Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-09-06
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A Young Girls Dementia---H i
was 0ccasioned--- Some New
and Startling Truths.

York 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 a 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. am not crazy l am
little 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, look
ed with establishment at the pair as did
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 gentle~
man and could not forego the desire to
speak to him. With sad face and
trembling voice he said
"My daughter has been attending
the seminary in distant town and was
succeeding remarkably. Her natural
qualities, together with great ambi-
ton, placed her in the front ranks of
the school, but she studied too closely,
and was not careful of her health, and
her poor brain has been turned. l am
taking her to a private asylum where
we hope she will soon be better"
AT the next station the old gentle.
man and his daughter left the cars, but
the incident, so suggestive Of Shake
speare's Ophelia, awakened strange
thoughts in the mind of the writer. 1t
is an absolute fact that while the popu-
lation of America increased thirty per
cent. during the decade between 1870
and 1880 the insanity increase was
one hundred and ttilty:fve per cent for
the same period. Travellers by rail,
by boat or in carriages in any part of
the land see large and elaborate build
ings and inquire what they are?
Insane asylums
Who built them?
Each State every county; hun.
dreds of private individuals, and in all
cases their capacity is taxed to the ut
most.
Why?
Because men, in business and the
professions, women, at home or in so.
ciety, children at school overtax their
mental and nervous forces by work.
worry and care. This brings about
nervous disorders, Indigestion and event
ually mania.
1t is not always trouble with the
head that causes insanity. 1t far Of
tener arises from evils in other parts of
the body. The nervous system deter
mines the status of the brain. Anyone
who has periodic headaches occasions
al dizziness a dimness of vision; 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 sympathy, and if one be i'm.
paired 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 cannot
be safe from the coming on at any mo.
ment of mania in some one of its terri
BILE forms.
The value of moderation and the i'm
perative necessity of care in keeping
the stomach right must therefore be
clear to all. 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 regulating the
stomach, toning it up to the proper ac>
ton, keeping. its nerves in nominal
condition and purifying the blood,
Warmers Tippecanoe The Best, excels
all ancient or recent discoveries. 1t is