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A MATRIMONIAL CAMPAIGN. The old village clock was striking ? .eight in its muffled, asthmatic nay, when Mr. Blidgefield came up the garden path with a paper of moist, brown sugar un? der one arm, and a half a pound of paraffine candles under the other. On each side of him rose up plump heads of cabbages, and blue-green swamps of onions. A thrifty bop-vine was waving its tassels against the porch pillars, and a bed of parsley was growing rankly by the gate. For Mr. Blidge? field was a firm believer in the beauty of utility. In the days of his deceased wife there had been a faint attempt at morning glory vines, clove-pinks and Johnny jumpers around the house, but Mr. Blidgefield had soon settled that matter. * "Fudge!" he had ruthlessly cried. "They ain't good to neither stew for cough-mixtures, nor to boil up for g;reens. Looks? What do I care for looks? Ain't a squash bloom every bit as pretty as a marigold, I'd like, to know ? My daughter must be brought up not to care for empty show. I" ;?; And so all the wild, fantastic beauty of nature had been narrowed down into vegetable borders and potato patches, and the' souls of the Blidgefield children had been narrowed accordingly. Money I. money! money 1 Thawas the ^lotMr.- Blidgefield's idolatry. He went to: church on Sunday, a ad sat out the service in. his cushionles? 'pew, but to him all that the choir sar g and the preacher preached was?money 1 He attended the prayer-meetings punct? ually,/or Jie was a member of the church, but he never put more than a oopper penny in the plate. "If every man takes care of number one," he said, with a hard compression of his lignum trite lips, "the whole world will be took care of!" He rose up early to economise the sunshine, and lay down late for fear of wasting time. He kept a whole alma? nac full of proverbs on the tip of his tongue, and denounced ''shiftlessness as if it were one of the seven cardinal sins." Dancing was an instrument of tha Evil One; novel reading was the . opening wedge to Dante's Purgatori o. Anything in the shape of innocent recreation was a direct flying in the lace of Providence. And the Blidgefield children grew up gaunt, careworn and prematurely old under this system of training. Mr. Blidge?eld'a first wife had drop? ped quietly anil obscurely-into her gravels before any one fairly comprehended that Bhe was not in high health. Hard work and a relentlens taskmaster had fairly j worried her out of the world. And all the neighborhood marveled when, ten years afterward, Nancy. Bloom married the widower. Nancy was the village school-teacher ?a bright-eyed, buxom young woman of twenty-eight or thirty. She had taken a fancy to the little Blidgefields, and she was tired of teaching and wanted a home. "You'll find Ben Blidgefield a hard nut to crack,'.' said the neighbors, warn ingly., ? v-.. ?EU risk it," Nancy had cheerily re? plied. And so she married.Mr. Blidgefield, and went to tue farm house to live. The six young Blidgefields- had been told that a stepmother was a fearful tiling, but to their surprise, they found Mrs. Blidgefield Number Two a positive revelation c^a^fgttt. "She showed me how to boil molasses candy, with hickory-nuta chopped up in it," saidSSimeon, a weird chUd of eleven, who was popularly supposed to be ignor? ant even of the motion of a humming top. . "She gave me apple-sass on my bread," whispered Marion, the next. "We're to have pie : every day," chuckled M?sts, who liked - good things to eat and drink. s"And I'm tc lay up the berry money for a blue muslin frock all of my own," added Adeline, who had never worn any? thing buc her mother's faded old calico gowns scantly cut over. "I'm to have a bran fired new tool-chest if I raise the red heifer calf," exulted George, the tallest boy. And Leroy, the eldest, who had been sqolded, snubbed, and kept down all his life, felt, with a thrill of happiness, that his new stepmother secretly sympathized with his efforts to rise in the world. "Now she's here," thought Leroy, "I feel as if I could do most anything." Mr. Blidgefield had scarcely been married a week, when be c m home on this raw rainy August night, with the pack of groceries under his arms, and a dissatisfied frown between his brows. "Two candles," he said, peeping gloomily under the hem of the ball fringed window curtain. "And chicken for supper?and apple-sass, and cheese I And every one settin' round, and nobody doin'nowork. This won't do. Nancy must learn better than this 1" He opened the door and walked grim? ly in. A dead sileoce fell upon the children at the wet-blanketing apparition oi "father." But Nancy looked cheerfully up, "You'relate,aren't you, Benjamin?" said she. "What's this?" said Mr. Blidgefield, ignoring her query, as be glared around. "It's supper," said Nancy, "Sit down, my dear, and help yourself." "Chicken!" croaked the farmer; "and spring chicken at that, wheu they're a fetchen' sixty cents a pair at the hotel I Sweet cake, sass, and the best knives! Moses I put them fowls back in the cup? board. There's plenty 'cold pork left from yesterday, I calculate. A'liay blow out one o' them candles! The way we burn candles, is redick'lous; and store candles, too 1 Why we never thought o' usin' anything but dip can? dies when?" "Moses, let the chickens alone," said Mrs. Blidgefield, in soft