The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 110, Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1887 Page: 5 of 8
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MARVELOUS.
Two Lunatics Put in One Cell
Ind Are Told to Keep nu Eye on Each Other
-Each Thinks the Other is as Crazy as a
Loon- But in Time tho Effect Proves Bene-ficial-The
Reason of Both is Restored and
Onoe More They do Forth Into Ithe World
sis Men Among Men.
Tho increase of insanity in New York
city during the past few years is re-
markable anil the scientists are search-
ing among dry statistics and the histo-
ry of individual cases for tho cause of
tho incrense Hays a special to The Cin-
cinnati Enquirer. The asylums are
overcrowded everywhere and the pub-
lic institutions enn not contain the
number of patients who are sent there.
Formerly if one case a week appeared
it was thought to be about the average:
now thoro is not a day passes when t ho
hospital boat that goes to Hlack well's
island does not carry from live to ten
lunatics. The lack of accommodations
.for them has rendered a doubling-up
system necessary and In two cases at
least the result has been of decided
benefit and further experiments will
be made in the same line that may lead
to some important changes In the treat-
ment of the insane.
These two patients referred to have
been in the asylum for moro than a
year under tho charge of Dr. MacDou-
ald. One of thorn
THOMAS iiai;kins
A mason and builder is about thirty-
live years old. Ho was at work in a
cellar about two years ago in a house
at Fordhani when the place took lire.
He tried to get up tho stairway but
was driven back by the flames and
tmoke. Half suffocated he crawled
along the cellar floor to n cistern part-
ly filled with water and jumped into it.
The flames raged fiercely over him
and ho could see tho progress of the
fire. The suspense was terrible. What
moment the lloor would give way and
precipitate the building on his head he
could not tell. The walls of the cellar
were of brick and thus kept the fire
from coming close to him; and ho lay
on the water with his oyes fastened on
the firo above expecting death. The
intensity of the heat was subdued by
application of wator to his head and
face. This became warm but fortu-
nately never reached a tomperature
that was scalding. It w as over two
hours before the tire was got under con-
trol from the outside and it was some-
time afterward before he dared to leave
the place of refuge. In those few hours
he lived a life time and when he was
finally taken out of the building and
the si ram was ended.
HE BECAMK UNCONSCIOUS.
Then followed a severe attack of
brain fever and when the fever abated
and tho delirium had gone his eye did
not recognize his family or friends. He
had an Idea that they were all animals
of some kind and that he was a cow.
The only way he would tako food was
bv telling him that it was hay. As long
as he remained quiet and did not show
any inclination to injure himself or
others he was treated at his home.
Finally he showed a suicidal tendency
and was taken to tho asylum.
The other patient was Jefferson
Williams a middle-aged negro who
hd followed the sea for many yenr
cook. He was picked up in a open boat
about thirty miles off Cape Hatteras.
The boat belonged to the schooner
John J. Ward and it is estimated from
what is known that ho had been float-
ing around In the boat for twenty-five
days. He was the only survivor.
There was a dead sailor in the boat
witn mm mat snowed marts 01 having
been visited by
A MAH-EATKR.
Two others who were in tho boat
jumped overboard having become
crazed by thirst Williams was lying
In the boat alongside of the corpse
when he was found. He was nearly
dead from exhaustion. There was noth-
ing to eat or drink in the boat save hu-
man flesh. Williams was well cared
for in the Old Dominion Line steamer
that picked him np and ho was much
stronger physically when the vessel ar-
rived here. Mentally he was a wreck
and after an examination by the Com-
missioner of Lunacy he was pronounced
incurably insane and was sent to the
island where he soon showed a desire
to end his life.
