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New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
Alarming Ggosyfb Of Reputation Of Insane
Asyfur7s Raises DfSgafeffns Thoughts
Abozef fbe F1fure Fare Of NaftonS.

twenty developed abnormal characteristics.
/ most OF them of a scientific or religious
! turn Theatrical managers began to cater
/ 10 the cranky. Playhouses were thronged
where the curtain went UP on the antics of
/ a crazed leading lady. Press agents, in
tent on booming their stars among the
! iooTley, circulated fake medical bulletins
announcing that such and such a prirna
donna or tenor was exhibiting symptoms of
softeuing o. the brain. \ certain public
duly warned. fiocked TO witness an artist :
/ last struggle with the overpowering mind
darkness.
/ Posters read, Positively last rational ap-
/ pearanCe OF Bobby Burnisham
THE whole world accepted with humor
ana sarcasm the tidings of the diseases
! iuroads. save q very few. They were the
kind who formerly chafed under the indlt-
ference which had allowed consumption.
congenital blindness and blood poison TO
gain terrific headway.
But this spirit Of levfty could not long
be maintained. BY 22Go a D. the erection
Of an asylum was a matter OF course in the
most insignificant hamlet. In the majority
OF cities and towns those buildings. gcner-
ally planned ou the 'overcloud system one
hundred and sixty stories high and sur
landscape the part once monopolized by
hiEh-spired churches.
They became the civic centre Of the
community The lower floors were general
~ given up TO parliamentary assemblies or
card clubs, which contributed d large quota
II the inmates. These conditions went from
bad 10 worse as the ratio Of lunatics 10
the sane steadily increased once in while
p ~ ~
roast TO death TWO or three hundred guests
Of his, or suddenly de1nented engineer
would throw his engine, throttle open.
against the bumpers of d terminal and bury
himself, chain Of cars and a howIinG.
bewildered mob IL the ruins OF a concourse.
II was not until a police chief had caused
seren railroad magnates to be drowned like
rats after an accident on their roads that
acCion appeared 10 be imperative. Then
only did the press, pulpit and the parlia-
ments Of the world express genuine anxi-
ety as 10 the mental condition Of the hu-
man race whole and begin TO cast
about seriously for a remedy.
CONSERVATIVES advocated the locking up
Of every individual convicted Of apparent
nervousness. People addicted TO gesticulat-
lng should be kept under observation for q
year Radicals demanded the adoption or
preventive measures. The moderate party,
yisibLy Influenced by builders associations,
reconcLed all factions by presenting a bill
that provided for five thousand new asylums
q year All positions from keepers TO ward
ems were to be distributed equally between
Radicals and Conservatives.
In the years following the proclamation
+ of The United States of the World, A u
30, standing armies were abolished be-
. cause all the soldiers, determined and vigor-
I 0us men. We're needed 10 watch the over
1 flowing establishments for the care Of the
insane.
Special corps known as the insanity pa
+ -r0l. made Up Of exceptionally strong men
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

to shoot to kill without warning Trans
atlantic messages told Of hundreds of thou
sands Of frantic people who were taking
possession Of al available craft and wou.a
within 4 few days bring 10 the American
shore their destitutiou and panicky fear
AT secret session Of the American
Congress North America decided to break
the bonds uniting her the federation OF
the world Vessel after vessel. oceanoplane
tier oceanonIane was wrecked and SUNK,
with the demeuted hordes which insane
Asia had frightened into Europes sea-
ports as soon as they came within the
range OF the wireless ignitors and eXplodeTs
htrriedIy. installed along the coast Ihls
terrible outbreak lasted some four montlS'
after which wireless queries failed 10 prin5
answers to America from any point OF the
globe The insane had butchered or I'M
prisoneG all the sane Of the Old World
AN invisible pail. q great pestllence' lot
davs and days enshrouded the American
land. All winds but the north wind were
laden with the exhalatiOnS OF dead mill
ions. Tropical currents were delineated on
the sea by the corpses of Southern Europe
and Africa The Kouro- -Shiro washed yei-
low corpses ashore on the California
beaches.
The great fear then stalked abroad
The number of those who took their lives
rather than face the situation was ap-
pailing. To Offset the dread effects OF
morbid suggestion 1t was forbidden under
penalty OF death TO mention insanity IN
public.
mo man in his senses dared any longer
intrust his life and safety to railroad
train, no unidentified bird-man was allowed
Is land anywhere and many an innocent
aviator was shot at sight by overnervous
watchers.
THE great fear paralyzed energies. dulled
minds. and human beings were slowly sink
ing to the level or the beast Of prey
SuFpecting and suspected men crawled out
Of their haunts and crawled back 10 them
with only two thoughts, their food and
their safety.
During the torrid amer Of A. D.
229S the sane of seve Southern States
were overpowered by the insane. who as
suned the reins OF government, and once
more the North mad 10 take up arms
to fight back gesticulating, hleary-eyed
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

