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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19
WHAT AFTER THE LAST SLEEP
Most important of All Questions as a
Material Philosopher Sees
II, 10 Considered.

In considering our destinies beyond
the grave, we need have no reason
to linger too long over these appari-
lions or these revelations. even though
they should really be incontestable
and to the point. They would seem,
all told, to be only the incoherent and
precarious manifestations of transit
tory state. They would at best prove,
II we were bound to admit them,
that reflection of ourselves. an after.
vibration of the nerves. a bundle of
emotions, spiritual silhouette,
grotesque and forlorn image, or, more
correctly. sort Of truncated and up
rooted memory, can, after our death.
linger and float in a space where moth
ing remains to feed it, where 1t gradu-
ally becomes wan and llfeless. but
where a special fluid, emanating from
an exceptional medium. succeeds at
moments in galvanizing it.
| Perhaps 1t exists effectively, per-
haps II subsists and revlves only in
the recollection of certain sympathies.
After all 1t would be not unlikely
that the memory which represents US
during our life should continue to do
SO for few weeks or even a few
years after our decease. This would
explain the evasive and deceptive
character of those spirits which, pos.
sessing only a mnemonic existence
are naturally able to interest them
selves only in matters within tleir
reach. Hence their irritating and ma
niacal energy In clinging to the slight
est facts. their sleepy dullness, theil
incomprehensible indifference anc
ignorance. and all the wretched alb
surdities which we have noticed more
than once.-Maurice Maeterlinck IL
the Century Magazine.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19
ON ITS OWN MERITS
No Possible Delusion About I'm
derwood Bill.
Measure Must Justify Claims That n
viii Reduce the Cost Of Living or
Party Fatherlna II viii Fall
From Power.

Speaker Clark recommended the Uu.
derwood bill to his Maine audiences
In the following terms:
1T Is good tariff bill 1t is not pre-
cisely as / would have written 1t; 1t is
not exactly as any one man In America
would have written 1t IL he had had
carte blanche to write it. But 1t is sub
stantially as most Democrats would
have written it. We believe that our
tariff bill will reduce the cost OF living,
more fairly adjust the subjects OF
tariff taxation and at the same time
raise an abundant revenue for the gov
eminent, economically and effectively
administered"
or the three merits claimed for the
bill by Mr.. Clark, that of reduction
of the cost of living is put first. And
the country will put the emphasis on
that.
No proposition of last years Demo-
cratic campaign attracted more atten-
ton than that ascribing to protection
and the Payne law the high prices rul-
ing in the matter of the dinner table.
Why were meats soaring? The Payne
law. Why was sugar high? The Payne
law. Why was the housewife at mar
ket obliged to deny herself much she
thought.the family ought to have? The
Payne law. Undoubtedly many votee
for Mr.. Wilson were secured by those
charges, dinned into the ears OF voters.
by an army of stumpers.
As result. many credulous persons
expected such prices to begin to fall
as soon as the November vote was an
nounced. They imagined that the in
fiuences behind the high prices would
take alarm and loosen their hold on
the markets at the mere promise Of
Democratic tariff revision.
This expectation failing. those who
had entertained it turned to March 4,
and fixed upon that as the day when
relief would come. With Mr.. Wilson in
stalled in office, and Democratic con-
gress on the eve of assembling in ex-
ira session for the express purpose of
revising the tariff. everything would
again be brought within the reach of
the poor mans purse.
Now the day is fixed to accord with
the beginning OF the operations of the
new law. And that is more reasonable.
II the revision promised is to lower
prices-of' foodstuffs and other things
here it is. and let 1t be judged by ac-
complishments.
The new law will have a full years
trial before the voters will be called
to pass upon It at the polls. If 1t scores
u essEat laG; Il tss dimes Pail j. allsa--
at lower figure than before, and
dollar goes further in other matters.
then the wage-earners at least may be
expected to feel friendly toward the
new policy. But If the cost of living is
not lowered, but wages fall as the re,
suit of an increased foreign competi-
ton in American markets. then next
years campaign for the Democracy
will be one of peril and not lmprob-
ably one Of disaster.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

