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imaginary disease.
|L I_S INTENSIFIED and morbid fan
cies HARD TO CURE.
guff* 3 ring* of the Confirmed Hypochoifr
dl'tiiO—' Cancer himl Heart DUeane in the
jHin<l —A Cano in a New York Hospital.
In Fifteen Minute*.
The writer called on a number of prorn
lncut physicians and asked them if. among
t l, e ir patients, they had many who imag
ined they ha<l diseases which they did not
liave Some very interesting information
wa3 obtained The doctors said it was
found to be a very common trouble, and
that the chief diseases these peopilo im
dne they have are cancer, heart disease
arid Bright’s disease In the language of
the profession, the complaint is known as
hypochondriasis
'it was found that the disease is often
epidemic. At the time of Gen. Grant’s
gicknoss and death from cancer of the
throat, and during the illness of the late
j£ a jscr Fried rich, hundreds of people with
nothing serious at all the matter with
the.a (..died upon Dr. JShrady, who attend
C( J Gen. Grant, and told him they had can
cor of the throat coming on and wished
to be treated for it.
One celebrated physician, who made a
special study of the disease, said that it
w ; s worthy of note that in all these cases
the pat i 1 oit reasons correctly—that is, ho
dr:iv s just inferences from the error
Thr the Prince of Bourbon, when ho
supper and himself to be a plant, reasoned
ju'tly when he insisted upon being
watered with the rest of the plants every
day In like manner, the hypochondriac
who .supposes himself to be dead reasons
with the same correctness when ho
stretches his body and limbs on the bed
ora board and assumes the stillness and
silence of a dead man.
The following is from the records of
one of the New York hospital’s house
jwirgeons.
W “It was on July 0 that a man of small
stature, who was found afterwards to bo
a Giocmaker by trade, who was apparent
] about 40 years of ago, escaped from his
1. • mid was running at large in the
st; -of the city, lacerating his flesh
an: heating his head against the sides of
F use . A number of citizens managed
t-capture him, und they brought him to
tli" ho pital, followed by a big crowd.
With 1 1 is arms tied behind him, and in
the greatest agony, his face bruised and
swollen, his lips torn to pieces and
streaming with blood, he was ushered
iatu the ho.- pital by those who had him in
charge I met them at the door and in
quire! into the case. The man was eager
to tell his own story, but with difficulty
collected words to convey it. His lan
guage was copious, but his agitation so
great that he could hardly utter a sen
tence, being interrupted by constant
eilorts to tear his lips to pieces. Those
with him knew nothing except that they
1.1 [re rented him from beating out his
own bruins At length he conveyed the
information where his distress was, and
upon which his mind was deluded. In
his upper lip lie said there was a worm
gnawing his flesh and penetrating into
his body, und unless he could tear it out
the worm would soon be beyond his reach
ami inevitably destroy him. This was
the cause of his misery. He was assured
of the possibility of relief, and with a
smiling countenance I patted him on the
shoulder and bade him no longer be un
easy, for 1 would cut out the worm. His
eyes sparkled, and in an instant he re
plied, ‘Will you? Do it then. Do it,
Suck, for God’s sake.’
if‘lie was urged not to despair, for I
*;.B now ready to remove the insect prey
ing upon his flesh Accordingly, we went
tc the cells of the maniacs. When being
stated lie fixed himself for the operation.
1 paraded six lancets on the table before
bin I’y making'- a display of this and
o'mer preparations and sending for assist
ance he became composed, waiting with
j -deuce the result. In the meantime I
hid sent in search of the worm. Tlio
person sent, being unsuccessful, stayed
too long and I hurried out the door and
picked from the ground one of the large
worms or caterpillars which infested the
poplar trees at that timo and had fallen
tom the trees by the door. One end of
tlio insect had been trodden upon, and it
nearly dead This I got, and on re
turning found my patient’s uneasiness
increased Bnt upon seeing mo take the
instruments lie fixed himself in the cliair
and requested my assistants, the apoth
ecary and the orderly man, to hold Ins
ba.n.s ! cut he should start while under
p; in ot the cutting instrument.
' a lancet the operation was begun.
