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New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

the actual cash in his hand and one Wouion [
shake his conviction. One might as well Try TO
argue q hole through an iron pot However
huInoring them by tactful words is often Oh avail
From the present greater differentiation OF IN
sane types It r3Ly be thought that the increase
of insanity is merely apparent. and not real. Ihls
Is partly true, and yet there Is question that
insanity is the increase. Twenty-Five years ago
in this State the ratio OF insane to sane was 10
about $50; to-day il is I to $50 (taking only cases
in public asylums). This is increase OF % per
cent in a quarter of a century. Muhall gives 'iie
number OF insane in the United States in 1851 as
16S s4 C1aS51S Americans and 3o3a1 foreigners aho
the ratio to $685. but his figures are not hhai
The census Of 1880 gives the number as sl,es. me
ratio among foreigners in 1880 was to ." III 10"
It 1 TO 252 Among native whites In 1851 the
ratio l to e18; in 1880. to ~ The proPofion
of insane is much greater among the whites IMAM
among the negroes and Indians, end much greater
among the immigrants than among the hatiVe
born The census of 1890 gives the NUMBER OF IN
sane in the country 0s,4s5. Europ- has sfea.-
er proportion OF insane than America, the ratio
there being about TO 2s5-
The census figures given above are deieoiiFe as
leaving out the feeble minded and those "hoih
family pride conceal from enumeration. Experts
are agreed that insanity is increasing. ana ihcfe
ing faster this State than in any other Oh aoou'
of New-York taking the bulk of the inliIlsi ants.
This city is the dumping ground OF Europe Gnu
there is no adequate. humane system OF CASING
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

factory has never employed union man, and
1t will never be unionized," said Mr.. Wesson
grinly eI will discontinue the business first
Nevertheless. enthusiastic preparations were
made to form the union, and q charter was sent
for Then for the first time in fifty years, the
Smith & Wesson revolver factory closed down
for purposes of reorganization" Notices were
posted TO the effect that it would reopen soon
as a large number of its employees expressed
desire to return to work, but said employees
must have no sympathy with the movement to
unionize the factory The employees knew that
Mr.. Wesson meant exactly what he said. and
they became panicstricken Many had worked
for him thirty years. and they knew that the
conditions in the Wesson shops were the best
In the city. Consequently the morning after the
lockout three-quarters of the men focked into
the office to apply for their old places. The
trade union had lived just one week; 'ft SIM
ply passed away in its swaddling clothes rue
fully said the veteran labor organizer Of the
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
Due i'm Part to the Large Number of Minded I'm
migrants Landing Here and to the Attractions
Which Our Fine Asyums Present.

back the refuse TO Illustrate: woman seventy
years old and insane was brought here from
Sweden She was remanded to the State hospital
on Wards Island. but turned back to the lnTnlgra-
ton authorities who required the steamship COM
pany to deport her. She was put aboard the
steamer and dropped at Hull. England. After urs-
ing from the authorities of the hospital here she
was taken up again by the steamship company and
put ashore at Hesingfors with one TO look after
her This old woman wandered around the streets
until she was nabbed and taken to an asylum.
where her relatives after much correspondence ana
trouble found her. She burden and an ex-
pense to this State and the federal authorities.
e loss TO the steamship company and a source OF
anxiety to her relatives. from whom she had doubt
less strayed The steamship companies hold them
selves responsible only to the port at which the
patient was originally received aboard To show
the extent of this: 1896 2s2 admitted to the
Bellevue pavilion who within the provisions
OF the statute providing for deportation Of allen
insane. The State Board OF Alienists found that
under the Revised Statutes they could not take up
this matter.
Touching people here nearly is the problem
how handle the insane who to the city and
State asylums from other States. New-york is the
Mecca of Iunatics. Some States dump their iHnbe-
Giles upon her and decline take them hack. Ger
tain New-England States the worst In this re-
gard. However II fuT evidence outside residence
be found the lunatic is usually taken back
This is often hard to find. for the patient may have
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

