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A Prolific Ewe. —The London Live-Stock Journal' tells of a 
Shropshire ewe which dropped thirteen lambs in four seasons— 
tin •ee threes and a four. 
Live-Stock Restaurants. —Live-stock restaurants ought to be 
established along the routes of shipment of our Western cattle, 
and all animals should be fed every twelve hours. 
Academic Honor. —M. Pasteur has been inaugurated a mem¬ 
ber of the French Academy. He was received on April 27th as 
a successor of the late M. Littre, on whom M. Pasteur, in his re¬ 
ception speech, made a tierce attack. M. Ernest Renan replied 
to the speech. 
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Hydrophobia.— This disease is on the increase in Paris. 
From the report of the official veterinary surgeon, there were last 
year 615 cases, and 153 persons were bitten, of whom 23 died. 
In 18S1 there were but 297 cases, of which but 5 terminated fa¬ 
tally. 
Territorial Veterinarian. —The appointment of Territorial 
Veterinarian, tendered to Professor A. Liautard by the Governor 
and Council of Wyoming Territory, and declined by that gentle¬ 
man, has been conferred on Dr. J. D. Hopkins, to date from the 
1st of May. 
Prolific Stock. —The London Agricultural Gazette is au¬ 
thority for the following item concerning a prolific flock of 
sheep: In a well-known flock in the eastern counties, forty ewes 
have this season brought the extraordinary number of 130 lambs, 
thirty of the sheep having three lambs each and the others four 
each. The youngsters are all nice, strong lambs. The flock is 
of the pure-breed, black-faced kind. 
Hew Disinfectant. —Professor Carlo Pavesi, of Italy, pro¬ 
poses, as an improved disinfectant, a solution composed of chlo¬ 
ride of lime, camphor, and glycerine. This mixture is capable 
of being used in all cases in which phenic acid is now employed, 
and its odor is less disagreeable, less irritating, and less toxic than 
that of the latter. It is said to arrest the putrefaction of animal 
bodies at once. It is highly comnjeqded by the konc[°n MtdiQQl 
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