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The Washington times., 1908-06-07

Suceessful i'm Enrone.

in Holland in 1873. rabies being
quite prevalent, dog muzzling was
tabIished. The disease Immediately
began to disappear and in 1879 only
three cases were reported. since which
time the country has been free from
the disease, except along the Belgian
border.
In Great Britain the value Of
muzzIing, which was enforced in spite
Of great public opposition. has been
admirably demonstrated In 1889 il was
hrst adopted and the disease had al
most disappeared by 1892, when The
muzzling was stopped on account OF
the determined opposition. The disease
Immediately began TO increase, and in
1898 muzzlins We again enforced. The
decrease in rabies was Immediate and
marked. and since November, 1899, the
The Washington times., 1908-06-07
Danger From BITES OF
Mad Dogs ArouSes Author
HleS 10 Urge Greatest Pre-
cautions TO Present Spread
OF Rabies.

country anc well Indicates the danger
OF Infection ana the impossibiiiJy of
cure if the disease once gains a root
hold. Six weeks before. his death MI.
Marsh had dressed the wounds Of
pet dog. Later the dog developed
rabies, Through a slight wound on
his own hand, il is now believed, Mr..
Marsh had absorbed the germ-ridden
blood of the pet canine and within "a
short time he. TOO, began 20 exhibit
symptoms Of hydrophobia. He died
On the agonies that always attend
hydrouhobia-
This is but the beginning. and by
the emo Of the summer there viii be
other victims. Rabies develops more
easily during the summer months. not
because it is hot the scientists eX-
plain. hgt because dogs are more rest
less and travel about more.
or late Government ornCials have
given "a great deal OF attention TO
rabies and its causes and effects. and
the Government scientists have begun
an active crusade against the disease.
1T. John II. M0hler. chief of the divi-
sion of pathology of the Bureau Of
Animal Industry, is q most ardent ad-
vOcate of the muzzHng theory. The
frequency with which cases come un-
der his official observation causes him
10 insist that it is necessary TO adopt
desperate remedies If the country
would stamp out the disease and save
It's citizens from hydrophobia. AS TO
the reality of the disease, all experts
and the great majority Of the med
zeal profession are agreed. There are
and always have been skeptics who al
lege thar so-calIed hyIrophObia vic
Tins die from fear on a violent form
OIL uarNnus IL.nra.L
The Washington times., 1908-06-07
Showing The Effect Of the Rabies Germs
Upon the Nerve Cells of the Last
Washington Patient Who Died
of Rabies. The Upper Pic
ture Shows 1t in Its
Normal Condition.

the absolutely sale side however. the
laboratory is then required TO inoculsts
rabbits with the brain tissue. The in
cubation in rabbits requires at least
two weeks. during all of which time
the person bitten is kept in suspense.
on the other hand, if the animal were
left to live it could be examined by q
competent veterinarian for evidences
OF rabies. and If it remained normal
for ten days the bite would be harm
less.
Therefore, after a person has been
bitten, do not kill the dog unless a
competent veterinarian has pronounced
the disease rabies or the dog is show
ing well-mar4ed symptoms, Instead,
when practicable. the animal should
be tied up securely and watched care
fully for a week o. ten days In case
euspieious symptoms do develop the
dog should ce examined by a veterinar-
ian familiar with the disease, and If
he pronounces the case rabies the ami
mai may then be- killed and the labor
atorv will be able to md the pathog-
mennonite microscopic evidences. At the
end of ten days the dog may be killed.
If so desired but Il the animal is val
liable and shows no symptoms or
rabies there is no reason for destroying
il. In This WY valuable dogs can
often be- saved to their owners
The Washington times., 1908-06-07
YDROPHOBIA!
The name strikes
more terror to the

The name strikes
more terror to the
heart than the
dread verdict "consump-
ton. "
What are you going to do
if your pet dog or II
neighbours dog bites you,
and afterward develops
rabies?
The question was never
more vital to Washing
tonians, for within the last
few weeks the Bureau of An
imal Industry of the Agri-
cultural Department has dis
sected the dead bodies Of
more than a score Of dogs
that have died with rabies
and only few Of this number
had failed to sink his poison
ed teeth into the body OF
some human being before a
pistol shot mercifuIly ended
its existence.
Within the last thirty
days twelve persons at one
time have been under the
Pasteur treatment at a
branch IF the Marine Hos
pitaI Service recently estab-
lished By the Government in
this city for the handling Of
such cases. Others have Wis
led nearby cities, and, .ea,
stricken. sought the aid of
science there, before it was
too late. The question of
how and when to act and a
definition Of the disease, the
prevalence Of which has
aroused a nation, was never
of more Importance to
Washington than now.
The Washington times., 1908-06-07
Nerve Cells of the Brain, Showing the Presence