beliderate ac? cents. "Adeline, don't meddle with the candle." "What 1" roared Mr. Blidgefield, bang? ing the bag of sugar down on the table and rattling the candles beside them like a small pack of artillery. "I thought you had perhaps forgotten that I am the -housekeeper here," said Nancy. The children turned as mahy colors as the rainbow; Moses, who was constitu? tional nervous, got behind his stepmoth? er ; Simeon edged a little nearer to the poker; Marion swallowed her last morsel of cake with so much precipitation aa to nearly choke herself; Adeliua began to sob and snivel under her breath. "Mrs. Blidgefield," said the irate far? mer, "will you be so good as to explain yourself?" "Ob, certainly I" said the late Miss Nancy Bloom. "As long as I am mis? tress here. I intend to consult my own inclinations. I shall undertake to give you good food, and to keep yourself and your children comfortably clothed, but I shall choose my own method of doing it." "Madam," said Mr. Blidgefield, loos? ening the folds of his cravat, as if there came an apoplectic pressure there, ''you will obey me, or you will leave my house!" "Oh, no; I guess not!" said Nancy, serenely.? "It's my house now. You put it in my name, the day after we were mar? ried to escape 'taxation. But you were mistaken then. I intend to pay the tax? es regularly on. it myself. It is no part of my policy to evade my just debts. And I've money enough, saved from school teaching, to run the farm very nicely, with the . help of Lerby and George." "They shan't stay here 1" shouted Mr. Blidgefield, the veins starting out on his temples like ragged a whip-cord. "Of course they are at liberty to take their own choice about that," said Nan? cy, calmly. "Ill stay with you, stepmother," said George and Leroy, in one breath of chi v alric eagerness. "So'll 11" squeaked Simeon. And the three girls clung, with aaser vations of the fondest affection, around Nancy. Mr. Blidgefield eyed the tableau with impotent rage. Mrs Blidgefield smiled superior. "Now, Ben," said she, in the coaxing, tone with which one cajoles a little child, "don't bo a fool! You know, perfectly well that you are in the minority. If you . choose to stay here and conduct years elf as a decent Christian man should, I'll do my very best to make your home pleasant. If not?" "Weil?? shouted Mr. Blidgefield, still tugging at his cravat folds. "Well, madam, and what then ?" "Why, then," said Nancy, composedly, you can go about your business." Mr. Blidgefield remained to contest the matter no longer. He strode out of the house, banging the door behind him, by way of parting benediction. "Fll consult a lawyer," said he, "I'll get a divorce. I never, never was so treated before in the whole course of my life!" He consulted a lawyer, but the verdict was not favorably to his side of the mat? ter. He remained outside of the fortress for a week, vainly lipping that Mrs.: Blidgefield and the garrison would capi? tulate. But they didn't. And then be lower? ed bis own colors. Nancy had been too much for him. 1 < But she never twitted him with his 1 lack of success. She only smiled a gra? cious welcome. j "And I must confess," he afterward added, "that I never was so comfortable afore as Nancy makes me." . The children?poor souls I?said the same thing. Their stepmother had brought a new sunshine in the dreary old farm house. She had even civilized their father, in some degree. And the neighbors all wondered how it was that Nancy Bloom got along so nicely with that old crab of a husband of j hers. A Woman Tells Her Husband About a Hew Society, "We're bound to be equal to you men, J said the Mason's wife; "we formed a se? cret society of our own last night." "Indeed ?" said the worshipful master, composedly; "then I hope, my dear, your project will be successful. Is it a benevolent society or what ?" "That's none of your business. It's a secret society, and we have sworn by sol? emn oath not to divulge anything rela? ting to it." "Very good, my dear," observed the worshipful master, returning to his paper ; "I'm sure I do not wish you to violate your oath." "It wouldn't matter if you did, I wouldn't. You keep your secrets close enough?and to think of that stupid Mrs. Furbelow ! She could recollect neither the grip nor the sign. It took us an hour to teach her. When I gave her the sign she would make this way, ha 1 ha ! Her stupidity would have been exasperating if it hadn't been ridiculous, and as for learning the grip, why, she would have it that it was this way?give me your hand a minute?there, she would have it that way, while it is this way, and the password! she couldn't keep it in her mind for two minutes. Over and over again I told her it was 'be just and fear not,' and she would have it 'swear not at all/ or 'do unto others as you would he done by,' ha! ha! We almost despaired of getting it through her head. But we managed to make her understand at last. Oh, yes, we ate going to have a flourish? ing society, and we can be as secret about it as you men can be about yours."