Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-11-22
Sle ep ard its Curiosi les.

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Thus, without dying oh how sweet 10 die
To lie down tranquil gradually to fall into
state of helpless existence TO pass at inter-
walls, a third Iari of our whole lives in that
state; 10 wake from i and again become ac-
tive parts Of life aud matter, is, indeed, one
of those daily miracles wiich sirik ing IS marks
the power and beniicence Of our Great Crea-
tor. st.ll' from i frequency I'll wonderiul
phenomenon eXeites bu, little prise, notice
or gratitude. Like II wheel, We res as i, were,
aud, like il. are again set in noion, careless
aud 'Lough!less as 10 what Gains into res, or
rouses into new action Not only ourselves
AMI a. animals sleep, bur aiso pants THUS
the Lotus of the Enphrates sinks below the
water AT ~ ght, and when the sun returns.
rising above the surface, it again expands it's
blossoms
We suppose, with Cullen, that our organs o;
sense sleep suece.svely, and with different
degrees Of iniensity--sight .lumberine iir-t.
then hose Of taste, smell, hearing and .Jas,ly,
those OF touch. la Turkey if person. fall
asleep in the neighborhood of a poppy field,
the wind blowing towards lin from il. he
VIII become gradually nucetized, and would
even die, II The country people we'll aeqllaint-
ed mitf the fact, dad not convey him to the
nearest well or s'ream, emr'ying pitcher al
ter pitcher unon l.is face au,i body. 4 Dr..
Grpcnheinn, during lis residence in thai land.
owed BIS life 10 this simple YET eticacious
tire .trnent., DR. Red mentions IA friend Of his
WHO became dIowsy and fell asleep whenever
arytnii G CURED TO distress him. A woman
81 ticn,;ur slept seventeen or eighteen hours
day Tor fifteen years, and another is ,cord.
ei TO have slept forty days. A man twenty
1--we ycals OF age, near isata England s,prt n
mouth and two years ater for seventeen
days l'r Macintosh mentions a woman who
spent three torths Of her life in sieen. and
another physician. has collected several in
ahecs q the same sort. quoting the case Of
yo',ng lady who slept for six weeks. and O.
sosered. Heroic US, in his "Nelopomena."
lu,les, a though increalously. 10 a race of
Scy.hians. or Iartars: in the extreme north.
who We're reported 10 sleep away six mouths
"t the year. 1--WE young gentlemen, college
students. went to bed the ught previous to
their examination: thew slept sonnlly; the
elder o'e rose early in the morning. and left
the Younger hrotl.er in bed sii,l asleep: he
renlanei 80 for TWO honrs more. having >le,t
altogether more than ten hours, wlen h woke
N = sta.e of ,on,rictc INSANITY" Tie same
author, Dl. Graves. likewise related the case
OF a gentleman WHO fell asleep with his hands
folded together before him on the table after
dinner. On awakening. one arm was paral.
yzed, and remained para.ytic 10 tie day Of his
death. not long afterwards
Frederick the Great aud John Hunter sell
dom slept more than four or five hours n The
twenty. four. DR.. Macintosh mentions lady,
in perfsc, health; who never slept more than
four or five hours in the twcn,y-four, and then
only half an hour ai time. Tie venerable
81. Augustine prudenty divided his hours into
three divisions, eight each devoted TO sleep,
recreation and converse with The world. Qun,
the famed actor, eou i. at pleasure, lamier
,weuty-four hours i'll succession; ard Dr. Reid,
the n,et.physieian, when lie liked could take
as much feed and sleep as would serve him
for a couple Of days.
The nauphin son ef the unfortunate Louis
XVI. a descendant of the sovereign of France
and Navarro, confined in lonesome NOOK.
with hole in the wall TO receive his scanty
food was killed for the want ef sleep. Scarce
ly We're his feyerish temples laid upon his
pallet, when a stern voice rescundcd around
the walls, 'Cape., how are youe' Fy such
refined cruelty his spirit, drawing its last
gasp silently gave up the ghost, in his 10th
year, June sth 1863 st. Dominic, 80 famel
in the old annals, never reIosed except on
hoor- boards, which served him for bed. St.
EonaNentu.a, one Of the first Franciscans,
used Il common stone instead of a pillow and
another, St. Peter Of Aicantara, slept only one
hour and half III the twenty -four, ter forty
years ,ogether either kneelng or Standing
his head leaning aside ona liltle piece Of wood
f. tea i for that purpose in the wall. Usually
old age. though his body became SO attenuated
tha, i. s,ened composed Of The roots of trees.
and lis skin 50 parched as 10 resemble the
dry bark Of rees rather than flesh. s
People may sleep in all sorts of postnres.-
Tie ancient Eg. pians, ns all readers know,
shaved their scalps, and slept with their heads
resting on an iron prong. shaped like pitch
fork and wel,ci with souc iron substance
they did this to keep their heads cool, which,
they lima gined siren gthered their wits. Where
will men not steep? The pos,llion sleeps
while on horseback the sentinelat his post,
although he may be shot for the offence; and
officers declare that their wearied bravo r,e,.
in c'syman, while residing in South Amer
missionary, discovered a safa ga
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