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AN OLD LAWYER'S STORY. A-great many years ago, while I was com? paratively a young man, and still unmarried, I resided in a certain city of Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the reputation of being the cleverest lawyer ever known there. It is not for me to say the praise was merited, but I certainly found myself able to discover loop holes of j escape for those whom I defended, which sur? prised even my fellow lawyers. I possessed by nature those qualities which would have made an excellent detective, and I was a thorough student of the law. There was no- mystery about it, but among the more ignorant classes I had gained a reputation for more than human knowledge. Perhaps it was not polite for them to say the devil helped, but they did. However, I began- te- tell you about Madame Matteau.* She was an old lady, who owned a little house in the suburbs of the city. She herself was of j -American birth, hut her husband had been a Frenchman, and so the title Madame had been bestowed upon her. She was now a widow, and her daughter Gabrielle and son Henri were her only living relatives. Her income was but slen? der, and she eked it out by taking a few board? ers, generally steady old people who had known her for many years. These respected and liked her; but the city generally had a prejudice against her. There had been two sudden deaths in her house. Each time the victim was a stranger who came at night, and was found dead in his bed in the morning. Each time the jury was divided?some believing that strangulation had been the cause of death, some that the man had died in a fit. It was a terrible thing that two such deaths should have occured beneath her roof.? Madame's friends pitied her. The rest of the little world hinted that these were strangers, and their trunks, with no one knew what amount of money and other valuable property, remained in Madame's possession. No one Paid she was a murderess, but every one said it was "very strange," in an odd tone, and no one since that second death had visited Madame Matteau. I myself?perhaps because I had admired her a great deal, and her daughter much more?had always insisted that it was merely a coincidence, and that in a world in- which apoplexy and heart disease were so common, it was no such mar? vel that two men should have met sudden deaths in the same house. But my faith in this theory was shaken when one morning it was published over the city that another transient heartier had been found dead in Madame Mat teau's house, and that she was arrested on suspicion of having murdered him, his watch and chain having been found in her possession. Before I had recovered from the shock of this terrible piece of news, a message came to me ftom Madame Matteau. She desired to see me. Of course I went to her at once. She bad been taken to prison, and I found her in a little room with a barrel window, and an insufficient fire upon the hearth. The logs had burnt in two upon the andirons, and the white ashes were scattered over the hearth. Almost in them sat Madame Matteau, in her widow's dress of sombre black. She was chilly with grief and excitement, and had drawn her chair close to the fire. She shook violently from head to foot, and her face was deadly pale as she turned it to? ward me and held out her hand. "O, thank Heaven, you have come!" she said; "I know you can save me. Is it not hor? rible? How could I kill a man ? Why should I ? Why do people come to my house to die ? To die horribly, with black faces and startling eyes, as if some one had choked them ? Ugh ! and he was a pretty young man the night oe fbre. Oh, good Heaven, how'horrible r* I sat down beside her. I took her hand. ''Madame Matteau," I said, "be calm; collect yourself. As your lawyer I must know all. Tell me, from first to last what happened what was said, v/hat was dene. If you? I paused; her black eyes had flashed upon me. I could not ask her whether she had any confession to make. I saw that she had not. Unless she was the best actress who ever lived, Madame Matteau was innocent of any crime. "If you have any suspicions," I added, "tell them all to me." "There is no one to suspect," sobbed the poor woman. "In the house were Gabrielle, my daughter, whom you have seen; old-Hannah, the cook; Mr. and Mrs. Beaachamp, friends of my poor, dear husbaud in his boyhood?the best, kindest | people; Mr. Gray, a very old man, too