who re- sided on what Is now the Peachy place, was a courteous and liberal entertainer but when it came down to business he was Of very practical turn The captain of this British trading vessel went to the ranch of Don Ignacio, and after a few days of entertainment they got down to business Ignacio drove a hard bargain and the trader left well pleased with his treatment. When he reached his ship he ordered the mate to take the ships bell on shore and present it to Don Ignacio.
 The don hung the bell on the porch of his residence, and there for years it tolled the Angelus and called the labOrers in from the field. When the church of St Leander was built Don Tgnacio presented the bell to the congregation. For the past generation it has done duty in the church tower, ard tomorrow it will be rung for the last time.
 John Watson of San Lorenzo has pre- sented the church with d beautiful sane tuary lamp and Mrs Coujet of Elmhurst has presented a large brass gong while other members of the congregation have made gifts. all of which will be formally accepted tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
CITY POLITICS.
Many Opinions of Prominent Men on
 the Situation.

OAKLAND. Dec. 17.-In an interview to-day Chairman Breed of the Republican County Central Committee declared against the appointment of delegates to the municipal convention. He said:
 T think it a dangerous precedent to have a Central Committee appoint dele gates to q convention, or have q Central Committee to appoint men who will ap- point delegates to q convention. I have entire confidence fin the present Republi can City Central Committee, but it takes one of little political experience to see that four men on a City Central Commit tee who felt disposed to absolutely control the entire convention by their selection as delegates could perpetuate themselves in office continuously and control all nomi- nationsS'
 Dr. E. R. Dille has come out in favor of the Non-Partisan movement. Rev. c. II. Hobart also favors municipal league principles. and Rev. Dr. Coyle says party lines should cut no figure in city govern nent.
 Prison Director R. NJ Fitzgerald, the Democratic leader, Is opposed to any more experiments in fusion.
 NJ J. Keller. the ex-president of the Board Of Trade, is the latest name to be brought out in connection with the Mayor atty.
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Dr. R. Y Pierce and Some the Prominent Specialists Of His Sa
# fNn~h-e4

Compare this with pr. Pierces inStiSu- tion. the Inyalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, with it's staff of nearly a score of graduated and experienced doctors, busy every day in actual prac- tice, its great special laboratory and dispensary, from which special medi- cines and auxiliary treatment are sent out daily to all parts of the country. it's hospital with its surgical and mechan- ical appliances and operating rooms In such a comparison you see at glance that there is no institution equal to Dr. Pirece's in the whole country; that for any one else to offer what he offers is to promise what cannot be performed; that no other institution has equal facilities for the treatment of chronic diseases.
 In the work of the Worlds Dis penSary and InvaIids' Hotel and Surgi- cal Institute there is real philanthropy as well as real medical and surgical skill. The best recognition of the phil anthropic aspect of this work comes from the citizens of Buffalo, Dr. Pierce's home town, who elected him State Senator and later gave him a seat in Congress. From the latter position Dr. Pierce resigned before the expira- ton of his term. That he should prefer to give up a high and honorable posi- ton in the councils of the nation to serve the sick is conclusive evidence of his devotion to their interests and Of love for his profession. Perhaps we can offer our readers no better sum ming up of Dr. Pierce and his work than that Of President Garfield, who said, He is one of the best men in the world and he is at the head of one of the best institutions in the world"
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

advertisements, the woman" for rev enue only, and who is not a physician, who can afford to make such amazing and ridiculous claims.
 But this side issue has led us some what afield from Dr. Pierce and his great host of women correspondents. To these the doctor stands sort of father confessor of things physical. Every letter is read privately, answered privately, and its contents guarded as sacredly as becomes such confessions. Ard as many women are naturally sensitive about their ailments. even the replies are mailed carefully and secure ly sealed in 9 perfectly plain envelope, without printing or advertising upon it. that there may be no third party to this correspondence.
 Any sick woman can have the benefit of consultation by letter with pr. Pierce absolutely without fee or charge of any kind.
 More than half million invalid women have been successfully treated by Dr. Pierce, aided by his staff of skilled specialists, through the medium of correspondence, Tn this way dis agreeable questionings and abhorrent examinations and local treatments" are avoided.
 The world at large knows of Doctor Pierce. chiefly as the inventor of the two well-known remedies, Dr. Pierce'S Golden Medical Discovery and Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. And it is probably the case, that in general, Dr. Pierce's remedies are chased with all the other patent medicines" and Dr. Pierce himself ranked with those doctors" whose degrees are purely honorary or assumed. and no more stand for medical knowledge or experi- ence than the familiar title of Major in some sections of our country signifies that the bearer Of 1t is familiar with siege and battle. Dr. Pierce does not belong to the class of doctors whose titles are by courtesy only. He is a doctor by choice doctor by education, a doctor by practice and experience. He is more than that. for, although there are no official grades and ranks in the medical profession as in the mili- tary. which are marked by titles and by chevrons, yet as a man advances in the practice ol medicine, as his kRowl-
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

