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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-18
4 REMARKABLE CAsR--A MAE GRATED

4 REMARKABLE CAsR--A MAF GRATED
LIKE TREE.-The case Of George Gardner Of
this city who, as our readers may remomber;
had his foot crushed on the H., K. & T. R: r.,
some time since, has given rise to an expert
nent, and tosdlt In surgery Of great interest
to the profession, and destined to commafid the
attention of scientific readers everywhere. A
report of the case will doubtless find its way to
the medical journals, but we may, without I'M
propriety, give Din bdtline Of the experiment.;
It has always been difficult to cause the heal
ing of wounds where any large surface of the
skin was gone, as nothing but skin will produce
new skip, and this only for short distance
(lcss than an inch) around the margin. Hence,
in making amputations, it has always been con-
sidered necessary to preserve clap" of skin to
fold over the exposed end of the limb in order
to form o covering of skin and good Stump"
But in Gardncr's case the patient was too weak
to admit of amputation and it was question
Of life or death to save the ankle;joint and to
form skin covering for the crushed and
manglcd stump.
This was done by q wonderful process, viz ::
by transplanting or grating on the wounded
part from time to time small portion of skin
from another part of the body. Pieces of skin
not so large as grain of wheat were taken
from the patients arm and grated on the lace
rated stump, where they took root, as it were
formed nucleus for growth, and gradually
spread till the whole surface was completely
covered with sound and new integument of
skin, and the young man has a good ankle joint
and beautiful stump.
The surgeon in charge (whose name we are
not at liberty to use) does not claim to be the
discoverer of this treatment, the credit of which
is due to a celebrated surgeon of Paris-Mr.
Reyerdin, we believe. But the present case is
believed to be the most clearly defined and em-
inently successful one yet treated in the United
States, and as such will undoubtedly excite much
interest in scientific circles.-Ssdalia (Mo.)
Times.
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SLIGHTLY M1xED.-A friend who married .
widow, explains rs follows how he got mixed
ND in his relationship 81 married widow who
had grown up daug ghtcr. My father visited our
house often, fell in love with my step,daugh-
ter and married her. So, my father became
nv son-in-law, and ahy stcp-daughter: my moth
er, because she was my fathcr's wife Come
time afterwards my wife had son-he was my
fathers brother-in-law, and my uncle, ior ne
was tho brother Of my step-mothor., MY father
wife, that is my stopaughtor had S as0 d son thG
me- oaaeime @ai 91 my Vs wife became my grandmother
NV wifc's husband and grandchild at tho same
time. And as the husband of q PERSONS grand
mother is his grandfather, am my own grand
father
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SERMON on M1sER's DEATH.-If there be
ANYTHING in this world which is mournfully
laughabIe, it is the spectacle of dead mlser,
living in helpless inertia, and quite unable to
protest, though never so family, against the
undertaking and other sepulchral extrava-
gance 1t IS emily then that we begin to com
orehend the metaphorical etymology OF the
word "Miscr-miserable, pitiful, woeful, sorry,
abiect." Here is the poor capitalist, with all bis
pinchings and parings, his boarding and sera-
pings, his savings and secretings, come TO TINS
at last The fact puts life into the modest
morality. All is left behind-the unmytho-
logical heirs will not so much as place penny
to pay Charon into the fist which will never
grippe again, or upon the palm which will itch
no more There.will be newspaper paragraphs
about the queer creature in the coffin, ike the
one which we read concerning Thomas Boyle,
q miser lust defunct in Philadelphia. He wss
bell-riuger at the Navy Yard, dwelt seventy
wears alone in garret, was worth eighty thou
sand dollars salted down in real property,
begged all the clothing which he wore from the
penerous sailors and whenever it was washed
he washed it himself. With all his wealth
there was not poorer creature III the city tie
attained the superlative of the adJectlve-he
was miser and he WAS miserrimus-llving IN
such fearful foreboding of penury that he al
tempted, at one time, to enlist as a common
sailor at seventeen dollars month. Here, as
in all such cases, YVES prudence, an excellent
quality in itself, run to sheer lunacy. 1t will
always be so, when the business of money-get~
ting is pursued for the sheer sake of getting
money! crazy hunt which does nobody, not
even the hunter himself, any good. 1t may be
hard to convince the world that this mania is
substantially no better than that Of the spend
thrift-that, in fact, it is, all things considered,
less creditable to human naturc-yet such seems
to us to be the truth.
