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I'M, WORSE THAN DEATH. I Baw her weep bcalilc the grave, A It her licnrt would break; And pluck from It a little flower, And wear It for his sake. The tcar dlmincd eyes, the jwor palo lips Seemed praying for release, Tlie cuti for lier gnvc no more light, The eilrth held no more peace. Methouc'it tliat 1 would ratlier sec, My friend He there at rest, Anil know that we were each to each The dearest and the best, Than haTc him live and drift aw As friends have often done Than eo another fill the place Thr.t should be mine alone. Ah, tnel That would be far more jiuln Than death could brine to me. For then, Indeed, my heart ould break, And sunlight cease to be. A SEQUEL TO MATITIAS SAXDOUF ANI DOCTOR ANTEKIItTT. 13y Jules Verne, AtJTnon op "jounNnr to the centos OP THE KAItTII, " "TltlP TO THE MOON," "AI10UND THE WOULD IN KIOHTT PAYS," " MICHAKIi STnoOOKl'," "TWENTY THOUSAND IjEAQUES DNUEIt TUE SEA," ETC., ETO. Translation copyrighted by C. W. llanna, ism. CHAPTER XV Continuku. Did Torotithal listen to this ndvico absurd i3 is nil advice connected with games of clinnco? Not Ho was over whelmed, nnd he had then but one idea to cscnpo from this domination of Sar oany, to got nwny, nnd to get away so far that his consciunco could not reproach him! But mi oh a fit of reso lution could not Inst long in his oner rated, helpless nature. Besides, ho was watched by his nccomplico. Before- ho left him to himself, Sareany wanted him until his marriage hnd taken place with Savn. Then ho would got rid of Silas Toronthal, ho would forgot him, and ho would not oven rumcmbor that that fcoblo individual had over existed, or that ho hnd over boon associated with him in any enterprise whatovorl Until then, it was necessary for tho banker to remain under his thumb 1 "Silas," continued Sareany, "wo havo boon imfortunato to da'; clinnco was iigainst us. To-morrow it will bo tor us!" "And if I lose tho littlo that is loft ?" answered Toronthal, who struggled in vain against these deplorable sugges tions. "Thero is still Snva, Toronthal!" nnswered Sareany, quickly; "sho is an nco of trumps, nnd you cannot over trump her 1" "Yes! To-morrow! to-morrow 1" mud tho banker, who was just in that mental condition in which a gambler would risk his head. Tho two then entered their hotel, which was situated half-way down tho road from Monto Carlo to La Couda inino. Tho port of Monaco lios between Point Fooinana iMid Fort Autoine, and is an open bay exposed to tho north cist and south-east winds. It rounds iff between the rock on which stands the capital, and tho plateau on which r tho hotels and villas, at tho foot of tho superb Mont Agol, whose summit rising to 11000 foot towers boldly above the pioturosquo panorama of tho Ligu riau coast The town lias a population of some one thousand two huudml Inhabitants, and is situated on tho rook f Monaco, surrounded on throe of its lid 's by the foil It lies hidden beuoath Hie li'wor-foding verdure of palms, pomo grouotos, sycamores, pear-trees, orange trees, oitron-treos, ouoaryptuses and irborescont bushos of geraniums, aloes, myrtles, loutish and palma-ohriHtios, heaped all over the plaeo in m urvelous onfusiou. At the other sido of tho harbor Monto Oarlo faces tho tiny capital with its ouii dus pilo of houses, built on all the ledges, its zig-zags of narrow climbing roads runniug up to the Oorniohe, suspending In mid-moiintoin its chessboard of gar dons in perpetual bloom, its panorama of oottogos of every shape, its villas of every style, of which some seem actually to hang over tho limpid waters of this Mediterranean Hay, Between Monaco and Monto Carlo, it tho back of tho harbor, from tho beach up to tho throat of tho winding valloy wnioh divides tho group of mouu tains is a third city, La Condnniino. Abovo to tho right rises a largo moun tain, whoso profile turned to tho pea lias gained it tho niimo of tho Dog's Head. On Uiis head there is now a fort which is ifc-d to be impregnable, and which lias tho honor to bo French ; for it marks tho limits on that aide of tho Princi pality of Monaco. From La Condnniino to Monto Carlo Tohioles havo to ascend a superb hill, at tho upper end of which aro tho