Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 17, Number 41, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 November 1875 — Page 3

WEEiaYCOURIER C. DO AIT E, TublULer. itsPKlI. INDIANA

v ITEMS OF INTEREST. I'miinal atat I.it.iarj,'. A oii i f tl.i- lion. 1. W. oorlii i-s, , f ji.'li i mi, will .-lioi tlx appear upon the .t.i-i- a- ll.iinli t. . M il Ida Ki 1! i , tin- composer of tin1 ' im I ball Hymn," ilif'l recently ill II I . ..II I . Mrs. ii.ien inn. "ii. ii., :.) t is -:ii., will i":iny :i i- t'lliV "i Hi Ii lM.-in of ( 'oloiado. I w' - .. , .... . lr. lin t nan.; nas ju.i iim-ii.-.i : ! .,. i.l av . w lii Ii liis admirers think w ill pr'- '"' loii--looki I-for Anii i'ican cuiiicil v . Miss Sarah II. r.ravtoti, M. 1., h a-n-n-iwd tin- appoint iiu-iit to tin' chair ,.f M it.-ria Metlicii ami Therapeutics in tin- New York lrc Medical College for W.1IK .

Mis IIIl.i Wheeler, a yung Wis- I w ith -.upi-rheatcd ?.t:i in needs only half (iniu l i'lv, who lias written "iin- very j tin- ordinary amount f coal, the l.oilcr pretty and" popular poem, will publish j ami grate can Miiallt r by one-half, th. m" in col!ccti-l form aintiit tin h li- the npplv of wafer ly one-thinl, ami hv m ;i--oh. i tin' :iir piiinpaml i-omli n-i-r arc equally Mr. Krne-t Iiiprf.-U.w, the i.M t'.-! reiluicl to half their u-ual j.aee. The ...n. is ahout to pul.li-h : volume of j inipn.veni.-iit has h.-cn patent. -l in I ji-.tclliir-s of American m . m rv, to w hich j T'eliuin, aiel oth.-r ronntries, ami hi, f il her will contiil.ute "iU-m i iptive " :iiv he applie.l to engines of the

t re. Carl Schurz has rc ently l.t l.y tin .' t ll .,. I.'-,.,. ..I V.. . i .ii li. rininy, the lirillot flielnl In- ever ; I. el. W in n Mr. chnr icapol fioin , .i ci'iitiiii im nt for trca-u in the for- 1 ,,f iiaii.!.ui. Ki iici r jrave him j !n !: r ami ;iiol his lif.-. I r this hi, ' -:a!e wa .ohtixiit.'l iilnl In' w as j :hr"n into pi iot'. After a I'.u h lay I .- w:i, r. l ai-l, ami to -..in.- extent he r-t r I hi' fortune- ami jaeil lii-re-lii i;i:ii:- i.l in pe i. e. I 'he :it!l i aliiioiiTi'-.-.l :it IMin- ! iiri'li, from i:ip';l coii-uiiij'tioti. of tin.i. : i -,, I.iel v I on. w ho w a- w 1 1! k now ii l llii- coin, tr. She Was tin' iMe-t .! n;iiter of Mr. .!!. :i imh rs of tinA l. iphi Theater. a:.'l km.wn t-. tin- phu.-iii-; pul-'i as Mi-s I'luily h i 1 aml i . Mn- iii irr'.eil in Iv.'7 ir U i'oi.ini llcrx I -n. .- ent h I .iin.net f New lomli.n. li. i a i. k'iii e, f .niiei ly an I'lV.c r in tin- iiimx, who it ftt rw iirl I a i : i . nn actor, ami ilicl at Il-i'.u; toMIl ill 1""'-. I.il'l loi h ilM s one Ian 'Kt. r. i liool bm4 4 Kurth. I he l'ope w ill i' rea ' two more Cariiaa's at tin- eoli-i-tory to be In 11 lei . !ii! r . I h- Sitcr "f I 'harity ha.- btiiit ail ;ic i., tii at . Lake I TisMl.-H f ail religion- h-ii inii. ii ;oiis wiil i"' i i i h i .l. -Pr. CI Ilk, of fl- o-ltheMI Metll-i-li,t I'hill'-ii. ha- r.i:,e. " I r eslev Motitil:n!ilal I hill a h, .va a Miah. C,a., I. I i tour .Noith. Mo'.mt lh-!oke 's.-in'n u- i piim-i-ii ib ti il to t In- (in 'iii -hi li "f u i -f-r f 'ii i'n I'.issioii.iri. It I. is ii'iv i-l f,.i :nh. 1 1 1-' of th'-x- w iic. "s. vv i:i' b l- i .n t.ii,ht in the pu!-i!.- . !,....!, of IIm.Ihm I ,r twelit-tl,ree ' ir. ami il is j;lt Imv il'.,co ereil 1 1. al it i illegal to .'Xp.'ll t plllrlic lloliC fotii.it purpos. The I'ir-t r.apti-t Church ..f San ; Ki.im i,. . ha- hem , ..hi to the I lilne-i-j f .r -j. . ... -. I he pu;-i ba-.-r-int. ml to inl 7,'.' - in i haiiin it into a bu-i-; :..-s 1,1m k. Ilosioii Iii-a -'Society to I'neourn'e Stmlv at Il 'ine," the fiim tion f W hi. h is to . illlCiite iei-oi)S without reinirine; attemlaiice at I it atiotis. Mcin-l-.rs are jivi-n a programme nf stiiily, ainl are allow c t s, b ct any or all the brain he-, niiiitio.i.ij in it; ami they in:iy :it anv time al'i'lv to nne of the IliaM-

