The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-09-13
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A Young Girls Dementia-HOw liz
was Occasioned Some 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, entereS 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; am little
tired. but not mad. Oh no indeed. Won't
you please have papa take me back homer
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, sufficed,
and the conductor passed on while the
young lady turned her face. to the window.
The writer chanced to be seated just be-
hind the old gentleman and could not fore
go the desire to speak to him. With sad
face and 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 a 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 has been turned. | am taking her
to a 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 Shakespeares Ophelia,
awakened strange thoughts in the mind
of the writer. 1t is an absolute fact that
while the population of America increased
thirty per cent during the decade between
1870 and 1880 the insanity increase was
Ouer 0ne-huilored and thirty. .tfte pe1. cent
for the same period. Travellers by rail, by
boat, or in carriages in any part of the
toN IArx -1@I, l.YH1
and inquire what they are.
Insane asylums!
Who builds them2
Each state; every county; hundreds of
private individuals, and in all cases their
capacity is taxed to the utmost.
Why2
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 disorders,
indigestion and eventually mania
1t is not always trouble with the head
that causes insanity. 1t far oftener 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; dim
ness OF vision; ringing in the ears; a
feyer1sh 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 cam 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 in keeping the
stomach right must therefore be clear to
all. The least appearance of indigestion,
| or mal-assimila,ion 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 no little doubt,
| however. that for the purpose of regulat-
ing the stomach, toning it up to proper
action, keeping its nerves in a normal con.
dition and purifying the blood, Warner
Tippecanoe The Best. excels all ancient or
recent discoveries. 1t is absolutely pure
and vegetable; it is certain to add vigor to
adults, while it cannot by any possibilit,
| 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 il
has SO thoroughly withstood the test OF
time. AS a tonic and revivifier it is
| simply wonderful. 1t has relieved the
agony of the stomach in thousands OF
cases; soothed the tired nerves; produced
peaceful sleep and averted the coming on
OF mania more to be dreaded than death
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