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THE 'WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER 4, 1881.
A VISIT TO VENICE
SPANNED BY THE BLUE ITALIAN
SKIES.
Sr. Harrison Advances Somewhst to tile North, and
Finds Himself in the Model Kcpublic of the Mid
dle Ases???Some of the Cariosities About
the Place???Historic Associations.
8|>ocinl Correspondence Constitution.
Vf.xu???k, August 19.???The hotel Victoria is
very near to the Piazza San Marco, which
forms the promenade for the Venitians. Here,
in a stone-paved court nlntut live hundred
feet long by three hundred broad, may be
found in the afternoon and in the evening,
some of the liewt citizens in Venice. A colo-
nade runs around three .tides of the square, or
piazza, and shops of almost every kind of liyht
ware may lie seen in their glory at night.
Articles of jewelry, in mosaics, all '???war
ranted" to Ik- mounted in fine gold or in fine
silver, present a dazzling appearance to the
eye of a stranger. By a cunning arrangement
of lights and mirrors these articles are won
derfully brilliant, and seem to be endless in
quantity. Many a purchaser, however, has
found that the gas light "lends enchantment
to the view,??? and by the sober light of day
the cheap articles prove to Ik- very coarsely
made anti quite dear enough. A few sou
venirs of Venice I was cautious enough to
purchase l??y day ami in the presence of a
guide, who, ???if reliable," is a great protection
to tiie foreigner in any Italian city. I say if
reliable, for unless one obtains these gentle
men from hotels that have reputation at
stake, the guides may be parties in interest
with the swindlers of the sht>i>s. One of the
remarkable places on the south side of the
square is a coffee house which lias never been
closed, by day or night, for three hundred
years. Of course it was not a coffee house
not known by that name???three centuries
ago, because coffee hud -not then come into
use in Venice. But, as a place of refreshment
an eating and drinking saloon, it has been
open night aml*day since the middle of the
reign of Queen Elizabeth in England. In
front of tills venerable restaurant, the elite of
Venice assemble about dusk, and chairs are
placed far out in the area according to the
number required. Prom nightfall until mid
night, sipping tea, coffee, chocolate, or min
eral waters, they discuss in groups those mat
ters that interest the public mind, and not
seldom, I suppose, the interesting annuls of
social life in Venice.
Standing at the northwest angle of the
Piazza Son Marco, one has the best view of the
famous Basilica, or church of St. Mark. On
the right hand is the Campanile, or hell tower,
and on the left, a wonderful clock, whilst im
mediately in front are three Hag-staffs painted
red. On these the Hags captured by the repub
lic were unfolded as trophies in the time of
the Doges. At right angles with the eastern
aide of the square, is a smaller opening, called
a piazetta, on the left of which is the palace of
the Doges, and on the right, the mint and
library of St. Mark. What volumes of mar
velous history are connected with these places
which one takes into view at a single glance!
On that bell tower the famous Oalilco used
the telescope lie bad invented, and at its base
is a dial showing the time of all the cities in
the world. On the clock face is the dial of the
twenty-four hours of the day, the signs of the
zodiac, and the phases of the moon. A
madonna, seated above the dial, lias the hour
of the day on her right and the minutes past
on her left, whilst above her head arc two
giant figures that strike the hours on a huge
Ik-11, and overtopping all is the Lion of St.
Mark, with outstretched wings. On great re
ligious festivals the door on the right of the
Virgin opens, an angel with a trumpet walks
out, blows a loud blast, bows to the madonna,
and passes on. Three Moorish kings follow
some say tliev are the three wise men, or three
sacred kings???they all bow to the madonna,
pass through the door on her left and disap
pear. I di??l not see this proceeding, as there
was no festival during my stay in Venice. The
clock was built by Lombardo in 1496, and four
years after the discovery of America.
