Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-12
A TOUCHING INCIDENT,
A Young Girls Dementia-How it Was
Occasioned-So Some New and Startling
Truths.

A Young Girls Dementia-How it Was
Occasioned-Som 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 the cars and finally secured a
seat. As the conductor approached the
pair the young lady arose, and i'll plead
ing voice said
Please sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. | am not crazy; am a little
tired, but not mad. OH no, indeed
Won't you please have papa take me back
home?"
The conductor, accustomed though he
was 10 all phases of humanity, looked with
establishment at the pair, as did the other
passengers in their vicinity. \ 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:
NV daughter has been attending the
seminary III Il distant town, and was sue
ccedjng 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 her
health. and her poor brain has been turned.
l am taking her to L 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, 50
suggestive Of Shakespeare's Ophelia, awak
ened strange thoughts i'll the mind Of the
writer. 1t is an absolute fact that while
IL Il
per cent during the decade between 1870
and 1880 the insanity increase was orer one
hundred and hirfg- fre 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 pro-
fesSions, women, at home or in society,
and children ut school, overtaX their men,
tai 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. Ii far Oftener arises
from evils in other parts of the body. The
nervous system determines the status the
BRAIN Any one who has periodic head
aches; occasional dizziness; Il dimness OF
vision: a ringing III the ears; a teverish
head: frequent nausea or Il sinking at the
pit OF the stomach. should take warning at
once. The stomach and head are in direct
sympathy. and if one he 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 deTan@ed IS not and
cannot be safe from the corning on 1t any
moment of mania in some one Of its many
terrible forms.
The value of moderation and the impera-
tive necessity OF care in keeping the StOn-
ach right must therefore be clear to all.
The least appearance Of indigestion ormal-
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 here
tOfnrc 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 lis nerves in
normal condition and purifying the blood
Warmers TippecanOe The Best, cXcels all
the ancient or recent discoveries. Ii is alb
soIutciy pure and vegetable; it is certain to
add yigor to adults, while it cannot by any
possibility injurc even a 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 reyivitier it is
simply wonderful. 1t has relieved the ag-
ony of the stomach in thousands Of cases
soothcd the tired nerves produced peaceful
sleep and prevented the coming on of a
mania more 10 be dreaded than death itself