Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-03
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

A Young Girl's DementiR-How it was
Occasioned- ONE New and Startling
Truths.
The st. Louis Express, on the New York
central road, was crowded one evening recent
ly, when at one of the way stations, all elderly
gentleman, accompanied b. young lady, en-
tered the cars and finally secured a seat. AS the
conductor approached the pair, the young lady
arose, and in pleading voice said:
'Please, cir, don't let him carry me to the
asylum. 1 am not crazy. I am little tired,
but not mad. Oil no indeed. Won't you please
nave papa take me back homer"
The conductor, accustomed though he was to
all phases of humanity, looked with astonish-
ment CT 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
pehlnd the old gentleman and could not forego
the desire to speak to him. With q sad face
and trembling voice the father said:
"My daughter has been attending the semi
nary IN distant town and was succeeding
remarkably. Her natural qualities, 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. | am taking her to q
private asylum where we hope she will soon be
better"
AT the next station the old man and his
~N~NAoSh
suggestive of Shakespeare's Ophelia, 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 in
crease was OUei' one hundred and i7tl- tUe 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 asvlrms!
Who builds them?
Each state; every county: hundreds Of pfi-
vate 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 society, and children at
school overtax their mental and nervous forces
Dy work, worry and care. This brings about
nervous disorders indigestion and eventually
mania.
1t is not always trouble with the head that
causes insanity. 1t 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
dizziness; dimness of vision; ringing in the
ears: feverlSh 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 impaired the
other can never be III order. Acute dyspepsia
causes more insane suicides than any o,her
known agency, and the man, woman or child
whose stomach is derangsd is not ans cannot DO
safe from the coming on at any moment of
mania in some one of its many terrible forms.
The value of moderation and the imperative
necessity of care in keeping the stomach right
must therefore be clear to all. The least ap.
pearance of indigestion, or mal-assmllatIon 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. how
ever, that for the purpose of regulating the
stomach, toning it up to proper action, keeping
Its nerves in normal condition and purifying
the blood, Warmers Tippeoanoe The Best, OK
GELS all ancient or recent discoveries. It is alb
solutely pure and vegetable; it is certain to add
vigor to adults, while it cannot by any possibil-
ity injure even child. The fact that it was
used In the days of the famous Harrison femily
is proof positive Of its merits az it has SO
thoroughly withstood the test of time. AS q
tonic and reviviier it is simply wonderful. 1t
has relieved the agony of the stomach in
thousands Of cases; soothed the tired nerves:
produced peaceful sleep and averted the COM
ing on of mania more to be dreaded than
death itself.