Bethesda.

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BETHESDA.

vanished; and by the aid of your Bark and Iron, which I continue to take, I am now a well man. I have recommended it to all my friends and patients suffering from similar causes, and in every case it has proved singularly efficacious. It is the best preparation ever put upon the market.

We pass now by Augusta, Charleston, Savannah, and other inland cities; for, while there is much of interest for the tourist and the healthy person to visit them, study their peculiarities, and become acquainted with their specialties, these are not the place for the invalid to go in search of health.

If you in search of a sunny, comfortable location, where you can rest and recuperate, where you may forget for a time the busy world, we know of no place more favorable in its climatic influences than

Florida.

To those who live in the northern and northwestern districts, there is a charm in the thought that it is possible, in the space of time between two Sundays, to exchange the snow-flakes which shower upon you at home; for the showers of orange-blossoms; the heavy overcoat for the thin sack; the furnace fore for an out-door sun-bath.

The invalid, the sick, and the convalescent hunger for the "Land of Flowers," and yet for various reasons hesitate before incurring the great responsibility of leaving home; and, above all things, are anxious to obtain reliable specific information respecting this, to them, new, but to the imagination most delightful and never-failing cure-all.

Jacksonville.

The many attractions which this city affords, the life and bustle which pervade its hotels, with their thousands of guests; the music, and the life and gayety everywhere, all conspire to enchant and entrance the tourist.

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NICHOLS' BARK AND IRON

St. Augustine

with its animated social life, divides honors equally with Jacksonville in its attractions to the average pleasure-seeker and traveller.

As these pages are written for the benefit of the sick, and not for those who simply seek change and pleasure, we pass these two cities without comment, other than to remark that, as regards St, Augustine, it is notorious for its imperfect drainage and poor water. Not unfrequently it has a northeast wind, and then down doges the thermometer from 78° to 55° or 60° . Consequently, the invalid is liable at any time to contract a severe cold or low fever. In our judgment, more serious illness result from an extended residence in St. Augustine than in any other place in Florida, as a natural result of its sudden changes in temperature, imperfect drainage, and bad water.

The pleasure-seeker, as well as the invalid, should always satisfy himself respecting the drainage and the quality of the water in every place where he proposes to remain longer than a day or two. If there is the slightest defect in either, and he is obliged to remain, it is of the greatest consequence that the system be fortified by Nichols' Peruvian Bark and Protoxide of Iron.

This preparation is composed of Calisaya (Peruvian) Bark,the active medicinal principle of which is quinine. Every person knows how valuable this principle is in arresting all forms of Malarial Fever, such as Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever, etc.; and as a stomach tonic, to increase the flow of the gastric juice, to strengthen the digestive functions, and promote the appetite, it is without an equal.

Let the pleasure-seeker, as well as the invalid, at home, or in his travels, use as a preventive of disease this invaluable remedy three times a day, — say from a teaspoonful to a dessert-spoonful immediately before or after each meal. It is pleasant, pure, palatable, and preserva-

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