private houses and tho hotels, in one of which there wero now staying Toronthal ami Sareany. From tho windows of their apartment tho view extended from La Condumino to beyond Monaco, nnd was ouly stopped by tho Dog's Head, which Boomed to be interrogating tho Mediter ranean ns tho Sphinx does the Lybian desert. Burcany and Toronthal had retired to their rooins. There they examined tho Bituation, each from his own point of view. Had tho vicissitudes o! fortune broken tho community of interests which for fifteen years had bound them 0 closely together? Sareauy when ho entered hnd found n letter addressed to him. It came from Tetuan, and ho hastily tore it open. In a few lino Nuuiir told hun of tho two thiuRti'that intonated him deeply. Tho lht wo tho death of Carpono, drowned in tho haibor of Cento uuder such extrjioHliuary oiroJiiiHtorice ; tho Mfioud. uis tho u;r-u;v.u-ja "f Dootox Sanooifs Revenge Antckirtt on tho Moorish Coast, tho way in which ho had dealt with tho Spaniard, and then his immediate dis appearance. Having read tho letter, Sareany opened tho window. Leaning on tho balcony ho looked out into spaco and set himsolf to think. "Carpena dead? Nothing could bo more opporluno! Now his secrets aro drowned with him ! On that sido I am at easo ! Nothing moro to fear thero 1" Then coming to tho second passngo of hin letter, "As to tho nppcarauco of Doctor Antckirtt at Cento, that is moro Bcrious! Who is this man? It would not matter much nftcr all, if I hnd not found him for some timo moro or loss mixed up in my concerns ! At Baguso , his interviews with tho Bothory family ; nt Catania, tho trap ho laid lor Zirono ; at Ccuto, this interference which lias cost tho lifo of Carpena 1 Then ho is very near Tetuan, but it docs not seem that ho has gono there, nor that he has discovered Sava's retreat That would bo tho most tcrriblo blow, and It may yet como ! Wo shall see if wo cannot keep him off, not ouly in tho futuro but in the present Tho Sonous- istn will soon bo masters of tho Cyronaio, nnd there is only an arm of tho sea to crosstogetat Autekirtta ! If they must bo urged on I know well." It wos evident that Sarcany's horizon was not without its black spots. In tho dark schemes which ho followed out step by step in faco of tho object ho had set himsolf and which ho hod almost attained, ho might stumble over tho very smallest stone in his path nnd pcr haps never get up ngain. Not only was this invention of Doctor Antckirtt enough to unscttlo him, but tho posi tion of Torouthal was also beginning to cauio him anxiety. " Yes," ho said to himself, " wo aro in a corner ! To-morrow wo must stako everything ! Either tho bank goes, or we no 1 If I am ruined, by his ruin I know how to recoup myself ! But for Silas it is different ! lie may becoino dangerous, ho may talk, ho may lot out tho secrot on which all my futuro rests 1 I havo been his master up to now, but ho may becomo my mnstor 1" Tho position was exactly as Sareany had described it. Ho was under no mistake as to tho moral courago of his accomplice. Ho had his lesson before, Silas Toronthal, when ho had noth ing to lose, would only uho him to mako monoy out of him. Sareany pondered over what was best to be done. Absorbed in hit reflections, ho did not see what was happening at tho entranco to the harbor at Monaco a few hundrod feet beneath him. About half a cable-length away o long hull without inost or funnel eamo gliding through tho waves. Altogether, it did not show for moro than threo feet abovo tho witor-lovol. Soon after, grad ually Hearing Point Focinana, it slipped Into smoother water near tho beach. Then there shot oil rom it a little boat, which had appeared like an incrustation on tho sido of the nlmost invisible hull. Three men wero in tho boat In a fow strokes of tho sculls thoy reached tho uhoro; two of them landed, nnd tho third took back the boat A few min utes afterwards the mysterious craft, which had not betrayed its presonco, either by light or sound, was lost in tho darkness and had loft no trace of its prfssago. The two men ns soon as they had left the bench wont along by tho edge of tho rooks towards tho railway station, and then went up the Avenue dos Spoilt gues, which runs round