The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-09-11
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
4 YOUNG GIRLS DEMENTIA-How IT WAS
OCCASIONED-SOME NEW AND START
LING TRUTHS.

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, accom-
panied by young lady, entered the cars
and finally secured seat. As the con-
dnctor approached the pair. the young
lady arose, and in pleading voice said !:
''Piease, sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. l am not crazy; am lit
tie tired, but not mad. Ont no indeed.
Won't you please have papa take me
back home?"
The conductor, accustomed though he
was to all phases of humanity, looked
with establishment at the pair as did the
other passengers in their vicinity. A
few words from the father, however, suf-
feed, and the conductor passed on while
the young lady tnrned her face to the
window. The writer Glanced to be seat
ed just behind the ola gentleman and
could not forego the desire to speak to
him. With sad face and trembling
voice the father said
"My daughter has been attending the
seminary in distant town and was sue
coed ing remarkably. Her natural quail
tiles, 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 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 Incl
dent SO suggestive of Shakspeare's Ophe-
liza, awakened strange thoughts in the
| mind of the writer, 1t is an absolute
fact that while the population of America
increased thirty per cent. during the de
cade between 1870 and 1880 the insanity
increase was 0Uer one hundred and
thirty flee 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
LESSONS, women, at home or in society,
and children at school overtax their men
tai and nervous 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. 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 dir
! illness; dimness of vision; a ringing in
the ears; a feverish head; frequent nausea
| or sinking at the pit of the stomach
should take warning at once. The stom-
ach and head are in direct sympathy and
II one be 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 deranged is not
| and cannot 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 i'm
| perative 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
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,
however. that for the purpose of regu-
| lating the stomach, toning it up to prop
er action, keeping its nerves in normal
condition and purifying the blood
Warmers Tippecanoe The Best, excels
all ancient or recent discoveries. 1t is
absolutely pure and vegetable; it is GER
tain to add vigor to adults, while it can
not by any possibility injure even child.
The fact that it was used in the DAYS of
the famous Harrison family is proof pos
tive of its merit as it has SO thoroughly
| withstood the test of time. As tonic
and reviyitier it is simply wonderful. II
has relieved the agony of the stomach in
thousands Of cases; sootbed the tired
nerves: produced peaceful sleep and
averted the coming on of mania more
to be dreaded than death itself.