, 1886-03-13
H"YDROPH0BIA VIRUS.
CLARA BELLIES CHAT CONCERNING
NEW AND THREATENING DANGER.

What the French savant Asked NJ. Pasteur
A Question Of Highest Interest-In a
Few Years Nobody Can BE Approached
with Safety from contagion.
A French savant asked NJ. Pnsteur
whether dogs that had been inoculated for
rabies would not be thereafter able TO trans
nit the disease, and therefore hardly less
dangerous han mad dogsf Pastcur re
piled TINT the question wins OF Tie highest in
terest, and he would give his attention to it's
solution. With the arrival Of the Newark
youngsters, who are supposed to have been
made hydrophobia~proof by Pasteur' trent
ment, this question Of tho French snvant
takes on n local interest. II dogs which he
has inoculated can impart rabies, so can
urchins whom he has inoeulnted. II 10 the
several deplorable varieties Of small boy
there has been added another, and II this
other is n ranting reservoir Of h~ydrophohic
virus, then there is a reason 10 ask whether
Pasteur hasn't made II worse instead Of
better for the human race.
With the usual opportunities for shin
ming up q telegraph pole or dodging into n
beer saloon, a mans chances OF going
through life without being bitten by d
mad dog are very good. but, II he must be
MNAt VI Ant HIlANAll Upl lt-i lnt NY ll0hN 10
be charged with virus, then eternal
vigilance is the lowest price Of immunity
from the horrors Of ~hydrophohia. One Of
these Newark boys is a telegraph messcn-
ger. The recipient of a message borrows
the boys pencil 10 sign for the dispatch;
he vets the pencil point IN his tongue,
and loi within the period OF the develop
ment OF the rabies. the MAI is N conyul-
sions and beyond human aid. Tie young
est of the Newark contingent is Of the are
t. swap guilds Of chewing gun with the
children Of his neighborhood, and all viii
be anxious to nave dealings Of that sort
with him, because, forsooth, he has been "a
Paris. The biggest ship that sails from
Hoboken Is too small to carry the urchins
that will have need OF Pastenr's ministra
tons If the danger suggested by the in
qtiiring sayan really exists.
OTHER DANGERS QUITE AS T%ERRTRLE.
But these Newark children ARE not to re
main the only disseminators of hydiopho
bia. Several other patients ARE to return
soon, also charged with the highly uhiec-
tionable venom. In n few years, az this
rate, You will not know who can be ap-
preached with slfety and who is to be
Stunned as you would shun amad dog. II a
spoon at the hotel table has not been thor
oughly cleaned with acid yon may take
rabies from the man who used it last be
fore You II. in a moment Of extreme
kindly feeling toward humanity, lorL pick
up and restore "A dudes cnne you may get
rabies from the frosted-silver head which
slipped from his mouth, md the act OF
courtesy may cost You your life.
In rural places, where It is customary far
all the wedding guests TO kiss the
bride, there is no telling how saturated
with ~hydrophobic venom she may heromt
In a brief space of time. The table fork Of
an envenomed guest Mt nm eatlng-house cnr-
ries a particle Of saliva to the shred Of meat
he leaves IN his plate, and on the following
day You are served with the germs Of rabies
In your plate Of hash, OF later you get the
morscl in u link Of sausage-thus realizing
the hmiorist's dream Of getting the hydro.
phobia from a bologna. Even a casual
thought of the possible perils that may
arise in this way is sufficient TO raise the
question whether it would not be best to
head up those Newark children in casks
and feed them through the bung-hole tin
Pasteur decides that they may safely be
turned loose.-Clara Belle in Cincinnati.
ENQUIRER.