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6 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, SEPTEMBER 20, 1881 FRENCH IN FRANCE, AS TAUGHT BY THE REV. WILLIAM P. HARRISON. A OoMipr Loiter from the French Capital???An A;*t Scholar in the Language-Going the Bounds??? The Kemolrs of St. Snlepiee???The Oobc- lin Tapestries _ On to Italy. fi|>ocial Correspondence Constitution. Tnux, Italy, August 12, 1881. ???Never go to Kninee unlex- you know the lingo, For if you do, you will repent it, by jingo.' 1 80 thought Thomas Hood, after some per- fconal acquaintance of the where the peo ple "called their mothers meres, a??id rail their daughters lillies.*' I quote the English humorist from memory, hut the spirit of his punning pen is a more mirthful one than most unlearned visitors to France can afford to indulge. The proof of this I reserve for another part of this letter. Leaving London by the 8:40 night train from London bridge, I was obliged to use my Mackintosh waterproof???for the first time in five days???it was raining. .Since I had been in London, with the exception of a day or two, the weather was very fine, hut altout five o'clock on Monday afternoon a regular British rain set in. and followed us to, and half way- over, the English channel. There are two prominent routes to France: One by Dover mid Calais, mid the other by Xewhaven and Piep|ie. I was informed that the latter was the most picturesque, and in order to get the benefit of daylight passage through Norman dy, i left London at night. In a little more than two hours, we arrived at Xewhaven, and from the ears to the boat, a scramble ensued, in order to get a berth in ???the best cabin.??? I was one of the fortunate ones, ami secured as good a place as there was to bo obtained???the very best not being by-any means a desirable one. Owing to the state of the tide our steamer could not leave Xewhaven until near one o'clock in tlie morning. The rain fell in torrents, and drove the second-class jtassengers into the first cabin, as it was inqtossihlc to re main on the unsheltered deck. The wind was rising, withal, and old travelers informed me that we were going to have a rough time on Hie English channel. Our course lay across fit miles of water, which could outdo any tits of fury that the Atlantic could perform. Tin- second-class passengers were not pre cisely the company that a refined gentleman would select, hut there was no hope for it. However successful John Bull may be in keeping t lie mob out of his railway carriages, he certainly does not exclude them from his steamboats. A more noisy-, motley crew I have seldom seen than this one on the Newhnven steamer. There was a table spend in the center. of the cabin, and there were many hungry people who seemed resolved to bravo old Neptune on his throne. They ate Deef and 1mm, they drank beer anil stronger spirits, and la-fore the hour of dcjmrture came, the company had pretty well ???cleaned out??? the steward's department. Experience had taught me that it is lictUr to lie htfngry than sea-sick, so I ate nothing at all. Aland 1 o???clock tin- boat got under full head of steam, and In-fore she had fully left the dock the cabin boy brought out a supply o f bowls somewhat resembling an ordinary wash-bowl, and one of these lie placed at every berth, top and bottom. This was a prophecy of coming events, and tin- events certainly came. In less than ten minutes the boat began to swing from side to side in a manner that put even the old Batavia far in the rear. Now and then we would in- on our heads almost, and in an instant, though lying down, I felt myself bracing up by my* feet??? in another instant a lurch, right or left, nearly- thumped me out of my berth. I clung to my hunk, however, and listened to the music around me. If any of iny-readers has ever seen fifty people sea-sick in one room, sepa rated in no way from one another???if he has heard the rctching.|aml the despairingeries of sueli persons in the worst stage of the meanest sickness that afllirts human nature???if he has witnessed ail this after the siek company have returned to the bowls the villainous com pounds of beer and liquors consumed???if lie has seen and folt all this in a roofti with hatches down, the rain pouring overhead, and the air sti lling and reeking with every imaginable odor, then he knows how to sympathize witli me. How I escaped from sickness liy inocu lation, I cannot tell, hut so it was. I did not uffer a moment, hut found it impossible to sleep, for the noises around me.