The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-20
FOR
A Safe and Simple Cure is Herewith
Suggested.

(From the New York Herald.)
A gentleman of this city who suf-
fered 1t one time from insomnia until
or the verge Of insanity remarked to
a friend a few days ago that by the
observance of the simplest rules the
dreadful infection may surely be cur
ed, but it would as surely return if
the same practices were INDUCED in
which brought ;t on.
ITO much head work and utter
disregard of all respect for the hard
working stomach, together with care
and worry, brought on my sleepless-
ness remarked the gentleman. Il
do not believe insomnia ever came
from any other cause. one car
scarcely believe 1t. but 1 declare upon
my honor that during my last attack,
eighteen years ego, / did not get one
minute of sleep. My physician, an
eminent and careful man, who took
great interest in my case, laughed
when / told this to him., and assured
me 1 must have doZed many times
unconsciously. However that was.
he attended me during that six weeks
twice daily and tried everything he
could think of in his mataria medica
to relieve me. but result 1t
appeared plain that he would lever
succeed. AS he could not minister to
a mind diseases, and a. the worry
continued and it was plain that he
could not remove the cause, / gave
UP all hope and concluded ] must die
from the disease.
Il told him 30 m afternoon. and
his grave look verified my conclusion,
but he said he would try once more,
and TO drugs. He
directed my nurse to get some of the
best soda crackers to be had and n
bottle of n best lager beer, and to
give them to me at 9 o'clock in the
evening, when I retired to my Sleep
less couch.
The nurse did as directed, ind I
lay down expecting to worry through
another agonizing night. The first
think 1 Knew after going to bee was
waking to hear the CHEEKY voice of
my faithfu doctor asking if I intend
ed sleeping all day. / laughed at his
serious joke, but the sun was shining
into my room and the clock said Il
was noon. / had slept soundly
through fifteen hours, and. my de-
lighted physician told me tn crack
ers and the beer had drawn the
blood from the head to the stomach,
ana my brain was relieved Of the
- "AAASii AAtts oIib-I SlCSp SWds-
Whenever / am threatened with
insomnia I use this simple remedy
and 1T has always proved successful.
i recommend ii to all sufferers from
sleeplessness. Above all things, do
not putter with drugs. Avoid drugs
as you would a poisonous serpent.
They may give temporary relief, but
are sure to aggravate the disease In
the end. If my simple remedy does
not prove effective in any case let me
suggest another.
place the right hand upon the
and the left At the hack Of
the neck and count forty-nine. The
rationale Of this process is hat the
palm OF the right hand and the fore
part of the body are both plus or
positive magnetic poles. The left
palm and the back part or the body
are both minus or negative poles.
Like poles -epel, and by thus
placing the palms of the hand over
the various centers Of plexuses a
vital current Is directed back into the
body, its normal circuit Is re-estab-
iished, and its energies are guided
and evenly distributed among the or
gans situated along its course The
physical and mental systems viii be-
come passive. c~ontented and COM
Portable, all parts working together
for the common good. The result
must be composure and recupera-
lion All distracting. h~arassing, mel
ancholy imaginfngs and gloomy fore
bodings will have passed away, the
stomach and bowels and all their
healthy functions. while digestion and
assimilation, previously at a stand
still. VIII go On normally. Overwork
n improper food are az the bottom
OF u sieep1essness.
Any physician will tell you that
n cerebrum should not be permitted
TO work and consume vitality for
more thai ten hours of the twenty
four on an average. and eight would
be far better. The other hours