?New York Morning Journal. Read an Hour a Bay. There was a lad who at 14 was appren? ticed to a soap boiler. One of his resolu? tions was to read an hour a day, or at least at tbr.t rate, and he limed himself by an old silver watch left by his uncle. He stayed seven years with his master, and when he was 21 be knew as much as the young squire. Now let us see how much time be had to read in seven years, at the rate of one hour each day. It would be 1,555 hours, which at the rate of eight reading hours per day would be equal to three hundred and ten days; equal to forty-five weeks; equal to eleven months?nearly a year. That time spent in treasuring up useful knowledge would pile up a very large store. I am sure it is worth trying for. Begin now. Do what you can. In after years you will look back upon the task as the most pleasant and profitable you ever per? formed. * A Cnre for Pride. An old man who had for years done much for the cause of temperance, was found lying by the roadside the other day in a state of intoxication. He was drawn up before a committee of the so? ciety and asked to show cause why he should not be expelled. "I acknowledge that I was drunk, brethren, and I've got a mighty good reason for it." "Family trouble ?" asked thechairman of the committee. ' "No, sir, for I've had no trouble. It was pride." "Pride I" exclaimed thechairman. "Yes, pride. As I went along to town I met a drunken fellow, and I began to think well of myself because I had never been drunk. Pretty soon I began to feel proud of it. A little further on I met an ordinary lookin' feller an' would not ?peak to him. My neck got so stiff with my pride that I wouldn't even nod to people. I reflected that my pride was wicked, and I tried and tried, but could not throw it off. I tried to pray, but was a little too proud to pray with fervor. 'This won't do,' I.mused. 'I am getting to be a regular Pharisee.' After walkin' round awhile I met an old negro an' asked : " 'Uncle, can you tell me how to throw off my pride ?' " 'Dat I ken, sah; dat I ken.' " 'Well, I wish you would, for to con? tinue in this proud way will be danger? ous to my soul.' " 'Wall, dar's one thing dat neber fails ter knock down a man's pride, boss, an' dat is whisky. Get drunk, an' when yer gets sober yer'll feel mightily 'miliated.' "I acted on this suggestion, an' got as drunk as a?well, as an owl, though I never saw an owl drunk. When I got sober I was the most humiliated man in the world."?Arkanaaw Traveler. Forest Preservation. Senator Sherman's bill" for the preser? vation of the woods and forests of the national domain adjacent to the sources of navigable rivers and their affluents is a measure which deserves the most favora? ble consideration. Whether the amount of rainfall in a country is affected by the extent and distribution of its woodlands is a disputed question ; but there is a practically unanimous agreement that the existence of exten? sive woodlands around the sources of streams tend to equr'ze their flow, while their absence conduces to sudden floods after every considerable rain and to a very low stage of water during periods of drouth. The effects of the forest are to prevent evaporation and to furnish a leafy carpet which absorbs a great amount of moisture, causing it tb percolate slowly through the soil below and feed the springs instead of flowing rapidly off in muddy rille and rivulets to swell the creeks and rivers. In the State of New York there is at present an earnest agitation in favor of purchasing extensive tracts of forest in the Adirondeck Mountains with a view to protecting the sources of the Hudson and Erie Canal. The very lands which it is now proposed that the State shall buy at a cost of several million dollars, and which it apparently will have to buy in order to protect its navigable waters, were formerly sold by it to individuals for a few cents per acre. The bill of Mr. Sherman to withhold from sale the for? est lands around the sources of our West? ern rivers will, if adopted, preserve our National Government from a similar un business like proceeding. In Ills Element. They met on the crowded avenue in front of the city hall. One was a young man of about twenty-two, the other a man about sixty years old. One lives in the northern part of the State, the other in the southern. JFate had brought them together. There was nothing cordial in the meeting. They didn't cry out "Put it tbar!" and pump-handle each other like a couple of old friends. On the I contrary, the young man grew red in the j face and breathed hard and stammcrred out: "Ten years ago I went to school to you!" "Yes, you did I" was the calm reply. "And one day you licked me almost to death for an offence committed by anoth? er boy I" "Well, you were always in need of a licking." "And I swore," continued the young man, "aye, I registered a vow, that if ever I met you after I had grown up I would have my revenge ! Prepare to be pounded to a lifeless mass 1" "I'm prepared," replied the old school? master, as he spit on his hands, and in a minute the fun was raging. The young man rushed upon him with a war-whoop, but bis nose struck some? thing and he fell down. He got up and rushed again, and this time he was flung down, rolled over, stepped on and left with a number of loose teeth and a spitting headache. The police took him in, but when they came to hunt for the old man he was across the street trying to pin up a reut in bis coat and saying to some of his friends: "Ah lit brings back all the memories of the old red school-house to get my bands on an unruly pupil in the first reader class again ?" Did She Die 1 "No; she lingered and suffered along, pining away all the time for years, the doctors doing her no good; Und at last was cured by this Hop Bitters the papers say so much about. Indeed! indeed I how thankful we should be for that med cine." ? It is only s, coward who reproaches as a dishonor the love a woman has cher? ished for him, since she cannot retaliate by making a dishonor of his love for her. ? James Braton, an elderly man liv? ing near Cherokee Springs, Spartanburg County, was found dead, sitting up against a tree in the woods on Sunday, the 13th inst. He had left his house a day or two before for the purpose of fish? ing and never returned. The cause of his death is ' uknown. "Roufh on Couglig." Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise. For children or adults. Troches; 15c. Liquid, 50c. At druggists. i A Practical Young Woman, "One word," she said, "before we part," and her bright eyes glowed in the mellow light of the turued down lamp. "Are you sincere ?" "I am sincere," he replied, in 7.oues whose truthfulness could not be doubted by any one safe the most confirmed pes? simist. "Then you cannot give me a palace by Lake Como?" and she .joked into his eyes as if she would read his inmost soul. "I cannot," he answered. "Not even a brown stone front ?" "No." There was a wonderful firm? ness, a don't-you-forget-it-ness iu the tone in which this momentous monosyl? lable was spoken. "Not even a cottage in the suburbs?" "Not even that, darling." There was an anguish in his accents that indicated a mind wholly given up to the gnawing inroads of a Bharp toothed despair. "What can you offer me then'?" she asked, "what can you offer me as an in? centive to induce me to become your bride?" "A share in eeven dollars a week, with a prospect of a rise next spring." He said this with all the deep conviction of a man who knows just how he stands. , "It is sufficient," she said, with a ra? diant 3mile; "I am yours, Algernon. A half loaf is better than no bread."?Som erville Journal. Estranged for Ten Years, Uriah Wales has been a member of the Free Christian Church at Coal ton, Pa., for nearly thirty years, and was a class leader and exhorter. His wife was not a communicant, and frequently ridiculed her husband's euthusiasra in his religion. Ten years ago he told her he would not speak to her again until she bad seen her error and experienced religion. He kept his word, and the couple never ex? changed a word until last week. All communication between them was con? ducted through a son. Early in the present month revival of religion be? gan in the church. Mrs. Wales was converted last week.. Her husband on Thursday evening arose in churjch, and said that he had been a widower for over ten years, but that "now he thanked God he had a wife." Mrs. Wales created a sensation by rising in bur scat and say? ing that she did not believe a man who was truly religious could deliberately ignore his wife for ten years, and asked that special prayers be offered for the conversion of her husband. She then turned to him and said : "Uriah, get on your knees, ask forgive? ness for your sins and bo awakened to the error of your way. I will lead you to the Lord myself." She walked toward the seat where he was sitting. He arose hurriedly and went out of the church. Since then he has not been seen and no traces of him can be found. A Hunter's Predicament. Savannah, Ga., January 28.?A-sin? gular case of physical endurance occur? red in Bibb County on Wednesday. Charley Evans went hunting. During his walk he found a rabbit, which ran into a hollow Rtump ten feet high. He could not reach the game. He climbed to the top of the stump, and as he did so his left arm became fastened in a split near the top, so that he was held fast. In attempting to extricate himself he slipped and was held suspended by the I wrist. He could not possibly looBeo himself. He called for help, but, being some distance from any house, he was not heard. Seeing no hope of relief, he made up bis mind to cut his throat. He got bis knife from his pocket, opened it with his teeth, and was in the act of put? ting it into his neck when bis fortitude gave way. Baring bis arm, he felt for the elbow joint and made a deep incis? ion in the flesh tor the purpose of sever? ing bis arm, and thereby affecting his re? lease. He missed the joint and made several gashes in bis arm in trying to find it. Under mental and physical pain he fainted. His muscles became relaxed, and he dropped to the ground. When he recovered be walked to his house. bp?? ?' tm "-?-I SEEK health and avoid sickness. Instead of feeling tired and worn out, instead of aches and pains, wouldn't you rather feel fresh and strong? You can continue feeling miserable and good for no? thing, and no one but your? self can find fault, but if you are tired of that kind of life, you can change it if you choose. How? By getting one bottle of Brown' Iron Bit? ters, and taking it regularly according to directions. Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 26,1881. Gentlemen:?1 have suffered-vith pain in my side and hack, and err.-.: soreness on my breast, v.