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children. He was in the 67th year of his age, having been born 
in November, 1817, in Dartmouth, England. He came to Amer¬ 
ica at the age of ten years witli his father. The latter was also a 
veterinary surgeon, and found employment with the old Eastern 
Stage Company. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Glanders in Kansas. —Glanders exists to some extent in 
Kansas. 
Fertile Mule. —An Austin paper reports that a mule foaled 
a colt in that town recently. This is a very rare occurrence. 
Another- Discoverer of the Yellow Fever Germ.— 
Dr. L. Girard, of the Panama Canal Company, has successfully 
cultivated the yellow fever germ, and has inoculated many ani¬ 
mals. He is about to publish his observations.— Med. Record. 
U. S. Quarantine Stations. —The United States quarantine 
yards at Boston and New York are full to overflowing. Port¬ 
land is empty and Baltimore is very nearly so. The yards at Port¬ 
land have been thoroughlv disinfected, and there is now no dan¬ 
ger at that port from foot and mouth disease.— Breeders' Gazette , 
Foot and Mouth Disease in Switzerland.— Minister Cramer 
reports from Switzerland that foot and month disease among 
Swiss cattle greatly increased during March. Lung disease has 
entirely disappeared. Pleuro-pneumonia still prevails in Russia. 
Foot and mouth disease is prevalent in Alsace-Lorraine, in Baden, 
and in Italy, though it is not very widespread in either.— Prairie 
Farmer. 
Legislation Concerning Tuberculosis. —A movement is on 
foot in Germany, subject to the decision of a commission of 
medical and veterinary experts, to exclude the meat and milk of 
tuberculous cattle from the market, experiment having shown 
that tubercle may be produced in dogs, cats, horses, hogs, and 
other domestic animals, by mixing tuberculous meat or milk with 
their food for several consecutive weeks. 