‘.D‘, Dp with it, which made him
mo - u “ L ‘ H© accordingly leaned
kc..,i firmly against the person
■ ■ stood behind him. and shut his eyes
T• ‘ n : R I t’-us fixed lie bore the re
|ig,:eil pricks of the instrument with
I yiness and fortitude After pinching
■ ’.“d, “’ifh one hand and wounding it
r, : cut ofT a portion of the
| kp which ho had torn with his
k'h was pendulous. 1 now
B7.fi 1 dim that the operation was nearly I
I * Gu, tor the head of the worm could I
‘j- Ij g bystanders cried out: “ there
P" lucre it is! lie raised eyes to see,
W ‘>as cautioned to be still for one min
' ‘,D or - at which he again shut his
i then gave him a severe pinch,
1110 edge of the lancet across the
v:,;‘, at '' u and exclaiming, 'l've got
_ - opened my hand and exposed the
frat worm.
it y L ' nuin rose from his seat and gazed
j..';' Worill with astonishment beyond
At length he spoke and re
v. ! to preserve it, for, he observed
lom juiliity, his friends had said he
, -“Zy- but this would be an evidence
contrary.
.//C result of this deceptive operation
’(•■rfect cure, and this remarkable
' "as effected in less than fifteen
gutter the patient entered the
k„ U ‘ st doctors say that the causes of
' M ‘ he in conditions usually ob
!&,; . \’^ :( 'h lower the tone of the gen
i: : or depress the vitality of the
Rr or j‘,, 01 : ’ ie r by physical wear or mental
■%'?,*• disappointment, bad habits,
m f proper mental occupation, often
e trouble. The treatment eon-
ML.ff Uloasi:r ©s t 0 improve tho general
\ specially a full diet, carefully
■ ’ hydro-therapeutics, massage,
horseback riding, walking,
It f;ebundant and agreeable exercise
the management of
Bfe n.d nt s surroundings so as to lighten
: a:i h relieve from worry, perhaps
,* or s . ea voyage.
7 commonly worse than use*
BC! ! d iere should boa decided im
■C, 7 k'vcn that the generally morbid
clue to ill health. The risk of
(jiV7 HQ sma h that restriction of lib-
B-’ta i, c< te< i to its prevention does more
■ W, i,in , good - —William Henry Hawley
I Globe.
Connect oencea of Physical Inert!*.
An American business man appears to
be horu with a disinclination to walk.
1 have seen half a dozen at a time stand
around the entrance to a hotel elevator,
wasting several minutes in waiting for
the machine to come for them rather than
mount one flight of steps. Asa conse
quence of this physical inertia most busi
ness men of the present day have weak
muscles, and especially weak hearts, so
that should they bo obliged to exert
themselves to even a slight degree their
limbs become exhausted and tremble like
“a reed shaken by the wind,” their respi
ration becomes hurried and difficult, and
their pulses beat at the rate of IJo a min
ute, or even more.
It is only necessary to stand at the cor
ner of a street through which a street
railway passes and to watch the men and
women leaving their homes directly after
break&ukt, and running a hundred feet or
so at the top of their speed to catch an
approaching ear, as though it was the
only one by which they could go down
town, and their lives depended on getting
into that particular vehicle. How they
pant and blow and turn red in the face,
and gesticulate wildly at tlve conductor
and drop into their seats thoroughly ex
hausted from the comparatively slight
exertion into which they have been forced
by their love of business! Many minutes
ehipso before they recover their mental
and physical equanimity. Not a year
passes that the newspapers do not record
several deaths that have occurred from
this practice, and which would not take
place if the subjects had been in the
habit of takjng sufficient muscular exer
cise. In such people the heart is sud
denly subjected to a strain to which it is
not accustomed, and it gives way in the
effort to accomplish the work required of
it. I venture to say that of those who
read these observations not one in ten
can ascend the steps of an elevated rail
way station as slowly as he pleases with
out having the action of the heart nearly
doubled in frequency. A rapidly beating
heart is almost invariably a feeble heart.
—Dr. William A. Hammond.
Cyclin'; Down a Mountain Side.
The long seven mile coast began. The
road wound down around horseshoe curves
and loops without number, and as it was
on the east side of the smaller valley
which led down at right angles to the
Rhine valley I had to ride on the outer
sido of the roadway in order to be on the
right side. At first, in turning some of
the sharp curves to the left where I could
see nothing ahead but air and the hills of
Switzerland twenty miles away, I slowed
up some, for the road was visible for only
twenty or thirty feet ahead, and where it
went to then I was totally ignorant, but
after riding a mile or two down over
roads so smooth that the running of the
machine was scarcely audible, 1 let up
on the brake a little and away I went
faster and faster.