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VOLUME Ono. 46:

HOME CoURTEsIBs.-How many Of lis;
brethren and sisters, make home the ragbons
of ill:humors and caprices, and wretched moods
of every kind, while we carefully hide them
from the stranger When the guest arrives We
slide chair over the rent in the carpet, and
slide tidy over the worn edge of the sofa
cushion, and lay prcttily-bound book oyEf
the ink-stain upon the parlor tabie-cloth; and
so at his coming the flying hair is smoothed;
and the sullcn look is gilded with smile, and
the sour tone is suddenly wonderfully sweet:
Shriveled old Autumn blooms in mement in
to rosy Spring. And how is youth to know
that this house, where everything seems to
smile, is not always as warm and sunny as he
finds it? Yet this young woman, 50 neatly i,
dressed, so quietly hammered, so fascinating to
human beings. Still he can never know it un-
til it is too late. He cannot put it to the proof:
He takes the divinity upon trust; All that he
knows is that she is a woman, and that he loves.
And whether he thinks that household intel
ligence and thrift and endless courtesy come
by nature, like Dogberry's reading or writing;
or whether he assumes that, having 4 mother,
his peerless princess has been carefully saaght
all the duties of queen, or whether, as thS
most probable, he knows only that he loves,
the duty of the parent is still the same.
n But for the ordeal of the house.
hold who can come too well prepared? And
what parent, what human being Who has LEARN:
ed by experience, but would gladly equip every
child with the most perfect equipment? No;
Dorinda Jane, to whom the youth, cftsty at
home, will presently come sweetly smiling, it ID
not the flowing hair, and the graceful! dress;
and the bloom upon the cheek, and the soft
luster of the eye, that will make home happy:
No, nor is it his horses and plate, and the lux:
ury and ease he promises. And you, dear Sir.
and Madam, who permit that boor to sit surly
at the table, and to growl in m0nosyllables at
home, you who suffer that fair-faced girl to
grow up utterly unequal to the duties to which
she will be called, you are responsible:
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Archbishop Manning is out against ex

= Archbishop Manning is out against ex-
trayarance in female attire. He said: "Men
have improved since the last century in this
respect but the attire of women has become
more costly, ostcntatious and singular, even to
strangeness, and thus money wasted which
should clothc the naked, feed the poor, or cd
ucate the children.
ct is not oftcn,' says the Nashville
(Tenn.) Union, chat We sec city mayors in
State prisons; but we saw convict, on Thurs
day, at work at the capitol as a carpenter who
il said to have been formerly Mayor of Cleve-
land. He sent many prisoners to the penten-
siary, but finally got there himself"
"A Massachusetts man has commenced
swallowing himself lie has got his teeth
down.
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SHERMAN AND THE RhDIcALs.-With an
effort to disparage bis influence upon Northern
public sentiment, but with poor concealment Of
their chagrin at his course, the leading Radical
journals assail General Sherman for his recent
speech at Now Orleans. Having regarded
Sherman as their own property, and as the heir
apparent to the Presidency, whenever Radical
necessities should drive the party to nominate
him, as was the case in the selection of Grant,
these Radical journals do not relish the proba-
bility of losing him. They show their teeth
and snarl at him. The N. Y: Tribune of Thurs,
day has a column on the suject, in which the
General is unccremoniousy handled. 1t calls
his speech Democratic Godsend," while he
is called "the most talkative of our Generals, !"
