The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-09

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the Government engineers, which haa
had the effect to rctard whatever work
was contemplated at other points. II Il
ali well enough to talk about a commit
tee and all that, but the fact remains
that no deep-water port will be selected
by any committee as long as Galveston.
Sabine Pass, the mouth Of the Brazos,
and Arkansas Pass are olomoring for rec
ognition. The work done at Arkansas
Pass by the Government engineers has
been a success, and is satisfactory; ana
to that end that point needs, and should
have, proper recognition.
ON THE subject Of cure for hydropho-
bia, the New Orleans Times-Democrat
says: "Dr. Louis Pasteur, who has for
years been experimenting on the sub
ieot Of incubation, thinks that he has
finally discovered a cure, or rather pre-
yentive Of that awful MALAY, hydro
phobia; indeed, his discovery can scarce
ly be regarded as doubtful, rs lac has
put 1t to the test, curing by ita boy who
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Ii was many months ago that the first
experiments were made by Or. Pasteur.
| The idea Of incubation seemed to haunt
him, and he tried it In every manner
possible. until he has finally hit upon
the solution OF the problem. with
fragment of tissue from the spine Of q
mad dog he inocuatsd "a rabbit, and 20
on for 60 rabbits in succession, until the
virus had greatly increased Its strength.
Having in the meantime weakened
other virus by exposure to the air, he
was prepared for the case. lie begins
the incubation with the weakest virus,
constantly Increasing its strength until
the patient can be given the strongest
kind without injury. This was tie
principle tried with the boy Meistcr
cured by this process. or rather pro-
| tected from an outbreak OF hydlophobia
after being bitten Toy mad dog, and
the method Was successful, the boy
| being now in excellent health. The
remedy is severe one, as il viii be
seen. and Is not likely to be tried unless
person is In great danger OF the dis
ease. 1t can be practiced, however. to
good purpose upon the dogs themselves.
As hydrophobia is transmitted from one
to the other only by the bite Of rabid
dog, the incubation Of all the canine
Kingdom so MS TO make them hydropho'
bia-prooi would very soon rid the world
Of that disease
"NEw York gave the country some
what Of II surprise observes the Gin
cinnati-Times Star, "by electng DayiC
Il. Hill over Ira Davenport. In looking
around for causes before the complete
vote of the State has been asoerlained
the searcher is considerably puzzled. II
can not be deemed n decisive victory
for the administration. MIR. Clevelant
kept his hand out OF the contest, max
ing no direct effort in behalf of Cover
nor Hill except to 20 home ana vote
The result certainly isn't rebube Il
the administration That little iiGtiol
Is confined to the group of Independent
represented by the New York Time
and Evening Post, As far as the cleo
ton Of Governor Hill concerns the ad
minstratiOn, it simply shows that Mr.
Cleveland's policy hasn't weakened tn,
Democratic party in his own state
Democrats of the Eustis school can de
rive no comfort from this. There wer
many elements in the New York con
test. Many Influences are to be oonsid
cred in explaining the outcome. Tam
many Hall led the Democratic fight
Governor Hill stood for Tammany. 'Ih
machine nominated him. His mos
powerful support came from the ma
chine Tammany's activity and influ
ence are 10y no means confined to Man
haitian Island, but work effectively i
every part Of the State through local OF
CARNATIONS. The machine displaye
| its power notably in New York City
giving Governor Hill greater majorlt
| than Mr.. Cleveland received last yea
, rhs.fact protrudes above the surface O
, one ofthe conspicuous causes Again
E while neither the Republican NJ
, Democrats in the country distrio
cast as heavy vote as last year, II
I Prohibition vote was increased, and tn
was evidently drawn almost wholly fro
the Republicans. The Prohibitions
= bent their energies from first to last
= pull down Mr.. Davenport, owing to Ii
e connection with the Pleasant NalleyWlI
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