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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17
MODERN LIFE AND INSANITY.

That the proportion Of the insane is
relatively increasing from year 10 year
is shown by official statistics Of all civil
lied governments; and the inference
commonly drawn from this depressing
phenomenon is that the stress and hurry
OF modern life are the chief causes Of the
| loss Of mental balance in an increasing
larger number of the human race.
Whether or not this Inference be true Is
| a matter of more than merely curious
! living is too swift it may be necessary TO
/ put down the brakes, lest the civilized
world be converted into a universal
/ Bedlam. Since all official publications
on the subject of insanity point to prac-
/ tically the same conclusions, the reports
Of one governmental authority are prob
ably as valuable as those of any other
for the purpose of analytical eXamina-
ton; accordingly the annual report Of
the Commissioners in Lunacy of Great
Britain will be selected for the purpose.
L
issue Of this report. moreover, make it
peculiarly valuable and up to date.
1t appears from this repor, that the
number OF lunatics N England and
Wales on last New Years day was
99.365, as compared with Co. 46 on the
corresponding date OF 1888. showing an
increase OF 2,919 in a single year. That
this Increase was not exceptional Is
proven by the fact that, whereas in 1859
one person in every $50 of the popula-
ton was under treatment FOR insanity
the proportion steadily rose 10 one in
AS In the year 1869, one in 363 in the
year 1879. until N 1895 there was one
unadc W every S23 Of the population.
and in 1897 one IN every 313. On It's
face. tbs IS. indeed, a startling record;
but there are other facts contained in
the report which SHOULD tend 20 allay
the anxiety caused by the bald figures.
In the first place il should be remem-
bered that more complete control is now
being exercised over the INDECENT insane
than was exercised thirty, twenty. or
even ten years ago. The ratio Of insane
patients under treatment Is also steadily
Increasing. and correspondingiy in
creasing number Of persons suffering
from mild form of mania whose cases
would formerly have been concealed III
the privacy Of their families. are thus
being brought 10 the notice of The stalls
ucians Moreover. the number % deaths
from insanity IS diminishing under mod
ern methods OF treatment; and the
growing number Of those who survive
from year 10 year. but who in former
times would have succumbed in The
early stages Of their malady helps 10
swell the LIST. The word insanity has
also become a more comprehensive
term than formerly, the line between
mental sOundnes> and unsoundness be
.ng now much finer drawn than former |
ly. Finally, recent statistics are he re-
sub OF far more searching inquiry than !
were tie tabUlal.ons % earlier years.
All Of these facts taken together will |
probably account Tor the apparently |
g.ea; Increase IN The proportion u ms /
mentally diseased.
IN spite % the statistics. therefore. Z; /
IS possible 10 take the hopeful view that |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

As an Illustration: They are instructed
to take up municipal ownership of pub
lie works as the leading issue. They are
20 oppose it on the ground that the pur-
chase of street railways, bridges, etc.
| would tax the poor man who owns a
| home. Speakers are advised 20 denounce
the bum and the tramp, who are too
lazy to earn money to pay their fare
and TO shed copiOus, salty tears for the
| wives and children OF hard working me-
chanics who own their little homes.
| This is intended TO meet the issue made
by Henry George, the singletaxer of
the quartet Of candidates.
They are instructed also to keep still
| the issues of the last campaign. Silver
| is carefully laid away as a dead issue,
and if the speiIbinders are Intercepted
| upon national questions. they are ad-
yised 10 reply that this Is local and not
q national election. The funny part of
this program is that a campaign of ora
tory is something new to Tammany.
Hitherto they have relied upon other
methods, but too well known to all low
ers Of decency and fairness Their
greatest bulwark Of strength has been
the corner saloon. The keepers of such
dives are the lieutenants, who execute
the orders sent out by the chief. Money
raised by assessment Of those who are
TO hold the Offices and sell the liquor. has
been used openly for buying votes, but
the change from these tactics, no doubt,
Is owing 10 the Australian ballot. 1t
will be interesting TO see how Tammany
succeeds in a campaign Of oratory. If
the order is anything. it is rich in ex-
pedient-never at a loss for the means
to the accomplishment Of an end.
The Georgeites are singing low on So
.cialism, lest It runs amuck American
ism, which they suspect may not be
quite extinct in New York. Tom John
son denies that George is a Socialist,
though he Is running on an out and out
Socialist platform. George made the
race for mayor ten years ago as an
avowed Socialist, and he fails now to
show when or where ne has changed
his mind.
Low is still working the angel racket
something new in New York politics. |
but this election will determine how |
many white winged seraphs have been |
corralled by the enlargement Of her Dor
ders. With the old reliable Democratic |
Herald and that Nestor of Republican |
ism, the Tribune, to whoop up for him,
he may surprise his friends and con- |
found his enemies yet, when the votes
are counted.
Tracy and his forces are Shoveling in (
extra fuel TO keep the machine running. |
1t is a rickety affair at best, in New
ork. and may explode her boilers at
any moment Bourke Cochran has do
mated his fog-horn voice in lieu of
steam whistle, and poor old Dana-sick
in bed-has turned the effulgent rays OF
the Sun upon the dark deeds Of Tam
many. IL this conflict Of forces, Tracy
may be the winner, but even the gam
bling fraternity are afraid TO tackle the
race. At this writing Greater New
York's first mayor is a what is it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17
NEW YoRKs FoUR.IN-HAND.