shops from time to time occasionally re-
volver would be brought to him as a perfect
specimen. Mr.. Wesson would always praise
the workmanship but end by shaking his
head and saying: But 1t Is not the best ona
A better be made than that" His
inventor is In consultation with him constantly
in order to plan out improvements improve
n1ents. improvements, and still Mr.. Wesson sees
faults to be remedied. This insistence on per-
fection fills the shops with inspectors, for every
part must be examined three times before It
Is passed on to the next process.
Mr.. Wesson's strong hand In the control Of
his factory once turned labor struggle into a
laughabe fasco and administered a stunning
blow to the labor union movement In the city.
At the time Springfield had more labor unions
for its size than any other city in Massachusetts,,
and when labor said 1t was going to unionize
the Smith & Wesson factory it seemed If
force was strong enough to prevent that thing
being brought about. But Mr. Wesson had not
been gauged correctly. THE Smith & Wesson
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

was determined that Daniel also should peg
shoes for a living. But the boy had d1Herent
ideas, and he forever rigging UP some sort
of gun He risked his life firing off pewter
moulded barrels attached to Whitfield butt, and
he begged to be allowed to learn the TRACE Oh
bis brother, who was a gunsmitn. at Northporo.
Rut Daniel had been putting the backs of shoes
on upside down and otherwise doing poor work
to show his distaste for the cobber business ana
his father said that a who could not learn
to make good shoes certainly could not learn to
make good guns, and refused to let him go 10
Northboro Then Daniel set resoutely TO WORK
to save all his money and when he was eighteen
Bought his time from his father for SloO-that
vas all his father said the boys services Tor
three years were worth-and began to work IN
Northboro as gunsmith. The parts OF gun
were given to him and he was told to put them
together and so we'll did he do this that MS Hrst
gun was bought few hours after 1t was MADE
This established him gunmaker, and ne mas
been making guns and revolvers ever since.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
Blow Up the Pelatal House of Mr.. Wesson.
the Wealthy Maker of Revolvers. Jar
His Quiet Home Life.

read one evening that was on step
ladder putting away a revolver on an upper
shelf the ladder slipped, showed the revolver
near the edge OF the shelf that 1t was dis
charged and his wife, standing below, was in
stantly killed by the bullet Il shall neither eat
nor Sleep" said Mr.. Wesson to his WIFE until
have found some safety device which will make
such an accident impossible" He thought about
1t all night, and in the morning his wife said,
whimsically, We'll suppose you won't join me
at breakfast this morning" "Oh. yes. will" he
replied. 'for I've worked that invention all out
and have got 1t perfect
It 10 to his family that Mr.. Wesson turns
for his chief pleasure. He is devoted to them
all children, grandchildren, great grandchildren
cousins, niece5, nephews and even second cous-
ms He is interested in their interests and
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well enough to make his customary rouho Oh INC
shops. There is rigid regulation ABOUT the uine
of coming in to work in the morning ana the
big gate is always shut at certain time II
man presents himself after 1t is closed ne must
give good excuse before he is ano"eo 70
enter. The old employees tell with eooo
deal of pleasure how 'Old Man Wessoh
handled the excuses of three men one morn
ing. One said rather clumsily that ne mad
TO sit UP with sick wife. and the excuse was
cident to the streetcar and he too was not al
lowed to enter. The third said frankly tnit
he had no excuse but simply did not iiustie
along enough to get there in time. "Old Man
Wesson' smiled. go upstairs to your work.
he said
It was only because OF his strong VIII .has
n r Wesson did not become a cobbler instead
of gunmaker. His father was a cobbler ana ne
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Society has charms for Mr.. Wesson, ior ne
likes neither to go out or to entertain MS
family tell with a great deal of gee of time
when he was induced to attend a dinner party.
"After he had at last struggled into dress SUIT
the perspiration just pouring down MS
face" said a member OF the family, "and a1ter
he got there he insisted talking to one person
all the time But he dearly loves a good story,
nevertheless. and among his few intimate friends
he is known a capital storyteller. In his
younger days hunting of his favorite
diversions.
If Mr.. Wesson has one fad outside of his fac
tory, it is for building. When work began on
his castle detail of the building was too
small for him to look after. Not the
smallest crack in joining could escape his eye
and he would order 1t done over again. AS
room finished if he came to the conclusion
that it was not going to harmonize with the rest
of the house he ordered it torn to pieces and
built over. He exhibited at this time Keen m
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Mark Twain has declared that people are all
more or less insane. One Of the most illuminating
entries in the quaint diary of 'Pudd' d'nhead" Will
son is that April l. when he says: This is the
day on which reminded what
the other three hundred and sixty-four-" Every
man has his hobby is old saying. Old books
are full of instances of insanity; preachers have
preached on the subject; writers all through the
ages have given us in their works types OF the
oosessed. either humorous pathetic. but IL is
only OF late that the subject has been studied
scientifically
In public asylums OF New-York State there are
to-day about 25 coo insane patients. These COM
prises moeciles idiots lunatics epeptics, maniacs
an6 all other types that differing materially from
Perfect selves. are pronounced lpso facto. In
On the basis os 100000 population.
this is / insane patient to every 80 citizens.
Counting in those concealed at home and those
in private asylums g noted expert has put the
ratio at TO 800 CT the population
There strong evidence TO show that this ratio
less In past ages Insanity seems to have
been rare I'm the thirteenth and fourteenth CEN
turies. for peculiar sect calling themselves Beg
hards. Beghin.. and exhibiting signs OF lunacy-
are spoken OF by the writers of that period IN
Europe as something new to their observation The
people called them Turlupins account of their
Tolfsh howiings 1t is remarkable that an entire
people should exhibit the same mad traits Their
condition may have been due to heredity or 10
religious fanaticsm. Elzabethan writers seem TO
indicate that these are the people who roamed
through England in their day. fantasucaly dressed
IN old feathers queer patches Of clotn, TN orace
lets-any old thing they could find. The women
were called Mad Bessies the men rom beo-
lsms." Until the nineteenth century these luna
tics were seldom confined and were left 10 do as
they pleased. Eight hundred years ago the Ara
bian physicians especially the opthalmolog1sts
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
HOLIDAY FOR A HEN,

