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dumb form Of rabies in dogs Is character
lied by a paralysis and tendency OF the
lower jaw, while in tetanus the Jaws are
locked. This locking Of the jaws IN
or dogs 1t renders the animals incapable
Of believing or barking as In rabies.
Finally, tetanus may be distinguished
from rabies by the fact that the central
nervous system does not contain the in
fictitious principle, while in rabies the in
oculation Of test animals with the brain
or cord OF a rabid animal will produce
the disease with characteristic symptoms
after an interval OF fifteen to twenty
days. This period Of incubation is much
longer than in tetanus, since the inocula
ton of rabbits with tetanus bacilli inva-
riab1y results In death after a short pc
Rod, usually within three or four days"
It would appear from these gentlemen
that no disease is so hedged about by
fallacy and superstition as hydrophobia.
The Introductory sentence of this arti-
Gle reflects one of the most widely be-
lieved of these falIacies.
"The idea is prevalent with many peo-
ple." said DR.. Hart, aforementioned, that
dogs are particularly liable to go mad
during the so-called dog days which ex-
tend from the LIST Of July to the middle of
August. These days are called dog days
because they cover the period of time
when the dog star, Sirius. is above the
horizon with the sun.
''They have no connection with the dog.
On account Of the clemency of the
weather dogs probably travel about dur
ing this season more than in winter, and
hence are slightly more liable to infec-
ton. Statistics. however. show that the
disease is present throughout the year,
and seasons have very little. if any, in
huence.
1t Is commonly believed added the
doctor, that a person bitten by dog in
perfect health is liable to become af-
fected with hydrophobia should the dog
develop rabies at any subsequent period,
however long afterward. Consequently
believers in this theory are particularly
anxious to have the dog killed at once be-
fore he has had an opportunity to 90
mad Nothing could be more fallacious
and at variance with our knowledge of
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Out of Babes Mouths.

THOMAS W. LAWSON. condemntn9
crooked business. said to q Boston
reporter:
"A Broadway office boy was caught d
a nasty lie by the head bookkeeper the
other day.
My son. said the bookkeeper solemn
ly, do you know what becomes OF boys
who deceive and prevaricater
The youngster looked at the shabby
old bookkeeper. sneered and answered:
".Of course, I do. The boss lifts EN-
right out of the starvation. pen-pushin'
class. makes 'em department heads. and
takes 'em into the firm before they're
forty.'0 49, -
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suit case" answered Jane. Both John
and have complete outfits made of
heavy khaki cloth. Our hats are Of khaki
and of the kind shown In many stores
in Washington at about 80 cents each.
They are excellent for long tramps
through timber growth where the low
hanging limbs and occasional brushWood
make the wearing of a broad slim hat
out of the question, especially for a
woman. Nor are they hurt by rain.
My skirt is specially made. short. with
a liberal pocket. 1 am wearing high
shoes and the regulation Boy Scout
shirt. John has khaki trousers and the
regulation shirt. The garments are not
expensive, and our outfit, bought last
year. has not yet begun to show wear !
made my skirt at a cost of % cents My
whole outfit exclusive of the shoes cost
$75."
*
ITO be sure John interrupted. "the
camper can wear ordinary street clothing,
but 1t Is much more economical to buy
the other, which is good for several sea-
sons and is far more appropriate. A
most highly useful camp utensil is the
small camp ak. In order to carry 1t
with less damage to the rest of the camp
plumber 1t is best to have one with pro-
tected blade.
In stating that We are not taking any
gasoline or oil stove along it may be
wise to describe the clay stove that sew
eral seasons Of camping have shown to be
the best type. Packed in the suit case.
where it will take up the least room. is
a large sheet-iron baking pan which is to
form the stove for our camp. The pan is
about thirteen inches by eighteen inches
in size, and about three inches deep.
I'm making the stove, / dig out a slight
depression in the ground, not more than
two inches deep, and somewhat smaller
than the large pan. Then. with the
trowel clay is mixed with water into a
very stiff paste and wall. the exact size
and shape of the pan. is built up. The
wall should be about three inches thick.
Leave an opening at the front, about
five inches wide, for the door, through
which the fire can be made and fed.