feeble to leave the house; poor, deformed Miss Nor? man, and the librarian, Mr. Bassford. None of these would murder a mouse. See how kind they are; they remain in my house, they send me word that they have no doubt of me. Oh, how can anybody ?" "And this man who" I began. "Yes," said Madame Matteau. "I will tell ?oo; he was fair, young, handsomely dressed;, he asked Mr. Bassford at the depot if he knew of j any one who could accommodate him. Mr. Bassford brought him home. My only empty room was the one in which those other two strangers died. I could not bear to put him there; but Mr. Bassford laughed at me. We had supper afterward. He talked a long while to Gabrielle. It was late when he retired? late for a quiet household. Hannah had made his fire. She came and told us that she had done so. He said good night. "After he had gone we found that he had left his watch on the table. He wore it only with a bunch of seals, and he had been setting it by the clock, and showing it to us as some? thing very handsome. I knocked at his door to restore it to him. He had not left us but fifteen minutes before; but he must have been asleep already, for he made no answer. So I kept it for the night, and wore it down to breakfast next morning. As I came down I met a gentleman in the hall. He inquired for Mr. Glen. That was the new comer's name. I sent Hannah to wake him. She could not do so, and grew alarmed. She had a key that would open the door, and used it. The next thing I knew we were all in the room and the windows were wide open, and the doctor had been seut for; and the young man who had called was screaming that his brother had been choked to death; and then there was tho in? quest, and they arrested me. The brother said the first thing he noticed was that I wore Mr. Glen's watch and seals. I had forgotten it in my terror." "So Hannah had a key to the room?" I said. "Yes; at least it was a key that would open it. It wa3 the key to Mr. Bassford's door. She knocked the other out with a stick and put that in." "The people who were there on that night were your boarders when the other men--were found dead ?" I a3kcd. "Oh, yes!" "Aunt Hannah was there also ?" "All my married life Hannah has lived with me." "Your daughter oversees your household in your absence ?" "Yes, poor child, with Hannah's help." I thought a little while. "Madame," I said, "there is some strange mystery in this affair. I do not despair of ?roving to all the world your entire innocence. Teanwhile, bo as calm as possible, and en? deavor to remember everything connected with the sudden deaths that have occurred in your house. The incident that seems the least im? portant may really be of the most immense value." So I left and went home. Strange enough, on the way I met the doctor who had been called in. He was a dull, heavy sort of a person, con? siderably given to beer drinking, and my opin? ion of his ability was not very great. However, I questioned him on the subject, and ho replied: " Well, you see, I don't say the old woman J mardered him. If she did, I should say it was j by sitting on him, or smothering him with the bolsters. I suppose the cause of his death was asphyxia. Well, then, what is asphyxia ? Why, too little breath to keep one living. He died because he was short of breath. I wash my hands on that matter. Only there's the watch ; that looks dark." I had learned nothing from the doctor. The coroner lived near me. His jury had been twelve of the most ignorant men in town. This is all he told me: "He was smothered, that man was ; so were the other two. Men don't smother themselves. We made it inscrutable Providence t'other time. We make it murder this time. That there watch, you know," Thus, without any new light, I went home and formed my plans. There was but one way in which to penetrate the mystery. I must enter the house; I must see the people there; I must peuetrate to the room in which these men had died so suddenly, and I must not be known in my real character. That Madame Matteau was innocent I fully believed, but that some one beneath her roof was guilty I made no doubt. It might be the librarian, Mr. Bassford, whose key fitted the dead man's door. It was possible ; but uo, I would not harbor a mad superstition. There could be no supernatural power beneath which human beings drooped and died. Death as it came to us all was mystery enough. What had been said to me by a woman, who would have been a spiritualist