The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-18

west, not the republic foandelin slaughter
and blood, but that OF human love and
rstiee 1t is not vet time. but it viii n
ONE, when / shai. take / os sess: on Of my
realms; un1 then / mist i've i'll exc,
poor and unknown.
He then went on lamenting that lie was
ST. III the greatest potrrts. that he n4,i-
gerel aad thirsted constantly, and that be
. had not single quiet place wherein to lay
his head. All this he told in a voice that
tremblel with emotion.
THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
While he was talking, there was stand
ing not far from u a tail. fine looking man
! leaning against tree and smiling at him
! in a way that nlicated his pity for 50 mis-
! taken a state of mind. As we stepped
/ toward him to speak to him, he bowed IN
the most stately and digniied manner. 1t
was the Emperor of China.
+ With the most friendly greeting, during
which we raised our hats severa! times, We
took our leave OF the POOR, harmless fellow,
and entered a large room where
SEVERAL OTHERS.
were living or sitting about in various
places and attitudes.
There, said my companion, " the one
who sits in the corner, lost in his own re-
Elections, became insane under the excite
ment Of the Paris commune. lie is here
only since day before yesterday, and is still
under surveillance"
In the meantime, an old, white-hairei
man had arisen from table at which he
had been sitting, and was coming toward
us Suddenly he stood still, held his hands
before his eyes, and the great tears ran
down through his fingers. His attendant
stepped up to him. took his hand, and
patted him on the shoulder, but the poor,
old man sank down into chair, and con
tnued 70 weep in the most heart-rendering
manner. At first | could not understand
this scene, but | was told that in his lucid
moments, and when he would recognize
the place and his situation, he felt the full
, terror of his disease and could not control
himself.
When we went outside, | asked the lady
about how large a percentage of the In
sane recovered.
Not more than five per cent" she an
, swered, sadly. "The most of the unfortu-
nate people who come to our tower never
| leave it, and many of them grow very old
here. Those who are the most violent are
f tle most likely to recover: but those Wht
, are possessed Of one fixed idea--tae mono
! maniacs-rarely ever get well, bat gerer
ally fall into a incurable insanity"
g Can you tell me what special advan
| tare Your mode of treatment has over the
: other ~
:. First of all was the reply, I" life i
2 made lighter and pleasanter to those poo
g people than anyw here else. If the insane
: remain at their own homes they are too
IA ha t,l, Of III 4,
e the rude people who are to be found every
D where. If thev are taken to close asv
: ium, they are IN constant communication
with other madmen, whose insanity make
c their position doubly painful, and they hav
4 a constant desire to escape, and take al
: vantage of every opportunity. Attempt
t 1T flight are very rare here. The poo
:, patients feel at home, ami even when the
/ go away or are taken away, they have bu
one desire, which is to come back.
e THE ORIGIN OF THE COLONY.
" soon left my kind conductor, with man
n thanks and went back to the town to wal
n about.
It There | found the following rather apot
J. rvphal account OF the origin of thi, colon
/, of mad people. 1t is an old legend, whic
e traces it back to a miracle ota holy omar
The daughter of an Irish king, Dymphn
V by name, had secretly eocapei--so III
story goeS-trom her own country. an
made her way into Christian Ian,
a When her father followed her to bring ht
< back she cndcayored to take refuge in
1t French cIoister. But he overlook her
sc Gheel, and there cut off the head of his ON
D. daughter with his sword
sc So much for the legend. At all event
Il. Il l., i,
d onized, and the power was ascrbed to Il,
Z, "Hom ne nad possessed church ":
"a baIlt upon the spot where the h0rrib
murder was committed, and was used ;
c. resort tor the demented, where songs an
4 prayers were pursued for nine days lon,
lie Having learue 50 much, hurried
THROUGH TOWN
lc toward the church. A long, neglecte
: street ted the way. | walked slowly alon
70 the grass grown sidewalk like IA native ,
l. Gheel, but by no means 50 quiet IN min
! as many of them. Right and left upon tn
Il street, IN front Of the houses, or Just be
k hlnd the windows, sat the mad peop!,
2, most OF them with their chairs leaning n
/ against the wall, and nodding and laugh
mS at me as | passed by them. Other
/ sat lost in themselves, or walked priml
e aud silently up and down, occasionaii
y throwing up their wild or deadened ewes
. Before and around them on the sidewalk,
: played the chidren-happv, healthy. flax
5 en- haired little things, thoughtesslv wrap
e ped up IN their game of ball
/ As | saw the church near bv I be
Thought me of finding the sexton to SHOW
me through 1t. met "A man in priest
GARD ana made HIM understand my mean
ing finally in broken iIolianllish, and HI
pointed to Il little house close by. | wen
; up to 1t ana Fnocded. Thinking that
heard an answer, | opened it and went in
but jumped back appalled, as four men sud
denly ana mstantaneouSiy arose from IA ia
Die directly IN front and stared at me
madness too apparent III every one of them
Fortunately for my peace Of mind. at til,
very same moment, manly figure, who's,
FEATURES gave ne more confidence, stepped
out from Il neighboring room
stammered again IN broken Dutch m,
desire to see the interior of the church, ant
he pleasantly took a large bunch of kew.
from the wall and accompanied me out of
the house. The interior of the church
faLed to make the impression upon me
which, Judging from the outside. | haI
supposed 1t would. 1t was richly decora-
ted, however. 1t was already grow inr 81
dark that | could not examine it in ,ietaiI.
but discovered III the altar the apothco>i,
OF the holy Dymphona, who is supposed to
rest her pIouS IRISH smiles un Ter tins spot.
The difficulty | had in c,onversIng with NV
obhging sexton, too. increased nv di,at-
vantage. think that he understood yer,
little of what | said; know that | did no.
understand one word of what ne said.
THE LAST ADVENTURE
In front of the church, as | came out, a
gentleman presented himself to me who
had evidently been listening to my CONVEX
satIun under difficulties, and began to speak
to me well and iuently in my own Ian
guage.
We spoke of many things as we walked
along, mostly, of course of the Institution.
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