The Campanile is a very interesting work
The tower is three hundred and twenty-five
feet high, and is ascended by thirty-seven in
clined planes, which lessen the fatigue very
much. Napoleon the first ascended this tower
on horseback, which a small man on a small
horse may very easily do. but probably none
but "the "great Napoleon" would have made
the attempt. The view of the city, the Ku
ganean hills, and the distant Alps is very fine
Only one bridge is visible from the tower, as
the canals are very narrow, and tlieir places
indicated only by lines of separation in the
dense mass of building. The seventy islands
of Venice itself, the neighboring islands situ
ated in the lagoons, and the splendid railroad
bridge, whose arches and foundations are all
connected with the patriot boro, Mauin, for
whom Venice preserves a feeling akin to wor
ship. As 1 stood by bis tomb, and saw the
i fresh flowers, and crowns of flowers, with
' mottoes and bits of rhyme and prose, in <lc-
1 * vout homage to the ]iatriot of ISIS, I could
< V not refrain front sympathy with niv Italian
u guide, down whose checks the tears coursed
T~- their way, as he tried to tell me, in broken
masters," and the horror of the Turkish officer
who was shocked at the fisli basket and its
(intents, without opening it, is very well
recorded. This landing ??f St. Mark, what
was left of him after seven hundred and' fifty
years rei>o??e in the tomb, changed the patron
saint of Venice from Theodore to Mark. The
tomb where the body of the ajsistle lies is
liown you, and the guide fervently believes
tliut the dust of the saint is lielow the marble
monument. The church is in the shapeofa
Greek cross, and the objects of interest in it
urc almost innumerable. There are 300 mar
ble columns on the outside???many chattels
and shrines within???works of the twelfth,
thirteenth, fourteenth ami fifteenth centu
ries abound. Some of the architecture, stat
ues and paintings are Greek???some Moham
medan. some Egyptian.
In front of the???principal door, in the vesti
bule, is a slab of porphyry, marking the spot
where the Knt|ierur Burbarossa, after bis de
feat by the Vcnitians, was compelled to kneel
down and receive the foot of l'ope Alexander
on his neck. On entering the church, one
who lias read the glowing description of Mr.
Kuskin, will feel disappointment, lie de
scribes the interior as like a vast cave,
lit up with starlight o{K-nings .in the
ceiling. "Round the domes of its
roof the light enters only through
arrow apertures, like large stars, and here
and there a ray or two front some far away
casement wanders into the darkness and casts
letters of denunciation, or secret police service
performed, is shown to the visitor, and the
the English language intelligentv. An Asiatic
himself, he has the shrewdness of his race.
a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves
of marble that heave and fall in a thousand
colors uj>on the floor. What else there is of
light is from torches or silver lamps burning
ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels; the
roof, sheathed with gold, and the Jioljshcd
walls, covered with rich alabaster, give back at
every curve and angle # some feeble gleaming
to the flames, and the glories round the heads
'English, the story of dear Daniel Mauin.???
???;Had I known less of it than 1 did, my interest
of the sculptured saints flash out upon us as
wc puss them and sink again into gloom. Un
derfoot and overhead a continual succession
of crowded imagery, one picture passing into
another, as in a dream; forms beautiful and
terrible mixed together, dragons and serpents
and ravening beasts of prey, and graceful
birds that in the midst of them drink from
running fountains and feed from vases of
erystiil; the passions and the pleasures of hu
man life symbolized together, and the mys
tery of its redemption,.for tlie mazes of inter
woven lines and changeful pictures?, lead al
ways at last to the cross, lifted and carved in
every place and upon every stone, sometimes
with the serpent of eternity wrapt round it,
sometimes with doves beneath its arms and
sweet herbage growing forth from its feet; but
conspicuous most of all is the great rood that .
crosses the church before the altar, raised in
brigb blazoning against the shadow of the
apse.???
Mr. Ryiskin was certainly in a good humor
when he \??\iote that description of St. Mark.
As an art critic he is always at his best when
in agimd humor, which is, moreover, rather
it rare thing for him. As for me, I have not
the eyes of uu artist, and did not see many of
the beauties he ]xjints out. They may he
there, however. The ???thousand colors lieav-
and fulling on the marble floor," 1 did not
see, but one thing about the floor I
did notice; the old marble slabs
are sinking, in many places, until
one feels .somewhat afraid to stand on them.
The arches lielow have given way, in sonic
places six or eight inches, and it is to lie re
gretted, when we know that this venerable
building rests, as do all others in Venice, on
piles driven in a yiehlingsoil. My guide told
me that there bad been considerable sinking
of the floor within fifteen years past, and nil
of it since he was a bov. Tlie sagging of tiie
floor spoils the appearance of tlie whole in
terior to my eye. There are, indeed, innu
merable birds and beasts worked into the
floor, and on every band, and, as works of art,
they may bo very"line, but of the birds famil
iar to me, notably the peacocks, there is very
little resemblance to nature. 1 suppose i may
as well, in art, as in music, be numbered with
the uncultivated and the barbarians, but for
tlie life of me, I cannot, help it. These old
masters of the Byzantine school copied na
ture little better "than tlie Egyptians. Tlie
paintings of the fourteenth and" fifteenth cen
turies have much of eolor???too much I think
too glaring, pronounced???and they show
some excellence, in facile expression. But
they are stiff, angular, ungraceful, ami, un
natural. Once for all, then, there are paint
ings of our day, worth probably $100 to $500
that please me more than some of tlie $100,000
works of Titian and l???erugino, or Tintorello.
