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DISEASE OR CRIME?
SOME CELEBRATED CASES
UNDER THE LIGHT.
Sclonio Coming to lltn Alitor Igiionitit'ct
Hy lntclllnrut Trciltinciit Tlmt
Which Wo Call Crlnii) .May lt !
, lltcr.itnt from tho Hurt'.
nil
WjpaJsul
O tnoro fascinating
study or iiroblcm
1b presented to con
scientious lawyers
Jjia the degree
lot responsibility
which ought to be
attached to the
commission o f
crime. Tho sub
ject perhaps Rained
geneinl Interest In
.Vow York when (loveruor Seward was
assigned to tho defence of n negro who
wiw charged with murdor. Tho case Is
i celebrated one, mainly because of
Governor Seward'n defence of that man.
No question was raised about tho act
I'self, for the negro was almost
caught red handed. Tho sole ques
tion was that of his responsi
bility. Governor Sowaid was con
vinced as soon as ho wont in the
coso that this man had no greater re
sponsibility than tho axe which he
swung when ho committed murder
not n bit moro than a ferocious beast,
had such an animal leaped at tho throat
of tho man whose death the negro was
1)11. GEO. M. 11EAUD.
accused of causing. Tho governor's
lino of defense, and his speech, perhaps
tho highest night to which his Intollcct
ever carried him, occasioned comment
wherever tho syrtom of English Juris
prudence prevails. Nevertheless, It was
sufficient for tho Jury to Know that tho
uegro had committed tho felony of
which ho wns charged, nml they found
this Idiot guilty of murder In rno first
degree. When the condemned man was
m tvJcd "Pi to rocclvo sentence, per-
FTi'aps tho most distressing sight ever
W witnessed In n court-room shocked
every observer there. Ho stood like
ono void of every quality that distin
guishes tho man from a mere worm,
excepting mere physical shape. So lm-
t paired were his mcagro faculties that
ho oven could not speak, and ho had no
more conception of tho fact that the
judge was condemning him to death
than ho would Jiad healready been
dead. Tho gallons committed no judi
cial murder In this caso, for the Idiot
went back to his cell to sink into stu
por which was nothln.7 but living
s death. The case and tho management
of it quickened tho bar and legislatures
4 elsewhere, so that modifications of stat
utes allowing Juries to judge of respon
sibility were made. In Connecticut tho
statute was so changed that a Jury was
uot compelled to convict q murder In
tlw first degree, but might be Instruct
ed by the judge that they might, unless
the evidence was equivalent to that of
. two rellablo witnesses, bring In a ver
dict of murder In tho second degree.
This law saved two wonionn that stuto
from tho gallows who were unquestion
ably victims of. the homicidal, mania.,
sponsible homicidal mania tho nooks
recorded. HifTflkvd often with Mrs.
Sherman while ho ,was In life Impris
onment, nnd'found ithat reasonable In
tellectual processes with her stopped
when child-murder and poisoning was
tho subject of discussion, She knew
sho had poisoned her family, and, n
fact, made detailed confession of each
crime. Hut sho had no moral sense
while lolling that story, describing It
as a housewife would her method of
ridding herself of some of tho annoying
cares of her vocation. Heard himself,
when ho approached tho shadow lino
In his, last Illness, said that ho had
had Illuminations of his Intollcct which
had enabled him to sec In what ways
men had erred, so that many things
they had declared to be gross felonies
or misdemeanors were, after all, the re
sult of tho action of diseased Intollcct..
Heard, as ho lay on his bed In his lust
lllnlvs, made u faithful record of bin
mental and physical Imprcfflons, and
lie was even writing as he passed Into
tho shadow land. Almost bis li.st In
timation was that science and society
should make earnest Investigations
that there might bo full determination
by and by of tho lino which divide?
moral responsibility from moral Ino
Kpouslbllity. The late Dr. Burton of Harvard, ns
ho was recovering from u severe Ill
ness in which ho had been for a tlmr
In mi almost tranccllko state, said: "Wo
do not know how near wo nro to thoso
things which nro on tho other sldo of
tho lino, nor do we know with what un
conscious Inllucnco wo nro by thoso
things directed." Dr. Hurton was no
spiritualist. Ho was ono or the greatest
and healthiest Intellects In tho Con
gregational pulpit of Now England, but
he had been taught something which
persuaded him that society has not yet
mastered the problems of criminal con
trol, or of moral responsibility.
