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cd Of cropping into that indefinite thing
the mind, and when it is deranged set
ting it right again.
The men and women who suffer men,
tally through the exigencies OF govern
nent service are in this institution,
which goes popularity by the name Of st.
Elizabeth Asylum, some 1900 deranged
men and women, for whom the federal
government is responsible. Six hundred
of these are men of the army who have
lost their minds in the line of duty. -Four
hundred more are sailors who have be-
come unbalanced. The revenue cutter
service, the public health and marine
hospital service and other branches of
the government contribute their quota.
The insane of the District of Columbia
make up the balance.
x ::
OF these the men OF the army are the
most interesting. There are recruits
from the frontier forts Of Arizona, where
the solitudes Of unbroken plains have
proven too much for the lad who had
known only the streets of Brooklyn.
There are men from the Philippines where
the oppressive climate has added its quota
to youthful inconsistencies and driven the
youngsters mad. There are men who
have suffered such accidents as to i'm
pair the brain. One there is who was
shot through the head from temple to
temple and whose brain is consequently
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English Soldier of Fortune
Served in Many Conflicts

the major was promptly jailed on a
charge Of mutiny under the queens reg
ulations. After performing this notable
feat the authorities found themselves in
the absurd position of having arrested a
man for violating a code to which he had
never subscribed. He had not signed the
papers with the regular army. hence he
was not amenable to its discipline. A new
tack was tried. and he was charged with
mutiny against the company. but as that
was manifestly not the case the British
lion was up a stump. Having given the
matter much serious attention. the law
and the military decided that the best
way out of the position in which they
had been placed by one gentleman adven-
turer was to close him, which they did
in 1850. The major went his way rejoic-
ing and never got his discharge from the
company. a distinction that made his po-
sition decidedly unique.
The last fifty years Of the career Of the
man who had been through so much
fighting in India and had called the blum
Of the worldwide empire was quite up to
his former standard. He was always will
ing to risk his life or his money. Just to
keep himself full Of snap and ginger he
occasionally took a hand in a South
American revolution.
Various gentlemen in Latin America
will be glad to learn that the indi-
vidual who chased them into the
jungles at odd intervals in the last
nve decades VIII never climb out or
another surfboat, rife in hand. to dis
turb their pleasant pastime Of grab
bling the public funds.
Finding the revolution business was
not what it used to be, the major re-
turned to London and taught the citi
zens new schemes. He was the first
to hold promenade concerts in that
large and growing city. He took an
occasional flyer in opera as an impre-
sario. and held public boxing matches
long before the days Of the famous
Pelican Club. At his death he was
the manager of Gunner Moir, England's
extremely feeble "hope Of the white
race" The major was in excellent
health up to week before the end
came.
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From the Bank Clerks Window

