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Show Various are the theories in regard to the origin of the prevailing borse disease. The latest of these comes from a gentleman who "has been connected con-nected with tho department of agriculture agri-culture at Washington," and, of course, he, ought to know. Here is his idea upon the distemper. It is nothing more nor less than thousands and millions of parasites or animalcuhe, that are introduced in two or three ways. One way is by flics that carry the virus or ova with them, and inoculate the poison into the skin at the place where they bite. I bc cnYcta of tho inoculation are fo rapid that tboy canDot be arrested by any external application; for co sooner istbcanim;il stung by the flies than t hope ova aro brought into the circulation, circu-lation, and the hatching process begins. be-gins. Then the animal dies; and the second cause oi contagion, that is, io the atmosphere, is breathed io, and the muoous membrane, especially that pirt which is exposed, the Mouses, or chambers of tho nose, begins to show symptoms of catarrh: the eyes run tears and tho animal is "cru-hed before be-fore the moth." The living parasites para-sites with which the pick horf-c i.s infejted not only get into the cireula tion of the animal s blood, but thpy in- ; feet the ujertbrancp, and when fiver sets in they Ixcpuje offensive, infect the atmosphere, and the diaeaj-e thcu becomes be-comes contagious. Tux "Opposition" press have noth ing mno to eay in regi-d to Grant's horse sff-ctioD. In tact the President has just now any annual of assi lance in "Hiking borr-o." aod while Gie-loy men count on the epidemic to help them "u'jt ! re woods," io the Umpire Um-pire b''. 'hf G;Dt organs are drawing draw-ing c 'ufcd-Di.ly upjn the sympathies ot the p-Ji'pio in support of ihe great admirer ad-mirer of the noble horse. Thus wo see again tho troth of the sayiDg, "it's an ill wind," &o. |