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

leaning on the fence gazing at them
with some concern.
81 feel like the Mud-Pie at masked
ball." said Bettina with a faint smile,
and then sighed.
Don't faint" said Bob.
Hush, silly! Who Is going to
faint? Just feel all stirred up as IL
1 had been hanging to windmill"
81 think the best plan l. to get
them clothes dry a bit," said the
farmer. advancing. Come over to the
house." and without any more ado
he took hold the bride of Honey-Pod,
who was looking really regretful by
| this time.
Bob and Bettina followed behind,
followed in turn by Bob's Mephis-
topheles, who was wondering what
It was all about.
It was a cool. calm, country farm
house. and Mrs. Farmer or Mrs
What's-er-name, as Bob called her
If1guratively took Fly in her arms
mud and all, and called to Sally t
get 1.-THE" soap and towel.
Some little while later, as Boil
lighted q cigarette, he saw farm
girl come round from the back OF the
house, go over into the turnip patel
by the road and begin to pick thing
from the rows. Bob wondered II the.
would have to eat turnips for dinner
| Betty was long In coming. Bo'
idly watched the girl wander dow
the road toward another feel hiddel
by a bank, and then disappear. Their
being no more interesting thing
about. he grew f1dgety and yawned
The mud must be refractory.
Then someone screamed. Bob wa
ION his feet before the echo ha
ceased. The scream sounded again.
The next instant Bob was runnin
swiftly toward the spot where he ha
seen the girl disappear. He rushe
up the bank. ran across 1t in thre
bounds and then looked down.
He saw the Farm girl standing 4
front Of a man dressed in riding cos
, tune. He was nursing place on hi
face where five white fingers ha
struck with feminine force.
Stanford" said Bob, recognizin
. the horseman. Stanford measure
, the distance between them and locke
!. first at the girl and then at his hors,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

Denver. The doctor says IL substance
that last January his foreman inform
ed him in a suppressed and confiden-
tial manner that his hogs had rabies,
caused by a dog, who, as he had been
told by his wife, had parked at and
also bitten the pigs, when he, the fore
man, was temporarily away from
home, and now the pigs were mad and
were chewing up the pen.
Rabies" said the doctor, rabies
There is no such disease! If l hear
you articulate the word again. you will
take a walk" Then the doctor went
to the pens with the foreman and
found two of the pigs lying on their
sides in a comatose state and several
others showed sickness and were bit
ing each other and biting the boards
and posts of the pen.
The doctor ordered the two pros
trate pigs killed, and all the rest turn
ed out into the open air and the door
Of the pen closed. Directed that the
pigs be given plenty of water but no
| food until the sickness was gone; he
attributed the trouble to overlooking
on corn and the bad air of the pen in
which the pigs were housed too close
ly. The subsequent result proved that
the doctors diagnosis and remedy
were correct. Those pigs had been
penned up too closely and in their
desperation were biting one another
and chewing up the pen.
! NAN a nrun
An old friend and veterinarian of
long experience, tells me that he has
repeatedly seen cattle in a frenzy, run
ming with full force against trees
fences and buildings. On investlga'
ton it was found that for want OF
something better to eat, they had
eaten the cuds or guilds of corn stalks
that had been chewed and then re
jected by swine. This fibrous sub
stance had lodged in their threats
causing great misery and delirium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

and round they go. scowling. always
sowing"
"Y-e-e-s." sighed Bettina.
well, can't you see that 1t can't
keep up? Some sleek Bengal like this
new one-this Stanford chap, is going
to spring some day - and then -
Boo-o-o-o!"
Bobby" said Bettina, "that is the
second time you have said Boo-o-o-o.
II you fail to be original aga i shall
surely be angry with you. The only
thing that has made me interested in
this conversation SO far has been your
splendid mixed - of metaphors.
You are sitti-, there talking and
smoking Just like a man who likes to
do it, having Just a beautiful time
saying nothing-not even sweet moth
ings-to me. Please talk about some
| thing good to eat"
"Tll do nothing Of the kind" said
Bob, and threw away the cigarette.
Here you and I have been good
! friends for"
Pals, Bobby" said Bettina, her
voice softening; but please don't
talk like that"
THAT is Just why / am talking.
4 - SNSN ONNo0oC ak pals that
want to warn you. And now I'm 60
Ing to tell you what I've been think
Ing. This Stanford chap is the big
Bengal, Betty. that's going to spring
o, yes! Shake your head and look
amazed but don't let the sunset effect
creep into your cheeks"
"Bettina rose hurriedly-and ordi.
narily Betttna never hurried. "Loob
here, Bobi think you have said lust
about enough" And then as hi:
face showed pain as she gazed at him
she struck him playfully on the shout
der with her riding cror.
Come on, lazy bones," she said
lightly, lets go riding"
But, tell me-" said Bobby. els 4
Stanford-has he made this sprin,
yet-has he?"
She was on the horse by this time
Both had been dressed fer riding an,
had been waiting FOR a shower {,
cease.
Come on" she said. and strucl
Honey-Pod smartly. Come on, IA
=" and this floated Ut to him a
she rode out the gaze, he gallopin
behind; land, for heavens sake, do
talk about animals and cages. For
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