Rusticity has lost the sentiment OF the paseera1
if it ever existed outside Of the poets imagination
but still retains good deal Of broad humor. For
sheer hiarity IT may be doubted whether sosne
recently witnessed at zoingen. In the Swiss canton
Argau has ever been excelled One Of the farmers
of the district has hen that has laid this season
which the village felt itself bound to celsbrats.
neighboring villages Invited. the united popu-
latfons marched in procession with bands 70 the
farmstead OF this remarkable hen and there
half drowned themselves IN flowing bowls OF sun4I1
beer, while speeches and poems TO the fame Of tho
public memorable day.-(tondon Globe.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
LIKES HIS SHOPS CLEAN.

The colored man Mr. Wesson does not seem
10 for IN his factory. however. whether be-
cause he does not consider him a good work.
man or because he feels it will offend the skilled
white workmen is not known. But recently
when a white workman left his Job and col
ored the only applicant available tho
latter was employed only until a white man could
be secured, although his work was said to be
excellent The work of cleaning the factory
Mr.. Wesson has given into the hands Of three
or four colored men willingly enough. and that
is no small confidence. for Immaculate work
shops are one of Mr.. Wesson's fads. Every
morning the entire place is thoroughly swept
and every other week it is scrubbed and
1nopped exactly a kitchen floor. With SAL
soda and hot water the men scrub until every
speck of grease and oil disappears and the floor
is left white and shining. Mr.. Wesson has no
tolerance either with untidy. slovenly, work
men and his employees must take care to have
no unnecessary dirt or litter around
His ruling passion is his factory, and although
III health has sapped his strength the last three
years he has never shown any intention of
giving over the reins of the Smith & Wesson
business to his two sons, Walter and Joseph
Every morning they consult him to the
conduct Of the business, and any affairs Of the
slightest Importance must under his
supervision. His love for his workshop is
shown by the location Of his home Instead
of placing it on the outskirts of the city where it
would be remote from the turmoil and rush of
business life, he has erected it at the top
OF steep hill which runs directly down to the
shops With every strong breeze the smoke
from the factory chinneys is blown directly
upon his house and this Is said to be Of
satisfaction to him To every else the 1oca-
ton seems undesirable. but to Mr.. Wesson 1t is
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
DISCIPLINE MAINTAINED.

Nevertheless there is little of the hatred of the
millionaire employer in the Wesson factories
that Is found in many shops. for the simple
reason that Mr.. Wesson never forgets that he
himself started in tho nunblest way, and he is
thoroughly democratic The men speak of him as
an upright, honest, democratic, If somewhat
rigid, taskmaster, and during his recent illness
many expressed the hope that he would soon be
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
AN INTENSE THINKER.