:i-i r-r.r iii-ti iu ti .ii. y uu-e a vi-iir tiien , a proTiiinent ami wi-u-to-uo citizen oi i- in exi'inin itioii. wlu-n .liplom;is an? New Hrit.iin, Conn., 7 years of ae, "ivrli to t!l-e wlni l-n-l it thelii. 'I he i ill W lll'.l hitn-i-lf. Albei t i. Cooper, i.-ty is three cars i.M ami prosper- for many year-, foreman of the eoinpos"U. I iiiT I'.h.iii "f the Uochesti-r lumncrit -Mr. Im- is illu-tratin-. in P.alti- ' I"i''j"-r "flice. !-!i"t hiin-.-lf, Domestie tii..re. anew ii..m.-of pren. bin-. Ilisoh- - bnan. ial tr..ub,e was the eau-e. j.'.-t is to impress in-piicl truth upon tin il;!. licet ami the l.e.l. t tl.I..u-l. lin- me- lorrUn .(... !.a;n of tin- im- ami tin- ear at the -a Hie luke "f 1'oitlaml H one of the f.'.ie. lie has lar'e piintins. sai-l to j wealthiest of In ill: p--ers. His ihuly l-.iutif:il ami coi r.-, t, which repre- itn-ome is estimate-l at IT,""". - i.t the -ul.jei t he pnpo-es to pre-i-nt Hi ts are ina.le in Innlon that the t the a,seuili!v. These are plac-.I j Prince of Wales will he assasinatetl

m .1 I iU.ve the jnupit, ami in re:ir of the ; j r. n her, an.l the ilitl'eteiit scenes ami " ;n uin-t.incei in the development of Li- subject are as.juicklv an. I ea-ily titif 'M.-.l to i w as the turning f the h ues of manuscript, l-ctui-ers well kiinw the preat a.lvantiV-re that map uinl eh Arts ath.ril w hen tln-y ean 1k useil i'i illustration of their Mibjeeti. Mr. hopes hi new metlxNl will prove ftTi-at a.lvantaee to preacher ami li'an rs. His rtloits are exi itinx nnn-li inti-ri -t, iiml he lia hire eonfrren-ationsi. Krlrtar Ii1wtr. Artifiei.il enml-tom-s are hein iiiii'le at Worms, (h-nnany, of jrit, -bjble -x ami petroleum. In the four Penn)lani;i eounties f Crawf inl, Venango, Krie ami M.-reer, jli' ie are 1"1 elu-esi factories, pniliieearly an a-r';ate of y,.ni,inio Jxiiimls. Kii-sian railroa.l nianaer-i are rxJ" riinentini; with the eleetnc li-rht :w a ''-.'Hiht for locomotives. Successful r,ults were ohtaineil mi the line from Moscow I,, Kursk. The apparatus eon-M-tcil of a battery n.nnei teil with the fr"iit axle, the revolution of which net it in operation, ami the trai k was illu"ilnatcl a ilistam-e of l,Si" feet. A French machinist has iliseovcrJ i:it, I y keeping his tuiaing tools eon-