Williams and Harkins were placed
In a tell together. The only restraint
placed on them was a strap that held
their hands firmly at the side. The
barbarous treatment that patients of
this kind formerly received happily is
given no more. Chains clubs dark
cells that were never cleaned instru-
ments ol torture as well as bleeding
and the administration of violent emet-
ics and purgatives have all been
abolished from the modern asylum to-
gether with the fiction that the insane
are possessed with demons that they
deirrve to be tortured When placed
together eaen of the palionts was told
that his companion was going.
to commit SUICIDE
There Is nothing that pleases an in-
saue person better than being placed
in charge of another. While they art
both violent and dangerous yet the
fascination of watching a lunatic com-
pletely absorbs tho entire attention
ami a cat watohing a mouse does nol
exhibit the carefulness with which
Harkins watched Williams anil Wil-
liams watched Harkins. Each one
thought the other was as crazy as I
loon while he himself was perfectly
sane. After they had been togelhci
about a month and had become thor
oughly familiar with each other thoii
hands wero freed and they were ul
liberty to do what they saw fit. Will-
iams had a delusion that his head wai
a metal ball and he rolled it on the
floor taking his body along with it ol
course. His companion always greet-
od this harmless amusement with de-
rision and a scornful laugh and would
proceed to show some of his accom-
plishments. Being a cow he was an
expert at booking) and would run al
tho wall hard enough t'. break hif
skull. The padding prevented him
from doing any harm. Such an ex-
hibition of levity would disgust Will-
iams. They had several other accom-
plishments in their repertoire that
they would show to each other all ol
which wero manifestations of delusion!
of some nature. The effect on luc
mind of each was that of sympathy
for his companion who was so unfort-
unate as to be foolish and unable tc
act reasonably.
But with all their fun the vigilanl
watch was kept up all tho time. One
of them could not make a mov
that the other did not see. They kept
the motive of their close watch secret
hut in time it. seemed as if both got an
idea that each was the other's keeper.
This war shown when
THE MOBBID IMPULSE
That impelled to suicide was coming
on. They would inform each other
about it nol in so many words and
then they would sit closely together.
As tho period of companionship be-
came longer there was an improvement
noticed in their condition by the at-
tending physician. Thoy ceased to
fight ngainst taking food and had lu-
cid intervals moro frequently. They
look less interest in bucking and roll-
ing tho ball and days would pass with-
out either of them showing any insane
antics. A feeling of Interest sprang
up for each other outside of tho per-
formance of duty and they became
friendly and talkative. Being closely
watched by the attendants it was
seen after several months that the de-
pression that precedes an attempt to
lake life in the insane had disappeared
and they were taken from their padded
room into one more cheerful sunny and
ght. Other lunatics were with them
but these stuck together and watched
the strange actions of their fellows
with apparent surprise. They were
given privileges about the place.
Whatever they were told to do they
did without hesitation. The cloud was
slowly lifting from their minds it was
evident. They talked rationally with
the physicians and together. When
Williams was told that ho had an iron
bead he had no idea what was meant
by it and when Harkins was told that
he was a cow he looked upon it as a
reflection upon Ins manhood and be-
came indignant. Finnally they were
separated and placed at work ill differ-
ent parts of tho building. They were
orderly and obedient and they met
each other with feelings of genuine
pleasure.
Various tests were tried upon them
for insanity but there was always a
negative result They knew where
they were what was tho matter with
the people who were there with them
but had no knowledge of what their
condition formanly had been. There
could not be any doubt about the com-
plete restoration to reason and last
week they were both discharged.
Other patients who have a similar
form of insanity when the good work
was shown in Harkins and Williams
have been put together and in every
case there is a marked improvement
and it is expected that some definite
rules will be evolved from these cases
that will help this unfortunate class of
people.
It Didn't Take.
A sunday-School teacher asked a littls
girl of her class if she had been baptis-
ed. Yes" said the little girl "two
times."
"Two times Why how conld that
bef"
"It didn't take the firs' time" said
the little girL Wide Awake.
A winery at Meryev Me Cat bet made pse-
paratiooj to consnme two thoosead teas Of
grape dur.nr MS coming
Incident of a Denver Unuiblcr.
New York Sun.
Pat Sheedy wan "reminiscing" one
night when he said: "Iit me tell you
n funny thine that occurred in Denver
several years npo. John McCormiek
of wonderful memory and Shel Fair-
child of Pittsburg hadagnmc there.
One night a fighting Texan walked in.
