NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3636, 17 October 1874, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

PR o’leary irr parliament. Dr O’Lpary made his maiden speech 'agaUsfc the Licensing Bill. This gentleman, who owes his seat for Drogheda to the evi deuce he gave in the Talbot murder case, is by far the smallest man, physioally, in the House. When he rose he could scarcely he seen over the shoulders of members who were sitting around him, but the cry of “ new member” brought the Speaker’s eye upon him, and he was allowed to get vent for Pentey’s Chemistry. He said he would treat the matter chemically, “ For,” added he, “that is my department.” The idea of there being a chemical department in Parliamentary debates tickled the House, and ears were set for Dr O’Leary. He proceeded to show that a laboring man’s dinner was of no use to him tor more than an hoar after he took it unless he washed it down with alcohol. As regards cheese—(laughter)— l say obdep-e will hot assimilate for an hour and a half —(Laughter.) Mr Speaker, cheese—(Great laughter.) Mr Speaker, Mr Speaker, I was saying, as a chemist, that cheese—(Roars of laughter.) I do not know what members are laughing at, but I have not done, and I must sjy that cheese—(Shouts of laughter.) I do not understand why I should not treat the matter scieutili®™y > if I am not allowed to explain to the House that a poor laboring man’s cheese -Convulsive laughter.) At this point the Speaker of the House lost his power of keeping a senpus face 1 , and’actually-shook in his chair with laughter. A more ludicrous gene has perhaps never been enacted in the House of Commons, and never will again until Dr <) Leary favors it with another lecture on the indigestibility of cheese. HYDKOP H 081 A. There is just now in Mew York an unusual excitement concerning hydrophobia, b’rancis Butler, an Englishman, and a well known dog trainer and fancier, was bitten in the hand about six or seven ago by a small dog, and died from the effects last Wednesday. The wound had healed, and Mr Butler had almost forgotten about it until two days before his death, when in hia efforts to swallow a cup of tea at his breakfast table he was seized with a violent paroxysm and convulsive tremor, and to his suiprise discovered that his mnscles would not convey the drink to his mouth. In some alarm he turned to hi# wife and said, “ Why how strange that is ? I can't get that tea to Wie-thought °f the bite of the dpg immediately, and like a flash it came to her that her husband had hydrophobia, bat she endeavored at the time to conceal her fears from him, and told him he was nervous and needed rest. “ I’ll try , another cup, then,” he answered ; but in tou.pting to drink he was again convulsed. Heathen tried to eat an egg and seme bread but could not do sp, and Xfew hiourp afterfrarqa he recognised symptoms of hydro-

phobic, and realised his condition. He then begged his friends to keep away from him, rijijnp and down stairs with a stick in bis hyids, endeavoring to strike and bi e eves« person who approached him He tore the o&hing fr -m bis body, clutching at his breaak ami shrieked, “There are mad dogs here!- 5 } rs I *or6tz and Creamer were called in, and were obliged to tie him down, and finally succeeded in injecting morphine into his arm. i his relieved his paroxysms. He !■ st tjffi&pwer of speech, then harked 'ike a dog,, streams of foam poured from hi* mouth ttntil he died. Some years ago he went into the business of training, buying, and selling dogs, and his ability in controling and taming them was deemed by maav really marvellous. Many a time be has led away without injury a quarrelsome and ferocious dog which attacked every other person who approached it. He wrote a popular book entitled “ Dog Training.” Ho had no fear of hydrophobia, and often expressed the opinion that it was simply a nervous affection, and the bite of a dog would not produce the disease unless fear supervened and occasioned it.