-tartly wetted w it h pi tiolcuui, lie was! abb- t "t nn-taN and alloy w il Ii t hcui, ; all hough vv Im-ii tin- I'M. Is were u-iil w illi- ,

, out tin- ml, tin ir were soon turn- ' i-d and dulled. I In- 1 1 : 1 1 I -1 r-ti I call j In- tllllli'I easily if I In- tools In tlim wit j witli ;i mixt ureof t wo pai t of pt-troleuui with one p u t i.l tin prut nit-. A chunk of milk, solidified livtln' j Ilooki-r process," and weighing al.out lin niiins, iunl w liii li had been ex-j mi-i-.i 1. 1 1 in- iit lion ni iiicair mr lour years iiii'l three iiioiiilis," Wiis l.tti-1 v .shown :tt tin- rooms i. f tin- Society of Alt' in London, ami tin A'jriiullund iht.itti of t lilt lit say s "it-. pl:l!ity was -till excellent that in ii f w minutes it ,e.olM-,. I,v iliun.ii.-. inf. gO Ill f,-,..i l.utt. r." " i i, i j i I" Kouih-Im-i k, P.remcn, an engine ,.,.,,.,,., ,y ,.rr Irn-siii which resolves tin- problem, wlm h f,,r m-.irlv thirty year lias i-ii-giigid tin- iitlcntion i'f inventors, of tin utilization nf mi pi i lienti-il steam in i-nni- ! mmi engines. I lu- answer to tin pn.nlein has hi-i ii found in tin- tn-w applica tion nf ;l plcal law, iiml tin- ll-C of it peculiar 1 ii I ri:i n t . An engine working exist ni- e. Ila. mud Mlahava. Martin I.. Pierce, of New port, Iml., w;is thrown oer the lie:il of a hore w hii h In w as rilling after ciittlo ami intantly killc.l. A son of Kre.l I.an-h', a-e.l 11 years, li in'm Table Moiimi Tow nhip, low ii, tMik a hoi-e t. wat.-r. After having hei ii all-cut an unn-iiallv Ion- time, e.irc!i w:is niiiile, ami the lifeless form ! (if the hoy foliml. lie h l l fa-telie.l tin Ii ili.-r strap arouml hi- arm. '1 In- Imr-e h el t.iken fright ami ran away, ami Ira."! ami kicke.l him to ileath. I.. M. llollll. s, of Atkelis, Ohio, an enipiox ce of tin- Wi t.-rii I'iiJoii Telegraph 'oiiipiiny, w;is aci iib-ntallv thrown uiiiler ii i :ir upon which he was li'lill Dliy1 b.il'l of teler:i'll J'oles, ;im W .is in-taiTi'v killeil. In- acciilent - i ;irri-'l on the Neosho i-ioii of the M., K. iT. Uailro.nl. Mr. Kou. Trut man, f Witmna, Minn., Wiis mariieil in Chic;io, on the l:)th of Ictol.cr, to Mi-s Kinniii Million. On the 11th In- arrheil hoine with his bri'Ie, ami w liib- ii'ipa kin his valise In- tni k tlu iefroin ii mall pistol which he hamb-il to hi- w if. I n -oiiie un.ic-wi-iipon w ;i iliscountable tnanm-r t In1 j liiire.l, t In- I 1 1 .Mimir in l.er iiusi baii'l's brain, i-.-;i-in il. alh almost i.u-im-iliately. Th- m-w ly ni;tIi' bi bb' ami i willow W il-so cl ae.l by t he terrible lieI ci l.