and believer Sin the government of the
sword" His Ignorance of politics" and the
ambitious and arrogant mind of tho brilliant
soldier" are ridiculed. 1t is limited that he is
itching for the Presidency, and the opinion is
expressed that "he would make bad President
for us ALL" We may here be pardoned for
asking, if his speech is Democratic Godsend,
what kind of send is 1t to tho Grant kadi-
cals2
The Philadelphia Press, In short paragraph,
refers to "the pro-southern Ideas" contained ~ in
the Generals address as greatly pleasing the
friends OF the hu Atu1 alfu sllS eu1n'ieo Va
the Republican party"
The Washington Chronicle does not believe
that he made the speech as reported-but If he
did it is to be regarded either as zone of his
.erratic growls," or as "a bid for the Democratic
Presidential nomination"
General Sherman's bomb has evidently pro-
duced panic in the Grant camp. His speech
was as unexpected as it was unwclcome. The
probability is that in short time he will be
one of the best abused men in the country.
But the more he is villiied by the extreme
Radicals the more acceptable he will be to the
moderate men of the country-and the more
too, (if we correctly understand his character,
will he be confirmed in his own manly and in
dependent views, and the less likely Will he DC
to submit to the dictation of the Radical man
agerS
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HENRY WARD BEEcHER's STEPMoTHER.-
It is we'll known that Mr.. Beecher keeps a re-
porter in his church. The form of Mr.. Ellen
wood is as we'll known as that of the Plymouth
pastor. He has sat for years at a little table in
front of the platform, and takes down every
thing that Mr.. Beecher says-his notices,
prayers and sermons. These Mr.. Beecher re-
yises before they are published Sharp, racy,
humorous utterances keen remarks, sentences
thrown off in the heat of speaking, wlttlclsms
that shake the Plymouth audiences as the TOR
est leaves are shaken by the wind, are often
missed in the public report. Many of the IL
lustrations lose much of their point, because
no reporter can take down the manner OF their
utterance. Last Sunday morning he brought
his stepmother on to the platform; He de-
scribed her as woman of great excellence, but
as q great martinez. Strict in her religious.
practices and teachings, and like the mistress
of Dotheboy's Hall, she gave her children
weekley stiff dose of the Catechism. She
was the pink of prepriety, and held in abhor-
rance all vain and triAing amusements. Dr.
Beecher had weakness-that OF PLAYING on
the fiddle. He mixed up Yankee Doodle, a
round country dance, and Old Hundred, and
he did not exactly know where the one began
and the other ended. One day he was amusing
hlmSelI on MS IdVOIltS lHoIi ttiiOiio, oiO ~. S
up genuine Jig which unsanctifed had been
running in his head ever since he was boy.
inst at that moment the mother came in and,
catching the inspiration of the tune, placed her
hands on her hips and actually danced min
ute. MIR. Beecher described the scene: He
stepped back on the platform, placed his hands
on his hips, and showed the audience how his
mother did it. He described the coDsternation
of the children. He clasped his hands, rolled
up the whites of his eyes like regular Nav
and stood the personifcation of rustic horror.
The whole scene was irresistibly comic. He
wound up with the moral that if his mother
had danced more and piled the Catechism less
he would have had happier childhood-Bos-
ton Journal
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An old man lay upon the floor and over hum p.
bent r,,fian, clntching his throat, and holding
pistol to his ear, while another man grasPed
a shrieking girl by the arm-a girl in floating
night dressowith such long golden hair as be-
longed to the woman of my vision.
Not moment was to be wasted.
Ben flung his weight against the slender lat,
tice and crushed it in, and we had grapplcd
with the ruffians before they knew whence the
attack came or how many foes were upon them
I do not intend to describe the struggle;
indeed, could not if would. But VIC were
men, and inspired by the cries of the helpless
old man and the terrified girl, soon had one OF
the villains bound and the other lying prostrate
on the floor.
Then Ben started for assistance, and before
morning both we're in Jail. Ben admitting, as
we shook each other by the hand, that we were
"wanted at the Cross Roads"
The old man was not miser, but he had
saved some few thousands for his old age, and
living more plainly than he need have done
had given rise to the rumor, and so brought
the burglars to the Cross Roads, in the hope OF
booty.