When the wall is ten inches high l place
the pan upside down upon it and then fill
filled on the outside until 1t is flush with
the bottom of the pan, which is to be the
top of the stove.
I'm the building Of the walls there
should be a vent about four inches in
diameter left at the back of the stove
been set In the clay. the chimney should
be built to the height Of a few inches by
laying in the clay so as to form a sort
of fiue. This will serve to concentrate
the smoke. and will keep 1t out Of the
eyes Of the cook.
1T should be placed in such way that
the chimney protrudes a few inches out
side the edge Of the fly, so the smoke
will not be held beneath Needless to
state, the fly Is about six feet from the
ground at the edges. being sort Of shed
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craftsmanship"

A PHILADELPHIA lawyer and con-
= noisseur was describing some OF
his experiences in search Of curios.
Il once entered a Wardour street shop
in London" he said, smiling. and the
salesman pointed out to me dilapidat-
ed chair.
THAT there chair, sir he said, impress
sively, belonged to Louis Cross-eyA
King Of France
Louis Cross-eye" said I. Why,
there's no such person.
"'Oh, yes. there is, SIR said the sales
man, and he showed me a ticket marked
Louis XII"
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True Often Enough.

A T the railway surgeons recent dance
- in Philadelphia DR.. E. C. Bush ~
GAINESVILLE told. apropos OF operating
fanatics, a little story.
Two old fellows" he began, "were
talking at a seaside sanitarium about
their ailments.
My DOCTOR said the first. wanted to
operate on me. but the consulting sur.
geon vetoed it.
Vetoed it. ehY Why? said the Sec
ond, as he watched fishing boat rock.
ing on the blue waves
He considered was the answer.
that I wasn't wealthy enough to stand
such a serious and difficult operation
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that vast repository of medlcal lore, the
library of the surgeon general-the great
est medical library of our hemisphere
and inquire for the psf decades most
respectable literature purposed to prove
the non-existence OF rabies. But as soon
as | crossed the threshold Of this store
house of knowledge / crashed against the
hard, cold fact that no literature dlsput-
ing the hydrophobia hypothesis Is no"
deemed respectable by publishers whose
presses grind out pabulum for the con-
sumption of the up-to-date medico. Ii
surprised me to learn that no such litera-
ture had come within the ken OF the IN
dustrious indexers who year after year
have sifted all medical lore. foreign and
domestic. book and periodical, and have
catalogued it for the convenience of
guardians of the public health.
Such writer's as have gone after hydro
phobia hammer and tongs in the news
papers and popular magazines were. was
assured either nature takers or dog
fanciers Men OF medical training would
as leave deny the existence of smallpox
or of lockjaw as dispute the actually of
rabies, Indeed, the very first official
whom | approached for aid described
case or rabies Whlch ne nau treated at
one of our army posts
If there be one place where every
beast of the realm is known, inside and
out, from muzzle end to tip of tail, 1t is
that great veterinary board of health or
the federal government-the bureau OF
animal industry. Every veterinarian
upon the faculty of this busy institution
believes implicitly in hydrophobia and
its communicating to man as he does in
, bovine tuberculosis and the possibility
1f inf tfv,C
through the medium of infected milk.
Concerning hydrophobia, DIR. A. D. Mel
win. chief of the bureau, has this to say:
Although some skepticism as to this
disease persists and in industriously fos-
tered by the publication of erroneous
views, the reality and the infectious ma
ture of the malady have been abundantiy
established and confirmed by the work
of numerous competent scientific inves-
tigators. and there is no more reason for
doubling the existence of rabies than for
questioning the actually of other spe-
cific and well recognized contagious dis
eases"
Three other veterinarians who have
made careful studies of rabies are equally
emphatic If not more so. DIR. John r.
Mohler. chief Of the bureaus PATHOLOGY
cal division. makes this statement:
There is no greater galzxy Of names
associated with the study of any of the
infectious diseases than is connected with
the experimental investigations of rabies.
The ablest scientists who have adorned
the medical and veterinary professions.
and to whom we owe the greatest defer
ence for having advanced our knowledge
Of contagious diseases, have repeatedly
shown by their experiments that rabies Is
a specie communicable disease. pre-emi-
nently affecting the canine race, although
all warm-blooded animals. including man,
are susceptible to Ii.