-lit th it she iitteinpteil to eml her life with the .s.iilie Wi ilpoll. Some recent slliciiles; John IIlIss, .Cashier of the Jir-t Nati. .iiiil Hank of ' TilVin. i Ibio, I'oiinnit t l siiiciih' l.y sliootil, hilll-i'lf thlou-'h the he;ni. I'iii.Mu ial irrenl arities. I . ni.-l :iyi briiit. ae.l e;if,, a I Miuki-r preach i r i i-si'lin at Nl i! I n . hi, i-ounnitteil sitii-iiie lv euttin the arteries, in hihi its ami his ju'n!ar t in w it h :i pen knife. I 'aii-e not stati-il. .lohn Iloarl. ; of unln-kv, I lino, -ht himelf thriili i tin ln-al with ii revolver. A note to his w jf,. w a- f. -i.ml in his pocket, telling her thiit he w as t ireil i .f life. Pun-art has .,. .li,sip.tei f..r some time Win. I- It.M.iM-r .-ar of a ". enten-.l a n -tiiuiiint in N;ili ille, T.-nn., unlereil ov-ters for himself ainl companion, ami whilc se.ite.l at tho table, ilrew a pistol from his put ki t, place. 1 it to his he.-nl ami tire. I, instantly killing himself, lie att-nipt-il Miii i.le by joion a year ao. K. S. Mn.wn, a hotel kecier of Pl.iinille. Conn., killc.l hiiu-elf with a earv-in-knife while in-nne. Iinhiy 15. Viets, t . . niTore Im Ti-it to lmli.i tinisjicit. The Itali.in Senate will presentlv be oci-upied with the trial of one nf its memlx-is, the Puke f Satriano, on the rrouml of forjrery. Queen Vietorin's younet son. Prim e I'opohl, has j-.ineil the temperanee tnovenn-nt, h:tin iteeepteil the Presi.leney of the Oxford branch of the Church of KughiHil Tenieraneo Soeiety. Mile. Nathalia lVtrovnn ih Keschk, the alli.uired bride of the Prince of Milan, of Servia, is ordering her trou- .,'!' in Paris. Next month Mile, de Keschko, aeconipanied hy her aunt, the Princess Moun.uji, and the ladies deputed . aceompany her to Servia, w ill proeeed to llelgrade, where the marriage w ill he c elebrated. The Shaksi.eiire Memorial Association of lliilaiid reeently held a meeting at Stratford-on-Avon, at which it wa.s slated that about $1G,hii had been .subscribed for building tin? proposed theater and library. The preliminary work will probably be done during the winter, and the eorner-xtnne belaid on the 2'M of next April. The Shah of Persia is a very expensive man to entertain as a gue.t. lie never visits any one without expecting to receive presents. Not long sinee he wai entertained fur a w hole day by llir-

..i Hu-si-iii Kli an, at his lion-c in Ti heran. 'I Ik' Shah I Hi .ikfa-lcl there iiml i coiu-d many presents, fl'.i'Hi iiic;iii for hiiii-elf, and jewels :iml nun hundred Cashmere sfinw N for hi, ladies. Tim i iitertaiiniH iit cost u-cin Khan JL''I , K

