The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-31
WORTH KNOWING.
N3W iha Bites Of r attic snskss n d
Mad Dogs Nay
sERElsDEREO HARMLESS
The Rev. Hugh r. olIvsr Tells OF q
Pssfsc CT Anfidote, G2rs;st
lrg Of Sai', Onions
and Tob,cco.
and Tob

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About 6vs years ago the Atlanta Coo.
ssitutioa published q letter fr,m ar
educsted Iaoian residing in Iodian
Territory, which was inspir.d by the
philanshropio desire to make generally
familiar the Indians immemorisl
remedy for the bite Of 8 snake or mad
dog.
The claim was made that perfect
antidote exists IN the combination oi
salt, onions and tobacco beaten together
AMI applied to the wound. Il us. d i'm
medistely ard renawed every half hour
no swelling would ensue and recovery
would be rapid ard complete. He stated
that this history Of treatment had been
uniformly true, the observation and
recollection Of no Indian being to the
contrary.
According to this Iadisn tradition,
going back to remote generations. in
these homely simples perfect remedy
is provided against death in two Of the
most awful forms that can distress and
destroy Us. Not all the places Of hu
man habita!ion are marked by the trail
of serpents, but the bark Of the dog is
coterminous with the voice Of man and
his ever possible is su ever-prssent
threat of all unspsskable calamity to
every human BEING.
Isis peculiarly fortunate that the in
gradients Of this infallible curs are a.
most always close to the hand Of even
the poorest among US. Every humble
kitchen may thus become Pasteur in
stitute and the most uncultured can
readily be a staff Of skilful and success
ful practitioners.
Since ne are scientif ,a!ly sure thst
the poisonous, death-dealing secretions
which infect the animal bitten are
strongly acid in their nature We have
suggested immediately the free use
locally and internally Of strong slkalis
Sods, salt, borax, ann oni0, sweet and
olive oils have been used with marked
success in ,sses Of snake bite, Nol
should We forget the Common peoples
absolute faith in slcoholi, liquors and
tobacco as remedies for snake bite.
Dr.. James Evans informs the writer,
who records it as q curious fact which
will doubtlsssly interest many, that the
poison Of our rattleanskes has been
found to be the efficient and most reii.
able sntidote to the poison Of the cobrs.
For the bite Of the rattlesnake in locsli-
Ties nasurslly infested, there grows a
plant vu!garly named rsttlssnake master
which indi ,ates the purpose Of its exist
ence by fl,Rer bearing the shape Of a
rattlesnake's opened mouth, with fangs
ready to strike. A tea is made Of the
entire plant and given freely to the un'
fortunate sufferer. -
Z vr d. raOPHOBlA,
But this prolonged prologue must
come to ar. end that We may give earn
est heed to a proposed plan, suggested
posi- biLity, of a world wide preventive
Of hydio.2hobia. Dout .lesslY some
reader is ready to surmise the repetition
Of the recommendation to cut off every
dogs tail Immediately behind the dogs
ears. MOI 80, for the writer rec0gn' z3s
that that Recommendation is as i'm.
pracsi5le IS it is suprenely wise. II
people will not have laws to limit the
expansion Of dogdom andso enlarge the
domsins Of the harmless and helpful
sheep, which touch directly the pocket
nerve, it is vain to hope that DEGREES Of
ezte1mination against the dogs will
ever issue from any laW-making body OF
men for the protection Of the bipeds Of
whom, in these strange, fsithless days,
every new bor7 biped's father and
mother with true cynical Mslthusian en-.
thusissm, is ready to say that the Wo:ld
is even now too full.
The subject matter Of the proposed
preventive will prove to be an ezempli'
ication, bus Of the most extraordinary
kind, of the often quoted, but oftensr
forgot and seldom prscticed maxim: An
ounce of prevention is worth pound of
cure. Not to delay longer, in plain
words it is credibly declared thst dog
can be sterilizsd by al easy and almost
painless surgical operation, SO that
never a germ Of hpdrophobia will be
bred in his boiy.. Should this allega-
tion be proven then the Imagination Of
the greatest poet or painter could not
properly portray, with brush or pen,
the relief from anxiety Of the most dis.
tressing kind that would be given to the
race of man. Were it made only by
degraded savsges, even then the most
eminently learned should vie With one
smother in sscsrsainlng even g, posi-.
bic medicum Of truth therein con-
tanned. But ii is made On the basis Of
indubitable proofs by some Of the most
sos ,ectable people in South Carolina.
these are the Langstors, whose fani
ly has lived for q century and half
four miles from Elm Church, which is
three miles vest Of E@ngham on the
Northeastern Railway, and is the hal
lowed spot where Luther Rice, the
companion of Adoniram Judson and
founder of Columbian University,
preached his last sermon. Erain
Langston, a me- nber Of this church,
when he died in December, 1898, had
reached the great age Of S6 years and 8
months. His mind was unclouded to
the last and his remarkable memory
had never been known to lose it's grip
on a fact. The respect of all who
knew him grew with acquaintance to
veneration, which became eventually
blended with the tenderness of devoted
affection.
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