Evening journal., 1893-12-06

sisters there whose reason has been up-
set by calamity or herediiy; and children
into whose brain the light Of intelligence
mas never entered. A quiet and lady
like patient was once a school teacher,
and good one, az that; but her mind
gave way and she has such an aversion
for her family and friends that she alb
solutely refuses TO accept anything at
their hands.
Some of the Madmen You See.
Now pass from these scenes Of misery
among womankind and ascend to the
quarters allotted to men. You find
them almost deserted. The attendant
leads you to a landing Of the fire escape
at the back of the building. 1t com
mands q view of the yard
Lounging on the grass or sitting on
bench are the keepers Around them,
with constant and irregular tread, walk
the madmen, two abreast, taking their
constitutional They move in a mechani
cal way, the colored idiots seeming to be
the only ones who get real enjoyment
out of it. In the ranks you see large
white msn, well dressed in black He is
so little like the ordinary run of inmates
that you ask who be is You are given
his name and told that he is from Sussex
county. Once, in insane fury, he slew a
colored boy with an axe, and tried TO
follow this up with equally bloody deeds.
He has his lucid intervals now, and, when
be feels his mind getting beyond his
control, goes to the superintendent and
asks to be locked up until his lucid in.
terval returns.
Standing near one end of the grass
plot, enclosed by the promenade is a
corpulent man who pays close heed to ali
that goes on around him de does not
move from his tracks, but stands like
sentinel on duty, watchful that the
enemy shall not approach This man
firmly believes that he has enemies who
are dog sing him TO take his lite, and you
will feel convinced that If they ever
succeed, it will not be for lack Of vigi-
lance on his part
Doesn't Know why He's Couhoed.
Pa ing slowly up and down the grass is
good looking young man, wearing
gray Scotch tweed suit and leisurely
smo ing cigar His linen is scrupu-
lousy clean and be is the best dressed
man IA the yard. the keepers not ex
cepted Occasionally he stops and chats
with the guards, but only for short
time This man was once a ticket agent
in big passenger station, and as'onished
all patrons Of the road by his taciturnity.
he was sent to Farnhurst because he
became imbued with the idea that ell the
girls in town wanted him to hug and kiss
them. He cannot, for the life of him
imagine why he is kept in the asylum
attrbuting his incarceration to the
Vaccinations Of unknown enemies.
Slew His Nurse with an Axe.
At the upper corner of the yard you
see middle aged man, of medium height
standing at the edge Of the walk which
the patients are traversing He has a
cane in hand and waves it over the march
ing men in commanding way as thew
round the corner He is drill sergeant Of
the company, and good one he makes.
This man is pointed OUT to you as one
who, believing himself pursued by re-
morseless enemies, arose in the night.
went to his yard, got an axe, returned to
bis sick room aud slew his volunteer
nurse, young man. by crushing in his
head while he slept, justifying his action
by saying that If he hadn't done that the
nurse would have killed him.
The Lights Go Out but the Memory
Doesn't.
Shortly after this observation the
march stops and the patients begin TO
return to their quarters. They are
taught to use the fire escapes as the only
means Of egress and ingress and have no
regular time for doing it Consequently
In case Of fire, there would be but little
trouble in getting them out Of the
building,
Stand to one side and see them pass in
groups Of four, Eve and six Some
regard you with vacant stares. others
look at you with interest, but in many
Instances the patients eye never leave
the steps he is ascending They are all
in. Presently you here an old negro. a
shoutin' Methodist singing Il want TO
be an angel. and. at the conclusion Of
the hymn preaching an eXtemporaneous
sermon full Of salvation for all mankind
10 is wonderful with what facility he can
quote the Scriptures. While you are
listening to him you observe a procession
of women slowly marching to the road
north Of the asylum glounds. They are
the tractable women patients out for a
walk aud in care of attendants of their
own sex.
r turn to the interior of the mems
ward and you find many peculiar charac
ters You see a burly negro who is
never content unless he is gnawiug the
door jamb and window castings Of his
room, they bearing ample testimony Of
bis hunger for wood An aged negro
astouishes you by his proficiency in
dancing You have only to whistle and
pat jubs" and be cannot r. sist break
ing iuto a clog dance or reel He evidently
took bis lessons in ante bellum days, and
never allowed his old joints TO stiffeu
One Of the most interesting subj cts
Is a colored patriarch who has been every.
where Marco Polo, Christ opher Columbus
Americu Nespuc us, Livingstone, Stanley.
Emin Pashs, Irving and Pesry are mere
=tay-at-homes when compared with him.
You cannot name place on the earth. in
the heavens or under the sea that he
has not visited, or a public man with
whom he has not, at some period in his