The campaign in New York Is fruitful
of new tactics among the old parties.
Tammany has Instituted a sort Of uu-
reau on public speakers whose business
II is 10 coach the orators - a What :
best 70 say and wha; should lie leti IN
said. The bureau is IN continuous >es-
sion, and the speakers make daily calls
FOR instructions as 10 how they shall
treat the questions which are 10 save
Greater New York from impending ruin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

insanity has not increased 10 an alarm
ing degree of late years Some increase
cannot, perhaps, be gainsaid: but VIVA Z
ever the cause, it can be asserted with
some confidence that the phenomenon is
not the result of the strenuousness OF
report under consideration il is shown
that mental anxiety, Overwork, worry
pecuniary difficulties were the cause Of
| insanity in 10.4 per cent of the females
and 1876 per cent of the males reported
| insane; or, to strike an average, exactly
I II per cent of the whole number of the
| mentally unsound in Great Britain be-
| came deranged from causes ascribable
! to the greater stress and hurry of life.
Some o fthe revelations made by the
statistics Of the British Commissioners
in Lunacy are quite curious. Thus the
number of females that go insane over
love affairs largely exceed the males,
the percentage being a tride over 2 per
cent in the case of the former, while it Is
only six-tenths Of l per cent in the case
Of the latter. After marriage, however,
the table seems TO be turned on the sex
OF which the poet says they "are deceiv-
ers ever" The married men seem 10
have greater tendency TO go mad than
the single men, and what IS worse, they
seem to go madder. Hereditary infiu-
ences are responsible for 29.9 per cent
Of the female and 2O.S per cent Of the
male insane. and intemperance was the
cause Of insanity IN the proportion Of So
per cent of the females and 209 per
cent of the males. The observa tons
contained in the recent annual report
OF the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
Insane are pertinent to the argument
that might be based on the British COM
missioners' report. DR.. Chaplin points
out the importance Of systematic ad-
ministration of food and tones, the pro-
motion Of sleep and assimilation Of nu
triton in the treatment of the insane.
After all, mental excitation may be a
less active cause Of insanity than phys |
ical deterioration, and the best way 10 |
insure soundness of mind may be to cul- |
tivate soundness Of body.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

A man IN the European city OF Munich
kissed his sweetheart 27oo times and then
fell over unconscious, his lips paralyzed.
If II was not for the danger OF paralysis
Of the foot, the girls father ought TO
kick him 400 times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

The people OF southern Kanass and Ok
lahoma love ingalls, and his language
here has lived longer In the last Fifty
years than did Methuselah in al his stag
nant centuries" makes Kansas ard Ok
lahona glow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

One Of the issues in the New York cam
paign is the question of more schools. New
Y-orks neglect Of its public school system
is the real scandal of the decade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

Leedy. at Topeka, has Just issued Pop
ulist campaign handbook. His several
police commissions will continue TO handle
the Populist campaign pocket-book.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

ingalls, says Oklahoma will soon be run
ming alongside OF Kansas. As a matter
of fact, Kansas Is galloping along behind
Oklahoma with nothing but very weak
tail-hold-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