I esteem Canova, in sculpture, above them
all. But I am no artist.
After passing in review the treasures of St.
Mark, 1 came out into the square iji time to
see the pigeons fed. TliAe pigeons are tlie
property of the city, as their ancestors were
of the republieof Venice. It is said that when
the valorous Admiral Dandolo was besieging
Candia, lie received important intelligence
by means of pigeons from Venice, and these
birds, for many centuries, have been regarded
as benefactors "of Venice. Woe to the stranger
who should harm one of these birds! They
arc fed by the city, every day at 2 o???clock.
There are several thousands" of them, and
when the clock- strikes two, wherever
they may be, they come in droves to the
northwest angle of tlie piazza, where, on the
window ledges of the first story they are fed
with Indian corn. The birds know the time as
well as if they were workmen summoned to
dinner. Some travelers have made them out to
be beautiful white birds. 1 saw not a white
one among them. They are all dark, or slate
colored, and are very tame, flying to your
hand, or shoulder, and eating grain from all
that present it. One of the prettiest spectacles
I have seen in Europe occurred a day or two
since. A little child, sweetly dressed in white,
stood near the center of the square with a bag
of corn in his hand. He began to drop it until
tlio birds came in scores and in hundreds
|>ieking tip the grain at the child???s feet. At
last there were literally thousands of them
and the little fellow was almost covered up,
head attil ears, by the birds. At last, they be
came a little too friendly, and wanted to open
the corn-bag in bis hands. This frightened
tlie little fellow, and tlie expression of relief
as liis father made his way through the mass
of fluttering wings, was pleasant to see. If "
ainter, I should choose that scene for
J*??vould have been awakened; but I "was fully
' ore pared to realize the valueof bis life, and hi's
death. 1 may say, to Venice and to Italy. My
guide was a tmy at that time (1848), but was
an actor in those scenes which led, at last to
the emancipation of Venice, and all Lom-
, tardy, from Austrian rule.
V Everywhere, in Italy, one meets with the
footprints of NajKileon Bonaparte, but no-
'vhero more frequently than in Venice. The
four bronze horses over the church door of fit.
Mark, lie took to l???aris, and also the winged
' on from tiie monolith at tlie mob in front
af the palace of tla- Doges, lie pulled down
churches and dwelling houses, and made a
small garden or park for Venice, lie said
,1^-ro were too many churches, and too many
priests, and lie broke up communities, anil
over, ifrned consecrated buildings with an un
sparing hand. The stranger and the citizen
alike, at the present day, will indorse his
opinions, and many of tlie changes he made
in Venice. They were all for the better, and
have helped to make the citv pleasant and
healthy.
The church of Saint Mark is a venerable
were a pa
a sketch.
at least.
From the feeding of the pigeons, I went to
II
the palace of the Doges. Here are great num
bers of paintings, but the historical associa
tions wore far more interesting to tue. Up the
giant's staircase I ascended to the spot where
the newly-elected doge was installed into
office. Mars and Nepture are sculptured on
either hand, by Sansovino. On this landing,
four hundred and twenty-four years ago, the
aged Foscaris for thirty years a resident of this
palace fainted as lie was compelled to resign
his office and his honors forever. But Byron
is accused of inaccuracy in making this stair
case tlie place of the execution of the conspi
rator Faliero. The best of reasons is given
the staircase was not there at tiie time of
Falicro???s conspiracy. This is enough, in the
way of criticism, but I shall have occasion to
defend Lord Byron in a few moments, in
more important matter.
Tlie golden stairway in the time of the re
public, w:ts the one trodden only by those whose
names were inscribed in the ???Golden Book'
???that is to say, the aristocracy of Venice,
The common jK-ople could not ascend these
marble steps, which, of course, liuve no gold
on or about them. Tlie honor of going up
and down these steps, however, was sought bv
building. It is a vast collection of ancient art, many nobles and kings of other countries-^
from many lands, and various ages. The build- I Henry IV, of France, among them. The liall
ing itself is more than a thousand years old, ! of the grand council is 175 feet long, and 85
whilst there ore columns and pillars from ! broad, and is roofed with gold, or gilded work
Egypt. Greece, Constantinople, and, if we be- 1 and frescoes adorn the walls. Overhead, por-
li 'vc the Vcnitians, two pillars from Solo- traits of seventy-six doges are in panels, in
n n???s temple. I could not contradict my : chronological order, with one panel-vacant,
guide as to the matter of fact, but the Co- j Instead of a portrait, there is an inscription
rintliian architecture of these pillars very | on this panel, in Latin: "Here is the place of
plainly told the story of their Grecian origin. | Marino Faliero. beheaded for his crimes.???