When Mr. Wesson is busted with some new
Improvement for his revolver he Is entirely alb
sorbed by it, and does not let his mind rest until
he has solved the problem. The rapidity and in
tentness with which he thinks out an invention
were shown particularly when he worked out
safety device IN the handle Of revolvers. which
makes 1t necessary to apply force in two direc-
tions in order to fire the weapon. There had
been many accidental discharges of revolvers,
and the climax was reached when Mr.. Wesson
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
NOT EASY TO PLEASE.

So eager is he for perfect workmanship,
SO anxious is he for the reputation Of the Smith
& Wesson revolver that revolver produced
by the factory is wholly satisfactory TO him.
When he was strong enough to go through the
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
SO LIKE.

Towne-fes a woman usually treats her husband
as the average servant treats bric-a-brac.
ErowEe-Im listening; what's the answer?
To~ne-The more he's worth the more she trfao
TO break philadelphia Press
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

n p Wesson's fine home in Springfleld
Nsss has recently become the centre OF inter
est for the entire city. because of the startling
announcement that Mr.. Wesson had received
two BLACK Hand" letters threatening to blow
ND his house If he did not produce certain
sum of money. Mr.. Wessons house, or.
some call Il, his castle. is the handsomest home
in that city, and the thought Of that immense
pile of brownstone going up in the air In pieces
some day has awakened renewed interest In
the structure and has drawn an unusual amount
OF attention TO Mr.. Wesson himself.
And IT has all brought out one fact-that the
people Of Springfield know amazingly little
about Mt Wesson a man, although he has
lived among them nearly fifty years, and his
name, If not household word all over the
world, is at least a pocket piece wherever men
carry pistols "Oh. d. B. Wesson is multi
millionaire and is a top-notcher at making re-
volvers" is the answer a stranger gets to a
question about Mr.. Wesson, and fully two
thirds of those who speak of him as D. B. Wes-
son would hesitate If asked his first name.
The reason that Daniel B. Wesson seems more
Of tradition than a parsonage is because he
50 persistently avoids publicity. He Is exas-
peratingly retiring. He lives the quiet unevent
ful life of a home loving man whose chief pas
sons are his work and his family. He has
taken almost no active part in the affairs of the
city, and when he appears on the street there
is no comment-"There goes d. B. Wesson" for
only few know even who he is.
But his modesty and dif1dence do not ind-
cate weak personality. On the contrary Mr..
Wessons nature is a strong one and IN his
younger days his likes and dislikes were SO
emphatic that they often made him unreason-
able. A Roman Catholic used to be his pet
aversion and he would not employ one in his
shops or in his home The application blanks
which employees were requested. to fill contained
the question. Are you Roman Catholic7" and
an answer in the affirmative was considered
sufficient reason to bar the applicant from en-
poyment in the Smith & Wesson shops. Because
of this aversion he considered the chief
ponent of "a. P. A.-isrn," when this was
fourishing in Springfield. But Mr. Wesson
broadened In his sympathies, and one day In
newspaper interview came boldly out with the
statement that The present Mayor Of Spring
field is the best Mayor the city has ever had"
and the Mayor happened to be William P.
Hayes, a young Irish lawyer and Roman
Catholic, all hopes of Mr.. Wesson supporting
the a. P. a" rapidly vanished Since that time
the servants employed in his household have
been OF every nationality and religion, and
among them are numbered q Scotchman.
an Irishman and colored man.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

kindliness has been shown toward his men when
there has been Illness i'm their families Then
Mr. Wesson has sent physician to ther1 ana
orten a nurse and has paid the bills for sucn
medical attention.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
NOT A SOCIETY MAN.

he's just got the notion IN MS
head he'd like one, I suppose"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-24
NOTICE.
Educational Department.
State OF Florida.