-ith shorn ing pains all through my hody, at? tended with great weakness, depres? sion of spirits, and loss of appe? tite. I have taken several different medicines, and was treated by prom? inent physicians for my liver, kid? neys, and spleen, hut I cot no relief. I thought I would try Brown's Iron Bitters; I have now taken one bottle and a half and am about well?pain in side and back all gone?soreness all out of my brc.ist, and I hare a good appetite, and am gaining in Strength and flesh. Itran justlybc called the king of medicines. John K. Allcndch. Brown's Iro\' Bitteks is composed of Iron in soluble form; Cinchona the great tonic, together with other standard remedies, making a remarkable non-alcoholic tonic, which will cure Dys pepsia, Indigestion, Malaiin. Weakness, and relieve Lung and Kidney f!i . TO THE PUBLIC. IHAVE more Goods than I need, and being satisfied that the prices and qual? ity will compare favorably with any in tho city, I ask an inspection of my stock before you buy. A. B. TOWERS. Nov 20, 1883 20 wiiall V/o Let the Child Die? A hard-hearted political economist, looking at a pale and puny child feebly gasping as it lies upon a pillow, says that the child might as well die. It is so weak and poor that its life will never be worth much anyhow. There are already a good many people in the world who are of not much account anyhow. And what's the use of adding to their number another weakling, who has but slender chance of ever amounting to anything? Now ask that child's mother what she thinks about letting the child die. About this time the hard political economist had better get out of the way. "Lei my child die? No I No! As long as iherc is a remedy io be found that will save that child, the child shall not die/ I'll spend my last dollar io save the child/" Well, try a bottle of Brown's Iron Bitters on that child. See the poor little fellow pick up strength. He revives. He will live. Hosts of other children have been brought almost from death to healthy life by Brown's Iron Bitters. Your druggist sells it. 8_ Brewer's Lung Restorer for sale by Wilhite & Wilhitc, Anderson, S. C. TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. From these sources arise threo-fourtbs of the diseases of the human race. Theso symptoms indicate thoir existence :Imi of Appetite, Bowel* costive, Sick Head? ache, fullness after eating, aversion to exertion of body or mind, Eructation of food, Irritability of temper, Low spirits, x feeling of having neglected some, duty, -Dizziness, Fluttering at the Heart, Dots before tue eyes, highly col? ored Urine, COW8TIPATIO?, and de? mand the use of a remedy that acta directly on tho Liver. As aLiver medicine TUTT'S PILLS have no ooual. Their action on tho Kidneys and Skin is also prompt; removing all impurities through these three " scav? engers of the system," producing appe? tite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear skin and a vigorous bod v. TIJTT'S PILLS cause no nausea or griping nor interfere ?with daily work and arc a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. ICE FEELS LIKE A IVEW MAST. "I havo had Dyspepsia, with Constipa? tion,two years, and have tried ten different kinds of pills, and TL'TT'S are tho first that have done me r.ny good. They havo cleaned mo out nicely. My appetite la splendid, food digests rcadilv, and I now have natural passages. I feel like a new man." W..D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, 0. SoldeYerywhcrc^ric. Ofljce,4i MurraySt.,N.Y. Git at Hair on WlIlSKKBS changed in? stantly to a Glossy Black by a single ap? plication of this dtij. Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of 81? Office* U Mun-ay Street, New York. TUTT'S R1AHUAL05 USEFUL RECEIPTS FREE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PJ-J2AS. UrsleyS. Tucker, Plaintiff, against Harrison Tuck? er, John l\ Tucker, Lucy Catict, John James Tucker, Nancy Gray, John G. Hall, Leanna JIall, Ezcklcl Hall.Jr., R.'D, Hall, F.lj^t Gailey, Fran? ces Siarks, Marietta Cowan, Savannah Roc, El kansie funk, Essie Wliartoo, Sail ie Hamilton, R. P. Clinkscales, William Clinkscales, Sebastian Clinkscales, Baxter Clinkscales, I!. T. Gray, Mary McDaniel. Polly Hail. William Hall, Ji? sey frail. Sallie Boyd, Elizabeth Elb ridge, Wash? ington Hall, Davis Hail, Ilaimali Barnes, Ella Hall, William Newell, X. J. Newell, S.S. Newell, Jane Moore, Hannah Price, LucindaTate, John James Tucker, Elhcrliudu Burton, Hannah Brown Tucker, Rhoda Bishop, .Mary Tucker, Nancy Tucker, Rebecca Tucker and Jane Tucker, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint Ser? ved. To the Defendants Harrison Tucker, John P.Tuck? er, Lucy Catlelt, John James Tucker, Nancy Cray. John G. Hall, Leanna Hall, E/.ekiell Hall, jr., B. D. Hall, Eliza Gailey, Prances Starks, Marietta Cowan, Savannah Roe, Elkansic Cook, Essie Wharton, Sallie Hamilton. R. P. Clink scales, William Clinkscales, Sebastian Clink? scales, Baxter Clinkscales, B. T. Gray. Mary Mc? Daniel, Polly Hall. William Hall, Jinscy Hall, Sallie Boyd, Elizabeth Ethridge, Washington Hall, Davis Hall. Hannah Barnes. Ella Hall, William Newell, X. J. Newell; S. S. Newell, Jane Moore, Hannah Price, Lucinda T?te, John James Tucker, Etlicrlfnda Burton, Hannah Brown Tucker, Rhoda Bishop, Mary Tucker, Nancy Tucker, Rebecca Tucker and Jano Tuck? er : YOU are hereby summoned *nd required to an? swer the complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho subscribers at their offlce, Anderion C. If., .S. C, within tweuty days after the service hereof, ex? clusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the tinio afore? said, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated