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Show truth THE COUNTYS WARDS. Away down on State street, at the corner of Twelfth South, there Is a little group of brick buildings known variously as the county hospital, In- Here abides a little community of about one hundred people, the world forgetting, by the world forgot; a little world of itself, in fact, having Its own laws and lawgivers, and only interested in what transpires outside as a matter of impersonal speculation. They are 6of near, to the ly all ages, from the boy of races half and the of 90, past patriarch On one are sun the represented. under on the and a cot is adjoining Britain, one is a Chinaman, then a native cf the Emerald Isle, and next to him again a Polish Jew. There are Scotch Welsh, Scandinavian, negro and freeborn Americans, men and women. Some of these are chronic invalids, stricken with incurable diseases, but most of them are simply aged and feeble-mindpeople. A few have forced by . sickness and simply been to throw themselves' on the misfortune mercy of the county temporarily untl1 able to care for themselves again. Some have been given little tasks about the place, such as their strength and infirmities will permit them to perform, and these are extremely proud of their responsibilities. Others are there to be cared for as friends or relatives pay for them, and do not want tc make themselves useful. There Is, of course, no compulsion in this respect. All are compelled, however, to observe the regulations of the institution. Superintendent Jones and the steward James Hayford, are the powers that be and they have a most efficient method of enforcing the rules. It is simply oy impressing the inmate with the fact that if he becomes refractory he will be discharged from the institution. Nr person is allowed to leave the place without first obtaining permission of the superintendent or steward. Every person who is able must make his own bed, and every one must bathe at least once a week, Wednesday and Thursday being bath days. The lights are out at 9 oclock at night, and no loud talk or unnecessary noises of any kind are permitted after that time. Any trouble or dispute arising is referred to the steward for final settlement. Of course in such a miscellaneous gathering of people there are all kinds of cranks, and crankiness, and it require? the utmost tact to avoid arousing petty jealousies among them. All are treat ed absolutely alike, as tar as possible, and no partiality is shown. The food i? plentiful, wholesome and fairly well cooked. The breakfast bell rings at 7:30 in the morning, and those whc are able file into the dining room, each to his particular seat at one of the six tables in the mens department, and three in that of the womens, there being separate dining rooms. There is for breakfast always oatmeal mush and milk, bread, potatoes, coffee and generally some kind of meat. For dinner there is boiled or roast beef or mutton, potatoes, bread, gravy, tea or milk. For supper, soup, bread and tea. Once in a while butter is served in the morning, but there is no sugar except the very scant allowance put in the tea or coffee before it is served The same food exactly is taken into the sick wards for those unable to come to the table, and right here is room for improvement. There should be a difference in the food given to those who are well and to the invalids. It should be different in quality and quantity; but the great obstacle, notin-to mention the extra work it would volve, is the remarkable jealousy ex isting among the inmates. If one man gets an extra slice of bread there is as much engendered as if it were a matter of life and death to firmary, or poor house. ed ill-feeli- ng those who did not get it. There are of course, exceptions. In Ward 1 there are twenty Iron cots. The room is light, airy, and everything is perfectly clean. Out of the twenty patients here more than half are chronic invalids. Of these five are paralytics, and one a victim of hip disease, and none of them ever leave the room, and are helpless. One of them is a one time prominent sporting man. He has paralysis of the throat and is deprived of the power of speech. Another is the father-in-laof Ogdens mayor. In this ward, too, is the oldest and the jolliest man in the institution, being ninety years and five months of age. He has all his faculties, quotes Shakespeare, Burns, Milton and other poets, sings a good song and plays a tin whistle to beat the band. His neighbor is the 'ather-in-laor one of them, of B. H. Roberts He is almost ninety. Each ward has a caretaker, who looks after the wants of the inmates and looks aft er things generally. The wards are not well heated, and here is a chance Tor another great and d mprovement. The heating apparatus is by no means adequate. The temperature in the wards is never anywhere near the same for an hour at a lime. The main reason for this is that smoke the from stack the furnace is too small to make to draught enough keep the fire going properly, in spite of the 'act the flues are cleaned out two or Lhree times a day. A portion of the iteam has to be used in the drying 'oom of the laundry. The water supply is ample, and of