The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-02-11

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~ There ~ tAouaands. q busy peopls who
die every year foe wsnt sf assp. n ltimay bs
that;too nsch slscp tnjures some, but In sh !
exci,al1s people, aadii n our intsnaa bnsi-
ness hsbi.s; there b iar more mischief for,
want Of sleep. than from too much Of ii,
Sleeplssness becomes dissasa 1t ID the
precursor Of insanity Vixen It does not
srsci to that sad result, il - stiH fall Of
peril, - ww,ell as Of suffering. Thousands
of mon have been indebted for bal bargains,
for lack ofpooufags, for inefscsiveness, to
loss Of aleep. "aE 49, %4H tia2" ,Ft"% =
= tits curious that ~ tho popular poeticsl
representations Of slesping and waking ore
reverse OF the truth. q. We speak of sleep -
the image Of death; and Of our waking
hours Is the image Of lifA But III activity
10 The result Of some 6r,n Of decomposition
in the body. Every volition wastes some
form OF decompositida h shs body Every
thought, still more, every emotion, any vo-
li,ion wastes some part Of the nervous sub.
stance, precisely - fame II prodnced by
wasting the fuel! It isthe fdcs.h 6f some
part Of the physical substance That produces
the phenomens Of intelligent and voluntary
life. On the other hand, sleep, il not like
death; for It is nthe speriod in which the
vase of tho system ceases, or Is reduced to
its minimum. Sleep repairs the wastes
which waking hours have, made. II re-
builds the system. Tbs might is,he repair
shop Of the body. Every psrt Of the sys.
Item i silently oycrb.uIesd. and III The pr:
gans. tlseaes, and substances ere replenished.
Waking consumes. sleep asrplsoes; wax ing
! cxhausts, sleep repairs; waking 10 death,
sleep is life. .,.i. .,,.-.. ... 81. ..,tJ
Tho man who sleeps little, repairs little !;
if lie slceps, poorly, he repairs poorly. 1t he
uses up in the day less than he a,cumulates
At night, he win gain IN, health aud vigor.
If he uses upall that he gains At night, he
will jnst hold his own II he uses up more
by day than lie gathers Ut night he will
lose. And If this last process he long con-
tinucd, he must succun,t. 4 man who
would be good worker must see To It that
he - q good sleeper Human life Is like 4
mill; sometimes the stream is 50 copiona
that one needs care but little about his sup
ply. Now, Offer, the stream that turns the
mill needs to I've economical. A dam is
built to hold . larger supply. The mill
runs the pond pretty low through the day,
but, by shutting down tho gate. the night
re.flls the pond, aud the wheels 80 mcrrily
around again the next day. Once in a
while, when spring rains are copious aud
frcshets overflow, the mill may run night
and day; but this Is rare Ordinarily the
mill should run, by day, and the pond fill
up by night. ws@9t
A man has rs much force in him ~ he ha,
provided for BY sleep. Tie quality Of nc
ton, especially mental activity, depcnd'
upon the quality of sleep. II daytime j.
the loom in which men weave their ,purps
ses, night is the time when the threads ar'
laid in and tho filling prepared. g.f..,es e.
Men need on an average eight hours o.
sleep day, or one-third Of their time. 4
man of lyn'pha'ic temperament may requir'
nine. A nervous temperament may requir'
but seven, or six, and instances have beer
known in which four hours have beer
enough. The reason is plain. A lymphati'
man is sluggish in al his functions. IL
moves slowly, thinks slowly, cats slowly
diges.s slowly, and sleeps slowly; that is
oil tie restorative acts of his system g
on slowly. in analogy with his tempera
mcnt. But nervous man. acts quickly j.
everything, by night Or by day. Whe'
awake he does more in al hour than slug
gish man in two hours; and 50 in his sleep
Lie sleeps faster, and his system nimbly re
pairs in six hours what it would take an
other one eight hours to perform. Ls
Every man must sleep according to hi
temperament. But eight hours is the aver
age II one requires little moro or littl
= less, be win dnd il out for himself. Who
ever by work, pleasure, sorrow, or BY an,
other cause, j. regularly diminishing hi
sleep, il destroying his life. A man ma
held out for time, but nature keeps clos
accounts, and no man can dodge her settle
menta. We have seen Impoverished rail
roads that could not keep the track in order
nor spare the engines to be thoroughly re
II paired. Every year track and equipmen
deteriorated. BY and BY comes . crash
and the road i in ! heap Of confusion. On
destruction. 50 II iswith men. They can
not spare time 10 sleep enough. They slow
!. y run Behind. symptoms of general vast
app, n. Premature wrinkles, weak eye.
depresaion of spirits, failure Of digestion