, 1870-11-20


NOAH Il. ScuEyGk,
Chairman OF the Executive Conuittos.
;. Oshce Of the Evangelical Al!isncc, New
Io'k, Nov, 8, 1870.
S1teplcxsncss.
From the t.srr,dene< Journal
1t was epe OF the sayings OF the iniuitasls
Don Qui1ote, .blesuinss on tha
mAu vino Invented sleep" II '.blss.iag."
Ate to be showerad upon tho hs,l Of tho in
senlos cf Hhst may 10 truly, ai well ~ posti-
calls. called tired natures swret sestorer,m
what cu,ees, rot osiy cloud bnt deep.'' shonii
be Aesptu upon him who Invented siespiess-
neee. fcz It ii a b2ne Which besets the patti
OF many . MAE VITO. Light after night. in
win iuvtkes Tie blessing uf sleep. Physical
lal CT tsipgs tcposc- The farmer uho soils Ill
day LOT 6, tiudsss abogt bis fields. doing elek
day tho woTk dtmaIdel By tho seAsou AZ il
passce Oh: tho niechAuic, At his daily toll, the
operative IN the rnl1t tlsse 81 70 Lo1np, aftsr
.h.iE day. labor 10 ever, aud early seeh tIleir
couch Il roei!c nsue for lard LeG, } and soon
lcse tie rent nbsance OF ihcir wea1iness in
tic t!cseed 1nxury OF tletP, luxury Whish,
thank iod f,r II! is not often denied the very
pcoltst ccu:ztn Of earth.
Eut tE1!n work doeA rot alxAys brin. fepase
in ,ta train. To hlu. VITO, hour after hour,
''sleusls hls thoughts. .nd piled Lis pen,
that b11n.'' Light often comes AID htiaSs no
rctIc. hiIg s.cep- Ills Louise NAV be : vary
tenule Of luxur?, Astounding III al 4.moleen
improve reu:s hi. bed may he eoft /. down,
Qf lie. inee@I, thoaii Eos prefer halr mat
fosis, il Eight b1iues no eleep to his tired
an1 ovellcattd hslin. again and again he
ezclainls. " What would I not giya for s1e.pi~
Tltfe il no Errsr sign OF = diae7sel ststo Of
tbs uessous system tEan sleepless nights,
though it is Ea.d to tell which il the Cause aud
/ GtA .,,ht -
csrso the diseased state Of the nervous sys-
tenn, OF do tie liscr.essd ne1yes cau.o tho
| elsci lees niGllts2
4 berefartor to tho human rice, or. At
ls.s', 10 tue slesR,s;:a PARTON e it: Is ho *ho
"hsct, ilesh is beir-" }cryfev victims OF shia
tcoElEc sre wilhEg to try opiAtes, or os,,er
redit,nal remedies, but they eagerly catch at
| anr simple ihiIg which is told them ~ sare
cure for sleel'eesness. For instance, hox
counting imaginary. docks Of sheep, going
over inaEnafr wallse Our GRANDMOTHER.
one OF the vary beat women that eysr lived.
usee: TO tell NJ, Wien sleep failed to coma
at cur bidding. to imagine ourselves shading
sP'sss SEQ .h!R Ra's'fs coma es .sr,, s5 sssR s
one BY oEe. to the wall whieh
| separated this pastn1a from ths road, over
| which were cFplnS.stones, and to count them
A., one after aaothtr, they leaped from etons
road. :" Il you do this very slovly and deIb-
a.ely," the would say, +you can mover set To-
| 5oLd ten, for before that number il counted
YOU will fall asleep.S I an sor1y to be Obliged
to say that this prescription Of Elr wise grand
mother produced no effect uhate.er UPON nv
| ctent1y long interval scpasato tho sheep "a
they csma over the wall. I only ksow that
| the imaginary sheep seemed 10 consume Ao.i;s
in Ginning acrosa tho pasture, mounting tho
wall and IN disappearing down the ruad. This
remedy, houever, his been tried by othe1s.
time and agaip, With astonishing results.
Another remedy for e!eeplsaspess has found
enthusi1Etic admirers and advocates. Statioa
yourself, IN imagination, On point that co1-
mants good view OF the sca- {Ia!@ays took
mE imaginary standEoin inst above tho cele-
L1ated '' forty sttps " At Nexpo1t.) Laok Gu.
II lar rs yeu cspr and trace wave from it's
dtet formation, L. II comes swelling On aud GU,
till it finally breaks upon the glluse at you1
feet Tie eGort yeu make to folio. the wares
will soGn cause sleep
roll tIem slowly from tiis to shie. 1t IL raid
that While dung this it is i4nposs1ble to occa-
; | py tle mind with anything cleo, and that tha
l 'uielislty with Which 5ou enter into this ope-
| ratiuu 1ill socn bring OH rleep. Be tLis as II
may, it CAL certainly co no harm to tr: it.