insanity question. More radical measure es
were proposed. From the ranks OF the con-
servattve voices were heard demanding the
naturalization OF Africa, which would
henceforth be used as an International IN
sane Reservation. The bill was withdra"n'
however before the opposition OF the so
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to WING
Animals. A dramatic scene was enacted
on the third day Of the congress. WINE
the ushers were removing forclDly & Coh-
aressman VINO had presented q bill allow
ing the insane to roam free, while Gil sane
peopIe would be locked up, proposition
which could no longer elicit a smile, &
message was sent TO the chairman.
1T was the terrifying news Of uprislngs
occurring simultaneously in all quarters OF
the world The inmates of the great CLl-
usse reservation for the insane in Mongolia
had ove-powered their guards HAN mill
ion strong when they marched on PekinS
under the leadership Of man whom they
believed to be COnfucius reincarnated, tney
were increasing the number OF their ad-
herents at every step.
THE contagion was spreading so quickly
that it would be a question OF a few days
when hundreds Of millions OF Contuclanists
would follow the wild exodus.
similar outbreaks were reported from
India. where armies rushed eastward COM
rnanded by & self-styled avatar OF Sakia-
Mount: from the Moslem world, Wnere
Mahomets Of every hue were raising the
star and crescent; from South America
where Spanish or Indian heroes resusci-
tated from their graves, as they believed
led hordes of insane and half sane TO the
conquest of imaginary worlds.
..7,he guards in American asylums were
armed with repeating rifles and authorized
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

ground: then immense food gates
TO be thrown open. through which "a "a
gallons Of water from Lake Erie v.--
lowed 70 pour from the lake toward
red-hot bottom Of the pit The food =.
would then be closed before the wa..-
the molten interior OF the eartn-spS
steam thus suddenly generated woula
pei the shell toward the moon AZ A =.
sufficient 70 counteract the attraction. o.
earth The food gates would then
opened and a second, third. fourth a.
up 10 the fftieth. would follow everv
hour for twenty-five hours
Preparations had not besn cornBl.
TOO early by any means a part ~
Northern army. sick and tired Of tie
ing fight against the insane. had -evas
A labor asitator betrayed 70 the reoeg
soldiers the secret Of the mysterious sos
on the shore Of Lake Erie. They der.
to attack the niilionalres' camp. to y
possession Of the hiers and 70 make a.
escape first
a terrible battle was vaged On
very morning set for the .dght bes-.
the TevoIted regiments and the faithful =
guarding the works. As the first f.
was being lowered into the gun
fort came within the rang
the enemy's artiIIery- 4 projectile. Iozss
with two tons OF Martite. the new =
plosive. brought down the great crane,
cling everything to the ground
The fler. breaking loose. crashed &c b
lotion Of the gun AT The same secu
the food gates were burst open. and e
great lakes poured themselves into a
molten centre Of the earth,
For an hour or so the 1Iartians wan
ing in the moon saw nothing but a "a
bank OF clouds enshrouding the plant E
and then a plume OF steam, or G haFs.
OF red fire would brtstIe above the dow
nebulous mass. y fierce storm seemsd
rage for a while. and when the cle
settled. four irresuIarIy shaped plants 4
peared. The explosion had blown the ssz
to bits" ANDRE TRIDOE
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
4ettv Green's Son Talks About His Mothers Wealth

