Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-19
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A Young Girls Dementfa-How It wa
Occasioncd-Some New and Start
ling Truths.

The st. Louis express, on the New York
Central Road, was crowded one evening
recently, when at ono Of the way stations,
an elderly gentleman, accompanied by a
young lady, entered the cars and finally
secured a seat. As the conductor ap-
preached the pair, the young lady arose.,
and in a pleading voice said:
"Please, sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. 1 am not crazy; l am a little
tired, but not mad. Oh! no, indeed. Won't
you please have pSpa take me back home?"
The conductor, accustomed though he
was to all phases of humanity, looked with
establishment at the pair as did the
other passengers in their vicinity. A few
words from the father, however, suficed,
young lady turned her face to the window.
The writer CHANGED to be seated just be-
hind the old gentleman and could not fore.
go 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 a 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
turned. l an taking her to q private
asylum where we hope she will soon be
BETTER"
At the next station the old man and his
suggestive of Shakespeare's 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 one hundred and Mirty: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
Why5
Because men, in business and the pro-
LESSONS, women, at home or in society,
and children at school overtax their men
tai and nervous forces by work, worry
aud care. This brings about nervous dis
orders, indigestion and eventually mania.
1t is not always trouble with the head
chat 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; a linn
ness Of vision; a ringing in the ears; a
eeverish head; frequent nausea or a sink
e Ing at the pit of the stomach, should take
warning at once. The stomach and head
are in direct sympathy, and if one be inn
paired the other can never be in order.
- <aCuIO ySpOHSl0 SoooOo AAsoAAo SUI
r cides han any other known agency, and
the man, women or child whose stomach
! is deranged is not and can not be safe
y from the coming on at any moment OF
. mania in some one of it's many terrible
forms.
The value of moderation and the imper.
q alive necessity of care in keeping the
>, stomach right must therefore be clear tc
. all. The least appearance of indigestion
n or al-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 OF
less defective. There can be little doubt
10 however, that for the purpose of regulat
ing the stomach, toning it up to prope
action, keeping its nerves in a normal con
dition and purifying the blood, Warner
Tippecanoe The Best. excels all ancient o
s recent discoveries. 1t is absolutely pur
and vegetable; it is certain to add vigort
adults, while it can not by any possibili
IS ty injure even a child. The fact that
was used in the days of the famous Harr
>, son family is proof positive OF its mer
as it has so thoroughly withstood the ties
of time. As a tonic and reviviier it
10 simply..wonderful. It has relieved tho al
~ ony of the stomach in thousands of cases
~ soothed the tired nerves; produced peac
III full sleep and averted the coming on of
II mania more to be dreaded than death i
m self.