The girl, beautiful creature of seventeen,
and as a story is not acceptable to the lady
reader without favor of romance, will tell
them that she became in after years, not my
wife but the wife of my darling brother Ben.
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THE GROWTH OF SHAD-According of Mr..
Green, the we'll known pisciculturist of New
York. shad do not attain their full growth
sooner than at the age of three or four years.
These views are formed from the examination
and comparison of the young shad hatchcd out
in artificial breeding tronghs and those caught
in the Hudson. Young shad Matched out are
at the age of six weeks only one and one-quar-
ter inches long, and not larger round than al
month of June shad five inches long arc caught
in the Hudson. The theory is advanced that
the fivc-inch shad is one year old, and having
remained in the river, or near its mouth, during
the first twelve months, comes up the river
with the old shad in tho spring.
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WHIPPING HoRsEs.-Profcssor Magner, in
speaking upon the education of horses, says:
"I would caution those who train or use
horses against exciting the ill-will of the ami
NAL. Many think they are doing finely, and
are proud of their success in horse-trainlng by
means of severe whipping, or otherwise rous-
ing and stimulating the passions, and then,
from necessity, crushing the will through which
the resistance is prompted No mistake can be
greater than this, and there is nothing that so
fully exhibits the ability, judgment and skill of
the horseman as the care and tact displayed in
winning, instead of repelling, tho action of the
mind. Although it may be necessary to use
the whip sometimes, it should always be ap-
piled judiciously, and great care should be
taken not to rouse the passions or excite the
will to obstinacy.
''The legitimate and proper use Of a whip Is
calculated to operate upon the sense OF fear al
most entirely. The affections and better ma
ture must be appealed to in training horse
as we'll as in training a child. A rcpirootgiven
may be intended for the good of q child, but
if only tho passions arc excited the effect is de-
praving and injurious. This is vital prlncl.
rplc. and can be disregarded in the management
of sensitive, courageous horses, only at the inn
minent risk of spelling them. have known
many horses of naturally good character to be
spoiled by whipping once and one horse that
was made vicious by being struck with whip
once. while standing in his stall.
Sensitive horses should never be left, after
thoy have been excited by the whip or other
means, until cslmed down by rubbing or pat
ting the head and neck, and giving apples, su-
gar. or something of which the animal,is fond.
Remember, the whip must be used with great
caro-, or it is liable to do mischief, and may
cause irreparable injury"
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"A female lecturer says the only decent
thing about Adam was rib, and that wont To
make something better.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-25

Marie, Of ACCOMPLISHMENT du Pan.
theon. They failed to seduce scholars
Of the Polytechnique, who have obtain
ed weeks holiday, and they Joined
the orderly Nationals in Place De La
Bourse, where ther is a large force and
great vigilance in expectation Of an
attack from the insurgents.
The London 1tlegrapHs special dis
patch gives the justification published
BY the commander sof the nsurgent
Nationals otthe massacre In Place
Vendome He says the people who
made the demonstration against his
forces provoked them with yells Of
deriosn, and fired first, killing one Of
his command.
The National Assembly.
VERSAILLES, March 23.-ln the Nation
al Assembly to-day the Government pro-
posed a law for the organization Of
volunteers, which was adopted. Under
its terms every department OF France
is to send to Versailles Immediately a
battalion Of solunteers for the support
/ Of the Gov ernment.' A proposition for
the appointment Of committee Of tif-
teen: members OF the Assembly, to pro-
ceed to Paris and assist in restoring or
der was favorably considered.
.. Severalmay Of ACCOMPLISHMENTS in
Paris, who were compelled to find
safety in fight from the city, were in
yited to seats in the Assembly. As
they entered the chamber there was
great applause from the Deputies of
The left while those of the right pro-
tested against the action of the body.
A scene Of tumult ensued, lasting uh-
til adjournment.
German Parliament - Ovation to
Minister bancroft.