He was half-loaded and ready for any
Bmilgtncy He challenged any one in
tho room to play him a gnnio of crib-
huge lor $20. McCormiek accepted
and as the stake were up he said:
'You are in with this Shel.' Ho won.
Another game was played and again
was Shel notified that he was 'in.' Mc-
Cormiek won. Then the Texan want-
ed to try seven up Mac accommo-
dated him. They played several
games and each tiiuo as the stakes
were put up McCormiek announced
'Shel you are in for halt of this.' Aft-
er the Texan had dropped a couple of
hundred he got nil and Baid: 'I'll bet
you a hundred I can beat you at
billiards.' McCormiek was probably
tho best bank player in America so
he accepted the offer without hesitan-
cy merely prefacing his play with
'Shel you're in and get hull of this.'
He won with ease. As the 'Texan hud
down his cue he looked at McCormiek
in a sizing-upsort of way anil exclaim-
ed 'Well I'll wrestlo you for a hun-
dred any style you want.' McCor-
miek was an adept at collar-and-el-bow
so putting up his money he an-
nounced that sty I" and as he caught
his man exclaimed 'Shel you're in
for half of this.' In less time than
you could lay 'Jack Kobinson' the
Texan was flat on his back. McCor-
miek nailed the stakes and the cow-
puncher jumped up very irate indeed.
Producing his last 'century' lie ex-
claimed in tones of chagrin 'I'll bet
you a hundred I can lick you in live
minutes by the fastest watch in the
room.' McCormiek who was as wit-
ty as he was clever turned to F.nir-
Cnild and exclaimed 'Shel you can
have all of this; I don't want a penny
of it.' Fairchild was a thumper from
Hardscrabble and in less than four
minutes the Texan was lying bleeding
and discomfitted in the corner dead
broke. It took a tough man to do a
Rocky Mountuin gambler."
Commissioner Morrison and tlio
Workings of Interstate Law.
Washington Corr. New York Sun.
Interstate-Commerce Commissioner
Morrison went into a railroad ticket
office here the other day to buy a
ticket for his wife to St. Louis and'
handing out $10.50 remarked: "I sup-
pose it's the same old price." "No"
replied the ticket agent ''it's $18.50
$2 more than it used to be."
"How's that?" Inquired Morrison.
"Ain't you hauling folks as cheap as
you used to do?" "No1 said the tick-
et agent; "all rates of transportation
have gone up since tho passage of the
interstate-commerce bill."
"Since the passage of the interstate-
romnierco bill" repeated Morrison
seeing that the ticket agent who was a
new man did not know him. "Is
there anything in that bill that re-
quires you to raise your rates? I
thought the object of the bill was to
secure cheaper transportation and
see that everybody was treated alike."
"No" said the agent ; "under the new
law all the roads have got to raise
their rates to the highest lieu res. For-
merly wo had limited tickets which
came less than those that were good
until used but under the interstate-
commerce bill we have got to charge
everybody the highest price."
"Well" said Morrison "I'm glad to
learn that. It's valuablo informa-
tion" and paying liis $IN. 50 he told
the agent to save a berth in the slcep-
pr for Mr" W 1? Morrison.
The agent looked up with a start of
surprise and asked: "What name did
you say?"
"Mrs. W. R. Morrison" the com-
missioner repented. "Thnt's my
wife." - -
Tho blushes wero about a foot deep
on the railroad man's face and when
Col. Morrison went out of the door
the agent looked around lor some-
thing to club himself with.
"Thank You."
T. C. Crawford writing from Lon-
don to the New York World says:
In the United States one can say
"Thank you" in return for some ser-
vice without incurring the danger ol
being taken for a servant or a person
in a position where he is not above be-
ing tipped. To say "Thank you" in
England puts you at once on a level
with people who have their heads set
at an alert angle on guard for the coy
shilling the nimble Bixjenoe the famil-
iar "thrippence" "tuppence" penny
or ha'penny. "Thank you!" pro-
nounced either "Thank yo."or
'Thank yew!" meets yon at every
turn. You cannot nay a word to any
ol the small tradesmen or the wrvant
class without heating it at a reply U
your every sentence which is not a di
reet ijueht ion. This morning I told
I lie newsdealer to cut off certain papers
be had been fiii'niiiing me and he re-
plied promptly "Thank yo!" I n"
filename " Thank yo'" that cre'tnl
tlie order. I Itelieve tlint il yon were
to tell any .member of the flats I have
just nnniwl that the i . - mid dear-t-st
to them were dead he would reply
w ith a duck and scrape. 'Thank yo"'
The newihoy. bootbWk. all use tin
phrase. I am told that amonc the
few peopl i in the high and limited Hi-
des where tiiw are not expected or !
