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yoNs, FRANCE.--Thls Rhone

1872 YONS, FRANCE.--Thls Rhone
valley IS one of the richest
parts OF the French republic.
Its products amount TO hum
dreds OF millions Of dollars a
~ year, and there Is scarcely a
-AA-~ family which has not hoard
stored away in u WOODEN
stocking under the rafters, Il aiready
hpys many American goods, but the
eela is not half worked Lyons, where
am writing, has a population Of 5OO,-
oOo II has excellent stores, but they
ara filled with French, English. Ctr
man and Belgian goods, and the chief
American products TO be seen are Cali
fornia fruits. Chicago bacon, typewrit-
ora and sewing machines. And still the
American shoe would walk rapidly into
tho hearts OF the better classes, and our
ice cream soda would soon make It's
wav into the affections OF the Lyon
noss maideus | found American soda
Fountains doing a good business In
Tngland. There are none in Paris and
only a few IN Berlin and Hamburg.
OPENINGS FOR AMERICAN
DRUGS.
We should have a good trade here in
American drugs We ship many TO
TneIand, but none to speak Of to
Trancp The French drugs are poor.
L.. 10. no t.raa JfIata.l
extracts and adulterated solids, You
have TO take doses the size Of horse
powders 20 accomplish the desired re-
suit and fine medicines az rule are
nut ND on the homeopathic plan. Our
consul at Lyons recently sent out for a
dozen two-grain quinine pills, repre-
sentIng the word grain by the let
tars er The druggist interpreted this
In mean gram and the result was that
The dose taken was big enough to kill
an ordinary man. The quinine was so
weak however. that it only made a
bu2gipg In the cOnsuls ears. He COM
plained to the druggist and tried to
have him Introduce American special
lies but so far has only succeeded as TO
porous plasters. The druggist says that
chemical products Will not stand the
VOYAGE across the Atlantic and he in
tlmated that the French goods surpass
the American,
THE AMERICAN BAR.
There Is one speciality In the drug
line, however, that the Frenchmen con-
oede to be worth imitation. This is the
American drink You see the sign
American bar" over one or more sa-
looms In every continental city, The
principal hotels OF Europe advertise
American drinks. and the genuine
American bars have plenty OF custom.
The American cocktail makes the
Frenchman smile and he rises respon-
syely to the Kentucky high ball.
The most Of the bars, however. are
frauds. They keep no American H.
Quors and the drinks are manipulated
by French bartenders who cannot speak
English The .othel. day an American
drummer dropped into one for drink
and called out In loud tones 81 want
glass Of American whisky"
Comment" said the waiter, with a
puzzled look on his face.
Bring me a Manhattan cocktail"
said the drummer
Comment"
And thereupon the drummer got an
cry and cursed the Frenchman for put
ting up an American sign when he
had no American drinks and could not
even understand American language.
There Is real American bar In
Lyons. and II Is the most fashionable
drinking place In the city. II was
started by a New Yorker, who thor
oughly understood the science Of max
ing the lnsiduous but destructive
American cocktail, and who did 1t so