Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-05
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
Young Girls. .Dementia-HOw Ii
Wss some New
and Startling Truths.

The st. Louis Express, on the New
Work Central Road, was crowded one
evening recently. when at one of the
way-stations an elderly gentleman ac-
companied by young lady entered the
cars and finally secured seat, 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; am lit
tie tired, but not mad. Oh! 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, suf-
feed, and the conductor passed on, while
the young lady turned her face to the
window. The writer chanced to be
seated Just behind the old gentleman,
and could not forego the desire to speak
to him With sad face and a trem.
bling voice the father said:-
"My daughter has been attending the
seminary in distant town and was sue
ceeding remarkably Her natural quail
tiles, 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 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 Shakespeare's
Ophelia, awakened strange thoughts
in the mind of the writer 1t is an abso.
lutte fact that while the population of
America increased thirty per cent. dur.
ing the decade between 1870 and 1850
the insanity increase was oUer one hun
dycd and thirty, ,6Ue per cent for the same
period. Travellers by rail, by boat, or
i'll carriages in any part of the land see
large and elaborate buildings, and in
quire 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
mental and nervous forces by work,
worry, and care. This brings about ner-
vOus disorders, indigestion, and eventu-
ally 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, 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 impaired the other can never be in
order. Acute dyspepsia causes more in.
sane 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 its
many terrible forms.
The value of moderation and the i'm.
perative necessity OF care III keeping the
stomach right must therefore be clear to
all. The least appearance of indiges.
ton, or nal l-assimilation of food should
be watched as carefully as the first ap-
proach 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 proper action,
keeping its nerves in normal condition
and purifying the blood, Warmers
Tippecanoe The Best, oxcels 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 child. The fact
that it was used in the days of the fa-
nous Harrison family, is proof positive of
its merit, as it has so thoroughly with
stood 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; produced peaceful sleep and
averted the coming on Of mania more
TO be dreaded than death itself.