BERLIN, March 24-At yesterdays
session of the German Parliament Herr
Simson was elected President, and
Prince Hohenlohe Vice President, and
Herr Weber second Vice President OF
the Reichstag or popular House.
American Minister Bancroft has re-
ceived an ovation from the people OF
Rerlin ...
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SPAIN.
ti.iir. in Porto Rico-Thc new NinS
Obnoxious.

kF-ttrS s-bFto heshe
obnoxious.
HAVANA, March 22, VIA KEY WEST,
23-Ncws received from Porto Rico
by the Spanish steamer confirms re-
ports Of the agitated state OF affairs in
that Island. The radical party Of Gre
olr- and conservative Spaniards are not
only waging a var OF words, but the
latter threaten resource TO arms. There
i much secret discomfort with the new
King, and events of the past few days
snow that Spain is in greater danger
than ever of losing her American colon
.es 1t is rumored in Cuban circles
that General Quesada landed his ex-
pedItiOn successfully in the vicinity Of
trinidad.
\ very imhammatory manifesto has
been issued, and it is evident that the
feeling existing between the two parties
is Of the most bitter character. The
action OF the home government in re-
moving an officer has excited the indig-
nation of those in Havana who desire
10 run the government of the Island Of
cuba, aud they have sent a dispatch to
Madrid asking that the removed officer
be reinstated. Should the reply be un-
favorable it is said that the authority Of
King Amadeus will be quietly ignored
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CLEVELAND.
ReccptIon OF O'DonOvan ROssa-
Railroad Accident.

Reception OF O'DonOvan ROssa-
Railroad Accident.
CLEVELAND, March go Donovan
Rossa arrived in this city last evening.
His coming was unexpected at that
time, or his friends would have given
him reception at the depot. The
Irish associations rendezvoused at the
Cathedral at seven o'clock this evening
formed in procession and marched to
the Weddell House and escorted Mr..
Rosa to Case Hall, where he delivered
lecture to a large and enthusiastic
audience.
Early this morning serious collis-
ion occurred between a passenger and a
freight train on the Lake Shore d
Michigan Southern, short distance
east OF the Union depot. One en-
ploye had leg broken and another
severely injured. One car was nearly
thrown into the lake and a baggage
car was considerably damaged No
passengers were injured.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March "a.
SENATE.l

The Vice President. laid before the Sen.
ate resolution received from the House
for final adjournment Of that body,
with the concurrence Of the Senate, on
Monday next. ..
- On motion Of Mr. Edmunds the
resolution was tabled by a viva voce
vote.
The Vice-President stated, that under
his Interpretation Of the order prescrib-
ing the business of the present Senate,
that memorials and petitions which
might be presented could not be referred
to committees, but must be placed on file
in the Senate.
Mr.. Sumner sent to the Secretary a
resolution which he asked to have read
After a debate the ice-President
decided the resolutions in order, his
resolutions being substantially the same
as those offered by Mr.. Sumner yester-
day, with an addition of one relating to
the employment Of the United States
naval forces in Dominican waters, were
then received by the Secretary.
Mr.. Sumner then moved that the
resolution be printed and laid on the
table. ..... ...a. .ss.r.-
After. discussion the morning hour
expired.
Mr.. Sumner moved TO have them
printed, and it was agreed to.
Mr. Sumner was then granted leave
TO make statement, which was to the
effect that he had been prevented from
delivering a prepared speech on San
Domingo at the last session by indispo-
ntion. He had since regained bis
strength slowly, but not completely.
But the importance of the subject com.
pelled him to address the Senate upon
il, and he. hoped he might have the in.
diligence Of the Senate to proceed with
the question. which he proposed in
connection with the pending resolutions
for legislation on the Southern out.
RACES, in which the Senator from Indi.
ana (Mr. Morton) took 30 great an in.
terest. Mr.. Sumner gave notice of bis
intention TO address the Senate on the
subject Monday next. A~
The regular business being Mr.. Sher.
mans resolution instrueting the Judi