A. Melzner writes in the Evansville
Qnd.) Courier:
During the past few months our cit
liens have been alarmed several times
by reports about mad dogs running
amuck through our streets, biting 9TH
er animals and people. II Is generally
very difficult to obtain the real facts
in such cases. and ] was therefore
much interested upon receiving a mes
sage last Monday from police sub-sta-
ton TO the effect that they had mad
dog there which they wished me to
see. | hurried to the place and there
found a puppy frothing at the mouth
and apparently very sick. carried
the puppy with the box he was In to
my room. took him out and placed him
on the floor, noticed his stomach was
much distended, and concluded that
he was either poisoned or suffering
from a bad case OF intestinal worms.
Then 4 phoned to two veterinarians,
who administered an emetic. but the
little dog was sinking fast, too weak
to respond to the action Of the medi-
cine and died soon after. The doctors
then made an autopsy and found the
inner organs in a healthy state. The
stomach and intestines were practi-
cally empty, all but a wad in the
small intestine, consisting of a piece
OF banana peel and fbrous material.
presumably grass, which closed the
intestine and had produced gastritis
Of the stomach. These are the bare
facts in this case of mad dog, and per-
haps every other case of mad dog,
mad horse, COW or pig, could be traced
to a cause other than rabies, were it
possible to investigate the same In
proper manner.
MAD HOGS.
DR.. Tilden, an old practitioner of
Denver and publisher of a medical
journal reports on a case Of alleged
rabies that had broken out among the
hogs on his farm, ~ miles west of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

some 20 yards away.
Bob looked toward the girl. As her
head rose and the sun bonnet fell
back, his berath shortened and he felt
his nails grind into the flesh Of his
fingers.
''I thought to play a trick on you"
said Bettina, turning to Bob. IL
changed my dress and put on this
wrapper and sun -onnet. I came
down here to carry out the joke, and
he" she lifted menacing eyes at
Stanford for q moment, rode ND and
f1irted with the little country girl"
Her voice whipped him with sarcasm.
"Then he tried to kiss me and I
screamed"
Bob tried to remember what BETH
ma had told him Of men being "crea-
lures Of elemental passions''-but he
couldn't.
He gave Stanford a fair chance to
know what was coming. Then his
arm swung furiously. Stanford went
down once and once more. Then he
scrambled UP and made for his horse.
Bob turned to Bettina with a hum
BILE apology on his lips. Something In
her face silenced him. They faced
each other for a moment.
Suddenly her gaze lowesed. Some
thing like the note Of domination
which she used to hear In their chill
dren's days came In BobS voice.
You've changed your dress -.
you've changed TT" His voice was
tense and challenging. "And the
tamest, blindest little animal in the
ring is going to spring! love you.
Betty. I have loved you all during
the days when you were gathering
the menagerie. I have loved you all
the time"
Something like the deep sdgh Of q
child tired Of play escaped her lips a
she turned to him.
, "It never was Stanford, Bobby
dear" she said. ~ have been tryine
all these two years Il make you say
it. But, you goosie, you wouldn't. ]
) asked you on the road II you didn't
want to be my best man and you said
certainly and got angry. Please
, don't be angry any more
And the strangest thing 10 tina,
Honey-Pod never stumbled any more
after that day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

