The record-union., 1894-08-29
DO NOT FEAR INSOMNIA
1t May be Cured When Properly
Looked After.


insomnia is curable," remarked the
woman in the blue hat emphatically, as
she declined a lobster a la Newburg.
land the cure is only to be worked by
ones own efforts. l cured myself
''How did you do it2'' the girl in the
green bonnet anxiously inquired, taxing
two teaspoonluls of the rich dish.
by exercise and temperate eating"
replied her companion, looking from the
large mass OF lobster on the plate To the
face OF her neighbor, a pale, nervous
creature, who had been complaining of
sleeplessness.
About year ago. after suffering many
things from indigestion, l found | was
slowly losing my power 10 sleep. and l
fled TO my physician. For month or
two | got along more comfortably on the
soothing doses he gave me, and then |
fell into the very bad practice OF dosing
myself on bromedia, sulfonel and ali
SORTS of quack pellets. Their use gave
ne glimpse down the broad, straight
road that Ieadeth TO Mysteries and ner-
vous prostration, and l threw them
away.
Then l began to experiment with a
view to discovering cure. / overlooked
my diet and struck out the use of coffee
and wine-anything l found that excited
my nerves left me without wink OF
sleep. | replaced the coilee with tea. one
cup freshly made and not strong for
breakias At that meal l introduced
fruit as IA steady article of diet, ate my
meat broiled, my eggs boiled, my pota-
toes baked and cut down my allowance of
hot bread one-half.
'For luncheon took some cold meat,
cold vegetable with French dressing,
more fruit, cold broad, a cup of hot boull-
Ion if / wished and some simple sweet.
For dinner l ate whatever was offered,
only eating in moderation. | took half
my allowance OF any rich dish. trying TO
eat jellies, pudding and such digestible
desserts AS lar as possible i'll place OF
pastries and heavy desserts.
when l felt any OF the usual signs of
Indigestion / took a spoonful OF a simple
charcoal preparation any physician viii
give TO correct acidity. and then added TO
these simple schemes the efficacy of-eXer-
cise | could not afford to ride either a
bicycle or horse, SO l tried to walk at
least four or five miles a day. Then in
my bathroom in the morning [ went
through all the Swedish movements l
could learn before taking as cold a bath
as | could healthfully stand. BY and by
[ bought yard of rubber tubing that
had perforated nozzle at one end. This
[ would fasten on the cold water faucet
OF the bath tub and spray a gentle. cold
stream up and down my backbone and
over my liver. That / found. had all
the exhilarating effect OF an electric shock,
and after vigorous rundown with a
Turkish towel L had little or no languor
as the result OF a wakeful night.
Following this regimen closely, add
ing to my reDertory OF swedish exercises
some OF Sandow's theories, particularly
those TOR strengthening the muscles of
my stomach, | found L could sleep like a
top and rarely miss night.
no lAxr oh I n
any difficulty in doing and feel / am
growing restless and nervous, l set about
irving 10 find remedy to cure at once.
1 usually begin by dumping the bolster
Off the bed and trying 10 get my head on
a level with my heels. II this does not
help me into comfortable position l
turn about and lay with my head at the
foot of the bed. Orange flower water or
syrup will help to soothe excited nerves,
so [ always keep bottle OF one of these
delicious, harmless extracts on my night
table, and for an hour try, by taking lit
tie doses and shifting my position, to fall
INFO Inconsistencies. When everything
fails 1 resort to mustard plasters. You
buy them already prepared atany apothe-
cary's. Ask fer the half-strength sort,
aud after moistening them according to
the directions on the box, lay two on the
Dit of the stomach. Let them burn
smartIy there for i've minutes; then
move them down TO just inside the knee,
and in five minutes more carry them
| down 10 the soleS Of the feet. They rarely
Iail to set me dreaming in half an hour.
Ii on going TO bed my ieet are cold or my
| head feels heavy, as though overful of
blood, l set my little plaster to work at
once. knowing I'll gel no sleep until the
blood goes circulating warmly and my
I brain is clear and cool. Never get up and
! try to distract your mind by reading, as
/ some people advise. and never give up in
trying to get TO sleep. and, above ali
| things, try to get wink or two during
the day. Give way to mods and yawns in
the afternoon, and if directly after dinner
you suffer sensation OF drowsiuess let it
have lis way, and, bit by bit, you can con-
quer the most obstinate case of insom
nia."-St. Louis Republic.