graduating themselves that in the eyes
Of the bank clerk they have no eccentrici-
ties. When it comes to asking questions
they can compete with even the most
interrOgative members of the fair sex.
1t is true. however, that the banks
wOuld-be masculine patron. who wants
the most explicit Information about the
financial status OF the house, its rules and
rarely makes, as large a deposit as the
man who comes in and in simple, di-
rect, busineSS-like way fills in his card
and shoves his money through the re-
ceiving teller's window.
With the men, as i'll the case OF the
women, appearances are deceitful. One
cannot gauge the size of a mans bank
balance by the style of his coat. A
seedy-looking individual with a more or
less apologize. hangdog air. may be able
to secure q substantial loan from the
bank, whereas even the smallest amount
of credit or consideration might be de-
MED polished dandy, respondent in high
hat and cane.
Compared with other cities, the writer
was told that the banks in Washington
have very few dead accounts. After
certain number of years. balances that
are unclaimed are transferred to sundry
account. These balances are rarely adj
vertised except in cases where one bank
is merged into another.
In some of the big towns where the
population is a f1uctuating one. this sun
dry account often becomes very large.
Sailors arriving on shore frequently de-
posit their earnings in some savings bank
and then leave for sea duty. never to re-
turn. Death. too, seals the lips of many
who could otherwise reveal the place in
which their earthly treasures wee hid
den.
There is a bank in the Italian quarter
of northern city that resorts to all
kinds Of spectacular advertising. The
earnings and savings of fruitstand men
and vendors have given it large work
ing capital. The men at the head of it
cater to the ignorant. 1t is not unusual
to see the entire front window of the
bank piled high with glistening coins
this display inspires confidence in the
heart Of the banks clientele. many of
whom. with shining eyes, make up an
outside audience that stands and gloats,
like any miser. at the sight Of the SHIN
mering wealth.
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He has been deficient from birth. Then
some unusual Strain comes He is unable
to stand it. He goes under.
These deficients usually become perma-
nent charges Of the public. They are
not to be considered in the present plans
for relieving the afflicted. 1t may be pos
sible to build up this deficiency as one
would build up a shrunken arm by mas
reaches only that class OF deficients who
have suffered shock or some such thing.
x x
I'm this searching for the word that will
awake the sleeping mind there is needed
infinite care and pains. Sometimes it is
found necessary to search for weeks and
months. There is one case of record at
the Government Hospital for the Insane
in which the search was continued until
5000 words had been used without result.
yet in the end a cure was effected.
"One of the commonest evidences of a
certain insanity is the washing of the
hands. once had friend. otherwise en-
tirely rational. vino would wash his hands
twenty times in dressing. He was insane
to degree. At the government hospital
there was a man suffering from similar
hailucinatiOn. II given an opportunity he
would frantically wash his hands from
morning to night Otherwise he was ra-
tional
This man was taken into the quietude
of the experimental chamber and piled
with various words. In the end he re-
sponded to the word disgrace 1t de-
veloped that he had once seen a beggar
SO repulsively dirty and filthy that he had
been greatly shocked. 1t had occurred to
him what a loathsome disgrace it was to
come to such a state. Then he had for
gotten the incident, as far as outward evil
dence goes. But subconsciously the hor-
ror of dirt had grown upon him. In the
end he developed the mania for washing
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IN That Great Institution
1 Which the Government
Maintains for Those Who
Have Lost Their Minds in
Her Service the Doctors Are
Mental Detectives, Hunting
for the Word-Clue That Will
Unravel the Mind-Mystery
of the Patients-The Treat
ment Given Insane Patients
How Various Things Cause
Insanity One Patient Be-
comes Frantic at Sight of
Red-Efect of a Suicide on
a Sailor.
Copyright, 1911. by ". A. Du Puy.)
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Going Too Far.

(APT. SYLVANUS SMITH, the noted
~ Gloucester fisherman. was talking
a the New Willard about reciprocity.
Il have come down here" he said, to
oppose reciprocity in fish. / wish I
had as good a weapon to oppose il with
as that used by an Englishman against
the I.loyd-George budget.
The Lloyd-George budget contained
a tax on 'ungotten minerals'-on all
such undug minerals as your land
might contain-and the Englishman.
Harold Cox, killed the tax with ridi-
Guile.
eff We are going to tax land for its
ungotten minerals, he said. let US
carry the scheme to its logical conclu-
sion and tax bachelors for their I'M
gotten children.
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He Also Feared.

DUCCINI. the mother composer aston
ished New York with his frankness.
1t is narrated Of Puccini that at re-
ception in Fifth avenue an aristocratic
young woman was asked to sing some
thing Of the composers. She hesitated
at first. but finally she went to the
piano.
IT shall sing" she said, MINIS death
song in La Boheme'."
Then she turned and looked at PUG
cini.
ooh. cher maitre,'' she said, Il am so
afraid / can't sing it! !"
Never mind, madame" said Puccini.
coolly, $50 am !, too
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Multiplying" SCHEME
PR0vESASUCCESS
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