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. %, 1905.
In response to numerous inquiries
as to what text books will constitute
the basis Of the June examination,
take this method of announcing that
no change will be made in the books
which were used in the last examina'
ton. The following will give CON-.
plete information on the subject:
Observation-Disclosures Word Les
sons Us cents), by Maynard, Merrill
G Co., New York.
Reading standard author win
answer.
omposition-Butler's School Eng,
lish (75 oents), by American Book
Co., New York or Atlanta.
Arithmetic-Milne's Standard (65
cents), by American Book Co.
English Grammar-Metcalf's (6O
cents). by American Book Co.
U. S. History-Field's Grammar
School (S1), by American Book Com
pany.
Florida History-Greene's or Fair.
banks Q.25), by H. ard w. B. Drew,
Jacksonville, Fla.
I6OSTdDUg" NATURAL Au-
vanced (s1.25), by American Book
Co.
Physiology-Coleman's Elements OF
(9O) cents), by The Macmillan Co.,
Atlanta
Civil Government in Florida-Yo-
GUMS $50 cents), by E. o. Painter &
Co., DeLand, Fla.
Algebra.-White's School ($1), by
American Book Co.
Physical Geography-Tarr's New
($I), by The Macmillan Co., Atlanta.
Theory and Practice-McMurray' s.
The Method of the Recitation 600
cents), by The Mcmillan Co., Allan
ia.
These books may be had of most
book dealers in the state, or from the
publishers by mail post paid on re-
ceipt of price. Respectfully,
w. NJ. HOLLOWAY,
State Supt. Pub. Instruction.
1feb-m
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-24
The Baboon.. Nine Lives.

When balloons once take to a mealie
field they will not leave it till they
have eaten every cob. When they de.
part every evening for home they have
filed their stomachs, their cheek pouch.
q and their arms! You cannot poison
these pests. for fifteen grains of pure
strychnine in banana has failed to
kill one. Only shooting with a rife
will do, and no human army was ever
cleverer in setting sentries. Even at
nighttime a large force Of hunters
has often been defied in its attempts
to surround the rocky stronghold OF
Cynocephalus porcarius. Even dogs
sent against the balloons fall before
creatures which have hands with
which to seize their enemies before
biting them. Let the stay at homs
farmer congratulate himself on pos
sessing merely rocks, pigeons, rats and
sparrows!-Country Gentleman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-24
PERSONAL NEWS
FROM ROBERTS
w. l. EvERHARTs RESIDENCE
HAS MARROW ESCAPE
FROM FIRE.

Roberts, Feb. 23.-These warm
days make one feel as If spring had
indeed come.
The Davidson brothers are grinding
cane.
w. L. Byerhart's residence had a
very narrow escape from fire Sunday
morning, and but for the timely as
sistance of a neighbor would no doubt
have been destroyed.
o. E. Searle and wife, iof StreatOr,
ILL.,, have returned to Roberts. Mr..
SearIe says he has come to stay this
time, that Illinois is too cold for him.
Aunt Patty Wilkinson had another
stroke of paralysis Monday last. DR..
Trammel is in attendance. Her con-
dition is much improved at this writ
ing.
Rev. j. o. Lawrence was a pleasant
caller at our school Tuesday last.
Andrew Bowman is improving
slowly.
Miss Bessie Walker, of Bluff
Springs. is attending school at this
place, the guest Of Mrs. Coker.
Miss Bessie Sweat is visiting in
Muscogee tnis week.
We think that the bird hunters will
have to attack the English sparrow
if they get any game as they seem TO
be all the birds there is left now IN
this vicinity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-24
REGISTRATION OF
BRITISH SUBJECTS
coNsULs ALL OVER WILL
REGISTER ENeLIsHMEN AND
FURNISH CERTIFICATES.

The following notice to English
subjects has Just been issued by the
British Vice Consul at Pensacola:
His Brittanic Majesty'sf Vice Con
sui at Pensacola, begs to inform
British subjects residing in this dis
trict, that the British Foreign Office
has instructed it's Consuls to encour.
age as much as possible the practice
Of registration of British subjects al
His Ma1esty's Consulates abroad gen
orally. Every British subject Is en-
titled. should he desire to do so, to
register himself at a British Consul
ate and to obtain a certificate that
he is registered.
It cannot be too strongly impressed
upon British subjects coming to re
side in foreign countries where claims
against the government occasionally
arise, that they should without delay
register themselves as British sub
jects at a British Consulate in such
foreign country.
For further particulars apply at the
Vice Consulate, where registrations
can now be made for the future.