The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-13
HOW TO sLEEP-A DISCOVERY.

HOW TO SLEEP-A DISCOVERY.
Frank Buckland has an essay in Land and
Water on the '.Best Way Of Getting Asleep
and Keeping 3d." which, after rambling
around with diffusive humor, closes with .
suggestion, little shocking. perhaps which
NAV amuse some and benefit others:
now venture to suggest : new but nut, SIMPLE sal,s
even the ios1o,. opii seddt, and chioroform, VII
leave traces OF their influence the next morning.
/ therefore prescribe for myself-and nave re
quenty done 90 for othsrson on;oG. stersd viii
40. EVERYBODY knows the taste OF onions; TINS
IL dna 10 peculiar essential oil contained IN thus
most valuable and healthy root. This OIL Aas,
am sure, highly soponaG power h nra.s sa v UTh
work, and feel shall not sleep. ! eat TWO OF
Onions are also excellent things 70 eat when
much exposed to intense cola. Mr. fdnaDy'
when collecting salmon and trout eggs in the
winter, he finds that common raw onions enable
him and his men to bear the ice and cold OF the
semi-frozen water much peter IMAM spHIts
to start, should therefore take good stock OF
onionr. Finally, il person cannot sleep, It Is
because the blood is in the brain, not IN his
stomach; the remedy, therefore, is obvious; call
This is to be done by eating biscuit, hard
boiled egg, bit OF bread and cheese, or some
thing. Follow this up with . glass OF wine or
milk, or even water and you will fall asleep, and
will, I trust. bless the name OF the writer.
Those who "woo the balmy" have often
sought ways and means to reach the sunny
spots on the "mystic plains of gentle sleep,
but sought in vain. Such will shun the &C
customed Iaudanum and chloroform If they
can obtain the desired object by the use Of
the odoriferous tuber and its essential soporiflc
oil. regardless of the traces of their influence
"the next morning" But, in pursuit OF the
"balm to the troubled breast, they will re-
member that taste which Everybody knows,
and follow Mr.. Buckland's example and seek
the magical effect of 1.-TWO or three small
ones the smaller the better, as we should
think. On the general theory of giving the
stomach something to do. in order to draw the
blood from the head, it would seem to be .
sufficient task to entertain and dispose of
three very "smal ones" Sleep. with form
Is noiseless as the foot of love" must creep
gently to the couch of him who has taken the
small ones" and inger +" until jocund day
stands tiptoe on the misty mountains top,
but at respectful distance. Seekers for the
"oblivious realm and rayless world of sleep
might we'll be thankful and bless the name
of auckland, when they find that all their
hardships will seem DER by the simple masti-
cation of three little onions.
Sleep is called holy thing to the worn
spirit, home to the homeless, friend to the
friendless, the friend Of woe, gentle thing
beloved from pole to pole, wide blessing,
. bird of comfort that broods over the troubled
sea of the mind, unconfned restraint, i'm
prisoned liberty. key to golden palaces, world
of silvery enchantment and by thousand
other simple or complex epithets, to show its
value. Sancho Panza invoked blessings on
the "man who invented Sleep" and other
Sanchos will couple another blessing for the
man who discovered Q way to compel the
presence of sleep with his "dewy wand" al
the insignificant cost of three little onions
Set the stomach ct work, summon the arteria
and venous tides away from the brain, and
let it rest. Hard boiled eggs, bread and
cheese, wine, milk, or something will do, bu
onions if possible, two or three "small ones.
It is perplexing thing, after day Of toll
when the need of rest is felt, when sleep il
wanted to fill up certain time in which
nothing else can be done, to be obliged to re
main awake. When the weary searcher tor re
pose begins to find that the hours are passing
unproAtably away, and when in his anxiet!
he losses and rolls from side to side, NOTING
every sound from the street and seeking
everywhere for the cause of his restlessness
his unfixed and floating thoughts will wande
to all manner of dissgreeable subjects Thu
longer he remains awake the more annoyance
will he find in his own thoughts and memo
ries The mind and nerves initiate eacl
other by their mutual action until repose fo
either becomes impossible.
Those who WOO sleep in vain until after th'
noon Of night is past will remember and pu
in practice all the expedients they have ever
known or heard Of to invite the presence O
tired natures sweet restorer. If there is 9
clock in his bedroom he will count its tick
ings. He will close his eyes and try to imag
inc flames and smoky exhalations from his nos
trils. He will pronounce certain vowel sounds
at each drawing or expulsion Of breath, .
a-e-i-o. He will hold ont his hands until the.
fall with WEAKNESS. Or he may try to wear.
himself by multiplying, dividing, or squarinI
numbers. Still he hears not the dutter Q
the dawny pinions and feels not the balm
bath
That supplies, lubricates and keeps in play
The various movements OF this nice machine
Which asks such frequent periods OF repair.
He finds the " down pillow hard even whel
weary enough to "snore upon flint" Al
his tricks are vain, and will not yield to hin
the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Yet a
this suffering comes from the want of bis
cult, . hard-boiled egg or two or three SINAI