ceived grateful jtckiiowlelnvetiti aie
expressed by t lie phrase "'Jbahnks'"
or Thahnks amful'y."
PERSONAL
Rev. Mr Smith of the First Presby-
terian Church of Dallas left this morn-
ing for St. Louis.
Dr. Morton is said to be somewhat
iirtprovcd mid much more cheerful
than he was lat week.
1IH81
Hemorrhages. GsjpiS;
Now or from tiny cutine in uuc-ctUly con-
trolled niul Itopptdi
Sores Ulcers Wounds
Sprains & Bruises.
It is1 cooling . . 1 1 ! . 1 1 - . t j 1 It.-. 1 1 1 hi;.
"nlarrh it i. i . t n-.-n- i.
uatai 1 11 j iIBUse. rjoM in tii" Bead.Ao
"Pond' Ritrurt ( utiirrh t uie"
fl-clally propnrcit touicctsarionflcaSSS
shouhl In- applied with I'ond'a Htlruct
SillSUl s i inU'
Rheumatism Neuralgia.
No other preparation Una rui1 1 infra
ciuit'fi of thosoillstnvsititf cnnipluiiiN thru
thuRvlrart. Pond! F.tnan iin-
trr in liivnliutMo in tli' ilineiwej Liiiu-
I'a'o 1'itihH In Hack ur sitlc &'.
Diphtheria Sore Throat
gVm tho Kidurt piompt'.y. Delay in
tianrous.
Piles
miiicll.eMl.ng or li lnn. It
1ft the uroatoat known riii'tlv: ran
Idly curinif wlieii oilier DltfdlotllM havo
I i ' I'muI'M Kit iuc-1 Oliitnif nl in
of ttMt Hi'i vit-y whan tho removal of
For Broken Breast and
Sore NlDDlesSw"SS
OSSd Thr Kiliarl will novor bo with-
out it. Pond's BllrMl iiliniii.nl .
the !'-! smolUtnt that run bo applied.
Female Complaints
In inn
mnjiir-
Itv of ft-malf ilisi-iMi'i the Kiti-iirt can In
ni'il.iu ii. '11 knmvn. with tin- Kri'ittohl
beni'ilt. I'ull dttootlotu accompany i.acb.
bottlo.
CAUTION.
Pond's Extract '.1 ho Konnino him
tlioworili -Foiift-N Kiti-Ht't" Mown ia
lh" giaii nml onr picturfl traile-innrk on
surrounding bull wrnjiT. Noiu'etlu'rin
L't'iiuino. Always Insist "ii having ionir
Kxtruri. Take no oUior pronaratlou.
it il nnrr sold in bulk vr by mralurr.
sold siMfsiisie Prion Me. ti
Prepared onlr by POMI'8 KXTUACT mi
NEW VOItK AND LONDON"
I sell bicycles
WM.
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MODEL BAKERY
('HAS. C4(K)13MA.iS Proprietor.
UAKEKY lfieS M i n Street- BRANCH HOtmt.ll Svo-mor.
g3T Unqueatlonahlv the Beat Bread n Tnwi. Jgt
RUPTURE ! ! RUPTURE ! 1
r n T i- ... l l. t-' MptVi ol.
x i s . 1 i
The Most Triumphant Achievement in inrgieAl 4mJUW0M haseret Wtm
A written guarantee to aboolulely cure aU cases of Kur.tcre of al charaoier-l
..i .i..i.Lii mmnlstf and Incomplete and Scrotal wi.uout tae
KNIFE OR
i iMI nai matter how lone standing. The process Is simple but eflVrtua:. And aOW
danJc:o?0U.UmoSy gi7en 'S'appHcatfo". To5 wbo are alet.d do not Jbaaard yo-
Ins one moment longer.
