New Orleans Republican., 1872-11-30
"Many Of these, 1suppose, come Ia here

'It seems to be q sort Of coldp" said che
reporter, hearing horse cough.
20, yes" replied the book-keeper wisely,
in the air OF schoolmaster talking to an
urcbin, ''it's only catarrhal fever
How does it killP'
"By getting down into the Lights sfbeS it
has gone through the gullet.T
II hear that mules are noe so gnuoh az
| fected with ie as Ror@s-that they are
scarcely touched"
That's mistake. Around as ElliottS
| they're worse off than any horses; you ought
| to see how they pun at the nose"
I As the b9ok-keeper grew impatienS and
looked very much like man who was
bothered by the opportunities OF the re-
porter, ne wens on to another stable on
Grav;er street, just above Dryades- 4
hostler had just received en- invoice Of
sweat blankets, and was coolly undojng
| them. stopping 10 take fhe knots out Of the
strings With his teeth. He Vas mutBed up
like man who Was prepared for anything
in the way of cold, and gho didn'S oare
| whether rude Boreas" blew or noe.
"AIl xour horses down p asked $ho Sc
porter.
"6es, all down" tnatyirg the etring.3
A young maB who wors his breeohea in
side of his boots here stepped Rp and asked
! She muftled man if that was ssWeat blanket.
~ 'spose it's the same in all the stables y
the reporter limited, stalking up and down
in rear Of the stalls, every one Of which had
| J., III
| by a cloud of foverish perspiraticA.
"'Ses, they're al TOOK dovuo We had all
9oura Gooa dovn at onc&"
| ''Hhat day was thatP
"guesday, wasn't it, Jims" Fsgeakius 90
thS man With @is PantaIooaa snsi,Se lila
boots.)
| jim, aha9rectedfy-"8e tuesday"
| This day &allied vsith other reports, and
! it may bepronounced that the malady made
q general seizuBe Oh Suosday IN all the !iS-
| cry stables.
"What Do yon :hink oH the diseases" in
quired the reporter % Shs uAn pith ahe
bundlea
Yhe mar eEit1s mia pants inside his boots
looked at the reporter suspiciousIy at this.
q ShiDk 9t ID funny thing. Believe
I've got it myself, and he gave the WOODEN
mudiers aboat his throat another twist,
This was a Bew idea, but nos 50 comicaI
7 as people might suppose, mop SO Budicrous
! as to be entirely dismissed. Petceiying a
gentleman with gray hair come in. tho re
porter found in him tho came answers rs-
ported above, and asked him the 9eason
| why mules we're, according 50 geDort'
greater sufferers than She horses
"Well, every man Vho owns 9nule
thinks Bothing " going to Gil him, that he
can stand nythiDg and every thing. There
are many 9eoplo who will insist on ID that
lnules as a general thine don's slie. Then
they york him longer, because they think
ehe cpizootic wons fetch him, and when
they do lay him aP be is SEQ Sar gone. Bot
soon as Aorse sneeRes they GalI iD q
doctors
"a doctorS' impaired the reporter Of o
lounger about sheee stables. "Do you thipk
it secesssry 70 call on oneY'
Depends whether you'vs Sos the hooHm
siiyey," he replied, Shrusting HE tongue ia
his cheeb.
At tbs 2oof % the central otRoe Of the
City Railroad Company, whose ears were
ell IN, the reporter raot @ gentleman who
was just going Rome TO dinner, and Intended
to yaIk, 500.
Il wanted % find oac about your hnes.
and when yOu expect 80 Fosume businessv
said the reporter. IL &oG's suppose it'll last
over FIVE days9"
ssE'n calculating oA two weehs.'' he said,
smiling family. It evidently slidn's make
rauch difference to hius.
''As long as thati"
al think we'll be lucky If Ee get co work
sooner. AS for the Canal, the Esplanede,
the Rampant, they can't lasb over Suuday,
and will lay up on Monday at the furthe8t." "
"How mAnv horses have youY'
"Not one; our horses are all JnMles. We
have got 700 Of them"
"Then you have abost 100 bor-mules
down already, fob the care frOsa SDe-half
your lines are pulled inf'
"Yee, about that"
"WelI, what is the company doing by way
ofa remedy You must have got the thing
down to dot by this time, and hsv0 gath.
cred good idea on the aubjectS'
Here is my remedy, Rritten Ous Eve
had it printed. 50 mony people came 90
me and asked me for To copy couldn't do
otherwise. &n4 he handed she SeporteS the
following;
GoULD's SPECIFIC FOR HoReB DlsR4sB.
This disease seems to be catarrhal fever
first in the head, aud, If NOS averted goes to
the lungs, ending in lung fever, which very
often proves fatal 1t commences with q
short, hacking cough, and within twenty
four hours the nose discharges, frat watery
then thickenp, light color as first, then dark
ems, no smeR.
Mr.. GOuld's course Ia 40 $ollsWs:
When the symptoms arc rirst noticed,
commence feeding %iHh warm mashes Of
bran and Ont hay, give water after the feed,
not before; keep the horse well and warmly
hlanketed. Do not use the horse unless
compelled to do 50, and then he must not
be driven faster than walk. pat on
blanket whenever he is standing still; is
the horse TetUses to eat the mash, then give
him oatmeal grUel-giye q quart or two as
d time; pour it down or give from bottle
The horse Will have p sore throat; examine;
when seen, apply the following mixture,
rubbing thoroughly from the jaws tv the
chest, twice day; Take and miS four
ounces OF tinctuTe of Rrnica, four ouRc0s OF
chIorOtUrm, four OunoeR SE ammORiS, and /
four ounces Of sweet oil.
In addition to the outward Pemedy yoN |
will buy piece OF quarter iuch rubber tube |
or pipe eighteen inGnea long; put in one end |
shout Tablespoonful Of finely putyerized |
alum, insert TIE 4ube in the mouth to and !
beyond the roots of the tongue and then |
blow the powder into the throat; use this |