)ME day." said Bob,
you viii change
your dress - the
animals won't rec
ognize you - and
then Zi-i-ip."
And he hicked the
ashes from his
cigarette by way Of
emphasis.
"Y-e-e-s?" ques-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

either personally or by correspondence
with the physician or others in attend
ance every case of hydrophobia re-
Ported in the newspapers of the Unit
ed States for 16 years, and has failed
to find a single case that can be prov
en- to have resulted from the bite of
dog.
DR.. Joseph w. Hearn, Fellow of the
Philadelphia College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Professor of Clinical Sur
gerry, Jefferson Medical college, etc.,
writes: 81 am of the opinion that the
bite of dog is no more dangerous
than the scratch of a pin or the pune
ture CT an infectious nail, but because
OF the exaggerated printed and oral
accounts, = the picture of hydrophobia
is so stamped upon the public mind
that the thought of it, after being bit
ten by dog, throws imaginative peo-
rle into such panics of nervous excite
ment that they unconsciously repro
Guce the supposed symptoms.
Although l have practiced surgery
in private and in many of the hospi-
tails of Philadelphia for the past 20
years, have never seen a case OF n.y.
drophobia either in man or dog, nor
90 know any other physician or sur
seon who has.
The late Samuel D. Gross, M. D.,
q. c. L., the venerable professor of
surgery in the Jefferson Medical col
| lege, with whom l was associated for
many years, and whose large practice
| included every known medical and sur
gical disorder, never saw a case of
tydrophobia."
CAUSE of THE SCARE.
! The Marquis Of Queensberry writes
that in England rabies is unknown
| because that country enforces a strict
quarantine on dogs. No animal is let
into the country until it has been held
Under observation for 80 days. 1t fol-
lows from this, that in the opinion of
the marquis, the English dogs do not
develop rabies spontaneously. But
maybe this absence of rabies, real or
imaginary, in England, is due to some
thing else. The marquis does not men,
ton that England bars Pasteur insti-
tutes; that England has the oldest and
best organized system Of societies for
the protection of animals, and that
England has not, l belive, national
department of health, which floods the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

country from time to time, at the ex-
pense Of the people in more ways than
enc. with scare 'em up literature on
the increasing prevalence Of rabies.
While in England animals are prob
ably better cared for and less abused
than in our country, whilst they have
and enforce a quarantine against for
eign dogs, and do not permit homeless,
sick and starving dogs to roam the
streets, we know, on the other hand
that Turkey and other eastern coun-
tries, take no care OF and pay no at
tention to their many homeless and
ownerless dogs, and yet rabies and n.y.
d. ophobia are unknown there, too.
Maybe the Englishmen and the Turks
90 not look for rabies in dogs and n.y.
drophobia In man; maybe they have no
Pasteur institutes and aIarmists in
those countries who find 1T to their in
terest to brighten the people into
pseudo hydrophobia or Iyssophobia,
and hence those diseases are I'M
known.
Treat dogs and all other creatures
in accordance with the precepts of the
Golden Rule, look upon the stray, sick
and hungry dog as an object of pity
deserving mans sympathy and help,
but not as an object to fee from or to
stone or shoot to death. It Is safe to
say that many thousand PeoLie die
from blood poisoning caused by the
prick of splinter or mali lying in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

streets, or from particles of dried
sputum from tuberculosis persons,
waited about by the breeze and in
hailed in our streets or public build
ings, to one that dies from blood pol
soning resulting from the wound of a
dogs bite; yet most people dread the
very remote danger from a dogs bite,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

tirely covered with mud. Her riding
habit was coated and the water had
soaked through.
Guess you all be in a mighty bad
way" said a voice from field Just
opposite. Bettina and Bob turned to
see a good-natured, sturdy farmer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

Certainly" he answered, after
moments search of her face. 1t be-
trayed nothing-told nothing-prom-
Used nothing.
He cut her horse with his tree
branch and tapped his own heartily.
They went laundering down the road.
racing almost neck and neck, when
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

the joy OF living.
It was she who spoke first, as If
taking up the thread where Bob had
been requested to leave it.
Bob" she said, eff / should be
married-mind you-if l should
would you be my best MANI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