- One or two passengers got to sleep, after paying their li bations to Neptune, and when they- slept they snored???the most outrageous snoring that I ever heard. A desperate fellow, between the paroxysms of retelling, hoping toget tosleep, 1 suppose, would shout ???skatt,??? loud enough to arouse one of the famous seven sleepers. But the snorers kept it up until the morning, and I am sure that it was ditlieult to choose between the two annoyances, hut to suffer both for six long hours made the night of the eighth of August a memorable one to me. When morning ouue, and the sun arose, I staggered on deck, but the seas were washing everything before them, so I could get a nook in the gangway with a elianee for fresh air. To return into the cabin was out of the ques tion. I am greatly surprised at the lack of accom modation on this "famous" route. If Charles Dickens ever met anything comparable to it on a Mississippi steamboat, he was justified in writing his ???American Notes." The sim ple truth excels all fiction I have ever read. Herded like cattle???cramped up in a seething mass of disgusting humanity in its most dis gusting condition???the very recollection brings a shiver over me as I write alxmt it. At last liberty came, as our Iioat rounded to, and made the wharf at the old town of Di eppe. on the soil of France. My baggage had been registered through to Baris, and would pass the custom house there, so T had a chance to breathe the fresh air, and get an excellent breakfast and a good cup of coffee, at a mod erate charge. I had the good fortune to find on the boat an old confederate officer, a sur geon, who has lived eleven years in Paris. He is a native of Vir ginia???one of the many who lost everything by the "lost cause,??? and has east his lot among the French, from whom he is a descendant. To him I owe the favor of many- points of infor mation, as we traveled through Normandy, and by his means, the officer of the customs allowed my baggage to pass unopened in Paris, 1 having nothing ???to declare.??? By the merest chance I happened to possess an item of information which may lie of essential ser- Viw to him, and xuay cause liis return to his native land. Thus, it may be, that all the k'niliuss was not upon one side. I sincerely, trust it may l>e so, for I liavc seldom spent as pleasant hours as those which we consumed in me railway journey- from Dieppe to Paris. To meet a countryman in a foreign land is a great comfort. To meet a southerner, a true man in the days that tried men's souls, is a .Teat favor. To meet such an one. and find flint intelligent, sociable, accommodating and ready to serve you by any means in liis power, I felt to lie a blessing which called for thanks to a beneficent Providence. I had always heard, and have often read, that France was cultivated like a garden. But 1 hail no conception of the reality until I saw it. Surely the art of inducing the earth to yield her fruits can go no further. Every foot of soil is economized???the very forests are planted hv the hand of man, and the trees plaeed in regular lines and columns, that look like several troops on parade. Whatever is valuable is cultivated???the useless and nox ious plants are rooted up and destroyed. The houses of the people on the line are built to stay. Albeit, many aro roofed with thatch, vet the moss clings to that and helps to pre serve the dwelling from the assaults of the weather. Here, too, I saw the reason of a phenomenon which I do not remember to have seen explained. The people of France drink wine instead of water. It is not simply choice, but actual necessity. The great chalk cliffs which appeared upon the very- border of France continued at inter vals, and when they disappeared the rotten limestone formation ycilded its alkali so read ily, that I found, further on, and in northern Italy, the running streams almost ns white as milk, notwithstanding the long droutli that has prevailed for weeks. Soon I got a sight of the Seine, the river of Paris. I was not much less surprised than when I first saw the Thames. This latter river, at London, is not by any means as wide as tlie Chattahoochee at the Western and At lantic crossing, near Atlanta, and the Seine is aliout as large a stream as the Etowah near Cartcrsville. From the ears, passing over it repeatedly, it did not seem to me to be forty- yards in width. I have since found all the rivers of Europe that I have seen to be on the same diminutive scale. Having crossed tlie Illume nearrtiie sjiot where Ciesar built bis bridge, I think much less of bis good sense in writing that elaborate description of it in Ills commentaries. An American school boy could build a bridge over the Klione almost as easily as he can translate Oassar???s account of bis military achievement there. But I am informed, that in the bed of the Seine, from its mouth to Paris, are a number of endless chains, and these perform tlie work of naviga- ing the river by means of stationary engines. My American ideas of natural products re ceived tlie first shock in tiie grand old Al|>s, of which I shall have something to say- here after. Aliout 1 o'clock in the day, tlie cars readied the ???gare,??? as they call a station, in Paris, and in a few