Oilila ami Kiiila. A close observer is l e-lion-for the statement thai, win II il luotiM' makes its appearance in a Ladies' Sewing Circle, the women with -triped to. kind's on always jump the highest. l'.rtnklijn Aryus. Mayor (ieorge Kimniel, of Niles, Mich., iicci.leiitiilly shot hini-i lf while takimr :i loaded lmiii out i f a wa-'on. His deiith was almost in-tantauooiis, the ehiirge jiassing into his rit;ht side and nearly through his body. "lid mi er break a yoke of foiirj ear-old fteers?" ak-d a Kock County fiirnn r of ;i young .liiin-sville ch.ii, who wanted to marry his daughter. "No, 1 ii. icrdid," wa.s the meek reply ; "but I hae rode a mule in a circus, ami had ii j.-ooi deal of other xpcrieiioe in tinworld. " "No other experience," n;iid the granger, "could qualify you, young man, for trying to handle that rill," and the Mid youth departed. M il intuit e .. Jut after the trial of a petty ca-e, in w hich one Hank Ki-her w as a witness, three or four of the lawyers were discussing among theni-elye tlie iiriety of tetiim.ny deduced, whi n (icm-iiil !., with his usual Vehemence, said: There never wa.s Mich a liar on the witness-stand as that Hank 1 iher; he is i..,.Joii!.:i l!y the higge't !i:'.r I 'v-r knew ;" when the whole party were M.mewhat abashed :it seeing Hank, w ho heard the tlem-raPs remark, step up to him. "Imlvou say I was the bigge-t liar you ever saw " That is al.out wh.it I -aid," stamnieiinglv eaine from the (b-neral, who expelled a tight. Hank eyed him fr a moment, ami tln-u ;iid : I guess you didn't know my brother John." Viryiuiu (Ate.) KitltrIr. Mary W'alker, innocent soul, thinks InT M e of clothing Would induce matrimony, b.-c:iuse tin- present t le frightens im ti away Irom tnatrilimnv by its i-liul'lllnlh evpenielies. 1'he hoict creature ha- iei-r rellected that the woiiiiin would make it ju-t :is exjM-iisie as what tln-y wear liw. The id.-a that Mrs. P.iow n would wear pants of bioad.'b.th while that ridiculous Mrs. .Jones wore pants of of velvet! Never! Perish t In miserable t h. night ! Or that Mrs. Smith would appear in public wearing a pair with common illu-ion ruUes iow n the scams w hile t h it al.-urd old fright of a Mrs. tilt-en had real lace stripes and a goblembroi.lered waist-hand! My star! Hid ever you hear f sm h a thing! No. thank you. Mr-, l'.rown'.s fatln reouhl have bought ami sold Mr. Jom-s' father :i doen limes, and Mr-. Smith remembers too well how the parents of Mis. tin-en had t pinch ami M-rape t. make tli it s. raw ny daughter of theirs look il ,!,!. ami why should .-' go giving lierclf now, W In T, some folk- Were a good dciil A. r ..,'.'. rs ami culd .-fir h.-r ? Ala-! Mis. 1. M. W. does not know her . Ifthe-tvles Wete ledllced back to the original verdant apron, tin' dear creaturewould make that one single art i-!e of dress cost enough to make her hus band shabby and indigent frlif It iin them. Vhat is bred in the bone w ill coine out in the flesh, and 110 reformer can prevent it. 'hi i ;-i Jut' r-V- m. Paislni; a l ainilj. About the vcar 17' ""one Lady Llphinstone died the mother of thirty-six bairns, of whom twenty-seven were living at one time. The late llishop Ibithurst, of Norw ich, was the twe nty-M.xth child of Mr. Pathur-t, younge-t brother of the first Lord Hathurst. Hut this is only put of the story; for Mr. Pathurt, w ho lial had twenty-tw o children by his tir-t vv ife, was destined to have fourteen by his second, making a good round three doa-n altogether. Ualfier distinguished in this way were the Hat hurst-; for two brothers and a sister of his had during their respective married lives, sixty-four children, which, with this thirty-six, made ju-t an even hundred. Aiioi her married couple, Thomas and Helen I "1 jiilirtrt, am ranked among tl:oe who have had th:rty-i children. The parents lived at Cioi iartv Ca-tlc, in the early part of the sit.entli century; their twenty-tive so.is all grew uj to manhood, and many of tlu in bee:. me distinguished, while the eh ven daughters all lived to be married, and many of them to be the mothers of large families. The I'ripihiirt blood, then-fore, must have been rather extensively diffused in Scotland by the end f the century. An authenticated cii-e of thirtynine brothers and sisters was atb.rdeil by the (Ireenhill family, in the closing year of the sventeentli century. Thomas (ireenhill, a surgeon, afterward author of a treatise on the "Art of r.mbalniing," addressed in li'.us, a memorial to the Duke of Norfolk, in his capacity us Karl Marshal of I'ligland: "That, in consideration of your petitioner being the seventh son ami the thirty-ninth child of one father ami mother, your (irace would be pleased to signalize it by some particular motto or augmentation in his coat of armor, to transmit to posterity so uncommon a thing." The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, of which the here.lit.iry Karl Mar-hal is the ollicial head, assented to the application of Thomas (ireenhill by granting an addition to the armorial bearings of the family. In the language of heraldry, which is' not very intelligible to our "ideas, the addition was in the form of a dcmi-gritlin, pow dered with thirty-nine mullets. All the Ycur lluit ml.

