The Newtown bee., 1880-08-04
The Art of Sleeping.

Most of the men who have made their mark as successful leaders have been good sleepers as well as hearty workers. Napoleon Bonaparte lost no opportunity either for a good sleep or a good meal. Even before going into battle he would take few hours tor sleep if possible The Duke of Wellington was such from the time he closed lis eyes nntil he awoke. He used a very narrow bed, and said that when it was time for a man to turn in his bed it was time to get up. Henry Ward Beecher is known to be good sleeper. He falls asleep in moment after his head has tottched the pillow, These men nd other great workers have had faculty which is an important addition to the mere taking of sleep. It is the power of withdraw ing ones self from all surrounding per sons and objects and finding immediate rest in slumber. The man who can thus take rest Is refreshed and strengthened under many circumstances which would keep other people weary and wakeful. He is master of every situation as re- gards his own rest. Some men, by long hs bit, find themselves able to take sleep with the same ease that others would take glass of water. They can sleep either while perched on high stool or rattling along in 8 railroad car at forty miles an hour. The economy of wear and tear on the lives of such people is wonderful. The man who cannot sleep unless he has first removed his clothes, put out the light and climbed into his bed is at a great disadvantage. Greater yet is his disadvantage if he can sleep in no bed but his own. There are som who are possessed with the notion that their own bed is the only one in which 1 they can slumber. These people are utterly wretched when they go to the ountry where the beds are stuffed with straw or shavings, and where the springs are made of noisy material, which re- | sounds whenever touched. When they go to Europe and are forced either to i stay awake or to sleep in quarters not much larger than the shelf of a mantel- | piece, their misery is too great for utter ance. Much of the comfort and discom- 1 tort experienced in sleeping and in trying 2 to sleep is the result of habit. There are some people who toss on their beds for half the night, as if they were uneasy ghosts. They have never learned to sleep.
 It is the power to shut ones self within one's self that constitutes one of the ap- brooches to healthful sleep. There are objections to sleeping in church which need not in this connection be recounted. But the man who has by patient habit accustomed himself to slumbering un- der sermon can learn to go to sleep anywhere and under any circumstances. He is sometimes seen in a snug corner of str ct car, when several ladies ap- pear on the platform seeking seats. He often finds it convenient when bore addresses him to be able to subside into slumber. When his mother in-law wearies him with protracted discussion of uninteresting subjects, it is ever SC delightful to sleep, or to seem to sleep. Good sleep is a blessing from heaven and he who can sleep, whether flies crawl On him, mosquitoes bite him cross people scold him, or noisy children dance and play in his presence, is blessed | indeed. Philadelphia Times.