There was a church on this spot its early as ??? And, after all, what was poor Faliero???s crime!
A. D. 550, and St. Theodore was the patron ??? An attempt to give Venice a democratic, in
saint. Butin 829, twp merchants of Venice I stead of aristocratic republic! True, he sought
brought the remains of St. Mark from Alex- I by bloody means, as tlie manner of his times
andna in a fish basket and. notwithstanding ! was. to accomplish his purpose, and the ini
the edict of the doge, the basket, supposed : mediate occasion of his conspiracy was, un
to contain very unsavory fish, was landed in doubtedly a trivial offense, but there have
Venice. A representation of this event stands iiecn greater criminals in Venice than he.
in ill relief, done by one of "the very old Tlie ???lion???s mouth,??? the hole in the wall for
woman is
never seen, unless she comes as a visitor for a
glance around the grounds???feeling more ami
more persuaded of the truth that it ???is not
good for man to be alone.??? Here were beau
tiful flowers, and trees, and splendid pictures,
and many books, and learned, and good men,
but over all there seemed to me to rest a veil
of melancholy, and for this I felt a sufficient
reason is found in the perpetual banishment
of God???s last, best gift to man. W. 1???. H.
FASHION NOTES.
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different
ent at
freedom arid despoti ??? ??? ??? , . v _
those days of the doges! i cypress tree and his olives still flourish, and
The hall of the Elections is a curious pelic in tlie poet???s study I was requested to record
.of old Venice. Forty-one nobles were elected my name upon the register of visitors,
here, upon whom devolved the duty of nouii- Byron???s autograph, in Armenian and in En-
nating the doges. Tlie doors were thrown glisli,_ hangs near the window. It was .here
0{ien at this ballot,
cut colors were used,
green negative, ami , t . _
only one name was presented as a candidate, j Byron's favorite morning ride. I left tiie
Through the large library, the museum, ???tlie Armenian monastery???where a i
Hall of the Council of tlie Ten,??? tlie Grand :
Hall of Four Doors, Halls of the Ministers,
Chajiel of the Doges, and a number of rooms
besides, I passed to the famous ???Bridge of
Sighs.??? |
??????I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs???
A palace and a prison on each hand.
I saw fnnn out the wave her structures rise
As front the stroke of the enchanter???s wand.
A thousand years their cloudy wings cxjKUid
Around me, anil a dying glory smiles
O'er the far limes when many a subject land
txsiked to the winged lion's marble piles.
Where Venice sat in state throned on her hundred
isles.
Of this ???Bridge of Sighs," Mr. Ruskin says:
???The interest it jstssesses is owing chiefly to
its pretty name, and the ignorant sentimen
talism of Byron.??? Mr. Howells, in liis
???Vcnitian Life,??? calls it ???that pathetic .swin
dle, tlie Bridge of Sighs.??? Mr. Ruskin calls
it ???a work of no merit, and of a late period.???
Now, I submit that Lord Byron knew much
more about Venice and its history than either
Mr. Ruskin or Mr. Howells. And if he did
not have Mr. Ruskln???s ability in the line of
art criticism, he had, and liis immortal verses
have, the indisputable evidence of the locality
in proof of bis correctness. I made a point
of study in regard to this bridge, and I am
convinced that the poet was in the right.
There is a palace on one side???there is a
bridge connecting tlie palace with the prison
on the other side. Prisoners were brought from
the prison to the palace. All this is admit
ted. But the critics tell us that these prisoners
were cut-throats, burglars, thieves, and felons
of the lowest and worst grades. Our sympa
thy, they tell us, may as well be expended
upon Bridewell in England, or Auburn state
I irison in Anmrieu. The author of a guide-
xiok tells us that he dislikes to rob the poor
bridge of its sentiment, and advises people to
follow the present custom and give it the
heneflt of a doubt. On the contrary, if Byron
was in error let us not follow him) but it" his
critics are mistaken let- us know it, and do
both tlie bridge and the poet justice. I appeal
DR. HARTER???S IKON TONIC.
to the facts.
The bridge connects nothing but the palace
and tlie prison. It Is not now, and never was,
a public thoroughfare. It is covered overhead
by heavy masonry that is' as old, it seems to
me, as either the prison or the palace. There
are heavy iron doors leading from tlie prison
to the bridge and two passages, one, the guide
says, for criminals and the other for political
prisoners. On one side the state prisoner en
tered the passage, and midway the bridge, at
tlie ]H>int of the arch, is a small grated win
dow. Over that window in the wall are rusted
iron hooks and an apparatus for putting the
prisoner to tlie rack, or torture. Through this
narrow opening in tlie wall, the window, his
ries, stilled and low, as if they came out of
the depths of a well, gave the name to the
bridge ???I'onte dei Sospiri??????Bridge of Sighs.
