Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-19

and sufIused with dark blood and in
half putrid condition. The Texas fevei
deranges the digestive organs. I'm
mediaiely after carcass has been ex'
amined IL is sufiused with chem
ically prepared LIQUID, and thus made
ready for burial. And thus we see
that after all these cruei use
and this beneflcent death the
cows body Is pitilessly hurried
away and hidden from sight that oth'
er cattle may not be endangered
WHENCE COMES THE VIRUS?
Virus is obtained from the spleen OF
dead cows and placed in clear glass
vials kept at the agricultural buiidin9,
TO be subjected TO chemical tests and
used in these chemical experiments.
The greater portion of the Texas
fever virus was obtained from North
Carolina aud Virginia, in which
states the disease prevails IN
vlrulcnt form. Investigation has al.
ready gone far enough TO prove that
virus, subjected TO certain treatment,
will not iniure q COW, even If forced
into its veins In extraordinary guam
titles, and In the course Of a few years
the chemists and psychologists expect
to determine the causes of each disease
and ascertain It's sure cure or antidote.
900 FOR IN.
The report to be issued in pamphlet
form by December LIST will contain
much novel importance in reference 10
the diseases ofanimals. Next year adj
ditionnl facilities will he added to the
veterinary station. Hogs and poultry
will be kept NJ the station for expert
mental purposes. Recently q physl-
clan attached TO u French
veterinary station extracted minute
portion OF virus from the lungs of a
COW that died Of lung fever, and, after
bruising small spot OH the tip of the
tail of another COW applied II. The
COW became sick and refused. af,ersev-
eral days, to eat, but it was found that
the fever only extended throughout
the tail; the lungs were not at all in
volyed, and after u mild at
tack of sickness the animal
gained a hearty appetite and rapidly
recovered, wagging its tail in the live
Hest manner. Several other cows were
similarly treated and with exactly the
same results, and IL was further dis
covered that "A COW, thus infected,
even if placed in contact with herd
suffering from lung fever, in its most
virulcnt form, would escape in perfect
health. 1t will be observed that new
sc has been found for cows tails, and
surmise, since communication be-
ween the tail and the rest of the spine
nd body is thus limited, that a cow,
ere there no flies, would do rs we'll
without tail as il it had pair or
more. We wonder if nature is not
preparing cows for that blessed period
when flies and buffalo gnats may be
no more, and cows tails may On, like
those welded by the original Darwin
ian man, into deseutude and then dis
appear for ever?
special TO the Gazette.
a DARK HORSE.
Washington, November lS.--Spring-
er OF Illinois has announced himself
"a candidate for speaker. He says
vnile he does not expect heavy vote
at first, his strength would grow, aud
he believes confidently he would re.
ceive a majority Of votes Mt the last.
The caucus contest of leading oppo-
nehts grows hotter, and while indica.
tons strongly favor Carlisle, dark
norae may suddenly gain unexpected
strength. The Republicans openly
sympathiae with Randall.
coNGREssNES FLocKISG IN.
-Four Texas congressman, Wellboru.
Miller. Mills and Lanham, are i'm Tn,
city, and Others from the South have
arrived. During the coming week II
great number of Northern congress
men are expected. w. G.. Carver and
j, n. Todd Of Fort Worth are in the
city, Senator Butler has just arrived.
Imam Interview with your corresponds
ent he said he thought Arthur was a
man of too much sense to sanction the
lniiannlatory articles in the National
Republican, and was astonished that
hey should lee printed, two members
)f the cabinet being its editors.
John Kelly and Congressman Casey
Young arrived tonight In the interest
ot Cox. The nepotism of Attorney
General Brewster eXcites much unia-
vorable comments.
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