The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-10

parel. The superintendent says 'these
girls are 10 be the future wives ana
mothers and that the fate Of genera
lions to come is in a large measure In
their keeping Therefore. she says, the
opportunity Of training them for their
future duties should not be neglected.
This young lady has had II months ex-
perience with the noble redman and
thinks she has solved the problem. IL
her friends in the east give her sufficient
backing she will make all the young
squaws learn how to keep a New Eng
land kitchen and then turn them loose
In the camp. OF course the refining in
fiuence of the wife and mother will be
instantly felt by the buck The girls Will
be doing regulation squaw work as soon
as they get home and in less than year
will forget that they ever had home
making education. They viii make
home exactly what their lord and mas
ter wants it TO be and not what the Kind
ladies in the east think IL should be. 1
have seen at least hundred indian
girls come home from the schools and
/ have never seen one who was not glad
to get back and drop into the old ways
had several years experience with
them and have watched them for Az
years. It is different with half or
quarter blood, but fun blood never"
Very few people know that the bite
OF skunk is as poisonous as that OF a
snake remarked a gentleman who has
had lot Of experience in hunting. ~
except OF course. the RATHER and the
copperhead ] have known "a number OF
deaths to result from the bite Of "a
skunk and am IN mortal terror OF the
little animals when i am camping out.
/ have noticed. however. that the ami
mails are different in different sections
OF the country. The poison does not act
as IL does IN the case Of q snake bite
but is more like that Of a mad dog and
/ have heard Of cases similar to hydro
phobia which resulted from the bite.
In Mexico the bite Of a skunk Is treated
exactly as is the bite Of q mad dog A
mad stone is applied and II VIII act cN-
actly as it does when applied TO a wound
caused by the bite Of a mad dog. L
have known Of many cases where men
have Travelled hundreds Of miles 20 get
to FL PasO where there is a mad stone
owned by Henry Hackney which has
been in the family for sixty years, ana
which IS known all over that section ~
the United States and IN Mexico. FIRE.
Quently cases Of skunk bites are treated
IN. the Pasteur institute IN Chicago
where they say that the skunk bite IA
equally as dangerous as that OF mad
dog. Hunters out in the western coun-
try VIII always cauterize the wound and
pOultice It with beeEwax or sometimes
that viii draw ] knew Of a case where
a young man was out hunting with a
party and was bitten IN the neck by
one OF the little pests while asleep. He
at once called the others OF the party
and they at once cauterized the wound
and gave him all the rem edieF that they
had at hand II was several days be-
laughed at the idea OF the skunk bite
being poisonous but the young man
showed every symptom OF poisoning aud
the doctor trea ted the case exactly as
ne would a snake bite. His head and
neck were swollen and IL Was DAYS be-
fore the swelling went down. He suffer
ed for some time before DE-
was taken TO Chicago for treat
ment, and he never fully zee
covered form the effects Seeing what
] have of the effect Of the skunk bites
you can scarcely wonder that ] have
dread Of the animal entirely indepen-
dent Of their avrF11 raor