Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-07-16
4 Protest AgaInst Early Rising.

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DR.. Hall, in the February number Of
his Journalof Health. says:
One Of the very worst economies Of
time is that flched from necessary sleep.
The wholesale but blind commendation
Of early rising is as mischievous IN
practice as it is errant in theory, Ear
" rising is a crime against the noblest
part Of our physical nature, unless It is
preceded BY an early retiring Multi
tudes Of business men in large cities
count II 4 saving Of time i they can
make aiourney Of hundred or two
miles at NIGHT BY steamboat or railway.
Ii Il ruinous mistake. 1t never fails
to BE- followed by q want of general
welLfseliDg for several days after, it in
deed. ihe man does not return home
actually sick, Or 30 nearit as to be unit
for ! fuil attention to bis business for
week afterwards When man leave'
home on business. it is always import
apt tbat ID should have bis wits abou
4 him that the mind should be fresh ant
\ vigorous tho spirit lively, buoyant ane
chesrful NO man can say that il I
IIthuz wiEh lin aller ) night on rail
/ lrosd oF ID slia shelf of d steambacat.
9hs lIiss Great receipt tCr sound. con
nected and refreshing sleep Is physica
exercise. Toll II the price Of sleep
: We caution parents, PARTICULARLY, no
to allow their children to be walked u
! If mornings. let nature wake them "
! she will notdo itprematurelyi but haV
. d care that they go to bed at an earl
8 hour: let ii be earlier and earlier, unt
b Ii Is found that they wake up OF then
+ selves in full time to dress for breal
& fast. Being walked up early, and
. lowed to engage in difficult or any stu
les late and just before retiring, has gi
q en- many a beautiful and promisir
. child brain fever. or determined rodin
is ~ ailments to the production Of wat
3. on the brain.
0. RULES FOR GOING TO SLEEP.
a. 1, Fix the thoughts, on getting 10
ps bed, on some one thing. vast and simpl
O. such as a clOudless sky, Of on the boan
o. less ocean, or the ceaseless goodness
the great Father Of us all
r. 9 Il has been said that sleep is pi
n noted by lying with the head tOwar
ne the North, and not by any means
'. the West, because of certain elect
k currents.
be 8. A writer recommends to col
., mence rolling the eye balls round 7
sn circuit Of the eye in the same directic
It. until sleep comes.
he A. Another AYERS that better pl
II Is to place the head in a comiOrta'
helposision, shut the mouth, and breai
Through the nOstrils only, making
4 effort 70 imagine that you see the Dre'
or going out Al the time.
/. 5. We have known, On the failure
edlall the forms Of anodynes, the gent
u. lcDntiDous friction Of The solas Ofths /
I'd with j soA warm band, to be admiral
ne successful.
ID 8. When persons are prevented tr
n sleeping by ! slight hacking cOuI
,h.lsIesp i sometimes induced dy havi
;eIAuO PIECES Of mnsliA, aag aix inches
y FAN. md three VI ssnr foulds thick,
snlbs used alternately Aus' have . san
i. as hand, half iIlIed aish alcohol, dip 9
\. NJ shS cloths into il. then pressit :
\. q 8 Sos & drihble, and lay il acr
Il. ~ she'd lie uppar edge Of che q,
ysnaEne eish iha oollAr bones. let i
Main iIvs minutes then pnt o.
4. sIhsn alGarnating thus lby the nar
III iGh d nlals motion q nOiss = r'sA'h