The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-16
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A few minutes rest before eating,
plenty Of time aud jokes and laughter
while eating. and then again few
minutes rest. and We believe you
might laugh ut dyspepsia.
You might rest while wedding your
garden, training your vines, playing
with the children or dipping into
some bright work Of poetry or fiction.
But. if sleepy. heed the sign: You
are either Overtaxed and need rest, or
you have eaten too much-you are the
best judge as to that.
A FIVE minutes nap is often better
than hall. hour's sleep. because you
do not wake up with that half-dea,l
feeling which some people complain
Of when We urge them to rest-and
the sleepiness is gone.
Some people find, after going tn
bed. that they are hungry. They had
a light supper early in the evening !;
they have been out driving or walking !;
have been reading aloud. or singing.
perhaps talking a good deal. and un-
heedful Of the time. have sat up till 1t
i late. They can not sleep-natnre
is calling out for more fuel; they long
for something to eat.
But you know it is very unhealthy
to eat at SO late an hour"
"Oh! is it. Then. by all means.
don't yield to the demands Of your
stomach, however long you lie awake.
What fudge! Are the English q
race of dyspeptics: They often have
very heavy suppers just before retiring.
The hungrier you are the faster
your brain will work, and the harder
will throb your head. reStlessly you
will turn and toss. YOU will strive Ia
quell the hunger fit nv draught Of
water. but that won't do it. aud n,
last. in despair. you give up the hope
IF sleep. A cracker or small piece Oi
bread would have hindered all this,
and you would have fallen into >leeI,
as swec,ly as little child does after
taking its milk.
Why don't you keep the baby
awake after feeding it. if !; is injurious
to sleep ON full stomach! We are
tempted to quote from an article We
saw the other day: ''Sleep following
supper"
Nothing is more absurd than tn
pretend it is unhealthful to sleep after
the DAVIS last meal. Is not man au
animal? Do not animals. without
exception. sleep Immediately after
eating? Do We not feel like sleeping
after each days last meal: Evidently
the body yearn, for sleep. Exercise
Immediately after eating is perniciou-.
rest is healthful. What rest car.
compare with sleep. which reposes the
mind. the lungs. even the heart?
See the peasants! No persons
enjoy better health than they do.
Supper is the hest meal Of the day.
No sooner have they supped than
they 60 to bed.
Look at the actors! There was
RuLini, who dined at three; went Ia
his dressing roam in the Italian opera
house. and slept until the theatre
opened its doors. At midnight he
supped heartily. and went straight to
bed he died Of sheer old age.
you know Monsieur Theirs
ended, he stretched himself out Ia
sleep. and slept an hour.
The truth is. il you look around
you. it will be found that the great
majority Of men 60 to sleep immedi.
ately after making their best meal ;
and YOU certainly never saw healthier.
stronger women than those of the
great markets. What is their life ?
Dinner, and Ia bed. Take another,
the very opposite class-astronomers.
They keep late hours, their best meal
is when the stars say goodnight. then
they 60 to sleep. Do you ever hear
Of an astronomer dying under a
hundred
The majority Of mechanics and
servants go to sleep Immediately after
eating their best meal. They are
right ; they obey natures voice. which
always gives judicious COUNSEL
Good! Good" we felt like ex.
when we read that.
What the writer says is true, We
believe of any country but America.
Americans only go to bed with empty
A lady said once that If We want
tie brain to stop working give the
body something to do" 1t Is only
therefore, If thoughts are
whirling through your brain at night,
and you cannot stop thinking. give
the stomach cracker or a piece OF
bread, and try that remedy.
A Case in Law.
Some time during the past summer
l ease in law of considerable interest