From tlie place of torture, if condemned, be
was taken down into a cell absolutely dark. I
ent iuto this cell and several others of the
ante size and shape. Tlie cell of the con
demned state prisoner is the worst. It is in
positive darkness and only a small hole of six
inches diameter opened upon the dark pass
age. This furnished the poor wretch with the
few inches of fresh air until the hour of
doom. Then, in a corner near a dead wall
the remnant of a machine some
what like tlie Spanish garrote, to stran
gle tlie prisoner, and near it is another
to which a heavy ax was fastened; this de
scending upon tlie neck of the prisoner as it
lay upon a stone block, severed tlie bead at a
blow. That these old relies of butchery are
genuine cannot be disputed, and that the spot
of the garrote and the block was constructed
for that purpose is evident for this reason:
The pavement slopes gently from tlie block to
the dead wall, anil near this arc three holes in
the floor, made to permit the blood to run out
into the water beneath. ??? By means of tapers
held up to tlie ceiling, I saw a number of rude
drawings made by a nail or piece of iron, the
work of these prisoners shut up in the dark
ness until the hour of execution. They are,
as crude figures as a child would draw in the
dark. Shapes meant for churches, and pitiful
appals are scratched on the wall to the Ma
donna and the saints to help them in their
hours of desolation. Mr. Ruskin might not
think much of tlie ???art??? in these dungeons,
but there is, to my mind, as much evidence
that these inscriptions in tlie dungeons were
made in the dark and bloody days of tlie doges,
as there is to prove the antiquity of any paint
ing or work of art in the church of St. Mark,
Now, if the prisoners kept here were only
the base criminals who forfeited life by violat
ing the laws why these secret dungeons, tlie
instruments of torture, and above all the
secret execution? There is the small window
through which the laxly of the dead man was
placed in the boat to lie sunk in the sea, and
there is, also, tlie small opening on the other
side of tlie bridge to give the signal to the
boatman that his terrible freight was ready
No, when Venitian law was violated, they
were not afraid to hang, shoot or flog the
criminal in open daylight and before tlie peo
ple. TbusFalicro perished in open execution,
and thus others died who forfeited life to out
raged law. But / these dark, airless
dungeons, hidden by thick walls from view???
with tlieir ax and garrote???tlieir secret ap
paratus for taking human life, where no hu
man voice could be heard without no cry
reach the ear of friend or sympathizer???-these
tilings tell tlieir own story to tlie common
sense of mankind. I narrowly scanned the
story of the guide, who gave me an account
of the whole process; tiie arrest, imprison
ment; the torture on tlie bridge, condemned
cell; the last scene of the ax or the garrote,
and the fall of the IiIikmI into tlie waters of
the canal. Tlie story hangs together in every
part, and I have no question that every un
prejudiced mind will agree with me, after
tracing tlie steps to and front these terrible
relics of a bloody age. Let it be remembered
that all of * these devices arc, and
always have been separated from
and " distinguished by a special
name from tiie passage by which criminals
appeared before tlie judges. The cells of the
criminals are there, too, but tlie terrible ma
chinery of death is not. In another place,
anil in open dav, the real convict was execu
ted. In a wonl by closing one door, which
Moire basques are worn.
Kilt skirts are worn again.
Mahogany color is revived.
Mouse jewelry is fashionable.
Fancy feathers are fashionable.
Mauve is to be a very popular color.
Shirring is used even on velvet and plusli.
Plush is the leading fabric for fall bonnets.
Beaver will be a fashionable fur next winter.
Scottish thistles and acorns are used on bonnets.
Long hairs, both in fabrics and furs, are on the
wane.
Florentine bronze is combined with sea-foam
green.
Some of the handsomest chcvoits are diagonal
woven.
French gray combined in three sbades is verv
stylish.
Ladies??? cloth is revived for traveling and busi
ness suiLs.
Bordered chcvoits are among the novelties of the
season.
Pink and olive, blue and bronze are favorite com
binations.
Chinchilla, otter and beaver furs will be much
worn next winter.
Fine cashmeres will be much used for ball dresses
tilts winter. ???
Tiny chanticleers, made of itnpion feathers and
cock???s, plumes, are worn.
Rhadames is the new fabric destined to supersede
camel???s hair suitings.
Urkek drapery over flannel and silk pleated skirts
continues fashionable.
Closely draped petticoats of washing silk are
worn under princess dresses.
Plush of very long pile, cut in graded lengths to
look like folds, come in black and all eolors.
