The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-14
A SLEEPLESS FUTURE
The Time Rapidly Coming u,
We Will do Altogether
... without Sleep.
A Popular Substitute THERETO,
Good Idea for Increasing
- Our Capital.
In. Y Tinnna /

IN. X. Timosl
BallRtG1 is distant seven miles and :,
from S'aral oga, and yet an electra
burning at the latter place the othar
enabled people living at BaIlston to -
read To most men this is simply an =
estlng fact. but to the profound thiDkar "
new step in she direction Of abollshino
and emancipating mankind from the neass
OF sleeping. The coming man will navs,
the need OF sleep, and ne will knOsS =
difference between day and night.
In early ages, before the Invention, Il
dies and lamps, man slept from sunset K +
rise, like other respectable anirnals
them, too, he bad no means OF eTnri,
his leisure hours except by sleeping, Mi
sequentIy he slept q great deal. Ia s
further back than the time OF the No.
Deiuge, we have every reason 10 BELIEVE
the people OF the period spent at leaaf n.
hours out OF the tWenty-fOur tn sIeen.
and his Sons and his sons wives An \
children not only went to bed With mi
chite chickens, but they were In the MN
dropping down on the parlor carpet Il
shady spots under the lilac bushes h
front yard for morning and afternoon +
There was nothing else for them DO IA.
newspapers all suspended publication a
the water reached their press-rooms al
no journalist was admitted to the ark. h
could have been no newspapers forthe
family to, read after landing at Ararat
are entirely justified In assuming that ~
hours OF daily sleep was the least 0iss
which satisfied the Noachite man a1d
descendants for many subsequent ages.
at the present day the average infant r.
fully twelve hours, and the ignorant
childlike Neapolitan lazzaroni Sleeps
more. In fact, just in proportion as faa
barism the necessity for sleeping lncrs
and, on the other hand, growth In civiiizld
is followed by a proportionate ability 10 fS
en- the hours OF sleep.
There are two agencies which are pasf
IarIy concerned In the gradual ab0ita
sleep. These are the Improvement Ii
fetal light and the spread OF the sodK
and sustaining game OF poker. The ias
enables us to work by night nearly as NJ
by day, and the latter affords very pat
and satisfactory substitute for sleep. I
well known by the medical profession III
man can spend the entire night In the DIM
OF poker without the slightest fatigue, wh6
the same man. Ii deprived OF nights T.
without the sustaining influence OF LhateiS
would be very seriously inconvenieneed II
ical journals inform US that many ye&uS
Capt. Magruder subsequently Gen. NM
der, @. 3. A.-Hisited a Western fort Tx
purpose OF inspection, and accordingly Pm
poker with the officers Of the garrfs01
night and day for fifteen consecutive u
and nights, during which period be did,
end Of that time, his work Of in3
ton being completed, he rode away
perfect health, TO fulfill another rudnt
duty at the next fort. Had Capt. Ma4r24
been kept awake-for fortnight without ~
he would unaueStiOnably have died0 erin,
ton. and the medical journals all agradt1
1t WAS poker that sustained his Vital M1
10 come nearer home, there are few q uN
are not acquainted with Intelligent I'D
tured men TO whom poker Is always g a.
substitute for sleep. Recent statlstiM
ciusively prove that since the visit q H.
ter Schenck to London, and the e0n60q1
planting OF poker on British soil. the an
OF sleep consumed by the iDhabitan7d4
British Island has been reduced ffty
minutes per night for every man, W0mm1
child. The game Is, however, yet 10 M
fancy In England and when it shall n
come into general use we shall fnd t5
greater reduction Ia the amount slept
average Briton.
Now, when we have q substitute foE +
that refreshes the body, improves andals
the mind, aud yields IL good, Sub5taaW
come, we have no further need 0f ~
Sleep becomes unnecessary, and, ID mA
mere waste OF time, and ii we can uaaea
means OF rendering night as light as az.
can afford to forget the purely assrdnom
distinction between the two. This nleeM
apparently, almost within our grasp.
electric light is already SO powerful IT, !
gives light emo gh to read by at q distan9
seven and q hall miles, what will II n0s@
the future, when Mr.. Edison shall naveessa
pieted his experiments In all pro0saa
the day is coming when u few electric W
placed on the submits OF our mountan6
light UP the whcie country as well 49,
now lighted during the daytime BY fles
OF course, when this consumfBasM
reached, 10 person can be remindea, "
approaching darkness, Of the obsoete
OF sleeping. At stated hours mankind "
play POKER, but sleep will have become 5
art, Or, at all events, its practice Will peg q
fined to babies, AMI To missionaries Ia Ua533
Africa whose cards have been worn g.
perhaps, stolen by the heather. .
II should be added that, with the univ
substitute Of poker for sleep. the end OF pes5s
aud misery will be reached. 1t 10 -.
property Of the game OF poker that y H.
ates capital. A party Of three person. y
play poker together for thirty. conseeas
nights, and at the end of that time 0ne y. v
will have Won, say thirty dollars, 49,
sixteen, and the third seven dollaIs
eighty-seven cents. With no other galle,
this surprising and delightful result w
tanned, and there Is no doubt that, WeIesM
man III the nation TO play poker with ~
other man, there would be an increase y !. y
tai at the endiof the year sufficient 20 payds
national debt, and to make dlvioeRa
eleven hundred dollars to every citizen. y
At recent meeting Of the Suez Capat Y
pany some important statistics OF lts W
ings were given. 1t appears that tne ~ s. 4
OF the company and the tonnage o. Pc 3
passing through the canal showed TO i ss,
the first time since the opening. threas Y
canal 1856. ships, representing q tonaas
425 0f0 and the raopi MIA were B. 1s9,UUU ftue