mother she ordered me 10 stop at the
highest priced hotels. Live we'll, she
cautioned me. but don't go around at
q doctor will be scalled in, and I won't pay
any money for such foolishness.
i was in Chicago for long time on an
important matter of business. Mother ex-
pected me 10 pay SC a day at the Audi
torium Annex. went 10 the Clifton
House which was cheaper, expecting to
have q little more money, you see for my
own use. I notice, mother wrote. that
you are not staying at the hotel l sug
gested. 1t is all right. but I have reduced
your daily allowance S3. You are not 10
have any more spending money than the
amount decided on originally SO my
scheme fell down.
my mother is careful concerning the ex-
penditure of money because she has exact
rules on which 70 conduct her business.
It is n. [ for me 70 say that the rules are
faulty From results obtained they ap-
pear to be about right. Never give q
penny TO a well man, she has told me
more than once Help him. but make him
do something in return if it IS no more
than to carry d brick around the block.
When man is willing TO work give him a
steady job If you can. Compel every one
in your employ to earn his pay: otherwise
you are injuring him and yourself
rs it true" I asked, that you worked
as a section hand on a railroadT'
Yes. 7 had never said anything 10
mother about the presidency Of the cherni-
cal National Bank. However. my lightning
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

long since closed involved the sum o. S.
- s. The clerks. before they eo- USED
il would open their mouths and sves sin
taneousIy. Some man VIII come ia and
mark that properly at Tl-th avCnua .
SD street IS bound 20 increase IN var
'AiT. SO-and-So.' mother VIII reply
pressed the same opinion three Years
last SeDtembe~
''Of course one can be an animated n
ory and nothing else. IN which event
is hut drudge, "a human machine On p
legs Besides an eX-rao~dl70ar~ msET
my mother has ETaaI wisdom and cs
and sure vision She has never made g
money in specula,ion--l- Greens da
speculate. She has been what you ms
call one bank man You may have
t.ced that when currency Is scarce n y
York Mrs. Green always has plenty U p
or good collateral There IS 10 bs
judge Of commercial paper ID ihe "a
States am sure her total losses On
particular kind Of security have been
than $4,000 Again. showing her Teia
Of mana cement. she rarely II ever
any of her p-opercT. She buys it lHis
Sentlv and then Keeps ir. regardless of p
ket fluctuations or rh~ increase Or Valls
Are there too many swollen for-'us
az Mr.. Roosevelt, calls them. in the =
try2-'
Zig enterprises require immense -
OF money We are living in big JHiss
relf century ago -te Aston House 9s-
Sf'a.pot. was the finest hotel IL NsE ie''
The hotel we are sitting IN tp-rlsA
SIa.@or.1oe We have always hsaru
monopolies We're about To- rum tns %
/ mad occasion To examine sons vsTs
American newspapers. The PeHnsf
Railroad. I read. mad purchased a cars
New Jersey. The editor. o. sober aHa
SaciouS man. no doubt expressed tls
qUiatinS conviction ths- tae Peunsyia
Railroad then about I5a miles lous
irving 20 monopoJiz- the ;-a1+ic OF The =
country. The gloomy warn.ngs We
ncw viii sound rather funny IN me
1850
The drastic railway LEGISLATION
Texas, remarked. does not seT-
have affected you any"
Texas has better laws t-au New
nor do gralters IN p-bic office 2.
hl@lckniaI Our bjS business F'A
when promoter comes along SA-
poses TO build a railroad cosl-as
"a mile and 10 issue S51lJJ OF bo2'a
stopped by our state officials. He
ot course. bur We hear no co-npl'i'-
prospective iuve--ars Railroads arg
built IN Texas on au honest oaSis'
rates there are high eaolsA, ~
Green is satisfied. because her fo1o
ing per cent 81 yea- in divide''ls
promptly meettuz it's charSes fer -.
Are any danserous conditions
inc in the country ..,ss
There are always danSe Gus 80
in certain localities Ne man b,
Wall Street. for instance, az any
Hut tho United Stale=. As
soursI and secure. Ou- u2y iT
SORTS for day In a week the Fes
time ba is me as sIk. Is is 50 w.
ness This is "a ricn and s.'ien'-~ 81
and wan street gamblers can He
rDn stocks up or GOWN a"l ,ale~,ss ,,',,.ss
nrosrs~itv OF the West The 80 ,,s
tbs mus and the erovIs Of tne 80
poiev parts OF a IcyIl comedy M ~ -
Iitr,e Importance 10 ,he rest o.
try" r. Na,E0ss
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skilled il the handling OF straitjackets,
were organized in all the large cities. The
asylum keepers union became the most
important and powerful Of all labor assocl-
ations.
Thine and over again the A. &. I. cowed
the government by threat 10 strike unless
the demands OF its members were granted,
and after a while these men received the
highest wages paid for any kind of work
''In 22S2, however, after trying vainly to
exact d pension after ten years of service,
they struck. A that time the United States
alone had twenty-five million lunatics. AL
most five millions Of them escaped and
terrified the Iano by aToci0us, undescrib-
able mfsdeeds.
THE World Parliament then took UP the
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
a COUNTRY WITH ONE JAZZ.

