South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-11-12
Sleep, and How to Procure 1t.

have no hesitation in Saving that
the proper thing to 10 Is TO 90 TO sleep
immediately, or at least very soon, after
the meal OF the day. All animals nj
ways go to sleep, irthey are no. disturb.
ed. after eating. This is especially no.
uceable IN dogs; and the great John
Hunter showed by an experiment that
digestion went on during sleep more
than when the animal was awake and
going about. This IS his experiment !:
lie took two dogs and gave them both
the same quantity of food. One OF them
was allowed 10 70 10 sleep, the other was
taken out hunting. At the end Of three
or four hours he killed both of these
dogs. The food IN the stomach of the
dog which had been asleep was quite Iii.
gested IN that OF the one which had been
hunting. the food was not digested at all.
This fact, think, shows the advisa.
5iiity of going 10 sleep imnediat siy af.
ter eating. This ignored fact always
occurs to my memory when | see old
gentlemen nodaing over their wine. Ma.
ture says 70 them: $50 TO bed They
will not go 20 bed but still nature will
not allow her law TO be broken, so she
sends them to sleep sitting in the chairs.
People therefore who feel sleepy after
dinner ought to dine late, and 90 strain hit
to BED when sleepy feeling comes o.
yer them.
Most good folks however, do the wosrt
possible thing imaginable-they retire
altogether into the drawing-ro0m, and
then, ID make matters worse. they drinl,
tea and coffee. Now | regard tea and
coffee, when taltenat night. To be poison
to certain constitutions. 1t /. very well
IN the morning, but it is very bad at
night. The reason why tea and coffee
should not be taken at night is that the
one contains an alkaloid called theme.
and the other contains an alkaloii call.
ell caffeine. These two alkaloids, taken
into the system, stimulate the brain and
do not allow IL TO 20 to rest. | speak Of
this matter from experience. If /
thoughtlcssly take cup of tea or coffee
after five o'clock in the evening. going
to bed about eleven, | cannot 90 to
sleep; the alkaloid will wake me up in
about an hour or two. Slecplessncss.
therefore, is usually caused by tea or
coffee, though strange to say that tea
and coffee actually send some people in
to sound slumber.
| we'll rccollect the late DR.. WILDER.
force, then Bishop OF Oxford, telling my
father, then most actively engaged as
Dean Of Westminster, Of his patent way
OF going TO sleep. It is better than the
old-!ashioned prescription of watching
sheep jumping through hedge, one al:
ter another, ships sailing out to sea, etc
The Bishops prescription was to re.
peat very slowly the vowcls 4 + 0 L.
In doing this they we're TO be faintly
pronounced with each inspiration and
expiration. 1t will be found easy to do
this without moving the lips; but the
vowel L must not be pronounced, for to
do this the muscular actions of TIC lips
necessarily take place, and sleep comes
not. Iadvise my readers TO try this plan.
The deepest sleep is always Just before
dawn. 1t is, ! believe, probable that
some change takes place az this time in
the atmospheric condition, as the hour
just before dawn is selected by savaCcs
to make their attack, and it is at this
time also, ! believe, that great proper.
ton of the children are born. when
staying at country house, unfortunate
~, the visitor not accustomed to coun-
try sounds gets woke up. The abomi.
nable cocks begin their horrible growing.
called in Ilercfordshirc cock shoot" i
rccollect on one occasion, after the
wretched cocks had gone from the fowl.
house to feed. fell asleep. and then
there came n most awful cry Of agony
in fact, the farmer killed pig under my
window-enough to wake anybody.-
This pig was most vociferous. but as he
w;,' inundated in honor Of my arrival /
could not say much.
| now venture TO suggest n new, but
simple remedy for want OF sleep. Opi.
atcS in any form. even the liquor opii
sclat, and chloriodine, will leave traces
OF their influence tic next morning.
therefore prescribe for mysc!-and have
frequently done 50 for othcrs-onions:
simply common onions raw, but Spanish
onions stewcd will do. Everybody
knows Tho taste Of onions this is due
- peculiar essential oil contained i'm
this most valuable aud healthy root -
This OIL has. nm sure. highly sophori6c
powers. In my own case they never
fail. IL avn much pressed with work.
anu leel shali not sleep. ! eat 2 or ,
small onions and the effect il magical.
Onions arc also excellent things 90 eat
when much exposed 90 intense cold
Mr.. PernabY. Trou,dlls Fishery, Ees.
wick, informed me that. when collecting
salmon AMI trout eIgs In the winter. be
finds that common raw onions enable
him and his men 90 Ucar the ice and cold
Of tho scmi-frOzen water much better
than spirits. beer etc. The Arctic ex.
petition. just now about 90 start. should
therefore take good stock OF onions.
Finally, u person cannot sleep. II is
because the blood is in his brain. not i'm
his stomach; the remedy. therefore. Is
Obyious; call thc blood down from the
head To- the stomach. This is % be done
by eating q biscuit. ahard.boilcd eug. q
bit Of bread and cheese. or something.
Follow this up by q glass OF milk. or