Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-12-13
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do it sheuId be well ordered ne Sleeping :
apartment should be of such size and have !
such arrangements as to secure proper !
eupply of fresh air. From our own ohser- !
walton we have no hesitation in saying that
even among well conditioned people those !
provisions are not adequately attended to-
Most of them sleep in rooms that are both
toe smalland shut up too closely. gallon
of fresh air every minute, let 1t he remem-
bored. is the requisite for each person This
certainly cannot be furnished to any one in
closed room OF ten feet square, and yet
this is very common limit Of sleeping ac-
commodstiens, with no inlets for fresh air
oxcspt the crevices. The case is worse than
it is with apartments for the day, for in
them the doors are opened frequently, and
and thus some considerable change is effect
ed in the air.
Very often the sleeping Accommodations
are even mure limited than we have men
toned especially in the case of children.
Several Of them put into even good sized .
s.Jartment do not have air enough if it be |
closed, and surely not when they are put
into a small one as they often are.
1t is quite important that with ventilation |
there should be proper degree OF warmth,
and henceEt is much easier to secure thorough |
ventilation in sleeping apartments when the |
whole house is warmed from furnace than
when it is not And here We would say that
it is a false notion that no air ia good except
that which is introduced directly from with
out That which comes from the open pas
sages OF the house is as good as that which
comes through open windows. The air that
comes FROM the pipes ofa furnace is as
fresh, that is as pure, as fully charged with
oxygen, as cold air is Heating it does not
iniure it. If the attempt be made to secure ]
ventilation alone by letting down the top of
thoro 10 oonI Auprar tlot anll
will be taken, especially if the room be
small. This had better be only one Of the
means of ventilation, and then there need
not he SO wide an opening as to have this
liability.
Night is the time for sleep, as day is the
time for work. This is nature IS indication,
and harm always comes from not following
it. Sleep in the morning is not as refresh
ing as that which is had in tho night, when
We have natures iavoriDg circumstances,
the darkness and stiffness. When wo turn
night into day, either with pleasure or la
Dor, we do violence to nature, and, of course,
inflict more or less injury on our physical
systems. Many clergyman is tempted to
sit up late atnight in preparing his sermons,
partly frsm the quietness Of the hour, and
partly from the necessity Of securing the
preparation in timo. But every time that
he does this there is an impairment Of the
health, and particularly il it be done Satur..
day night, because the injury h enhanced
by the labors of the following day.
Slaep may be imperfect. 1t may be bro
ksn by impression, made upon the senses,
or by mental operations. The more one
dreams the more imperfect il the sleep. for
mind and brain are in action in dreaming,
and they do not have entire rest There Is
difference in dreams AZ well as in wido-
awake thinking in the amount Of exertion.
Sometimes dreaming amounts to real men
tai labor, and so impairs greatly the rest
which sleep il designed TO give.
OF course the less perfect the sleep the
longer isthe time which it ought to occupy.
1t isa matter OF economy, thon, to those
with whom time is of vaI1o, to have the
sleep as perfect as possible.
l. How, then, can sleep be made perfect P
There are various circumstances to be re
garded in effecting this.
When we sleep wo should sleep. We
should make business it, There should
be no mnginp of tho. wakeful and the
sleeping condition. We should dismiss the
thoughts aud business of the day, We
should have habit of doing this. Thsre
is much in this point. Tho thing is quite
within our control, and habit of passing
readily from the wakeful state into sound
sleep can be formed by proper attention
to the circumstances that will favor it,
Regularity is important hero. There
should be regular time for retiring, .anc
also for rising. If this be not done, there
will not only be much time often wasted il
getting to sleep. bat the slcer will be apt tt
be imperfect We do not mean that one
should retire precisely at the same minute
every night-this would be making one 9
slave to time, and the very exactncss would
impair the sleep.
Muoh ,a,u ha llama hy ahcar uill wv
can will to calm down mental action, ans
dismiss trains of thought. II we can moi
do this directly We can indirectly. We cac
supplant thoughts which would burden the
mind, and thus pass mind and brain int,
the sleeping state in worried condition, b,
induging in thoughts of diverse anC
lighter character, letting Us gently slip int
our rest for the night How very common
ly the contrary course is pursued The
business man goes to bed thinking of somt
plan for making money, orfor solving sont
perplexity; the professional man is bus!
with some train Of thought connected Will
his daily employment and tho student !
worrying his mind up to the last of hi
waksful moments with some portion of "a
morrow's lessons
But besides all this, and above all this
the arrangements OF the day have a decide,
influence upon the character Of our sleep
That sleep may be good the business OF IN
day should be done altogether in the day
and the evening should be the time for rt
Taxation and diversion. In this way ther
will be a proper preparation for undisturt
ed, perfect sleep All mental employmen
in the evening should be gentle aud anu.
ing. Ii is no time for real work. All tn
study that is done in the evening, ospesiall
by the young does harm to both body an
mind, and one way in which it does this
by impairing the sleep
The encroachmens which fashion make
upon natures time for sleep ara larg
source Of disease in its votsrie,. Tho lar
guor of the next day tells what tho IN misspeu
hours have done. and this often repeated
taking something each time from the NO ode
rss repair and restoration, lessons decidedly th
general vigor, and thus prepares for actu,
disease. In strong contrast with this is III
legitimate use ia the evening of the plea
ures OF society which We have indicated
q When will the truly rational and console