had she lived to-day, was a mere absurdity. "I believe that there is some horrible unseen thing in the room," she had said, "some awful, shapeless spirit, that when it is locked in with its victims murders him. Let others believe whalhhey will, I believe that." The words haunted me, but I laughed at them, of course. Whatever it was, 1" would try to know. I had a plan. At dusk that day I went into my bed room myself. I came out a strange man. I wore a white wig, a pair of green goggles, and au over? coat, the tails of which reached to my heels. I had a muffler about~my throat, and a little hunch on one of my shoulders. I carried a thick cane, and stooped a great deal as I walked. Iu my haud 1 car?ed a carpet-bag, and in my bosom a pair of pistols well loaded. As I passed into the street the early moon was just rising; she lit me on my way to the door of Madame Matteau's house. It was opened for me, when I knocked, by old Hannah. Her eyes were red and swollen. Then I told her that I was a stranger, and had received Madame Matteau's address from a gentleman in New York, and desired to stay under her own roof all night. She shook her head. I "I don't think you can," she said. "The lady is away from home. Besides, we are in trouble here. I don't think Miss Gabrielle would? But here Miss Gabrielle herself appeared. "I am an old man, miss," I said, "and as you see, quite infirm. I dread another step. I should take it as a kindness if you would accommodate me, aud I will pay you any price you ask." j Miss Gabrielle looked at Hannah. "We have only one room," she said, "and 1 that? I I ended the question of my stay by begging I Lo be taken to it. "You will have supper, sir?" asked the girl. But I declared that I had eaten, and only wanted rest. Her reply was: "Hannah, show the gentleman to the blue room and make a fire." I was in the blue room, the scene of the three sudden deaths or murders. It was a small apartment, painted blue. It had also blue window curtains, and a blue silk coverlet on the bed; a neat striped carpet, a set of old mahogany furniture, ana a very handsome ewer and a basin of costly china. It was at the time almost a universal custom to bum wood. In this room, however, was a small coal fire. I alluded to this as Hannah came in with the scuttle. "Yes, sir," she said. "Misses does burn coals. Her son is a clerk, or the like, at the new mines at Mauch Chunk, and he sends it cheap to her; but it's a nasty, dirty smelling thing, and I hate it. Now it's built and lit; 'twill warm up in fifteen minutes. It takes longer than wood." She went out of the door and came back in a minute with a little tray, on which stood a pot and a cup and saucer, also a bowl and a tiny pitcher, and something in a napkin. "Miss sent a bit and a sip," said she. "Tea rests us old folks mightily. Good night." "Good night," I said. "I expect I shall sleep soon; I must be up very early, though, for 1 have bills to pay. I have some huudreds of dollars with me to pay out to-morrow, and it's in this bag." She looked at me in a queer sort of a way, and lingered beside me. At last she spoke: "Look ye, sir; I think that old folks of your age do wrong to lock doors on themselves. You might be ill at night, and who'd get into you? Leave your door unlocked." Was it this woman's practice to beg travel? ers who stopped with her mistress not to lock the doors? Was there some baneful potion in the cup she had given me ? It was an innocent looking cup enough?an old fashioned affair covered with little gilt sprigs. The tea was fragrr.:: ; Hyson ; but the j suspicion that had crept into my mind had tainted it. I fancied a strange color, a curious smell. I put it from me, and would not have tasted it for a kingdom. I had not intended to sleep, aud I did not undress myself. I merely removed my disguise, and sat down beside the table, with my pistols 1 beside me. That some attempt might be short-1 ly made to murder me I felt to be possible. I thought of all the old tales that I had heard of trap doors, and sliding panels, and secret en? trances to travelers' rooms. I was not a cow? ard, but I felt strangely nervous; and singular? ly enough for a man in my perfect health, my hands were growing cold, aud my feet were lumps of ice, while my head was burning hot. Fifteen minutes had passe'd, and the fire was kindled, but the room was not warm. The blue flames struggled among the black coals, and flung forked tongues tipped with yellow