The Bureau Of Animal Industry
claims that the muzzling of dogs has
never had a fair trial in the Dis
trict. DR.. MohIer says:
The alarming increase of the dis
ease in the latter part of 1899 led
10 a proclamation BY the District
Commissioners providing for the muz-
zling OF all dogs for a period Of six
mo. tbs. from December 70, 1899, to
June IS. 1900 This met with such de-
termined opposition on the part C.
dog owners that IL was never prop
erly enforced by the police; and muz-
cling has. heretofore, never received a
trial On the District. At that time,
however. the pound service was in
creased, and 3.59S dogs were impOund-
ed during the year, an increase Of no
less than 2,77l over the previous year.
The income from the dog tax also
increased from Szl014 TO s.. 030S3 The
impounding and taxing were import
ant; and. as the muzzIing was not
generally adopted. 10 them alone can
be ascrIbeG the decrease in the dis
ease during the following year.
From January / TO December 81, 1907
a positive cases have been examined
in this laboratory. OF this number
90 animals have, 10 our knowledge,
bitten 15 persons, IS dogs. . horses, and
. cows. Il therefore seems that the
preventive measures at present being
taken are entirely Inadequate TO cope
with the disease, and its frequency
during the last ten months has been
alarming. The same condition of af-
fairs. unfortunately, exists IN many
other cities Of our country.
In the absence Of the mUzzIing, he
disease will continue year by year,
causing constantly increasing suffer
Ing. financial loss. and death.
The Washington times., 1908-06-07

maidstone is applied to the woTD.
and DC ls believed that the longer t. ad-
heres the more sure 10 is of prevent
ing the disease. Whether it will stick
OF not depends entirely on the amount
OF hemoTThage or discharge from the
wound. Where this rs profuse the
blood fitrates the meshes Of the mad
stone soon cOaguiales or tries. and
tends Co hold it in place. aud If ad-
heres for a consid cradle tin e under
such circumstances. Tn these cases
the virus is supposed tp ba removed
and the treatment is heralded a sue
cess. on the other hand. where the
wound IS small and the dischs rye
slight there is nothing To hold the
stone in place. and it tlmHdiateIv
falls of. Certain OF these madstones
have been held in families for three
or four gen TatioHs. and are guarded
as carefully as any heirloom. Cases
have been known where pec-Ie have
made long journeys and paid larga
sums OF money To have "a maidstone
applied is specific value against
rabies is no greater than that of O
piece OF blOtung paper.
1T is commonly believed that mad
dogs viii not &c near water. and i'm
case such an animal is seen to ford
creek or lake IL is taken as proof that
ne did not have rabies. This fear OF
water is a symptom usually marked
in human cases. but is never present
in the dog at any stage of the disease.
Animals in the early stages. when
running about the country, will cross
bodies of water without the slightest
fear Even after the throat becomes
completely paralyzed the animal will
often constantly attempt to drink
water from a pail OF bucket if placed
within its reach. but owing to the
paralysis of the throat muscles, swaI-
lowing is impossible.
The Washington times., 1908-06-07

~ or have waited too long.
>" " our treatment cannot help
YOU You have hydroFhohia
ana viii die in the course OF
three or foar days al the longest"
Such were the fatcful words spoken
10 William Al. Marsh. the promiusur
Brooklyn manufacturer 1t few days
ago when De applied to "a rHSteur I'M
stffutc Nh Marsh went home ar
ranged his aHgirs ana. until he be-
came unconscious. watched the raw
aese of the dread disease IA ,lree
DAYS he was dead.
His case has done more than any
.ninr else OF recent years to attract
attention 60 rabies and IT'S increase M
all EgrtS OF the country which has
l,aeoma SO serious that the Bureau OF
Animal Industry. pointing 10 similar
evneriments in Holland ami elsewhere
mat accomplished the desired results.
has advocated the muzzliuz of all
dogs everywhere. only iu this V9v.
stv the Government experts can rJtie
he eNte-Uiuateu
nation nEUratiVely speaking,
watched Mr. Marsh die The case at
traced attention ia an parts OF the
The Washington times., 1908-06-07
Public Must Be Educated.

