The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-02

form of the LugviIlc station.
"A few DAYS later. continued the
LAWYER. as we ARCS. from Dir seats.
this ~far-seeing and public->piritcd eth
zen died. Ey the terms of his VIII. the
income of Sl.JOJ.orD in Governments,
Massachusetts SKIES. Boston and Al
bany stock, and sound first mortgage
On New England property, is devoted
to the Intirrlary. under the direction Of
thirteen trustees. How the tru-t has
been administered you VIII see for
yourself in a few minutcs.'
We were met at the door of the H.
Urinary by a pleasant-'aced gentleman.
who spoke with German accen;. and
1 introduced himself as the Assistant
Superintendent.
Excuse me- said he. politely. ''bu,
which Of ypa j. the PATENT
.'Oh. neither" replied Merkle. with 4
1 laugh. ii am the coun-el for the board.
and this gentleman j, merely visitor
whp j. Interested IN the workings OF the
Institution"
..Ah, / see" said the Assistant Super
intcndcnt. 'WIll You kindly walk this
way
ht 'DA'Af'a isH' '.-l'F- NV Nv III "a
me Il book ami a pen. Please inscribe
| your name" said he, In the Visitors
! Book" ! did so. and thea turned -
speak to Mcrklc, but the LAWYER had
disappeared.
Our sv~tcm.' said the ASSISTANT.
Superintendent. lis very simple. TIE
| theory Of the Institution i That the
habit of mcndacity, which in many
cases brcOmcs chronic. j, Il mora dis
! ease. lik. habiiUal inebrictv. and tina, it
can generally be cured. We take the
! ilar who voluntarily submits himself 10
| our treatment, and for .Ix months we
submit him 10 the fore n process.
| Tina: i. we encourage him in living.
! surround him with liars. hs equals and
! SUI errors in skill. and cram him with
| falschood until he j. fairly saturated.
By this time the reaction has set in. and
| tie patient j. uSua:ly starved for the
! truth. He is prepared To " leone the
| second course of treatment. For the
next half yea the opposite method Is
pursued. ,hc satia;cd and di-guS:c,i
| Lar is surrounded by truthful attend
ants. encouraged To peruse vcrac!ous
| literature. and by force o! lectures. cx-
ample and moral influence brought TO
| understand how much more crcdItablc
| it is to say the thing which i than the
| thing which j. not. Then We send Inn
| back into the world; and ! must say
| that cases of RELAPSE are inircIu"nt.
DO YOU find no incuraJic,?' /
! asked.
Yes" said the Assistant Surerin-
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| durable liar is better OH here i'll the in
| Urinary than outside, and il is better
| for the outside community to have him
| here
somebody came in. bringing 4 new
; patient. After sending for tn" Super
intcndcnt, the Assistant invited me 10
follow him. II will show YOU how orr
| patients live, and how they amusc
! themselvcs,' he sail. I'VE will 20
first, ii you please, through the lett
wing. where tie %saturatiag process may
| b.. Observed
He lei the way across 4 hall into 4
lar.c room, comfortably furnished and
occupied by two dozen or more gentle
men. some reading. some writing. while
others sat Or stood in groups engaged
| in animated talk. Indeed. had IT not
been for the iron bars mt the windows.
l might have fancicd myself in the
lounglng room of 4 respectable club.
My guide stopped 10 speak o an inmate
who was list.cSSly turning the leaves %
a wcll-thum,brl copy of Baron Mum
chauscn. ami lett me standing near
enough TO one of the groups To over
hear parts OF the conversation.
''My rod crcakcd and bent double"
a siou', rri-iacci gentleman was say
ing. ''ar'i the birch spun Ike Il tccto-
tum. | tel you.|if Pierre Chaycau
hadn't La In ircScnrc Of mint to grip
the most ~coDvcnicnt par of my trousers
With the ioat hook. | should have been
dragged into the Lake in two seconds
or les. Well. sir. we fought siNty-ninc
minutes by actual time t'kin-. and
When | had him in. and had cot hun
back to the hotel. he tipped the scale.
the specified ID auty lid. IL thlrty-ssvcn
pounds and clcVcn-Sl\tc"nthS, whether
YOU believe Il or EO;.
'.NonscnSe.' said a quiet little
gentleman who sat opposite. That is
impossible.
The first speaker looked tlaticred at
this, and colorcd with pleasure.
Nevertheless he retorted, Its 4
fact. ON my honor rs 4 sportsman. Why
DO YOU say it's impos~iblc:?'
Because AID the other, calmly.
lit is an aScertaincd scientific fact. as
every true fisherman in this room knows
perfectly well, that there are no trout
in neutrality-suspicious. weighing under
half Il hundred
Certainly not pnt in a third
speaker. THE bottom of the lake -
a Seive-a sort of Schi>to>c sieve iorIna-
tion-and all ii>n smaller than the fifty
FOUNDERS fail through
..Why doesn't the water drop through.
too" asked the stout patient. IN a trI-
umpfrant tone.
at used to-" replied the quiet
gentleman. gravely. until th" Maine
Legislature passed an act prevent
ing it,
NV guide rejoined me. and we went
on across the room. These sports
men Lars" he said. ''are among the
mlliest and most easily cured cases
that come here. We send them away
i'm from six TO nine weeks time. with
the habit broken up, and pledged " ito
fish or hunt any more The man who
lies ab ut the fish he has caught. or
about The intelligence If his red setter
doc. is often in all other respects a
trustworthy citizen. Yet such cases
form nearly forty per cent. of all our
patients
What are the most obstinate
cases.
Undoubtedly those which You VIII
sec in the Trave.erS' and Politicians
wards of the lntirmary. The more be-
niwn cases. such Is the fishermen liars.