The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-10-31
THE CATTLE DISEASE.


denies have decimated the human family, the
domestic animals have been spared Now, how
ever, the dreaded cholera and the cattle plague
both emerged from their Oriental haunts at tho
same time, and terrible as has been that mortal
ity among the nations smitten by the cholera,
the destruction of all kinds Of stock apd cattle
by q species of murrain has been equally fear
full. A year ago it was in Egypt, and ], ,100, 900
cattle perished from the herds Of that country
Passing around the Mediterranean, il made i:s
way north ward into Russia and the countries on
the Danube, Poland, Siberia, Gallicia, lIuugary,
Austria, bohemia, and Morsvia we're visited and
depopulated of .their cattle with astonishing
rapidity. In the eagerness to avoid a total loss,
the owners of neat stock seld large number Of
their animals to be transported to Hamburg
and thencce to England. La this way the ter
rible disease has spread over Great Britain. A
correspondent of the London Times, writing
from Vienna under date Of August 17ih, 1866,
thus describes the "Russian Murrain," as the
English call it:
"The first symptoms Of PnemoRi0 pecOyRpT
episooticd typhom are doleiulness and feeble
ness, with difficulty in breathing. The animals
stand with their heads hanging down; their ears
are pendulous, their eyes fixed. The inner skin
of the nose is pale the inner part of the mouth
Shiny; the body, horns, ears aud legs are cool,
the skin is dry, and the hair rough and bristly
The first stage Of the malady, during which
there is little or no fever, lasts from fortnight
to three weeks. The symptoms during the Sc
cond stage are feverish movements, violent
shiverings aud exaeerbation towards the even
ing; increased difficulty in breathing, with o
dry, hollow, spasmodic cough. In very many
cases there is no cough during the first stage Of
the malady. The appetite is generally good,
though the animals runlinate but little. The
COW gives much milk as usual, bot it is thin
and of blush color. As the malady progress
ses the animals get very weak and faint; some
times the extremities are hot, sometimes they
are cold, the hair on the back and wiihcrs stands
on end, the eyes are red and wide open, tho
neck and head are stretched out, the excretious
are partially suppressed The second stage,
during which there is still chance that the
animal may be saved, lasts four or five days
The third stage, during which the fever assumes
putrid character, need not be described, as it
invariably ends with death"
This disease is now raging in almost every
portion of the world. 1t is in every part Of
Europe, and at tbe Cape of Good Hope, New
South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
During the last three or four months il has
killed nearly a million of cattle in Egypt, aud
as many sheep, goats, csmels, DC, &c. The
bodies Of these animals are all thrown into the
Nile, and SO completely was the river blocked up
with their carcasses "that the dogs or Damietta
could walk across the Nile on bridge OF dead
oxen without getting their feet wet" The dis
case, like the choler1, travels mystcriously from
country to country, and kills shout three fourths
of the animals attacked or 150,476 oxen who
suffered from the disease in Russia 10 1864, l04,-
I'll died. A writer 10 Frehch agricultural
journal states that the disease hrsreJ ratedy swept
over Europe and Asia. He mentions the years
Sl7, 1928, 1925, ITO, l745, 1906, and 1913.
We can fnj no account Of this particular dis
ease having ever found its way into this country,
but as in l745 it crossed the sea from Zealand
to Essex county, England, 10 q cargo Of hides,
we see no reason why il should not arrive in the
rural districts of New York about the time that
the Asiatic cholera commences its American
campaign in the metropolis Of that State. Thus
far no very effective remedies have been dis
covered, but the English and French magazines
direct that particular "attention should be paid
to the cleansing of all yards, sheds and other
places where cattle are kept; and this cleansing
should be especially insisted upon where there
has been any manifestation Of this disease
These places should be disinfected by the free
use of chloride Of lime, or other allied COM
pounds. 1t is also of great importance that all
diseased animals should be ns quickly 40 posi-
BILE removed to as great distance from the
healthy as circumstances will allow"
For rhom do FdshiOnaLie Women Dressf
The idea that ladies who lavish enormous
sums annually in personal decorations dress to
fascnate their husbands, lovers, or man ia the
aggregate, is a vulgar error A fashionable wo-
man is not half as anxious to win the admiration
of the men as TO provoke the envy Of her owo
sex. The truth is, that gentlemen, as a rule,
know very little about the commercial value OF
female attire, and Except when they are called
on to pay the bills) care less An elegant and
becoming toilet, however Inexpensive, generally
satisfies them Not SO our first family bellies
and dashing downgers. Cost is their standard
of excellence in costume. And what eonsuu-
mate sumtuary critics they are. No tradesman
is a better Judge Of the articles 10 which he
deals than :he lady OF fashion is Of all tho ar-
ticles her sisters wear. With single side-long
glance, rapid, keen and searching, she can "reck-
on up the .habiliments of rival 10 the bean
monde almost to 4 shilling No pawn broker
however accustomed to guage the price OF costly
trumpery, could come nearer the marx. Imita.
ton cashmeres, simulated lace and false jewelry,
however ryoiscmbi0nf, do not deceive her for
an instant. She sees through the cheat as easily
as a banker detects a fotged bin, and snesrs in.
wardly at the vain attempt 10 cope with heg
genuine extravaganees. She triumphs in tho
reflection that all her splendors are sterling, and
that her "set" sharp-eyed as herself, can dis
tinguish between cheap fine ladyism and the
ruinous grandeur Ii is intended TO cope with, 90
we'll as she can Bu. mole-eyed man sees NOT
the difference unless IL is pointed ont TO him.
Is il not obvious from these premises that tho