A COLON Y OF MAI) MEX. Tlir Hi I ii In Tnnn f l.lnil-lii Ah- . I. ill S, 1 1 Inn. Ill - 1 l.ll trrn llmiil .1 l.iiiiallit lu l.ltvtu 'Jliou-.aiil I nil lilt a nil. The linis-cls c (irrespomh nt of tinl'n1 Mill Unvllc writes to that journal on September.: csterday an excursion to tin- limatics'coloiiy at (iln el was undertaken by about forty members of the International Medical Congress, (ihi-el is situated in the prov ince ol Antwerp, and in that portion of IJelgiuin known as the ( 'ampinc, a Hat country with line bra ing air. Wcstarty-d early in the morning for I lei cut hals. whiefi by railway is nt n di-taie e of two hourand forty minutes from Prusol.s. I'roin Ili-renthals a drive of one hour and forty minutes hy car took us to (ilu-el. Near a country inn, at about, a league distance from iihei-1, we were nlready inet by one of the luiiiitics. Dr. Ihih k-cn-, tiie Director of the Cheel colony, under whoseguidiince the excursion was liiiide, pre-eiiteil him to us. lie answered very intelligently all theijiicstioris put to him. He hal been a schoolmaster, and was now giving private lessons in Trench, Latin, and other subjects in the fanners' hou.sesof the neighborhood. He begged not to be detained long, as his pupils wore waiting for him. The pour M-hoolinaster's madness whs of a religious kiml. He told them that he was ipiite happy, and did not wish ever to leave. On arriving at tiheel we were received at the ayluin a tine red brick building, surrounded with nice plantations by Dr. Peters, the assistant nf the Director. In the coiuuiitti e room Millie. Ihjlckeiis, t he Director's daughter, invited us to take the usual llelgian morning n tieshnient Madeira ami cakes; and then Dr. Ibilckcns gave explanations concerning the colony. It is of v cry ancient origin; a legend" places it as far back as the seventh century, attributing it to Viintc Dvmphne (DvinphiM or Digna), the daugliterof an Irish King, who came to live at (ihi-el, where she also underwent martyrdom, and became then the protectress of the iii-.-ine. However, it is proved, that as early as the twelfth

