Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-03-11
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" . religious duty to sleep AAsd ~ sleep
enough aud he who DOES net, may be sure
that hs is breaking the Sixth Commandment,
which rsquiretb all lawful sadsAvou to preserve
our own life, ~ we'll ~ the lives OF othsrs
There u scarcely better health mstsr for men
who think much than this. Hard mental work
ii beginning 70 kill when Il intSrferss with slsep
and he who plies his brain with ever 70 much ~ :
ergy aight or ten hours day, pTAys and plays
hve or SIX hours, and sleeps seven or eight, will
never die OF overwork. But he must make .
business Of 1t. Brain work, good exercise in the
open air, culture Of tie soul, social relaxation
and sleep-thsss are the constituents Of good
living. and they will bs attended by health,
wealth, usefulness and hsppsness II anything
else u wanting, IL will bs added thersunto.
The old theory wAs that sleep u induced by
the pressure OF blocd on tho brain. Because
the etupor Of apoplexy followa oongsstion Of
the brain, i was held that sleep was somewhat
for sleop 40 far from being like disease. il 'ths
awest restorer" Of the waste that brain work
makes. Congestion 10 imminent when the brain
10 pressed hard with blood, and 1t IL doing more
than it, duty. But when the brain has been laid
pare by removing portion OF . skull OF . living
comes, the Drain occupies less space than bofors
and - the animal wakea the brain expands, and
alls The eavity again; sonseimss Q. r..tng
tho blood has not had time TO regain its normal
circulation In the upper story. And IL - not
we'll to spring up quickly on waking take
things moderately then - q all times. Thus W
see the necessity Of sleep, that the waste Of the
and tear Of mental and phyaioai labor through
the day may be repaired. You cannot make ma
chinery Of the hardened steel, and Of the most
polished surface that will not wear out or break
down: As ail the machinery on earth combined
finished. and lifted, and for such e1quisits SER
vice ~ the body and the mind Of man.
II has been publicly stated that too bank
presidents In this city were killed by Tie COM
merciAl csash Of 1857. Not ono OF them would
have died Of that dis.ster: had he given Ten hour.
know what Shakespeare meant when he wrote
that "sleep knits up the travelled sleeve Of
care, but well know By long experiment, that
when caro- has waited and unraveled tho web Of
life, 80 that the man is falling into sixs. and
sevena, like an old stocking. o. knitted sleeve,
then kind sleep comes to his aid, knitA it all up
again, and makes him ~ good a. new. The vic.
Tins Of no sleep from our banks and stores 20
wandering over Europe Ike tho apirits In the
gospels, seeking rest and finding none, because
they haated to Be rich, and would not, and then
could not, sleep
Prince Albert, that model Prince Consort,
worth any dozen kings Of the common kind
gave written certificate to the value Of re-
cips for going to sleep Of which man claimed
to be the disooverer. But 1t was In use long
before His Royal Highness wAs dreamed Of, and
is Of no great value. Tho directions worth re-
peating are to "stop thinking" and in order TO
do that most difficult Of all things for thinking
man to do, besdwork and handwork must b.
suspended st An early hour, the mind relieved BY
such light employment ~ will deliver Thought
from the serious business Of tho day, and the
nervous system will thus be calmed and
soothed, SO - to induce tl.at peace which
foretes sleep. The devices are many and curl
Gus to win this boon. But they ell amount to
the same thing-the diversion of thought from
any subject that excites any mental effort. Hum
ger and cold are unfAvorAbls to sleep. 1t IL not
unwholesome 81 many suppose to go to bed
aiter good supper. The sleep OF infancy al
ways follows it. All dumb animals eat and then
sleep. Reason forbids guttony, and reason also
forLlds going to bed with = stomach craving
food. Keep the body warm and tho head un-
covered, 30 that the blood may be tempted away
from the brain, and not into it.-Irenoens, in
Hv Nesc York Obstrcer.