The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-22
Insomnia.

Of the world in which the writer's APP
peal for relief from insomnia, have
written upon the subject many times,
and have frequently described success"
ful methods which afford relief to peo-
pie, according to the spirit in which
they practice the cure. | presume the
number of methods for the relief OF this
malady could not all be written in a
book of a thousand pages, and all OF
them might fall In some certain case,
and yet to the person who has been
cured there Is nothing so simple and
easy as the method by which he was
relieved, and as most people like to help
others, he takes great pleasure iu tell
ing others about his plan,
A merchant of Chicago brought 10 me
his wife for treatment, and she de-
clared with great earnestness that she
| had not slept for two weeks, i placed
her in a quiet room in charge Of a COM
peteut nurse with instructions to watch
her carefully and report the next MORN
ing. was certainly surprised next
morning to see the patient looking quite
rested, although she firmly declared she
had not closed her eyes FIVE minutes,
Taking the nurse aside, | learned that
after fretting for about an hour because
she could not sleep, the patient had not
only gone soundiy to sleep, but snored
SO loudly that the nurse was kept wide
awake nearly the whole night The pa
tient awakened only once, and after ask
Ing for a drink, and again complaining
because Of w%ahefulness, slept as be-
fore. Now, this was an extreme case,
and peculiar methods must be adopted;
suggestion was all that was needed, and
| asked the woman If she had ever
been h~ypnotized, She said No but
was perfectly willing TO be, ii it would
cure her. | had the husband CONF into
the room while | talked to her in a very
impressive manner about the powers Of
hy~pnotism, and the husband said that
he had no objections, If she could only
be relieved. | therefore asked him to
be present the next night, and said
would put her to sleep | kept her as
much as possible in the open air that
day, and, having inspired her with con-
fidence, I had her carefully and quietly
put to bed, The husband sat there in
open-mouthed wonder while talked TO
her In a soothing tone for a few mo-
ments. telling her to not awaken until
seven o'clock next morning. | then
took hold of both her hands, pressing
with my thumb upon the ulnar nerve OF
her left hand. This caused a tinglirg
sensation In the arm, and she at once
declared that | was a strong, electric
battery, and that her arm was asleeE
already. In five minutes she was sn0r'
. ing, and we sat there for half an hour
? while she slept soundly. | then awak'
ened her, and she declared she had moi
!, closed her eyes, This convinced tht
husband that she was laboring under
/ delusion, and stopped his worry.
again took hold Of her hands, and she
was soon asleep. awakening next morn
ing convinced that she was cured.
Smile in the Dark,
All cases are not like TINS, nut man!
! are, and a cure can be secured in thC
. following manner: Smile in the darl
when you awaken in the night, and can
: not go to sleep; you will find that tn
jaws are tightly closed, and you arr
!, worrying about something. Now smilt
Y about It, and see that every muscle O
{ the face is relaxed into a pleasant smile
, Imagine that you are meeting some dea
friend, and fix your face for the ap
prevail Of that friend. Now, this ma
E seem to be one Of the fool cures, but TT,
! it. Keep on smiling and think Of thing
, that are pleasing. The simple fact tina
! you have changed the thought current
e Of the mind and relaxed the muscles o
I the face and jaws will soon place yor
r in the land of pleasant dreams. Try II