minutes I was in my-hotel. Here, all sights and sounds were new and confusing. A sense of loneliness came over me. when I refleeted how far I was from home, and that in this great city no one knew me, or eared for me. It was in this mood, as I stood at tlie door of tlie hotel dc Londres et New York, that I saw a gentleman approaching me, who, in an unmistakable American ac cent, said: ???Stranger, are you not an Amer ican???? It was certainly a relief to hear tlie broad English of our western prairies. In a few moments we were friends, and he began to tell me of his troubles. He was, lie said, nearly starved to death. lie had been in Paris for a week, blit could not eat the meals served at his table d???hote, and did not know how to call for anything he wanted. He managed to guess at some names on various bills ??? fare, and pointed them out to the waiters, hut when the dishes came lie vowed that a civilized ani mal could not eat them. He was nearly dead for a cup of coffee, but could not drink it ???straight, and when they brought brandy to him to mix with his coffee he became des perate. He hud walked around Paris, had seen ???English spoken here,??? and tried them, hut they did not speak any English known in the United States, nor even in England. I felt a keen sympathy for my friend, for I had observed already that the rapid speech of the Parisian can only be understood liy an ear ac customed to French sounds. However, we made a descent tiixin a coffee house, and when we were seated, I ordered the waiter to bring us a ???tasso du cafe anil lait.??? ???That???s it!??? exclaimed my* friend, ???lay- means milk, don???t it???? ???Of course, I replied, and whilst tiie waiter was gone lie exercised liimsclf in pronouncing the phrase. He was delighted to find coffee, milk and sugar, in a few mo ments on our table. ???Now,??? said lie, ???let???s have some bread???what is it???? ???M. lc waiter,??? or if you like, ???Garcon! du pain et du burre des scufs.??? ???Glorious!??? shouted the westerner, ???that is bread is it? All of it???? ???Oii.no! I told him to bring bread, butter and eggs. ???Pang! pang!??? the booster rejieated to himself a dozen times. ???And burr-burr-burr-safe! safe! safe! Capital! These villains- shall not starve me hereafter, for I???ve got ???em now to a dot! Let me see: .fiarsong- pauge burr-safe! Dooeaffay o lay! Splendid! I'll get ???em yet!??? And lie rubbed liis hands in tlie greatest delight. ???That???s my first lesson, stranger???and oh,my! isn???t this coffee! Altogether different from tiie black stuff they give me at the hotel!??? And it was good coffee! Alas! I did not find any in England! Whatever tlie cause may- lie???some say it is kept ground for mouths, and even then mixed with chiekory???at all events it was not good! But this is real cof fee, and well worth the franc wc paid for it. So here was I, not at all confident of my own French,'giving lessons to a countryman! It took me one week to learn English in London, and could I hope to do as well in France? There are not two sides to the question of learning a language, a spoken language. One must he among the people; must hear them until his ear becomes accustomed to the sounds, for looks cannot tcaeli pronunciation. My difficulties multiplied. I found as many dialects of French in Paris as there are of English in London, and that is saving a great ileal. I could understand reailily- enough when the speaker addressed me in slow, dis tinct tones, but when words ran into each other???arid the euphony of the French conversation requires more of this than I had supposed???I was puzzled. Then, again, you must loam to think in French, not in English to be translated into French. I have been confirmed in the belief that William Cabbett???s French grammar is tlie beat guide to tlie lan guage that lias been published. It is now out of print. But, a truee to tlie language. Paris is cer tainly a beautiful city. The celebrated places that were well known to me from written descriptions, were easily recognized. In order to see as much as possible in a limited time, I joined an excursion party, with a guide furnished us by Thomas Cook A Son. These guides are useful fellows, but only in a limited sphere. When you can find one that speaks good English, and has a comi>etent khowlcdge of tiie places visited, tlie traveler is fortunate indeed. On the present occa sion our guide failed in both points. It became necessary for me to correct him in many instances. Our company was eomi>osed of Englishmen, with four ladies, also English. One of the party had just conic from .South Africa, near tlie diamond mines. Tlie En glishmen and women were all young persons, and not well posted in history,* and when our guide made a mistake of two or three hun dred years in a date, or called Louis the seventh when he meant Louis tlie eleventh. I felt constrained to correct