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Evening star., 1896-12-26

Add to these the various male and female
departments. buildings for colored patients.
epileptic buildings, main building, includ-
Ing the administration department ana
wards for newcomers, and the cottages,
andsOne gets faint conception of this en-
terprise which is kept in motion to amelio-
rate the condition of the unfortunates who
have lost step in the races march.
Annual Admissions.
The number of admissions to the asylum
was 81 during the past year, and has
never been exceeded since the last two
years of the war. Altogether, there are
about LOO inmates; only 400 are women.
The hospital labors under a disadvantage
in regard to the per cent cured. So many
of it's inmates are soldiers far past the
prime of life, demented by hardship and
trouble, that their chances of recovery are
small. The average of patients who re-
cover entirely is 33 1-3 per cent. Many re-
cover only to relapse within a short period
of dismissal. Some remain out for years
and return, while others are sane and in
sane by turns, and go back and forth from
home to asylum. There are usually fifty or
sixty out on probation. which must not
last longer than six months.
A conversation with one of the prominent
physicians in the hospital clears up many
VaSarieS concerning the insane. OF course,
1t IS impossible for one in full possession of
reason to appreciate exactly the patients
condition of mind. A laugh does not al
ways mean happiness with them, any more
than 1t does in the case of one sane, nor
are tears necessarily indicative of sorrow
but the patients are not prone to throw q
mask over their real feelings; and proceed
ing on this hypothesis, it may be said that
when they appear gay their feelings are in
unison with their looks. The majority of
the insane are really happy. They are con-
stantly on the verge of great crisis or in
a Mfcawber-like expectation of something
turning up. 1t is said that a few would be
as indignant in case of recovery as was the
insane Athenian, who regained his right
mind only to curse the physician who thus
deprived him of his kingdom, his ships and
his slaves.
The miserable beings are those who are
In state of melancholia and must con-
stantly flee from some dread pursuer.
Tractable Patients.
There Is no such thing as a concerted re-
bellion among the patients. They have no
faculty for organization. and if one be-
comes rebellious he usually acts on the
Impulse of the moment. If he does plan a
conspiracy, the armies which are to uphold
him exist only in his mind circumstance
winch makes quelling easy. AS a rule
they live together far more peaceably than
the same number of sane persons could pos
slbly do, and the association of congenial
temperaments avoids much trouble They
have their likes and d;slikes all the more
! intense because they are unreasonable
one man will think that another has fixed
| an evil eye upon him, and is in misery un-
Evening star., 1896-12-26
A NEW MEXICAN EPISODE.
Dave RudebauRh's Attempt to Rescue
His Partner From Prison.

His Partner From Prison.
From tie New York Sun.
'It was in 1873, the year the railroad
came to Las Vegas. that Dave Rudebaugh
and a man named Allen made their famous
attempt to rescue Dawes partner, Webb,
from prison." said the New Mexican in the
office of the Fifth Avenue Hotel last even
ing. For careful planning and reckless
execution 1 reckon there is nothing in the
stories of Jack Sheppard or Dick Turuin TO
beat 1t. Webb had killed somebody i'm an
irregular way, and was held for trial in
the old adobe Jail on the north side of the
plaza, with the prospect of a severe SEN
tence by the courts, II he wasn't taken out
and hanged meantime by the vigilantes.
Dave Rudebaugh, as / remember him
then, was handsome young fellow, with
soft black eyes and smooth, pleasant voice.
Beneath this attractive exterior were
nerves like steel, desperate courage and
absolute unscrupulousness in the taking of
any human life that stood between him
and his purposes. Having decided to try to
get his partner cut of prison, he set about
the business very systematically. Every
afternoon he came to the Jail with delica-
cies and newspapers for the prisoner, and,
being allowed to talk with him through the
Evening star., 1896-12-26