at Anderson, S. C January 11, A. D. 18S-I. MURRAY, ?REAZEAI.E ? MURRAY, PlaintilPs Attorney. [3EAt] JollS W. DaMKI.S, c.c.p. To the above named Dcfcndrnts : Take notice that the complaint in this action, toge'her with the Summons, of which tho forego? ing is a copy, was tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Picas, at Anderson C. II., S. C, in the County of Anderson, in the Stale of South Carolina, on the l iih day of January, A. D. 18S1, ami that the object of the action is to obtain a partition of the K'-ttl rotate of Dejarnett TuckT, deceased, situate in the County of Anderson, State of South Carolina, and for an accounting to the plaintiU' for services rendered the said Dejar netI Tucker in his life-time, .,nd other Itidchtcd ness. aud forservices rendered Sarah Tucker, dc ceascd, during her lifc-tiinc, and other indebted? ness ; or lor a sale of the premises, in case a parti? tion cannot be had without prejudice to the inter? est of the owners, and a division of the proceeds. January 14th, IS8J. MURRAY, BREAZEALE A MURRAY, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [seal] John W. Danii:i>,c.c.i?. Jan 21, lsst_'JS _C _ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ANDERSON. TRIAL JUSTICE'S COURT. Salina T.Stribllng, Plaintiff, against A. H.Hall, Defendant.??Summons /or Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendant A. II. Hall: "XTOXJ are hereby summoned and required to an X swer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which ii filed in the office of J. K. Breazeale, Trial Justice, at Anderson C. II., S. C, and to serve a copy-of.your answer on the subscriber nt his office, Anderson C. II., S. C. within twenty days aft) r the service hereof, exclusive of Hie day of such service; ami if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaint iff in this action will be granted the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Jan. KSrd, A. D. ISSi. J. Ii. BREAZEAI.E, Trial Justice Anderson t oiinty. To the above named Defendant : Take notice thai the complaint in this action was filed in my office on the l.ltbday of December, IStO, mid is for services rendered during tho years ! l.ss'J and iss::, aniotinting lo the sum of filly dol? lars. J. E. BREAZEALE, Trial Justice Anderson County. Jan 2-1, ISSI 2S BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME, j Anew lot of WALL PAPER und Bor- | ilcring, just received, by A. ?. TOWERS. Nor 18?! 2? C. BART & CO., CHARLESTON,!8. C, milB LARGEST IMPORTERS OF? FRUIT In the South, offer for sale n well selected Stock of? Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Coconuuts, Lemons, Raisin.-, Nuts, Dried Figs, Potatoes, Cabbages, Onions, Peanuts, And everything else that a First Class Fruit House should have. _Nov8, 1883 _17 6ra THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. II. Ford, Plaintiff; against N. E. Uaillard, C L. Uaillard and \V\ P. Moore, Defendants.?Sum? mons for Relic/?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants N. E. Gaillard and C. L. Gall lard : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint, in this action, which is li led in tho office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Anderson C. II., S. C., and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, Anderson C. H., S. C , within twenty days after the service horeof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the' complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com? plaint. Dated January Sth, A. D. 1*84. II. li. SCUD PAY, Plaintiff's Attorney. [Seal.] John W. Daniels. C. C. P. To the Defendants above named : Take notice that the Complaint in this action was tiled in the Clerk's office, Anderson, S. C, on the nth January, 1884, to obtain a foreclosure and sale of two Mortgages on the Real Estate described therein, executed by you tu the Plaintiff, and now on record in said office. H. C. SCUD DAY, Plaintiff's Attorney. Jan 10, 1SS4 20 (5 QTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, JO Anderson County By Thomas 0. Ligon, Judge of Prolate. WHEREAS, W. P. Cook has ap? plied to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Personal Estate of Eliza Neal, deceased. Those are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of tho said Eliza Neal, deceased, to bo nnd ap? pear before me in Court of Probuto to be held nt Anderson Court House, on the I l?tli day of February, 18S4, alter publiea i lion hereof to shew cause, if auy they I have, why tho said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand this 'J.Hh dav of Januarv, 18S4. T. 0. LIGON, J. P. Jan 31, 1SS4 29 2* s T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By Thos. C. Ligon, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Maggie A. Elrod has applied to mo to grant her letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate nnd effects of Dr. H. H. Elrod, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish till kindred and creditors of tho said Dr. II. li. Elrod, deceased, to bo and ap poar before mein Court of Probate, to be hold at Anderson Court House, on the 18th day of February, 1SS4. after pub? lication horeoi, to shew cause, if any they have, why tho said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 29th day of January, 1884. T. C. LIGON, J. P. Jan 31,1884 29 2* ^PRESERVE THE Sim * SOLD ONLY BY * J. A.. DANIELS. Jan 17, las t 27_ t'Sd 8? c; H S O 3 I a 3 o 25r s s -a 3 3 2n- 3 7- 2 t -j C I?i. K 5' s 3 en S :h I ? 