Bob was of his horse almost before
Betty had struck the ground. She
had LANDED" in big soft. oozy mud
pool. When Bob's anxious face met
hers, as he. gently lifted her,
soprano note OF laughter, clear and
sweet as birds of the morning, ran
out from countenance almost en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

it happened
Honey-Pod had always been sure
footed. This day her feet seemed
suddenly to have become paralyzed.
A rolling stone got itself in the wrong
place at the wrong time any Honey
Pod went down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

ward! March,"
They had ridden a mile before
either spoke. The horses had been
long in the stable and were eager for
the road. The pink now came and
stayed in Bettina's cheeks; Bob's face
lost its seriousness, and he Tipped a
branch from a low-hanging tree with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-23

@ e: 81 ~. he as s,; CTS B; s;:
al. Is emphasis. :
"Y-e-e-s?" ques-
toned Bettina dangerously. She could
say Yes" in the most exasperating
way.
YES" said Bob with energy.
You're going into the ring with a
different frock. One OF these men
animals that you have been making
Jump through FIRE hoops and do stunts
is going to spring and-B-oooo." Bob
shuddered.
"Y-e-e-sr" said Bettine.
YES" said Bob decisively. 81 tell
you, girl, you are facing death by
matrtmony every day and you don't
know It. The buildings on fire and
you're still playing the third act.
You're going down for the third time
and the whole life saving crew is try
Ing to persuade yor to be saved.
You're"
Bob" said Bettina, turning her
head Just q bit on the hammock pill
low, 81 never could imagine you as a
life saver - you look too pretty In
evening clothes"
Bob continued without comment
He knew Bettina.
Now let me tell you something
young womanI You have gathered q
menagerie OF men about you hers
that is something positively shameful
to observe. A more determined, scowl
ing. giri-eating coterie Of young
tigers never saw In my life. Stan
ford. Bristow, Harvey. Wallace
Stringer, good heavens. girl, arranged
alphabetically they. would make {
whole Blue Book.
You've baited your trap Will
looks. captured them with Chances
broken them with words - Just plaii
words that didn't mean a thing Il
anybody but the particular one yol
were talking to. You've pettsd an,
tanned one after another until he di,
Just the cutest things in the worlt
that q man In love can do and then
cracki-or goes the whip. And rount
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-02

SACRAMENTO. Aug 2.--Ths
Los Angeles and San Francisco
Pacific coast league teams are after
j. Patsy o'Rourka. the Sacramento
captain under suspension for as
sauiting Umpire Hlldebrand al
Stockton Sunday.
This IL the assertion here today
and despite the ball players state.
mcnt that the affair ~ mere rumor.
u Il believed that before many
weeks be viii accept an offer Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-02

Zimmerman lifted Texas just over
second that no one could reach.
scoring cooney. Cocash walked.
and Cartwright lifted one 10 left
center. Both Cruickshank and
Householder started after II. both
stopped and the ball fell safe. acor.
ing two more. Cocash was caught
at third.
Umpire 6aurparten had a lot Of
close plays yesterday, but he
seemed to be Just about right all
the time.
Seattie's chance came In the
eighth. Zackert reached first on an
infIeld hit. Leard singled. Cruick.
shank hunted 10 the pitcher, who
failed 10 catch Zaekert ut third. fill
ing the bases, with none out.
Householder sent sacrafice fly 10
right. scoring Zeke, and Bues sin.
gled, scoring Leard. But that was
all, for Weed popped up 10 second
and Ort struck out.
Twice Weed opened up with q
two-bagger. and twice Teaiey Ray
mond sent him home with single
! Raymond 10 pulling of lot Of
big league stuff around short now
Eastwood, formerly OF Victoria
now a d. Shea understudy, batted
for zackert In the ninth. but the
best he could do was fly to Frisk
zackert got an assist on a pecu
liar play In the fifth inning. zIm
norman hit hot one straight al
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-02
SPORT SPARKS

