St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A Young Girls Dementia-How It was
observation-disclosures 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, accompanied by g
young lady, entered the cars and finally
secured seat. As the conductor ap-
preached the pair, the young lady arose,
and in pleading voice said:
s'Please, sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. am not crazy; am little
tired, but not mad. Oh! no, indeed Won't
you please have papa take me back homeP'
The conductor, accustomed though he
was to 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, suff1ced,
and the conductor passed on while the
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 sad
face and trembling voice the father said:
s'My daughter has been attending the
seminary in a distant town and was sue.
ceeding remarkably. Her natural quail
ties, 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. l am taking her to private
asylum where we hope she will soon be-
better.o
At the next station the old man and his
daughter left the cars, but the incident, so
suggestive of Shakespeare's Ophe1ia,
awakened strange thoughts in the mind of
the writer. It 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
oOer one hundred and thirty:tVe 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 are2
Insane asylumsl
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-
fessioRs, 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
that causes insanity. 1t far ofteaer 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; dim
ness of vision; ringing in the ears;
feverish head; frequent nausea or sink |
ing 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 sui |
cides than any other known agency, and |
the man, women or child whose stomach |
is deranged is not and can not be safe !
from the coming on at any moment of |
mania in some one of its many terrible |
forms.
The value of moderation and the imper.
atlve 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 I
watched as carefully as the first approach |
of an invading army. Many means have I
been advocated for meeting such attacks, I
but all have heretofore been more or
less defective. There can be little doubt,
however, that for the purpose of regulat-
Ing the stomach, toning it up to proper
action, keeping its nerves in normal con.
dition and purifying the blood, Warmers
I1ppecanoe The Best, excels all ancient or
recent discoveries. It is absolutely pure
and vegetable; it is certain to add vigor to
ADULTS, while it can not by any possibiIi-
" injure even child. The fact that it
was used in the days of the famous Harri-
son family is proof positive OF its merit
- it has SO thoroughly withstood the test
u time. As tonic and reviviffer it is
simply wonderful It has relieved the ag.
ony OF the stomach in thousands of cases;
3oothed the tired nerves; produced peace
Jul sleep and ayerted the coming on of
mania more to be dreaded than death it.
'elf. II