The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-11-06
HfDROPn0BIA.
HiItsry dsPszsus Case.

peasants who had been bitten by
a wolf were sent TO Paris for
treatment against hydrophobia by
NJ. Pasteur. Three of the peas.
ants died. DIR. Felix l.. Oswald
gives the following account Of the
VOLTS attack in the Cincinnati En.
quirer:
Russian papers publish the fol
lowing interesting details Of the
wolf episode that cost Mons. Pas
teur three weeks of hard work,
and the first professional disap-
pointment. According to u cor,
respondent Of tho Noyodl. tho
brute that caused all the mischief
was not q wild wolf, but a domes-
ticated pet, perhaps the most pet.
ted quadruped in Eastern Europe.
Three years ago a berry.picking
boy found hun in the woods, and
brought him TO the village Of Bic
ly, Government Of Smolensk,
where the farmer, Stephen Was
siljew, adopted him as y compan-
ion to q motherless puppy. Be-
fore the end OF the summer the
whelp had superseded his foster.
brother. lie had an ultra-canine
talent for tiunkylsm, aud fawned
himself into the favor Of so many
visitors, that his owner was re.
peatedly offered thirty roublss for
the bushy.tailed little sicophant
that would lick the hands Of every
stranger, aud romp with the vii.
lage youngsters and billy goats.
One OF the farmers girls was his
favorite playmate. Al the
mere sound of her voice he
would start from couch at the
hearthstonc and scratch and
whine at the door till his girl
friend entered the kitchen. That
yonng lady was chiefly responsi.
BILE for the ensuing tragedy. On
the 23d of February, Dushka-
sweetheart" rs she .called her
pet--was bitten by n suspicious
! cur, who forthwith died with all
: the characteristic symptoms OF
: hydrophobia. But when dozen Of
his canine victims were killed
Miss Wassiljcw lnterceded for her
pet. They locked him up in a
barn to await developments. Ear
i ly the next morning. March 2
1886, Dushka managed to break
out, and In the course Of that dag
! not less than tweenty.eight per
] sons were 6ercely bitten, besides
!. d dozen or two who got OF with
/. snap bites and torn clothes. Al
Q the very beginning Of the trouble
!. the pluck Of one heroic Mujil
!. would have prevented all further
+ mischief II his companion had moi
turned craven at the critical mo
Q ment. Peter Tcherkow, an atha
: letic young villager, accompanied
d by his sister and young neigh
n Dor, was returning from an all
J, night dance when they saw thu
# wolf coming down the road In I
T. sort of sidelong trot and with al
d uncanny leer that made them steI
g aside TO give the traveller q chanc,
o to leave the neighborhood by III,
/. straightest route. But Dushk,
G had seen them, and in the mex
Q moment made o rush and caugh
/. Peter by the breast. "Save your
d self, Olga.l" the brave Mujik crie'
Q to his sister, as he grappled will
., the wolf, and then calling on hi
l. companion, he clutched the brut
\. around the neck and wrenche,
,. his head down till he had pinne,
him fiat on the ground. AT tha
N moment a common pocket knit
in the hands of q rcsOlute ma
could have ended tho affair, bu
o. tho cowardly neighbor had take
" to bis hoels-to protect tho retrea
u of the girl, as he aftcrward o,
10 planned 1t, aud Peters struggl
ID with the wolf now became o due
10 for life and death. Too soon tl
% grip Of his fingers relaxed, and i
oi spite of his frantic efforts to main
D. tain his vantage the wolf got hi
10 jaws free and began to use theI
u with terrible effect, whom at last
10 teamster appeared on the seen
~ and began TO belabor the monste
T. with q long hatchet. The wol
'r then left his victim and turned o
n the new conner, and with two su,
IL cessivo rips tore his face almos
y of. Minus his cheeks, lips an
II nostrils, the unfortunate man stal
70 gered out of the way and left tn
!" ogre at leisure to turn his after
10 tion to third adversary, tn
~ Mujik Jackolen, whom Peter
u sister had In the meantime sun
h moned, from the next farmstea,
~ Jsckolen, too, was terribly maj
ut gled, aud had to back out towar
9. the team, trying in vain to cove
~ his retreat with u club, but BY thi