The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-24

and CONQUERED by inoCulations Of the
7, very ~ yirns that is poisoning the patient.
Decorating him with a great order, hay
taught how a mortal poison may be.
come an innocent preservativc.'. It
this, for 1t was the most dangerous of
all his experiments. Where bacllli OF
other diseases could be cultiyated IN
rabbit or chicken broth the bacilll OF
worked with wlld.eyed. feroclous
beasts until they found the prevention
4 found that. as certain animals were
Iinoculated in succession with the virus.
the poison grew weaker. but that after
am efr'a abbt ai 3he s1 s
and aI0i then M remained a y rs.ans. A and sY Il.
could mhi. procure ,,'s,.s liked r,ns, .a,n,,
cord OF infected animals: so In Pasteur
institutes. now located wherever rabies
Is prevalent the civilized world over.
every Gay. and sish. days later. when
i H,sf and the SPINAL cord e es,rao,ed
This TIL g, cord Is hung to dry IN IN. botts
bottom. ana from. this cord the gray
liquid for inoculating patients IS made:
After he had upset the . theory .s Of
vitality OF fer,nents. pasteur turned to
the study OF rabies. when he proved
the truti, OF his work by snccesst,,:
dsees ~ sope IN to sst W e Spehfa se
July, 1885. IN Paris, that he first tried
his powerful virus on human beings.
three peasants having come all the
iperimcnts he had made on the twenty
\ dogs the year before be made on one
Of their number who had been bitter.
This was 4 success. and in less than n
tyear he had successfully treated sss
cases. and had changed the death rate
Of rabies in Paris from one in six to
AZ Pasteur's Paris institutions about
30.G00 patients have been treated since
then. many from all'parts OF the world.
including Russian peasants suffering
given by mad wolves, New York had
the first Pasteur Institute in America.
/ opening II early in 1890; Chicago open
Sen ono others have u BEEN a' esfs s Afs
burg. Ann tArbor, st. paul. New Or
leans. 81. Louis and Houston. and the
patients IN these--both humans and
When the popular fallacy in regard 10
ploded everywhere. when legislation
can control the spread of rabies
through the licensing and muszlng OF
that have existed since the days OF
Pliny and Ijuripides have been eradi-
! Gated by the sanity Q! modern science.
the dread OF horrible. death Will dis
appear among mankind. and saving
In livestock bills as well be credited
to the enlightenment OF the nation.
Copyright. 1908. by Frederick J. Haskir)
| To-morrow-Amer!can Libraries.
The Iron Hath Not Entered My Soul.
have drunk Of the wormwood and
gall.
| 1 have drained 1t cen down to the
lees;
have mustered at dutys stern call.
| And sailed through gortest seas.
My bosom to the foe I'VE laid bare
While the cannon its horrors haze
| belched
And redeemed the field with its glare.
have borne the SCOTS OF the proud,
The slings OF an envious tongue.
| When fortune smiled for a space.
And my praise for day was sung.
| I have horne the pangs OF tho poor,
In hunger and cold have dwelt,
When Poverty. with sternest brow.
Her deadliest blow had dealt.
Though bleeding and torn they may
Though fierce is the thirst of my. heart
For a word Of true sympathy:
Though alone must tread the wild
That leth in shadows and gloom;
| Though far be the goal OF my heart,
And dread shapes before me may
That no man can Ger take away,
For to me tits the supremest test
OF the soul who hath fought in the
Though legiora OF foes have besat,
Though pillows OF trouble may roll,
| Thank God there's one comfort left
The GnoRa aih nj Tfn fsielsd sH E s6a
26t1 Fifth Ave-. Lynchburg, Va.
Nothin' DOM.
The Capitol City is quiet to-day,
The sixtieth Congress is ended they
The lawmakers all are off homewara
Politlca1 fences, an get back again.
Much broken they'll find EN-. an some
An some SO demolished no ruins are
what else could be 'spected? ask
Think how these old sages have be-
trayed their trust.
Six months Of do nothin' but set
tin around
A-holdln' the seats OF the big bulldln'
down,
An leayin' things undone the people
| command,
An doin's of others the bosses demand.
They've had their last innin'. an many
Long years where they're turnin' their
faces to-day;
That currency measure-the last one
they rammed
Through late the last session forever
is damned.
An those who upheld It will share the
same fate,
From President down to the small dele
gate; e
Anil shall not wonder bit,after all.
II the spotless &, o. 81. goes down in
the fall. 49,.
New Temperance Wrinkle.
A new wrinkle that adds to the zest