Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-24

GIBRAITAK CAvE.-The remarkable
rock OF 1ibraltar, grey compact mar
bic, which rises from fourteen to sixteen
hundred feet above the Mediterranean
has long been famous for it's rnrinus
caves. Recently pretty thorourb ey.
plOrations have been made of some or
those caves, under the direction of Can.
tain Bronze, ot the British army. One of
them, known as "AIartin's Cave" opens
on the eastern face of the rock; and was
evidently an ancient sea cave, though
now upwards Of 700 feet above the Med
lterrancan. y month was devoted to the
exploration; aud curiously enough, there
were no evidences Of any previous ex-
ploration of this cave. The explorers
first cXcayated from three TO six feet of
earth along the south side of the cave.
This revealed to them stalagmitc floor.
OH which were found portions of the lower
jaw, supposed To DC human, and n con-
siderable quantity Of bones OF animals
birds and fishes; also broken pottery, rude
and ornampnted handles and pots stone
axes; flint knives and flint chips: worked
bones; sea shells, land shells, aud water
washed pebbles. IN n small chamber,
off the north side Of the cave, were found
two ancient swords, and n small enamell-
ed copper plate, beautifully made and
brilliantly colnrcd, with desigi, upon it,
representing bird in the coil Of serpent.
These relics are referred to the eleventh
or twelfth century.
In another large cave, St. Mchael's
Cave, were found numerous human re-
mains, stone axes, flint knives, &c, &c.
On the north si,Lc of this cave, by break
ing up the stalagmiie floor, other caves
were discovered, which extended some
$50 feet i'll a uorlhwesterly direction,
the very existence of which had before
been unknown. The explorations are
still in progress. But they already seem
TO demonstrate that at some remote period
of time the caves of Gibraltar were all
inhabited by race of men having uni
form habits OF life.-BOStOD ZrdUcLer.
MAD DoGs.-If person is bitten by a
mad dog what should he done? This is
an important question, yet one that is
easily answered.
Statistics show that n large majority
of persons bitten would never have nv
drophobia if anything was done TO pre-
vent it yet many die from this terrible
disease. Happily there is sure prevrn
tive.
The poison from The bite of the rattle
snake is absorbed at once, and the sys-
TEN becomes affected Immediately.
Not so with the bite of = rabid dog
The poison remains ia the wound a
length of time, seldom less than twenty
days, before the system is in the least at.
fectcd by it.
that need he done is to remove the poi
son from the wound. When should this
be done? The sooner after receiving the
wound the better. How is to TO be done
Best with the knife cutting away enough
to make it sure all the poison is removed,
then wash the wound and let it heal.
If the locality or character of the
wound is such that it can not be excised,
caustic should be applied sufficient to de-
troy all the poison. Mr.. Gouatt was bit
ten seven times himself, and has used the
caustic i'll more than four hundred cases,
and not one had hydrophobia At St.
Georges Hospital about four thousand
persons bitten by dogs submitted to the
operation of eXcision, aud not one was
known to have been lost. No medicine
need be taken. All the medicines ad-
rertsed to prevent or cure hydrophobia
are humbug; and persons claiming the
skill to prevent or cure the disease by
giving medicine, are imposters, and the
people ought not to be deceived by
them.- O6ey{in Nears.
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