aided by his staff of nearly a score of experienced and skilled specialists, treated over a half a million women, and with such success that ninety-eight out of every hundred treated have been absolutely and altogether cured.
 Doubtless there are other reasons why multitudes of women consult Dr. Pierce by letter and as not the least among such reasons women would set down the friendly, even fatherly ad vice which the age and experience of Dr. Pierce enable him to give as sup plemental 10 the advice and instruc tions of the physician. Women, also, are not slow to remember that Dr. Pierce, through his method of consul tation by correspondence, ng2s the first physician to offer them relief from the unpleasant questions, the offensive eX- examinations, and the local treatments generally inSeparable from the treat ment of diseases of women by local practitioners.
 Of course. Dr. Pierce has had many imitators who steal the terms which his advertisements have made familiar to use them as their catch words, and so to draw the attention of women in their direction. The most noticea be feature of these limitations is that women with dangerous diseases are urged to consult by letter some one who is not q physician. and has neither the educational ability nor the legal right to treat disease. And sometimes because it is impossible for these ad- vertisers to lay claim to the title of physician, they raise clamor of write to a woman Woman under stands woman," hoping. doubtless, by this article to draw away attention from the fact that they do not and can not offer the advice of a qualified phy- sician. But women are quick to see that a woman unless educated in medi cine and qualified to practice, can give no advice upon disease that would not be liable to be as dangerous as the dis ease itself For there is no place where ignorance is so dangerous as when it undertakes to meddle with woman's health.
 That class of advertisers who raise the cry of write to a woman" are get ting to be known as bearded women, because the woman in the case" is mere figurehead. a stalking horse to
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
FEAR JACOBS
 HAS ENDED
 HIS LIFE Bride of Six Months Distracted. HE LEFT WITHOUT 4 WORD MRS. JACOBS SAYS SHE WOULD FORGIVE HIM WILLINGLY. The Missing Man Took No Money With Him and When Last Seen Seemed Greatly
 Troubled.
HE LEFT WITHOUT A WORD
MRS. JACOBS SAYS SHE WOULD
 FORGIVE HIM WILLINGLY.
Oakland Ofice San Francisco Call.
 sos Broadway, Dec. IT.

