Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-01-06
HYDROPHOBIA'S HORRORS.
The Death OLA Young Man Bitten
BY a Black Spite Dos.

lne dull red frame cottage at IO3
!,ilrQ!n street Jersey Cny Heights.
il tins hoIDe Of Mr. and Mrs Kemp.
Albert KlemF ag,.d II, Was their son
On The 81 Mr.. k Iemp noticrd that bis
black Spi,z dog was acting strangely
The dog rad wildly about the ward.
or. seated on Lis launches, stared O.,
the sun, or snapped a, imaginary flies.
Food was put beside bin, but he did
me-, seemingly, sce it. Then Nr.
klemp said Lat the dog should be
drowned. lie threw moose over
the o. IS head, and told young Kle.nu
to Lad ii 10 the IIsckrnsack river and
drown it. Young Klcmp lei the dog
into the street. lie trotted at Young
Elemp's heels sulkily for several
squares. Thea lia fastened bis teeth
IN the bottom o. klemp's troussrs.
kIemp kicked lin off. Then, sorry
Tor his roughnes> to an old PLAYMATE.
he STONED down and called the dog
The dog ran 10 klemp, and caugh.
the forthnger Of his right hand bo.
tween has teeth. lie held on savage.
". and young klemp had TO kick him
into uncOnsclo'Isncss before be could
release has finger. Blood flowed pro.
fusely from the bite, klemp ran to a
pharmacy. and the wound was can.
terized, Meanwhile the dog lad
recovered consciousness and pons
home. At once he attacked a wbi,e
SpIiz dog that had been his companion
for years. There was 6erse 6ybf
that was ended by the Draining Of the
black dog with an axe bv Mr.. KIemp.
Last week the white Spi,z muni,
tested the same strange actions that
The black Spitz had His res,lessness.
h0weyer, seemed greater, and. as he
neither ate nor drank, he died within
few days. ln'the last hours of his
'fr his legs became paralyzed. This
paralysis, scientists say, is an estab,
''hed symptom of hyLrophobia jn
Young Klemp frequently said that
'e was not we'll. On Sunday morning
'e said that he was unable 10 sit uD.
md during the day experienced
increasing difficulty in
breathing. Wien be began to eat
md drink be swallowed laboredly.
1t midnight spasm shook bim vic.
emily. His mouth began to f.l with
aiiva almost as white and thick AZ
otton. This he spat ia every direc.
ION so strongly that it reached ihs
eiling and the walls. In tho en-.
eavor to CLEAR his mouth of this
boxing saliva he uttered sounds that
0 his borror-stricken relatives seemed
lie the 3grOwl of q small dog, and
ben like the snap Of y fcrocious dog,
Physician Stout and Dr.
iilnlan exerted their skill almost CON,
family thenceforward. but about four
'clock % Monday afternoon Elemp
led.
"l Dung Klemp," said Dr. Gilman.
died Of hydropboba. When first
Aw han he breaihed with great dili,
ul'v. cjrcted thick white saliva.
'sulting from The disturbing effect Of
le hydrophobic poison upon tn.
crva,ion Of tie mouth. called out
lat the doors must be kept shut, and
al spas:ps closely following each
lher Excepting when racked by
Dasm, be was conscious. He had
~ fever. His pulse was settled at
30, and be pcrspired so as to moisten
is cl,,hing. As soon a, We (Dr.
'sut and learned that he had been
lten by dog. we decided to usa
Oorara. We injected it beneath tho
iin Of his left arm. At once be said
at lie felt better. We repeated tho
jectiOl, end bo said that be felt still
ore improved. After the injection
I'd been again repeated, the gathering
saliva in his mouth lessened. aud
e spasms were less strong and
,qucnt. Had hs been q lad Of
ucb vital force. and hsl The woorara
en injected in season. it is probable
at he might have lived. But he
IS of slight build-unusually slight
his age--and Of little vital force.
lerefore the racking Of the spasms
on exhausted what he bad"