Not once has it been commended on
the floor of the senate or elsewhere
that the pending tariff bill will give
additional employment or increase
wages. In fact. 1t is tacitly admitted
by the supporters of the bill that the
only effect expected or desired is
reduction in the cost of living. This
effect, doubtful of achievement. is to
offset any mill closings, LOGS of en-
pIoyment, curtailment of production.
or decrease in the average wage. Is
1t to prove the part of wisdom or be
recognized as a mistake?
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

The Republicans have many great
achievements to their credit, and
would have had more if they had been
able to keep themselves free of Big
Business. The party has too great
history to allow itself to collapse now
because of the differences that exist
between its extremist members. There
are thousands OF voters all over the
country who have believed and still
believe in It. When it comes to a
question of reorganization they have a
right to be heard. and. for the party's
good, no doubt the sooner they are
heard the better.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19
Fly Swatting Scheme
Futile and Absurd
By Dr.. Charles E. Page, Boston. Mas.

early the YOU kill busy little that would
helping disease by helping to cean up When
make everything and and place clean we have sale
goody longer needed and with nothing ubsis they
do9med
The cleanup at Panama in New brought abou
improvement in health the residents at thos
points fly bites mosquito bites but solely from tn
Punishment of filth and filthy surroundings
The effort Danish swang there is about k
attempting dipping up with teaspoon
millions aights human being; and whe
harmless. At any the swattng scheme
futile absurd.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

Flies are our fellow sani-
tarians. Oceans of filth are
by them consumed and
transformed into the tissues
of their healthy bodies in
the course of the sly sea-
SON" When you kill one
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19
in Gwynns Falls park for

spoonnga Witness also the good of Baltimore magistrate in
dsmisg the youthful couple with the that spoonmg
The feature, however, this incident the
the ride patrol wagon and the hearing in police court Of
youthful couple what? For that which old and which
will continue for agesmp Poonng which the slang name for
counting.
Coung-tla which the gods smile upon, which is as natural to
boy girl the budding of the trees which natural
the cooling the birds and which predestned by nature to be premi
which makes happiness hold
this broad land This and commerclaed enough
without mnions of the law stepping and laying hands on those who
recall all youthful lovers As the magistrate has wisely
decided nothing indecent holding hands and in
stolen kiss
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19
Chain Gangs of Convicts
Breed Much Disease
By Prof Chs., Wardell Stiles. Birmingham. Ala.

have had number of opportunities observe prisoners pen
ntar prison FARMS jas and chain and have been seriously
lack of cleanliness the and
their guards although the opportunities for rigid discipline rendered
possible make these penal institutions admirable schools in which the
might easily give charges good cleanliness
hygiene and sanitation.
With exceptions, the authorities only failed
utilize the opportunity offered but they actually permitted things
which dangerous to the communities.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

