Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-19
HIS WILL WAS STRONG.
Thus General Beale Was Saved
from Hydrophobia-
Tie Relates How He Defended Himself
fr IN an Attack of Rabies-A Dram.
attic Story Told OF His Daughter
and SOn-in-Law.

General Bea'c is visiting the Grants
Mt their cottage at this place,
Last Sunday L heard the Gen
cral give an interesting account of
his once fighting off an attack of ny
drophObia. 1t is the first case l ever
heard of a mans being able by mere
will power to throw off this formidable
and terrible disease. The General APP
pareItly believes that hydrophobia is
but creation to certain extent of
the Imagination. When he was a
young man he was Surveyor-General
IN Southern California. During his
residence there. through the purchase
of land, he laid the foundation for his
present fortune. His favorite Snort at
at that time was the hunting of wolves.
The hunters would go out armed with
lances and follow trained dogs. The
dogs would run down the wolves. Inn
m:diatcly following the attack one
wolf would always leave the dogs and
come to attack the hunter The Gen
cral said one day when wolf came
toward him the lance, with which he
could easily keep off and destroy any
wolf making any ordinary attack, broke
As his lance broke he started TO kick the
wolf under the jaw His foot missed
its aim apd instead was caught i'm the
VOLTS mouth. The wolf bit clear
through his moccasin and wounded
HIM severely. So grim was the grip of
the wolf that he did not even release
his hold when killed. The muscles
supporting his jaws mad to be cut be-
fore his teeth would relax from this
terrible grip. When the General re-
turned to camp, as he was alone dur
ing this Experience, he was met by a
'heertrl companion, who told him that
the lite of an cnraged wolf was certain
10 produce hydrophobia. The wolf
was undoubtedly in condition to
communicate the rabies, as he had
been worried to great extent by the
dogs before he attacked the General.
General Bealc SAYS that he did not have
any opportunity of cauterizing the
wounds, and had attached no particu-
lar Importance to the bite until he had
returned to camp
He said after that there was hardly 4
day passed but what his companion re-
fcrrct to cases of hydrophObia arising
frcm wolf bites. The result of this
continued talk upon the subject was
to produce a great depression in Gen
cral Bcale's mind. Within short
time he began to feel symptoms of an
approaching attack of hydrophobia.
He had tho most extraordinary
aversion 10 water. 1t was with
difficulty that he could swallow. A
swelling came in his throat which
threatened to close it whenever he
sought TO drink. 1t was only by an
extraordinary effort of the will that he
could force himself to swallow. One
day the General said to himself that
unless he combated this growing feel
ing he felt certain he would have an
attack of hydrophobia. So one morn
ing he walked deliberately to n spring
and thrust his head into the water He
said rs he approached his head to the
water he felt the most intense desire to
jump and scream and run away from
it. But he held himself right there
and moved his head up and down in
the water until he conquered this i'm
pulse and the aversion. He followed
up this practice until he felt the swell
ing in the throat going down and his
aversion to water lessening. He felt
that he was getting control and this
encouraged him. In short time all
symptoms of the disease had disappear
ed. The General was firmly con-
WINGED that if he had for one moment
relaxed his will power during that
trying time he would have passed
directly into a fit of the widest Kind of
hydrophobia. He has never suffered
from the bite of the wolf since that
time, although it occurred over twenty
five years ago.
1t is singular fact in this connec-
ton that another member of his family
who has been bitten by dog which
was undeniably mad had also escaped
hydrophobia- HIS daughter Mary mar
ried distinguished Russian, member
of the diplomatic service of his native
country. Several years ago they were
living in Paris. The husband was con-
nectcd with the Russian legation. Gen
cral Beale's daughter had at that time
a stag-hound of unusual size and purity
of breed. 1t was very docile and her
favorite companion. He nearly always
went out with her. One day the dog
disappeared. As he was a great pet
and dog of unusual value they ad-
vertised for him, and sought through
the police to recover him. One night
when the Russian diplomatic and his
wife were seated about an open fire in
their salon after returning from the
opera there was knock at the door
This was SO unusual at this late hour of
the night that the Russian went him.
self to answer the knock. As the door
opened two men entered having the
lost dog attached to stout stick,
which held him between them but yet
kept them at safe distance. General
Beaie's son-in-law was delighted to see
the dog again. The dogs mistress was
specially pleased. The dog, however,
showed no sign of pleasure or recogni-
ton. He went over into an OPP
posite corner and would not
pay any attention to their
calls. They thought that he might