Delta chief., 1884-09-10
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A Young Girls DementIa---Iiow 1t was
OccasIonsd---Some New and Start
ling Truths.

4. OccasIonsd---some 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 a young lady, entered
the cars and finally secured scat. 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; am a
little tired, but not mad. Oh! no in
deed. Won't you please have papa
take me back homer"
The conductor. accustomed though
he was to all phases Of humanity
looked with astonishment at the pair
as did the other passengers in their vi
cinty. A few words from the father.
however, sufiiced, and the conductor
passed on while the young lady turned
her face to the window. The writer
chanced to be seated just behind the
old gentleman and could not forego
the desire to speak TO him. With Il
sad face a1d u trembling voice the
father said:
MY daughter has been attending
the seminary in a 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 100
closely, and was not careful Of her
health, and her poor brain has been
turned am taking her 10 q private
asylum where we hope she wi! soon be
better"
At the next station the old man and
his daughter left the cars, but the in
cident, so suggestive of Shakspeare's
Ophelia, awakened strange thoughts in
the mind OF the writer. II is m abso-
lutte fact that while the population Of
; America increased thirty per cent. dur
ing the decade between 1870 and 1850
the INSANITY Increase was oper ono hun
dred and thirty 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 in
, quire 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
professions, women, at home or in So
ciety. and children at school cvertaS
their mental and nervous forces by
work. worry and care. This brings
about nervous disorders, indigestion snd
eventually mania
1t is not always trouble with The head
that causes insanity. It far oftcner
; arises from evils in other parts Of the
body. The nervous system determines.
the status Of the brain. ANY one who
Z has periodic headaches; occasional diz-
I illness; dimness OF vision; IA ringing
in the ears; feycrish head; freguen,
r nausea or sinking at the pit OF the
. stomach, should take warning at once.
/ The stomach and head are in direct
!, sympathy and II one be impaired the
:. other can never be in order. Acute
dyspepsia causes moro insane suicides
than any other agency and the man,
: woman or child whose stomach Is de-
4 ranged is not aud cannot bo safe from
= the coming on at nny moment of mania
, in some one Of its many terrible forms.
n The value of moderation and the in
perativc necessity Of care in keeping
the stomach right must therefore be
be clear to all. The least appearance
OF Indigestion. or mal-assimliation of
food should be watched rs carefully IS
the first approach of m invad-
n ing army. Many means have
been advocated for meeting
: such attacks, but all have heretofore
been moro or less defective. There
;, can be little doubt, however, that for
!, the purpose Of regulating the siomNah,
h toning 1t up TO proper action keeping
: its nerves in n normal condition and
purifying the blood, Warmers Tippc-
canoe Tho Best, exccls all ancient or
recent discoveries. II IL absolutely
pure and vegetable, 1t Is certain 10 add
vigor to adults, while /, canno, by any
I, possibility injurc even child. The
I fact that II was used in the days Of tho
e famous Harrison family is proof posi-
, tive OF its merit as it has so thoroughly
I withstood tho test Of time. As n tonic
: and rcvivifer It is simply wonderful.
, 1t has relieved the agony of the stom-
ach IN thousands OF cases; sooihcd the
I tired nerves; produced peaceful sleep.
and averted the coming on OF mania
more to be dreaded than death itself.