The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-04
LOVE OF A DOG
FOR HIS MASTERS
RIG HMON A-special-

r c II M o N d, V A.-Special.-
Now that an alarm of hydrophooia
has INTRODUCED dogs into polite con-
mind readers they are? How Rover
watches your countenaSce, wags his
pleased with him. and sinks away
when you are angry, By way OF test
ing his aeuteness you scowl at him
someday, feigning displeasures but he
He smiles up at you in return (dog
fashion, and and really seems to enter
US better than we think they do, keep
ing their own counsel all the while.
and never giving us away" and yet
how ready they are TO throw the man =
tie OF charity over our shortcomings.
and to, accord to us respect and affec-'
either from our fellow man!
While one would be far from dis
couraging proper precautions on tie
part or the public against this nost
dreaded OF all canine maladies. it nigh
protect some faithful, innocent animal.
as well as allay unnecessary apprehen-
sion TO know that genuine cases of
human rabies are so rare that physi
clans OF long and wide experience
state that they have never met with
Among the popular delusions in re
gard TO hydrophobia is that upon
which the name Ga combination Of two
Greek words, one signifying water and
animal Graves water. is, indeed. CON
satisfy from the swollen condition of
his throat. The disease is slow in
Gq eels nsaIi AT first first the deg simply
being conscious OF any special aiIment
Then a deep melancholy settles upon
fate which awaits him. His very at
utude betokens detection. His head
droops, his body relaxes. and the ex-
Evidences OF hallucination now de-
velop. He starts at imaginary sounds.
and snaps at unseen objects. then sud
denly fixes his eye upon an invisible
appariuon, covering at it's fancied APP
proach like one In a nightmare. Soon
the light becomes a torture to him.
the sun glares upon him like an eyc
OF fire. He flees from II to some dark
hidirg place, where with foam issuing
subs stances - wood, stone, anything
within his reach.
An uncomfortable restlessness next
SEXES upon him, and he seeks relief
in motion. moving from one place Of
concealment TO another At length he
sets out upon long Journeys traveling
dropped head and tail. pendant tongue,
and saliva hanging from his mouth
IN IN ropy strings, He does not wish
turns from his path to attack anything
he simply wishes TO be let alone. for
he is tortured beyond words. and ne
snaps Al every obstacle which obstructs
his way. On he goes, never pausiny
until blindness envelopes him, and
end TO his sufferings
But with other symptoms wanting
the rabid bark is said to be an UNI
mistakable indication OF hydrophobia
beginning with several hoarse, expIo-
sive and diminishing bowls. so abnor-
NAL and significant that those to whom
the sound is new instinctively recog-
nize il. In human beings the poison
OF the bite of a rabid dog may be alb
sorbed by the clothing, or washed
away by the blood which flows from
the wound. Such is the horror of the
disease, however, that persons bitten
by non-rabid animal have been
known. from terror. to exhibit all OF
the symptoms OF hydrophobia Indeed
1T has been asserted that the majority
OF those supposed TO die OF II are
really victims Of their own apprehen-
sion.
When Azrael. the angel of death
was sent TO certain town to destroy
twenty thousand Of the inhabitants
with pestilence he was reproached or
returning with having exceeded that
number. you were told" il was said
to Stay twenty thousand of our peo-
pie. but sixty thousand have persisted 9"
True, replied Azrael, but only
twenty thousand fell by my hand The
rest died of fear"
GILBERTA S. wHITTLE.