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.