fairly good qual-"ty- , institutior being piped into t rom a spring about a mile away; but "he method of handling it is poor. It s thrown into a tank at the top of the main building by a hydraulic ram. The tank has been patched and Notched all up. and the price of the tinkering would almost have paid for the building of a new one that would lave all trouble. When the weather !s rainy the water from the spring, is muddy from the seepage and unfit for drinking. If the members of the old hoard of county commissioners had devoted as much time and energy tc in investigation of these things ns they did trying to discover where Superintendent Jones had hidden the pigs, it would have been much more Lo the point, and the helpless poor in their charge would have been very much better off. It is up to the new hoard now to make the changes which their predecessors evaded. The indiscriminate mixing of the different classes of patients in the wards in a source of great discomfort .f not cf real physical harm to some. For instance, putting a person whc s afflicted with a mania for getting up in the middle of the night and making Rome howl, in the cot adjoining another prostrated with a nervcus complaint, should' not be permitted Some of tne inmates have relatives and friends who visit tnem occasionally and bring little presents of money or eatables. These are the lucky ones. There are a few for whose care the county is paid a small sum monthly, but they receive no extra food Oi care for it. Religious exercises are held in the large dining room every other Sunday. The first Sunday in the month the services are conducted by the Methodists, the third Sunday by the Latter-da- y Saints, and these, as a rule, are well attended, about every one coming out who is able to get out. The Christian Scientists were allowed two days in the month to visit the patients in the sick wards at one time, but the privilege was curtailed because, it was said, they listened to and repeated complaints made to them by some of the inmates as to the food. womens department is in The Mrs. Miller, the matron. The of charge womens sick ward is cared for by a colored woman known as Black Julia. w w, much-neede- Julia is a good girl now, and really takes care of her part of the institution with commendable zeal. Some of the Inmates are given to very peculiar performances. One woman used to dream dreams and see visions. These she would describe in writing, together with their interpretation, and mall to the first presidency of the Mormon church, the president of the United States and such other prominent people as she deemed worthy of her confidence. Her letters finally began to be returned to the superintendent who after reading a bushel or so of them took steps, as a matter of to cut them out. self-defens- 7 ing any of the above named publications. The price of the Review of Reviews in offer No. 1, is $2.50 per annum; Success, $1, and Truth, $2 per annum. Our price enables you to get all three for only $4.75. Note the opportunities in the succeeding offers. Now is the time to take advantage of these remarkable offers. Growth of Prosperity. One hundred years ago there were five carriages to each 100 people In England. Now there are seventeen. 1IANKKKH e, One of the features of the institu- tion is the war tent, which stands in the rear of the infirmary building. WALKER BROTHERS There is a stove and plenty of warmth Jankers. here, and here gather the veteran Established I86S cranks of the place after each meal tilt Lika City, UL.h to smoke, criticize and arrange the A General Banking Business Transacted. affairs of the infirmary in particular Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent. and of the world in general, and incidentally to prepare the vegetables for the cook. The veterans each chip in and subscribe regularly for a morning Homer S. ninq, Prei, H, L Killer, Cashier paper, which one of them reads, wiih John E. Mile. Asst. Css tier. running comments, while the rest listen with interest. The Inmates of the infirmary are Wells, Fargo & Co., Bank. perhaps as contented with their lot as they could or would be anywhare. 8TAU1.ISII lb 1852. They are given food, clothing, medicomfortable baths cine, clean, beds, Capital and Surplus, and rooms, and best of all to them, the $11,539,494.47 universal comforter, tobacco. The General Hanking Business J steward, who has charge of the dis- JJ. on principal eiiies of Exchange 4. pensary among his multitude of duties, United taien. Europe, Alii, ? J.). lives at the innrmary and is always on Africa, Australia and the rest of the world. i. hand with his good offices at any hour 44 r of the day or night. They are all kindly treated. The superintendent and the steward probably make the best use of the means at their command for the general good. But there are many ways in which the conditions could be Improved at small cost and whether the responsibility lies with the superintendent or with the nounty commissioners it should be lone. Thre should be plenty of heat n cold or cool weather. There should he food for the sick of a different kind from that served at the general "aoles. 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