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but every effort, he asserts. should be
made to prevent the patient from sink
ing into state of absolute dementia.
According to his opinion the ideal insti-
tuition for the insane furnishes employ
ment of aAsuitable nature for each pa
tlent, taking into consideration, of course,
poth his mental and his physical state
Amusement and occupation frequently,
he asserts, go hand in hand
This being his theory it is not then
surprising to find that determined effort
is being made here to find as great a
variety of employments for the inmates
as possible. In the spring it is proposed
10 estapAsh sort of garden colony of
women, sending some twenty or thirty
out to separate house in the hospital
grounds, under the care of several nurses.
1hese patients will have the care of a
small vegetable garden a flower garden
and some chickens, which will be another
departure in the method of treating the
insane.
Many Of the women in such institutions
as TINS are quite sane at times, and others
are only insane upon some subjects. or
IN some directions, and to these work in
which they can really take an interest is
gooseno. How much so none can re-
alize perhaps save those who have been
compelled for one reason or another. to
spend long hours unoccapied. And when
10 the unutterabIe drearineSS of idle
ness is added the separation from home
and friends, even though it be best for
both the patient and the family only
those who have been so placed can under
stand what it means to these women
when some new and pleasant occupation
mas been found for Them so the authori-
ties here say.
Keep the Patients Busy,
Most Of the patients, it is fair to as
sumo, have been workers in some line
curing the greater portion of their lives
previous to entering here. They have
been nouseWorkers, wives and mothers Of
1amllles, or wage earners, and enforced
1dleness makes the time hang heavily
on, so heavily, on their hitherto busv
hands, and so the lace making and 9th
er plans of this sort have been hailed
by them with delight Knitting. crocbet~
ing, tatting and embroidery all ha1A
their devotees at Rochester, but the lace
making is to most of the patients some
thing new and attractive in the line bf
decorative handwOrk and its very novelty
gives IT an added interest in their eyes
The hospital for the insane at Roch-
ester was the second to be established
in the state, and was opened for the
reception of patients thirteen years after
that at st. Peter, which is the Oldest of
all in the state. The history Of its
foundation is rather an unusual one and
the first intention was not to build I'D
another hospital for the insane. but To
make 1t an asylum for inebrIates For
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a long wooden table, with the circular
wooden pillows or stuffed looms making
lace, and weaving who knows how many
thoughts of the home to which they are
so soon to go, and of the sweet, childish
voice that will again sound in the ears
that have so often longed to hear their
melody just once again.
The looms are about two feet in
diameter, and have fiat, wooden backs
and upper sides stuffed out rounding and
covered with ticking. In the center is
a cylinder about ten inches long, and
about as thick through as the length Of
a finger, the pattern Is pricked out on
a little square of parchment, and from
the work hang down innumerable little
wooden bobbins. 1t is pretty, dainty
work. and for the women with pretty
hands who wish to display their beat
ties it offers exceptionable opportunities
in that line. 1t is slow work, in as much
that all careful hand work is necessarily
SO If we'll done.
1t is amazing, too, how fresh and clean
it all looks, every piece, though the
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the law 1evying the tax of $40 on the
liquor dealers and devoted the whole in
stitution to the service of the insane,
calling it the second hospital for the in
sane, with the provision, however, that
here inebriates might be admitted, cared
for and treated at state expense and
on the same basis as the insane.
Had a Small Beginning.
The first building was a small center
structure, with a little east wing, and
the accommodation was for about 100 pa
tients, men only. DR.. J. E. Bowers, as
sistant at the hospital at ST. Peter, was
made superintendent, and in January,
1897, the first patients were received. To-
day the hospital at Rochester Is the
largest in the state, though that at Fer
gus Falls is a close second. The present
population at Rochester, including the
nurses and doctors, is over 1900 persons,
and of this over LOO are patients, male
and female.
The present buildings are enormous
when contrasted with that first inslg-
nifcant little ediice that formed the
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partment, shoe repairing, drug store and
a soap factory, where soap is made not
only for the institution here, but for the
thirteen other state institutions This is
OF itself a large business, but there is
also cabinet and carpenter shop, where
all the repairing of the furniture of tie
institution is carried on, and many new
and fine pieces manufactured In the
bakery an average of 700 loaves a day
is baked, so that the asylum is In itself
complete city, with manufacturing i'm
dustFies of dts own, and supplied with
every modern Improvement and con-
venience. Surrounding the hospital,
which is in the valley of the Zumbro
river, is some 700 acres of land belong
ing to the state, and some ZOO more which
is rented for the use of the institution
and the inmates
To this hospital belongs the proud dis
tinction of being among the first nine
asylums in the Union to establish a train
ing school for nurses, and to introduce
a regular system of training for them.
This school was commenced in 1889, and
the first class graduated in 1892, since
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lished as the lace making which is now
past the experimental stage Next month
probably, basketry will be taken up in
earnest, and will, it is confidently ex-
pected furnish employment and amuse-
ment to many other patients.
DR.. A. F. Kilbourne, the superintendent,
is an enthusiast on the subject Of suit
able employment for the insane; he de-
clares that the improvement noticeable
even in long standing and chronic cases
after the patient becomes interested in
some work, is frequently astonishing,
and that after such an interest has been
aroused the patient is not uncommonly
able to return to friends as his or her
condition has become so ameliorated.
The duty Of the state toward the in
sane, in his opinion, does not cease with
giving such unfortunates custodial care,
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might be expected, denied the constitu-
tionality of the law and attacked it on
the ground of being unjust and discrim-
mating, but they were unsuccessful in
the courts, and the constitutionality of
the new law was upheld.
But in the meantime the number of
the insane had increased and the pro-
vision for them at st. Peter, or the first
state hospital as it was then called, so
limited end the overcrowdipg so great
that it became generally evident that
there was more Urgent need for a second
hospital for the insane than an asylum
for the inebriates. So the legislature IN
1878, taking these things into considera-
tdon, and in view also Of the deter
mined opposition to the plan to build and
maintain an inebriate asylum by such
means as the before mentioned, repealed
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A new feature in the treatment of in
sane women is being very successfully
tried at the state hospital for the insane
at Rochester, Olmsted county. The great
problem of finding light, interesting, yet
not too fatiguing work is Icing salts
factorily solved, seemingly, by the intro
duction of lace making, and beautiful
work of that sort usually described as
pillow lace" is now done by these pa
tients.
Indian basketry too, has been tried, but
has not as yet been as thoroughly estab-
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the purpose of creating a fund for this
proposed institution and for it's main
tenance a bill was passed by the legis-
lature in 1873. and next year amended,
levying a tax of $40 on all the liquor
dealers in the state. BY means Of the
fund so obtained it was determined to
erect a suitable building, which, when
completed, would be maintained by a
continuance of the same tax. For this
purpose a farm consisting of 16O acres
was bought at Rochester, and the build
il gs begun in 1877. The class taxed, as
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sify the patients in just the exact way
they would wish to do.
Women in West Wing.
The women's annex, the west wing, is
under the care of the assistant superin-
tendent, DR.. o. c. Heyerdale, and DIR.
Laura Linton. In this department. there
are 512 patients! Much of the new work
the pillow lace, is done in ward A 2
This is the most cheerful ward Of ALL for
the simple reason that it is occupied
principally by convalescents, and the
visitor knows that for these patients the
hope of returning reason and home-going
is looming large on their mental horizon,
with the fair prospect of fulfllment Here
in the bright, pretty day room, with its
lovely Towering plants, soft carpets,
snowy curtains, comfortable eouches aud
easy chairs, the whole aspect enlivenod
by the flames of bright coal fire in the
large light windows, sit many women at
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thread must be continually handled-is as
unsoiled and clean as thought it had just
come off the spool In about a month
from now the basketFy will probably be
well under way in this same ward, and
it may be that some of the other wom-
en- who have found the lace making too
trying or too intricate or have not be-
come interested in it, will find work and
recreation in that. These looms for the
lace were made here in the carpenters
shop, so that indirectly the work given
the women has also furnished a little
for the men.
In a glass case in this ward are a
number of articles Of all sorts made by
the patients, beautiful laces by the yard,
and insertion to match, lace handkar-
chiefs, silk embroidered doilies, knitted
and crocheted bedroom slippers and head
wraps, tatting, embroidered and silk
worked cushions, etc. The history of the
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nucleus of this magnificent hospital, and
consist of main building, including the
administration building and two annexes,
the west annex being used for women,
and the east for men. The structure is
of red brick and four stories high, and
the administration building, which is
crowded with a tower, is the most impos-
ing in appearance. The grounds and the
scenery surrounding the hospital are
more than ordinarily beautiful, and the
hills, both back and front of the institu-
ton, lend variety and picturesqueness' to
the view. The grounds are laid out as
a park, and in summer the lawns, flower
beds and shrubbery make the asylum one
Of the show places in this part of the
country.
This is indeed a little city of itself, and
the institution has it's own water works,
fire department gas works. engineering
department, ice house, sewer system,
farm, paint shop, mattress making de-
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
Illinoig Ladies' of the GAR