him. He took it in good humor, however, and laughed at his own mistakes. The column Vendome, a pillar 142 feet high, of granite on the inner side, but of bronze made from 1,200 cannon captured by Napo leon outside, was our first object of interest. Tlie guide told us that it was made out of 2.700 cannon, and built in 1803.1 saw a young Englishman writing down these ???facts,??? and suggested to him that the guide was in error. Young Bull, however, put down liis facts, but wliat he will do witli them I cannot tell. I had no guide-book along at the time, so I thought lie might get along as lie pleased. The guns were captured by Napoleon ironr tlie Russians and tlie Austrians, and the bas- reliefs on the sides of the monument repre sent scenes in the campaign ofJlSO.3. The col umn was thrown down by the commune ten years ago, but lias been restored. It is a din gy looking shaft, but it was a piece of barliar- ism, tiie attempt to destroy it. Tlie present government is jealous of Bonaparte.aml afraid of iiis name, as is evident in many of their acts. Malmaison, inseparably connected with the name and fortunes of tlie Empress Josephine, has been well nigli destroyed, and many other memos rials of the great Frenchman would follow it- destiny, if there were not so strong a feeling of national pride involved. Tlie garden of the Tuileries is a beautiful park, facing the world renowned palace which tiie vandals destroyed in 1871. The blacken ed walls of the building remain as thexpoilers left them, a testimony of senseless wrath against inanimate objects. After surveying the old palace ruins, we visited the institute of France, a building of the seventeenth cen tury. This quaint and curious structure is the home of five French academies. Tlie so ciety which profeswes to have tlie French language in charge, and is perpetually en gaged upon a dictionary???the academv of belles lettres???of science???of fine arts???ail'd of moral.and political science. Our view of the building was only from the exterior. Tlie royal mint not being open on Wednes day, we could not gain admittance. For some reason, there are particular days when many of these institutions may lie seen, and at other times they are closed. A stranger has to spend much time in Paris, if lie would get even a running view of all its celebrated and note worthy places. From the mint we crossed tlie Pont Neuf, over tlie Seine. There is a saving in Paris, that no one can cross this bridge without meeting a priest, a white horse, and a soldier. Tlie priest and tlie soldier I saw, but tlie white horse I did not see. A statue of Henry IV., on a pedestal of white marble is on the left as wc crossed from tlie mint. Down in the river arc floating structures for baths and swimming schools. On one of these I noticed a large Palmetto tree, an object that reminded me of South Carolina and her coat of arms. Tiie palace of Justice stands in the center of tlie old city. It is surrounded by the oldest buildings in Paris. Much of the work of tlie middle ages lias been destroyed, but tlie most interesting is Sainte Chapellc, erected in 124.3???the guide said in the 12th century???by ???Saint Louis,??? the French king. He built this magnificent chapel as a repository for certain relies, among them a piece of* the true cross of our Savior. These relics have been removed to Notre Dame. Whilst the guide was relating tins story of the relies our young Englishmen were very demonstrative in expressing-tlieir disbelief. I felt ashamed of them, and do not wonder that they some times get as good as they said in the way of wit and repartee. It is not necessary to wound the feelings of anybody, and whilst I believe as little as they in tlie true cross, and lioly garments, etc., I did not feel disposed to ex press my thoughts in the presence of those who are devout. There is a narrow carpet around this little cliapel, and visitors are al ways requested to walk ujkui it, but one or two of the young Englishmen would struggle and stamp their boot-lieels on the beautiful marble pavement. Tlie guardian of the place was very gentle, however, and when I bought a stcrosseopic picture of the interior as a sort of apology for our company, lie gave me the best bow and most captivating smile that liis bronzed form was capable of making. The chapel, the guide told us, cost twelve million of francs, or two and a quarter million of dol lars. It is not more than fifty feet long and twenty-five wide. As a specimen of decora ted gothic architecture it is said to lie the fi nest in existence. Almost the whole wall of tlie cliapel is taken up in windows fifty feet high by thirteen feet wide. I was greatly interested in tlie churches, but the painful reminiscences were not want ing among them. The church of St. Germain l???Auxerrois was built in tlie fifteenth cen tury. As we entered it a mass for the dead was in progress, and I could not repress** cold; shiver as I remembered that it was from the be 1 fry of tills church that the- signal was' given for tlie commencement of the butchery of tlie Huguenots on tlie dreadful night of St. Bartholomew. All night long long tlie iron tongue clanged on the nigh air??????kill! kill! kill!???