...... ..a
j T.ki.i -mmndtlon of this
r.L7fVf HiT iia.l dr-d .f all who are thu. affllcUd.
DR8. A P. dt F. B. DAVIS of Dodla
k.. k. HrM to tdkadatster tads ttestssent ta .bis terrltorv. Tou will led it t yew
t2fi 2ad s U ceil npo. eenltns t. T.fMwace t. the cpMa
aradiaeauo. or tail issost TTZrVTSi- will be .ted s
CLASSIFIED ADVIBTloEMEITI
MEDICAL.
DALLAS DENTAL PAKLUKfi
P CBBAMKY 1 1 l. S. Prop r.
Tuti Elm Street Dallas i n
Pan.Klretrlc T lopi.one
HEAL WSTATK tOKNTM.
BAltfoN". hoaz i Uovi N-.
URAL ESTATE AND 0M.1 I I IN;
AGKNT8 T-J.'i Bhn Street Dallas I'exss.
City ana Suburban Property Farms ind
I Ranches Bought and Sold Houses Rented
and i "lie lions Made.
HOUHB MOVING.
Houses moved "ii ihorl notH
and work
! guaranteed; bond gives
unie ni p p Martinez
ir
required: leave
ii .Main street.
ii Kami a ( o.
IK )IS AND BHOKM
Whv uon't ou li ii - vourboetsuriu shoes
made to order when they don'l eosl any
more than itoek work st A. Bluet's ;xfc'
Main street
WOOD AND ni l'..
j A l STKIIUACH. Uit El i 'street. Send
xV.nr telephone yonrorde i tor wood eoai
and feed. Prompt attention aud loweel
prices
WANTKD.
MU. i . ATtCHKH DESlfifcri IM RES
iii Music Painting si d tin' Languages
I moo Commerce street corner o Mouth
Pearl. Dallas Texas. The best to refere
'CM L'lvPII.
I i.-l A IIANl'-U.MI. BKKAST.prS
j about 2x3 Inches with Blagree wrosk
on the outer edges black baok ground with
mosaic flowers ami birds in colors ket in the
'(liter. The Under will be bandaomeljrjre-
Warded i 'nil at the Hi i: tLV oWce.
UU)B KENT NICEU KUHNI8HKD
I Airv rooms by private family 718
South Harwood Cor. Msrllls street Street
i ear pabhi'K dour.
i -' A STED KXI'KltlKNt Kl WUITX
conk. Herman preferred. Apply at
:i'j:i Masten Hfeet
MltsCKIIjANMr.
Money to loan on long time sad at lowest
rates mi forms snd desirable residence nun
building properly in LlsllOl and Waco.
Kansas City Divestment Co. Lutktf h'en
Maniurer. 7ur Main Street Hallos.
r ANTED llOUL MTMtlNTKNir
W sots teachers and experienced booh
agents to represent our association; plus-
ant and profitable; '28 to 100 per wrk.
sssily made: best or references required
For particular! address National Ubisrj
Association 108 Mate street Chicago ill.
Enterprise Windmills.
New Champion Force Puuipu
Buckeye Puree Pumps
Crosby's Chain Pumps
Huniphryes Man'fg Co.'s l'nmpa-
Cncumbrr Wood Pumps
Enterprise ltrass Cylinder
It. J. Drive-well Pointa
Iron Pipe Rubber Hose.
Koot Valves Pipe Fittings
Chain Pump Materia.
FOB SALE BY
REED & MUMMERT
811 MAIN STREET 811
on eay payments.
A. L KNOX.
Main M.. Dallas.
SYRINGE.
kii..kM.iriiiAniii Y. ( trt iTn'thfir i
most wonderful cure of the age me eowfiwm
WINDMILLS
eau as will be Rsryour gooa sissy nu a aj
Bnu A. P. P. 8. DetTla Dallas. t
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