tints, into the room. There was nothing cheerful about the stove, though it was of that open style, now called Franklin. Yet I dfew a chair toward it from habit, and sat with my feet upon the hearth. I do not know how long I sat there. Suddenly I became aware that I was not myself. I was losing my senses. If unseen hands had been clasped about my neck, and au unseen knee had been pressed against my chest, my sensations could not have been different. A thought of the evil spirit which my friend had suggested faintly struggled into my mind. As I staggered to my feet a noise like the roar? ing of the sea was in my ear. The flames of the candle turned to a great yellow blue. I barely retained strength enough to stagger to the window and fling it open. The fresh, cold winter air ruahed in at it. It gave me intense pain, but it relieved me. In a moment more I was able to clamber out of it upon the shed below. There I remained until the day dawn. With my returning senses the truth came to me. That which had murdered the three mcu who slept before me in the blue chamber was noth? ing more or less than the coal stove. It was provided with what is called a damp? er, and this being caught in a manner which closed it, sent the poisonous gas into the room. I It had been kindled as a wood fire would have beeu at the hour of retiring, by one quite igno ! rant of tho danger possible from coal gas, and j they had slept never to awaken. Had I thrown j myself upon the bed, I also should have beeu found dead at daylight, in all human proba? bility. j As for the fact that neither doctor nor coro . ner discovered the truth, I have but to say that they were not deeply scientific men?that coal stoves were scarcely used in the place, and ' that it had not been mentioned that tho blue chamber was thus heated. Of course I rejoiced the household by my discovery next morning, and equally, of course, Madame Matteau, who was not only freed from suspicion, but became the object of universal sympathy. She was always grateful to me, and she proved her gratitude by giving what I soon asked for, the hand of her daughter Gabrielle in marriage. "The Immortal Jackson."?These are re? ported to have been President Grant's words at Staunton as he stood on the platform of the car when reference was made to "Stonewall" Jackson, whose honored name was recalled by the fact that the band of the Stonewall Brigade was appointed to receive him. Gen. Grant, so the telegraph says, raised his hat and simply said, but with much feeling: "The Immortal Jackson." It was a grand tribute, and we believe an honest and sincere one, to the genius of our distinguished Confederate chieftain. And what a crowd of memories must have struggled in the President's breast for mastery at that moment. He had never encountered General Jacksou in the field. They had never been engaged in the same battles; though he may have had a slight acquaintance with him in the Valley of Mexico; but Grant had watched from his field of operations in the West calmly, and we judge dispassionately, the rapid rise and brief but brilliant career of this great warrior with the eye and pride of a true soldier; and perhaps he felt grateful to his stars that the line of his destiny had not crossed the pathway of the irresistible soldier of the valley. Stonewall had "crossed over the river" before Ulysses S. Grant reached his front, or Ulysses S. Grant might not have stood where then he stood bowing to the assembled throng, hat in hand, the cynosure of every eye, But his words will be as "immortal" as their sub? ject, and history will forgive the pious fraud by which he has stolen a leaf from Stoncwall's fame, a reflected ray of glory from his brow, with which to deck his own ; and thus cheated j us of our just resentment for an enemy by turn? ing it to admiration of his magnanimity.? Richmond Enquirer. Prosperity of the Up-Country.