The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
A TOUCHING
A Young Girls Dementia-How Il wa
occasionsd-some New and Startling

A Young Girls Dementia-How IL was
0ccasionsd-some New and Startling
Facts.
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, ac-
companied by o young lady. entered the
cars and and finally secured q seat. AS
the conductor approached the pair, the
young lady arose, and in a pleading
voice said:
please, sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. I am not crazy; I am d
little tired, but not mad. Oh! no in
deed. Won't you please have papa
take ME back home?"
The conductor, accustomed though
he was to all phases of humanity, look
ed with establishment at the pair as did
the other passengers in their vicinity.
A few words from the father, however,
suf1iced. and the conductor passed on
while the young lady turned her face
to the window. The writer charced to
be seated just behind the old gentle
man 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 q distant town and was
succeeding remarkably. Her natural
qualities, 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 had been turned. 1 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 in
cident so suggestive of Shakspeare's
Ophelia, awak ened strange thoughts in
the mind of the writer. 1t is an absolute
fact that while the population of Amer
lea increased thirty per cent. during
the decade between 1870 and 1880 the
insanity increase was over one hundred
ard thirty five 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; each county; hundreds Of
private indivuals, and in all cases their
capacity is taxed to the utmost.
Why?
Because men, in business and the
professions, women, at home or in So
ciety, and children at school overtax
their mental and nervous forces by
work, worry and care. This brings
about w 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 orvou system de-
termines the status of the brain. Any
one who has periodic headaches; occa-
sional dizziness; a dimness of vision; a
ringing i'll the ears; q feverish head
frequent nausea or a sinking at the pit
of the stomach, should take warming at
once. The stomach and head are in
direct sympathy and if one be impaired
the other can never he 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 com
ing on at any moment of mania
in some ono of its many terrible forms.
The value of moderation and the i'm.
peratiye necessity Of carei in keeping the
stomach right must therefore be clear
to all. The least appearance of indi.
gestion, or mal-assimilation of fool
should be watched as carefully as tho
first approach of ar invading army
Many means have been advocated fo1
meeting such attacks, butall have here.
f tofore been more or less defective
There can be little doubt, however, thai
for the purpose of regulating the stom
} ach, tcning 1t up toproper action, keep
ing it's nerves in q normal condition
and purifying the blood, Warmers Tip
pccanoe The Best, eXcels all ancicn
or recent discoveries. 1t is absolutel,
pure and vegetables; it is certain to ado
t yigor to adults, While it cannot by an.
possibility injure even achild. The fac
, that it was usedin the days Of the famous
Harrison family is proof positive Of it
merit as it has SO thoroughly withstooi
the test of time. AS a tonic and revivi
fer it is simply wonderful. 1t has re
lieved the agony of the stomach in thou
ssnds of cases; soothed the tired nerves
produced peaceful sleep and averted TIL
coming on of q mania more to be dreal
ed than death itself.
Tho village of Adams, N. Y, was burne
out. Loss, 500, UOO.