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ing as preventives and cures of hog-cholera. It is stated that as 
a result of u treatment ” by these impostors cholera is being in¬ 
troduced into herds and neighborhoods previously exempt, and 
consequently the public is warned against giving them counte¬ 
nance or patronage. The bulletin adds : “ Reports have also 
been received that agents of cholera medicines in White, War¬ 
ren, Pulaski and Fulton Counties claim authority to sell goods 
recommended by the station, and agents in Marshall and Kos¬ 
ciusko Counties claim to be agents of the State Board of Agri¬ 
culture. All agents making such claims in any part of the State 
are frauds and should be prosecuted.” 
Bees Sting a Horse to Death.—A fine young driving 
mare of Dr. J. T. Twilley was stung to death by honey bees in 
Kent county on Wednesday. The animal was turned into a lot 
to graze in which was a bench of eight hives of bees. One of 
the hives was knocked over, and in an instant the mare was 
covered by the bees. She became entangled in a quantity of 
vines in such a way that she could not extricate herself, and 
began to roll to free herself of the bees, which swarmed on her 
body. This only made matters worse, and resulted in overturn¬ 
ing the entire bench of eight hives, the bees from which com¬ 
pletely covered the helpless animal. She lived about eight 
hours and died in great agony. Handfuls of bee-stings were 
combed from her hair and pulled from about the nose, mouth 
and eyes—in short, there was scarcely a square inch of the 
animaPs body which had escaped a wound from the bees.— 
{Chestertown (Md .) Transcript.') 
Effect of Dynamite on Cows. —Henry Frost, living near 
Dunn’s Chapel, is minus two cows and a quantity of dynamite. 
He turned the cows out to water one evening last week, and 
waited for them to come up the lane from the creek, as was their 
habit. The cows were seen coming back, but in a very unsteady 
and wavering fashion, staggering and tumbling about into the 
wire fence and down off the road. All five cows finally got 
down, and you can imagine Mr. Frost’s feelings. What they 
could have eaten that would produce such symptoms, was the 
question. All at once it dawned upon Mr. Frost that they 
might have eaten some dynamite that for eighteen months had 
been covered with a phosphate sack, surrounded and partly 
covered with some lumber in a corner of the pasture. Upon 
investigation it was found that part of the dynamite was gone, 
and the remainder was scattered around, and showed evidence 
of having been partially chewed. Dr. S. R. Howard was imme- 