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Illinois being
one OF the largest Departments of our Order
we naturally feel our Importance. and be-
-ieve, with our National President. that il is
very important our work should be kept he
fore the public through the medium Of the
press. Election of officers In the various CIR.
cles Is the. order of the day, and as a whole
the choice has been very good. Col. Albert
o; Shaw Circle reelected as President
Charlotte Wilson
GOV. Yates Circle, 80 elected Mrs. Mary
Meyer, and VIM. Mckinley Circle elected
Mrs. Nellie Bowman.
Our Department President Mrs. Mary IT
HaEcr, Is making a good officer and mas the
work well IN hand. She has inspected most of
the tircesand has found the majority of them
~ excellent couditiOn, with money in duan.
MY 10 insure prompt response to any calls
for relief. Several Circles had made liberia,
donations to Posts in their immediate neigh
9nrho0ds. One has paid hall rent for a Post
Tor several years. and others have given
stands OF colors to their Posts So the good
work goes on.
Our membership will double this year. Our
next Department Convention will be held ar
hock Island. our Department Commander
y. u. IhSt.cwCOd. is our friend and is hay-
ing Il useful and harmonious years adminis
traiion.-NELLlE UNDERWOOD. 1913 \.
Clarke street, Chicago, III.
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MUSTERED OUT.