Many years Of Slpatient scientific re-
search have been required to lead these
investigators to clear comprehension of
the nature and characteristics of this
disease. II was known and described
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must be added berries, but part Of them.
at least. can be gotten from the woods.
and at any rate they would not greatly
increase the bill. 1t does take more food
when one is in camp. but the added
health and zest in life makes it worth
while. The rental OF the tent for the
two weeks is 81.
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Toor with the height great enough to al
low one 70 easily walk under it.
X
II there is plenty of limestone or flint
stone about, the making of the stove is
mueh simplified. for a large part of the
wall can be built up Of this material, and
the clay used merely as chinking or
hiler The clay must be dried carefully
ana the fire not applied until most OF
the moisture is out OF it, otherwise 1t
will crack very badly. This is the rea-
son the clay should be worked with as
little water as possible. A fiat, thin piece
OF stone should be used for a door of the
stove. Leaning it against the top, a
splendid draft will be formed, and the
broad. fiat surface of the pan top will
make stove that rivals any range, as
far as it goes.
The cautious camper will always keep
MS wood supply carefully ahead. With
the ak he should cut brush and small
limbs to the proper length for his stove.
stacking 1t upon stones or larger timbers
SO that it will be sufficiently above the
ground to avoid dampness in case of rain.
1t also is well to place the wood under
part of the fly. as the rain will be partly
shielded off 1t. 1t also may be kept dry
by getting an old bean or wheat sack at
a crossroads store and covering the pile.
Nothing is more aggravating in camp
down. the whole woods and ground soak
ed with water. and all the wood SO wet
that no fire can be made.
1T is such circumstances as these that
cause many city jewellers to swear or
at their very first seasons camping.
Enough wood for quite a siege of wet
weather can be stored beneath q can
vas Of this kind. and its presence every
day gives the provident camper the same
feeling that the thrifty housewife has
as she contemplates the rows of winter
preserves and sauce.
Plenty of cold cream and soothing
lotions are needed in the toilet outfit
for the camp. During the early days
the sun usually irritates the skin some
what, especially If much bathing in the
open water is INDUCED in. Outside of
a little talcum powder. which Jane
is best to leave all powders and cos
metics at home.
During the time in the camp We shall
use the suit case as a catchall for our
city clothes and for such things as we
wish to lock up during the day. The
package that is part of James care
until we arrive at the camp consists Of
a. fourgallon water pail crowded full
of such other camp duffle as is needed.
These four packages, Weighing, all told.
less than a hundred pounds. form our
complete camping outfit. including the
tent and fly. In the bottom of the
bucket Is a low iron kettle for boiling
foods In camp and for heating water.
The bottom Of the kettle Is fat, just
fits inside the bucket, and in turn is
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the medium-sized frying pan that will
serve multitude Of purposes. from cook
ing the fish and meat to baking the hoe
cake and the hot bread With the fry
ing pan are several other Of the larger
pieces Of the cooking utensils, including
the cooks long-handled fork and the long
spoon. The fork Is useful In q score OF
ways, from turning the meat In the fry
ing pan to holding the bacon or steak for
the primitive form Of cookery over the
hot Goals.
Included in the utensils are three en-
ameled plates that will serve as platters
for the repasts, two small forks, a sharp
knife, two case knives. a tin lid for the
frying pan and the pie tin that viii
serve all sorts OF purposes, from its real
use to that Of dish on the table.
OF our bedding, as well as few more
pieces of the scanty cooking outfit We
carrying a pair or heavy wooden
blankets, for the nights and early morn
ings along the beach or any large BODY
of water are really cool Then there is
a pair of soft cotton blankets to be used
In lieu Of sheets. Folded into the least
possible space in the bundle is a large.
old fashioned tick which will be filled
with straw, or, If we are unable to OBJ
tain that, with good hay. This will make
a very comfortable bed and one that will
be as soft as could be desired during the
fortnight we are to use 1t.