In order to escape. Miss CtsDeros had TO
walk boldly down a Havana street smok-
ing a cigar. II is understood that the
Sigma chi Epsilon Society OF anti-habit
young ladies OF Harper. Kansas. will soon
pas. resolutions denouncing her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

II would take more than a New York
reportorial staff to rberate ssnor.ta Carrie
Chapman Gait from the obscurity which.
Kansas is happy. enguifs her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

1t is wrong to ask men to be happy IN
Kansas at this time when Nature il inau-
guranng her weather scheme of p. m.
sheet temperature and q. m. blanket
Klondika-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

The clearing house tables are still bru-
tally Republican. Yesterday. readers no.
iced, only the southern fever-stricken
cities were on the decrease side OF the
table, and only six Of these.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

John L. Sullivan Is still making a noble
race for mayor OF Boston. Unlike other
candidates, he associates with mis- hum
blest followers and helps the ward-heelers
destroy the campaign liquor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

The political situation is so tangled in
New York that nearly anybody in the
town in expressing an opinion is liable
10 be embodying a charge that his own
grandmother is a blind old monkey,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

We have virtually ordered Spain to end
the war in Cuba and she will have to
do IL II IL merely the working of the
law OF comply and demand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

When the bicycle first appeared in India
the natives fell down and worshipepd it.
Now It has come into general use and
they fall down and cuss II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

The school board e, Philadelphia has de-
clared that Les Miserables'' Is not A. for
school children 20 read. There Is something
IN tina. Abou; the rudest hing Victor
Hugo ever Gid was TO shut that door o..
the bridal chamber on the face CT the Con-
Gdeni and expectant reader.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

T1s rtrs-t : Eo.=g a. cvc- -. -o.z.-y
sat 8: w.-5i,ss csr-t-s- Ee1: yea
Queen L15@--e-s-z o HA~sl a. e CO.
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save l;;.e w.-ze.a-i=S {: Eo--z=3 8 &c
s-3y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

ingalls, declaration about The stag
nan; centuries Of Meihuse.aA" Is very ene.
Il Is an actual, Quiver.as Fact :ha, soma
Kansas farmers have mounted thei. b.
cycles ana are in town. before some OF
their an,!Qus reisAbors are o., ot the.r
froat gaze with ,hs Old mule team
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

There Is fierce agai to- re Aytro-
pHob:a Prize IN New York Tas o:ae- nigh,
Senator Tau-s;on n a speech = IA; ely
cut a.. over RS sa!r;-tro-I - these So=ls
i 81 yoa :Aere ~ - - mere Re
publican presidents io- years e some ::
you DO 20, e.ee; Ny. Trac, 1syo. :: yoG-
g.ez; c.ty"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

w-.Gs- -e-Ei-Es Bryan -s-e.ye1 - =
- --s s5es-A - 6sfvs-e1 = Kansas c..
51-ns re cz--ivz. weak ;-s-s-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

Mrs.. Lease IS slic.ng the welk.n I-te lorz
strips IN New York ~ enc nloumen;
she said: Our m:iiioraires .a,t.z mex
daughters tcc The foreign narSe;' Peo-
PIE WHO have seen pictures .: poor sim
Jim Miss Consuslo Vs-Ge-sl; WI see ne
bsau;i:u, satire in Ms. Leases re=a-k
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

A ph-enologis; who = creating excite
ment n western Kansas by feeling re
head OF farmers ard telling each Of them
,aa: ne has paid MS mortgage and Wi!
De riding bicycle inside year w.,h
fortune beside II tAs bank. = supposed %
have been sent on; BY Mark Hanna.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
Keedy For Judge.

Mr.. Clayton o. Keedy is the Demo-
cratic nominee for Associate Judge
of 1.-The Sixth Judicial Circuit, and
everyone feeling an interest in the sue
cess of the party this fall should rally
to the support of himself and the bal
ance of the ticket TO be nominated
II ext Wednesday, the 22nd inst. Mr..
Keedy is lawyer of unquestioned
ability, is sound and logical in his le-
gal arguments and has been a lifelong
Democrat. His selection gives general
satisfaction to our people and the pros
poets are bright indeed for success this
fall. Let Democrats rally around the
old standard, forgetting past differ
ences, and present united front TO the
enemy. Give them u stand up, shout
der to shoulder fight Frederick
County and the State of Maryland
must be redeemed from the hands Of
the Republicans.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
Supervisors Issue Transfer or Re
moval Certificates.

