Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-27

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"There can he no doubt about inssn-
isy's being on the increase" ssAd Dr.
George {. Palmer of Flint 81 tue MOI
toa yesterday. Ds. Palmer Was Tor
many years medical superintendent Of
the Kalamazoo asylum tor tue insane,
and has made . specially Of nervous
diseases As proof OF my statement,
when | went 20 Kalamazoo there VAS
only one case Of psresss IN the asylum
When l left, IN 1891. there were forty
one. Paresls - essentially modern
disease of the nervous system, and 10
We live Ia fast age, aud the mental
strain 10 great The disease generally
develops in men from 80 10 so years OF
age, that period OF life when the pres
sure on the nervous system 10 greatest
snmuiants aid IN the development OF
the disease A man hnds that he has
more work than he can 10, and takss
something 70 brace him up That 70
peariy always the frat step in mental
dissolution. l regard paresls 90 an Ia.
durable disease"
"Do you regard insanity 40 heredi-
taryy" inquired the reporter.
well. not IN the ordinary sense OF
the word. think il possible for par
ents TO transmit TO their children sus-
ceptlble nervous nature, that may ~
some time produce insanlty. child
that 10 sensitive. precocious and OF an
extremely nervous temperament Is
more liable to become insane than
child of more stolid disposition.
man OF high-strung, susceptible ncrv-
Gus nature, should never marry NO
man Of slmilar character. Ii the nerv-
Gus temperament predominate in one.
the other should be strong physically
and well balanced mentally. We do
not pay enough attention TO such
things, Tor the good Of the race. am
not = believer in the theory that every
person 10 TO . certain extent insane and
that what We call insanity 10 only an
unusual manifestation Of = general
idiosyncracy. A man may be eccen-
trio and be absolutely sane. A man
may be Of . duh, phlegmatic. matter
of-fact nature and be equally sane.
No two minds Are contributed alike;
but there 10 an undehued limit In the
workings of the human brain; and be-
yond this lies the field OF insanity"
"Ugh." shivered p. Rene of Mobile
in the lobby Of the New Livingston
yesterday afternoon. "This weather
freezes me- clear through. When 1 lett
Mobile 1t was . bright, warm spring
day. came to Chicago and struck .
blizzard. When l came here last night
found snow drifts" Mr. Rene is in
the city to sell $1,000 acres of long Leaf
yellow pine. and has just returned
from q trip through Texas. 81 saw an
example Of southern prosperity the
other day that would have delighted
the heart of any northerner." he said.
at was down in Texas in q town
named Velasca. IL 10 located about
sixty miles south of Galveston, on the
| Brazos river. Ii was started on the
prairie out of sight of everything, only
year ago. Now 1t Is as pretty little
| city as you ever saw. 1t 10 lighted by
electricity and an electric street rail-
way is being built. The city 10 built of
table palace. Immense wharves and
docks are being bullt along the river
bank and the channel of the river 10
being dredged 10 the gulf. The city
was founded by the Brazos River
Channel and Dock company, and it -
expected that the great cotton crop OF
| Texas will be handled from this point.
Ships drawing over fifteen feet OF wa
ter cannot get over the bar at Calves
ton, and Velasca expects to have q
nineteen and possibly twenty-foot
channel to the gulf. It's q great un-
dertaking, and not dollar of govern
ment money has been expended IN
dredging the river. That's enterprise
for you; and 10 . sample of what the
south can do and will dough, this
blasted weather."
Something unique in the line Of beg.
ging has been invented by an Italian
woman in the city. She infcsts the
hotels, and particularly Sweets. The
woman is strong and robust and car.
ries q baby In her arms. The child II
muffled up 90 it cannot be seen, bat
cries piteousiy every few minutes. The
woman takes the guests Of the hotel
individually. She points 10 the crying
baby appealingly and says In her sofi
dulcet Latin, "Pleas giva nick. Baby
sicka." It's cold hearted man that
can listen to the sobbing Of that help.
less babe and fail TO contribute. "ThAt
woman's devilish fraud" said trav-
cling man that had just sheslec out q
quarter yesterday. That's . fake
dodge she's working. There isn't any.
thing the matter with the kid, but
somehow I'd sooner havemy leg pulled
than say no."
"Why do rubbers wear out % soonr'
repeated boot and shoe man at the
Eagle yesterday IN answer to = ques'
ton. swell, that's hard question tc
answer, but the fact is they do. Manu-
facturers CO not use 90 good rubber
and do not take sv much care ia theiI
manufacture. The rubbers are lighter
aud cut out easily at the heel. The
m&n that can 60 through the winter
without wearing out -four or FIVE pair
can consider himself fortunate. Al
manufacturers OF rubbers make TIVE
grades, firsts and seconds One they
sell under their own name, the othe
they sell under an alias. The second
have the greatest sale and that ~ thu
reason mos: persons think all rubber
and overehoes are absolutely rotten
. The best grade OF goods will wear far
ly we'll, but heaven knows they are baS
enough"
. PRACTICAL RIVER TALK.
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