House and Garden 
French Bulldogs 
I'HE French bulldog is a comparatively new- 
comer in this country and his importation and 
breeding m America is no doubt greatly due to the 
effort to secure novelties for the popular bench shows 
that are held through the length and breadth of the 
land. But they are growing in popularity. T'hey 
are miniature English bulldogs with hat ears and in 
disposition they have all the amiable fidelity and 
courageous loyalty that characterizes the English 
Prize Winning French Bulldog, “ Countess Posie ” 
Owned and Bred by Arthur P. 
bulldog himself. The pictures we are permitted to 
print are from the kennels of Mr. Arthur P. Bender of 
Rutherford, N. J. “Countess Posie” is a particu¬ 
larly hne specimen and has won prizes wherever 
shown and she has been on the bench at such places 
as Hackensack, Jersey City and New York. She 
weighs eighteen pounds and was sired by the minia¬ 
ture French bull “Honk’s Son,” an importation 
from England. 
French Bulldog, “ Golden Beauty ” 
Bender, Rutherford, New Jersey 
Rabies in Dogs 
15 y GEORGE H. HART 
Pathologist, Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture 
TNthe category of infectious diseases rabies stands 
at the head of those about which the ideas of 
the general public are most at variance with the 
actual facts. It is commonly believed that a person 
bitten by a dog in perfect health is liable to become 
affected with hydrophobia should the dog develop 
rabies at any subsequent period, however long after¬ 
wards. Consequently believers in this theory are 
particularly anxious to have the dog killed at once 
before he has had an opportunity to go mad. Noth¬ 
ing could he more fallacious and at variance with our 
knowledge of all infectious diseases, and the killing 
of the dog should always he discouraged. 
Until recently it was considered that the dog’s saliva 
becam.e virulent only three days before the appearance 
of symptoms of rabies. According to some recent 
experiments by Nicolas it has been found that the 
saliva may become virulent six or even eight days 
before the symptoms develop. Therefore in case 
the animal remains healthy for ten days after it has 
bitten the person or animal, no danger need he ap¬ 
prehended from that bite even though the dog develop 
rabies within the next few weeks. 
The curative value of the madstone is still devoutly 
believed in by a great many people m certain sections 
of the country. Within the last few years a mad- 
stone was forwarded to the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture the owner stating that it had prevented several 
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