New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

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nontused notions concerning the number OF summer
SIMS which has passed his devoted head, AIDED
How all the family Tom he a TdS asTeu have
neither chick nor child l., r,
Married. said he, in surprise, M y, vonns
what on earth made you think mat IS az an
ster tin years ovid TO be tarr, t vCh dueson
as that In troth thin I'm not married ana h ave
no notion Of It. for the nTn arsW wer that he
All we'll replied tom" with look o, lin, ranS
Indifference as If he nc WAS HSc ew and '0 Ss
Shurc we're all dochors more or esi ,os lie and the
at DR. Porter he said more or iesS ,ug anu ''
Peter Pmnkett recalls wildly the punishment 81
cr,cifxon which he believes himself TO have
hat ancient manner Of nnicng the death penalty
lie compares 1t with the modern way; . Du roacbes a
l%yCyea J." Electricity is pretty good he thinks
but has fatal defect and that Is tna bn IL 'i Killed me
VIM rrrcidxon said he died but the time before
that when they killed me with eiec'ric''s' u'"" ''
at all"
SOME ODD DECISIONS.
Patrick Callaghan has red face and looks as
Jolly and happy ms the day Is iohs' "H"' INV
matter with you, Patf'
"Too much money. God help me, 100 mucn moi''s
Pm Just lodging it all the time. tell se lts !"
mighty bad thing to be rich. Tell me now, INC Il
dacent man. don't you think the same thing Inc
writer shook his head
Where Is all your money, fdt
oIn the rum shops Of NemJcrsey," said he without
q monent's hesitation. but don't want TO tell you
whore they are. for you'd be only going there ana
hanging up the drinks" lie winkcd a. the doctor
as h. said this and then skunk away INTO c1rl' IT,
Patrick Eaton's ability to reckon time Is Sadly III
need Of mendlng. lie has been confined ipr ' arn ~
len wears Pat. how long have you been mere
lie mode careful calculation for m% %nc,Iy d aya
looked embarrassed a BIZ. just eA"c'y NV
'''"T How long are You going to stay horcl'
4" Half an hour. guess $500, :, ,,,o,,
Frank Jackmaniimo (, an italian. anc ]; Amos,
altogether absorbed with religions affair, lie uS@d
to keep peanut stand. and now ana men DorI1w
illustrations from h, calling to dG'GoG tb MS ppm 1a
power Of the Pope and bananas: lie goes on IN poor
English FOR awhile and then breaks aMny ,,o nv h
Denny Mccarthy IN his recent descent rom 'h'
East River Bridge -, .,o vox,oor
War who cut his throat and shot his wife before
being confined. He Ina, Bible in hand I'LL the
several thousand times He suffers from acute mania,
and the physician considers him one Of those %sh
OF time. He bears close watching.
The multitude Of disease, which ihe medical experts
in the Buchanan murder trial nnfoded to The gaze OF
an astonished public are nothing compared 20 the
ailments which make miserable the NE Of William
onInIon that bis name Is DANIEL NcGinty. lie suffers
greatly. he says. from Brshts disease IN the bottom
OF the left and superhuous light which Is flash
ing day and night through my animal system" He
has an EXTENSIVE. command OF words and phrases and
in the middle Of long speech when me wri,rr
drew away and began cOnversng with dapper little
fellow named Jack" Donlgan. VINO was splitting his
when are yon going 10 get mp ha, game o, Dall
with the calvary CemNtrrys ~ What are you langh,
Ing at. jack >" Laughing" said he. In tone Of
amozenien wouldn't anybody laugh Here am,
plain Jack Donigan never did tap OF work In my
sGmara meals day-an' nothin' to do: an look at
all these poor unatics breakin' their backs to earn
II JACK really fe as he spoke. his loss of reason
reduced to conditions less oppressive than those
which fell 10 The lot Of his unfortunate companion.
Jackson Azariah orton Is engaged IN writing letters
all the time: He calls It " the Lords mail. ana
feels proud II Won listen to him. But woe be To The
man who doesn't listen 10 him. once he starts. Or.
Porter venturod some observation while the patient
reading. when Mariah, with IRE IN his eyes.
Numbered out I'm a voice which rang through the
corridor How dare you interrupt me, SIR Away!'
TWO RIVAL QUEENS
All those sketches ~ ones rclowcreatires would be
more Interesting II they did not proceed from cause
Sadder than any other which afliictS humanity
The story Of the day would DO incomplete without
n reference to tho Queen" Her name IS Catharine
Hunt and she Is a tall and stately old lady. who
has been IN the house almost quarter Of a cen
iurv. She crown % CANDY trinkets. She
confers titles hv tho thousand, and before the writer
had done talking 10 her she raised him to high
rank. he 10 be hereafter known and recognized as
the DIXIE Of tho Adirondacks and Marquis Of Calf
fornIa7 Gladstone. who IS sadly In need Of fuller
freedom in the matter 81 power. would BE- Glad
n he could exercise one-hali the authority which
"thc Queen possesses In comforting ti'lrs when his
Mrs Pardow I, another old lady who
crown. and T. queen. too. She disputes the au-
ihorty Of Mrs. Hunt. and advances many To
show that the royal prrrogatiN" to which thar lady
LAYS claim Is all usurpcd. and therefore null and
void Mrs PardOw sought force many additional
title, The writer which he Was Obliged 10 decline.
She wa by his side he left the ward. and made
a last appeal Ia be- permitted to invest him with all
the powers and non" OF the responsibilities Of an
ambassador DR.. Porter turned her aside gently and
closed the door. She returned ~ Der room. saving
a she did You might well have taken Il
not"
The Commits ,ioncrs Of Charities and Correction.
who have charge Of the asylum. act I'm that capacity
as county NOT city. officials. They bear the same
relation 10 the Kings County Pcnitentiary, although
that Is within the city limits. the management being
supervised by the commissioners county officials
on the theory that although II l. within the corporate
limits Of Brooklyn. Brooklyn + only OF the towns
~ Kings County. Their names are Il. F. Colt. pro,i-
dent George II. Murphy, treasurer. and Francis
Nolan. tn" secretary. Bernard Lamb. receives
salary OF ~ 800 year. and the commissioners 5000
n wear each. The last annual report shows that
the total number ~ inmates In the Insane Asylum N
fiathush l.37-. and III" cost OF maintaining Ill
the Institution. after an allowance OF Sl06312 o. for
cash receipts for farm produce. etc. had been made,
SG3O.464 -.
There ar. 720 inmates at the Insane Asylum NJ
King, Park 2O7 I'm the amNhouSc. SOB I'm the hospital
and I'm the pnenti1ry. total of 49j persons.
The net cost Of maintaining the insane asylum
Elabnsh alone was Sl97.-iS 2i and at Kings
Park Sljj.D34 -. The number admitted at Flat
bush In the year. cluhng thirteen transferred
from Kings Park was 80. the number discharged
WAS 1856 the number transferred to Kings Park. 70,
and the number Of deaths 1873; IN ALL $50. This
shows that lO7 more inmate- remained In the asylum
than cared for there when the preceding annual
report was issued.