The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-08-02
WORTH KNOWING. /.
How the Bltas Of r RattIosnakes and
Mad Dogs May
BE RENDERED. HARMLESS
The Rev. Hugh F. oliver Tells Of a
Perfect Antidose. Consist.
Ing pf Salt. Onions
and rob baCco.

and rob aCco.
To the Editor Of The Sunday News:
About five years ago the Atlanta Ooo-
stitution published lotter from an
educated Indian residing ;a Iaaisn
Territory, which was inspired by tho
philanthropio desire to mako gororally
familiar tho Indians immemorial
remedy for the bite of a snake or mad
dog.
Tho claim was mado that q perfect
antidote exists in tho combination Of
salt, onions and tobacco beaton togethor
and applied to tho wound. [e used i'm.
modiatoly and removed every half hour
no swelling would ensuo and recovery
would bo rapid and complete. He stated
that this history of treatment had beon
uniformly true, tho observation and
recollection Of no Indian being to tho
contrary.
Absorbing to this Indian tradition,
going back to romoto generations, in
thoso homoly simplos a porfoot romody
iB provided against death in two Of tho
most awful forms that can distro.s and
destroy us. Not oil the plaoos Of hu
man habitation arc marked BY tho trail
Of sorponts, but tho bark Of tho dog is
ootorminous with the voioo Of man and
his ever possible is an ovor- present
threat OF an unspoakable calamity to
every human boing.
It is peculiarly fortunate that tho in
gradients of this infalliblo euro arc al
most always close to tho hand Of eve:.
the rcccest ameng re. Mge!y humble
kitchen may thus booome Pasteur in
stituto and the most unoulturod can
readily be staff Of skilful and SUCCESS
full practitioners.
Since wo arc scientifically sure that
the poisonous, doath- dealing aocretions
Whion infect tho animal bitten arc
strongly acid in their nature wo have
suggestod Immediately the free use
locally and internally Of atrong alk.lis,
Soda, salt, borax, ammonia, swoet and
olive oils have beon used with marked
SUCCESS in cases of pnako bite. Nor
should we forget tho Common peoples
absolute faith in alcoholic liquors and
tobacco as remodies for snake bite.
DR.. James Evans informs the writer,
who records it as a curious fact which
will doubtlessly interest many, that tho
poison of our rattlesnakes has been
found to be the efficient and most reli-
ablo antidoto to tho poison Of tho cobra.
For tho bite Of the rattlesnake in looali-
ties naturally infested, thero grows a
plant vulgarly namod rattlesnako master
which indicates tho purpose Of its exist
onco by fJwor bearing tho shape Of q
rattlesnake's oponed mouth, with fangs
ready to strike. A tea is made Of the
entire plant and given freely to the un.
fortunate sufferer. +
A PREVENTATIVE OF HYDRopHOBIAi3 : !,
But this prolonged prologue Emust
como to an end that we may give earn
lest heed to proposed plan, a suggested
possibility, of a world wide preventive
Of hydfophobia. .Douttlosalyt Y gome
reador is ready to surmiBo thoirSnetifi(y =
of the Recommendation to 20ii 8 ofis g sSyefy
dogs tail Immediately bohind tha dogs
cars. Not 80, for the writer rec6gni IS
that that recommendation Is az i'm.
practiblo as it is supromely WISE. IF
people will not have laws to limit the
expansion Of dogdom and 30 enlarge the
domains of the harmless and helpful
sheep, which touch directly tho pocket
nervo, it is vain to hope that docrocs of
determination against tho dogs will
ovoT issuo from any law-making body Of
mon for tho protection Of the bipeda of
whom, in these strange, faithloas days,
every new born biped's father and
mothor with true cynical Malthusian on
thusiasm, is ready to say that the VI lid
is even now too full.
Tho subject matter of tho proposed
preventive will provo to be an oxempli-
jcation, but of the most extraordinary
kind, of tho often quoted, but oftener
forgot and seldom praotiood maxim: An
ounce of prevention is worth pound Of
curo.. Not to delay longer, in plain
words it is credibly declared thata dog
can be sterilized by an easy and almost
painloss surgical operation, 10 that
novor germ Of hpdrophobia will be
bred in his bo1y. Should this allega-
tion be proven then the Imagination Of
the greatost poet or painter could not
properly portray, with brush or pom,
the relief from anxiety Of tho most dis
tressing kind that would be givon to the
raoe of man. Were 1t made only by
degraded aayages, oven then tho most
ominently learned should vie with ono
another in asoortainlng ovon posoi
bio modioum Of, truth therein CON
tainod. But it is made on tho basis Of
indubitable proofs by some Of the most
res potable people in South Carolina.
theso arc tho Langstons, whose fami
ly has lived for o oontury aud o half
four miles from Blim Ohurob, which is
three miles wost Of Ef1ingham on the
Northeastern Railway, aud is the hal
lowed spot whore Luther Roe, tho
companion Of Adoniram Judson and
founder of Columbian UniYorsity,
preached his last sermon. Erwin
Langston, . mo nber Of this church,
when ho died in Dec ,mbor, 1898, had
reached tho great ago Of So years and 3
months. His mind wss unolouded to
tho last and his remarkable memory
had novor boeo known to loso It's grip
on fact. The respect Of all who
know him grew with acquaintance to
yoneration, which booamo eventually
blendod with tho tenderness Of devoted
Affection.
A foW months before his death he
told his pastor, the writer Of this and
still tho pastor of his children and
grandchildren and groat. grandchildren,
that ho regarded it orime too groat to
bo described or denOminated that hi