8 n ?d I 1 -co. a . o co j: B co O a CO tea co w m so p?? H era 2! O a era ca i NOTICE TO Administrators, Executors, Guardians, and Trustees. ALL Administrators, Executors; Guar? dini)* and Trustees are hereby notified to make their Annual Returns to this office during the month of January, as required hv law. THOS. C LIGON, Judge of Probate. Jan 3. 18*4 25 4 FIRE INSURANCE. OUT HOUSES, SAW, WHEAT AND CORN MILLS, STORES, DWELLINGS, MERCHANDISE and FARM PEOPETY, Insured in First Class Companies! (CONTINENTAL Insurance Company of j New Yck. Liverpool and London and Olobe Insu? rance Company. North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. Phoenix Assurance Company of London. Standard Fire Office of London. Crescent Insurance Company of New Orleans. Rochester German Insurance Company of New York. Representing the above Companies I will give attention to all business offering. For information address me at Pelzer, S C. WILLIAM G. WHILDEN, Special Agent and Adjuster of Losses. Agents of the Continental Insurance Company in Anderson County : A. B. Towers, Anderson C. H. W. F. Cox. Belton. ' L. W. Tribhle, Honea Path. B. E. Seaborn, Pendleton. Aug 23, 1883_G_ BUCKINGHAM WHISKEY. A REALLY PURE STIMULANT. THIS WHISKEY" is controlled entirely by VEX ABLE & HEYMAN, New York. It is distilled in Maryland in the slate water regions of that State from the small grain grown there. The distillation is superintended by a gentleman who thoroughly understands his business. Nothing deleterious is permitted to enter into its composition, and none of it is al? lowed to be sold until fully three years old, in order that it may be on tire! y free by evaporation from fusel oil. Venable & Heyman offer these goods as perfectly pure, to fill a long felt want for medical purpo? ses. It is their own brand, and they stake their reputation on the truth of this asser? tion. For sale exclusively at Anderson, S. C, byD. O'?onnell, John O'Donnell, Palate Saloon, S. T. Craig & Co., M. D. Kennedy. F. W. SINDORF, Charleston, S. C, Wholesale Agent for South Carolina. Oct. 18, 1883 14 3m BOOTS, SHOES, JEANS. THE weather is now getting cold. If you want the best Boots, Shoes and Jeans, at low prices, call on A. B. TOWERS. Nov 20,1883 20 POTJTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER Jto Horse will file of four. IWs ?- I.rve vkh, If Fonts*! Powders are used In time. Foutz's Powders will rare snri prevent Hon < no mi:*. F?ritz'? Powders will pre\f>i;i Kapk* ix Fowls. Foou'r Powders will Inerc:!-'' Hie quantity of milk and cream twenty per erat., snri n iV. the butter f.rm and sweet. Font* n Powders will mrc nr i?r?vi nt *!iii<Mt kvkbt PtSKAKr to Wlilcli Horse* and :irr subject. FODTZ'8 POWDIBS WIU 01 vt SATISFACTION. Bold everywhere. DAVID r. TOT7TZ, Proprietor. DALTTZIOHE.MD. For sale, wholesale,[aud retail, bv W?? hlte & Wilhite, Anderson, S. C. Jan S, 18S4 25 ly H Hats and Caps. ATS and Caps, Trunks, Satchels and Valises. CROCKERY and GLASSWARE. A full line of Hardware, and Cutlery. -ALSO, A beautiful line of Wall Papering, Border? ing, and Canvass. Buggy and hand Um? brellas, all for sale low bv A*. B. TOWERS. Sept 27, 1SS3 11 ?Q3 AND BEAST. :?: r noro than ft third of a centary the : j::ionuM'.istAJigLinimenthasbeen ?town to millions all over the world as a mly sofo rcUanoe for the relief of ?.-i !cat9 and pain. It is a medicine ?>':-.70 prlco und praise?the best of lu lath For ovory form of external pain Lfnstong Liniment is without an equal. 11 >o-ic tr?teh ficall and muscle to | Very bono?m airing the continu an'30 of pain and imlammation impoe r :;)lo. Its effects upon Human Flesh and : iinito Creation are equally wonder-1 ml. Tho llezican Liniment Is needed by somebody In every house. Every day brings news of tho agony of in awful scald or burn subdued, of rheumatic martyr a re? stored, or a valuable hone or ox saved by tho healing power of this LINIMENT which speedily cures such ailments of tho HUMAN FLESH as Rheumatism, Swellings, Stiff Joints, Contracted Muscles, Burns and Scalds, Cuts, Bruises and Sprains, Poisonous Bites and SUngs, Stl?hess, lameness. Old Sores, Ulcers, Frostbites, Chilblains, Sore Bipples, Caked Breast, stud indeed every form of external dis? ease, ft heal* without sours. ? For the Bncrzs Ceeatios it cares - Sprains, Swinny. Stiff Joints, Founder, Karuess Sores, Hoof Bis? eases, Foot Bot, Screw Worm, Scab, Hollow Horn, Scratches, YVind Salls, Spavin, Thrush, Hing bone, Id Sores, Foil Evil, Film upon the Sight and every other ailment to which tbo occupants of the Stable and Stock Yard are liable. The Mexican Mustang Liniment always cores and nover disappoints; and ft la, positively, BEST OF ALL ?0B OB BEAST, Mexican Mustang Linment for sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Anderson S. C. TWENTY POLLARS. THE PENNSYLVANIA^"^ Singer Machine is the best SINGER EVER MADE. --SPSS* DROP LEAF, TWO ??-'?????* large drawers, fancy cover ^ with eastors on stand, and 1 winds the bobbins without running the Machine, for $20.00. . Remember, we send tho Machine to he examined before paying anything upon it. Every Machine fully warranted Address WILLETS <fc CO., 29?iy Philadelphia, Pa. for five years. Feb 25 ON 30 DAYS' TSIAL. THE VOLTAIC BELT CO., Marshall. Mich., will scud Dr. Dye's Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliance* on triiil l'or 30days to men ivbuhi; or old) who are afflicted with Nervo ua Debility, LoBt Vitality and liindred tro ublos, guaranteeing speedy and complete resto ration of health and manly vigor. Address as shore.?