AY EW YoRK.-His eyes looked as
N II they had been frozen in his
Nv head. The board of special in
quiry gazed curiously at the
boy before them. In a small, hot au-
dience chamber at Ellis Island 1t was
examining Julian Grabowsky, RuE-
sian stowaway from the steamship
kursk. Grabowsky, the frozen-eyed.
moved not a muscle.
His immobility was embarrassing.
Would he but cry or curse or contra
dict himself the keen-eyed men exam
ming him would know how to act. The
story he told seemed straight, obvious
SIR y NO urvnbvts. gate Iritn enc onofve
Z ani1g away g I opsa asla,s fssa@s
Z ~ TIDE but the lads silent acquies-
ence to whatever fate mad for him
was a poser.
Grabowsky's dignity. the dignity of
stumpy nineteen-year-old tragedy in
borrowed trousers, never wavered. His
yellow eyes held neither insolence nor
fear nor apparent pathos. only IA
tigue. Behind them his brain. also
tired, was incapable of connected
thought. Only such vague impress
sions as these passed through:
Four rubles. 81 copecs, is the fare
from wilma to Libau.
My mother needs three meals a
day.
Why do you put the ballast room
80 near the boilers of steamships!
How long will they keep me here?
How could / escape?
What is America like?
When Julian Grabowsky was dis
covered few weeks ago In the bow
els Of the steamship Kursk hiding be-
hind a small fort Of ballast bags and
covering an empty water bottle and
halfdevoured canister of crackers
with his coat, he had the moment oil
triumph that went from his eyes later
on.
Much In His Memory.
His memory went back to 500 milei
of cleaning rails that he travelled be
tween the forest-fringed town Of vii
ma in southwestern Russia and th'
port OF Lbau He lived over again hii
three weeks job as stevedore in Ii
bau, He reprinted the iron sides o
the Kursk, as he had done for eigh
days until he had located the steam
er's food supply and the hiding place
in its ballast room. He crouched be
hind his Notifications again; he hear
the clamor of casting OFF, he renewe
the shout that he had smothered whe
he felt the iron hull meet the frs
deep sea swell.
In that long moment the wearines
of 20 hours spent In the hot darkness
OF his cage near the furnaces vanisl
ed; flash OF impudence came into hi
eyes.
Well" he said In Russian to tn
ships captain, you've found me- Whi
are you going to do about it,"
The Hurst was three days out I
: sea. The steamer had carried him
; long way on the voyage to Americ
1t looked like triumph to Julian.
The captain did about It as he ha
E done with dozens of other stowaway
| Julian Grabowsky did not know it
the time, but the rule for treatir
stowaways is as unacceptable as Il
rule OF three. He was washed, fed |
and allotted to bunk on the steame
:, Four days later when the steam
reached America, he was again was
i ed. fed up. and allotted bunk al
[ lis Island Then he was quietly /
before the board of inquiry. T
psoblems OF stowaways are daily TO
}, for the board of special inquiry.
Not Yet Promised Land.
Grabowsky's look of triumph fed AFT
the first interview. His past was :
o alyzed and. judged by experts. 7
possibilities of his future as IS
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

Chain gangs of prison.
ers in many communities
are compelled to live under
conditions of filth that are
ideal for the spread of soil
pollution diseases.
During the past twenty
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

That our house pets and
domesticated animals may
be the cause of disseininat-
ing certain diseases among
the human family is an es-
tablished fact, and many
cases of that kind are on
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

