San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-09

queer conduct and nosenSical chatter
ings there is fund of information
worth taking note of. Their wild de-
lusions and mainaS even furnish food
for reflection When visitors enter
an asylum and hear patient declare
that he is Josh Billing, William
Shakespeare or Mark Twain, they
should refrain from laughing. 1t only
means that the patient has gone insane
on the subject of the stage. He is only
an actor playing his final act of life's
drama on the worlds broad stage.
If the patient says that he is Jay
Gould it is only the sign that he los
his reason in the endeavor to
obtain something from which fate had
prescribed him.
Ii the female patient. who so ma ies-
tically parades the corridor, claims tn:
she is Cleopatra, it is sign that she
deemed herself more beautiful in face
and figure than she really was
Nearly every insane asylum patient
has delusion of some kind. In most
cases the mania bears relation to the
subject on which they became insane.
To one used to the conduct of the in
sane and who notes the development
of delusions, the subject becomes an
amusing one as well. The proficient
keeper always encourages these de-
lusions, because as general rule. the
sensations experienced by the patient
are pleasant.
An illustration is furnished by
Ludwig, the insane King of Bavaria He
attended military school in his early
life and became so interested in his
own perfection that he was suddenly
seized with the hallu ination that he
was another Napoleon. This worked
upon him as years wore on until finally
he became maniac. He now imagines
that he should shoot peasants and from
his room in the palace is allowed to
amuse himself by target practice at
dummies on the lawn. An attendant
pulls string and the dummy drops
every time a shot is fired. This gives
the crazy King great satisfaction.
There is incarcerated in an Erie
on " asylum woman whose name
Is given as Jessie Wendell. 1t was
she who created sensation in
Washington in March. 1889. by stating
that she had come there to claim Grover
Cleveland as her husband. She was
undoubtedly arrested and taken to
New York where she was interviewed
by Inspector Byrnes. As she was
brought into his Office she rushed at
him like tigress saying: ''Grover,
Grover, how can you do this"
She had evidently mistaken the In
spector for Mr.. Cleveland. She was
sent to Buffalo and confined for lunacv.
Now every man she sees she addresses
as her Grover, and speaks to sister I'M
fortunates of her dear husband,
Grover
Ex-senator Jones of Florida. who is
incarcerated in private asylum near
Detroit, has lately become pos
sessed of a startling hal
luncination. 1t is nothing more
nor less than that he is Roscoe Conk-
ling.
Jones and Conllling were in the Sem
ate together in the EOS. The latter
led the Republicans, the former the
Democrats, and many a tilt they had on
the floor of the Senate chamber. The
assaults were very bitter Jones superior
force of oratory always gave him the ad-
vantage and as a general rule ConBling
came out second best. But when Conk-
Ing was pushed out of the leadership by
blaine it was a sad day for Jones.
Blaine beat him at every point, and
strange to say this led to a reconcilia-
tion between Jones and Conkling. They
hated Blaine mutually. Jones health