LONDON. March II. 1911.
Yv7HEN Sir joe Lyons, England S
w newest knight. opened big
-" hotel on the Strand about
eighteen months ago and announced
that there would be no ''tips' in the new
hosiery, most old Londoners laughed
They predicted that, within year either
the servants would be accepting tips in
the. time-honored way or the hotel would
be closed.
Neither thing happened: the hotel
hasn't closed and the no-tipping system
has proved such a success that the direct
ors are going to build the biggest hotel
In England. and probably in the world.
where the same system will be practiced
Alfred Salmon. one of the directors o.,
the hotel, gave the writer some particu-
lars about the new place yesterday 1t
will contain 1000 bedrooms and its total
dimensions will be over 10000 cubic feet
1t will have a large roof garden-an in
novation in English Notes.-The smoking
and billiard rooms, libraries, and, in fact.
every modern convenience.
What the exterior of the building is
to look like has not been quite decided,
but from hint dropped by Mr.. Salmon
1t may be assumed that 1t will be dis
tinctly impressive in appearance.
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to come down. In one Of the streets
which are going the undertaken who
made Nelson's Aboukir coffin mad ms
shop, and a number of other veneraole
old business places will disappear. ne
cost of the site has probably been high,
as a great many leases must nave oee"
LAS a matter Of fact" said Mr.. Sal
mon, 1.-The new hotel Will only De
second edition of the other place. ana
a second edition Is always larger thah
the first you know.
When questioned as to his hopes OF
success with the new venture MI. Sd,
mon told me that each day more peopIe
than would fill the new place w., VI
being turned away from the other hotel.
If that is to be taken as any criterion
it looks as if the new hotel isn't going
to be any too large.
The writer also asked Mr.. Salmon II
their success with his hotel could be
taken as meaning the success or the no
tipping system.
yes" he answered. cit can. The sys-
tenn has been complete success.
"How does the public fall in Nv with tine the
regulations?" was asked. DO theE
ever attempt to evade them:
..They do occasionally: he replied.
But it's only very occasionally. AS
rule they fall in with the system al
once
"And you find the servants just as
ready to oblige as when they had to
depend on tips?"
.'Quite" was his answer.
The servants themselves seem to con-
slider the system q success from their
point of view, for Mr.. Salmon said they
preferred the regular wage to the IN
certain earnings of the waiter who de-
ponds on tips.
Many people here are Of the opinion
that such places as this hotel are quickly
bringing about the death OF the boarding
house keeper. 1t stands to reason that
If for a price SO low one can get all the
high-class hotel comforts. not many are
going to remain in the boarding house.
The chief patrons Of the new hotel are
Americans, so 1t will be more than prob
able that Americans will be found in
large numbers in the new house.
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RENCH. Trench"
shouted the doctor,
at the same time
slapping the great,
blond boy of a pa
tient resoundingly
on the knee.
The word and the
slap both came sud-
denly out of the
serenity of a peace
full Quietude in
which even the de-
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The site intended for the hotel is the
old-world neighborhood which lies be-
hind Regent street and Piccadilly cir
Gus. It is within few seconds walk
of each, yet quieter spot could hardly
be imagined. number of very inter-
esting old buildings will have to be
demolished to make room for the hotel.
and a whole block OF houses will have
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BUbDIG WHERE THE MENTAL DETECTIVES
e-9 HATCH THE1R. FLAn131 e--,