One finger was sufficient on the brake
at first, but after a few miles that one
began to get cramped and two fingers
were applied. Then the brake spoon
began to get hot., but still I could not see
the foot of the mountain. About half
way down the water of the Rhine began
to show itself over the edge of the road
as I came to those sharp turns to the
left, and then I knew where the bottom
was. It actually seemed that, if I went
straight ahead, I should land in the river,
how many hundred feet below my blurred
eyes could not clearly discover. Once I met
a team and yelled, but the oxen were on
their own side and I went by them with a
rush all right. Another time some
children saw mo coming and ran down
the sides of the mountain scared out of
their wits. Still I went like the wind
over the same steep grade and smooth
road down from top to bottom, without
mishap, but with a feeling I never before
experienced in coasting that 1 was glad 1
was at the bottom. Flow long it took me
to come down I do not know, but I waited
six minutes at the base for the English
men.—Bicyclist George Li. Thayer in New
York World.
To Keep the Eyes lieu tit iful.
To have beautiful sightly eyes, we must
have strong, sound ones, and avoid all
causes of harm. Never read, write or
work with tlie light from a window in
front of the eyes. Artisans injure ’’their
sight past recovery by working at a bench
directly in front of a window, when they
should be placed with the back to it.
The light in front falls into the eye,
which contracts to lessen what it cannot
bear, with the invariable result of weak
ened sight. Lamps, gas jets and student
lamps are often placed so near the head
as to heat the eyes injuriously. The sim
plest shade stops this by making a current
of air between itself and the lamp.
1 quote from Dr. Jeffries’ highly inter
esting pamphlet on “Our Eyes and Our
Industries.” lie speaks very decidedly
on the injury to the eyes of wood engrav
ers in cutting from photographs on the
block, making the blurred and misty pict
ures too familiar in papers and magazines.
The work is cheaper, but, oculists find,
most destructive to the eyes, and the bet
ter class of engravers either refuse such
work or raise their prices nearly double.
The wear and tear comes of looking con
stantly from the photograph to the orig
inal picture hung before it and continually
changing the focus of the eye. lam glad
to know this has awakened attention, for
I know that looking at the soft, blurry
wood cuts is very trying to sensitive eyes.
So is the satiny, calendered paper which
certain publishers protest is necessary for
fine impressions, although finer work is
done abroad upon dull paper. The gloss
and glitter of much of the modern house
decoration injures the cy\) by the broken
reflections it is forced to meet on all sides.
The varnished paint, the metallic finish
of walls and fabrics, the breadth of plate
glass and painted glass are simply destruc
tive to good sight. They may answer for
people who never read, like the Turks and
Bulgarians, but eyes overtaxed like those
of our professional and many of our artisan
classes are, quickly find this glitter sui
cidal. —Shirley Dare's Letter.
Slight Impurities in Metals.
The astonishing changes that small
proportions of foreign matter will produce
iu metals are not necessarily of small
practical importance, as very slight im
purities in metals for certain purposes
might lead to serious consequences. Rob
erts-Austin gives two striking illustra
tions of this possibility. A small fraction
of bismuth in copper will reduce the elec
trical conductivity sufficiently to cause
any submarine cable made with it to
become a commercial failure, and the
message carrying power of copper cables
is said to have doubled since tho early
iays of telegraphy on account of the in
creased purity of the copper. Pure gold
has a breaking strain of from sixteen to
seventeen tons to the square inch, but
when alloyed with but two-teuths of one
per cent, of lead it will break with a
slight blow or under a trifling strain. —
Arkansaw Traveler. . ........
THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL.
| A SAD CITY WITH A STRANGE
LACK OF LIFE.
First Impressions of St. Petersburg—lt*
Unhealthy Position —Coarseness of the
Lower Classes—The Droskm and Its Rev
erent Driver —At Clinrclu
The first impression of the traveler on
approaching St. Petersburg is df wonder
at its size and its position On every side
stretches of what is apparently a low, fiat
marsh, covered with innumerable build
ings; the strangest plime for a city ever
chosen by the obstinate will of man, seek
ing to dispense with all natural ad van
tages. Peter the Great chose it, it is said,
as being “a window looking out upon
Europe,” but surely a site might have
been found with an equal outlook and a less
desolate and fatal position. Unlike Stock
holm, which is likewise surrounded by
water, but which sits on her rocky thrones
like a queen above the dangerous element,
St. Petersburg lies helplessly at its
mercy. In autumn, when the Neva is
rough and stormy, and In spring, when
the ice is breaking up, the danger is
greatest. Th© waves rise to the level of
the streets, the numerous canals overflow;
guns from the fortress are constantly
fired to warn the people of their peril,
while the inhabitants seek the upper
stories of their houses and the police pre
pare boats for rescue. Another conse
quence of this marshy situation is its an
healthiness, The sewage is not properly
carried off, the water is undrinkable, and
dysentery and similar diseases prevail
whenever the friendly frost is not present
to turn everything to ice. Peter the
Great did not build his capital in ignor
ance of wliat ho was doing. Fie laid its
foundation upon human lives. For many
years 40,000 men were annually drafted
from all portions of his empire to work in
this poisonous marsh. Every cart and
vessel entering the port was obliged to
bring a certain number of stones to pavo
its streets, and hundred of thousands of
wooden piles were buried in its depths.
