Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-07-06
THE TOBACCO HABIT.
HAVE you GOT 1T, AND DO you
WANT TO LOSE TT

A Chicago Specialist Says That a
Sure Cure For @STy Lady Nicotine"
Can ne Found In the Plentiful Use
OF n HumbI Peanut
However fantastic my particular
method Of dealing with the tobacco hab'
IL may seem ON paper it will effect a
cure if faithfully carried out In the
first place, be sure that your patient
really desires TO break of the habit of
using tobacco. In the second place, re-
member that your patient will react &C
cording 10 the impression your manner
makes upon bis mind II you speak
lightly of your method Of treating him.
he will hold that method In small es-
TEEN. Therefore. speak impressively.
and IL be smiles at your modus operandi
frown him into q decent humility.
Suggestion alone 10 not sufficient 70
hold tho average tobacco user. and you
viii therefore add . material medicine
In tho shape a-peanussi YeA. my
friend. iudicroos - the idea seema there
Hes In The vulgar peanut . charm 20 sap
the power Of my Lady Nicotine and
free the fettered slave.
In ali drug habits there are two con
ditions TO oombat--phydcal and nen.
I'll, or physiological and psychological
/ use peanuts to offset the physical crav-
ing and suggestion to calm the mind
What 10 the condition Of the user Of
tobacco IL the weed is withdrawn! II Is
important 10 understand this. because
there Ia but a slight variation In ono
dozen cases from the average
The condition is Of mental un-
rest, some physical sensations and nerv-
The withdrawal of tobacco
acts as a withdrawal of q powerful
nerve tonic. because this weed, used
first as q nerve sedative, becomes by
force Of usage q nerve stimulant Let
MS take the mental condition first under
consideration. i do not try TO put a to-
baoco user 70 sleep, because it is an un
necessary performance, but give him
positive suggestions while he is sitting
opposite me to the following effect:
That il will be easy to break him of
the habit
That he will not suffer, despite the
fact that he has tried TO break of pre-
viously. but has failed on account Of
the discomfort ensuing.
That he is not a hero or a being to be
pitied or sympathized with. because he
will not be called upon to display any
heroic qualities Of endurance.
That il he follows directions he will
not suffer from or "sink-
ings'' at the pit of the stomach.
That he will begin at once to gain in
weight; hat his memory will lie sharp
er and more tenacious, and that his d.
gestive organs will regain tone; that
his nerves will be as steel, his muscles
as iron and his complexion will lose the
muddy hue which mars its oomeliness
That the habit is uncleanly-in fact,
degrading-and that its qualification
entails a gross waste Of money. What
right has he to literally burn his income
when his wife is compelled to wear q
gown that is out Of date?
Thus, then, do / prepare the patients
mind for the lightness of the task be-
Gore him. laying special stress upon the
fact that he will at no time consider
himself an object of compassion or self
pity, for il he believe himself to be per-
forming q deed of no small heroism he
will suffer agonies, whereas if his abne-
cation is ignored and taken as a matter
Of course he will react accordingly.
Now, as to the physical symphonic,
they will be but slight if the above
preparation of the mind is properly
done and will show themselves in occa-
sional pains about the region Of the
heart, sinking at the pit of the stomach.
a lassitude, weak and accelerated pulse
and muscular t~witchings. Nervousness,
jumping at a sudden noise and irrita-
bility of temper will be in evidence, but
will be greatly modified by suggestion.
Prescribe peanuts, TO be eaten slowly,
constantly and continually. He must
be occupied. Busy him therefore with
peanuts. He would, if left alone, think
tobacco. He must, on the contrary,
think peanuts. Has he a loathing for
peanuts? All the better. He will learn
to love them for their nutritious quail
ties and intrinsic flavor. Does his stom-
ach rebel ON the second or third day?
Has he biliousness or collie? II is still
well, because no mar when bilious de-
sires tobacco
Observe that you are supplying him
with material for his digestive organs
to work upon, and that his jaws are
not idle. There is no vacuum. and thefe
will be under this regimen no sinking
at the pit Of the stomach. A feeling of
fuilness perhaps, a plethoric condition,
a sense Of safety. but this is exactly
what we desire to bring about. Keep
the system busy and at work; keep the
mind at rest.
All, my friends, bow true it is that
the mouse may gnaw the ropes that
bind the lion, Even the plebeiau peanut
may be the means of restoring harmony
10 an afflicted household. Ihave known
this humble agent, taken according to
directions, stretch strong men upon beds
Of sickness from which they rose in the
course OF a day or two clean Of heart
and purged OF the craving for tobacco.