El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08

how it feels to be crazy:
! THE Frank Collier of ten wears ag,
has returned" said the subject of the
celebrated case in surgical science to
day. 81 am as we'll mentally as ever
was.
"As soon as the violent pairs from
the bone cutting subsided,'' he said,
II felt the absence of pressure on my
brain where the frontal bone was de-
pressed. 1t is an immense relief. /
also notice a marked change In nv
Thoughts. For 10 years 1 have had
little control over my impulses. An
idea took possession of me. For in
stance, if 1 thought telephone" 1
Immediately had to telephone. The
changed now. My impulses are mod
flied and controlled by the considera-
tions of propriety, expediency or any
OF the fnhibitive ideas of the sane
man.
MANY of my old friends have called
to see me, and they all remark the
change in me and corroborate my own
conclusions. L shall soon be out in the
world again, sane man among sane
men,"
Asked as to when he expected to
leave the hospital, MIR. Collier laughed
and whispered: ''Don't be in a hurry
about that. I'm getting free board,
and can beat any one in the hospital
at poker"
On the bulletin board in the cor
ridor OF many post offices of cities in
the United States there is at present
posted circular issued from head
quarters at Washington. There is
none posted in the Ell Paso Office and
for that reason it seems apparent that
the postmaster here and his employees
need no such warning. The circular
Is headed, "Warning Against Poll
cal Assessments. 1t quotes the laws
of the United States to show that no
government employees re quired to con-
tribute to the political fund of any par
ty or candidate. The last section is as
follows:
That any person who shall be guilty
OF violating any provision of the four
foregoing sections shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanOr and shall. on
conviction thereof, be punished by a
tine not exceeding $1,000 or by i'm
prlsonment for term not exceeding
three years, or by such fine and i'm
prisonment both, in the discretion of
the court"
The sensational report concerning
the Rock Island extension published
Dy the morning paper few days ago
had really no foundation in fact. 1t is
q 1oregOne conclusion, however, that
the Ell PasO and Northeastern will ulti
mately connect with one of the big
railway systems and become part of
IL but Just which one or W hen, no man
can yet guess Deals of that kind arc
not generally made known to the pub
lie until they are cOnsummated and
railway officials in many respects re-
semble sphinxes.
81 noticed" said republican to Spec
tator yesterday, "thst when Attorney
Richardson was suggested for the no
mlnee for county attorney at
the republican convention he declined
TO allow his name to go before the con-
vention, stating that "business rea-
sons" compelled him to decline. 1
wonder If the business he referred to
was retainer by Morehead to try to
over throw 6the republican organiza
tiOn?''
Company B of the Sixth regiment
United States infantry have been as
will be here in few days. The regi-
ment will have headquarters at San
Antonio. They are supposed to relieve
the Third Texas volunteers who are
doing garrison duty at different posts
in the state but as yet the disposition
of the Third Texas has not been decid-
ed upon.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
has shabby way of treating the edi-
tor of the Hardeman Free Press, a
rural weekly. Such items ss the fol-
lowing are of frequent occurrences:
"Them pin head editors of Memphis
don't like us because they don't know
US. They don't know nothing. If ig-
norance is bliss, them fellows is bills
ters.-Hardeman Free Fress,''