The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-11
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
a Young Girls Decentralization twas
OccGsioned-SOmeN New and Start
ling 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, ac-
companied by young lady, entered tie
cars and finally secured a seat. As the
con lnctor approached the pair, the
young lady arose, and IN pleading
voice said:
to the asylum. ! am not crazy; / am
little tired, but not mad. Won't You
please have papa take me back homo? p
The conductor, accustomed though
he was 10 all phases OF humanity, looked
with astonIshment at the pair, As did the
other passengers in their vicinity. a few
words from. the father, however, sui
feed, and the conductor passed on,
while the young lady turned her lace to
the window. The writer CHANGED TO be
seated Just behind the old gentleman
and could not fOrego tie desire TO speak
90 him. With a sad face and trem-
bling voice the father said:
My daughter has been attending the
seminary in q distant town and WAS sue
ceeding remarkably. Her natural quail
tiles, together with 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. lam taking her
TO private asylum, where We hope she
viii soon be better"
At the next station the old man and
his daughter left the cars, but the Incl
dent, so suggestive OF Shakespeare 5
| Ophelia, awakened strange thoughts in
rl,n af ho 20. aBg
/ lete fact that while fhe population OF
America increased thirty per cent during
the decade between 1870 aud 1881 the in
sanity increase was Oger one hundred
I and tllirty-fre per cent Tor the, same
period. Travellers by raIl, by boat, or in
carriages in any part of the land see
large and elaborate buildings, and in
/ quirc what they are?
/ Insane asylums!
| Who builds them2
! Each state; every county; hundreds
! Of private individuals. and IN all cases
their capacity is taxed 10 the utmost.
/ Why?
| Because men in business and the pro-
/ LESSONS. women, at home or in society,
and children at school overtax their
I mental and nervous forces by work,
worry and care. This brings about ner-
v0us disorders, indigestion and eTentu-
, ally mania.
! It is not always trouble with the head
I that causes insanity. It 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 diZzi-
ness; a dimness of vision; a ringing in
the ears; q feverish head; frequent
nausea or a sinking at the pit of the
stomach, should take warning at once
The stomach and head are in direct
sympathy and if one be impaired the
! a<asr rau never be in order. Acute
! GsySElsDsR causes more insane suicides
1asElG:!y ether known agency, and the
/ nzn, v5saaaa or child whose stomach IS
GeE> Dgsd is lot and cannot be safe from
tae coming C1 at any moment OF mania
r. G0re enc Cf its many terrible forms
TIE value Of moderation and the inn
LeTatTo necessity Of care in keeping the
stCmGCn yiShVmust therefore be clear
to al. The least appearance of indi
gestioa, or mal-assiYnliation OF food
should be watched IS carefully as the
first approach CT a Invading army.
Many means have beSl advocated fOI
meeting such attaslJ, 61s ali have here
tcfore been nOr5 &C less defective
There can be little CSQbk- however, Budl
for the purpose of regulating the ston
ach, tOning 1t up to proper actisn, keep
ing its nerves in Il normal condition
and purifying the blood, Warner.
TippecanOe, The Best, excel5 O.
ancient or recent discoveries. T. i:
absolutely pure and vegetable; it is Ger
tain to add Yigor to adults, willie It can
! not by any possibility i0jure
even q child. The fact that it was used
in the days of the famous Harrison
family is proof positive of its merit, as il
has SO thoroughly withstoOd the test q
time. As a tonic and revivifer it i;
simply wonderful. 1t has relieved the
agony OF the stomach in thousands Of
cases; ssoothed the tired nerves; pro
tduced peaceful sleep and averted the
coming on of q mania more to be
dreaded than death itself.