Dean Wnyland of tho Yale law school
has made tho assertion which will enuso
dismay, that there arc .1,000,000 habit
ual criminals in the United States, end
his Intimation is clear that criminality
In these cases has become a permanent
disease which would JuFtlfy tho Im
prisonment for life of these mania-In
fested persons, so that society might
protect lLielf. Tho ablcbt of our police
olllcors, many of our physicians, some
of our clergymen, will ngrco with Dean
Wayland nml Dr. Wlnslow, although
thoy may not accept 03 nccurato the
enormous figures given by Dr. Way
land. Some extraordinary cases of
moral Irresponsibility nro reported by
the physicians and by tho police. Ono
very distinguished man, who is at the
top of his profession, n truo artist, a
man of world wide fame. Is not received
ut any house In Now York, unless ho
Is accompanied o'r watched, becauso ho
Is known to be a victim of kleptoma
nia. He has appeared professionally,
ODD THINGS OF GlASS.
COFFINS, MOUSETRAPS, URICKS,
FISH BAIT.
Mil Slny l.hu In lloti'r or ! Mcft
III (llim llnUtriKU, Wnincn Wi-nr IIiim
fJonim nml llxliy I'lnj With r.ltmt
lllorkh
HEHE Is nn Invent
or who Is known nt
tho patent oflleo In
Washington as tho
.Glass Man. Ilia
name Is C. W. Mc
Lean, ot Now
Heme, N. C, nnd
during tho Iii3t
fow yeats ho has
obtained patents
for n surprising
number ot devices In glnas.
Among theso Is a glass coffin, which
Is guaranteed proof against decay and
rats. So long as no dellberato attempt
Is made to smash It, It ought to lant for
ever. Another contrivance Is a stair
case made wholly of glass steps, land
ings and newel posts being all of that
matci'lnl. Yet another Is a glass b.ir
ioI. Hut perhaps tho most remnrkable
Invention of tho GlaHH Man Is a billiard
table of glass.
Tho day may yet arrive when people
will live In glass Iious.ch. A patent has
been secured by another Inventor for
imentod n procesn for making glass
slippers In molds. Thoy would not do
very well for dancing. Thetu Is no
reason why n glass gown should not b'i
woven of Iridescent glnss, nnd Its wear
er would look llko an animated rain
bow on a bnll-room floor ono dazzling
shimmer of ever-chaugiug hues.
Until recently the manufacture of Iri
descent glass was set down In tho list
or tho lost arts. Hut In 1878 It waB re
discovered, and now It Is n common
commercial article. It Is mado by ex
posing the melted glass to tho vaporH
of salts of sodium. At tho Metropoli
tan Museum of Art nro exhibited givnt
numbers of bottles, plates and other ar
ticles of glass which wore made and
used long before Christ was born.. Thoy
were dug up In Cyprus and elsewhere.
Many of them have a beautiful Irides
cence, but It Is tho result of decay.
Glass will rot llko anything else, and
decay has split tho strurturo of this
ancient glass In laminae or Hakes which
interrupt tho light ho as to produce
brilliant red, grecu, purple and other
rainbow colors.
The window blinds of tho glass house
or tho future will bo of glass, of course,
That Is another patent, and tho Invent
or suggests that such blinds may be
mado of whatever rolorti aro desired,
Haby In tho nursery will perhaps phy
with glass building blocks, and at a
suitable ago ho will receive n Christ
mas gift of a pair of roller skates with
glass rollers. Ilotli of theso Ideas havo
been patented.
THE HATPIN.
It Hit, .Many lr. In lint llnml, ot n
Woiiiiin.
Tho Idea of making tho hat pin a
weapon of defense first dawned upon
mo whon 1 was In tho east, says a bright
eyed dame, who Is always watching
for a chance to exploit California, ellm
nto, morals and all.
"Of course you nil know that a worn
mi nin't en nboul nlono with any de
gree of comfort when sho gots nw.iy
from western chivalry. Well, ns I
wanted to study art In New York whllo
1 visited my brother In Newark, i was
obliged to uso tho suburban trains al
most every day. 1 hnd n bookful of un
pleasant experiences beforo 1 lenrned
the magic power ot that slniplo little
hat pin.
"Finally a mnn who was packed be
side mo In n car became simply unen
durable. I squeezed myself meekly
up against tho window, glvUig mlnu
enemy tlirco-fourtha of thu seat, (laz
ing out Into tho darkness I became
positive)' depressed anil folt llko offer
ing nn apology to somebody for pre
suming to cumber tho earth.
"Mine onomy mado tho mlstnko ot
encroaching still further upon my terri
tory. "It wns too much. My wrath blazed
up and I drew my hat pin. I said uot a
word and did nothing to attract atten
tion. Nevertheless that man was glad
to vacato my full share ot that scat, and
perhaps a little more. I held my wenp-
OUR WIT AND HUMOR.
