Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-03
A LIVING TELEPHONE.
Tho Strange Whim of a Lusatie.
A Man Who Imagines Himself To be Filled with Electric
 Wires.

There is a man in ono of the State in- sane asylums whose case presents sad example. He is dangerous lunatic now, and the history of his mania is briefly this:
 Before the telephone was in actual pub lie service, he became very much inter- ested in the accounts of the scientific ex- periments in connection with the then i'm perfect instrument. His interest grew until it gradually absorbed his mind at all times. During this process he showed the symptoms of nervous trouble in fact, it was due to the weakened state of his nerves that the idea was enabled to seize him with all it's force. Had his nerve csnters been in good order he would have felt nothing moro than the healthy interest which most persons take in such things. But neither he nor his friends, recogniz- ing in his nervous condition the cause of his mania, it was neglected until at length when he actually heard the voice at tele- phone his wits completely deserted him.
 At the present time he imagines that a telephone is secreted within him and he holds conversations with an imaginary in dividual at the other end of the wire. He will shout, "Hello, hello, what's wanted ?" and, turning around to the visitor, say, "Now, just hear him ring that bell, as Hello, hello, down there. Well, if he won't answer let him go." Then he gets angry and becomes dangerous. In this way a perfectly sane man was allowed to become insane because his nerve malady was neglected.
 While this is an extreme case, an exceed ingly important moral may be drawn therefrom. It is this If you suffer with "nerves," don't neglect them. The indi cations are trifing, but full of meaning Sleeplessness, headaches, poor appetite pains in the back, weariness, absent mind edness, difficulty in remembering names or faces and dizziness at odd moments are all symptoms of nervous disorder and art felt by thousands of people, not becaus' close attention to ono particular subjec has weakened their nerves, but becaus' : the dry, hard routine of business or do mestic cares has rendered these delicat threads incapable of fulfilling their prope function. These slight symptoms should not be neglected, but remedy whicl reaches the nerves through the blood, thu building up tho other organs of the bod, while strengthening the nerve centers should be taken. No ordinary blood pu rifer will answer the purpose. Celery with the proper medical ingredients, pos sesses all that is necessary for strengthen ing the nerves, but celery alone will no do it it must be compounded. This wa a discovery of the late Prof. Phelps 0 Dartmouth College, and it is taken advan tage of in the preparation of Paine's eel cry compound. This medicine strength ems the nerves while purifying the blood and removes the cause of the headache sleeplessness or other nervous symptomf The blood courses through the veins wit renewed vigor, infusing fresh life and CT ergy into every limb. It acts on the prir ciples laid down as being right by tn greatest scientific thinkers of the day who give it their endorsement. If th
 compound be taken when the first symI toms of nervous disorder appear, tt growth of the disease will be checked an the system will soon right itself.