Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-19
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There is an epidemic of whooplng cough
among the dogs of New York The disease
was undoubtedly contracted from the chill
dren Of that city. among whom this disease
is row prevalent" This statement was
made to a Star man today by a veterinary
surgeon of this city who has just returned
from New York. and may have a peculiar
significance. inasmuch there is an cpl
dernc of whooping cough in this city
among the children. and in many instances
also are grown people suffering from its
aggravating wrenches.
Whooping cough in dogs is something
which veterinarians have never before en-
countered. and their study of the New
York epidemic has led them to the concur
sion that the CANNES have caught the dis
ease at least in the first instance from their
masters. The cough of the dog is COM
bination of bark and Shrek and is ter
rifying even TO the animal himself. The
disease is believed to be contagious both
from a child to a dog and from dog to child,
and the local authorities in New York are
suggesting isolation for the dogs who
whoOp. and are COunSeling less fondlirg OF
canine pets by the youngsters until the
present epidemic is controlled.
An investigation of the health of Wash
in ton dogs shows that they are suffering
Win uDlNllS out DNtTlttulIS- AZ inc pup
uar dog hospital near Columbia Heights,
the kennels for the sick are distressingly
empty, and nine-tenthS of the cases treated
are said to be simply distress from too
much good food. However. if whOoping
cough is catching for the New York canine,
it might also be for Vie Washington canine,
and the veterinarians are making careful
observations in order to be able to take i'm
mediate steps to prevent an epidemic should
a sporadic case appear.
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Paymaster General Bates is the proud
possessor of what Is probably the largest
cigar in the world. 1t Is a product of the
Philippines and was the gift of Major W.
III. Comegys of the pay department 1t is
sixty-three inches long and big as
mans arm. 1t is a curiosity in another
way, inaSmuCh as it contains specimens
OF twenty-five kinds of native Philippine
tobacco. In a note accompanying the gift,
Major COmegys says:
Il send You the largest cigar You have
even Ssen-at least the largest l have ever
seen. 1t is made of a number of the finest
brands Of tobacco grown in the Islands. 1t
was manufactured at San Fernando de
Union in Union province, Philippine Is
lands The case is also curiosity. 1t may
BE- called a family cigar. as all smoke it and
the grandmother is supposed TO finish it, or
the cigar to finish the grandmother
Appointment SIer1 Langley of the CEN
sus bureau IS writing the story of his con-
version to civil service reform. lie Will
entitle the article How l Became a Civil
Service Rrformer" Where that story is to
be published ne keeps a secret as carefully
guarded as have been the papers of his
Office in relation to the thousands of en-
ployes there. The conversion Of Mr.. Lang
ley into a civil service reformer by lesisla-
tive act Is giving leading members of the
National civil Service Reform League much
qualification. especially since it has been
suggested that he be- one of the speakers
at he next annual meeting OF the league.
To have the man who has dispensed
patronage in thousands of cases at the
census bureau on the Spoiis plan come BE-
fore our league and tell of the virtues OF
civil service reform Will be a taking card,
said "A prominent member of the league to
L Star reOrter today The temperance
society with a reformed man on its plat
form telling the story of his conversion is
but a slight Indication of our joy when We
get the appointment clerk who has fixed
up thousands of appointments on the
spoils system on our platform to recite the
experiences of his past life and to show the
great virtue Of the merit system in making
appointments l expect Mr. Langley Will
b. our most popular speaker on that &C.
casou-
Representative BrownlOw Of Tennessee
has often related 70 his friends how he came
- have good opinion of civil service re-
form as embodied in the merit system. Mr.
Br1wnlDw can remember the day when he
had no more love for the civil service COM
mission than the devil is reputed to have
for holy water
1t happened just this way" said Mr..
Br5wr.lo~ in explaining his kindly feelings
for the commission. You see when l was
boy | was mortally averse to being bap-
tised. because 1 thought when boy was
once baptIsei he simply had to be good.
That seemed To me an awful position in
which To place a boy II was very much
III" same way with the civil service reform
When | came To Congress | thought If q
nan WIS civil service reformer he had to
be very good. One day 1 was passing by
the building in which the civil service COM
mission had it's offices. 1 looked toward
the entrance and saw man standing there
whJ was very mad about something He
was swinging his arms and swearing in a
way that made me feel at home.
Who was that man. / asked a watch
man a short time afterward.
That. he said. was Mr.. Proctor. pres
fdent II the civil service commission
Ever since that have had a kind of
Fellow feeling for civil service reform - said
Mr. BrDwn.pw.
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The final settlement of the Holt will cas-
which has been pending before the courts
OF the District of Columbia since the sum-
mer Of 1894. recalls a story told at the ex-
pense Of William Greene Sterret better
known as -Bill' Sterret, at the time OF
judge Hollis death.
Sterret Is newspaper man and a nephew