The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-09-12
A INCIDENT.

A Young 0irl's Ds1nsntda-Row IL was
ocoastoned-9oms New and Startling
Facts.
The St. Louis Express, on the New
York Central road, was crowded one
evening recently, when at one Of the
way stations, an elderly gentleman, ao-
companied by young lady, entered the
cars and and finally secured o seat. As
the conductor approached the pair, the
young lady arose, and in o pleading
voice said:
please, sir, dontist him carry me to.
the asylum. I am not crazy; 1 am n
little tired, but not mad. Oil no in
deed. Won't you please have papa
take me back homer"
Tho conductor, accustomed though
he was to all phases of humanity, look
ed with astonishment at the pair as did
the other passengers in their vicinity.
A few words from the father, however,
suficed. and the conductor passed on
while the young lady turned her face
to the window. The writer CHANGED to
be seated just behind the old gentle
mar and conld not forego the desire to
speak to him. With q sad face and q
trembling voice the father said:
"My daughter has been attending
the seminary in a distant town and was
succeeding remarkably. Her natural
qualities together with great ambition,
placed her in the front ranks of the
school, but she studied TOO closely, was
not careful of her health, and her poor
brain had been turned. I am taking
her to o private asylum where We hope
she will soon be better"
At the next station the old man and
his daughter left the cars, but the in
cident so suggestive Of S~hakspeare's
Ophelia, awak ened strange thoughts in
the mind of the writer. It is an absolute
fact that while the population of Amer
lea increased thirty per cent. during
the decade between 1870 and 1880 the
insanity increase was " one hundred
and thirty five per cent for the same
period. Travellers by rail, by boat,
or in carriages in any part Of the land
see large and elaborate buildings, and
inquire what they are? Z
Insane asylums!
Who builds them?
Each state; each county; hundreds OF
private %indivuals. and in all cases their
capacity is taxed to the utmost.
Why? 4
Because men, in business and the
professions, women, at home or in So
ciety, and children at school overtax
their mental and ervou forces by
work, worry and care. This brings
about nervous disorders, indigestion
AID eventually mania.
It is not always trouble with the head
that causes insanity. It far oftener
arises from evils in other parts
of the body. The system de-
termines the status of the brain. Any
one who has periodic headaches; occa-
sional dizziness O dimness of vision; a
ringing in the ears; o feverish head:
frequent nausea or q sinking at the pit
of the stomach, should take warning at
once. The stomach and head are in
direct sympathy and if one be impaired
the other can never be in order. Acute
dyspepsia causes more insane suicides
than any other known agency and
the man, woman or child whose
stomach is deranged is not
and cannot be safe from the com
ing on at any moment of mania
in some Il of It's many terrible forms.
The value of moderation and the i'm.
perative necessity of care in keeping the
stomach right must therefore be clear
to all. The least appearance of indi.
gestion, or mal-assimilation of fooG
should be watched as carefully as the