Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-10
General News.

Inc 0TSt train over the DOstOn, uOOSaC
Tunnel and Western railway arrived at North
Adams Saturday afternoon.
The British Museum contains three miles
of book shelves, eight feet high, that meas
ure twenty-five miles in length.
party of Indiana men who went deer
hunting up the Au-Sable (Mich.) river re-
Gently, had thirteen hounds shot by the set
tiers and got only eight deer.
Bells were first set up in churches as de-
fence against thunder and lightning. The
first bell hung in England was in 945. Chimes
were invented in Belgium in 1879.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is building new house for
himself on Fifth-ave., and the reason he sold
out for that S20,000,O00 was so that he would
have the money on hand to pay the plumbers
when they got through Free
Press.
Miss Ferguson, Manager of the Woman's
Employment Society of New York, has been
fined s. for Shaping man in the face In a
Third avenue smoking car because he re-
fused to discontinue smoking at her re-
quest.
The tower of London narrowly escaped de-
struction from fire fortnight ago. spark
caused the mischief, but owing to the exsr-
tions of the fire brigade, the flames, which Sc
dued before further damage was done.
The city of Troy has suffered considera
Bile loss in the largest fire known there in
nearly twenty years. The most serious fea-
turs Of the affair is that nearly 1000 working
people are thrown out Of employment, though
possibly not for a long time.
How it came about that 5000 Confeder ate
soldiers cheered Justify for Fighting Joe
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Rural Sun NASHVILLE, Tenn, who was a
prisoner at Rock Island H., during the Sc
we're winter of ls63-'64 The General visit
ed the military prison one day. and all the
inmates were drawn up in line for inspection.
His keen eyes seemed to scan every man from
head to heel, as he slowly passed before
them, and at the upper ends Of the lines the
party halted. The old General, half-wheeling
his horse, lifted his plumed hat with as much
knghtly grace as if they hal all been cour-
tiers, and a soft expression assed over his
face as he said "Young gentlemen, l am
sorry, very sorry for you, and hope soon our
difference will be settled so that you all can
return safely home again" Simple as the
expression was, it was so different from those
they had been accustomed to hearing from the
commander of the prison that it touched the
hearts of the Dragged Rebs" like a current of
threats gave lusty cheer for Joe Hooker.
As it seems to have been demonstrated that
there is such a disease as hydrophObia,, and
that the bite Of dog with rabies, independ-
ent of the nervous agitation of the person
who has been bitten, will bring it about. Ger.
tain French physicians have been trying a
number of experiments for the purpose of de-
termining the method of transmission. It is
clear that the poison can be transmitted to
human beings by animals, but it has been
doubted whether the former could in their
turn trasmit it. 1t was held by those who
made the tests that if virus could be commu-
nicated to animals from man in the hydro
phobic state, the presumption was fair that it
might also be communicated by him to others
Of his own species. For the purpose
of deciding this question, NJ. Raynaud
experimental with the blood and saliva OBJ
tanned from man in the last stages
of hydrophobia at the Lariboisiere
him in quiet interval, on the day before his
death, and with them two rabbits were inocu-
lated The enc that was treated with the
blood did net seem to be in any way affected
by it but the rabbit that was lnoculated with
the saliva began to show symptoms of rabies
in four days, and, having passed through
different stages Of excitement, died on the
sixth day. Further tests developed the fact
that the saliva after death still continued to
hold its dangerous qualities, though its effect
upon the blood into which it was transmitted
was Of less virulent character. The con-
clusion to be drawn from this is very obvious.
The poison rests in the saliva, and is so po-
tent in its nature that in treating or nursing
persons in whom rabies has developed, too
much care cannot be observed, as the slight
est impregnation of the virus will not i'm
probably result in terrible suffering and death.