The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-18
POINTS ABOUT DOGS.
SUNDRY REMARKS ABOUT VARIOUS
) KINDS OF CANINE PETS.

Known as the Crockery Dog.
Having noticed that the dog catcbers OF
| New York, owing to the money there Is IN
it for them, are regular enthusiasts IN re-
firing unlicensed dogs from circulation, IT
is fair for me to infer that the owners OF
the numerous dogs seen on the streets nave
paid the requisite license.
This being so, there must be great many
people in New York who are so much az
tached to their four footed pets that they
are willing to pay actual cash TO retain
them as companions. The average New
Yorker likes dogs more than the resident
Of any other city in the world, except Paris
during the siege.
Almost every style of plain and orna-
mental dog is represented in New York.
Dogs of all breeds gaze at you from the
windows of the houses along the lines Of
the elevated railroad. From the window
OF a passing carriage a Skye terrier looks
out, creating the impression that he Is,
after all, not a dog but an imported Eng
lish snob of the Lord Dundreary style Of
beauty. All that he needs to completely
deceive the public is an eyeglass.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF DOGS.
There are emaciated greyhouuds, which,
like the Sarah Bernhardt parasol, have
their ribs on the outside; ugly, squatty,
drab puGs, the favorite pet of the ladies';
French poodles, shaven, with tuft OF hair
on the end Of the tail, and Mexican dogs,
called "pelons," which cannot flee as q
bird to the mountain, because they are as
destitute of hair or feathers as the front
row in the orchestra.
A friend of mine living in Harlem, who
has never owned a dog to cheer him with
the gentle wag of his tail, has written TO
me to pick him out dog-that is, if |
think there is no danger of hydrophobia.
He also wants to know what is the best
remedy for hydrophobia in case his pet
should be afflicted with it, and to let him
know what my views on the subject Of
dogs really are. As there are many others
who are hungry for information on this
| subject have given the question great
| deal Of time and meditation.
The dog is generally regarded as noble
animal. So is man, when he behaves him
self. However, it can be said that, al
though the dog has associated with man
for the last five or six thousand years, he
has only contracted one of mans bad hab-
| its-viZ., that of worrying his species when
he finds one in distress. A dog with tin
kettle tied to his tail is chased by all the
other dogs; SO is the man who gets into
trouble
There are, however, some things about
dogs none of US like-fee for instance.
But a greater objection still the tendency
of the canine to become rah 1t is almost
impossible to ascertain whether or not a
dog has actually got hydrophobia. Some
CANNES are addicted to fits which are often
mistaken for hydrophobia. Frothing at
the mouth is no sure sign, for dog may
froth worse than Coney Island glass of
beer, and yet not be half as mad as the
man that tries to drink it.
HYDROPHOBIA AND MAD DOGS.
Hydrophobia is a disease full of mystery.
A man has been bitten by dog that was
Enthusiastically hydrophobic, and yet the
man did not go mad at all. On the other
hand, man has been bitten by dog that
showed no symptoms whatever of hydro
phobia, yet, nevertheless, the bitten man
got SO mad that, meeting the owner of the
dog three weeks afterward, he seized him
by the collar and wrapped him around
telegraph pole several consecutive times.
a very queer case occurred in Texas. A
gentleman was out walking with his
mother-in-law for his pleasure. They were
attacked by rabid dog. Such animals
are absolutely destitute of fear. But the
queerest feature was that the man suf-
fered intensely. 1t required the strongest
opiates to restrain him, and even then his
cries of anguish could be heard for blocks
and blocks.
The man had not been bitten at all-at
least, not by the dog-neither had his
mother-in-law, but the dog tore to pieces a
valuable shawl worth seventy-five dollars
the lady was wearing, and she gave her
son-in-law to understand that she expected
him to buy her new one. The man was
of selfish disposition, and the idea OF
squandering on his mother-in-law the
money he had laid aside cigars made
him almost frantic with grief. DR.. Spitzka
and other distinguished specialists have
declared this to be one of the most remark
able cases on record.
Hydrophobia is a dreadful thing. The
meaning of the word is dread of water"
No doubt Plsteur of Paris and Gibier
over in New Jersey can cure it if taken in
time, but the surest cure is to inoculate
the suspected dog with a gun just before
he gets the dread disease. One ounce of
lead administered internally is better than
ton of subsequent cure. To ascertain if
the dog is going to go mad watch his &C
tons closely when a milk wagon passes.
If he acts strangely have him destroyed at
once.
THE BEST KIND OF DOG.
The person who has dog for pet has
to run the risk of the animal going mad
Instead of coming up smiling and feeding
out Of his masters hand, as he has been
taught, the dog may suddenly get mad
and feed Oh his masters leg without any
teaching whatever. Even a dog that was
not mad has been known to seize his mas
ter's wooden leg-he was veteran Of the
war-and held on in spite of energetic eff