Los ANcElEe-heinle heit.
muller. formerly outfieidcr with the
Oakland club OF the Coast league.
has been purchased by Henry
Berry for the Los Angeles team
from the baltimore club OF the
Eastern league and win report Mt
once.
cHIcAco--FoIIowed by . large
portion Of Chlcago's boxing colony.
the body Of Pop Coulon. father
OF Johnny Coulon. bantamweight
champion. was buried today from
the family home here. prepar.
ations for the funeral we're made
by Harry Gilmore. Jim Flynn,
Harry Forbes and other lights Of
ffstiana. who we're close friends OF
the dead man
FORT WORTH. Tex--Moss Of
the active heads of all the clubs
In both major baseball leagues, a.
well a. many minor league club
owners and managers. will attend
the annual convention OF the Ma.
tional Baseball association. to be
held In San Antonio In November.
SAN FRANCISCO. - Johnny
Frayne will leave today for Salt
Lake TO prepare for 20.ronnd bout
there with Matty Baldwin OF Boston
ON August 10. Ffayne has not been
soen here since he fought zone
Round" Hogan here some months
ago.
NEW yoRk.-Honors between
Joe jeanette of Boston and Tony
Ross OF Pittsburg are evenly divld.
ed today as the result OF a fast 10.
round bout fought here to a draw.
PirsBuRc.-Marty o'roole. Bar.
ney Dreyfuss' s22,5 beauty. Is ex.
pected to report to the Pirates for
duty Friday. Catcher James Kelly
may arrive at the same time.
SAN FRANCISCO. - Montana
Jack Sullivan and Fritz Holland
VIII furnish the main event on the
card OF eight four-found bouts 10 be
staged by the Central club here Fri.
day night Both boys are fast nj
the short bout game and the going
IL sure 10 be warm.
PiTTsBuRG. - Announcement
was made here today that Mike
Domino the New York Giants had
been sold to the Boston Nationals.
The sale was outright. no other
players figuring In the deal. accord.
ing to President Russell of Boston
aud Manager MeGraw of New York
SAN FRANcisco--FrankIe Neil.
former featherweight champion.
was bound over to the federal
grand jury here yesterday on
charge of having passed raised
government bin and was released
on $1,000 bonds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-02

The Star Newsiee faticned fheIl
standing In the Star league yester
day by trimming the Sgorks ] TO I
In n close and well played game al
Lincoln park. Both pitchers were
siinxy with hits and the fielding
was sharp. making the taIlles fex
and far between.
Gleason whitfield the first three
men nj bat aud famed one In the
second and two In the third inning
The Storks' lone score came in the
fourth. when Oehler walked. stole
second and third. and came home
on a passed ball. After that the
St0rks only got one man past first.
Baldwin also famed three men
In the first. but not until he had
allowed q single and gave two
bases on balls and made a Wild
pitch that brought Garficn home.
In the fourth CreenbuYg walked,
stole second and third. and came
home when Leo's grounder was
muffed. Singles by Meyers and
Waltrsdge pnt over the third tally.
Gleason famed nine men and
pitched q hitless game. He only
gave two passes. and erroriess sup
port would have blanked the storks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-02

| luck. Good Judgment ana tVn8sht
coaching have much TO do with the
success OF these splendid YOUNG
players
When I realized Harry steinfeldt
could aot maintain the pace re-
quIrcd OF my players. looked for
the beat man TO fill his place. Jim
Doyle was the pick Of several. and
he II today one OF the beat young
third basomen 10 the country. and
Is coming sis the time.
Zimmerman can drop into any In
field position. lie II = great player.
but he has been developed since be
joircd the Cubs. just now he IL
playing n strong game al second IN
place OF Eyers. and IL showing the
qualities I knew he would II he at
tended 10 hia work.
Realised early this spring that |
was going bad. and wouId have TO
drop out az the playing end AZ the
result OF injuries. and had Victor
Safer on the bench. ready 10 take
my place AZ the proper time.
Before using him. however. I
sent Hoffman 10 first. making the
trade with Boston In which 1 got
Goode. Graham. Curtis and Collins
for king. Kaiser. Weaver and Grit.
fin.
1 ~antsi coode TO take Hofman'a
place In the field Holman II .
great outfleider. but be has no, had
the chanr. 10 become finished
first baseman.
When I saw thla combination was
not going wcll. shifted Holman
back 20 the flrld and sent Safer 10
first Nov feel the team IL
stronger than ~ any time thls year.
1 don't believe u n as strong ~
when 4, won the championship IN
1906 7. but II IA the making Of just
"a strong team.
To keep up in the race n 10 n~ce&
sary 20 strengthen the weakest spot
continually. realize soonet thaa
the fans do where the Cubs. veal
SPOT Ia. and begin looking fbr The
best material 10 strengthen ", Whaf
success have attained has been bt
continually looking forward ana
providing for the future. AZ well al
looking after the present
Every man on IN. team Is nns
able 20 play the game 80 ! want
played. and believe we will SihI
again this year. although the racrl
IL going to be hard one. J