Black and white is a favorite combination for
fall, and will probably run into winter costumes.
Some novelties are promised in figured cloakings,
leaves and flowers iu eolors outlined with tinsel.
Caterpillars, made of silk chenille, aud tiny
bird???s nests, filled with eggs, appear upon French
imported bonnets.
The first wraps for cool days this fall will be pale
tots and square sleeved cloaks of English homespun
anil Scotch cloths.
connects the two passages, tlie criminal pris
oners may still go and come, as they did
former ages without entering or even seein
the passage designed for state prisoners. The
I inxif is overwhelming to my mind that
Jyron was in the right, and critics liis absurdly
wrong.
From the Bridge of Sighs to Sliylock???
house, in the Rialto, or the old city, is but u
short distance. If the old Jew really lived in
this house???and in Venice they believe heilid-
all l can say is that he wasa man of very little
taste. It is a small, narrow uncouth cage,
almost as bad as the printing office where tin
first newspaper was printed, or the first bill
of exchange issued. Very small, very old,
and very dirty are all these buildings now
The great bridge of the Rialto
not only a bridge, but a covered
way on either "" side the passage,
and gives shelter to many ???merchants of
Venire.??? I purchased a few g>od peaches
there, and did well to escape the clamors of
the sellers, who know a Frank, a foreigner,
and love his ???francs??? with a tender love.
Over to the Lido island, the great sea-bathing
place of Venice, is a short distance, and there
the Adriatic sea opens out into the world of
waters. Bathers in many varieties of cos
tumes were there the afternoon I called, from
a visit to St. Lazare, the island owned by the
Armenian monks. At St. Lazare I was re
ceived by a monk who is the only man in
Italy that I have found able to converse
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I but the comp&r&tiTely trilling outlay of 50 Cents, and every
>ne su ffering with pain can have cheap aud positive proof of
it3 claims. niRXCTIOSS IS ELEVEN LANGUAGES.
SOLO BY AIL BROBQISTS AND SEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Jtalthnnrr, Mil.. V. S. A.
janlS???wly top col nx to or fol rd mat
Endcncd and rec
mended I>??? the mrdi-1
eat j>ro/M??<oii, for \
ity. Xcrvous Frost _
tion. and fonvales-1
\eener/WimIlei??ra,d??./
Gentlemen: 1 was suffering from peneml debility to socbaoexteatthit my labor was exceedingly bur
densome tome. A vacation of amonth did not give me much refief, but on tho contrary, was followed by
iacreued prostration and sinking chills. At this time 1 began tho use of your Iron Tonic, from which t ro-
olizea almost immediate and wonderful results. The old energy returned and I found that my natural force
was not permanently ubated. I bare used three bottles of the Tonic. Since usingltlhava dono twice the la
bor that 1 ever did in the same time during my illness, and with double the ease. With the tranquil nerve
and vigor of body, has come also a clearness of thought never before enjoyed. If the Tonic has not done the
work,! know not what. I give it the credit. J. B. Watson. Pastor Christian Church, Troy. O.
I The Iron Tonic in ??'
t ide of Iron. Peru
vian Bark, and Phos-
phatca, associated
tcith the Vctielahte
Aromatics. It serves
???pose trhere
I IS III II???IZJ
MAHUFmSTIIREO i > THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., M. SIS ROITH MAIN STREET, ST. HBIS.
inne~???dly tues thnr vat 2d or 4ihp not on 'VI .t-wir
COTTON GINS.
2G2 feblS???dly sun wed fri Jtwky tv.
I HAVE OX HAND AND ON WAY, FRESH FROM THE
Factory, an immense stock of COTTON GINS, ENGINES,
etc., of various first-class makes.
I Sell Gins at $2.25 per^ Saw
Superio r toothers soiling at $3.00 to $3.50 per saw.
I eati save you money on Engines, Comm Gins, Feeders,
Condensers, Presses, Saw Mills, Shingle Machines Saws,
etc.
Give mca* trial is all I ask to convince you. All ray Ma
chines are fresh???no old stock.
S. F. PERKINS,
32 and St W. MITCHELL STREET.
HEGE???S IMPROVED
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS,
WITH UNIVERSAL LOG BEAM.
Rectilinear Simultaneous Set Works and Double
ECCENTRIC FRICTION FEED.
Manufactured by the
Salem Iron Works
SALEM, X. C.
-FOR-
HEGE???S IMPROVED SAW MILLS
iunelfi???rtitwfim wed thur sat tues
69 BROAD STREET. ATLANTA, GA.
TROPIC FRUIT LAXATIVE.