-?In a recent editorial, after stating numerous in? stances of progress in the up-country of South Carolina, the Columbia Plucnix makes the fol? lowing remarks: We look to this beautiful Piedmont region with great iuterest and hope. It escaped many of the horrors of war. It was not swept by the incendiary fires of Sherman. It is peopled principally by intelligent white men, who are not afraid of work, and who appreciate the blessings of civilization. It is especially fa? vored in its bracing and healthy climate. It should exert, as it is capable of doing, a de? cided reformatory and healthy influcucein our State affairs. Let it send its best men in intel? ligence, character, honesty and boldness into the public councils. It is inconsiderable how much positive good, how much prevention of harm, could be effected in the Legislature, for instance, by men with determined, resolute wills and just opinions, and who rightly ap? preciate the situation of things. Not a few of the evils which afflict the State to-day, and much of the disgrace which rests upon its name, might have been prevented had we had real substantial men in the places of some, who, not themselves corrupt, were yet mere tools and noses of wax in the hands of corrupt vil lians. We want no more pliables, neutrals and independents, so-called, in places of re? sponsibility and trust. The times, the emer? gencies which are before us, demand a different order of men to meet them. We trust that we shall see in the next Legislature a full contin? gent of such superior men from our up-coun? try Counties. Love Put to Flight.?A few days ago a young couple in this city were "sighing for the knot there's no untying." They had known each other long, and thought they knew each other well. One evening the gallant called upon his fu? ture bride. He had passed the previous night with a party of bachelor friends, and didn't "go home till morning." As a consequence, not even the bright eyes of his dulcinea could drive sleep from his eyelids. He reclined upon the sofa, and suddculy dropped into the land of dreams. Heavy breathing was followed by a slight snore, which developed into a snort, which caused the house to tremble. There was as little variation in the nasal music as in the puffing of a high-pressure steamer. The young lady began to think of the future ?then wept. -She shook her sleeping lover, but ho snored with renewed vigor. At last she was furious, and seizing his hair, gave it a jerk that brought him to his feet. He stam? mered : "What's the matter, my-" "Matter enough," she replied. "I shall die an old maid before I marry a man that snores. Good night 1" She left the parlor?he the house. The young lady could not keep the secret, and the reason why the match was broken off is now generally known among their circle of friends. ? Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelligencer. -Z ? THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. This unrivalled Medicine is warranted not to contain a single particle of mercury, or any injurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE, Containing those Southern Roots and Herbs, which an all-wise Providence has placed in countries where Liver Diseases most prevail. It will Curb all Diseases caused by DE? RANGEMENT OF THE LlVEB AND BOWELS. 811111110118' Liver Regulator, or Medicine, Is eminently a Family Medicine; and by being kept ready for immediate resort will save many an hour of suffering and many a dollar in time and doctors' bills. After over Forty Years' trial it is still receiv? ing tho most unqualified testimonials to its vir? tues from persons of the highest character and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend it as tho most Effectual Specific for Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Armed with this ANTIDOTE, all climates and changes of water and food nniv be faced without fear. As a Remedy in MALARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL COMPLAINTS, REST? LESSNESS, JAUNDICE, NAUSEA, IT HAS SO EQ.UAI,. It is the Cheapest, Purest and Rest Family Medicine in the World ! manufactured only by J. H. ZEIUN & CO., Maeon, Ga., and Philadelphia. Price. ?1.00. Sold by ull Druggists. Fob 20, 1874_ 34_ly Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned hcieby gives notice that ho will make application to W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on Tuesday, tho 28th day of July next, lbr'a Fi? nal Settlement of the Estate of Eugenia Mason, formerly Burris, his ward, and a Final Dis? charge from his said Guardianship. JOSEPH N. DURRISS, Guardian, June 22, 1874. 