Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1892 — Pulse of Animals. [ARTICLE]

Pulse of Animals.

The pulse of the horse can be most easily detected upon the lower jaw, just forward of the curved portion, where the artery crosses the cord and bone at the same time; it may also be felt, and often its pulsations seen, upon the long ridge above the eye, or may be found inside the elbow. In health it beats forty times a minute, and when more rapid it denotes fever or excitement. If slower, weakness. In cattle it may be found over the middle of the first rib, or in the artery upon the ankle joint and should have from fifty to fifty-five beats a minute. Ia sheep it is easiest found near the middle of the inside of the thigh, and should beat seventy-five to eighty times per minute. Although not included in the query, we add that the rapidity of breathing is often as indicative of disease as the pulse, and while the horse naturally breathes nine to twelve times per minute, cattle vary from eleven to fifteen times, and faster or slower indicates nearly the same thing as it does in the pulse unless it results from overexertion.—American Cultivator. The baleful effects of war upon business enterprises and upon the development and application of inventive genius are evidenced in the history of the first Atlantic telegraph cables. The laying of the first cable was barely aocomplished when an accident caused its disuse. The civil war in the United States, immediately following, exhausted every energy of the American people, and all attempts to relay the cable were postponed till 1866, the year after the war ended. Patti the “diva” intimates that she has never been a party to the “farewell” swindle perpetrated so many times in her name. It is all the fault of her rascally managers. A scapegoat is a convenience, even in operatic business.