Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-04

FLong B.nnch Letter il n. 7 World
General Baals Is rlsisisg he Gsunss
e their cottage Is fhisplace. ! he5Fu
he General give an Interesting &C.
count Of his nncc fFhting 0a 81 -
tack 81 hgdropAohia Is 3 he 1rst
case ] have ever heard OF man be-
ing aba By mere viz power % throw
OF this formidable and terrible Dis
ease. TIE General apparently BE-
lieges lhAf hydrophobia Is bat : ere
alton, 70 3 certain exienk. q ne
inlhgiuafion. When be vas 5 young
man be Was Surveyor General -
Southern California During bis res
idenee there. through the purchase
Of land, be laid The foundation for
his present fortune. His faYcrtie
Sport 81 that time was the hunsing q
wolves. The hunters would 80 ous
armed with lances and follow trained
dogs. The dogs wsuld run down the
wolves. Immediately following the
attack one wolf would always leaxe
the dogs and come TO attack the
hunter. The General said one day
when q wolf came toward him the
lance, with which be could easily
keep Of and destroy any wolf max
ing any ordinary attack, broke. As
bis lance broke he started 10 kick the
wolf under the Jaw. His foot missed
It's aim and instead was caught in the
VOLTS Mouth. TIE wolf bit clear
through bis moccasin &nd wounded
him severely. SO grim was the grip
Of the wolf that be did not even re-
lease bis hold when killed. Tue mus
cles supporting his jaws bad 70 be
cut before his teeth could be relaxed
from his terrible grip. When the
General returned 70 camp, IS be was
alone during his experience, he was
met BY 4 cheerful companion, who
told him that the bite of an enraged
wolf was certain 70 produce hydro
phobia. The wolf was undoubtedly
IN q condition 70 communicate the
rabies, as be had been worried to a
great extent by the dogs before be
attacked the General. General Beale
says that be did net have any 0ppOr-
tunitY Of caHterizing the wounds,
and had attached no particular inn
pOrtance TO the bite until be had re-
turned 10 camp.
he said after that there was hard
~ day passed but what his COM
panion referred 70 cases Of hydro
phobia arising from wolf bites. The
4 ~,.,,te - fhsn ,r.atrrs "A faIk f1YaoFt 4ha
subject was TO produce a great de-
preston in General Beale's mind.
Within q short time be began 10 feel
symptoms Of an approaching attack
Of hydrophobia. He had the most
extraordinary aversion TO water. II
was with difficulty that he could
swallow. A swelling came into his
throat, which threatened to close il
whenever be sought to drink. II was
only BY an extraordinary effort Of
the viii that he could force himself
to swallow. One day the Genera
said 70 himself that unless be com
batted this growing feeling be fell
certain that be would have an attach
| of hydrophobia. So one morning b.
walked deliberately to spring ant
thrust his head into the water. III
said as be approached his head to thu
water he felt the most intense desir'
/ to jump and scream and run ava!
/ from It. But he held himself RICH
there and moved his head up anC
down In the water until he con
lQuered this impulse and the aversion
He followed up this practice until b
felt the swelling In his throat goinl
down and his aversion to water lel
sening. He telt that he was gettinl
control and this encouraged him. i
q short time all symptoms OF th
disease had disappeared. The Ger
eral was firmly convinced that If b
be had for one moment relaxed hi
viii power during that trying tim
he would have passed directly into
fit of the widest kind OF hydr0phc
bia. He has never suffered from tn
bite OF the wolf since that time, q
J though It occurred over twenty -fiv
years ago.
II is q singular fact in this conneC
ton that another member of hi
family who has been bitten by a do
} which was undeniably mad had ais
Escaped hydTophohia. His daughte
Mary married a distinguished RuE
sian, a member Of the diplomat
service of his native country. Sel
} eral years ago they were living il
Paris. The husband was connectel
with the Russian Legation. Genera
. Beale's daughter had at that time
staghound Of unusual size and puI
ity of breed. II was very docile an,
her tavorite companion. He nearl.
always went out with her. One de.
the dog disappeared. AS he was |
great pet and dog of unusual valui
they advertised for him, and sough
through the police TO recover him
One night when the Russian diplo
mat and his wife were seated abou
an open fire In their salon after retir
ing from the opera there was knocl
at the door. This was so unusual a
/ this late hour Of the night that th'
Russian went himself 70 answer thu
knock. As the door opened two
men entered, having the lost dog at
tached 70 a stout stick, which held
him between them, but yet KEEP
them at q safe distance. Genera
Beale's son.in-law was delighted L
see the dog again. The dogs mis-
tress was specially pleased. The dos
however, showed no sign of pleasure
OF recognition. He went over inte
an opposite corner and would MOI
pay any attention 10 their calls
They thought that be might fee
strange, and 30 paid no further al
tention TO him. Suddenly. without
even q bark Of warning. this greai
dog sprang and biz his mistress righi
through the upper lip. aud then OF
her cheek, before her husband could
reach the stout collar which still en-
circled the dogs neck. The RussiaE
succeeded In half 4 moment in drag
| ging the dog off from his mistress
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