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CURRENTSAYINOS AND DOINQ9
OK FUNNY WRITERS.
At SiIW To.- T.tlilo A Hiiro HIrii ol
CliiniS" of WiMitlicr-'Vnrj Nn.ir To
Rcthrr (Irli-liinl nml Fti)itrt l'lc
mttrlc I'oln tint t'iiriti;r.ipliii.
OSK Inviting, man
ner so de
mure, you
Scarce know II
she'd cheel
you or nihil
you;
Eyes to speak m
well ns see,
Voire to set a mum
my's heart a-
dancing,
Slally'H-oh, well, Sally's quite cntrano
Ing.
When she's pou.'lng teal
Vet, sweet Sally, as 1 wntch you sitting,
Whllo tho rosy lamplight, o'or you Mt
ting,
Shimmers In your eyes or hair,
Urnys on snowy arm or dimpled fingers,
As your hand above tho ten-cups lin
gers, Something sayc, "Hownrol"
Maybe, Sally, you havo road of Clrco,
That whltc-nrmod onchnntross wltbou)
mercy,
tTlu n talo the poets-tell,)
How, when men her magic potion
tnstcd,
CaptUo nt her feet their lives they
wasted,
Powerless 'ucath her spoil.
Foolish, weren't they, for, a draught be
gulling,
I'or n tricksy sea-nymph's falthloai
smiling,
Thus to sell tholr liberty?
What, I wonder, wns that mnglo potion?
Do you know, somehow, I've hnlf a no
tlon
Twns a cup of teal
Well, I trust men now-a-days know bct
tor;
I nm suro I never would havo lot hor,
With such nonsonsc, capture me.
".lust ono cup?" O, well, -no horm to
takn it,
(And you do look charming as you mak
It!)
Yes, I'll tako omo tea.
C. V. Lester, In Truth.
A Hiiro .NlKn.
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LYDIA SHERMAN.
Ono was Lydla Shormnu,tho most no
torious ot American poisoners. To chat
with Mrs. Sherman was.to bo Impressed
with hor quick Intellect, her consider
able knowledge, and her Intelligent
rending, unless by sonio mischance the
conversation turned upon murder, and
especially Infanticide Then the worn
Mn revealed tho taint that was within
Iter brnin. nut Instead of caring for
her, thoso wlfo were near her looked
upon J, ns a mcro vagary, until after
four children had died and two hus
bands, tend science had put its micro
scope and acids upon their exhumed
rental ph to discover arsenic. Then it
was known that her taint was not a
mere vagary, but that sho wus a pois
oner of her entlro family.
Tho lato Dr. Georgo M. Heard, who
dlod too young to give to tho world the
fine fruit of a brilliant Intellect, made
a close study of this Sherman caso, de
claring that It was perhaps the most
extraordinary manifestation of Irrc-
MISS LIVINGSTON,
but detectives havo been near him.
Ouco in a houso ot wealth ho was scon
to tako an ornament ot great value,
and as he was leaving the house the de
tectives demanded It, and It wus with
out a word of protest given up. Tho
wlfo of u well known man is such' a
victim of this mania that at the pluccu
.where she trades she is watched, not
knowing It herself, and when, accord
ing to tho agreement, mysterious bllln
nro sent to her husband, he pays them,
nsking for no explanation. Ho needs
none. Yet aho Is a beautiful and ac
complished woman, who long ago,
under loss charitable conditions ot jus
tice, would havo served a term In the
penitentiary.
Physicians arc Inclined to think that
If that long list of awful crimes which
bus been prepared by the detoctlvos is
it truthful sketch of the. enrcor of
Holmes, it furnishes a reasonable
ground of Inference that there may be
physical lesion of his bruin, us well as
moral corruption. Already physicians
who havo known something of the ca
reer of, tho accused, matrlddo, Miss Liv
ingston ot Philadelphia", suggest' thai
sho may possibly bo tho victim of one
form of mental dorangement which Is
so well understood that It has a specific
name. When they cut down a mur
derer In Newark eomo years ago ono
who had almost ot a sudden chanced
from a 'man ot upright character to
such ft flend that ho was able to com
mit murder they found, after tho au
topsy, a tumor within his skull co largo
that It wns amazing thut It had uot
caused him to be n raving maniac or
an Imbecile.