Soil was also brought in in great quanti
ties to raise the level of the place, and
massive granite quays built along the
rapid river; but nothing has availed to
prevent disastrous inundations, seven or
eight of which are particularly mentioned
since the foundations were laid in 1708.
At one time the river rose thirteen feet.
But it is not only the want of elevation
and of picturesqueness that is depressing
to the visitor; it is no less the wide deso
lation of tlie vast open spaces of the city.
From the busy moving multitudes and
crowded quays of Stockholm wo have
come to quiet and deserted squares, end
less rows of immense buildings, mo
notonous grandeur and regularity It is
evident that there are not enough people
to fill its streets, and i: is a positive re
lief to enter tlie few thoroughfares where
business and life is centered, such as the
Nevsky Prospect. Of course, in winter,
when the court is here and the richest
citizens come in from t heir summer homes
in Finland and the islands, when the
sleighing is lively and all the gayeties of
the season in vogue, St. Petersburg would
show to much greater advantage.
We had been told that the contrasts of
luxury and poverty on the streets would
be most painful, and we expected to meet
beggary on every hand, but such has not
proved to bo the case. There are always
beggars at the church doors, but seldom
elsewhere, and poverty is by no means so
obvious and distressing as in many cities
It is not the poverty, but the coarseness,
almost brutality, in the lozver classes that
impresses you most vividly*. The men
that you meet in their sordid rags or
tlieir undressed sheepskins seem hot to
need nor desire any better raiment. It is
suitable to them. Wild of face, with
long, tangled hair, and inexpressibly
dirty, often half drunk, but never scring
ing. you shrink from rather than pity
them. The pictures drawn by Tolstoi are
seen to be fearfully realistic. The women
are less forbidding, but with little intelli
gence or good humor. Actually I have
never seen a smile nor heard a laugh in
the streets sinco we have been
here. Nobody understands or wishes
to understand you; the poor arc
sullen, the well-to-do careless or in
solent. And then there is so much that
is strange and utterly foreign. For some,
to us, unexplained reason the days of tho
month are changed. You thought it was
the 20th of August—you find it is tho
Bth. The Russian alphabet is very dif
ferent from ours. ai:d the names of tho
streets and the signs over tlio shops
might as well be written in Runic. As
very few of tho natives, however, are
better off than yourself in this respect,
the shopkeepers do not trust to the al
phabet for setting forth their wares.
I have complained of the want of life in
the streets. 1 must make an exception
in favor of the droskas. These little car
riages fly about iu every direction, for
everybody rides. You look down one of
tho long quays perhaps aud see no walk
ers, no loungers, but you are sure to see
droskas. They are small, low vehicles,
each holding two passengers, with a
driver on a high seat in front clad in a
long blue blouse, with a leather girdle
and a peculiar cap on his head. Tho
horses, with their huge arched col
lars, are active and gentle and
apparently well treated, and if you
know enough Russian to make a bar
gain, you will find this method of tran
sit a cheap and convenient one. It is cer
tainlv convenient; you have only to
raise your baud and droskas sweep down
upon you like vultures on their prey,
sometimes jostling each other in their en
dcavor to reach you the first; but as uono
of the drivers know a word of anything
but Russian, you may not find it very
easy to make them comprehend where
you want to go. This difficulty overcome,
however, you will soon be spinning at a
rapid rate over the badly paved streets.
You will probably soon notice the driver
snatch off his cap. wave it in the air, and,
replacing it, make a hasty sign of the
cross by touching the forehead, breast and
each shoulder in succession. This is when
a church is passed, and such recognition
ot the sacred edifices and shrines is com
mon among both walkers and riders.
Ihere is no nation probably so devoted
to religious forms as the Russian—cer
tainly none which believes so implicitly
in the value of signs and genuflexions.