A&n free 10 say l lave never tried il myself, nc
| cannot speak from ms own expcricace, - in
} the case Of the sheep, md Of tho waves.
a fLleEI tells me that ln entirely cured
himself Of Hakefu1ceks At night By gettiu; n1
! snd rtAdlEE. for about ten minutes. tho drtes
aGa 1ncst u.:intershting book hecoult las Iii:
bands upon. Tie cIoIt TO understand wlai
he was reading, and to tske interest in it, &c
! completely tired him cut that on going b.el
. to bed La would tsll asleep directly. Surely
: there arc dry and uoiu.eresti1g books enough
IN the world 10 rut to tlaep an army OF ~Aae
: ful pefsoua.
! To set up ard thoroughly rub ones sell
, | with dry toEel, or We. oEe, LIS often been
} very eficacious in driving awsr sleepfestness.
9 Others have pEacticed cuun:ioE sloa!y up tc
: two or tire hundred, and Others. again. hare
0 tried to think on. some hard aHa knottr lues.
8 ticps. For my o.n part. Lave found thAi
Q counting aEd kicking arc not proTocatlFes OF
of 1l1nlter. They ofteaer sesTa to koeE
: eas, IA ny hunbIo opinion. il to think q
, Lttl5 ~ possihle On anJ subject Try tht
. rather to taCish thought Liz Is quietly u
/ possible, and keep As c1!m II the over-e1citet
etate OK tho bzsin will allow, and have the al
> rorsibls: Some have grea: faith in tho va,
, their ted stands, dec1arlng that they could no
+ sleep uricss they could iia Nth their faca L
I this lo.th Or tbs northwest. We cannot -,
how far tLia MAJ or may not be de1uaion
=, Cnlouhte.lly atmospheric iafuouees have
: l3rly thoee OF high or low ne17ou
' tempa1ament. Tha last theory I hav
: seen for the prevention Of sleeplessnez
: is gisen By NJ; Nons, in his Is anatomy Q
i eeuId snd refreshing sleep ut WILL" 1t secn
that be bought tha eacret Of Mr. Gard2e
b though he himself gives it to N1a wor]
grasritouslT. His theory ia founded on tt
= principle OF naonotoEE, Or the influence th,
v a single ideA fis upon the mind. To this i
"a ample, in rolling the eyes, and in x..chiu
ls the waves, thus compelling the mind to dive
.e upon specific subject.
J. Mr. B:nns' "art Of procuring sound 81
p refreshing slesp At viii " consists in snis sir
sb5os,e sha aees
"a of nature, is 10 lie On his right side. with Z
N head comfortably plAced upon pillow. kee
ip5 tho neck straight, so thAt respiration ~
10 be entirely nninpeded. Ho . to close the "
III anaaaka full respiration through tho noshl
i, - much Is possible, though this u rot act
n lily necessary, some people 1nding i aimo
"a. | iupossibla to breathe with the mouth close'
ps HAying take7 full respiration, TIE lungs I:
ek | LETT to theiS own action, or IN othet "oHo
Il | respiration d not to he interfered wish. on
bv ara n,ust bs taken tl.as tho whole attensie
- ia riyen TO the breathing, Tha individual i
~ | anss,ion must ip3gine that he seea Il
~ | I.ea,h pa=siug through his noatEils in CO
1ly tipuel stream. Ar3 when p arrives ts y
~ | noint of bringing his mind to set upon IL
~ ~ nne ;l.a. CONSCIOUSNESS will Leave him, II
- ! 4Iesp sli( cocaa. No doubt, the Frincip
a. thing ia ding the mind upon this one nle
~ watching the respiration, 20 70 spaAk. n
nd R Dinus aGu.its thAt this mashod dosa not
l,e | 1xys kueceed Il once, hut It must ba pt
IN saserel in Eesptsatons, however, panat h
he be counted. for according to his opinion I
mere counting 1il keep one avaks. a
y: Tits ccincidss With what stated above, tha
i.- thought counting WA rather a promater
n aleeplzsSnsss than cure for it. ETan Il
a peason tIylrs Mr. Mnus' ttSrs" does not s.
ely eeed in producing very asouud slesp," he v
mo At lesat faA into sunh Tlsaa1nt stale Of
FAs pose aB to find it .tEefreshing+" Let % be
/ n this '.att Of procuring sound Ana tsfIes1.j
he sleep It viii MAJ not have to Ea sAnl
be among The 4slost aria Any xsy, it i 6
his th4t can be easiIy tried, Il no poaable daol
dde can atte1d IT, Ii it anaeeeds, Tie 'hlss.aat
'uld which sAncto panza inyokas upon the ~
he'd who invented sleep Ahoul3 be Lespsa VI
70 = Nj. Gtrlutr fot selling the ac:oans oA
,os- .4axs" to Ill, huns. and upon tho !s:sas Esn
oh | man Tor ,ss,,t3irE Il out upQ2 Asss Aots1