Dr. Wlnslow, In ono of his papers,
Rooms to go so far ns to suggest that
almost all of tho casea of suicide nro
due to a mania which In this tlmo Is
very provalont, and which Jn every case
is cnuscd moro or less by mental dis
order, His intimation Is clear that
there Is moral irresponsibility, which
Is something moro than a low moral na
ture, in almost every one of theso cases.
It Is said tbefo aro In tho stato oi
Kansas twenty well-built towns with
out a single Inhabitant, and that Sara
toga, In that state, no; absolutely un
inhabited, has among other building
a 30,000 thcator.
(Carbondalc, III., Correspondence.)
Curbondalc, the Athens ot Southern
Illinois, enjoys tho distinction ot hav
ing moro beautiful young women than
any city In all "Egypt." Somo of the
society events which have occurred In
thlB city have attracted pcoplo from
larger cities and towns many miles
from here. In socloty tho young ladles
aro objects of beauty and brilliancy ,and
Miss Joslo M. Darton Is a beautiful
young lady, tho hollo of tho First Ward.
Sho Is a typical brunette, having black
eyes and raven hair. Sho is tho daugh
ter of John 11. Uarton, tho veteran edi
tor of tho Southern Illinois Herald.
Miss Bertha Davis Is a lovely young
lady with black hair and eyes and a
liguro that is tall and erect. Sho ranks
high ns a vocalist, and her services nro
hir Phnnnlnc mnnnors and kindness, always In demand at musical rccltalH,
of henrt make strangers feel a deep and Ono of tho prettiest and most popular
appreciative interest In all social young ladles In this city Is MIsb Flora
ovent Hall. Sho Is possessed of a model flguro
glass bricks of a pocuUar pattern. Tho
material of which they are composed
being a first-rate non-conductor, those
bricks will keep tho cold out of a dwell
ing built of them, while admitting tho
light. It Is claimed that thoy will ex
clude nolso, bolng hollow. Further
more, tho Inmates ot n glass houso nocd
not bo afraid of bolng under too closo
observation by neighbors, Inasmuch as
It Is not requisite that the bricks shall
bo transparent. They may bo or opaque
ground glass, or of any color that may
bo suitable for decorative effect.
Thus before many years havo pascod
It will be considered tho height of lux
ury, perhaps to occupy a dwelling of
glass. Glass bricks, of course, are ex
pensive. Pcoplo who llvo In glass
housos will bo ablo to afford to wear
clothes of glass. Nearly twenty yrara
ago there was shown at the centennial
oxnositlon In Philadelphia a bonnet
composed ontlroly of glass. It wns
love of a bonnet. Tho flowers on It
woro glass, and so wero tho ribbons,
which looked like tho finest sntln. Tho
patcnteo of this process describes it an
sultablo for tho manufacture of neck
ties, shawls, tablo covers, etc.
In fabrics of this kind a very flno
quality of glass is used. It is spun In
threads of exceeding delicacy, and of
these several colors may bo produced
at tho samo time. They nro woven lit a
loom of ordinary pattern. Anybody
,may obscrvo thnt a, thin shoot of glass
Is somewhat elastic. Tho threads em
ployed In weaving are of such fineness
as to bo perfectly pliable and uot at all
brittle. With a gown ot gloss would
naturally go a pair ot glass sllpporr,
Not llko Cinderella's, Oh, no Cinder
ulla did not wear glass slippers. Her
slippers In tho original French story
woro of "valr," which means fur. Vnlr
and "vcrro," moaning glass, nro pro
nounced exactly allko. Hence tho corruption.
A 'Pittsburg man named Smith hn.3
beautiful features and charming man
ners. She has a hos,t ot warm friends
In tho Southern Illinois SLito Univer
sity, which Institution sho attends. She
Is also a zealous worker In church cir
cles. MIhs Calla Johnsou, daughter ot
ox-Mayor Johnson, Is an accomplished
young ludy and a favorite In society
circles. She Is n young lady of pleasing
manners and winning disposition and
Is well llkod by nil who know her. Miss
Hcsslo Johnson Is a pretty and Interest
ing young lady. Sho Is u stylish dress
er, and Is much admired
Jm fj U r It a
Why Is tho barometer llko tbo bolle'i
dress?
In Rummer it registers high, and low
In tho Winter.
Too Hmttll 1'otatoM.
Pcnns Come, will you be my wife?
Mrs. Laker Any encumbrances?
Pcnns Two alimony checks a trlfli
ot (50 a month each.
Mrs. Laker Um! You had bettpf
propose to ray maid.