1t Is necessary, therefore, for the
States and municipalities to take &C
lion. and for the public to be educated
to the importance Of the disease and
the value OF dog muzzling- Dog-pouLd
The Washington times., 1908-06-07

phobia in the eastern section Of inc
United states. According TO these re-
ports. at least nine persons had cieu
recently as a result Of the bites oL
rahfd imaIs. and scores OF people
mad been bitten.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
WItcses etiii Believed In

Neglected by the powers, witrhc. ceased to be so notorious but th" be lief continued to exist, and does eXis: now, In rural parts of Scotland and Hngland, and in England and France. even in the towns, fortune tellers, whether they charge d guinea or 8 chilling for their advice, are witches under the terms of the old statutes Gnd flourish abundantly, but as they are not burned they are supposed by superficial observers to have been ex. terminated by school boards and cleo, tric lighting. The blacker sort of witch who "overlooks' and casts spells oD man and beast may be found in many rural regions north and south One Of Chem was brought before a squire and justice of the peace of my acquaint. ance as dangerous nuisance. He said to her solemnly, You know, wt. ty, the Bibl. says Thou shalt not suf. fer witch to live in the parish :" And she migrated, under certain condi nons of compensation, to another par lsh.-London Post.
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Was 1hia Trained Mad Qoa2

Not long ago telephone call was received at the Flora avenue police station requesting that an officer be gent to house to kill dog supposed Ny mad. When the officer arrived he met q negro
 "There's dog under them steps, an he's shore mad" the negro said excit. edly.
 The officer fired one shot without hit ting the dog. The animal started to run away
 "Gimme that gun quick I'll kill! him." the negro shouted.
 Saying which he reached for the of. Gcer's revolver and got 1t. He then pursued the dog, aiming the revolver at 1t as 1t ran yelping down the street. The policeman waited, expecting the negro to shoot at any moment The negro and dog-and the revolver-went round corner and never came back The officer has bought another revolv CT. He says he thinks the dog was srained.-Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Chanuinq His CoIors,

Every Sunday young bootblack ip New York attended mission school. This school, through it's we'll meaning teachers, decided to have Christmas tree. The gifts for the pupils were provided for them by the teachers and some patrons of the school.
 Jimmy, the boot5lack, was there Christmas eve but was much disap, pointed when his present proved to be copy of Browning's poems. He fold cd 1t carefully in the paper in which he received it and took it home.
 The next Sunday the superintendent of the mission school announced that any child who was disappointed with his or her gift could exchange it.
 Jimmy marched boldly to the front with his.
 What have you there, Jimmy"
 Browning. sir"
 "And what do you waut in ex changer.
 "Blacking, sir"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Definition of a Box Car.

Not all the instruction given to youn. railroad men is intensely serious. The following definition was recently of fered to a beginner: "A box car be longs to the fowl family. During the spring and summer months 1t can bt found in nearly every part of the coun try, it's favorite haunts being railwn, tracks, and 1t is easy to capture. IL the autumn, however, like certain oth CT fowls, it goes into Information 0! flies to other climes Scattered in stances are known where specimen: are captured during the autumn
 months. A lasso or we'll greaSe1 switch crew is sometimes used in snar Ing the box ear. but main strength i, the best weapon. In any case the hunter must be very wary, as any noise like the futtering of a waybil will make the quarry disappear. Some railways own large flocks of domesti cated box ears, but they are careful, guarded during the closed season. The wild box car when caught and fairly we'll loaded becomes perfectly station ry.'-San Francisco Argonaut
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Hooking the Wary Trout

Trout when hungry usually face c.. current. This fact should be remem. bered when approaching bridge o, eddy where the "speckled beauties love to hide" If possible, such spots should be approached upstream. It may take . little more time to go around ant! come back up but make haste slow ly" is said to be the first axiom of trout fishing. AS the stream becomes warmer. the trout seek the cool pools and shaded places. They are to be found where cold spring bubbles ur into the stream or where a mountain creek enters. Often number frequent he same haunt. Each additional fish
 leans two more eyes to watch for the
 sherman. One trout is all that is nee
 ssary to give a danger signal by Arting away. The rest immediately pillow suit To catch more than one, or even that, in such a place takes skill in the use of the line. But who has said that trout fishing is not an art?-Circle Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Our Pyomy Ancestors.

