Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

Horses frequently sicken and die In
great distress from the effects of eat
ing mouldy hay or other improper
food or from swallowing accidentally,
harmful articles or substances, and l
know of at least one case of blind
staggers" in our city at present caused
by mouldy corn fodder.
When disorders that cannot be read
lily explained, ccctr among animals. 1t
seems, the first thing thought OF is
that they had probably been bitten by
mad dog" and generally it can also
be proven that the sick animal had
really been barked at and also had
been bitten by dog. However, it Is
enc of the duties of the dog to protect
| his masters property, to assist In
herding and driving the stock on the
farm and to keep them out of fields in
which they are not wanted. In the
performance Of these duties he will
lark and will also nip the animals in
the hind legs If they refuse to move on.
The dog does the best he knows how,
receives scant reward if he does right,
hut if anything goes wrong, even
though he is perfectly innocent, he
must be the goat.
NEWSPAPER HYDROPHOBIA.
The Sunday Chicago Tribune recent
ly contained a full page article written
by the Marquis Of Queensbury, on
How to Defend Yourself Against
Mad or Vicious Dog" This article
starts off: Coming as l do from a
country where rabies is unknown, l
have been surprised and startled by,
the numerous recent reports Of mad
dogs and of men, women and children
bitten by them Both in New York
and in Chicago there seems to be an
epidemic of hydrophobia or of alleged
bydrophobia. This is deplorable," ETC.,
etc.
On the whole, the Marquis article
IL a conservative and sensible docu-
n,ent, but coming as it does, from the
zen of the Marquis of Queensberry, a
fair allowance must be made for the
rather Objectionable illustrations,
showing a left-handed ruffian in the act
OF striking dog upon the head with a
Rig stick, and how to obtain a strange
hold on a dog
The marquis writes that the records
of the superintendent of the Chicago
dog pound show Ill cases 81 rabies
since jan 1. Little things like that,
occurring in Chicago, should not sur
prise the marquis or anyone else. Why,
not long ago they photographed the
souls of three nude young women in
Chicago. and a Chicago oracle prophe-
sled that sometime this year Christ OF
Dowie would return to our earth.
While the records of the Chicago
round master show Ill cases of rabies
within the past 10 months, the records
Of the Pennsylvania hospital show only
two cases Of hydrophobia In 14O years,
and one Of these, the only one submit
ted to meteorological test, did not con-
firm the diagnosis, "hydrophobia," and
the municipal authorities refused to
occept the death as from that disease.
The records of the American s. P. C.
A. of New York snow that in Il years
their agents have picked up in the
streets Of New York considerably over
one million unwanted, homeless and
sick dogs and cats. In the perform
ance of this work the &c men employed
we're bitten about $4,000 timee, but not
single case OF hydrophobia followed
and Mr.. H. earn, superintendent of the
Cog pound in Denver writes to DR..
Hodge of Niagara Falls under date OF
Sept. Is that in the past three years
he has been bitten 1000 times by dogs
without any Ill effects following.
OPINIONS OF MEDICAL EXPERTS.
Dr. Charles W. Duties of PhiladeI
phia says that he has investigated