When ho Is old enough to go fishing
ho will not dig worms In tho garden,
but will be provided with nrtlllclal halt
in tho shapo ot a hollow minnow of
glass, coated on tho Inside partly with
a solution of gold or silver uud partly
with a luminous paint. The originator
of this mlnuow says that It Is a bril
liant object In the water calculated to
compel the attention of any fish that
has a particle ot appetite.
Glass bodstoads may bo proof against
lighting and bugs, but It is hardly to
be expected that glass houses should
bo freo from mlco. Tho Inmates could
hardly do better than to employ glass
traps for tho capturo of such vermin.
Thn great advantage of tho glass
mousc-trnp, according to tho statement
of tho inventor, is that "if a mouse
should enter the trup, ho may be seen
by others who cnanco to como that way,
and thoy will bo Inclined to join tho
ono Inside, especially when they ob
r.orvo that he Is nibbling a choice mor
sel." No iv lliliic Tlmt Aro Old.
In Bplto of the protests of Inventors,
nnd of thoso who bellovo thoy hnvo In
vestigated evctythlng slnca tho dolugc,
that thcro Is nothing new under tho
sun, the psalmist wus right when ho put
that thought Into tho colloquial lan
guage On tho Assyrian slabs, and on
moro than ono old European fresco, Is
soon Uio paddle-wheel for boats, j'
though the propeller In not in evidence.
Tho bicycle seems to havo bcon known
In China moro than two hundred years
ago, nnd tho voloclpedo wns scon In
Europe even beforo that. On n pa no of
tbo ancient painted glnss In tho old
church at Btflko Pogis, England, may
bo soon tho leprcsentntlon of n young
follow astride at ono of theso machines,
Ho Is working his way along with tho
air of a ridor who has introduced a
novelty, and Is tho
bounded admiration
witnesses.
on in a position which Indicated .to him
tho boundary Hue and I nssuro you thnt
ho understood tho Insinuation nnd loft
mo In peace. Ever since that day I
havo boon ns independent and self-re-HPfc'tlng
as a Spanish senorlta with a
dagger In her honl solt, etc."
This llory little nnocdote, told over
the tea-cups, wnB followed by a perfect
chorus ot stories of tho uses ot the hat
pin. The picking of locks, tho offleo of
can-opener, paper-cutter, Insect de
stroyer, theso were among tho lossor
things. A talo of tho repairing of n
broken harness at a critical Juncture
vied for second honors with tho history
of tho timely mending of a torn sail.
First plnco'wns given, without a dis
solving volco to tho story of tho hatpin
as a modern and always available
weapon of defense. San Frauclscu
Ch'Miniclc.
An AMurnnre.
"You're not going to publish every
thing I say, are you?" Bald Senator
Sorghum, anxiously.
"No," replied tho reporter; "1
wouldn't think ot It. If I were to let
some of that grnmmarlcss English gel
Into tho paper I'd lo'so my positloa be
'vo sunset tomorrow."
object ot the un
of n multitude of
GEMS OF THOUGHT.
Jrclvlllty Is tho oxtrcmo of prldo; It
Is built on tho contempt of niiink,lnd.
Zlmmorniann. All examples represent Ingratitude nH
sitting In Its throne, with Prldo at Itn
right hand and Cruolly at Us loft
Worthy supporters ot such a reigning
Impiety. South.
To the sinful man sin appears swoot
as honey, Hq. looks upon It us pleasant
so long as It bears no fruit, but when
Its fruit ,1'lpona then ho looks upon
It as sin. Huddha.
It wo llvo truly.we sliBlJ fsfc-Jruly. it Is
as easy for the strong map to,bo strong
as it is for the wenlt to bo woo if. When
wo havo new porccpTOTi wo shall glad
ly dlsburd(in,tlp,)rtilib'ry1WlVs"iioardod
treasures us' old rubbish. When a
man llvc with GodA hU-volco -Banll be
ns sweet as the murmur of tho brook
and tho rustlo ot tho cprn. Emerson.
Hiawatha Up to ItaU.
Thus departed Hiawatha '
To tho land ot the Dakota
To tho land of handsome women;
And in ninety days returning,
A dlvorcelct he brought with him.
To his wlfo ho gave the ha-ha,
Sent her back unto her ma-ma,
In tho outskirts of Chicago. Ex.
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Vary Naar Together.
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The first coach in England was butlr
tu 1565, for tho earl of Hutland.
She It's unlucky to have a post' or
:rce or anything like that come betwwa
us, when wo aro out walking,
He Don't be alarmed, dear, No past
can como between us this eve.
ItvaMurtaaY
Mrs. Peck I havo a proseatlawat
that If I go to sleep 1 shan't waka it ls
gain, ' V' , ,
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