A Delicious and Re
freshing Fruit
Lozenge, Wliicia
Serves tlie Purpose
of Pills and Dis
agreeable Purgative
Medicines.
TROPIC-FRrrr I, IX VTIYF. Li the best
preparation In the world lor Constipation,
-jusness, Ite-uLvcho, P-les. and all kindred (
plaints. It act* gently, effectively, and Ls dell-
cions to tuke. Cleaustuz >li??? system thoroughly,
it Imparts vigor to nunrt end Lody. and dispels
Melancholy. Hypochoi.dr 4 -,. ,Vc. One. trial con-
vinca. I'arkrd lu bruiuml tin boxes only.
PRICE 25 and CO CTS. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
feblO???diwly thur sat tues nx rd mat
WANTED!
S' AND WOMEN TO
to $6.0)0 vearl;
and fastest sel
ing goods ever offered to Agents. Address ut once
for particulars, or to save time enclose one dollar
for valuable sample, to
ERIE AGENTS SUPPLY CO,
sep27???w2t Lock Box 77. Erie Penn,
100.000 tu^S
wholesaling und retailing the best t
Doklstic Scall Uo. Ci&cinnau.
auc23???w9m 391
Our Price-List for the Fall of 1881 is now ready,
-and will be sent free to any address. We
carry S. sell all kinds of goods, in any
Imucfoi- >*at wholesale prices. Send for
of^odTandV Price-List, and see how
in
the homo
or tlie farm
and wo sell
everything
many others: Dry 'V well We Can Supply X <* ea P c f, tlian
Goods. Fancy Goods, .. , rr canbuy at Loire. It
Hosiery, Gloves, No- \ all yOUr Wants. X costs nothing to try ns.
tions, Clothing, Boots, Wo occupy tho entire
Shoes, nats. Caps,Under- I I buildings, 227 and 229
wear, Clocks, Watches, I ETflD Willi I Wabasli Avenue, four sto-
Jcwelry, Silverware,Sew- I f Kill I UU I rics and basement, filled
Ing Machines, Crockery, I * " W | with tho choicest articles.
Musical Instruments, 1 . . .V. Dealing with us, you can
Hardware, Tinware, aT We are the ODgl-select from an endless
S??? B???eVsr d X iat ??rs of the systenN^ffivanSsrf
of dealing direct with tlicN^-pf^^
in factor- / consumer at wholesale prices, xcarcfuiat-
tu^^^r Experience enables us to avoid errors^N. B i V -
is X kt_ _t_t; 1 *v cn.
Experience enables us to avoid errors.
No obligation to buy.
H0BT60MERY1&RD &CO,,221 anMOTabash fiw. ^Mcago.IlL'
THE BEST
OF ALL
LINIMENTS
POE mX AND BEAST.
For more than a third of a century tlio
Mexican Mnstmig I.lniment has been
known to millions nil over tho world as
the only safe reliance for tlio relief of
accidents oral pain. It is a medicine*
nlKivo price anil praise???the best or Its
kind. For every form of external pain
MEXICAN
] Mustang Liniment is without an equal.
I It penetrates flesh anil muscle to I
I the very bone???making the continu-l
Banco of pain nntl inflammation impns-l
9 silde. Its effcots upon Human Flesh ami I
I tlio lirnto Creation are equally womlcr-1
??? ful. Tho Mexican
Liniment is needed by somebody In I
every house. Every day brings news of S
the agony of an awful scald or burn I
Milxlned, of rlieninntic martyrs re-|
[Istored, or a valuable horse or ox|
saved by the healing power of t.hta
which speedily cures such a'.'.mcnts of
tlio HUMAN FLESU n3
l&hcuznntism. Swellings, Stiff
Joints. I ontractrd Muscles. Eonu
nail f-icnZUs, Cuts, Bruises and
tiprniui, Polsoueu. Bites and
Stings, LtiCuess, Lnmencsn, Old
Sores, Ulcers. FroKt!il;co, Chilblains.
Sore Hippies, (ascii Breast, ami
Indeed every form of external dis
ease. It brain vPhhont hears.
For tho Lisute Ci???ATiON it < urea
Sprains, Swiuny, Stiff Joints,
Founder, Unrnczo Sorer,, Hoof Dis
eases, Foot Hot, Screw Worm, Scab,
Hollow Horn, Scratches, IVInd-
galla, Spavin, Eirasli, Kingbone,
Old Sorea, Foil livil, Flint upon
tho Sight and every other ailment
Co which the oempants of the
Stable and Stock Yard ore liable.
Tho Mexican Jlnstang Liniment
always cures an??l never disappoints;
and it Is, positively,
THE BEST
CF ALL
LINIMENTS!
