The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-12
Use Of DOG FLESH
IS VERY COMMON
In Berlin Proposal to Erect MI
nicipal Slaughter-House
Is Approved.
NEW PRACTICE IN PRUSSIA
German Professor Explains In
creased Use of Opium in
United States.
NEW PRACTICE IN PRUSSIA

Berlin, January 1.-THE use Of the
flesh of dogs as a food for man is
becoming common even in the capital.
From necessity the German working
man has long made horse meat sub
stantiaI portion OF his daily fare. but
while saxony consumes thousands OF
dogs annually the practice Of eating
this meat has not until recently in
vaded Prussia.
Now the overseers Of the Berlin cat
tie yards have given their approval OF
a proposal 10 erect a municipal siaugh-
ter-house for dogs at the yards. and
IL IL expected that the police presi-
dent will soon issue the required per-
NIT
Use OF Opium Grows.
The use OF opium in the United
States has reached immense proper
tions as a result chiefly Of 'the I'M
wise form Of the prohibition move
Tnent in some States" according TO Pro-
fessor Hneppe, one OF Germany's lead
ing authorities and writers on alco-
holism and other diseases resultin 6
from the abuse of stimulants.
Professor Hueppe. who was reported
some time ago as saying, in an address
on Sport and Stimulants" before q
scientific association OF Berlin. that the
use Of stimuiants in America had taken
chiefly the form Of indulgence in
opium, now explains that his statement
was not so broad as that.
The professor repeats. however. that
the use Of opium has spread over a
large part OF the United States. The
resson for this. he thinks. is to be
fs, To- %
all stimulants. he says, arises from
local conditions. II one suppresses
their sale or use without regard TO
local needs and 10 the historical de-
velopment OF people. other stimu-
lants must take the place OF those
interd!cted Often these new stimu-
lants ara more dangerous than those
suppressed
other writer's have questioned the
professors conclusions on the ground
that prohibition OF the sale of alec
holic stimulants Is the exception rath
er than the rule In the United States
No SondercIsss Opponents.
There Is a likelihood that next sum
mer's international regatta VIII fur
nish no sonderclass opponents for the
Americans.
At present not one sonderclass yacht
Is being built by any OF germany
greatest yacht constructors. and none
will be unless conditions alter The
German yachtmen have long protested
tina. the existing price limit for SON
dercless racers-1.0Do-was too low
to enable them to compete with the
higher priced American yachts. ana
the builders also demanded that tho
limit be raised. 4 few weeks ago the
price limit was increased with the con-
sent of the Emperor 10 $500. but the
builders are still dissatisfied with this
figure They demand limit OF ST.
e25.
whether the Emperor, TO whose In
ftiative and encouragement sonderclass
racing .n Germany owes its develop
ment, will consent 10 the new price
limit is doubtful II he does not.
there will probably be no German
competitors with the American yachts
Germany's practically applied science
is about to rescue another waste pro-
duct and make II useful
Professor Reinke. of the Brunswick
Technical High School, has discovered
a method OF converting into celluiose
the waste of the asparagus plant \
good quality OF paper Is made from