The armor of the knights of the mid de ages is too small for their moderl descendants. Hamilton Smith recorl that two Englishmen of average al mensions found no suit large enousl to fit either of them in the great col lection of Sir Samuel Meyrlck. Th, head of the oriental saber will not at init the English hand nor the bracelc of the EaiIir warrior the English arm The swords found In Roman tuni"l have handles mconveniently small. ;ny the great uediaeval two handed swor, Is now supposed to have been use! only for one or two blows at the fir onset and then exchanged for q s.,lali ar one. The statements made by IIu mcr. Aristotle and Nitruviua represe. six feet Hs. q high standard for fA: grown mon. and the irrefutable rH: deEce of the ancient doprways. hat, steads and tombs proves thr avc";s.,,' size of the race certainly nnt tp l,... diminished in modern days Lo,l. Hospital
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Great Musician's Eccentricities

Dolls were the idols, after his ,' loved instruments. of Domenico Drn gonetti. the king of the double bass, He had huge collection of these pun pets dressed in various national eos tunes. and wherever Dragonetti wen the dolls were sure to go. That wa only one of this eccentric genius pecul larities. He would never play unles: his dog were in the orchestra. and no body would have got note out ot him unless he had been permitted tt sit in the orchestra next to the stage door. This was precaution to cua blt him to save his wonderful instrumen In case of fire. The instrument itse. he brought from the monastery of St Pietro when on visit to Vincenza. ant when he died he bequeathed it to St Marks, Venice, to be used at solem, services.-London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11

An event of particular interest to the people of Pine Bluff, and the la dies especially, is the opening of the Marinello Hair Dressing Parlors at their location, suite 8, 121 1-2 West Second avenue. The proprietors are graduates of the famed Marinello School at Chicago, which is under the direction of Mrs. R. J. Maurer, the prominent physician and biologist, whom it will be remembered spent a winter in Pine Bluff several years ago as the guest of Mrs. M. K. Moore. The
 parlors are now open and the public is cordially invited to call. All kinds of hair dressing work and manicuring are done, the latter being for gen. tlemen as we'll as ladies. Engage ments may be made by calling SS new phone. 5-2S-5t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
The Jolly testers,


 "Mr. Midd!eiGan, An desires to pro pound question"
 Every well, Mir. Tambo." "Why do dey designate dat beautiful southern vegetable as ah watermelon: 7, That's easy. Because it makes your mClth water.'
 "NOwaar near de answer It's called ah watermelon becase yo' cut it in de spring."
 "Speakin' ob de spring reminds me- broke in the other end man. "Ma ole daddy went out to git some water oile day an he done fell in ah spring." Was he drowned?"
 "He warn't zactly drowned, but r done killed him."
 That's strange. He fell in the spring and was killedY
 "Yessah."
 "But he wasn't drowued?" "No, sah."
 "Well, did he die in the spr.ng7" 'No, sah; he died in de fall" "Our golden voiced tenor, Mr. ,vk Lett, will contribute that heart touch ing ballad entitled. Warden, Brusl Those Locks Away; Yearn for Lib erty. ."-Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Who Fra Oiavolo Was

Fra Diavoie was the nickname giv., Michele Pezza, celebrated renegHtl, monk and Italian brigand, who w,,> born in 1760. It should be noted t,.a. the opera of Auber has nothing iu e..::1 mon with Fra Diayolo but the name Pezza was first stocking weav"~ then soldier in the Neapolitan ar:n.. then a soldier in the pope's service, anu finally he became a monk, but was ex- pelled. Tn the mountains of Calabri;, Pezza took to brigandage, and suc', was his notoriety and 50 great were his cruelties that the people nicknamed him Fra Diavolo. It is consoling 10 know that he was eventually executed in 1SO6-New York American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
A Losing Game.

Not long ago new Turkish bath es fablshment was organized, and as is the custom the promoters went out tc form a regular clientele. The accounts Of what a Turkish bath would accom- plish were most glowing. Among th- men approached was German saloon ist. His complaint was obesity, as waz shown by the fact that he was below the average height and weighed 2Ol pounds.
 "Now. it is like this" explained the masseur when the German had been inveigled to take look into the bath. house, 'I will guarantee to take oil two pounds at each bath"
 "Tat" exclaimed the kaiser's former subject. "Two pounds init each bath. Ach, dot means von hundret baths and den no man. Nein. dink I take dem not!-Columbus Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Her Ambition.

