Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-01
for what the humane society is trying to

for what the humane society is trying to
do for them.
q A dog has the right to defend his
masters home. II he goes beyond his limit
his master should be notified and proper
restraint should be enforced, but no muzzle
or chain should need be used.
3. Female dogs running at large in GER
tain seasons should be instantly seized and
sent to the pound This Is very important.
4. Chief Donahue. II let alone, can and
will, have no doubt, by cooperation with
the poundmaster-the chief has bushels OF
good sense-manage all this with per-
feet ease and to the satisfaction Of every
body who is not a born dog hater or a
crank. Their friends are legion, men and
women. Did these wild-eyed dog haters
and cranks ever know that this dog brother
of theirs and mine is saving scores OF
homes and lives every day In the year
from destruction from fires and drowning?
Did they ever stop to think that every
dollar of the countless millions of gold
from the Klondike would have been i'm
possible but for the Alaskan dog2 Did
they ever stop long enough to remember
that the countless millions Of money from
sheep wool from the mountains would have
been impossible but for the noble shepherd
dog which protects the sheep from the
fangs of the wolf and does the work OF
forty men in herding them together?
A moments attention TO DR.. Andrus B.
somers. who asks me this question: us
mans life worth more than a dog's?" AS
this question is meant TO be insulting. I
may DO pardoned for saying in reply that,
in single case / have in mind at the
moment of writing. It would depend on the
man, ana not much on the breed OF dog.
Any more questions, Doctor2
But Dr. 5omers says he reported a case
OF rabies to The Bee few weeks since.
No doubt Of It. Plenty of medical black
smiths have done that sort of thing before.
But that don't prove anything. The trouble
with the distinguished medicine man OF
Omaha is that he mistook a case Of well
known nervous disease for rabies. Brook
Ign has been a hotbed for this disease for
years. Dog scares arising from It have
caused panics OF fear. and medical men OF
real brains have been called out to tell the
people the truth about It, DR.. Somers is
very able and a very nice man, I admit
but he lacked experience with these dis
eases and could not differentiste the brain
disease from imaginary rabies. But the
great doctor went back eighteen years to
find one case. and few weeks to find one
OF his own. Admit the truth Of both, and
it makes his argument, and himself
ridiculous by putting them into print to
help on the latest dog scare
But DR.. Somers says there has been ian
epidemic OF the rarest Of diseases in
/ Massachusetts,.
Angels and ministers Of grace defend
u.s."
An epidemic Of rabies oaninal Don't all
laugh at once. men OF medicinel Be solemn
as you would when you should hear that
strange symphony OF cultural discord from
the bowels OF a we'll known equine child OF
the animal creation. DR.. Thomas Watson
Of London. the ablest medical practitioner
and teacher Of the time. never saw case
OF rabies In his life; all medical authority
| except DR.. SOmers agree that Il Is the
rarest of all diseases, and yet we are told
by our friend that rabies is epidemic In
Massachusetts.
A Citizen" who calls me Brother
wants 70 know II found a strange. home
less dog lying on the front porch OF my
house showing his teeth at me II 1 would
not feel a little more safe II he had
muzzle on7 / answer. yes. But does not
my brother citizen see that that case. one
never before heard OF by anybody else
called for pity and kindness instead o.
muzzls7 A lost dog. worn out with hunger
and tired in vain search for his own home,
sought shelter and rest on the porch Of my