The herald., 1896-07-12

African shores, some twenty centuries
ago, comes the truth Of the adage, Like
father like son. He unrolled long
strip of papyrus and read. not emitting
a single figure, all the outlays that the
government had made for reparations
of temples, paving streets. constructing
vessels, coral fisheries, the aggrandize-
ment of the Syssites and construction
of engines for the mines In Cantabria.
Showing that Hanna pere supported
with the same blind faith the beauties
of a paternal government as does Gen.
Hanna of Republican fame of this year
of our Lord.
The senior aggressionist was no per-
sonal beauty nor could he be CHOSEN as
a good fellow with whom social inter-
course would be highly pfeasurable or
profitable In his latter days, when MS
Nemesis was crowding him to finish,
he was certainly most repulslVe per-
son. But nature has charitably much
improved the physical strain, leaving
only the outward outlines or burly man
hood and the whole mental character
istics in the composition of the celebrat-
ed son of that family today. ws, 4
Flaubert paints the portrait OF the
Carthagenian Hanna in this wise: AN
incessant thirst consumed him. Ihe
man dressed in the yellow robe (this
yellow robe must be one of the causes
which has misled our Journalistic
friends in the belief in the Mongolian
descenD did not yield to the patriots.
desire" "Oh, yes! That is
true" repeated the Saffete. II ought not
to die of it," and from his violet-purple
lips escaped a breath more nauseouS
than the exhalations Of a corpse.
His eyes, denuded of lashes, resembled
two burning Goals; heavy folds of skin
hung on his forehead; his ears stood out
from his head and began to enlarge.
F,.;rr f,,1n
brute.
1t Is not strange that this ugly. re-
pulsive destroyer of mems rights, ag-
gressorI of their liberties tyrant of their
labor, and all-round bad lot should at
last be overtaken by his Nemesis and
be $50 fatigued. so desperate and espe-
cially so overwhelmed by the loss of the
elephants that he vainly besought De-
monades to administer poison to him
and thereby put an end to his existence"
But he had not yet been punished
enough; he had to see the fall of Car
thage, his riches vanish, and the people
he professed to love swept out of his
tory. And his death was not more hor-
rible than the vile aggressionist richly
earned. Let the historian describe it:
Hanna, desiring to humiliate his rival
(Hamilcar, the father of Hannible) did
not hesitate; he ordered the trumpets
to be sounded, and all his
troops rushed on the barbarianS.
They wheeled round and charged
straight upon the Carthagenians;
they overthrew them, trampled them
underfoot, and drawing them back,
reached the tent of Hanna, who then was
surrounded by thirty Carthagenians, the
most Industrious of the elders. Hanna
appeared stupefied by this audacity; he
called his captains; the assaulters
thrust their fists forward to seize him by
the throat, vociferatlng abuse The
crowd pushed each other and those who
had their hands on him could scarcely
hold him. However, he tried to whisper
! 20 them: am rich, Save met They
dragged him away, and, heavy as he
was. his feet did not touch the ground.
They also dragged away the elders. His
terror redoubled. You have defeated
me! | am your captive ! will ransom
| myself! Listen to me, my friends' and,
carried along by their shoulders pressed
against his sides, he repeated: What
are you going to do? What do you
want? You see well ! don't resist
| have always been complaisant' :
He offered to deliver over Hamilca1
! Chat is his superior officer): then they
! would enter Carthage and loot the kings
His captors pulled off what re-
mained of his clothing. revealing the hor.
rors of his person. Ulcers covered this
nameless man. the flesh being like
green rags to his fingers; the fat of his
| legs conceated his toenails; the tears
/ which ran between the tubercles of nj;
| cheeks made his visage something
| shockingly deplorable, and had the ap
| pearaDce of occupying more space thar
| on any other human face. Be.
| lieving that the ropes were not sufficient