We publish in our advertising col
umns the notices of the sittings of the
Officers of Registration for the election
next Tuesday, September
2Sth, and Tuesday, October 5th. Spec
ial attention is called to the provision
in the new law which allows the
Board of Election Supervisors to issue
removal certificates to persons who
changed their places of residence or
propose doing so before the registration.
This is done to save time, as only two
days are allowed for registering this
year. Any voter who has moved or
will do so before the 22nd of September,
can apply to the supervisors and get
a certificate, which handed to the reg
lister in his new district will enable
him to register. Application must be
made before the 22nd inst, as after
that the books will be in the hands OF
the registers, who cannot give trans
fers except on the two days of sitting.
This is an important matter, and should
be given consideration.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
Wheat Good Property.

Macy 4 Pendleton's bulletin of
Wednesday says;
"The public interest in wheat has
not abated especially aud it may be
that speculative concentration will
again lift the price moderately, while
the continued reports from Europe as
to the shortage keep the suggestion of
a sharp rise to follow the reduction or
abolition of French import duties and
the talk about their deficiency in view.
Even if the higher prices prevent full
average consumption, there still re-
mains the probability of shipping En-
rope us millions more. Farmers will
doubtless sell freely and reserves will
grow, but wheat is likely to continue
good property in trade during the bal
ance of the year at least. 1t ought to
be bought on sharp breaks or sold on
very sharp bulges, and in either case,
parties trading will doubtless secure
just as much money by taking profits
in sight, as by any other methods"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
NATIONAL TOPICS.
Brief Paragraphs of Important
National Affairs.
FRIDAY,

Training OF carrier pigeons for the
navy in case of war is carried on at the
Portsmouth IN. H navy yard on a
large scale.
No change has Ioeen made by the
treasury in regard to shipments of
small notes for deposit with the assist
ant treasury at New York.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is re-
ported to have been disappointed in
the work of the monitor Puritan, at
tached to the North Atlantic squadron.
The gun practice was very poor.
Saturday and Sunday.
The President will return to Wash
ington to-day from Somerset, Pa, and
meeting of the cabinet will be held
tomorrow. The President will remain
in Washington for a few days only and
will then leave to continue his vaca-
ton until October /.
Postmaster-General Gary has entered
enthusiastically into his project for
postal savings bank.
COnsul-General Lee is in Washing
ton and will probably confer with the
President and the State Department in
regard to the Cuban situation.
The Argentine Republic proposes to
impose prohibitory duties on goods i'm
ported from the United States in retail
iation for the excessive duties of the
Dingley tariff bill.
The total exports of breadstuffs, cot
ton, mineral oil, cattle, hogs and pro-
visions during August amounted to
Sal, 1884, 050.
Tuesday.
Judge Cox, of the District of Column
bia Supreme Court. denied the applica-
ton of John G. Wood, of Louisville,
Kentucky, for an injunction restrain
ing Postmaster-General Gary aud AS
sistant Postmaster-General Heath
from removing him from office. The
case was regarded as "a test of the civil
service law and rules, and will be taken
to the United States Supreme Court.
The first meeting of the cabinet for
several weeks was held Yesterday,
The foreclosure sale of the Union Pa
cific Railroad and the relief of Amer
lean citizens who have started for the
Klondike gold fields were among the
subjects considered, no final action be-
ing taken in regard to the matter.
A delegation of representative men
from the iron sections of the South
went before the naval board at Wash
ington to present the advantages
which the South offers as a location for
the proposed government armor fac
tory.
One hundred and two fourth.class
postmasters were appointed yesterday.
Wednesday.
Domestic exports last month were
valued at SIS, 497, $50.
1t is not believed that the govern
ment will take any active steps to pre-.
vent the sale of the Union Pacific
Railroad until the foreclosure decree.
Secretary of State Sherman will not
go to Ohio until the end of September.
He says he will not take an active part
in the campaign.
Commissioner of Patents, Butter
worth, will call the attention of the
Brussels Conference to the difference
in the cost of securing a patent in the
United States and the charges of for
eign governments. aud will suggest
reciprocity in the rates.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
National Encampment Union Vet
eran Legion, Columbus, Ohio.