the festive snipe with his gun or whether
he mas been rolling in the lap of luxury
with the nabobs of the United States
The Isle Of Millionaires!
Have you ever heard of it? 1t is a lone
retreat for the Robinson Crusoes of Wall
street and 5th avenue. A fairyland be-
longing to a club whose members have
men Fridays by the dozen and who live in
palaces rather than huts. I. visited 1t dur
Ing my recent trip to the south. 1t lies
Just about eight miles from Brunswick
Ca, surrounded by the warm salt waters
OF the southern Atlantic. 1t belongs in
common to about five score Hnillionaires
It is estimated that the aggregate for
tunes of its owners foot up several times
one hundred million dollars, and 1t Is said
that every man who loafs. within its club
house spends his tens of thousands Of dol
lars a year. 1t is known as Jekyl Island
and 1t was bought as millionaires resort
The membership fee at the start was $500,
but I am told that admission to the club
is now worth thousands. The island cost
the club $125,000 when it was only a stretch
Evening star., 1896-12-26
(copyrighted, 1896, by Frank c. carpenter.,

~ONDER If PRES-
ident Cleveland visit
ed the Isle Of the Mil
Honaires during his
last weeks trip to the
south. There is no
doubt he was very
near to it. But the
details Of his Journey
have been kept Sc
cret, and no one
knows whether he
has been wading
about the swamps
irving To hiring doun
Evening star., 1896-12-26
AT ST. ELIZABETH
Among the Patients at the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane.
WHERE REASON IS DETHRONED
What is Done for Comfort and
Amusement of Unfortunates.
A CONTENTED COLONY
A CONTENTED COLONY

n THE BANK OF
the Eastern branch
of the Potomac there
is a space of ground
covered with small
mounds and marble
slabs: II is consecrat-
ed to those who have
entered into life, and
It's occupants need
not the tears of pity
that fall so often on
its sward. From the
broad expanse of the
river itself, a hill
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Appropriate.

Ethel.''what motto has the Bloomer
Club adoptedy'
Marie-.Excelsior."
Evening star., 1896-12-26
RESORT OF RICH MEN
Island on the Georgia Coast Owned
by a Club. Of Millionaires.
An EXTENSIVE GAME PRESERVE
Description of1the Casino, Apart
ment House and the Cottages.

THEIR kMU-s ENTs
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

climate rather than of creed. A re-
ligion which produces cities which con-
tain neither drunkards nor harlots is
certainly worthy of graver consldera-
ton than is usually given to 1t.
There will be one popularity about
the campaign of Dongola. l do not
suppose that since the French revolu-
uonary armies there has been any war
where the leaders have been so young
as those Of the Anglo-Egyptian expe-
dition. Kitchener, Hunter, Wingate'
hundle, Burn-Murdoch. Maxwell
'hey are all young for the positions
which they hold. Some of them would
hardly have had their companies in the
ordinary routine of the British service
But they are experienced in warfare,
particularly in desert warfare, and l
snail be surprised IL they do not give
an object lesson, as those Frenchmen
dld before them, of the value OF the
dash and fire Of youth.
The little town of Assouan is full of
lhe stir and hustle of warlike prepare
lion' The falling river has increased
'ne difficulty OF the transport, and all
stores have to be unloaded some dis
lance down, where they are entrained,
anu shipped once more to Shellal, above
me Cataract. Captain Morgan, of the
army Service Corps, with his fatigue
parties Of Egyptian infantry and his
vHalh gangs of convicts, Is doing all
'na' man can to pass the stun
through. Nothing is more remarkable
'lan the enthusiasm and energy with
vnlch every one has thrown himself
,i'o The work of the expedition. / saw
,ue seventh Egyptians, after a tirins
journey, working furiously at the get
ans out Of stores until they were sc
u.au peat that it took four OF them tC
me a sixty pound biscuit box.
i nave, | think, already mentioned
'na' The Ninth Soudanese came ovei
SHe hundred and twenty miles OF deser
\ - iour days in their anxiety to get tt
vac 'front.' Everywhere one notices tn
same thing. Yesterday, as one of thu
1 Seenest young officers in the force wa
a.'rying to the trent he received a tele
s'am from headquarters ordering hin
so"n TO keneh to buy camels. Herr
s vas drop for a man who was all oil
.e LOT action. ut is quite right" sail
~ "hen | condoled with him; 9TH
,urce must have the camels. / am tn
Ies' man to buy them. We are all work
Ny ~s LOT the good OF the expedition" /
@' an incident that made one realiz
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
FOR HE FISHERMAN.
How snkworms Are Treated TO Obtain
the Tackle.