century foreign lunatics were s. nt to (i!. t l. for the siike of t!i" -peci-il treatment ;:iv en there. This treat incut differed fn- n that in u-e everyw here el-e. The lunatics are not kept in an a-vlum, but .hoard and lodge w ith tin- inhabitants. In the institution was reorganized ami placed under the government. Since then a great increase has taken place in the number of patients 8 -nt there. The commune of (ilu-el. with its outly ing hamlets, is very extensive. It enters 1 I.kh) hectares, and the number of inhabitants is a No about 11,""i. The lunatics number now about 1, .hi of both m-m-s. 1 he commune is divi.b-d into four M-ciiou-. At the head of each is placed a medical man and an overseer. The patients are frmu all nations and all ranks of society, and tln-y receive aecommod.itioii a -cord ing to t heir means. Tie vv cult by are placed with tin- werllh'n r cla-s of inhabitants, and the poor with the poorer. The pauper lunatics, for who-e support tln-ir rcspectivecoiiiinuiics have to pay, belong to the la-t category. Th more dangerous da-s of lunatics are placed in t !i- out h ing i-olatc 1 hamlets. They are divided into section, a.-crding to the nature of tin ir di-i ae, and the Wall. .on patients are kept in two separate hamlets ((ihecl is a purely ! lemish place, but most people under--tiiml Krctich), so as to be companions t one another. The 1 1,""" inhabitants are, so to sneak, all engaged in the urv eiliaiice of t he pat ieiits, which makes about nine overseers fer every patient. The surveillance not being jwrccivcil by the patients, of course d-.es not irritate them. The commune earns directly more than .Vh,(kn) flatus annually through the kc. ping of the lunatics, and indirectly also a great deal through the cheap work of all kinds w hich the patients perform for the inhabitants. It is the personal interest t.f the inhabitant to do their duty well by the patients, as thee are intrusted only to people whose moral fitness ami means of existence are approved. In fact, a family at (iheel is not con-idcicd respectable if lunatics- are not intrusted t. it, and the withdrawal of tlmiu from its care constitutes a heavy punishment. I I lie children of tin inhabitants, living from t In ir earliest child!) I with .un ities, become attached to them, do net find any thing ridiculous in them, learn how tbcv are to be treated, exercise, through their company, a very soothing influence on them, and are, of course, not in the le;vt afraid of them. When young people get married they ask from the authorities as a favor ami a sort of dowry the care of a patient. On their arrival at (iheel the lunatics are kept at the central Hsyluni for observation as long as the director deems necessary. In case of acute disease they are bn.ugiit back there. It aNo serves as the house of correction, the privation of liberty being felt a seven? punishment by the patients. In eases nf great debility they are also brought there. Many lunatics, when feeling the approach of a paroxysm, demand themselves to he sent to the asylum. When a cure has been llectc'l the caretaker receives as a reu d another patient, and if many cures occur at his house he is rewarded with the care of u wealthy patient. The number of cures averages from sixtylive to seventy-live out of the hundred. Patients with radically immoral or highly dangerous tendencies cannot be kept at (iheel, the central a; lum being only a depot. The number of lunatics tiinler temporary coercion is generally twelve out of tho 1,. Six I. We visited now the infirmary, the ells, and the halls, where the lately-arrived are kept under observation. The very dirty patients, who cannot be placed with the inhabitants, have their

ow n rooms, with .suitable arrangements. We found every where exquisite clean lim-ss, and good air and light ; the patients seemed to relish their tiitiln-M well ; they enjoy, even in the asjlum, a great deal of liberty ; and if a lunatic, a-y 1 1 1 1 1 1 could he culled a cheerful place, the nne, at (iheel is, perhaps, the only "ii- to w hich that term could be applied, (iooil paved roads traverse tin) commune, ami many houses are really line villas, with large gardens in the rear. The first hou-e w hich we visited Wii- the house of poor people. We found the family, composed of man, wifr, and three young children, and their two lunatic boarders, seated iMourid the table at dinner. The children seemed to be ijuite unaware that they were fitting nt the side of lunatics, nor would a stranger entering unprepared ever have thought of the pie-cnee of Midi persons. After some more visits of the kind, we went to the principal tavern, to which a tine large hall is attached, w here there is fete, concert, and dancing every Sunday. Some of the houses of the wealthier class were now visited. They oiler all the comforts that can be desired for ladies and gentlemen. The apartments are large, well furnished, and the patient may install in them libraries am! whatever is allowed by the director. We found there persons of very high social rank, and others of great accomplishment. In the st recti we met at every moment lunatics lounging before the doors of the houses, smoking pipes or cigars, playing with the children, or otherwise amusing themselves. Among the wealthier class of patient at (iheel it is nothing uncommon to find persons who -.pt-lid ihclO from :!"" to i.Y.0 a year. Some keep cars and horses for their use. The authorities watch can fully that the patients are not imposed upon, and tint they receive its value for the money which tin y spend. Cases of misconduct of any kind tow ard a patient are, however, exceedingly rare, and the puni-hment of being declared unworthy to keep patients is considered a f.-arful disgrace. We visited the

