Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-14
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siSed and The re.,,1t af ,hss ...r las oetn s,,
- unfrhed with ;ntarsst n e.. .'sns .t.a WI
= nm ~ rn,,o.s ;,,,erst 49,, suis loi,le
o<h.r fro,1, the ras.i;,,r ,.ror, ~ ~ sue
forxosd man sits .t he 49, =, ~ s,e ie
trvrorx e,cr,,n;ed NV rhisLv rs.r.n ee- ~
~n..h tsesr. teeth lita lila 80. ' VINO
- -, ,~,,h ths;- ,,,,.-;.. - 'As's sa'o reno
Not l.sr inter.sfsns ,h.r .h.
w,s ID BEGINNING tventv-f,vs 49, iSss.i SSa
"a pnen who nianted the ,,,j - -.
Ralla Law. an ediror Fittine ,,, 49,
room In the rear OF his off,cs vi.h =, 49, 49,
snd |. sf-ono lock on tho 49, =. 49,, 80 -
hat humble bospitsl two dr;nt .ir.;sss - -
M .cauaintance He kant tho,,, .,.S. -, "a
daxx. and when he tbonoh, 49,, 80 .,n ~
formexa Re asked then, 10 t,t,a En- .I.s- -
told them thew niobt go Tsav p;o~..ss 80 -
raerio,s ard one of the na,, 49, s,,.ss sA.e
witch Mr.. Law eaye him d;d a., s,.-s,,S . ~
seors near bv. paxs;no and r.,as.,,,- .~,.S
On the vay. and came hacs r;tn -. 80
unbroksn. For twelve vears bafor. ~ StS
fhs man had NO. nasse.i a ssloo,, ,.;,s ,:.s.y ny
fn his pocket without stonniney j., Co.. 1;,,," e
Ee never broke his plesioe hnt Iiv.a ~, - ..
All the remainder Of his 1;fa o,,d t,'ae,. ~ y
a,coesxftrl business mar Tha o,hor -.
elasi did no. withstand the c,-nc;.l ~. IIs
faIl At the first ternntatson C,l.d :, -
even one man the friends ~ NJ foLs
stirred themselves and starte5 ,ha wa.S;.
tonien home After q ti,na ,hsv .,a, ,,,,a,:ni, :s
n the shane of a share Of the revsr,,ss s,,o,,
liouor licenses. and now nc,sssss q hs,aso,na
home which cost s1Oo. 600. and with room for
100 patients.
The first thing that ;s done ,r,.h . ,,..,.,.
arriving at the home ;s q, mt hi,,, j.; - -.
pital j was at the boma one day -,
patient came In the p.trol WAGON IT,.
policemen had all they could do - s,,., b;,,,
up stairs. He fought like a mailman a.
clared that his captors were GOING TO hans
him, and his cries and curs;nos uare foo-f,S1
10 hear. At length he was c,Imsd int, 80
ability and confined I'm the STRONG r,o,,, a.
enctsd 20 the hospital This room, Il in
yzaiity jail The door is OF heavy iron A
few years ago the walls were psddad n, nra-
won't the OCCUPANTS dashinp their bra,ns ont
against the walls. but the leather unbolstarj,,sy
has been removed and the walls ara no.,
hare It was found impossible n, INIT m, an
upholsterine that the ielirions man corla no,
tar of Often an inmate uonld stana h.N
tie night picking at the leather or enda. .,,or-
inr 10 loo.en : nail bead One nr;sorar 80
seed to nach the head of q rail w;,h ~.
feszh and in FIVE minutes there yvas NO. a
uzap of leather on the vail Theaa strnns,
rooms have NO windows thew are as dart %
~ mammoth cave
.It would never do to mt n aeb,,ops man
IN a iirhsai ceIl " saws Dr Snitb the staw-
Ara. who has had many xears ~ e,n.,,;o,,,,a
in handling such patlents ,-Tbe lipbt ex.
cites his Imagination IN the-a i she small
~ <.r-eyice in the wall he will &C. y, 4, tha
most horrible things Connlete dartnass
md isolation from sound are the h.. : The
common notion that ,ne, suffering from IA
tirirm tremens see snakes and vermjn /.
correcs Emily so per cent Of them ara az.
f7icfpd with SNAKES and rats Some Of tbarn
zee owls Even in their mora ouiet moments
nearly ali of the r,atisnts tb;nt evarvhc,Jv %
IN a conspiracy against them Thev I'm
acine that somebody IA pourjn, .yater on
t6em. or tryinc 20 burn them with hot irons
or star them with Knives II takes nerva ~ |
handle some of these men. and I have han |
cailed TO the bospital in the dead of NIGHT to
fnd IL In possession of two or three n,aSmsn
and the nurses fleeinp for their lives
Occasionally wa are compel,ed 70 nse
the STRAIGHT Jacket A man IN de-
Iir;um from drink is more difficult to control |
than a maniac The attendant of a mailman |
Quickly gains an influence over him. or learns
the methods by which be can be controlled |
Not 40 with the man crazed by LIQUOR. He
4 full of moods. and there is no telling what |
be will do next he NAV start out of a deem !
sIerp and commit deeds of violence before |
tbe attendant can summon assistance Beer
casea are worse than whisky. and the opium |
victim Is the worst of ali. BE Is tricky and |
erescherous even after he has become ra- |
tiopal. IL is a motto with us to never trust
an on;um eater Our opium patients are
krnt apart from the others Not one ouium
v;[ti,n in a hundred reformsn
aW hat nronortion OF the inmates are s,,f-
fer;ng with delirium trenens on their srri-
=, hsrarp
..C,,s IN efnaen ~ tusrtv tbouch r,snv
t;ens is n,,t In the dsrk room for a few hours.
brt n r,er.lv rrortrstad from slcobolis,n he
z mt q, s,een IN the bosnit.l We dare not
denrive them Of stimnlants at once. and |
bence II follows that drunkards do get Honor
n the Wasbinctonian nome itself. But for
NE fatal rs.,,sts would foIlov In a larpe nrc-
norfior of the cases. The men have been
uitbout food so Ione that to Instantly take
IN .+;r,,lsnts fror, sbev, vvmld he DANCER