The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11

1nsGosces Of Mon0man,as 10 Persons WIZ
Are o herwise Perfectly Sane.
Among the instances Of singular monomo
MAS which l have discovered Is that Of q
important officer Of the State Government
Of New England, writes the New York coz
respondent Of the Pittsburgh res1 Hll
special delasion 10 that the other memberl
Of the family are insane and arc plotting Il
tnjure him, and that they ought to b putia
an asylum. He ID an able and celebrated
lawyer, and conducts cases with marked e.
fectiveness and success; his briefs aad
arguments show an unusual vigor and con.
tinuity Of thought Nobody knows d
his mental conditions outaide Of his OVID
family and . few intimate friends, to whom
they have said, confident,ally: "Ifany Of ID
should disappear suddenly, look for US in "a
asylum"
Another most curious case is that Of q
wealthy banker in New York CITY who
fancies that he is q ripe cherry that the
birds are eager to pick. he has q terror Of
all f~rEit-eating birds, and seldom walks or
appears anywhere in the open air. He
makes his trips to and from his bank in q
carriage. and keeps the doors and windows
always shut tight, lest a sparrow should
get in and swallow him. He knows very
well that the prepostcrous belief would
damage him and probably ruin him if il
were generally known that he harbored Il
so he conceals the consciousness Of his fear.
full peril from his business associates and
contents himself with keeping carefully
out of the way OF birds.
An interesting society lady of Troy i'm
AGNES that a big Newfoundland dog ALWAYS
~Arpnmn1ninS har vv.oflyc x,-hnr che ,-o1A-
stops when she stops. II know perfectly
well that it is not there" she says, "but I
always see 1t, and that is what troubles me.
When go TO bed it always lies down upon
my feet"
There is o lady who has been a teacher for
the last twelve years in the schools Of New
York City, and is still SO employed, who
tmsgincs herself q wheelbarrow. IL know
/ am not a ~wheelbarrOw, of course" she
says to her physician, DR.. Hammond, 'but
that certainly makes no difference with The
and my sensations. When IN
school I am always q w~heelbafrow, and my
feet are the handles and my head Il the
wheel, and l seem to DO trundling myself
down the aisles and through the halls. l.
Is ridiculous and painful ahd m~ortifyin9,
but, though I know it is the result OF q
pert0us disease, I can not shake OF the
W. A. Crof3ut, q journalist and successful
gives me the following opinion:
authorizations arc evidently closely akin
10 dreams. lean fill any one Of my seusi-
lives full Of decisions in a minute; can
make him think he is Washington or Grant
,r Victoria, a peddler. an opera singer, q
teacher Of languages, a rooster or a tele-
graph pole, and can Danish the dclusion in |
,wo seconds. Now, it seems to me that this |
lallucination is exactly Of the ann kind as
Of lunatics, or the dreams of |
hose who sleep, the only difference being
hat tho sleeper holds the key Of drramland !
nd the operator holds the key Of the SINH !
ar trance called mesmerism, while to the
rance called monomania the !
ey is lost. ] have wondered if 1t might not
e possible to recover the lost key-tO often
aiken the insane FROM their dream IS SOM
and the mosmerized are wa