The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-11

orav you finger one of the coarse gar
ss,ar,s with n certain curiosity ana lah'
I. H. Annie Waldron's work. fom "
,,on,her ber playing the races, dahclue a
~, a~,,i on the top OF cab, COOKING
liz Home and doing certain other lhinys
,',h;cb entitled her TO be known as .he
.,r,;cLadest woman in New YORK. NJ
other pretty instance OF nappy VIZ
layers dance away And the Nus Ia
I'be madmen stitch as the coats; now
and again one drops his needle anu s.are 70
rloemily at nothing. The guaru toue.r1
his arm and he takes up the lhterruP'eu
task.
HUMAN AuroMAToSs.
Kitchens meat cellars, bake h0"s-f
stables where the red steers owen, 90
not interest you very much, and you turn
aside TO watch a gang OF insane woi Nh
grading a new road. The guaru III 70
liceman's helmet swinging Il palnsS
stick. vouches for the fact tnat tne! ar
nadmen, but you would not hho IT, 90. -.
from Mr.. Gilroys street gal,Hsi Ia ,,';tb "a
three OF the men work stoiidly WIN >
deal of industry. Here is a man WI"
lifts n shovelful of earth and drops l.
hock arain In the same place ihtD NC
leans upon his shovel and looks e. yYu
with a gentle pride that would Il. w.
heroine Of the familiar Il, too, nave hoA
been idle" anecdotc; :,
"Jobnr the guard calls out ,,e.,.
Hc throws up two or three sh0Neit e 70
Of earth and let's the last one nc p 80
dribble. unregarded, TO tne grX1uiiu, :, -
the majority of them work weh anu y, d
day accomplish IS much as tne n 9or'i
number of men considered sane Woulu
10 ~ course. the amount Of work one
doas il no measure of his sanity or IL
sanity. These lunatics go about lt ne ne
Chemically. and rake and shovel anu h!e
and carry automatically.
There il no conpulsion in The lahoT;
Jobn Doe works or not,just as ne pieases;
If the guard speaks to him now ana
again to call back his wandering atIen-
ton. il is out of mere kindness. lie
worst patients, dwelling IN me Iurencr-
most pavilion of the east DuiidlIls' WIRE W.
out in the field grubbing up roots. ~. .n9
plow went tearing through the nla.'tu
Garth. dragging out roots ana suaGy
strnns The madmeD followed after IL
was their business to grub up the loosen
ed stumps. They sauntered along WIN
their hands in their pockets. AT tlInes
one of them would tug at the roots'
working fercely for perhaps hye minutes ,S;
Then he would stand up again ana lolI
with his hands in his trousers pockets OF
a law yould whistle from the hedge and
he would chase it shouting Ike BOY
BEFORE long ne would be back IN , the
furrow. tearing at the matted roofs IKE
we'll, then, like madman.
MAKING THE BEST OF IT.
Won % from pavilion to pavilion, over
olohe and pasture and lawn; everywhere
those silent madmen working. You had
thoucbt that madmen-cut away from
duns and debts and duties and wives
were merry folk. You have heard them
laugh "Ha! Ha! He! He!' on the stage,
Won remember that Lear, who was IN
ferminably dull and prosy in his senses
became a fellow Of quip ana nun wheti ne
went mad for dramaturglcal reasons o'i1
here is neither jest nor song. Ohe inau-
man mumbles 10 himself, another Whistles
through his teeth like groom ruobinS
down a horse. a third stops every Few
minutes to remark aTOpos 10 notmng.
THAT makes nine, one ana TWO anu eish'
and nine makes nine
And they are stalwart men as a rule,
sound bodied. healthy-if you haven't Tor
gotten the trick of quoting stock Latin;;
Won say. Mems insana in corp0re sanO.
Chronic madmen all, for the only way 10
minister to n mind diseased is through a
diseased body. If the body be sound and
true there's an end of the doctors trying.
They shut Kit Smart, the poet, mp IN
RedIam. and when Dr. Johnson heard
that he was getting fat he said very
shrewdly that there was no hope Tor the
mailman. -,
Few of the inmates are i'll. Out of the
402 not fifty can be reckoned lnVaiids'