Iceland Is altogether Iaw-a0iding plas
There is only one jail and that rzu
ever has more than TWO people II T. ri
TO be largely accounted for by the ii
lhat there is not a disUnery o. a brezs
in all Iceland Some liquors are im7or-s
from Scotland, Norway and DenmsE
but there VIII be an end 10 th.s IL IA
year 1872. when the prohibi-0rv law passes
by Parliament on July 90. 1892 VII
into effect An acute legal gentleman q
Scotland, who has examined it. saws "a
III IS hard and fast al every D1izr-
well-nade law The Good TeuDla-s m
taken 2 very active part n securing a
law. and they are preparing the UaE- "a
lis euforcemenL-1rs- W F Crafts. Z
the Christian HeraiL-
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

a steady increase in the number Of ins'iiie
r,-rsous II, r,-ona-fion 10 the sane, is fe'i'f"
of our national life to-day which brings uis
r,uiefinc thoughts TO reflective Tniios- =" ii'1
viii han1en when the steadily mounting '"''"
az the insane reaches 80 per cent al our '",,-
rapulatsons Wouid the sane then H1'
right 10 cnnfine their crazy STe1hreh-
.f,e rattle reaches - Per ceH' ""'iC 'i'
have the power to do 50: MiSiil h"i '''
sane. the zrost maj jarit!- decide ihs' 'ile h'ii'
she minority. were the really abnormal mem
- - .,rie+x and proceed to trest them
soco-dingfys The writer Of the f"ii""ihs
article does nothing to aIlay these d"ubts-
On fl,e contrary. ha-hui read II and see
THE rubiect Of a public lecture on as
.ronor77v on the 4Sd day Of the Isth SatlT-
-.a5e IN the 3oa4th wear, Marian calendar
- Tecar77be- 3 1882. Terrestrian system,
ms. The second moon and its tA'ee sa'el-
sstss-T7e-ra a. Terra j, Terra T.. Terra =.
This lecture was delivered IN the planet
N.irs. Delivered may not oe an accurate
farm as 40 longer did audiences W,tlE- noe
o. ~ 10 lecture halls. Tor q nominal charge
the Violet Ray Wave TranSmlileF ana
Illustrator Company connected thousands
Of Marian homes with its central iaoora-
4a.-v, where celebrities from various planets
before receiving apraratl-scs-
lack Of space 6orbl6s Our enlarcilg upon
shs progress of science in Jne nl@net, which,
after the passing of -ae o-d Earth had
Secorls the most progressive zud most
talked about world In Tie whole solar s.s-
ZEN,
We VII conlne ourselves so mentioning
briefly che salient facts Ulieh on That
,lirhr tie tr2usuittoph1ue spoke out in
fnree 1uIsliou l1o--az- flashed ont la electric
R1eu0crsBhE- <1r the deaf or embossed Oh
clasuc hand plates under The fingers OF
The hind while Wei selected scenes OF
Ilorror were being vizualizeG on the four
dimension screen HE the ilus--oEraTh-
Hero is tIa way tia lecturer described
now the peoples of tnis L&rl- gradually
vveu- mao and finally destroyed -ae p-l-eI
1hey lived ll-
'sIa The year 1910 t-e~-aE-riau ca--Hut4-
-ia1l reports cf luUaov comm isSiou~ il the
various counrri-s o. The planet Earth noted
: sluifeart increase. sometimes fully 80
per ceuL il r-f= population ol insane asy-
5ums since 1890. T5lrv yer cent ia twenty
years was -uleaa Il re--a-laalc ratio OF
increase still newspapers dismissed the
TACT Ia short para graphs, Carl1ouists busy
with campaign banter failed 10 Sc, III the
Stem u source OF ca-rieatssrlI inspiration
The public ignored il altogether
'gn Z1a a j.. q census Of tile whole
world contained the d.zeulettn- statement
that tte proportion Of mentally 6eranged
70 normal individuals was one u f-tv.
Then illustrators woke up 10 their u7-
7'o--1u--lrE and the verla treated itself 10
some hearty merriueur Various ra~;ta-
-nents voted appropriations Tor new insane
ss2luTns- Architects, builders and -lan or
me associated traces benefited 5y the ad-
rance Of -ae mar-a. plague An old ualn-
<A-el entitled 'Ellagv on Insanity was re-
printed Tor free distribution by some vag
Rlfn more money than prophetic vision
IA --a5 every man. woman or child IN
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RENO RELATIVES.