50 5 SINGER^VIOTORIOUS! Sewing Machine Sales, 1873. THE table of Sowing Machine sales for 1873, show that the sales were as follows: SINGER, - - - 232,441. Wheeler & Wilson, - 119,190. Domestic, - 40,114. Weed, - - - 21,7G9. Wilson, - - - 21,247. American Button Hole, 14,182. The table shows that sales of tho Singer ex? ceed those of any other Company, for tho pe? riod named, by the number of 113,254 Machines, or nearly double those of any other Company. It may be further stated that tho sales of j 1873, as compared with those of 1S72, show a relatively larger increase, beyond the sales of other makers, than of any other year. For in? stance, in 1872 we sold 45,000 Machines more than any other Company, whereas, in 1873, the sales were 113,254 Machines in Excess of our Highest Competitor. These figures are all tho more remarkable, for the reason that tho sales of the principal Companies in 1873 are less than their sales in IS72; whereas, as has been shown, our sales have largely increased. Tho account of sales is from sworn returns made to the owners of the Sewing Machine Patents. It will hardly be denied, that the superiority of the Singer Machines is fully demonstrated. At all events that their popularity in the house? hold is unquestionable. The Singer Manufacturing Company. J. B. CLARK & SOX, Anderson, S. C., Agents for Abbeville, Anderson and Bickens. J. II. CLARKE and I). CUMISKEY, Traveling Agents. May 14, 1S74 44 THE BROWN COTTON (JIN. THE attention of planters and others is again called to the above old and reliable make of Cotton Gins. They are furnished this year greatly improved, and nothing which an expe? rience" of thirty years in their manufacture eould suggest has been left undone to make them the most reliable and perfect Cotton Gin in market. As tho result of our efforts we need only refer to their established reputation and wide-spread popularity. For perfection ok Workmanship, Strength, Durability, Light Running, quantity and quality of i.int produced, wc challenge competition. We are prepared to warrant to any reasonable extent perfect satisfaction to every planter or operator. The Gins are sold at the lowest pos? sible prices for good machines, and on reason? able terms. We invite examination of the samples in the hands of our local agents, who will give all desired information and furnish applicants with circulars and copies of com? mendatory letters from parties using the Gins in all sections of the cotton planting country. Circulars, Price Lists, and other information, may be obtained of our agents or by addressing THE BROWN COTTON GIN CO., New London, Conn. W. S. SHARPE, Ag't., Anderson, S. C. May 14, 1874 -14 flm m. goldsmith. T. KIND. COLTJ3II3IA, S. C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, Pullies, etc. Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish En? gines and Boilers of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can be had iii tho North. We manufacture, also, tho Gadtly Improved Water Wheel, which wo recommend for pow? er, simplicity of construction, durability and cheapness. We warrant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. GOLDSMITH ct KIND, Columbia, S.C. May 28,1874 46 ly PURE BRED POULTRY. WILL furnish EGGS from following varie? ties. Stock guaranteed pure, and Eggs carefully packed: LIGHT BRAHMAS-Felch Stock?Eggs, ?2.0() per dozen. BUFF COCHIN?Imported Stock?$4.00 per dozen. BUFF COCHIN?P. Williams Stock?$4.00. WHITE COCHIN?P. WilliamsStock?$4.00. PARTRIDGE COCHIN?Williams cfe Ford Stock?$4.00. BLACK POLAND, (White Crest,) first Pre? mium? $4.00. DARK BRAHMAS?Imported Stock?$4.00. Address, R. T. HOYT, Rome, Ga. Fob 2(>, 1S74 33 The Steam Washer, or Woman's Friend. To the Citizens of Anderson?the Ladies Es? pecially ! THE undersigned is owner of J. C. Tilton's (Pittsburg, Pa.) latest patent right for tho great ST GAM WASHER or WOMAN'S FB1 PN D, with all of tho improvements. This right, is the one which is now being advertised so extensively in who!o pages of the papers. Every one sold is warranted. It is faultless, doing all claimed for it. The latest, the best, tho cheapest! $10.00 is tho price. For further information call and see, or address W. 11. SMITH. Shallow Ford P. O., Anderson Co., S 0.. April 10, 1N.74 40 ly T. D. KENNEDY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, WILL practice in tho Circuit and Probato Courts of tho Eighth Judicial Circuit, and in Trial Justice Courts of this County. Prompt attention given to the collection of claims. Office?Second door to tho left over A. P. Ilubbard's Store. March 19, 1874 3(1 Administrator's Notice. ALL peasons who left Hides with Jack Moon to bo tanned on shares or other? wise, are requested to make out their accounts for the same, as the hides cannot bo identified, and will be sold anil proceeds distributed. Tho accounts must be verified according to law, and filed with W. W. Humphreys, Probato Judge, within two months from this date. J. IT. BYRUM. May 14, 1874 it 2ni DRTJGrGrISTS, Corner Benson House, - Anderson, S. C, Are Still Better Prepared than Ever to Accommodate their Friends and Customers WITH ANYTHING IN THE DBUG LINE. OUR STOCK IS FULL ! WITH ALL THE MOST A-pproved HSTew Remedies. CALL AND SEE US. May 14, 1874_44_ TIIOS. P. BENSON. DR. M. L. SHARPS. BENSON & SHAKPE5 DRUGGISTS and APOTHECARIES, No. 6 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C, a T7~EEP constantly on hand a well assorted stock of DRUGS. IV CHEMICALS, OILS, PAINTS, PERFUMERY, SOAPS, PATENT MEDICINES, etc. j??