tho gardens of Monto Carlo. Sareany had seen nothing of this. His thoughts wero far away from Mon aco at Tetuan. But ho would not go tliero alone, ho would compel his accom plice to go with him. "Silas, my master I" he repented. "Silas being able to checkmate mo with n word I Never! If to-morrow tho game does not give us back what It has taken away from us, I shall bo obliged to make him follow mo ! Yes ! To fol low mo to Totuan, and then on tho coast of Morocco, if Silas Toronthol gives trouble, Silas Toronthal will disap pear I" As wo know, Sareany was not the man to recoil at ono crime, moro particularly when circumstances, the distance of tho country, tho wildness of tho inhabitants, and the impossibility of seeking and finding tho criminal, rendered its accom plishment so easy. Having decided on his plans, Sar eany shut tho window, went to bed, and was soon asleep without being in tho least tronblod by his conscience. It was not so with Toronthal. no passed a horrible night. Of his former fortune what had he left? Hardly 200, 000 francs and those wero to bo squan dered in play. It wos tho last throw ! So his accomplice wished, and so ho himsolf wished. His enfeebled brain, tilled with chimerical calculations, was no longer able to reason coolly nor justly. Ho was even incapable at this moment at least of understanding his real position with regard to Sivroany. Ho could not see that tho parts had ishifted, and that ho who hold him in his power was now in his powor. Ho only au tho present with its immediate ruin, and only dreamed of tho morrow, which might float him again or plungo him iuto thedopths of misery. Thus passed tho night for tho two associates. Ono was permitted to spend it in reposo, tho other to strugglo with all tho anguish of insomnia. In tho morning, about ten o'clock, Sareany joined Torouthal; tho banker was seated before a table, covering tho pages of his noto-book with figures and formula. " Well, Silas," said ho, in a careless tone - tho tone of a man who would not assign moro importance to tho world's miseries than ho could help -"well, Sila, in your dreams did you givo tho preference to the red or tho black ?" "I did not sleep a wiuk T replied tho banker. "So much tho worse, Silas, so much the worse ; to-day you must Ih cool, and a few hours repose were what you wanted. Look at met I havo Imd a little, and I am in tho best condition to till undo with fortum 1 Sho is a womau after all, and sho loves best tho men who can command her." "Sho has betrayed us all tho same!" "Bah! Meroly caprice! and tho caprice will pass, and sho will smilo ou us!" Toronthal mndo no reply. Did ho oven understand what Sareany had said to him, while his eyes woro lixod on tho pages of his noto-book and tho useless combinations? "What nro you doing thero?" asked Sareany; "tips? Diddles! Tut tut. You aro ill, Silas! Y'ou ain't mix up mathematics nnd luck; it is luck nlono wo want to-day!" "Bo it so!" said Toronthal, shutting up his book. "Eh! Of course, Silas! I only know ono way to go to work-," said Sareany, ironically. "But to do that wo must havo mado special studios and our education has boon neglectod on that point! Then stick to Chancol Sho stuck to tho bank yesterday ; sho may desert it to-day ; and if sho doc3, sho'U give back all she took!" "All!" "Yes, all, Silas! But don't bo cast down! Cheer up and keop cool!" "And to-night, if wo aro ruined?" asked tho baukor, looking straight at Sareany. " Well, wo'll clear out of Monaco !" "Whero to?" exclaimed Toronthah "Cursed bo tho day I know yon, Sar eany! Cursed bo tho day I employed you! I should never havo been where I am if it hadn't been for you I" "It is too lato to abuse mo, my dear follow, and it is not quito tho thing to quarrel with peoplo who nro going to help you!" "Bo carofnl !" said tho banker. "I am careful !" said Sareany. And Toronthal's threat confirmed him in his scheme to put it out of his power to injure him. "My dear Silas," ho continued, "do not worry yourself! Why should you ? It excites your nerves, and you must not be nervous to-day! Have confidence, and don't despair about mo 1 If, unfor tunately, tho doveino goos against us, think of tho other millions that aro wait ing for me, in