It is strange enough to watch the crowd
which fills the church during service
time. There are never any seats; all,
rich and poor, stand together; but iu
place of standing quietly, or, at most,
kneeling occasionally, like tho congrega
tion in a Catholic church, tho whole body
of worshipers in a Greek church are in
motion; bowing, prostrating themselves,
waving the arms up aud down, continu
ally making the sign of the cross de
scribed above, they resemble a garden
tossed by a gr? *t wind.—Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Tooth railing by Electricity.
Boston |K*ople nowadays have their su
perfluous te • h drawn bv means of elec
tricity Inasmuch as all new ideas iu the
arts and sciences are spread from this en
lightened metropolis originally, and from
bailee extended over the country, there is
little doubt that sooner or later this new
method will supersede laughing gas aud
ether in other big cities of the Union
The process in question is very simple,
scarce any apparatus being required be
yond an ordinary two cell battery, with
vibrator attachment. This attachment is
a thin strip of metal, fastened at the ends,
which is made to vibrate a thousand or
more times {>er second by the electric cur
rent. At each vibration the circuit is cut
off and renewed again, the effect being to
give a perfectly steady flow of the mys
terious fluid In order to make sure that
the flow is quite satisfactory the operator
tunes the machine—assisted by a little
reed tuning pipe—until the strip of metal
sings “A.” So far, so good.
Now to the battery are attached three
wires. Two of them have handles at the
ends, and tlie third is hitched to a for
ceps. The patient in the chair is given a
handle to hold in each hand, and the cur
rent is turned on gradually until it be
comes painful. Then he is told t-o grasp
the handles as strongly as possible, the
electricity—having been switched off for
a moment—is turned on again suddenly,
and the dental surgeon applies his forceps
simultaneously to the tooth. The instant
the molar is touched, it, as well as the
parts surrounding, becomes electrified and
absolutely insensible to pain. When it is
withdrawn from the socket, the subject
of the operation feels not the slightest
disagreeable sensation. A jerk and the
tooth is out. the patient drops the handles
and the affair is over.—Boston Cor. Globe-
Democrat.
Making Fine Grade Candies.
The process of making the “cream” is
identical in both wholesale and retail es
tablishments. Confectioners’ sugar is
first boiled until it becomes a thick and
waxy syrup. It is then turned out on
slabs and Allowed to partially cool. In
the retail establishments it is then worked
with wooden paddles until the grain is so
stretched that the mass is resolved into a
soft, snowy compound, ready for the
flavors or to be mixed with fruit or nuts.
In the wholesale factories ICO pounds of
clear syrup is turned out on a slab at cue
time. When it has cooled enough to work
a canclymaker stations himself at either
end. lie hold;* a common garden spade.
Together the two workers turn and turn
the hardening sugar until it is white.
Then it is packed away iu big iron recep
tacles and covered with heavy, wet cloths
to keep it from hardening,
This cream is the basis of all the finest
grade candies in the market. It is in the
manufacture of this cream that dealers
have revolutionized methods and brought
that of America to the highest standard
in the world. Candy is not made in such
vast quantities in any other land. The
famous confections of the Orient are not
to be compared, either in quality or quan
tity, with those of the United States.
Eastern compounds arc largely of the
nougat order and made in small quanti
ties. Armenian Greeks offer Turkish
paste along State street every day for
sale. It is turned out in a big cone ex
actly as it is cooled in the pot. It is sold
in slices. It is after this same fashion
that the confections of the east are all
made. French bonbons do not suit the
American palate. They arc not distinct
flavors as a rule. Instead, they are a con
glomeration of flavors so mixed as to
make subtle but intangible flavor that
can be attributed neither to fruit nor
flower.—Chicago Herald.
Reroe and Its Dears.
Every one immediately associates the
mention of Berne with bears The coat
of arms consists of one of these animals,
and everywhere and on everything they
appear—in stone and in wood, carved and
painted, and alive in the pits, where they
have been maintained at the expense of
the government from time immemoru.l.
Fountains are ornamented with bears; if
the fountain itself is not a bruin, one is
sure to be found in the vicinity. A statue
of Bert held von Zohringen surmounts a
watering trough, and by him stands a
small bear with a sword hanging by its
side and acting the part of helmet bearer.
Sunday afternoon the entire populace, old
and young, dress in gala attire and visit
the pits. A double row is formed around
the railing: each person purchases carrots
or bread to throw the pets, whose ele
phantine-like gambols provoke shouts of
laughter from the surroundinguaultitude.
