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SLEEP.


woman. can keep secret we'll. She
does her work with the quietness of per-
lection that is neither vain nor impatient
of observation, and she leaves US to veri-
fy our guesscs at her methods as we may.
And the larger part of what is called sci
ence is still unveri6cd guessing. But sa-
rants are men not easily discouraged. A
theory with them is often better than a
fact, inasmuch as invention is moro glori-
GUS than discovery and humility is not
a common scientific grace. !
Within the last few years French and
English Psychologists have endeavored
to find out, among other things, how we
sleep. Many interesting phenomena of
sleep have been recorded, and various the
ories proposed, which neither agree with
each other, nor offer any satisfactory So
luton of the problem. All are doubtless
colored by the personal experiences of the
theorists, for the experiences Of sleeping
are as different with different individuals
rs those Of waking. One considers sleep
state of passive congestion" another
thinks it mot unity of state, but Sc
ries of fuctuating conditions" one be-
lieyes that We always dream when asleep;
another that dreams are but doorkeepers
of mysterious silent temple. However
these things may be, the most interesting,
as apparently the most practical results
Of these investigations, are the hints OBJ
tanned in regard to cerebal circulation of
the blood, and the means of affecting it
in the treatment of diseases Expert
ments have shown that in deep sleep the
blood-vessels of the brain are nearly emp
ty and almost motionless. 1t is well
known that "hot head" that u.s. head
full of blood. is accompanied usually by
coldness of the extremities, and is unfa-
vorable to sleep. Observing these phe-
nomena, DIR. Chapman, an English physi-
clan conceived the. idea of treating certain
diseases .'by controlling the circulation of
the blood in different parts of the body"
In a pamphlet recently published, he
says:- ....
IL have discovered that controlling
power over the circulation of blood in the
brain. in the spinal cord, in the ganglia of
the nervous system. and, through the
agency of these nervous centres, also IN
every other organ Of tie body, can be ex-
ercised by means of cold and heat ap.
piled to different parts Of the back"
Thus. to direct fuller flow of blood
to the brain, he would apply ice to the
back of the neck and to diminish that
flow, would use, similarly, hot water bags.
! His experience has led him to believe
that this simple remedy, the application
of heat to the back of the neck, "will
favor or induce sleep" If this be SO,
DR.. Chapman is entitled to the thanks of
all wakeful persons and their friends, for
the discovery Of SO short and plain a
road from the purgatory of waking visions
to the paradise of sleep.
But the best way is to avoid the nee
essity for remedies if possible. 10 this
end, do as much Of your work as you can
by daylight, and let your evening employ
ments be at least lighter than those of
the morning afternoon. If you must
read, let the book be entertaining and
not too instructive. Let alone mathe-
matics and philosophy, for two good
hours before you 60 to bed;--any novel will
do you less hurt. Half the pale cheeks of
the children are owing to the evening
study which many of the more advanced
schools demand. Go. to bed refreshed in
mind, and when morning comes you will
find yourself refreshed in body ALSO Go
to bed good naturod there are more rea-
sons than one why we should not " let the
sun go down upon our wrath" An an
cry man is an unquiet sleeper.
The halcyon Sleep will never build his nest
In any stormy breast;
IT'S not enough that he does find
Clouds and darkness in the mind
Darkness but half his work will do
IT'S not enough, he must find quiet too"
--SpringfeM Republican.
Eg- A movement is in progress for the
erection of an Observatory on Mount An
thony. near Bennington Centre, of revolu-
tionarv davs Vho s,heor;ot;no. o1roo.l :,