The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-10-10
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A Young Girls Dementln-How It
Was Occasioned-Some New
and startling Truths.

The st. Louis Express, on the New York
Central Road, was crowded one evening re.
Gently, when at one of the way-stations an
elderly gentleman accompanied by young
lady entered tho 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. l 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
CHANGED to be seated just behind the old
gentleman, and could not forego the desire
to speak to him. With a sad face and a
trembling voice the father said
"My daughter has been attending the
seminary in distant town and was succeed
ing remarkably. Her natural qualities, to-
gether with great ambition, placed her in
the front ranks of the school, but she stud
led too closely, VAS 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 Shakespeare's Ophclia, awak-
ened strange thorsLts 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 oper one hun
dred and Mirty;fpe 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 taxed to the utmost
Why!
Because men, in business and the profess
sions, women, at home or in society, and
children at school overtax their mental and
nervous forces by work, worry, and care.
This brings about nervous disorders, lndi-
gestion, 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 head
aches, occasional dizziness, dimness OF WIS.,
ion, a ringing in the ears, feverish head,
frequent nausea, or . sinking at the pit of
the stomach, should take warning at once.
The stomach and head are in direct sympa-
thy, and if one be impaired, 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 can
not be safe from the coming on at any mo-
ment of mania i'll some one OF its many
terrible forms.
The value Of moderation and the impera-
tive necessity Of care in keeping the stomach
right must therefore be clear to all. The
least appearance Of Indigestion, or NAL as
sanitation of food should be watched as care
fully as the first approach Of an invading
army. Many means have been advocated
for meeting such attacks, but all have here
tofore 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 a
normal condition, and purifying the blood,
Warmers Tippecanoe The Best, excels all
ancient or recent discoveries. 1t is abso-
lutely pure and vegetable; it is certain to
add vigor to admits, while it cannot by any
possibility injure even 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 withstood the
test of time. As tonic and rcviviher it is
simply wonderful. Ithas 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.