The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-14
Terrlers Take to Nursing and

Incubator babies are no longer the novelty of the age. Their claim to the center of the curiosity stage has been successfully disputed by no more for midabIe creatures than four beautiful little fox terrier puppies. The pups base their right to distiction on the fact that they have been successfully reared through the doubtful period of their in fancy on an ordinary nursing bottle. The pups are at the Eastern District Hospital, where they are receiving the most careful treatment.
 The Queen, mother of the bottle- raised pups, was owned by Harry Cole man, driver of the Eastern District Hospital ambulance. A few days after the Queen had given her pups, that were to become famous to her owner, she died tragic death, due to polson- ling. At first suicide was hinted at and the reason given was that the Queen was broken hearted because she had mot given birth to a son and heir But a cereful investigation was made and 1t was proven beyond all doubt that a Ifiend incarnate, being not worthy the name man, had poisoned the noble Queen, because of a dispute with her owner.
 When the Queen died there was sor- row and dismay among her relatives and descendants. The pups did not req Ilize all that it meant to lose a mother, but their grief was genuine. Their mas ter, Harry, was even more grieyed than were they. He believed that with the death of the Queen her noble race was It to become extinct and he thought that to him was left the unhappy task of ending the misery of the orphan pups.
 About two hours after their mothers s demise the little tots began to howl pit. eously. They were hungry. Harry was upset. He offered the pups milk, and even put cream in to tempt them, but they only wept and whined. Then 1t was that the revelation came to Harry Coleman. He went into the hospital, found q nursing bottle that had been used by some kid or other, filled it and started for the patients ward, where the pups were slowly dying.
 Here you, take this" he said to the biggest pup that is looked up to as q leader by her sisters. Tt will do you good. 7
 Miss Puppie sniffed the rubber nipple that was placed in her mouth and turned away in disdain.
 ! "Take 1t away; I'll die first" quoth 1 Miss Puppie, angrily.
 i "Aw, come now, don't be mean about lit; you know I'm sorry. Give it just one t,.,ol y,laad od fha niIrae
 I Miss Puppie did a very effeminate thing then. She sat down and cried. But the kind words had touched a tender cord in her heart. Physicians and nurses stood anxiously waiting
 Miss Puppie took the nipple in heA mouth with grim determination and
 went at it. After a few moments she broke away and cried in great joy;
 "It's great girls, try 1t" and the other Miss Puppies fell over each other in their endeaver to do as they were told.
 The rest was easy sailing, or rather feeding. Every three hours for the past week Misses Puppie have had their three ounces of sterilized milk They have comfortable bed on absorbent cot ton in a private room In the hospital, and they are growing as fast as any children ever grew. They are getting fat, and are happy They sit down com placently when their bottles of milk is brought to them and take all they can Eget of 1t without a word of complaint.
 Tt was a little hard at first to get
 used to a bottle, but we don't mind now" said Miss Lizzie Puppie this
 morning when seen by a Times re- porter. She is, by the way, the only one of the quarteet that has been chris tened.
 q don't like the way they sterilize Jour milk, though. Harry sometimes
 puts a little salt in it when he has to i go out in hurry and it doesn't taste so good that way"
 T wouldn't talk much for publica- tion," chimed in a little girl pup with
 pretty brown hair. This thing is going
 to be all the fad in society, as soon as
 people find out about it and we may as
 well get paid for our ideas on nurs-
 ing"
 "That's right" said her chum, .'so- ciety is all agog over it now. Two
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