-H. 11.?No risk is in c?p|^d, aa^e days'trial is afrowefl. GERMAN KAIMT And other Fertilizers, -TONS GENUINE German Kai? mt?direct importation?and all other Fer? tilizers, for sale by HERMANN BULWINKLE, Korx'a Wharf, Charleston, S. C. Jan 3,1884_25_3m IMPORTANT TO EVERY ONE. MB. IL. E. NOBBYCE, General Traveling Agent ot Messrs. Ludden & Rates, is stationod with headquarters at Anderson, S. C., and will take pleasure in visit ius personally all persons in the upper part of this State and the bordering Counties of Georgia who de?ire to purchase a~ PIANO OR ORGAN. He represents TEN of tho LEADING MANUFACTORIES of the World, and cannot fail to please. Better satisfaction can be had in tho se? lection of an Instrument, and considerable expense saved by consulting him personally in your own home, Do not purchase without dropping him a card at Anderson, S. C, which ho will answer either personally or by letter, as SOLID SHOT AGAINST Blood Poison! Atlanta, Ga., April 17, 1633. In ' t; i -i i rVrfti rif a tcrrihloBlood Poison, o-d after !"'.n: tr? iKl ti i threo physicians, was con Dncd to p. . hod. i:>i! able to raUo my hand to my heal, spitting u;i clots of blood, and reduced in wchrht r-m 181 t-> 11*5 p-ir.d?. I then began tha use >r s nfi's Specific, ami in less than three months I wftj entirely w? !. w??| ? ,? d 100. and have never had a symptom of t!i<: di*ua*t* since. If it had not been for Swift's Spec'.?c 1 bciicva I would havo been iu myfrave. JO J N V. BISHOP. We hav? f r t ?' :r..'t *hs been preset ibi" { Swi'l's Sji-'c::;.- i i i :?? ira-.tment of tiio disease* (? r Which ItMrectUUtucudr l. R-ivu n t been disnp* pol:it>s| luo-tii^i.? i:-i.i>.v. We. think, for all dis ca- - it h rwoai neu . ?: i , mrt'. it stands without a ie ?. a-i i tint i m i:i : c;il t'-'ifeMlon will sooner or vr Im toruul lo '.*'?? . ? let!,; ? it, la tlie treatment ol El? .1 Digests, a ti'" -.i t nan. \. \. GATJ/TC&Y, U. D. j. v. ;: ?jJXNS?N, if. a. Monroe. fSn. & 1 f\ p f\ ?':! WA I? 7> t-?'l ho pstd t* ony V * ? * ' c . v ;.i :!:?!, on analysis "? " ' ??' ?-? -; , < : ? or mercury, !??.. ?' l ?'- i ? ."i.. ?'tjrn. : :. .,!;':? ?. T..I/' Iii., wcr.1,c:iia. Ga, gUi svll i:. 0:1* llitkl Uxik l.l.lil.'l t.\> 11 ??? ?? ???? Specific Remedies for Woman's Woes. BEAT FIELD'S FE HALS EEGULATOB Is a res-alt of a skillful and scientific combination P? that special class of medicines known to act spe? cifically on tho womb and titrrjn? organs: and is therefore a special remedy u,r nil diseases pertaining to tho womb. It> great eflirarv in ?"?8 ol "uppresscd or painful menstruation, the Whites, and Partial Prolapsus, stands un? challenged. In these cases it affords Immediate relief, and permanently restores the men. Btmal function, and thus protects woman iroma long train of disastrous consequent es. As an unfa ling remedy to be used during that cntw*d period known as "Change of Life," this in? valuable preparation has no rival. JPBICE.-Small size, 75c.; Large size, $1.50. MOTHEE'S FEIEND, quick and east child-birth. ? This is an Inestimable boon to all child-bear? ing women. When applied according to direction' insures a safe, quick mid comparatively pain, less delivery. Thousands oi women over the land gratefully Ks; if/ to tho wonderful effects of thia great remedy. It not only shortens labor und lessons the intensity of pain, but, better than all, thereby greatly diminishes the danger to life of both mother and child. This great boon to sii fieri ng woman is Holmes'Liniment, or Moth? er's Friend. Price, 81.50 per bottle. Sent by Express on receipt of the price. JWSold by all Druggls*. These Remedies Prepared onlv bv j. BRAOFmn. No. 108 S. Pryor Street; . ?? i Qii^^CliilM Thousands of w?ao&focr the laud testi? fy to the wonderful effects of this great rem? edy; It will not only shorten labor and lessen the Intensity of pain and suffering beyond expression, but better than all, it thereby greatly diminishes the danger to life of both mother and child. This great boon to suf? fering woman is IJoUntt" Liniment or Moiter'i Friend. Prepared and sold bfJ. BiUDntu), Atlanta. Ga. Sold by an Draggiit?. Price $1.50 bottle. Sent byExpress on receipt of price. KING OF THE SINGERS. HE above is the exact representation the SEWING MACHINE we sell FOR $20.00. It is in every respect the very best of the Singer Style of Machines, finished in the best manner, with the latest improvements for winding the bobbin, the most conven? ient style of table, with extension leaf, large drawers and beautiful Gothic cover. IT STANDS, WITHOUT A RIVAL, S? King of Singer Machines. We do not ask you to pay for it until you see what you are buying. We only wish to know that you really want to buy a Machine id are willing to pay $20 for THE BEST IN THE MARKET. Write to us, sending the name of voiir nearest railroad station. We will send the Machine and give instructions to allow you to examine it before you pay for it. WILLMARTH & CO.. 729 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. March 1,1883 33 ly E? USEFUL AnTICXEfl. -ft Book, to all -who send two So. Btoatpo for ooataco