which you will sharo." " les I yes ! I must havo my revenge!" paid Toronthal, with tho gambler's instinct. "Tho bank was too lucky yesterday and to-night " "To-night wo shall bo rich, vory rich," said Sareany; "and I ongago that wo shall get back all wo havo lost ! nnd then wo shall loavo Monaco and start for " "For whero?" "For Tetuan, whero wo havo another part to play 1 Aud that is tho linest aud tho best 1" CHAPTER XVL THE IjAST STAKE. Tho salon of tho Corclo des Etrangera otherwiso tho Casino had been open sineo eleven o'clock. Tho number of players was still few, but some of tho roulette tables wero already in operation. The equilibrium of theso tables had previously Deon rectiticd, it oomg impor tant that their horizontality should bo porfect Tn fact, tho slightest flaw affecting tho ball thrown into the turn ing cylinder would bo remarked aud utilized to the detriment of tho bank. At each of tho six tables of rouletto 1C 000 francs in gold, silver and notes had been placed ; on each of tho two tables of ti'cntc-et-quarauto, 150,000. This is tho usual stako of tho bank dur ing tho season, and it is vory seldom that tho administration has to replenish tho starting fund. Except with a drawn ganio or a zoro, the bank must win and it always wins. Tho game is immoral in itself, but it is more than that, it is stupid, for its. conditions aro unfair. Bound eaoh of the roulette tablos aro oight croupiers, rake in hand, occupying the place reserved for them. By their side, sitting or standing, are tho players and spectators. In tho saloons "tho inspectors stroll to and fro, watching tho croupiors nnd the stakes, while the waiters move about for tho service of tho public and the administration, which employs not less than ono hun drod and tlfty peoplo to look after tho tables. About half-past twelve tho train from Nice brings its customary contingent of players. To-day they woro. perhaps, ratlier numerous. Tho sorios of seven teen for tho rougo had produced its natural result. It was a now attraction, and all who worshipped chance camo to follow its vicissitudes with increased ardor. An hour afterwards tho rooms had tilled. The talk was chiefly of that extraordinary run, but it was carried on in subdued voices. In theso immenso rooms with their prodigality of gilding, thoir wealth of ornamentation, the lux ury of their furniture, tho profusion of tho lustres that pourod forth thoir floods of gaslight, to say nothing of tho long suspenders from whiuh tho green-shaded oil-lamps more especially illuminated thognming-tables, thedomiuating ound, notwithstanding the crowd of visitors, was uot that of conversation ; it w.is tho clatter and clinking of tho gold aud silver pieces a thoy woro counted or thrown on the table, tho rustling of tho bank-notes, aud tho incessant "Bongo gagna et coulour," or "dixsopt uoir, impair et manque" in the indifferent' voices of the eh efs of tho parties aud ,s very sad sound it wtvs I Two of the losers, who Had been amongst tho most prominent tho even ing before, had uot yet appeared in tho saloons. Already some of tho players were following the dilferont chances, endeavoring to tap tho run of luck, some at roulette, others at tronto-ot- qunrante. But tho altercations of gain and loss seemed to bo pretty equ il, and ltdnlnot look as though the phenomenon of the night before would bo repented. It was not till three o'clock that Sar eany and Torouthal entered the Casino. Hoforo entering tho gaming-room they took a stroll in the hall, whero they wero tho object of a littlo public curiosity, Tho crowd looko.l at them aud watched them, aud wondered if they would fctfJu try a strugglo with this ehanco whiob had oost them so dear. Several of tha profusion would willingly havo taken advantage of tho occasion to favor them with infallible dodge.i for a considera tionhad they seemed more accessible. Tho banker, with a wild ook in his eyes, did not seom to notice what was passing nround him. Sareany was cooler and llrmer than ever. Both shrank for a timo from trying their last stako. Among tho peoplo who was watching them with that special curiosity accorded chiofly to patients or convicts, thero was ono stranger who seemed resolved never to lose sight