One thing which a fisherman who
knows anything about the art OF nsh-
ing will have right is the gut and its
accompaniment, the hook, says the
Gentleman's Magazine.
Slkworms, it would appear, not only
contribute the silk that goes to the
constitution of the ordinary line, but
their intestines are manipulated In the
manufacture of that portion OF the line
to which the hook Is attached. Inc
figures quoted to me as expressing the
number of silkworms annually de-
stroyed for gutmaking found to be al
most incredible. In one manufactory
alone from 100000 to 100000 strands
Of gut are used annually-each strand
representing a silkworm.
Holding a hank OF gut In my hand,
I was informed that the worms from
which 1t strands were drawn were
raised in Spanish Murcia by peasants
whose sole livelihood depended upon
their skill at worm farming. The
eggs" said mine host, ARE I'M
ported into Murcia from Sicily and are
tended by women in the most regular
and careful manner. The worms are
fed upon mulberry leaves at regular In
tervals; between the periods OF feeding
they sleep. This goes on for three
weeks. when full growth is attained
then they are collected into buckets o.
diluted sulphuric acid, which kills then
instantly and hardens their skins. Sole
by weight to gutmakers, they are quick
ly operated upon to obtain the gut
The girls employed in such manutac
tory break the skin, take the end OF TN
gut between thumb and foretinger, ant
draw il out in a straight strand; 1t i
then cleaned by a secret process
bleached until a beautiful silver sheer
appears, sorted into lengths-thlcK
nesses and waste strands thrown out
punched into hanks of 100 strands, tel
! hanks constitute bunch, ana te
punches, or 10000 strands, a bundle
, warehoused and sent out to order.
, The strands of extra thickness an
strength are used in salmon fishing
The production Of such strands Is rar
!, hence the high price obtainabie.
h infinitely inspected two hanks and az
e tected a slightly increased thickne'
!, in the strands of one hank when con
e pared with those of the other. III
t price of the thicker hank was flO, tn;
G of the thinner 10 shillings. SO IN;
: here was a clear demonstration that
! does not pay to entertain ill-favore
d worms
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
VIEW OF AssoUAN.