4
Last but by no means least of the
necessities in the line Of bedding is a
large piece of oilcloth to be used next
the ground in order to keep the moisture
from rising through the clothing to the
body during the night. It Is an absolute
necessity, for the ground is damp and
no amount of covering piled over one
will keep one from becoming damp un-
less this protection is placed below all
the bedding. 1t Is not expensive. this
piece being just two yards in length and
costing 20 cents per yard.
Rolled inside the bedding are three
enameled cups for our coffee, two small
enameled pans. and, carefully protected
in oiled paper, six-pound piece OF good
bacon. There Is q pretty good reason for
getting the bacon here, for as a rule the
grade of bacon carried at q country store
is not very good. and bacon is one of
the dishes most enjoyed by the camper.
This cost al cents per pound. and will
be ample for the entire two weeks of our
camp.
Added to this part of the outfit are
four tea towels, six Turkish towels and
sufficient soap for all purposes. There
are two empty linen sacks to be filed
for pillows. Last year we found 1t an
excellent plan to fill these sacks with
pine needles. whose fragrance adds to
garden trowel is in the roll with the
tent
How much and what kind Of clothing
will you carry for the occasion?" one
of the neishbors asked.
'The clothing for camp wear IL In the
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packed full. In it is the small wash
pan, which just snugly fits the top of
coffee and few condiments for cook
ing. The pail is neatly wrapped in
paper and tied in such a manner that
only an expert could guess the exact
nature of 1t.
ARRIVING at camp and settling down
for the two weeks enjoyment, we shall
follow The plan of former years with
regard to interior fixing up and accom-
we split large burlap sacks. and drive
small wooden stakes into the ground
through the corners of the sacks, max
ing an excellent carpet. The floor COW
ering may be made as soft as the finest
rug by putting a liberal layer of pine
needles beneath the burlap. Burlap is
easily obtained at any small store In
the country.
From the location of our camp this
year we are able to get Ice when we
want 1t. It is delivered to small
store about an eighth of mile from
the tent. We shall dig a hole in the
side Of small bank nearby and line
1t with small limbs, upon which the
ice is to rest. The hole is to be but
little larger than the twenty-five-pound
piece of Ice that will be placed in 1t,
tard melting In this way. especially
as the ice will be in a shaded place.
melting will be extremely slow, and
butter. fresh meats and perishable
COmGSI1DloS III general may De kept as
we'll as in refrigerator at home.
X X
"In times past when it was impossible
to get the ice we have made admirable
substitutes by placing the butter in a
wide mouthed glass jar and putting it
under few inches Of soil in a damp
place, or, when so fortunate as to be
near a good spring, by placing it in the
water. In fact, when the spring is
handy and in a COOL shaded place, it
is far easier to let the ice alone, even
though 1t may be had. The woods along
the shores of most streams and bodies
of water in nearby camping places in
Virginia and Maryland are full Of ex-
cellent springs, so that locating a camp
within walking distance of one is a
comparatively easy matter Failing
them, however. the wells OF nearby
farmers may easily be depended upon
and the large bucket filled with water
may be kept cooler by wrapping it
with a wet towel.
When one leaves camp for a long
tramp along the beach or deep into the
woods. It is O. splendid ending for the day
If the weather is fine and the ground
dry. to sleep in the open air for a night
The oilcloth tarpaulin should be taken
and the pair Of wooden blankets. At night
cover the place that is to be the bed with
parts of the country; place a somewhat
larger bunch OF them for the pillow, lay
the tarpaulin aver them. and roll up in
the blankets for the night"
'sWhAt are you going to readf You GER
stainty- DON'T expect to- spend two weeks
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he return or 0Og
days suggests an
inquiry into the
mooted question:.
rs hydrophobia
a myth? ?" Peren-
nially our popular
prints p u b ! j s n
doubts and denials
that such a disease
exists. So it oc-
Cured to me yes
terday to invade
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fit there was, the pair maintained,
enough camp equipage to supply their
needs for the two weeks. while they also
had part of their provisions wrapped In
the packages. BY using the street cars
they arrived at the station with little
effort and once there their labors were
over, for enough Of the material was
checked to tighten the load very ma
terialy.