Some features of the
purity wave" now on in
this city reach the ludi-
crous, as witness the arrest
of an eighteen-year-old girl
and. a., .sixteers-'ear-ela .bo,,
-, M
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number Of medical experts pro and testified at the
trial But 1t was brought out that the accused, who
spent much Of his time while in jail playing euce.
the best player in the place. This fact impressed the
jury (as was told by juryman afterward that it
weighed all other evidence. They argued that the
shamming that any who could play cards SO
well mot very crazy" And yet there men in
every asylutnnen dernented that jury could fail
recognize their true mental conCton-who good
euchre players.
Card playing indeed is of the chief amusements
among the patients of the criminal asylum From
ing till night groups of players may be forgetful
for the of decisions and Authorizations in the
destinations of the game.
ONE frequently patient engaged in vigorously
- twisting the rung of chair, gripping it tightly,
twisting and turning it with his hands, until the per-
spiration starts Anon he varies the performance by
hooking the ends of his fingers together pulling hard
until they relax and snap apart from sheer muscular
exhaustion. Or he may stand before the bars at the
window, graspng pair of them between thumb and
fngertips, and twist and pull if he would break the
steel. To the unintiated such actions simply the
freaks Of insane But the merest tyro in the
ward if you ask him. will tell you that the simply
exercising the muscles of his fingers that he will be
able to practise his profession successfully when he is
released. His profession if you please, is that Of
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forever beng sent to prs
on, because he "can tell
right from wrong" He
can do SO, in the abstract:
but not where self is in
volved. These men in
the asylum will often ridi-
cule patients whose de
lusions are counterparts
of their own, and yet be
absolutely unable to rec
ognize the similarity.
In a Western town not
long ago a murderer was
condemned and executed,
largely because he was
the best euchre player in
the jail in which he was
confined before his trial.
No one doubted or dis
puted the charge of muir
der brought against him;
indeed, he admitted it
himself. AS a defense his
lawyer entered the plea Of
insanity, and the usual
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difficulty In deity extracting
the watch from pocket and in ringing with one hand,
leaving the useless ring dangling at the end OF the chain
Not quite en1gnat1c are the actions OF another
man, who hangs by his from a convenient cross
bar BY door frame, the bars at the window,
drawing himself up and down many times as he can,
until his face is purple and his muscles CULVER Some
times he this performance by simply hanging by
his arms as long he cam perhaps by each hand al
ternaely He too preparing himself tor the practice
of his calling which in the City is regarded much
higher one than that of the watch ringer. He IS
second story man. the burglar who must earn his
living by cabering into second story windows, since
an unkind world sees fit to its windows OF the
lower story with iron bars
RUT there are other classes far less strenuous who
= let the take of itself There IS always
the chronic good storyeler and he reels of yarns by
the hour when he find listeners he usually
Every Walled City has of these who the Char
acters of the community and many OF their stories are
well worth listening to- Indeed they may have earned
good vngs telling these stories former days.
knew one of these wags by the of Jackson
who acted as eaven to the mrth of the whole ward
wherever he was staying. He had been "ctizen for
many years but his fund of stories seemed practically
nexhaustble and he had the faculty of giving funny
twist to everything that happened serious or otherwise
The only subject that appealed to him seriously was
the fact that he was kept prisoner. He would Joke
about it occasionalv to be sure but frequently
vtuperations His shafts always aimed at officers
of the law in general and the various officers who gov
erned the City in particular
When new patient sent to the ward he was
Immediately buttonholed by Jackson.
what your name? he inquired OF a new citizen.
John Igo,' the newcomer replied.
"Igo?" queried Jackson. "HoW do you spell It:
"Ig-o' was the reply.
Jackson thought the matter for a minute, and
Continued page IS
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ton, he r1umbles some dis
connected and entirely irrele-
want sentence, a meaningless
tumble of words that he has
repeated thousands of times.
1t is this type of insane
man that is most frequently
initiated by malingerers. The
reason for this is obvious.
Even a poor actor may slmu-
late depression and sorrow,
NAV humble one incoherent
sentence, may refuse to speak
or eat. And such a person
may deceive even an expert
for time, as shown by sew
eral cases in criminal history.
But it requires a consummate
actor, with the skill of a Booth
or an Irving, to initiate the
raving maniac in a manner to
deceive the alienist. 1t is
doubtful, indeed, if any ma
lingerer who attempted this
form Of deception ever sue
ceeded.
ALMOST as common as the
= melancholy type of luna
tic is the man who hears
imaginary voices calling him,
imaginary to others; but
terribly real to him. Wherever
he goes, whatever he does, his
voices follow him and call to
him. Possibly they tell him
to kill; in which case we may
have the insane murderer.
Perhaps they command him
to burn; and a hrebug is the
result. Or perhaps they con
fine themselves to heaping
abuse and revilings upon the
afflicted man himself. Escape
from their torrents is impos-
sible; and it is the victim of
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q
settlement, Trappst retreat, and finds new world full
of interest of its very novelty. Here he finds
ordinary human beings like himself who living lives
like in the ain, and yet with distinct differ
enceS.
But there are other interesting communities scat
tered all the world whose dongs quite as inter
estng ard vastly thrilling than those OF prosa1c
Shaker Trappist,-closely guarded, heavily walled
institutions where the criminal mental derelct finds
resting place.
The very name of these institutions suggests creepy
possibilities. To persons the word asylum init
mates only visions of padded cells and strait jackets;
vet neither of these now found in most criminal
asylums But there many things to be seen about
such institutions quite interesting and tar less re-
pulsive Within the tightly closed walls of these great
establishments life goes on, with its loves and hates,
hopes and ambitions almost the as IN the great
world outside almost; but with difference.
To most people the insane IS hair tearing, raw
ing creature, quite different from normal selves
But in point of fact most lunatics are not "ravng
manacs' at all. In truth the most dangerous lunatc
may be the very antithess of the raving manac,the
cool calculating melancholy type OF person. rather than
the excited one All day long he may be seen sitting
with dropping head and shoulders bowed down by the
weight of imaginary sorrows. Possibly he shues up
and down. up and down. the halls, wrnging his hands
and repeating his sorrows or mumbng incoherently to
himself or he may refuse to speak at all IN any cir
cunstances or if he can be reused to answer ques-
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would soon discover that, although
there IS no distinction of classes
SO far as the asylum authorities are
concerned, yet such distinctions do
exist in the wards. Patients of all
classes mingle in the great sitting
rooms of the building, from fifty to
hundred of them in each of the well
lighted halls. All eat the same kind
of food, sleep on the same kind of
beds. All of them are criminals and
prisoners. Yet there are "aristocrats"
and the common herd here, just as
in the world outside. The forger of a
flftY-t dollar check or the
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nlSn class criminal, SuCh as q safe
blower, and a common sneak thief, is
as wide as that between Wanamaker
and pushcart peddler.
| had charge of criminal patient at
one time who firmly believed that he
was President of the United States; and
yet this man was rational enough on
all other subjects, and SO intelligent that
he discussed political and financial sit
uations Of the day with as keen percep-
ton and as calm judgment as any intel
ligent man outside. But even SO much
as touch the magic button that con-
nected with his delusion, even hint that
he himself was not the President of
whom the papers were speaking, and
this man would be transformed into a
gibbering sophist.
1t is this type of unfortunate who is
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and popularity as monOmaIl1a. his IS the type
where all the faculties sometimes remain
practically normal, and judgment and
reasoning power seem unimpaired save only
on the one subject of delusion. Unfortunately
this delusion is usually one of imaginary per
secution. An employer, friend, or relative
is plotting against the victim. Day after day
he goes about his business secretly bearing
his cross, until the load becomes intolerable;
and then may come some terrible tragedy
such as the assassination of a Garfield or
Humbert.
As member of the Walled City commit
nifty this mans condition is perhaps the most
deceptive. He is intelligent, active, and use
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professional safe blower and bank robber be the
best of terms with the sneak thief seated
him. may condescend to play cards with him and
chew his tobacco; but for considering him equal
thai IS quite another matter. The mental gap between
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Drawings by E. Hopper