a voice. and dry litter runs down the
column. A.
fright, left; right, left? cries the
captain of the rear company, and once
more YOU are looking at the white
cloud with the gold spikes twlnkilhs
ont Of II. and the two huge black gold
topped candles which mark the Junior
subalterns with their precious Dur
den.
OF the campaign you at home prop
ably know more than we who are at the
edge OF 1t. Even rumors have ceased
IN circulate and there Is an absolute
dearth of any kind of news. Some days
AGO we heard that Hunter has now
three thousand blacks at Akasheh' anu
that the line between there and sarras
was securely held. The leisurely way
in which the cavalry Is being brought
IN elbows that no immediate advance
into the open country is intended.
Tbera "a no misconception here ABOUT
Dongola being surrendered without a
hattie. The dervishes never SURRENDER
ANYTHING without battle. Their pest
,aodors too. are at the seat OF action
THO present Emir OF Dongola is their
most valiant general. With him Is Us,
man Azarack, the raider, "a real soou
snortsman." as an officer of the frontier
ola force assured me. Some OF tne
sanatic fphting force may have gone
ont Of Mahdism, but there Will most
o ou be a stiff battle before Kitten
ener can gain possession OF the ler run,
n rro of Dongola. 1t may be in May
~ nossibly in June. but can hardly DC
Oar,,er as far as present appearances
go. oo>-,N noyI,E
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ship and the then all-absorbing topic
of war with Great Britain) we sung
with enthusiasm, my Country, IT'S OF
Thee" Then we retired.
We arose early next morning, and,
coming on deck, were delighted with
the view of the harbor and town. The
bay was studded with sailing vessels,
flying the flags of all their respective
countries. The British warship did not
look imposing. She is one of the
smaller ships, used for emergency pur-
poses, to carry dispatches, quell sud-
den uprisings of a minor nature, and
other odd jobs where little peril is
incurred. We had anticipated seeing
one of those monster warships, by
which Britannia rules the wave" one
of those supposed to be the terror oil
her enemies and the admiration OF her
allies.
For consideration of so cents each
we were taken on shore in SAILING
craft. The heat was intense. Mid
winter had given place to midsummer.
A few days sail in the middle OF jan
uary had brought us to a land where
snow and frost and cold were I'M
| known-where from January LIST to De-
cember 31st there was perpetual
warmth and sunshine, varied only by
occasional showers.
We fastened to one of the general
stores and soon thereafter emerged
dressed in duck suits, white silk shirts
and wearing wide-brimmed Panama
straw hats. The proprietor Ga Scotch
mani kindly offered to send our heavy
clothing to the steamer for us, whicf
we gratefully accepted, and thus, free
from all incumbrance, we started FOL
the International hotel, where, by The
recommendation of Mr.. Franklin, W.
purposed breakfasting. On reaching
the hotel. we were informed by its onl!
occupant. a woman, that the proprie
tor had collected all the available mon
evs and vanished. There was only on
other so-called hotel in the town, ant
thither we wendell our way. 1t wa
kept by a Spaniard, who politely inti
mated to us that the honor of our Gus
tom being wholly unexpected 1t wonl
be necessary for us to wait for abou
three-quarters of an hour in order tina
suitable provision might be prepare
for us. In due time we were ushere
into the "dining-room," where We wer
served with fried eggs and execrabl
coffee. For this we paid Is cents eacf
After breakfast we called for cigars
, and as the flavor was good and tn
nrice reasonable we purchased 1,OO'
This moved the Spaniard to contritiol
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
blankets, cots, hammocks, Winchester
rifles, revolvers and like things.

blankets, cots, hammocks, Winchester
rifles, revolvers and like things.
On Sunday afternoon, January 10, we
sighted Belize, British Honduras, and
shortly after shutdown We anchored in
the harbor, about a mile distant from
the shore. The Breakwater had one
passenger for this port. Mr.. Franklin
Of the British colonial service, who was
returning from England, where he had
spent seven months leave Of absence.
The custom-house officials came on
board and checked his baggage, after
which he was permitted to go ashore.
An officer from II. NJ. S. Rambler.
which was anchored about 100 yards
distant, was then rowed alongside, and
inquired, with a marked cockney &C
cent: "Ave you any post for the
Rambler, don't you known?
And Purser Grant, Of the Breakwater
roared in reply: Nav; inquire at Be-
, lize."
The officer did not vouchsafe good
night.
So, in exuberant spirits, and full o.
patriotic fervor (occasioned, no doubt
by the proximity of the British war
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
TIME AND DISTANCE.

A letter written and mailed in Jed
dab, Arabia, will be delivered IN Ne"
York twenty-one days later.
There are 3,4S5 miles of distance be-
tween the seat of government OF Spair
and that of the United States.
Shanghai may be reached from New
York via London in fifty-one days; via
San Francisco in thirty-one.
A traveller by mail routes may cover
the distance between New York ano
San Domingo City in nine days.
Singapore may be reached from New
York via London in thirty-seven days
via San Francisco in forty-two days
A traveller from Rangoon to New
York by the most direct route viii ac'
complish the journey in thirty-foui
days.
A traveller by the most expeditions
mail route may traverse the distance
between New York and Rome in eleven
days.
There are seven hundred miles oil
travel before the railroad passenger
who starts from st. Louis to so to New
Orleans.
Colored emigrants starting from
Washington to Monrovia, in Liberia
would have before them a voyage oil
3,6i5 miles.
1t is said that the pilgrims to Mecca
starting from Washington city, would
have to travel 6,59s miles in order &c
reach the Caaba.
The voyage between New York ant
Adelaide, in South Australia, via Lon
don, requires fifty-nine days; via Sar
Francisco thirty-four days.
A letter posted In New York will b
delivered in Bangkok, Slam, forty-on'
days later, via London. and in forty
three days via San Francisco.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
Tho Death of Lady Burton.