They really are most amusing animals.
A deep tank is in the center of the den,
and while we were present a regular
wrestling match took place between two
hoary old fellows, in which the great
struggle was to throw one another into
the water. At last one succeeded in giv
ing liis opponent a thorough ducking, aud
then sat on the brink eyeing his defeated
adversary, his head on one side, and rub
bing his immense paws, apparently with
the greatest enjoyment. One of the
lookers on declared that lie grinned and
chuckled, but serious doubts may be en
tertained as to the veracity of that state
ment. —Baltimore American.
Newspaper Enterprise “Out West.”
The successful western newspaper is,
above all things, enterprising, and this
quality, now so wonderfully developed, is
a legacy from the pioneer press. The
special telegraph wires of today from
Cincinnati aud Chicago to New York,
Washington and important nearby cities
had their prototypes in the pony expresses
and special messengers of the pre-railroad
and ante-telegraph times. And it re
quired more courage and pluck to send
out the latter than to put in the former.
This enterprise displayed itself in many
startling ways, as it docs today. It ad
apted itself to surrounding circumstances.
When Denver, in 18fi9. was but a collec
tion of tents, rude shanties and corrals on
Cherry creek, and tho nearest United
States postoffice was at Fort Laramie, 220
miles away, when the mails arrived but
once or twice a month, and were uncer
tain at that, and news from “the States”
came only at long and irregular intervals,
the editor of The Rocky Mountain News
was the one who sent a messenger to Fort
Laramie to bring back, in spite of the suf
fering and hardships the journey entailed,
a mule load of letters and eastern news
papers. And his readers, with that gen
erosity that has always distinguished
western newspaper constituencies, showed
their appreciation of his enterprise in a
substantial manner.—Z. L. White in
Harper’s Magazine.
Strengthening the Memory.
Among the axioms which fill the moral
columns of a weekly journal is one that
“There is no better way to strengthen tho
memory tliitn bv speaking the exact
truth.” and another, that “A liar should
have a good memory. ” The editor has a
decided taste for mnemonics.—Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
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TTe have completed arrangements forth©
early appearance in those columns of the
popular serial noted above.
Readers are requested to keep a sharp look
out for the opening chapters, which will ap
pear very shortly. The story’ is
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artists in the country
The following illustrations are taken from
among those which will embellish this serial.
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Chapters.
Cases of Momidd&l insanity
“Have you had much experience with
this form of insanity, doctor?”
"Many and many a case 1 remember
once being visited by a gardener tie
told me that Ids niece kept house for him,
and that as l.e hud raised her he was
very fond of her One day he was filled
witu an impulse to drive a pitclifork
through her neck He was talking to
her at the time and had the pitchfork in
his hand By a tremendous effort he re
framed Several times afterwards he
felt the same desire coming over him. and
each time it grow stronger, and at last he
made a figure, with the neck and bust of
straw. Whenever the desire to stick liis
niece in the neck with the pitchfork came
over him lie would rush out and stab the
figure. I got him into an asylum and he
was eventually cured
"I remember another case where a man
in Arkansas wrote me saying that one
day while he was digging in the garden
his little child came running ut to play.
As soon as he saw her a sudden desire to
kill her with the spade came over him.
He said the feeling was so strong that he
had to tell the child to leave the garden.
Afterwards he declared that he feared he
would kill his family I wrote him to go
to an asylum immediately, because if he
did not the rnknia would grow und he
would certainly kill some one, in which
event he would lie morally as guilty as if
he had planned the murder in his sober
senses
"The case of De Mallard, the French
man. is a noted one. and from the fact
that the victims were all women it is
peculiarly interesting Ho used to adver
tise for servant girls When they came
he would, lead them o:T to some secluded
spot ami murder them There was uo
other object than a mad thirst for human
blood. Lie is known to have murdered
six women in this way. and is supposed to
have killed many more whose bodies were
never discovered Lie was executed. The
books are full of such eases, and they are
not confined to men. either Women have
figured quite as v rominontly One French
woman, between W-d and lsn?. murdered
over twenty people She used poison in
every instance, and bet victims included
relatives, neighbors, physicians and nuns.
She attended a number of her victims
while they wi re on their deathbeds and
gave every evidence of being deeply
affected Perhaps she was. Ci course
she had no object*except an insane desire
to see people die.
"This mania is but one of a number, all
of which arc of the same general family.
In some cases it is kleptomania, in others
a mania for suicide, in others for murder,
and so on ” —Dr. William A. Hammond in
New York World.
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