* A hundred thousand of the best sons and daughters of France perished on that terrible night. These poor creatures, decrepit women, and sad mourners who sit and kneel by turns as tlie decorated priests go through tlie empty pageant before us, had nothing to do with tliis revolting crime, it is true. Yet I could not breathe freely in tlie precinct of a plaeo tliat had been the scene of sueli a revolt ing crime. How strange are the revolutions of time! On tlie spot from which bloody Bar tholomew's massacre was proclaimed, to-day a company of Protestants stand, and walk curi ously around the intoning and chanting priests! A significant placard is on tiie walls now. In substance it is this: ???All servitors and attendants of this church are requested to be particularly polite and attentive to strang ers visiting this clmrcli.??? Alas! can masses for the dead and constrained civility now atone for the innocent blood that was shed on that dismal night? On the belfry now is a dial which records the changes of tlie weather and tlie wind. Tliis placard is a better reading of tlie signs of the times. Tlie old days can nev er come again. And for this, all lovers of humankind must say, ???tlie Lord be praised.??? The magnificent museum of the Louvre is a world of treasures, reaching back two thou sand three hundred years and more. For here is an Egyptian princess, a mummy, whose dusky face and form lie open to view???a relic three thousand years old, or more! Paintings and sculptures, and coins, and jewelry of Greeks and Romans???treasures pillaged by Na poleon I., and lodged here. Passing from room to room tlie eye of the scholar and tlie artist is feasted until a surfeit of wonders gives a real sensation of pain. Tlie sinister face of Nero among tlie Roman emperors is tiie only one that seems historical. Caligula is a batter looking man than Marcus Aure lius, and poor Seneca in liis bath the hour before liis miserable death, might be mistaken for a statue of the prince of darkness. Of pictures I do not claim to be a judge. There are many of the ???old masters??? here. Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Leonardi da Vinci, Ra phael, l???erugino???these are names familiar to tlie lovers of art. and any one might spend a twelvemonth herewith profit. A hasty glance was all that I could give, and not always that, for, like many others, I was chiefly employed in trying to keep on my feet. Tlie floor is made of finely polished wood, as slick as glass, and I would as soon stand with a jrnir of skates on a field of ice. Several of the visitors made awkward slides, and I looked even- mo ment for some one to come down at full length. It was like walking upon eggs, I sup- pose, for I have never tried that. What the object of this fine floor polish may be, I know not. After a visit to ??? St. Sulpice, tlie richest church in Paris, we went to^ Notre Dame. This cathedral is a grand building, but I shall not attempt to describe it until i have seen the cathedral of Milan, and St. Peter's at Rome. The church is magnificent, the largest in Paris???it is said, will hold 20,000 jiersoiis. It was converted into the "Tempjeof Reason??? by tlie atheists of the revolution, and re stored by Napoleon. Only one other place I can mention now. Our guide told tis it was the manufactory of ???tlie goblins.??? lie laughed heartily when lie was told what a ???goblin??? was. Tlie celebrated Gobelin tajiestry in niv opinion, is the finest work of art in Paris. It is the proj>- erty of the republic, and eighty men and forty boys only are permitted to work at the foctofy. Indeed this number is sacrediy guarded and tlie secret of the manufacture is not known beyond these hundred and twenty persons. All tonus of art, borders, flowers, ! statues, portraits, scenery, are worked in | various colors in silk, upon a peculiarly con- ! strutted loom. Some of tlie faces 'woven ! here are the most perfect specimens of art my eyes have seen. The very tint of human flesl, the expression of the' countenance, the imit'itions ot marble, the fae-siniiles of land- bcap-ja in a row, every tiling Unit tlie brush of the painter can touch, is here worked in silk so wonderfully accurate, that the eye is de ceived utterly. I felt fully repaid for seven hours of hard work, by this single visit to the manufactory of the Gobelin tapestry. What the opinion of my companions were, I know not, but I am free to say that I would rather own some of these tapestry pictures than any painting in tlie gallery of tlie Louvre. * Perhaps I am wrong in'this judg ment. It may be