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Wolstencroft, son of the keeper, on the right thumb. He 
then attacked the elder brother, Job, aged sixteen, merely 
excoriating the skin of the right thumb. Their screams 
brought the father from a back room, and he, seizing a poker, 
struck at the infuriated animal, receiving, in return, a severe 
bite upon the muscles of the arm. The injuries of the father 
and younger son were treated in the usual way by a surgeon, 
but nothing was done to the scratch sustained by Job. About 
a fortnight back, however, the father was alarmed by the 
sudden illness of his eldest son. On the next day the 
youth became restless, stared fearfully, perspired much, and 
became distressingly excited on the appearance of any person 
in his bedroom, and refused food, or anything else. A surgeon 
who was called in pronounced it a decided case of hydro¬ 
phobia ; and ordered the lad to be removed without delay to 
the infirmary. Attempts were here made to allay his suf¬ 
ferings, but without effect. At length he was removed by 
force to the Union workhouse, and placed under restraint in 
the padded room. The terrible malady increased in virulence; 
he continued frothing at the mouth, and knocking himself 
about, until his agonies were terminated by death, early in 
the morning on the third day after the attack .—Manchester 
Courier. 
Use of Horse-flesh. — We learn from the foreign 
journals that the attempts to popularise the use of horse¬ 
flesh have been very successful in Vienna. Several butchers’ 
shops have been opened in that city for the sale of this meat, 
under the authority of government, and with a regulated 
superintendence. The permission was first obtained a few 
years since, but of late the business has considerably in¬ 
creased. 
Operation for the Removal of diseased Claws 
of a Lion. —The Brussels journals give an account of a 
novel surgical operation just performed on the great African 
lion belonging to the Zoological Society of that city. For 
some time past the animal had been suffering from disease in 
the feet, which necessitated the shortening of its claws, they 
having increased so much in length as to have their points 
imbedded in the digital pads of the feet. 
In order to perform the operation without danger, a large 
box was prepared, with a grated bottom, covered by a wooden 
floor, which could be withdrawn so as to allow the lion’s feet 
to pass between the bars. The top of the box was also made 
to descend by means of screws, so as to press on the animal 
