The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-30
WHOLE No. 1858.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.


Young Girls Dementia-IIow il Was oC-
casinned-Some New and Startling
Truths.
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, accom-
panied by young lady, entered the cars
and finally secured seat. As the con-
ductor approached the pair, the young
lady arose, and in a pleading voice said:
''Please, sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. | am not crazy; | am a 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 phrases of humanity, looked
with establishment at the pair as did the
other passengers in their vicinity. \ few
words from the father, however, sutliced,
and the conductor passed on while the
young lady turned her face to the win
dow. 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 trembling voice
the father said:
"My daughter has been attending the
seminary in a distant town and was sue
ceeding remarkably. Her natural quail
tiles, together with great ambition,
placed her i'll 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 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 Incl.
dent, 50 suggestive of Shakespeare
Ophelia, awakened 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 insan-
ity increase was OCer 0He hHHdrcd and
Mtrty.f 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 BULLS them?
Each state; every county hundreds
of private individuals. and i'll all cases
their capacity is taxed to the utmost.
Why?
because men, i'll business and the pro-
feSsions, women, at home Or III society,
! and children at school overtax their men
tai 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 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 dizli-
ness; a feverish head; frequent nausea or
sinking at the pit of the stomach,
should take warning at once. The stom-
ach and head are in direct sympathy 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 aud
cannot be safe from the coming ON ut
any moment of mania in some one Of its
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
ali. 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 reguat-
ing the stomach, toning it up to proper
action, keeping its nerves in amoral con-
diton and purifying the blood, Warmers
Tippecanoe The best, eXceS 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 injurc even a child. The fact
that it wds used in the days of the fam
Gus Harrison family is proof positive of
its merits as it has 50 thoroughly with
stood the test of time. AS a tonic and
revivilier it is simply wonderful. 1t has
relieved the agony Of the stomach in
thousands of cases; soothed the tired
nerves; produced peaceful s.eep and
averted the coming on of mania more
to be dreaded than death itself.