~ Prescriptions compounded by Dr. M. L. Sharpe. THEY ARE NOW OFFERING TO PHYSICIANS AND THE PUBLIC, THE NEW COMBINATIONS OF With IRON, CALISAYA, QUININE, STRICHNIA, GENTIAN, LIME and SODA. Aiso, POWDERED LACTOPEPTINE, (which contains the five active agents in Diges? tion,) FLUID EXTRACTS, ELIXIRS, Ac. Thev are agents for BABCOCK"S SILVER UTERINE SUPPORTERS. Persons wishing circulars giving information will please call for them. April 2:5, 1S74 im?KiiiHww:tn 13AD BLOOD. \ corrupt tree," saith the Inspired Vol XX lime, "brhlgetli forth not good fruit." nor can corrupt blood impart health, "beauty and good flesh or spirits. "The Blood is the Lifo," and health enn only bo enjoyed in its full perfection where the blood is keptmapurc and uncorrnpted state, hence the necessity of pure blood, to give health, beauty, buoyant spirits, lontr life and happiness. AN IMPURE CONDITION of the BLOOD, manifests itself in different forms of diseases, such as Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald-Head, Ring Worms, Pimples, Blotches, Spots, Eruptions, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Rough Skin, Scurf, Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, Fever Sores, White Swellings, Tumors, Old Soros or Swellings, Syphilitic Affections of the Skin, Throat and Bones, Ulcers of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys. Lungs and Uterus. In this condition of things something is needed at once to cleanse the blood, and neutral? ize the insidious poison that BURNS LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE, As it courses through the veins, sowing seeds of death with every pulastion. Dr. Pemberton's Compound Extract of Stil lingia, (or Queen's Delight) will positively effect this desideratum, expelling every trace of disease from the blood and system, and leaving the skin SOFT, FAIR and BEAUTIFUL. For all diseases of the BLOOD, LIVER and KIDNEYS, this Great Vegetable Alterative is without a rival. It will cure any Chronic cr Long Standing Diseaso whose real or direct cause is Bad Blood. Rheumatism, Pains in Limbs or Bones, Constitutions Broken Down by Mercurial or other poisons, are all cured by it. For Syphilis, or Syphilictie Taint, there is nothing equal to it. A trial will prove it. It is a most useful Spring and Fall Purifier of the Blood. Its safety and innocence have been fully tested, so that it may be administered to the most tender infant. _^S8*" Beware of coun? terfeits and substitutes. "Try the Genuine Ex? tract QUEEN'S DELIGHT, prepared by Dr. J. S. PEMBERTON, Atlanta, Ga. SIMPSON, HILL & CO., Agents, Anderson, S. C. May 21,1874 35 ly THE IMPSOVED Home Shuttle Sewing Machine. rpHIS Machine docs the same kind of work X as any high-priced Machine, making the Lock-Stitcit, and using a straight needle. The prico of tho "Home Shuttle" places it within the reach of all persons who are need? ing Machines, and can't afford to pay for a high-priced Machine. Wo are also agents for tho "HOME" MA? CHINE, than which there is no better high pricod Machine in the country. Both of these Machines are warranted by the company who manufacture them for live years, and if any part fails from any imperfection during that time, said part will'bo supplied free of cost. Prices of "Horno"?-from to $125. Prices of Home Shuttle from ?25 to sso. For samples of work and circulars, address A. A E. BACON, Agents for Greenville aud adjoining Counties. Dr. W. G. BROWNE, Local Agent, Anderson, S. C., At Dental Ollico, over N. K. Sullivan A. Co. Agents wanted, to whom liberal commis? sions will be given. March 5, 1S74 34 ly SIMMONS' HEPATIC COMPOUND on LIVER CTJllIS I For all PcrnngoiHonls of the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels* TTTTS Compound is pronounced by Dr. C. A. Simmons, who was tho former proprietor of Simmons' Liver Regulator, as being far su? perior to it or any other preparation now offer? ed to the public/ It is put up in liquid form, find is, therefore, always ready for immediate use. Is it not true that wo suffer with disor ed Liver?more or less?Constipation, Dyspep? sia and General Debility? If so, why not ask for Simmons' Hepatic Compound? Prepared by 10. 