The recent death of Lady Burton In
England removes from the earth
woman of strong character and one
who saw many phases of life. AS the
wife OF Sir Richard Burton, the scholar
traveller, translator and author, she
shared his journeys and hardshlps III
the orient and by her sympathy and
encouragement did much to make pos
sible his vast labors in reproducing for
English readers the literature OF the
east. She became an accomplished
linguist and was the best-read woman
of her time in certain directions. Her
destruction of many of husbands
manuscripts after his death was an ac'
that caused much harsh criticism
few years ago. Her motives may nave
been praiseworthy from a certain
standpoint. The eroticism Of oriental
literature is not of kind that should
perhaps, entitle it TO wide circulation
Nevertheless, the world OF intellectual
people was Mortified to learn that mucf
of the most valuable work OF a grea
orientalist had been sacrificed to thu
narrow prejudices of woman who ha'
felt the influences of wide culture with
out, perhaps, deriving the broad-mind
edness that generally results there
from. The heroic treatment she ex
pended upon her husbands unpublish
ed manuscripts created so much un
favorable comment that Lady Burtol
retired from the world and passed he
last years in seclusion. She neve
wavered in her belief that she had act
ed with the highest regard for the In
terests of the community in destroyin
Sir Richards translations.'-New Yor
| World
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MRS. LIZZIE HENDERSON.

tivities were over, the young couple
went west to Missouri where Vest set
tied in the thriving town OF Bonneville.
Then came the four years of war, dur
ing all of which time the anxious wife
saw nothing of her husband. There are
but three children in the family, one
daughter and two boys. The girl is now
Mrs. G.. p. B. Jackson, OF st. Louis, ana
is the mother of a son IS years n age.
The oldest boy. Alexander S., is mar
ried and living in st. Louis also, whlie
the second son, George p Vest, has MS
home in this city. Young George mas
been married but three years, and is
the father of q beautiful baby, Mary
Wheeler. a lovely child with face ike
a cherub. Mrs. George p. Vest is Call
fornia girl. Mrs. Senator Vest is
small, dark woman, with simple, KIND
ly. unpretending manners, and her
mother goodness of heart is so genu-
inc that 1t is the most prominent thing
in her personality. She dislikes pub
licity. is devoted to home and prides
herself on being IAN old-fashloneu
woman" not approving of the steps In
hiking and voting which are the femi-
nine fads of the day. An ardent south
erner at heart, she retains her cordial
hospitality, which was imbibed from
Virginia ancestors.
The Corean Legation is being paint
ed and put in order for the spring, but
there is no news of the coming of the
wife of the new minister. Mr.. Sok, who
reached here about three months ago
left his wife in Corea and 1t was ex'
pected that she would appear at the
capital within a short time. but so fai
no announcement of any intention or
the part of the minister to bring hi:
better half has been made.
Now that the Clevelands have go
comfortably settled in their countr!
home. It is thought possible that the!
may decide to remain in the seclusiol
of Woodley, instead of returning to TIL
city. and that no move will be made be
fore the annual exodus to the summe
cottage at Buzzard's Bay. OF course
the kindergarten school, which take
place every day at the White House,
broken up and is not to be resumed thi
session.
II there is one woman in town VIII
will be glad to get back "way dow
South in Dixie" it will be the wife {
Senator George. for she is pining for tn
balmy breeze and the sunny days {
her southern home. Mrs. George is n
invalid, and his to be helped about b
the arm of her granddaughter, assiste
by a crutch. bu, she has a bright di:
position and seems to ever look on IN
happy side of life. Though now nea
to her 10th year, she and her husban
are as devoted couple as they were
the days when they first plighted the
troth.
The family of Senator George live u
on Capitol Hill at the Varnum Hote
within a block of the big. white don
itself, and have been stopping at II
: same place for some time. Besides n
senator and his wife. there Is your