The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-12-10

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cufine sound and refreshing sleep al viii
II seems that he bought The scent ~ q MI.
Gardner. though h. himself gives Il 10 ihe
worh gmluilpusly Ills theory y Funded
N the principle ~ m0aotoey. OF the N.
hurnte lhai u single idea has UPON the
mind To this influence ! have already r.
ferfed, A. for example. IN rolling the eyes,
and In watching the waves. thus cumpcll
ing the mind 10 dwell upon q specific sub
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Mr.. Blnns' 'urt of procuring sound and
refreshing sleep ut will' consists in this
simple process The person desiring this
luxury, or rather, | may call II, an absolute
necessity Of nature, Is 10 lie on his right
side, with his head comfortably placed
upon a pillow, keeping the neck straight,
so that respiration may he entirely unim-
peded. He Is 10 close the lips and take q
full respiration through the %nostrils, MS
much as possible, though this Is not actu-
ally necessary, some people finding II M.
most impossible 10 breathe with the
mouth closed. Having taken a full respir-
alton, the lungs are left to their own ac-
tion, or, in other words, respiration is not
to be interfercd with, only care must be
taken that the whole attention be given To
the breathing. The individual in question
must imagine that he sees the breath pass
ing through his nostrils in a continued
stream, and when he arrives at the point
Of bringing his mind to act upon this one
idea, consciousness will leave him, and
sleep will come. No doubt, the principal
thingis fixingthe mind upon this one idea,
watching the respiration, so to speak. Mr..
Binns admits that this method does not al.
ways succeed at once, but it must be perse-
vered in. Respirations, however, must not
be counted, for according to his opinion,
the mere counting will keep one awake.
And this comedies with what / stated
above, that | thought counting was rather
a promoter of sleeplessness than a cure for
it. Even if the person trying Mr.. Binns'
art does not succeed in producing very
sound Sleep" he will at least fall into
such a pleasant state of repose as to find it
refreshing" Let us hope this "art of
procuring sound and refreshing sleep at
will may not have to be ranked amo lg the
"lost arts" Any way, IL is one that can
be easily tried, as no possible danger can
attend it. If it succeeds, the " blessings ;,
which Sancho Panza invokes upon the
"man who invented sleep" should be
heaped upon Mr.. Gardner for selling the
account of his "art" to Mr., Binns, and
upon the latter gentleman for sending il
out upon the world at large rOpidence
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