of them. Ho was a knowing-looking young man of nbout three-ond-twenty, with a thin faco and pointed nose ono of those noses that seem to look at you. His eyes, of singular vivacity, wero sheltered behind spec tacles merely of preserved glass. As if ho had livo money in his veins, ho kept his hands in his coat pocket to prevent their gesticulating, nnd ho kept his foet closo together in tho first position, to mako suro of remaining in his plnco. Ho was fashionably dressed, without any sacrifices to tho latest exigencies of dandyism, and ho gavo himself no airs but probably felt very ill at case in his well-fitting clothes. For the young man thero could bo no doubt about it was nobody olso but Point Pescado! Outside, in tho gardoivs, Capo Mati fou was in attendance. The person on whoso behalf theso two had como on a special mission to this heaven or hell of Monte Carlo was Doctor Antekirtt. Tho vessel that had dropped them tho night before at Monto Carlo point was Electric No. 2 of the flotilla of Autekirtta, and this was their object: Two days after the kidnapping on board tho Ferrato, Carpeua had been brought ashore, nnd in spito of his pro tests imprisoned in ono of tho casements on tho island. Thero ho found that ho had only cliangod ono prison for nnother. Instead of being in tho penitentiary of Ceutn, ho was, although ho knew it not, in tho power of Doctor Autckirtt Whero was ho? IIo could not toll. Had ho gained by tho change? no wondered much, and not without anxiety, no msolvod, at any rate, to do all ho could to improve his position. And to tho first question propounded by tho Doctor, ho replied with tho utmost frankness. Did he know Silas Toronthal and Sareany ? Toronthal, no; Sareany, yos but ho had only seen him at raro intervals. Had Sareany been in communication with Zirono and his band whilo thoy woro in tho neighborhood of Catauia? Yes, Sareany was expected in Sicily, and ho would certainly havo come, if it had not been for tho unfortunate expe dition which ended in tho death of Zirono. Whero was ho now? At Monto Carlo at least, unless he hnd left that town, whore ho had beon liviug for some timo, and very likely with Silas Toronthal. Carpena know no moro. But what ho had just told tho Doctor was sufficient information for a fresh campaign. Of course the Spaniard did not know what object tho Doctor had in helping him to escape from Couta and carrying him oil'; ho did not know that his treachery to Andrea Ferrato was known to him who interrogated him ; nnd ho did not know that Luigi was tho son of tho lishermau of liovisrno. In his case ment ho was as strictly guarded as ho had been in tho penitentiary of Ceuta, without being able to communicate with any one until his fato had been decided. to hk CONTINUED. Imprisoned lor Ages. Mr. Samuel 11. lloopnian, of Balti more, has in his possession two winged bats preserved in alcohol which havo a remarkable history. They wero found sonio timo ago imbedded in bituminous coal at Swanton mine, Barton, Allegha ny County, Md., by Anthony Bees, who says thoy woro taken by him from a solid lump of coal alive, and that thoy lived nine days after thoy woro releas ed. He also says that tho impression of tho bats was clearly formed in tho coal. Theso statements were mado by the miner in writing to Mr. lloopman". Mr. Roes states also that ho is willing to make affidavit to tho same. He in forms Mr. lloopnian that thero was no crevice by which the bats could havo crept into tho coal-bed. and that plas ter casts of tho impression wero mado at the timo tho bats woro released. Theso casts Mr. lloopnian is trying to obtain. The subject wdl bo b'roucjht hoforo tho Maryland Academy of Sci ences, of which Mr. lloopnian was for merly n member. Cases havo been from timo to tune reported of toads be ing found in coal-beds, whero it is sup posed they havo beon imprisoned for ages. Tills is the first time Hr. Hoop man has ever heard of bats under tlio same circumstances. A son of Mr. Stephen S. Lee, ono of tho owners of the mine, is said to bo conversant with tho facts in this case as stated above, and to have seen the bats alive nnd their impress in tho coal, w hich was un fortunately ponnitted to ho broken or disintegrate in