party, but he would lie on the ground complaining of his head. He was a few months ago sent to the colony along with nine other men almost as bad as he. To the amazement of us all, the man went to work, his health improved, the pain and discomfort disappeared and his face is ruddy and he gives every evidence of health and vigor. He works cheerfully, seems perfectly satisfied, never complaining of any bad feeling and is as comfortable as he can be. These two cases are only two of many as unpromising, who have been greatly relieved and some few cured by the colony treatment. [Illustration: PATIENTS INTERESTED IN GRAPE GROWING] [Illustration: BARNYARD AND POULTRY HOUSES AT COLONY] [Illustration: CHICKEN RUNS] All this seems so simple and is so obviously the right course that we wonder why it had not long ago been tried. Two ideas are prominent in this system, the first to find agreeable, healthful employment for the patients and to give them a home. SHOW APPRECIATION. This working class, while too defective to take up the burden of life, are yet appreciative of their surroundings and of most things that make life happy to the people in the outside world. They require the minimum amount of care and discipline and with this given they conduct themselves as well, indeed, better, than the same number of sane men. Some under this treatment recover that otherwise would not, but the majority must remain under hospital care, this being their refuge and their home. How much need therefore that every effort should be put forth to make it pleasant to these afflicted men. In general hospitals, in institutions for children, and in reformatories we have a different class to deal with. A large number under one roof is not so objectionable, but these cases of chronic insanity are not children in whom the desire for a home is small, nor are they malefactors in prison for punishment. You will pardon a little digression, which, after all, leads to this subject from another and a practical standpoint. [Illustration: TWO COLONY BUILDINGS] In North Carolina there are not less than 4,000 white insane; of this number 1,500 are in two hospitals, leaving 2,500 uncared for by the State. To properly house all these people means the expenditure of a million dollars, and the annual cost of maintaining them will be $500,000. It is well then to consider carefully how this burden on the taxpayers may be lightened. Without discussing the question of the increase of insanity, there can be no doubt that there is an increased demand to have these persons cared for and properly so. All insane persons are dangerous in some degree to their neighbors, more so to themselves. Insanity is the cause of many suicides, while sexual crimes, arson, assault, impostures, are often committed by those mentally deranged. [Illustration: PEACH ORCHARD AND GARDEN, SEEN FROM A COLONY PORCH]