The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
10000 10 CRAZY ANNUALLY
PRELIMINARY CENSUS By GOVERNMENT SHOWS INCREASE n m
MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT IN 10 YEARS

r and Lucullus. They deaden the
brain quicker. Lax
INC erratic religious emotionaiisr
MAI Is so widespread is another of
the causes that are usually assigned.
me rush and hurry for wealth that
!eaos men to break their nervous sys-
:S.'s ana bankrupt their brains in or.
der to get rich.
last but not least. the drug ha bit.
Where the others slav their hnndred.
OF minds the in%sidious. crseninr
ueaaiS drug saps the fiber and weak.
ems the tissues of the brain. shaking,
Paie, wlde-eyed, all a-tremble no man
WIN the broken brain m through
inc doors n dies CRYING and scream.
ing Tor the drug that slew his brain
anu slowly kills his body.
nc farmer.s wife goes melancholy
mao IRON. the etct,fal aurt that
sl1nHs' over n meadows and the corn
,!e,ds' . IT is solitude that brushes the
light Of reason out of her brain as si,e
works in a lonely farmhouse ONT of
slsn1 OF the rest of the world.
ne Guy man goes mao from anoth.
ef reason: The eternal crash and
Jansle and roar that swells. Gibbs and
never dies out entirely in the streets
i,nal,N snaps the thin partition that
nlvides sanity from insanity. The re-.
u mad are found everywhere,
ne = n deepest feeling Of the
, W. SD OF humanity often snaps
.ns cord OF reason. Many wards In
t1e bigger asylums are half filled viii
lhose whose religious mania stole
away their reason and left them merc
shells of humankind.
Inc increase of crime in the Unit.
cd states. the murderings the arsons
.ne ~ohner and those nalneles.
.ilnles that even the law looks upon
VIII horror are thought to be rooted
~ .nt Meird disorders of the brain
l'aNld Graham Phillips. Mayor Cav.
o President Mckinley and \ score
OF other men in public life have heer
assalled m~urderously by these mad.
men intent on Staying.
~ zen years an army of $50. 00(
people have taken their lives in this
country. This is madness of the mad,
dest sort, says the alienist, who ouch,
% Know. In 1907 there were S.74:
SUICIDES III the United States. Ever,
year since that time the number ha.
beer in the neighborhood OF 1s noG
self-murderers. The crime wave .nG
me suicide wave rose together. The
did in Rome and in Babylon. Tha,
always have. '"es
Inc findings of the special censu.
on the insane are no surprisc tn ~:
men who deal with madness and tro,,.
nlea Drains. They have been predict.
ing for many years Il further increase
o. insanity in spite of its recent ire.
American. '"e
The number of institutions ran.
Nassed by h census experts was 40
ihese have increased from 3oS to A..
IN SIN wears. 1t Is we'll known thai
most OF these asylums are now crowd.
ed beyond their capacity. Illinois is
nu'idinE some new institutions. Thu
Missouri asNium for the insane Is
crowded. The st. Louis insane ASYLUM
a been enlarged recently. As fas,
as more quarters are provided the.
numbers of mad men and women who
would be taken care Of by the state Il
the state was able to provide quarter,
for them.
Al to the large number of ease.
of insanity not resulting in comn1it
ments to hospitals the census has M
data says the report. Those oni,
who are duly tried and committed TO,
mental unsoundness are tent into. thu
Dig hospital-like structures wher.
science attempts to make sick mind,
we'll. ~
They come and they go through thu
co"rs Of these institutions, but in tn.
words. of an infirmarv superintendent
who served for years IN a big IlIinoi.
asylum.
MOSTLY they come and they nearl,
always come back" The ccnsus sta,
%tisticians like to deal with the popu
lation in blocks Of 100, 1000. The,
found in 1904 that e1.5 people in ever;
100000 were being received into tn.
wards of insane hospitals. In 1871,
they found they were passing in at tn,
rate Of 65.9 to every roo. 900.
Massachusetts has. the heaviest per
centage OF insane population. New
York Is second. These two states ar,
more nearly taking care Of their in
sane than any others in the uni5h
Out in the western states. those /;
the mountains particularly, show .pu
little increase. Some Of them actual
ly show a decrease In percentages, Hi
this is thought to be because of IN,
oarelessness Of these western, statest !,
the matter Of buildings asylums 10
their mental weddings.
Seventy years ago the crazy FOLK O
tie country were poorly taken rare Of
Insane men were chained in filthy 10,
cabins in many sections Of the conn
try. There Was no organized meth9,
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