The army and navy contribute a sur
prisingly large number Of insane pa
tents, considering the fact that all who
enter these services must first pass rigid
physical examinations. DR.. White ex-
plains graphically how this comes about
His explanation applies only to that por-
ton of the insane who do not owe their
condition to any extraordinary circum-
stance.
1.-The army and navy" said DR.. White
ARE recruited very largely from the un-
employed. AS general thing the un-
employed are deficients. They are men
who have never been able to hold posi-
tions. There is something erratic about
them. When one Of these defcients gets
into the army OF navy one OF two things
happens to him. The service. its regula-
lions and restrictions. makes a man Of
him. overcoming his deficiency. or it
breaks him down, the deficiency being
too great
aside from the insane from some un-
usual occurrence. there is usually this
deficiency from birth. Take almost any
man who has ended by being insane
Look into his past and you will find that
he has never been able to hold regular
Job. He has always rebelled against au-
thority. He has been erratic all along.
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and either go into the store or laugh and
replacing the coin, go smilingly on their
way"
do you consider it brings trade?'' the
ton.
well, it certainly has attracted atten-
ton and made people notice our place all
right. You came in here yourself to find
out what there i'm ii for YOU"
Yes, admitted the curious one, that's
a fact. i did"
We'll. people are nearly all aike-when
it comes to gratifying their curiosity 1
was only profiting by an experience [
had with a similar scheme in Pittsburg
when l was managing "a clothing store
there. | had a large number of notes
written i'm Il feminine hand placed in
small envelopes and addressed TO various
men about town, at offices, hotels and
such. Each of them read call up Miss
Fitz at'-and there [ inserted our tele-
phone number. Well. We had a weeks
rush. L tell you. Scarcely a man failed TO
comply.
He wanted to know if Miss Fitz was
there, and | would reply in all serious
ness No, this is the Just So Pants Com
pany and we don't have misfits.
You can bet he passed that along 10
his next of kin. and we certainly did bust
ness-on the telephone at least But |
can claim the invention of the idea / got
1t from newspaper article about a wag
in New York city who crippled the tele-
phone company so that they had to put
on an extra force of operators to connect
parties who wanted to talk to Mr. Fish
Even the business men fell for it, Call
up such and such number and ask for
Mr.. Fish and you will hear something
good. They did and got the booth at the
aquarium.
While he was talking two men entered
and asked excitedly why the firm was
making such "A fuss about 1910 five-cent
IN circu alton.
Just went in a bank down the block
and asked the cashier if he had any, and
he laughed. Said he had more than Of
any other year" said one OF the men.
The clerk agreed that he probably had
That made one of the men more angry
still. Why do you want them, them"
He was Informed that any sane person
would naturally pay ten dollars for more
than nine times that amount in nickelS.
''Oh, it's joke" the other one asked,
and with mocling ''ha. ha.' they left.
The clerk told of a foreigner who want
ed to know lis it that the English is
wrong or what" and of n street car
conductor who actually ran from his car
at the corner and said he had heard
a bout the thing and he could Just about
break the bank if there was any truth
in the rumor. He, too, left a sadder and
a wiser man.
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len it comes to bank
Ing" said the manager
Of an uptown bank,
women maintain their
,>~,%o<;n~ %or ;,oorc{ct
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-26
TAYLOR CASE IN
THE DISTRICT COURT
PRINCIPAL WITNESS FOR STATE
DENIES FORMER STATEMENT
BUCK WILLIAMS GETS : YEARS.

But two witnesses were examined
in the Joe Taylor case in district
codrt this morning. One was the
deputy sheriff that intercepted Tay.
lor af,er he had escaped from an.
othe. officer and had been in hiding
two days, who testified that~1he man
guilty of the crime, was a party by
the NAM Of McAbee. who was now
in Colorado. The other was the girl
in the case who denied that her
former testimony was the truth, and
stated that Taylor was not the auth
or of her condition. One damaging
witness was introduced in behalf of
the state. The case will probably con
sumo the entire day. Yesterday al
ternoon Buck Williams was arraigned
for the killing of another negro in
pool hail on the east side last win
ter, and entered a plea of guilty to
manslaughter and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. The
time already spent in the county Jail
here will be deducted from his sen
tencp
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-26
WILL OPERATE A.
80 csE-%r~--sSNaSr-ess~
z|NCgSMELTER
MINIATURE PLANT WILL BE IN
STALLED TODAY TO SHOW
CHARACTER OF WORK.

Messrs. Allen and Bowles OF Shaw
ness arrived in the city this mornine
ard are installing a miniature smelter
Plant at the Randol hotel.
Through the influence of W. F.
Beard who is heavily interested in
the mineral deposits at the Arbuckle
mountains these men were induced
to come to the city and demonstrate
the manner in which pure zinc is re
duced from the mineral bearing rock.
Mr.. Beard stated yesterday that he
had made arrangements to erect two
mills on his claim and would in all
probability erect a smelter at once.
For some time Br. Beard has been in
consultation with capitalists who are
interested in the zinc deposits at the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-26
INDIAN CONDITIONS
ARE IMPROVING
AGENT FROM INTERIOR DEPART
MENT FINDS FULLBLooDS ARE
ANXIOUS TO IMPROVE FARMS.