"you say you're a cousin Of 1lr- Gl.
son.' So"
'rYes-seven times removed.
Goodness How do you keep track (
that"
Easily. Ny fourth husband ular7s
his third wife. ."-CIeveIand Leader.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

rod was up. But she wanted me 10 learn
railroadinS' and the only place To learn
'hat business IS on a railroad, down on the
ground among the men. 1t can't be learned
III 'he corridors or lobhies Of this hotel-
mere every one Is a fi-nan-cier. The dose
was bitter, but I swallowed H. ana Tor
several months used "a shovel on section
al $lp week Then l was made foreman
Keeping my stretch of track smooth ana N
iepalf and the weeds cut down
II was pioneer Work-tho Kind that gives
New-York tribune., 1910-12-08
TRUSTEES YIELD TO ALUMNI
Columbia Conditions for Deges
Modified by Resolution.

The alumni Of Columbia University =
succeeded in convincing the trustees ..
institution that they erred Vheas :,
passed a resolution last April vnic-
lowed a student to come TO CourrsiA i'
very short time having pracucsl1
piered his education ar another insc'-- in.,.
and sttn get his degree from Co'---'-
University.
The graduates felt this would cncas
Columbia degree and turn out 8 larse
ber OF men who would not be real CoA-A
men az heart. bur would recognize 81
Iesfance to their former schools
Accordingly the alumni assOcian'n-
behalf OF the graduates protested -
the trustees ruling a. the annual n -
some time ago. This protest vas p"-
fore the trustees and az their isss -
ing held on Monday OF this week -,
ruling was modified 70 such an eAs'N.
IN nrac+tcaIIv resctnd the resolution pS
last April .,-.s
The modified resolution Of cns
reads IN part as follows: ,es
'"Ths. faculty OF COluTnbl2 Colles7 a.
nor recommend for the baeealanfr"
gre. any candidate who completes th'
h,ned academic and professions -.
course ar Columbia unless such csn'As.
nas successfully pursued regular acA '''..,-
studies for ar least one year n s-,,.ss.
as a regular student IN Columbia - 40
and ,ha University Council should uh''~
circumstances have power 20 reco'n
candidates for a baccaIaureate ass
New-York tribune., 1910-12-08
IT WOULDN'T BE MISSED

