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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. ?? 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. 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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