This incident was told by an ac. tress who was once playing Rosa. find, and playing it, as she fancied, rather acceptaby. AS she entered her dressing room at tue theater one night a note from a WSman was handed to her which read in this wise:
 "Dere lady I work for a dentist but have spoiled so many of his teeth saying over your part in the play that now I can say it just as well as you do, and want you to let me try it tonight and see if I can't for the den. e1st says he cannot have me any more and must pay for his teeth, and so l must go on the stage and will be here at ' o'clock"
 - The exchange was not made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Quay and His Letters,

The late Senator M s. Quay of Penn sylvania kept all the letters his constit uents wrote to him asking for fayors He had stacks of them when his las light for the senate came along. Thel he sorted out the letters, eliminatia. those from people who were dead. ant on the back of each letter wrote:
 Dear John or Rill-Do you remember when you wrote me this letter and do >o' remember that l did what was asked: want your help now in my fight for ,h. senate. Can l have 1t?
 The politicians in Pennsylvania sa. those letters, mailed to the or:glla senders with Quay's request on tA, backs of them. had as much as any oat thing to do with Ouay's winning hi> dght.-Sa turday Evening Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
A Queer Coincidence.

While serial story was running r. . certain magazine lady in Johannea burg wrote to. the publisher askin- whether Christian Lys (the author'> nom de plume) was assumed or not She herself was Mrs. 1ys, who was trying to trace an ancesttr of her late husband, who was a descendant c. Joan of Arc. MT. Brebner the autho, In question, wrote assuring her thai his pen name was a family one. his forbears having come from Aberdeen Strangely enough, 1t came out that he, family came also from Aberdeen ant their name was Brebner-Pall Nal Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11

Curse, anything worthless Corrup ton of the old English word kcrse, a small, sour wild cherry; French, cerise; German, kirsch. "Vision of Piers Flow man. Wisdom and witt nowe h not worth q
 kerSe,
 But If it be carded with cootis as cla: hers Kembe their woole.
 The expression mot worth curse" used frequently nowadays :s therefore not properly profane, thoIe :, i; ,s t'e- quently intensified by protaue ex- pletiyG.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Quadrupeds That Lay Eoos,

The salesman as he wrapped mp the eggs conversed politely.
 'There are Quadrupeds that lay, ma'am," he said.
 ''That lay eggs?"
 "Yes. They are mammals, ma'am too. Their home Is in South America. their names are the ornithorhynchus, or duck billed platypus, and the echid. na, or porcupine ant eater. They are the lowest mammals known"
 Really"
 "Oh, yes! The duck billed platypus lays two eggs at time. But the echidna lays but one egg which 1t car ries in a natural pouch beneath its stomach-there's an idea for the hen there-untii the kid echidna, so tc speak. is matched out."-Los Angeles Times
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CochineaI.

Cochineal, so much used for coloriu., table jellies and also given to infant as a domestic remedy for whoopin ' cough Is the whole insect of a clas.' called coccus, but only the females arc used. Why! Because the insects are captured by suffocating them with the smoke of fires below the trees on which they live, and as the males have wings. while the females have none, the gen. tlemen take to flight when the atmos, phere becomes unpleasantly warm. leaving their ladies to their fate
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
Getting Rid of His cards.

The other day one of the members raw to London, was introduced to Il party of ladies in the dining room of the house of commons. As he left he gravely presented each lady with his card. A friend ventured to hint that this was carrying politeness too far for London customs. Sure" was the re ply, "it didn't matter. had POO Of them printed. And I've changed ms address anyway, SO they're no use tc me."-LeedS Mercury.
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PiIorims and Puritans.

The pilgrims. or, as they are ofteE, called, the pilgrim fathers" wer' the seventy-four men and the twenty eight women, members of the Johl, Robinson's church, who sailed in the Mayflower from Leyden to Mort. America and landed at Plymouth Rocl where they founded a colony Dec q. 1920. The Puritans were the Englisl. uonconformists who came over late. the name being given to them on n. count of their supposed great purify of doctrine, life and discipline.-.New York American.
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A Little In Doubt.

Hostess-I hope we shall see you again next Wednesday. I'm giving a dance. MT. Young-Im awfully sorry, but I'm going to wedding. Hostess Oh, 1ndeed I'm sure you'll enjoy your. self far more. Mir. Young-Im not so sure. You see, it's my own wedding.