tho open air. Haiti' more Sun. Cause of the Rush. "My gracious," exclaimed a man who had just arrived in an Arkansaw town, "whithor nro all the luou Rush ing? Say, hold on tliero a moment." Tho fellow stopped and tho visitor asked. "Is thero any epidemic in town?" "Noeh," the" follow replied, starting oil". Hold on, I tell you. Has a show struck the town?" " "Noeh, "again starting off. "Wholl, confound it, toll mo what's the matter?" "Ain't got timo to oxplnin. Othor fellers will get ahead of mo." -How?" "Well, I'll toll you what causes tho rush aud thou you'll know all about it. This uster ho a prohibition town, but now sho ain't saloons will opon in about livo mlnutos from now. Whoop!" and striking a brisk run ho endeavored to overtake tho man whoso grav hair was streaming in tho wimU- -Arkaiuuw iravcicr. HOW TO PEEVENT HYDROPHOBIA. Gen. llenlo Itelntes How Ho Kscnpcit mi Attnclc by Mere AVill I'ower Ills Dnusjlitcr's Experience. Gen. Bcale is visiting tho Grants at their cottage at this place, writes a Long Branch correspondent of The Sew York World. Last Sunday I heard the general give an interesting account of his once fighting" oil an attack of hy drophobia. It is tho first case I ever heard of a man's being able by moro will power to throw oil' this formidablo and tcrriblo disease. Tho general ap parently boLevcs that hydrophobia is but a creation, to a certain extent, of the imagination. When he was a young man lie was surveyor general in south ern California. During his residence there, through tho purchase of land, ho laid the foundation for his present for tune. His favorite sport at that timo was tho hunting of volvc3. Immediate ly following the attack ono wolf would always leave the dogs and come to at tack the hunter. The general said one day when a wolf came toward him the lance, with which he could keep oil' and destro' any wolf making an ordinary attack, broke. As his lance broke he started to kick the wolf under tho jaw. His foot missed its aim, and instead was caught in the wolf s mouth. Tho wolf bit clear through his moccasin nnd wounded him soverely. So grim was the grip of tho wolf that ho did not even release his hold when killed. The muscles supporting his jaws had to bo cut before his teeth could bo relaxed from this tcrriblo grip. When the gen eral returned to camp, as ho was alone during his experience, ho was mot by a cheerful companion, who told him the bite of an enraged wolf was certain to produce hydrophobia. The wolf was undoubtedly in a condition to commu nicate tho rabies, us ho had been wor ried to a great extent by tho dogs be foro he attacked the general. Gen. Beale says that lie did not have any opportunity of cauterizing tho wounds, and had attached no particular impor tance to the bite until lie had returned to camp. He said after that there was hardly a day passed but what his companion re ferred to eases of hydrophobia ar.sing from wolf-bites. The result of this con tinued talk upon the subject was to produce a arreat depression in Gen. lleale's mind. Within a short time ho began to feci symptoms of an approach ing attack of hydrophobia. Ho had tho most extraordinary avers'on to water. It was with difficulty that ho could swallow. A swelling camo in his throat which threatened to closo it whenever he sought to drink. Jt was only by an extraordinary effort of tho will that he could force himself to swal low. Ono day tho general said to him self that unless he combated this grow ing feeling ho felt certain he would have an attack of hydrophobia. So one morning he walked deliberately to a spring and thrust his head into tho water. He said as ho approached his head to the water lie felt tiic most in tense desire to jump and scream and run away from it. But he hold himself right there and moved his head up and down in the water until lie conquered this impulse and the aversion, llo fol lowed up this practice until he felt the swelling in tho throat going down and his aversion to water lessening. He felt that he was getting control, and this encouraged him. In a short tiniu all symptoms of the dbease had disap peared. The general was firmly con vinced that if he had for one moment relaxed his will power during that try ing