sos Broadway, Dec. IT.
 Mrs. Gussie Jacobs, the wife of six months whose husband left suddenly and mysteriously last Tuesday, Is beginning to fear that he has done away with him self
 She has visited every haunt of her ab- sent husband, but has been unsuccessful in getting a trace of him, except that on the morning he left a friend met him on Broadway. This friend says that David Jacobs appeared in an excited frame of mind and that he did not seem himself at all.
 Jacobs is a tailor and runs shop in the Macdonough block. He left Q small notice on his door, "WIu be back in five min utes," but he mas failed to materialize since.
 "I cannot stand this worry much long CT" said Mrs. Jacobs to-day, and if David does not return to me soon l do not know what l shall do. Only a day before his departure We were looking for new quarters where we could have the shop and living rooms together, and he did not seem worried about anything.
 T admit Dave drank some, but he al- ways came home, and surely something has gone wrong or he would at least let me hear from him, but not word He was a good and kind husband. and if he does not return soon l shall go mad. When he left he had no money with him, I am sure, If he would only come back would willingly forgive him.
 Jacobs wore a black cutaway and black derby hat and dark trousers when last seen. He Is a short, thick set man and wears an lron-gray muStache
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
MEMBRANES OF LILLIAN'S HEAD
 ALSO TAKEN Are More Important han the Skull. THE DEFENSE IS CONFIDENT DIR. BUTEAU DISAPPRoVES OF
 SUCH METHODS. Attorney Bennett Says the Testimony of the Prosecution Has
 Fallen of Its Own
 Weight.
THE DEFENSE IS CONFIDENT
DIR. BUTEAU DIsAPPRoVES OF
 SUCH METHODS.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
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 9os Broadway, Dec. T..
 The opinion of leading attorneys is that the taking of her skull from the coffin of Lillian Brandes IS not Q punish able offense within the meaning of the statute There is, however, a general feeling that the ghastly acticn will preju- dice the case of the defendant Brandes.
 Attorney Bennett admits that it was not an ordinary way to proceed, and says that there may be some criticism regarding the surreptitious manner in which the skull was obtained. He is, however. per fectly ready to defend his action, and de- cIares that the section of the Penal Code referring to body-snatching has no con nection with this case.
 Dr. Buteau, who was the leading wit ness for the prosecution, was asked his opinion of the transaction He said:
 Tt is one that l do not care 10 criticize, except in general way, as 1 may have an opinion. 1 will not for moment hInt that there is any desire on the part of the defense to tamper with the skull, but this thought naturally suggests itself: IT the defense intends to act in perfectly straightforward manner why did their representative not appear at the autopsy and then demand that the skull be pre- served for the benefit of the jury
 Tt is a false idea to imagine that l and the other reputable physicians who con duCted the autopsy are anxious to make out a case for the prosecution. We are not. We attended that autopsy as experts, and our sworn testimony is the result of our conclusions. If the defense wanted that skull there could have been no ob- jection to their taking it and having it preserved for introduction as evidence, but it certainly is not conducive to feel ing of confidence in the motive when the skull is abstracted under the conditions attending the taking of the head of Lil- Han Brandes.'
 There has been some doubt as to whether the membranes Of the head, which are as vital to the testimony as the skull. were also taken, but Attorney Ben nett set all doubt at rest this afternoon by saying that they took some mem branes, he was not sure how, many. but all that there were beneath the skull in the coffin.
 When we took the skull We took every thing there was in the girls head. and of course some of the membranes We have them now well preserved. and they will not be touched till produced at the trial. We anticipate no difficulty in proving that it is the same skull. and that 1t has been kept in the same condition as we found it in the coffin.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
TIE EDITOR
 SUBJECTED ID
 HUMILIATION A Blank Space in the High School Aegis. NlGHTINGILL IN DISGRACE FACULTY ORDERED HIS FACE
 NOT TO APPEAR. The squabble Arose Over the Strict Censorship of Editorial Matter. Pupils May Ultimately
 Win.
NIGHTINGILL IN DISGRACE
FACULTY ORDERED HIS FACE
 NOT TO APPEAR.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
 sos Broadway Dep r

OAALa1ro Otnce San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway, Dee. r.
 Matters between the High School stu dents and the faculty have now reached crisis and there is every indication that next year the faculty will cease to exer- clse any supervision over the students magazine, the Aegis. 4 small sensation has been caused by the appearance of a plank space in the center of a large cut In the Aegts, issued by the class of Christ mas ss. All the assistant editors are honored with pictures, but in the center where once was the photograph of Frank Nlsnung1ll there is a blank, the faculty having ordered the obnoxious face of Edi- tor Nighttnglu to be chopped off the plate oeIore the edition was printed.
 ms arbitrary action has precipitated seems to be in favor Of the students.
 For long time Editor Nightingiil has been h trouble with the faculty over the question of editorial censorship. The fac ulty finally suspended Nightingill for in- suDordlnaf1on for continuing to be an edi- tor after he had been ordered to resign. The students sided with NightnGiu and contlnu'sd to recognize him as the editor or the fJchoOl paper. The faculty regarded Assoc ate Editor ". J. Burpee as the head of the sanctum, but took no active part in showing it's opposition till the pro- less DTS learned that in the class Aegls the te was to be a full page of half-tone portraits with Editor Nighingill' in the center. The cut was already made with Nightingiu upon it and the paper was going to press, when the publishers were served with an order by the faculty to Chlsel of the offender.
 Burpee was also served with an order to see that the picture was destroyed. He pleaded that a big hole in the middle of the cut would spoil its appearance, but Principal McChesney would brook no in- reference with his mandate. The book vas issued to-day and the work of the ChlSel Is very apparent
 4 prominent member of the Board of Education said this afternoon that next year the Aegis would probably be recog- nized as a students paper, for which the students alone were responsible. He be- Ieves that the existence of a censorship over the students work impels them to editorial eXcesses and his ideas are shared by others.
 However, in the section of the paper headed Josh appear the following:
 Whereas, T. has come to pass that lunatic has been running the affairs 0f the Aegts, and whereas. il is the divine right of the faculty to mana ge things; be
 ReseIye5i, That the Aegfs hereafter be in thing from josh column to editorials be handed the faculty for censorship.
 Miss P. explained how similar plan worked In Los Angeles and the chairman added that he knew what was best and right for the students. Then they passed the resolution unanimously and adjourned.