Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04
A TOUCHING INCIDENT. s1 ,

: Occa.iOned some New 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 a young lady, entered the
cars and finally secured seat. As the
conductor approached the pair, the
young lady arose, and in pleading
voice, said:
please, sir, don't let him carry me to
the asylum. l am not crazy; am little
tired, but not mad. Oh! 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, sufficed,
and the conductor passed on while the
young lady turned her face to the win
dow. The writer CHANGED to be seated
just behind the old 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 a
seminary in distant town and was sue
ceeding remarkably. Her natural quail
tiles, 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 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 Amer
lea increased thirty per cent. during the
decade between 1870 and 1880 the insan-
ity increase was Ouer one hundred and
Mirty-fue 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 country; hundreds
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their capacity is taxed to the utmost.
Why?
Because men, in business and the pro-
fessions, 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 dizziness;
a dimness Of vision; a ringing in the
ears; feverish head frequent nausea or
a sinking at the pit OF the stomach,
should take warning at once. The stom-
ach and head are in directsympathy and
if 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 ia 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 ap-
proach 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 but little doubt, however, that for the
purpose of regulating the stomach, ton
ing it up to proper action, keeping the
nerves in normal condition and purify
ing the blood, Warmers Tppecanoe The
Best, excels all recent or ancient discov-
cries. 1t is absolutely pure and vege-
table; it is certain to add vigor to adults,
while it cannot by any possibility, injure
even child. The fact that it was used
in the days of the famous Harrison fam
lily is proof positive of its merit, as it has
30 thoroughly withstood the test of time.
As tonic and revivifer it is simply
wonderful. It has relieved the agony Of
the stomach in Thousands of cases,
soothed the tired nerves, produced peace
full sleep and averted the coming on Of q
mania more to be dreaded than death it.
self.