time he would have passed directly into a lit of tho wildest kind of hydro phobia, lie has never suffered from the b to of tho wolf since that time, al though it occurred over twenty-five years ago. It is a singular fact in this connection that another member of his family who has been bitten by a dog which was un deniably mad had also escaped hydro phobia. His daughter Mary married a distinguished Russian, u member of tho diplomatic service of his native country. Several years ago they wero living in Paris. Tlio husband was connected with the Russian legation. Gon. Bealo's daughter had at ono timo a staghound of unusual size and purity of breed. It was very docile and her favorite companion. He nearly always went out with her. Ono day "tho dog disappeared. As ho was a great pot and a dog of unusual value thoy ad vertised for him, and sought through tho police to recover him. Ono night while tho Russian diplomato and his wife wero seated about an open firo in thoir salon after returning from tho opera, there was a knock at tho door. This was so unusual at this lato hour of tho night that tho Russian went him self to answer tlio knock. As tho door opened two men ontered having the lost dog attached to a stout stick, which hold him between them, but yet kept them at a safe distance. Gon. Bealo's son-in-law was delighted to seo tho dog again. The dog's mistress was es pecially pleased. Tho dog, however showed no sign of pleasure or recogni tion. Ho went over into an opposite corner and would not pay any attention to their calls. Thoy thought that ho might feel strange and so paid no further attention to him. Suddenly, without even a bark of warning, this groat dog sprang and bit his mistress right through tho uppor lip, and then on her cheek before her husband could reach tho stout collar which still en circled the dog's neck. Tho Russian succeeded in half a moment in drag ging the dog off from his mistress and then ho had a torrilic fight with tho in furiated animal. If he had not been very muscular ho would not havo suc ceeded in subduing him. Ho succeeded filially in dragging him into a bath roonfnnd locking him up, but not until his right arm was bitten aud torn from shoulder to wrist. Tho scene that followed is dramatic enouirh for tho most sensational of plays. Tho moment tho door was lock ed "tho Russian returned. Ho glanced quickly at tho fireplace, whero ho saw tlio poker was imlwdded in tho coals and was fortunately nearly tit a white heat, llo drew it onco from its bod and said to his wife: "'J hu dog is mad. This id our only ehanco to escape a I horrible death. These wounds must be cauterized at once." The bravo Amer ican woman never lliuched. With the courage of her soldier father she sub mitted to have tho limning iron burn most cruelly the flesh of her fair face. A moment's delay upon her part or cowardice would have made the opera tion upon her husband's arm useless. The moment after cauterizing her wounds tho Russian turned to his own arm and thoroughly burned every break mado in Ins llesh hy tho dog. After this hail been done as completely as it was possible they sent for tho sur geon of the Russian legation. Ho was ono of the finest surgeons in Europe. He camo and examined them. Ho brought his iron3 to perforin tho oper ation of cauterizing, but ho said after ho camo that ho had nothing to do. Tlio young Russian diplomato liad per formed the work as well as if he had been a skillful surgeon. Tlio surgeon also added that there-was no danger. Tho dog was undoubtedly mad. It toro everything to pieces in the room whero it was confined, and died in hor rible agony. Gen. Bealc savs that neither his daughter nor her husband have ever felt the slightest symptoms of trouble resulting from this accident. IIo says that his daughter determined from tho first that she would uot allow her mind to dwell upon it. She re membered how her father had courage ously fought off hydrophobia, and she was fully resolved that no mental dis turbance or worry upon her part should throw open the gate to tho approach of this tcrriblo disease. Gen. Bealo did not mean to say that thero was no such thing as real hydrophobia upon tho p,art of human beings, but ho sincerely believes