Chun li of St. Dvmphne, the Irish prin-ce-i and protectress of tin lunatics. In th.'s.'vent !i century there existed n the spot a chapel dedicated to St. Martin, surrounded by a doen houses forming then the village of (iheel. 1 he style of building of the present ery spacious church points to the twelfth century, tin time of transition from the Kmnan to the (iothie style. Some parts, however, were added later. '1 he central chapel of the diambulatoritun contains a remarkable work of art, the hi-toryof St. Dvmphne, carved in wood. It is divided into eight part. Tin figures, painted ami gilt, are :f good proportions, and tin faces wonderfully expressive. The arts represent : 1. The birth of St. Dvmphne, who i handed over by her mother to St. (ieivb.Tt. The death of the (Juc.-n, the mother of St. Dvmphne. :. The devil suggesting bad thoughts to lu r father, the Iri-h King. 4. t. Dy iiijdnn-embarking vvith St. (ierebi-rt for'l'eigium. .'. The King seeking his daughter. . The wicked King who has had St. (ierebcrt beheaded, beheading himself his daughter, as Dobodv cNe Would scfVl' its ee. lit ioi-r. 7. Priests carrying in pr.ce-i-n the relic of St. Dvmphne. s. A demon K-1 1 v ing the head of a lunatic woman, cured by prayer, and a lunatic in chains waiting his turn for deliverance. I ought to add that during our vi-it we nut from the excellent Director, Dr. HuIi-ken, tint parNh J.rie-t, and every body we came in contact w ith, the mo-t ex'iiisite courtesy and willingness to give us information. The Komlrunnor. Thi peculiar species of the feathered creation, known to no inln-r country but California, and of extn-me scarcity, is a curiosity that we seldom se in a day's travel. Mr. L. Tully, of our tow n, and Mr. Mithel of Calistoga, while returning home last Monday, di-i oveu-d one in the road, running along, wings half extended, with the velocity of an ostrich. Although not so large, it has the ostrich's peculiarities, runs like it and, again, does not possess the power of living, but can jump in the clear, by the assistance of its wings, from twenty -In e to f-.rtv feet, rai-iiig seven or eight feet in Jits jump. This uNo a characteristic of j the ostrich, w hich does not fly, but, by napping its wings and heeling and toeing the dust, gets away with the turf so as to astonish the fatcst hor-i. The roadrunner did the same thing, and not only astonished Mr. Tully, but Mr. Mithel also, vv ho w:ls making a terrific race on horseback after it, the object being to run it dow n. During the race the roadninnc-r took to the low-limbed trees frc t-tifiitly, jumping from branch to branch, making it decidedly interesting as well as hot for the pursuers, as Mr. Tully had to climb ami drive it out. It was finally run down and captured by Mr. Tully, but soon thereafter escaped from the box, and before it could be run down again, it was caught ley the dog and unfortunately killed. In Southern California, where the character of the roadrunner is better known, the Mexicans and Indians never kill it. They say that it is the deadly enemy to the rattlesnake. Its mode of warfare is one of judgment, the favorite mode of attack being when the snake is asleep; it then gathers cactus, and, after cir1 chug the reptile within its thorny ring, wakes him up with a pick, or by dropI ping one of the thorny things on him. I The snake will not cross the cactus, ami lie is sooner or later nggravaieu mm a spring, win n he falls upon the thorns, and death ensues by nightfall. SI. Helm H'ul.) St'tr. - (lermany graduated CCO physicians lust year.

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