| BUNCE.-At Highland, Mass. James W. Bunce, Co
I, 9Th " Y. Zouaves and Co. D. 53i y. J. He enlisted
the breaking ont of the and served until it,
was with sherman on the msrh 10 the sea; was made
Second Sergeant for bravery the battle of Rocky
the Flagship Independence for three years and six
months. He was member OF Charles Sumner Post
lOl. widow and four sons survive him.
| CAYLER.-At Deepwater. No, Dec. 20 1901, Jane:
II. Cayler, Co {, sth H., aged e. Charter member o
Morgan L. Smith Post. 26i.
| CoLLINs.-At North weare n. H, Dec. Is, 1901
John l.. Collins, Co. D. l4ih n. II. The funeral was
conducted by stark Fellows Post 4G.
| EASTMAN.-At Myrtle, Pa. Dec. I6, 1901, John
Eastman, Co. h. 10th Pa tBuCStaiis), aged 81 Eli
listed August 1857 wounded at Gettysburg discharged
| at close of war. widow and two sons survive
FORD.-4t Dayton, Ohio. Dec. S, 1891, Willis A. Ford
Co. G, SD Ohio, aged 6l. He leaves widow, son,
and three daughters.
GIERSCH.-At Stroudsburg Pa, Dec. 81, 1901, Ste
phen J. Gersch Co. F, I'd Pa Art. aged &C. At Fred
neck and the bullet taken from the left shoulder
He active member OF Wadsworth Post, l50 Gnd
was its Commander.
CRIMINAL windrldge. Pa, Dec. IS, 1901. Capt.
Samuel Grimm, Co. b. lst W. Va. Cav. He was mem
ber of VIM. Smith Post, As.
HALEY.-At West Rutland Vt, Dec 20, 1901, John
Haley, Co. c, 4th VI, aged 81.
HAYAGAKER.-At Campbell. W. Va, Oct. q, 1901,
John Haymaker, Co. A. esd Ohio. He thrown
from his horse and instantly killed. He leaves son.
HENEY.-At Denver, Colo. Dec is, 1901 Enoch
Heney, Co l. Sd Ohio Cav. aged 6i lie was buried By
the GAR
JOHNSTON.-At KalkasEa, Mich, Dec. 81, 1901,
James Ford Johnston, Co. II Both Ind, .:ed 81.
. KELLEN.-At Princeton Mimi, Nov. Il, 1901, John
A. Kelley, Co. b. 18th Mass, aud Co. B, 3ji Ill., aged
76. lie leaves widow, three sons and daughter.
KING.-At Clarksville, o. Dec. IL. 1901, John T.
King Sergeant, Co. F. Sd Ohio Cav, aged 81. Sergt
King enlisted Sept. B. 1861; veteranized jan 4, 1854
mustered out June 1865. He leaves a family.
LEITER.-At Shelby, o., Oct. IS, 1901, Capt. C. p
Letter, 18th Ohio aged IS.
mineral West Rutland, VT, Dec. 81, 1901. Rich
ard L. Miner, Co. c, sih Ill. Cav aged -.
RUSSELL.-At ConnellsvIlle Pa. Dec. C, 1901, Cart
J. NJ. Russell LIST Iowa Cav. Capt Russell cred the
service carly in 6l, as private, was promoted to Cor
pora and Sergeant and when the regiment reen listed
was commissioned Lieutenant and afterwards promo
ted TO the Captancy of Co. F. Capt. Russell served
through the entire and was also with Sheridan in
Texas He was buried BY his comrades of Encamp-
nlcnt Gs, L. V. l..
SEARS.-At North Attleboro, Mass, Dec. 15 1901, |
1heophilus NJ Sears, Co. l, 18th Mass. Membe. of
Prentiss NJ. Whiting Post, 1872. widow and chill
dren survive.
SMITH.-At Mt. Vernon, Ill., Dec. :, 1901, Franklin |
A. Smith, Co. d.. IIth Ill. Cay aged g.. Ccmrade |
Smith enlisted Dec 20, 1861 and discharged Dec.
49, 1854 Coleman Post sos conducted funeral services
He leaves a widow and several grown children.
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Work of the Pension ONCE.