that in tlio majority of cases it results largely from fright and mental depression. DARK COLORED TOBACCO. Tlio Itcswcattns- of tlio Weed to Meet a Popular Crnzc. One of the latest tricks in tho tobacco trade, says The Pittsburgh Times, is the artificial resweating of the weed to meet the popular craze for dark-colored cigars. Tlio craze arises from the false impression that, because all good cigars are dark-colored, all dark-colored cigars are good. The ground taken for this latter impression is that tho dark color is an indication that tho tabocco has been naturally sweated through about three summers, and has thus reached perfection of ilavor. The color was formally an indication that this was the fact, but it is so no longer, for the inereas.-d demand for tobacco of tho requisite ago caused manufacturers to find a way of aging it, or giving it the appearance of age, artificially. This was nt first done by painting, but a speedier and more wholesale process has been invented within the last three or four years call ed resweating. The fact that tobacco sweats is well known. Tho lirst sum mer after it is cut, tobacco sweats very heavily so that it can bo twisted and tied in knot like "kill-nie-quick" tobies. The next summer it sweats much less, and the third summer tho sweat is hardly noticeable. After each sum mer's sweat the leaf assumes a darker color, until it reaches tho line of the best lla ana brands. In order to sweat tobacco tho box is opened and the leaf "ea-ed" or damp ened, ono 'hand" or layer at a time, by dipping it in water. 'J he tobacco is then repacked in the box nnd the box placed in a steam tight receptacle a few inches from the floor. A jet of steam rises through tho floor of this chest, right underneath the box, and the steam is allowed to play inces santly ou it for seventy-two hours, pro ducing as profuse a sweat as that of a fat man" running up li'll with tho thermometer at 100 degrees in the shade. The box is then taken out and the tobacco shaken out and allowed to cool oil". It is then repacked and is ready for use. Great care has to bo exercised after sweating tobacco to prevent it from becoming moldy. If it is found to mold it is often dipped in beer to kill the mold. Iloro is a proba ble explanation of tho inobrating effects of some cigars. Tho tobacco must always have passed through ono summers sweat before being reswoatod. This process ages tho tobacco threo or four years, but whether it improves tho quality proportionately is an opon question with tho trade. Somo say that as roswoating lias tho sumo eilect as tho natural sweat, reswoatod tobacco is perfectly equal to that which has aged naturally, others say that it in jures tho flavor. Others, again, say that it does not affect tho flavor proju dic ally or favorably. All agren that it makes tlio leaf tender and difficult to work aud thereby causes loss to tho manufacturer. What is adm tted by all judges is that a natural sweat in variably improves tho quality so that tho question remains how tocrUlingu sh tobacco naturally sweated from that which has been artificially resweated. It is a difficult ono to answer, tlio only guide being- that artificial sweating often makes the leaf almost black, and always makes it a darker color than tho natural sweat produces. Tho Pittsburgher's delight, the toby, is usually mado of tobacco which has stood ono summer's sweat, but at tho present tim the crop of 1885, which is now undergoing that natural procoss, is being used. Hence the groat elastic ity and dampness of many tobies now on sale. Dresser on Moustaches. "Oh, yes," said young Miss Sniffles. "By tho way, did you notico my Chaw ley's moustache?" "No," said Miss Sarcast, "I never know ho had one." "You didn't? Why-, It's just lovely." "Why, I didn't think," saidM ss Sar cast, "that there was onotigh ha.r on his upper lip to get wet, much less to be noticeable." "Huh," said Miss Sniffles, "I wish I had a dollar for every hair on Chaw ley's upper lip." A friend of Charloy's told him of tho abovo conversation, and tho next day ho had It cut off, and after muoh fig uring It was dec ded that Miss Snlfllus was entitled to throe dollars and a half, allowing all pcrqinsitios. National Wttkly.