ITO begin WITH said John, every
item for our two-week camp has been
planned in detail and the cost of every
thing worked down to a remarkably small
sum- The camp site lies on a high point
of ground. the drainage thus being taken
care Of The camp will be but a few
rods from the open beach (along Chesa-
peake bay), with an abundance of splen-
did timber all about. Despite what 9TH
ers say, it seems best to me to depend on
the supply of wood where 1t may be had
for fire in camp, although. to be sure.
by increasing the baggage. a gasoline or
oil stove is a handy part OF the equip
.ment for camp.
In the canvas package We are carry
ing a waterproofed wall tent, seven feet
by seven feet. with fly seven feet by
nine feet. To be sure, forty-nihe square
it is enough TO amply shelter two per-
sons and can be made quite cozy, even
on rainy days.
."rhe fly is to be used as kitchen,
placing one part OF it at the door of the
tent, and stretching it out in such a way
as to make a very acceptable shelter for
the cooking, and one that will afford
protection even from hard rain. We
are carrying no tent poles, but. following
the plan of our camp Of last year. In
which these very plans were successfully
carried out we will stretch the tent by
means of the rope by which 1t is tied.
Stretching a tent in such a way Is
very simple. Select two trees that are
the right distance apart. or cut native
poles of the proper height, plant them in
the ground. and then. putting the rope
through the holes in the tent where the
iron point of the real poles is supposed
to protrude. stretch the ropes taut, driv-
ing stakes for TIE purpose. II trees are
used, the necessity Of all stakes except
for the walls will be eliminated,
when the tent has been placed-on a
knoll Of ground or a high spot Of the
neighboshood be careful to properly
ditch the walls for rain. We are carry
ing q little ten-cent garden trowel for
use In digging the ditch. and will find 1t
Of service in making the clay stove that
will serve as well In wet weather as in
dry. When the tent proper has been set.
the ny should be put in place. The work
Of the operation can be performed in
about half an hour. II we'll done. 1t will
last for the two weeks, with the possible
necessity OF occasionally Tightening the
ropes bit.
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hydrophobia in human beings are OF this
hysterical nature.
Such a case recently came to the atten
ton of DR.. Mohler.
"A young man. twenty-four years OIL
age, employed as clerk in q dry goods
store, was bitten on a Saturday morning
by watch dog belonging to the pro-
prietor," said he. 1.-THE bite, which was
slight. had been Immediately cauterized
and no further attention was given the
incident until Wednesday morning, when
the young man tainted at the counter.
Upon reviving he stated that he had
been reading about rabies and the symp-
toms which would develop in man from
the bite Of rabid dog, and insisted that
he was developing hydrophobia- He was
Immediately sent to his home and the
dog brought to the bureau to be kept un-
der observation: Two days later the
young man was In a very hysterical state
and kept insisting that the dog that bit
him was rabid During this time the
patient had been in bed and seemed to
have had marked paroxysms.
HE would roll himself over and over
in bed. snarlsng. growing and swapping
at the bed clothes. He would catch the
pillow or sheet with his teeth and shake
1T like terrier shaking rat and in
numerous other ways would show more
initiative accuracy than in the genuine
disease. At first 1t was impossible to at
tract his attention, although he would
mutter and talk to himself. When he
was Informed that the dog that bit him
did not have rabies that it was alive and
well, and that even If 1t did develop ra-
bies several weeks later 1t would have no
bearing on his case, as the saliva would
not be virulent such long period before
the development of the symptoms in the
dog, and furthermore that he had devel-
oped symptoms entirely too soon after the
bite had been inflicted, as longer period
of incubation had to intervene for the
virus to multiply and produce its effects,
he commenced to realize that he had been
making himself victim of autosugges-
ton, and rapid recovery followed.
Here was a typical case of lyssophobia
or pseudo-rabies, a. Pigment Of an over
worked imagination. and. as in all cases
of this class, recovery took place instead
of death, which is always the termination
of the true disease"
And by way OF contrast the doctor de-
scribed a case Of true rabies. Said he:
Through the courtesy Of DR.. William
c. Woodward, health officer Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, l was invited to visit
Freedmen's Hospital for the purpose OF
seeing patient whose case had been
diagnosed by the resident surgeon as
suspected hydroprobia. The woman,
twenty-eight years Of age. had been
fiercely attacked and severely bitten on
the right forearm and about the face by
a stray collie dog. Eighteen days later