The report Of certificates issued for tn,
week ended Dec. 2S shows:
Army invalid: Increase. 45; reissue. %
restoration. l; renewal -: supplemental, 3
duplicate, 2; accrued, So Total, 1Gs.
Army widows, etc: Original, IS; renewal
l.. Total. %.
Navy invalids: Original. ;
Navy widows, etc: Original 3
Old WarS-Invalids: Accrued l.
Army inValids twar with SPAIN: Original
nal, l.
Navy widows. etc Cwar with SPAIN: orlgi
nal. l.
Army invaIids (act Of June 27, 1890: Orig
nal, 81; Increase 262; additional %: reis
sue, II; renewal 10; supplemental, .; dupll
cate, 3; accrued, los. Total. 476.
Army widows. etc. TACT Of June %, 1890
Original, 155; accrued. ]. Total. 1876.
Navy invalids tact Of June p. 1880: Orici
nal, .; restoration, /; supplemental /; ac
crued, 6. Total II.
Navy widows, etc. (act of June %, 1890.
Original, 10; reissue, l. accrued, l. Total. II
Mexican War survivors: Increase. /: reis
sue, SO; duplicate. ]; accrued. /. Total. %
Indian wars qS32-1s42y-SuryivOrs Ac
Indian wars us32-1s42)-widows: oriei.
Totals-Original, 2s1; increase. sOs; addi.
uonal, 20; reissue. III; restoration. 2: re.
Dewal, "a; supplemental, z; duplicate. 5: nc.
crued, 2O0. Total, 9S2.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
The Chances of a Bow.

Some rather remarkable and interesting
statistics of probability have been com
piled by the indianapolis Sentinel on the
shances of baby boy in life. 1t says
that the chances are 30000,000 to l that
he will not become President of the United
States, or Fice-PreSident. or Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court. Yet il holds true
that any baby boy may reach either of
these places-that is to say, there is a
possibility, until the phenomena Of his de-
velopment surely count him out. The
chances are 10000 to ] that he will not
be Il United States Senator 103,320 to
that he will not be a member of the
House of Representatives, and $4,000 to
! that he will never be Governor of Il
State. All these figures are subject, of
course. to certain special circumstances,
possible or otherwise. One may presume
that an Ohio boys chance of becoming
President is much better than the chance
of Delaware or a Rhode Island boy, if
he stays at home. The chances are JSS
to l that he will not go insane. 1,250 to l
that he will not be blind, S64 to / that
he will not be an inmate of a public aims
house, 400 to / that he will never he an
enlisted soldier or sailor, 1,200 to ] that
he will never be a city policeman, and
9,11l TO l that he will never be President
of q National Bank.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
Progress on thstMemorial University,