The Baltimore & Ohio r. r. an.
nounces reduced rates from all points
on its line east of the Ohio River for
the National Eucampment of the I'm
ion Veteran Legion, at Columbus, O.,
September 22nd and 23rd. The ticket
will be sold for all trains September
10Th to 2lst, valid for return until Sep
TENDER 9th.
By taking the historic B. & O., an
additional interest will be added to the
trip, as that line follows the banks of
the stored Potomac for many miles,
passing through the City of Washing
ton, Harper's Ferry, Point of Rocks
and Cumberland. In addition to the
interest attached to the locality, the
scenery in this region is the grandest
on the Continent.
Through trains run direct to Column
bus, carrying Pullman sleeping cars.
For further information, call on or
address nearest B. & o. Agent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17

THE Republican State Convention
met in Baltimore on Wednesday last,
and nominated Philip Goldsborough
for Comptroller and General Allen
Rutherford for Clerk of the Court of
Appeals. Congressman Mudd took
occasion to have little dig at Senator
Wellington in his speech seconding
the nomination of Goldsborough.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee met the same day and selected
State Senator Norman B. Scott, of
Washington County, to succeed Senator
Wellington as chairman. He is an
anti-Wellington man and was helped
to the position by Congressman MHdd.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17

The doctor may be good old mo,
but even so, medical examinations ou1
the "local-application" treatment ' a%
abhorrent to every. modest womo %s
They are embarrassing-often useIaaa
They should not be submitted to uniS
everything else has been tried N
nine cases out of ten, there is no reasou
for them. In nine cases out of ten tSa
doctor in general practice isn't comm '
tent to treat female diseases. Tbs,
make a branch of medicine by them
selves. They are distinct from oths,
ailments. They can be properly under,
stood and treated only by one who ha,
had years of actual practice and exna
rience in this particular line. This i,
true of DR.. r. V. Pierce, chief consult
ing physician of the Invalid's Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, n
Y. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
a remedy for all arrangements Of the
reproductive organs of women, has
been in actual use for more than thirty
years. 1t cures every form of "femai9
weakness"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
STATE HAPPENINGS.
Maryland News Matters Tersely
Told for the Benefit of Busy
Readers.
Friday.


The Cecil County fair closed at Elk
ton after successful run of four days.
VIM. w. Duly, aged sixty-tive years,
was found dead in the woods near
Croome, Prince Georges County.
John Cross, aged sixteen years, was
drowned in Antietam creek, Washing
County.
A delegation of Carroll County farm
ers inspected the Agricultural College
experimental work.
Jesse Little, aged sixty-eight years,
died suddenly in Westminster OF apo
plexy.
1t is stated that malaria is causing
the death of horses in Talbot County.
Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. w. w. Ward while handling
his shotgun in his house, at Alberton,
accidentally discharged the weapon,
and the load took effect in the breast
of his wife, who it is feared will not
recover.
The ministers of Cumberland are try
ing to stop the practice OF some Others
sharing marriage fees from clipping
couples with the hackmen, who bring
the parties to be married.
Mrs. Barbara A. Welty died in
Washington County, aged seventy
years.
The Emmitsburg RAILROAD was sold
to syndicate, who will extend it to
join the Pennsylvania system.
The Dorchester Republicans nomi-
mated ticket, headed by Wilbur f.
Jackson for the State Senate.
Republican primaries were held in
Frederick and Democratic primaries in
Caroline and Kent.
Tuesday.
The Democratic Judicial Convention
of the Sixth Circuit meets to-day in
Rockville.
The Democrats of Prince Georges
County nominated ticket headed by
VIM. B. Clagett for the State Senate.
The colored Republicans of Somerset
County nominated ticket composed
entirely of colored men.
The Washington County Republic
cans nominated an nti.Wellingtor
ticket.
w. Hallam Claude was turned dowr
for register and election judge in An
napolis by veto of the Democratic
member of the board of supervisors.
The Bryant mansion near Silver
Springs, Montgomery County, wa.
burned.