Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1870-04-23

ADVERTISING SCHEDULE.
1OLines, or abont 100 W ords, make Square
ON SLEEPING.
BY HENRY WARD BEECHER,

! lnere are thousands OF busy people who
die every year for want of sleep. 1t may
be that too much sleep Injuries some, but
in an eXcitablc people and our intense
business habits there is far more mischief
from want of sleep than from too much Of
1t, Slceplessncss becomes disease. 1t is
the precursor OF insanity. When it dose
nor reach that sad result, it is still full of
peril, as well as of suffering. Thousands
CT men have been indebted for bad bargains,
ior lack OF courage, for inetlectiyeness, to
| loss of slcep
1t is curious that all the popular prac-
tical representatives ofsleepng and waking
are the reverse Of the truth. We speak of
sleep as the image of death and of our
waking hours as the image Of life. But all
activity Is the result of some form of
decomposition in the body. Every thought,
! still more, every emotion and yoition,
wastes some part ofthc nervous substance,
| precisely as halne Is produced by wasting
the fuel, 1t is the death of some part Of
the physical substance that produces the
phenomena OF INTEL igence and voluntary
life.
On the other hand sleepia not like death,
Tor 1T is the period III which the waste of
, the system ceases, or is reduced to its
minimum. Sleep repairs the wastes which
waking hours have made. 1t rebuds the
system. The night is the repair-shop of
the body. Every part of the system is
silently overhaulcd, and all the organs,
TISSUES, and substances are replenished.
waxing consumes, sleep replaces waking
eXhausts, sleep repairs waking is death,
sleep is life.
The man who sleepa listle, repairs little
II he sleeps poorly he repairs poorly. If he
uses up i'll the day less than he accumulates
at night, he will gain in health and vigor
II ne uses up all that he gains at night, no
will just hold his own. If he uses more
by day than he gathers at night, he viii
lose. And if this last process be long con-
llnueu, he must sucCumb. A man who
would be good worker must see to it that
he is good sleeper. Human life is like a
mil sometimes the stream is so copious
that one needs care but little about his
supply. Now often the stream that turns
the mill needs to be economical. A dam
is built to hold Il large supply. The mill
runs the pond pretty low through the day,
but by shutting down the gate, the night
retills the pond, and the wheels 90 mcrrily
around the next day. Once iu a whiled
wren spring rains are copious andd day
overflow, the mill may run n;einill should
but this is rare Ordnar' viii fill up by
run by day, and the .. 'H
night. as much force in him as he
~ mafdcd for by sleep. The quality of
h.qfon, especially mental activity, depens
upon the quality Of sleep. if day time is
The loom in which men weave their pur-
poses night is the time when the threads
are laid in and the filling prepared.
Every man must sleep according to his
But eight hours is the
average. If one requires q little more or .
little less, he will lind it cut for himself.
Whoever by work, pleasure, Corrow, or by
'''' 20 -ran1llotslV diminishing
may hold out for time, but nature r,;ul;,
those accounts, and no man can dodge her
settlement.
There is n great deal of intcmperance
besides that of tobocCo, opium, or brandy,
Men are dissipated, to overtaX their system
all day and undcrslcep every night. Some
men are dissipatcd by physical stimulauts,
and some by social and some by probes
sional and commercial. But n man who
dies of delirium tremen is no mere drunk
ard and Il suicide, than the lawyer, the
or the merchant, that work eX~
cessiyely all day, and sleep but little at
night.
How CHINAMEN FIsH.-The Chinese
catch fish with trained birds about as large
as geese. They have eharp bills, are brown
in color, and are exceedingly nimble, They
are tame sea ravens or cormorantG. They
live on flesh, and have voracious nppetites;
They will eat their own weight in fish in
few hours. They seem to be always hun
cry. The more they have, the more they
seem to want. Being always hungry, they
are exceedingly active. They have sharp
eyes, large wings, web feet and swim very
fast. They dive rs quick as n flash.
Look at that one swimming i'll the stream
on the watch for fish. There he goes
In Il twinkling he is out Of sight Here no
comes with fish in his mouth, which is
10 get away, but the raven holds
him fast and swims to his masters boat,
where he is taken aboard. He cannot
swallow the fish because his owner has
slipped an iron ring upon the poor crea-
ture's throat lie lays the fish down and
waits until the ring is taken of, and then
he can only have a morsel of fish, just
enough 70 sharpen the appetite, and mako
him wide awake for more. The owner
strokes the birds head, calls him good
fellow, and throws him into the water for
for Qnther venture.
Down he goes again. 4 minute passes.
Here he comes ! but without a fish. H5
gets whipping now. lie can have nc
luncheon until he catches another
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PURIFYING CIsrERN WATER,-It is
frequently the case that cistern water be-
comes offensive and unfit for use, which in
lis pure state is the sweetest and whole
of all water, To destroy this ofl6n~
slyeuess, lime has been recommended, u
large lump or two, but this must harden
the water charcoal is frequently used with
good effect but then which is most efficient
rs correspondent in Rhode Island assures
ls, is 10 ld he supplying spout run % tts
bottom Qf tteciSierp, The fresh water being
heavier than the cold forces tho latter To the
surface aud Is thus consumed before II be,
comes offensive, and so on at each rain
This looks like being remedy for what has
been So much complained ofeud will be an
answer 10 many inquiries made Of Us on the
subject But there are certain conditions
hat should la observed by all having cls-
Iern, the lirst of which ia. that Il should ha
clcaned twice year, anl tlto
'ecuud the conductors on tho rouf should
~ served IN the same way 0trmditoaR
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