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worker in behalf of her interests and is at the same time an 
honor and an example of the veterinary profession, who cannot 
fail to reflect distinction upon it, and to elevate our position in 
the minds of stockmen and the public at large. 
WE acknowledge receipt of a bulletin of the Louisiana Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station, containing report of Dr. W. H. 
Dalryinple, veterinarian to the Station, on Texas fever, gland¬ 
ers, poisoning of cattle by damaged sweet potatoes, anthrax, 
black leg, a nervous disease of cattle, a nodular disease of intes¬ 
tines of sheep, etc. 
Worse than a Runaway Horse. — A gasmobile, after 
traversing the hot streets of Cleveland, Ohio, for two hours, was 
placed in the storage room where it was usually kept. With¬ 
out any molestation it exploded, throwing the burning fluid in 
all directions, and covering an attendant so badly that his life 
was despaired of at the hospital a few hours later. The build¬ 
ing was a total wreck from the dames. 
Anthrax in the Mississippi Deeta.— Still uglier reports 
of the havoc wrought by anthrax or charbon continue to come 
from the Mississippi Delta. It is now said that if its ravages 
are not checked hardly a mule will be left serviceable by fall, so 
widespread has it become. Dealers are already looking for sup¬ 
plies to fill the demand that must ensue when colder weather 
comes.—( Breeder's Gazette.') 
Dr. Johnson, an assistant inspector at the Union Stock 
Yards, Chicago, Ill., was transferred from the Bureau of Animal 
Industry of the Agricultural Department, to the War Depart¬ 
ment to act in the capacity of a meat inspector. His duties 
will consist of inspecting and supervising the preparation of 
meat products furnished to the War Department by contract. 
This is a new departure on the line of meat inspection, and the 
efficiency of Dr. Johnson’s work will probably open up a new 
field for veterinarians. 
Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
contributed an article to the Chicago Tribune , for June 30, en¬ 
titled u Rabies : Its Symptoms and Treatment.” He concludes : 
u The measures necessary for the eradication of rabies are two 
in number : (1) Destruction of worthless, ownerless, and va¬ 
grant dogs ; (2) efficient muzzling of all dogs which appear 
upon the streets or in public places.” As a scientific problem, 
he considers its eradication easy, but as a practical question it 
is one of the most difficult which confront the sanitarian, the 
trouble arising not from anything inherent in the work to be 