FOB UAH OB BEAST.
febs???wkyly
NEW PUBLICATION.
7 BOY LIFE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.??????
The Athens Weekly Chronicle
Will commence the publication, about the 1st Oc
tober, of a new serial entitled
???BOY LIFE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS,???
by the author of ??? Boy Life on the Sea Coast,??? ???A
Doctor???s Love," etc., etc. These stories will run
several months and be filled with pleasing and ex
citing hunting incidents, Indian traditions, descrip
tions of scenery, etc- Of tlie first series, Chancellor
Moll, of the University, says:
???1 have read with great interest the series of sto
ries published in the Athens Chronicle, entitled
???Boy Life on the Sea Const.??? anil think the author
should have them published in more substantial
form. The scenes are true and natural, graphically
deserlbed. The delineation of the low country
.negro is inimitable. (Signed) 1* H Mell."
THE CHRONICLE
Is a 7-eolumn paper, well printed, and has a large
corps of spicy contributors. Terms $1 00 per annum
in advance. J II STONE, Publisher,
sepia w4t Athens, Ga.
DIAMOND SPECTACLES
'rtiese Spectacles are manufactured from "MIN
UTE CRYSTAL PEBBLES??? melted together and
are called DIAMOND on account of their hardn-ss
and brilliancy.
Having been tested with the pnlariscopc, tho dia
mond lenses have been found to admit fifteen per
cent less heated rays than any other pebble.
They are ground with great scientific accuracy .are
free from chromatic aberrations, and produce a
brightness and distinctness of vision not before ats
tabled in spectacles.
Manufactured by the Spencer Optical Manufactu
ring company, Now York. For sale by responsible
agents in every city of tlie union. J. P. Stevens &
Co., jewelers and opticians, are sole agents for At
lanta, Georgia, from whom they cau only be ob
tained. No |icddlers employed.
Do not buy a pair uuless you see the trade mark.
Celluloid Eye Glasses a specialty.
febl9 dly sat wed&wly eow
Liverpool and London and Globe
INSURANCE COMPANY.
ASSETS OVER THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS.
Surplus (as regards Policy-Holders.) S7.165.2C7.98.
Losses paid Cash on Adjustment without discount.'
Okfick SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT. New Orleans.
HENRY V. OGDEN - - Resident Secretary.
JUI.ES P. ROUX - Assistant Secretary
CLARENCE F. I/)W - - Dep. Assistant Secretary
JOEL HURT, Agent - - Atlanta and vicinity
I. C. PLANT * SON, Agents - - - Macon
W. H. DANIEL, Agent - Savannah
R. P. CLAYTON & Co., Agents - - Augusta
Y0NGE & GRIMES, Agents - - COLUMBUS
HAMILTON YANCEY, Agent - - - Rome
THOMAS & GRIFFITH, Agents - - Athens
Agents in other Principal Towns.
712 jan3n???dly sun thurs Awkyly
the best Family Knit
ting Machine ever invented. Will knit a pair oT
ctuckuigs, with HEEL and TOE complete, in
a)minutes. It. will a:so knit a great variety of fancy-
work for which there is always n ready market Send
for circular and terms to the Twombly Knitting
Machine Co.. 4U9 Washington St. Boston. Mass.
apr!2???.vkyitm then sepl wkyam
Ann n week in yoor on town. Terms and gSontflt
JjQQhce. Address IL UAiAEirACa.PortUn-l.Maiaa
>*ni ??? viy
$500 REWARD.
We will pay the above reward for any case of Liver
Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Indigestion,
Constipation or CoetivenesR, we cannot cure with
West's Vegetable Liver Pill*, when the directions
are strictly complied with. They are purely vegeta
ble. and never fail to give satis faction. Sug^r
Coated. Large boxes containing 30 Pills, 25 cents.
For sale by all druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
imitations. The genuine manufactured only by
JOHN C. WEST & CO., "The Pill Makers,??? 181 and
183 West Madison street, Chicago. Free trial package
sent by mail prepaid on receipt of a 3 cent stamp.
aprl5 d.fcwly
51000
OPIUM
i .aprO???<Lkw6m
Morphine IlobitCared 1b 10
toXOdaya. No pay tut Cored.
Db.J. Stephens, Lebanon Ohio*
REWARD
For any one case of
Bleeding. Itching
Ulcerated or Protruding PH-:-fi that DeBING???S PILE
REMEDY fails to cure. Prepared by J. P. Miller,
M. D., 915 Arch st, Phila., Pa. None genuine, with
out his signature. Sold by druggist*, si. Send fir
circular. Daniel & Marsh. Agents, Atlanta Ga.
augO???dly sat tues thur & wly