From The Albany Argus ..A~oIsr
Somebody wants 10 reviss ne, ne :. .ays
again and TX Up a year Win M - ~ uostf
while Tor al OF US 20 leave oot .s--u4-rs.
enIar is tbe procrastinarlnz .rA
Iut none OF the others could n-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-08

The war into which the South drove
the Union was at first sustained bv the
Northern people at large only as war
to maintain the Union; they could not
have been united in it's support for any
wider purpose He would not therefore
permit IL 10 lie diverted from that char
acter-would not let it appear as a
movement on his part 10 abolish or even
TO injure slavery where that institution
had an admittedly legal existence under
the Constitution He was even anxious
TO keep the confiscation act against the
escaping slaves of rebels from, bearing
the appearance of a plan to turn the
war into an abolition channel Not till
masses OF the North realized the neces-
sity was he willing to use this power.
already put in his hands against slavery
within its old limits. His extreme eau
ton exasperated many OF his support
ers; and after the disastrous carnpaigns
through which the war dragged its
weary way in the first and second years.
Horace Greeley. his old colleague in the
only Congress in which either OF them
ever served. iInpatientiy addressed TO him
in print The Prayer OF Twenty Mill
ions. insisting that attempts TO put
down the rebellion and yet uphold its
melting cause must be futile. and de-
manding the enforcement of laws which
fully authorized him to free large classes
of siaves. Mr.. Lincoln Immediately rc-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-08

The Senator'S C1Ir. Douglas's} adversary
stood upon principle and was beaten: and
10, he is the candidate OF mighty party
for the Presidency OF the United States
The Senator from Illinois faltered. He
got the prize for which ne faItered: but To-!
the grand prize Of his ambition slips to-
day from his grasp because OF his faltering
in his former contest; and his success in
the canvass for the Senate, purchased for
an ignoble price, has cost him the Presi-
dency of the United States.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-08

Anti-slaverv man as ne had always
been by conviction, and anti-slavery
President as he was now by election, he
realized that his only actual mandate
from the people was to resist the efforts
of slave holders TO extend that institu-
ton over free soil within the Union.
But he was not kept long in a waiting
attitude. The South hastened TO take
the initiative. A plot to assassinate him
before he could enter Washington TO be
inaugurated was detected and thwarted.
The Cotton States were already setting
I'D their Secession Confederacy, and the
whole South was afiane and defiant.
His inaugural address was nevertheless
soothing and persuasive. He made it
perfectly plain that they had not the
excuse of any attack, present or intend
ed, upon slavery where it already ex-
listed. under constitutional sanction. and
he closed with this touching appeal:
In your hands. my dissatisfied fellow
countrymen. and not in miHc, is the mo-
mentous issue of civil war. The govern
conflict without being yourselves the ag-
Sressors. You have no oath registered In
Heaven to destroy tHs government. whils
shall have the most solemn one 10 pre-
serve, protect and defend It"
am loath TO close. We are not enemies
hut friends. We must not be enemies
Though passion may have strained. IL must
not break bonds of affection. The
mystic chords OF memory. stretching from
every battlefield and patriot grave 10 every
living heart and hearthstone all over this
broad land. will vet swell the chorus OF the
Union when again touched. as surely thew
will be, by the better angels OF our nature
The answer to this appeal was the
prompt investment OF Fort Sumter in
the harbor of Charleston. The mere at
tempt 20 supply II with provisions was
made the excuse for bombarding and
reducing H. We must sprinkle blood
In the faces Of the people" said d ven
New-York tribune., 1910-12-08

Hardly any discussion before popular
audiences III America had ever COM
manded such wide attention as the Lin
coin Douglas debate, in their canvass
for the Senatorship. II was the first to
he reported at such length. verbatim. in
the newspapers. AS Horace Greeley af-
terward exutingly declared. IL was the
FIRST ahich was subsequently, adopted IN
full as q campaign document by the de-
feated side. MIR. Lincoin's supporters