The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05
A Touching Incident,
A YOUNG GIRLS DEMENTIA-HOw 1T WAS
oCCAsIoNED--soMEN NEW AND START
LING TRUTHS.

LING TRUTHS.
The st. Louis express, on the New
York Central road was crowded on,
evening recently, when at one of the
way stations, an elderly gentleman, ac
oompanied Dy young lady, entered
the cars and finally secured a scat. As
the conductor approached 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 I; | am
little tired, but not mad. Oh ! nc
indeed. Won't You please have papa
take me back home ?"
The conductor, accustomed though
he was to all phases of humanity, look
ed with astonishment at the pair as
did the other passengers in their vicin-
ity A few words from the father,
however, sufficed, and the conductor
passed on while the young lady turn.
ed her face to the window. The wri-
ter chanced to be seated Just behind
the old gentleman and could
not forego the desire to speak to
him. With sad face and trembling
voice the father said
"My daughter has been attending
the seminery in a distadt town and
was succeeding remarkably. Her nat
ural qualities, together with great
ambition, placed her in the front ranks
af the school, but she studied too close
ly, was not careful 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 Incl
dent, so suggestive of Shakspeare's
Opelia, awakened strange thoughts in
the minds of the writer. 1t is an ab-
solute fact that while the population of
America increased thirty per cent. dur
ing the decade between 1870 and 1880
the insanity increase was oyer one
hundred and thirty .fUe 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
''Insane asylums'
"Who builds them
Each state every county hundreds
of private individuals, and in all cases
their capacity is tasked to the utmost.
Why?
Because men, in business and the
professions, women at home or in soci-
ETY., and children at school overtax
their mntal 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 Of
tener arises from evils in other parts
of the body. The nervous system de-
termines the status of the brain. ANY
one who has periodic headacves occa-
sional dizziness a dimness of vision; a
ringing in the ears fevcrish head, fire.
quent nausea or sinking at the pit of
the stomach, should take warning at
once. The stomach and head are in
direct sympathy and if one be impair
ed 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 coming on at any
moment of mania in some one 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
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 regulating the
stomach, toning it up to the proper ac-
tion, keeping its nerves in normal
condition and purifying the blood,
Warmers 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 possibility injure even
a child. The fact that It was used in
the days of the famous Harrison fami-
ly is proof positive of its merit as 1t
has 30 thoroughly withstood the test of
time. As tonic and revivifier it is
simply wonderful 1t has relieved the
agony of the stomach in thousands of
cases soothed the tired nerves pro-
duced peaceful sleep and averted the
coming on of a mania more to be
dreaded than death itself.