The work Of censsrection upon the col
legiate building OF Memorial University at
Mason City, Iowa. lias'so far progressed thai
the third story of this imposing building /.
now nearly completed. This building is Is,
feet long and 76 feet wide, and provides fol
the handling of at least 1000 students. 1t:
walls are of massive stone construction and
the partitions throughout are of hollow brick
1t will be completed In 1902, and when sur.
mounted with tile roof and provided with
the best system Of heating and ventilating.
will be one of the finest college buildings In
America. The other buildings will be of like
construction, the group constituting a great
soldier memorial, In fact
The cold weather which reached Iowa re-
Gently has stopped the work upon the Civil
War Museum Building of Memorial Uniyer-
sity, which 1t had been hoped to have well
under way before the arrival of Winter.
However, matters have progressed to such
an extent that this massive freproof building
will be completed In 1902 and will be ready
to receive war relics. +
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
Relief for Mrs Fremnnt

Congressman Kahn, OF California. has
introduced a bill, which has for its object
the recognizing Of the claims of Mrs. .Jes.
sic Benton Fremont in lands at Point San
Jose, IN San Francisco Mrs. Fremont is
the daughter of the famed Missourian
Thomas III. Benton. and widow of Gen
John Z. Fremont, the first candidate of
the Republican party for the Presidency
In urging the claim Mr. Kahn will be-
Joined by the entire delegation in Congress
from California, not excepting the Two
Senators. The Missouri delegation will
also help him in urging the claim.
Mrs. Fremont IS now resident of Los
Angeles, Cal, II years of age. and is
Obliged TO live in very modest circum.
stances. The claim of Mrs. Fremon,
grows out of the seizure of land which
was IN the possession Of her husband. and
was taken for military purposes. He had
settled upon it and improved it and was
IN full possession when it was taken by the
Government, and has since been retained
II now being the site OF buildings used
Tor officers headquarters and barracks.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
A Big War Claim.

The citizens of Frederick. Md, are NOV,
ing to get the Government to pay $500
0O0, to indemnify the city for the ransom
paid to the Confederate General, Jubal a.
Early.
1t is claimed that by the aid of loyal
citizens of Frederick the greater part of
the Union army's supplies, to the value
of over S1,00O,000, which had been stored
in Frederick, was removed before the Oc-
cupation of the city by the COnfederates,
who came for the purpose of capturing
these supplies, and that what remained in
the city at the time of the levy was saved
by the payment of the sum demanded as
a ransom. Steps will be taken at once to
bring this matter to the attention of Con
gress, and a vigorous effort will be made
TO secure the passage of the bill for the
indemnification of Frederick
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
The Virginia Ter-Centenary.

On the 18th Of May, 1901, it will be Ron
years since the first permanent settler
from Great Britain established n colon,
at jamestown, Va. A movement has bepI
set on foot in the "Old Dominion" to eel
ebrate this event with a great exposition
The plans are only in embryo yet, tn,
proposition having just been brought be
fore the Virginia Legislature, but ther
is already warm rivalry for the location
OF the proposed centennial celebration
Inc growing coast cities of Norfolk anc
Newport News are pushing their claims
while Richmond people take it for grant
ed that the exposition should be at tn,
State Capital, with the centennial cere
monies of sentimental character upor
the site of old jamestown, down tn,
James River The prospects for the in
auguration of the enterprise seem to be
very favorable at this time.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
Free Cafarrh Remedy.
Trial Sample of Or. slosser's catarrh Cure
Mailed Free to Any One Suffering
from Catarrh.

Dr. BlOsser. the celebrated Catarrh Spe-
cialist of the South, offers trial sample
of his valuable remedy to any one suffer
ing from Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma
Deafness, etc. The remedy is applied in
the form of medicated smoke-vapor,
which, bicng inhaled, makes a direct
treatment of the diseased parts.
Wonderful success has attended the Use
of this remedy. Thousands of cases have
been cured-many of them were of u, 20,
-, and even 40 years standing. The cost
of the treatment is very moderate. =
book, Plain Facts About Catarrh.' and
three days treatment will be mailed to
any sufferer who will write at once. Ad-
dress DIR. ]. W. BloSscr * Son. $40 Wal
ton St, Atlanta, Ga.