j. W. Reynolds. who is what is
known as expert farmer, or agricul-
tural agent working under the direc-
tion of the department of the interior
among he Indians, is in the city, and
in reply to q question relative to his
work, stated this morning
Il find that the Indian is progress
ing along ,..e lines of agriculture and
that they are more determined to re-
flute the traditions of their race and
get to work than ever. This applies
particularly to the fullbloods, among
whom the greater part of my duties
are confined. | was at farm yester-
day allotted by a fullblood. and his
crop is revelation. His cotton is
fine and what is remarkable he
stated that he had not been in town
for several weeks. being too busy
with his farm to think of idleness.
lnlS man was III tue cottoH pdJch
picking cotton when | arrived and he
took delight in showing me over his
farm and pointed with pride to the
growing crop of cane that is grow
ing 10 take the place as a forage
crop of his corn crop that was en-
tirely destroyed by the drouth. When
| asked him il he was discouraged
over this years work and thought
OF leaving the country, he remarked:
NO. Me stay here, work harder next
year: me no discouraged"
/ Mr.. Reynolds is deeply interested
in the new American Indian Associa-
ton which will Ue organized at Col
umOus, Ohio, next month.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-26
New Mexico Looks Good.

r. Hardy has just returned from
Portale3, y. NJ, where he has been
looking after business matters there.
He states that crops in the vicinity of
Portales are looking fine and that al
falra is remarkably so. Mr.. Hardy
stated that the new irrigation plant
recently installed by the government
to supply that section was indeed a
wonderful thing, that the benefits de
rived from it would be incalculable.
He stated that much of the land along
the ditch was yielding as high as eigh-
ty dollars an acre of alfalfa OF the
very highest quality.
He states that the people are elat-
ed over being admitted into the un-
'cn as a state. but stated that it was
quite impossible at this time to state
lust whether the state will be repub!i-
can or democratic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-26
TAFT PARTICIPATING IN CELE-
BRATlON OF FlFTlETH ANNl-
VERSARY OF KANSAS.
ADDRESS AT THE STATE FAIR
Taft Takes Occasion to Praise the
Late Congressman Madison, Whom
He Termed The Coming Man of
Congress-.

/ Hutchinson, Kan, Sept 26.-Pesi
dent Taft was tAc central figure to-
day at the celebration OF the ilftieth
anniversary of Kansas.
lie arrived here at G:l1 this morn
ing and politics We're laid aside The
presidents program included "A review
OF the big parade an address at the
state fair, the laying of the corner
stone of the new convention hall and
dinner at the country club.
Mr.. Taft had something to say Of
the independence of thought in Kan
sas. THE trials through which the
state has come he declared, has
given character to its inhabitants.
They are bold and original in thought
and courageous in execution
In his address he referred at length
10 the late CONGRESSMAN Madison. 81
had not known him long" he said
but [ knew his strong qualities OF
heart and mind, his keen perceptions
of law as "A jurist and his level head
edness as legislator \ speech |
heard Linn make i'm congress on eX-
certing lawless combinations of work
ingmen from the application of an
appropriation marked him as the com
ing man of congress"
Sketching the history of Kansas,
the president said Kansas furnished
the battle ground for contending fac
tons of the entire nation, She was
born in a struggle Her early years
were those of suffering and travail;
il her half century of life as a state,
she has reached great prosperity May
il always continue
President Taft will review the in
fants entered in the state baby show
and will take part in the celebration
OF the semi-centennial of Kansas
statehood.
1t is proposed that the 100 prize
Youngsters of the Sunflower state,
the pick of the state baby show, be
organized into a centennial associa-
ton, and into their fat little hands
will be delivered today the responsi-
bility of organizing and promoting
a Kansas centennial exposition fif'y
years hence, in 1861. The president
will witness the unique ceremonies
connected with the organization Of
the infants.
These babies will be brought up on
Kansas history, and as soon as they
are old enough will be taught the i'm
rortance of their organization and its
mission. The youngsters will be edu-
Gated with a view of making them
prominent in the public affairs of the
state, and with the hope OF getting
few governors and maybe a presi
dent ont of their number.