Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-26
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

A Young Girls Dementia-Hovy it was
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES New and Startling
Truths
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, accompanied by a
young lady, entered the cars and finally
secured a seat. AS the conductor ap-
preached the pair the young lady arose
and in pleading voice said:
''Please, sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. am not crazy; 1 am little
tired, but not mad. On! no, indeed. Won't
you please have papa take me back
home"
The conductor, accustomed though he
was to all phases of humanity, looked
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 be-
hind the old gentleman, and could not
fofBgo the desire to speak to him. With
sad face and a trembling voice the father
said:
'My daughter has been attending the
seminary in distant town and was sue
ceeding remarkably, Her natural quail
ties, together with great ambition,
placed her in the frOntranks Of the school,
but she studied too closely, was not care
full of her health, and her poor brain has
been turned. | am taking her to 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 incident,
so suggestive of Shakespeare's "Ophelia,"
awakened strange thoughts in the mind
of the writer. 1t is an absolute fact that
while the population of America increased
30per cent. during the decade between 1870
and 1880, the insanity increase was over
135 per cent. for the same period. TRAY
elers by rail, by boat, or in carriages, in
any part of the land see large and elabo-
rate buildings and inquire what they
are.
Insane asylums!
Who builds them!
Each State; every county: hundreds of
private individuals, and in all cases their
capacity is taxed to the utmost.
Why?
Because men, in business and the pro-
fessions, women, at home or in society,
and children at school OvertaX their men
tai and nervous forces by work, worry
and care. This brings about nervous dis
orders, indigestion and eventually mania.
1t is not always trouble with the head
that causes insanity. 1t far ottener arises
from evils in other parts of the body. The
nervous system determines the status of
the brain. ANY one who has periodic
headaches, occasional dizziness, a dim
ness of vision, a ringing in the ears, a
feverish head, frequent nausea or a sink
ing at the pit of the stomach, should take
warning at once. The stomach and head
are in direct sympathy, and if one be i'm
paired the other can never be in order.
Acute dyspepsia causes more insane sui
cides than any other known agency, and
the man, woman or child whose stomach
is deranged is not and cannot be safe
from the coming on at any moment Of
mania in some one of its many terrible
forms.
The value of moderation and the i'm
peratiVe necessity of care iE keeping the
stomach right must therefore be clear to
all. The least appearance OF indigestion
or mal-assimilation of food should be
watched as carefully as the first approach
of an invading army. Many means have
been advocated for meeting such attacks,
but all have heretofore been more or less
defective. There can be little doubt,
however, that for the purpose of regu-
lating the stomach, toning it up to proper
action, keeping its nerves in normal
condition and purifying the blood,
Warmers Tippecanoe The Best, excels all
ancient or recent discoveries. 1t is alb
solutely pure and vegetable; it is certain
to add VigOr to adults, while it cannot by
any possibility injure even a child. The
fact that it was used in the days of the
famous Harrison family is proof positive
of its merit, as it has so thoroughly with
stood the test of time. As a tonic and re-
vivifier it is simply wonderful. 1t las re-
sands of cases; sOOthed the tired nerves;
produced peaceful sleep and aVerted the
coming on of a mania more to be dreaded
than death ITSELF