McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-04
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A Young Girls Demsntfa-How 70 was
Occasionsd-soms Now and
Startling Truths.

A Young Girls Dementfa-HoW u was
Occasioned-soms Now and
Startling 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, &C
companied by . young lady, entered
the cars and finally secured seat. As
the conductor approached the pair, the
young lady arose, and in 9 pleading
voice said:
"Please, sir, don't let them carry me
to the asylum. am not crazy; am o
little tired, but not mad. Ohi 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
vicinity. A 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 behind the old
gentleman and could not forego the de.
sire to speak to him. With q sad face
and a trembling voice the father said:
''My daughter has been attending the
seminary In 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 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 in
cident, so suggestive of Shakespeare's
Ophella, awakened strange thoughts in
the mind of the writer. It is an abso-
lutte fact that while the population of
America increased thirty per cent DUR
ing the decade between 1870 and 1880,
the insanity increase was 0Uer one hura-
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 themP
Each state; every county; hundreds
of private individuals, and in all cases
their capacity is taxed to the utmost.
WhyP
Because men, in business and the
professions, women, at home or in So
ciety, and children at school overtax
their mental and nervous forces by
work, worry and care. This brings
about nervous disorders, Indigestion
and eventually mania.
II 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; ringing
in the ears; feverish 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 in order. Acute dys-
pepsia causes more insane suicides than
any other 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
cleal to all. The least appearance of
Indigestion, or mal-assimilation of
food should be watched as care
fully as the first approach of an
invading army. Many means have
been advocated for meeting such at
tacks, but all have heretofore been
more or less defective. There can be
little doubt, however, that for the pur-
pose of regulating the stomach, toning
it up to proper action, keeping its
nerves in normal condition and puri-
flying the blood, Warmers Tippecanoe
The Best excels all ancient or recent
discoveries. 1t is absolutely pure and
vegetable; it is certain to add vigor to
adults, while it cannot by any POSSIBLE
ity injure even a child. The fact that
it was used in the days of the famous
Harrison family is proof positive of its
merit as it has so thoroughly withstood
the test of time. As tonic and reviv-
ifer it is something simply wonderful.
It has relieved the agony of the stomach
in thousands of cases; soothed the tired
nerves; produced peaceful sleep and
averted the coming on of q mania more
10 be dreaded than death itself.
Wyman Commercial College,
Omaha.
This institution has an able corps of