1,. KING SOX. Columbia, S. C. SIMPSON, HILL & CO., Agents, Anderson, S. C. Fob 20, 1874 33 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUXTY OF ANDERSON. IN THfi COURT COMMON PJLEAS. A. O. Norris, jr., Adm'r. of ) A. O. Norris, sr., doe'd., \ Complaint for Plaintiff, J Sale of Prop _ , ? against ) erty, Marshal Isabella H. Norris, Lucy J. J Assets, etc. Langnton, and others', ) Dofendants. j THE Creditors of Andrew O. Norris, Sr., deceased, including those who have claims against him on account of his official liabilities as Commissioner in Ecpiity, or as Probate Judge, are horeby notified to prove their re? spective claims before mo, at my office in An? derson Court House, on orbeforo tho 15th day of August next, or bo barred all the benefits of any Decree in this complaint. * By order of Court. JOHN W. DANIELS, c. c. r. Clerk's Office, May 14,1S74. 44?3m I Iron in the Blood ^?::>Q-/^'Klf>^-: ? MAKES THE WEAR STRONG. T7ie Peruvian Syrup, a Protect* cd Solution of the Protoxide of Iron, is so combined as to havo the character of an aliment, as easily digested and assimilated with the blood as the simplest food, It increases the quantity of Nature's Own Vitalizing Agent, Iron in the blood, ana cures "athousand ills,"simply by Toning up,Invigorating and Vitalizing the System. The en? riched and vitalized blood per? meates every part of the body, repairing damages and waste, searching out morbid secre? tions, and leaving nothing for disease to feed upon. This is the secret of the won* derful success of this remedy in curing Dyspepsia, liver Com? piaint, Dropsy, Chronic Diar? rhoea, Boils, Kcrvous Affections, Chiils and Fevers, Ilumors, XjOSS of Constitutional Vigor, Diseases of tho Kidneys and Bladder, Female Complaints, and all disease's originating in a bad state of the blood, or ac? companied by debility or a lota state of the system. Being free from Alcohol, in any form, its energizing effects arc not fol loivcd by corresponding reac? tion, but. are permanent, infu? sing strength, vigor, and ncic* life into all parts of the system, and building up an Iren Con? stitution, Thousands have been changed by the use of this remedy, front weak, sickly, suffering crea? tures, to strong, healtliy, and happy men and women; and invalids cannot reasonably hes? itate to give it a trial. See that each bottle has PERU? VIAN SYRUP blown in the glass, raraplilcts Free. SETH W. FOWLE & SONS, Proprietors, IVo. Jlnn-isou Ar?, Boaton. Por.r ?<t rJnttcoxs.ts i;sv r.n a i.t.v. HENRY BISCHOFF & C0-5 Wholesale Grocers, and dealers in CAROLINA KICE, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, &?<*., Ssoc, &C.5 197 and 199 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Solo Agents for South Carolina for the Salo of OLD VALLEY WHISKEY. Feb 19,1S74 Neuralgia, Piles, Headache, Diarrhoea, Boils, Soreness, Lameness, Burns, Sprains, Toothache, Scalds, Wounds, Sore Throat, Ulcers, Bruises, Kkcumatism, Hemorrhages, ktc. April 123,1S74 41 3m Dr. January and Cancer! TITE celebrity of tho January Titfirmart, established in Murphreesboro, Tenn., in 184S, associated the above name with the treat? ment of Cancer until they became synony? mous, both passed away with the war. But great discoveries, like truths, live forever, I>r^ J. O. January, inheriting his father's talents, and improving on his experience, has achieved a success in advance of their former history, owing to his increased patronage he has perma? nently located in St. Louis; the numerous let: tors he is receiving, and large arrival of pa? tients, justify his move to this central point. We would advise all afilicted with Cancer, Scrofula, Fistula, Piles, <?o., to apply to him, as he possesses perfect control of those diseases, without pain or tho knife. Address, JANUARY & MADISON, 715 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Ma, July 10.1873 1 ly Administrator's Notice. All persons having demands against the Es? tate of Aaron Shirley, deceased, will present them to me, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law.' JAMES H. McCONNELL, Adm'r. June 22, 1874 50 i