misplaced enthusiasm, but I am no painter, ami cannot see sonic things which create a furore among the sons of men, in what is called ???art.??? I have, at least, tlie merits of frankness. Give me tiie Gobcliu tajiestry, as a decorationjfor the mansion, tiie palace and the home, above all the paintings that were ever made by the genius of man. Enough of Paris for the present. To-mor row on to Milan, and something about Italy and the Italians. W. P. H. ' THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. Drear were the world without a child, Where happy infant never smiled, Nor stirr???d a mother???s love; We sooner could the flowerets spare, Tlie tender bud and blossom fair, Or breath of springtime in tlie air. Or light of dawn above. No monarch rules with lordlier grace. 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JOHNSON & CO. augflO???diwlm , sSc- XjiOixa.sHLa/xa.aM A healthful, genial climate : nn exceedingly productive soli, whore, with common industry and prudence, a sure and certain competence can bo had. The South-Western Immigration Co. Will mail on application, free of cost, postage prepaid, books with maps, giving authentic and reliable in formation, in detail, of the State of Texas, Arkansas, or Western Louisiana. We desire to confer with those wishing to better their condition and are meditating a change to a new country. ??? ddress .... , B. G. DUVAL, Secretary, Austin, Texas. J. X. VICTOR, Eastern Manager, 2t3 Broadway, New York. nugO wlm???'???mlt'm???in 3dm Foreign Office:???WM. W. LANG, President, LeadcnhaU House, Lo'iilenlnill St??? London. K. C??? England, EXCELSIOR COOK STOVES! THE BEST IN THE MARKET. Fourteen different sizes and kinds. Five sizes with Enameled Reservoirs. Adapted to all requirements, and priced to suit all purses. LEADING FEATURES: Double Wood Doors, Patent Wood Grate, Adjustable Damper, Interchangeable Auto matic Shelf, Broiling Door, Swinging Hearth- Plate, Swinging Flue-Stop, Reversible Gas- Burning Long Cross Piece, Double Short Centers, Heavy Ring Covers, Illuminated Fire Doors, Nickel Knobs. Nickel Panels, etc. Unequaled in Material, in Finish, and in operation. Manufactured by ISAAC A SHEPPARD & CO., Baltimore. Md. for sale bv Hunnicutti BeHIngrath, Peachtree & Walton Sts., Atlanta. Qa want ed in he liomo Our Price-List for the Fall of 1881 is now ready, _and will be sent free to any address. We carry sell all kinds of goods, in any quantity Lmuefoi- at wholesale prices. Send for lowing lines find enp TlOW ^ sell of goods, and X rnC b 1-lSt, UliU See BOW everything many others: DryWell WC Can Supply > lieapcr than yo* all your wants. Goods, Fancy Goods, Hosiery, Gloves, No tions, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Under wear, Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Sew ing Machines, Crockery, Musical Instruments, Hardware, Tinware, Guns, Harness, Sad. Gles, Revolvers, Trunks, Gro ceries, and in fact ??v- y consumer erythlng the the: low We are the origi nators of the system dealing direct witli at wholesale Experience enables us to avoid errors. No obligation to buy. MOHTGOIERY UARD & CO., 227 and 229 Wabash Ave., Chicago,!! can buy at home. It costs nothing to try us. We occupy tho entire buildings, 227 and 229 Wabash Avenue, four sto ries and basement, filled with the choicest articles. Dealing with us, you can select from an endless variety and have all advantages of prices and best goods, prices. Careful at- r - tention giv en. sc pi 3???w3in DR. HARTER???S IRON TOXIC. Entlorned and. ruonA mended by the merfi-1 eat profession, form Byspepsta, General ??? Debility, Female Dis- ??? eases. Want of Vital- ??? ity, Xervous Frostra- ??? timi, and Convales-m tCeneefromFeverStthe.f Pr^Tofrv^wan wnffaring from general dfebilitr to sach an extent that ray labor was exceedingly bur densome tome. A vacation of a month did not give me much relief, bnt on the contrary, was followed by increased prostration and sinking chills. Atthistime I began the use of your IRON TOXIC, from which I re alized almost immediate and vronderf nl resulta. The old energy returned nnd I fonnd that my natural force was not permanently abated. I hnve used three bottles of the Tonic. Since uslngitlhaTo done twice the la bor that I ever did in the same time during my illness, and with double the ease. With the tranquil nerve and vigor of bodr. has come also a clearneasof thought never before enjoyed. Ifthe Tonic has not done the work, 1 know not what. 1 give it thecredit, J.P. Watson, Pastor Christinn Chnrch, Trqy.O. ( 'The Iron Tonic is a\ preparation of Pro toxide of Iron. Peru vian Bark, and Phos phates, associated seith the Vegetable Aromatics. It serves every purpose c/iere ??? Tome is necessary./ NAIUFACTBIED 11 THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., >0.213 HORTH MAIN STREET, ST. LORIS. juaeT???dli' tues thur sat 2d or 4tbp not on 3d iwly