such allucinaons who springs from his chair and
again, shaking his fist in the air and cursng his
mentors, when he bear their torments no longer
Occasionally though far less frequently the imaginary
voices bear pleasant messages. And then the listener
smiles to himself laughs outright at the funny
things they tell him.
But by far the most dangerous and all too
type of insanity that known technically "paranoia
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full. He reads the literature of the day, and dis
all subjects ntellgenty and logically, only
the that most vitality concerns him. No one but
an expert may detect his abnormaity, unless familiar
with lis fixed deuson. But he is doomed to remain
permanent member of the community for case Of
this kind of insanity has been known to
There still other types of insanity that have
to be recognized only recent years. such the
known familiary "paress." But sufferers from this
form Of alteration quite likely to be found in
criminal institutions in the more aristocratic
1t is essentially disease that is confined to high life
One initiated into the mysteries of criminal asyurns
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pocket picking in general,
and watch-pocket picking in
particular. If his fingers are
not strong, he will find some
difficulty in deity extracting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
Individually They
Plan Desperate
Means of Escape.

some
outsider penetrates
the secret chambers
of some interesting
but obscure commu-
nifty, glances between
&c +ba o1DcaJ hoo1,
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-02
LIGHTNING GAVE CAT A SHAVE

Theodore Roosevelt, a gray cat OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Wilmarth OF
Amityville, was sitting on window
scat in a severe electrical storm the
other morning A bolt Of lightning
entered the window and grazed the
cat, shaving his face Of whiskers
and hair and leaving it clean as a
whistle, but otherwise not harmine
him. The bolt next skipped down.
stairs, entered the china closet and
smashed a saucer into finters, leav-
ing the cup standing in its place in
tact. Then by way Of a wire clothes
line it entered a coal bin in the yard
and shattered it. In the course Of
its journey the bolt melted a window
pane into an odd-shaped glass ball
Kansas City Star.