Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-21
ABOur NLEEP.

ABOUT SLEEP,
Tho amount OF sleep required by man
Is generally propOftiOuato tu the waste I
OF vital strength, whether by muscular
eNerliou, mental activity (or cnotion),
OF by the process uf rapid assimilation
as during ihe lirst years Of growth and
during the recovery from an eXhaustmg
disonSe The weight of ncw.bdrn
child increases moro rapidly than that
OF q eupeptic nlult, enjoying a liberal
diet Aitera period OF starNation, aad,
though an infant is incapable of form
iiig abstract iduag, We need not doubt
Tint tho variety Of new and hewilder-
ing Impressions must overtask is little
seusorum in few hours Musings
should therefore he permitted to sleep
to their illl satisfaction; weaBy babies,
espeeisllY, need sleep more than food,
aud Il Is the safest plan never To dis
turb a cllild's dhmbcr while tho regl-
larity Of his breathing indicates the
heathiuncss OF his repose; there rs 1T
tie danger oi his 'oyorsleeping HIM
snif in acknowledgements wpll-ycn-
iiaied room Never mind about meal
fines hunger will awaken him AT the
right moment or teach him 10 make up
Tor l0st ttlne ghree or -four musings
in the twentv-folr hours are enough;
DR. G. +. Page, who has ma,le the
problem of infant diet his special study
believes tltat hfty per cent. of the enur-
moOs number OF children dfing under
two years OF age are killed by being
CoaXed to guzzle till they are hopeless
ly diseased with fatty degeneration.
The healthtulness of village children
Is partly due 10 the tranquility Of their
sumter in the comfortable hooks OF II
quiet homestead, or IN the shade Of a
lcafy tree, while their parents are at
work in way rather arinoOnpatible with
the habit Of fondling The baby all night.
I'm houses where there is plenty of room,
the nursery aud the infants dormitory
ought 10 bc two separate apartments;
the play-rpom can not be too sunny; for
the bedroom shady and seqnestered
location Is, on the whole, preferable.
Next To- outdoor exercise, silence and q
suhduod light are the best hvpn0tics.
But under no circumstances should iri-
somnia be overcome by oradling or mar
cotics. StuNefactiou is not siuniber
The lethnrgy induced by rocking and
grading is akin to the drowsy torpor of
a sea sick passenger, and The opiam-
doctor might as well benumb his pa.
tient by n whaoh on the head The
morbid eleeplessness OF children may
be owing to several causes which can
he generally recognized by the symp~
toms OF their m0ats 0pcrapti impa-
tiOnt turning from side 10 side. ms II IN
avain attempt TO obtain much-needed
repose. means that the room Is too
stulyOr too warm long waseiu'ness,
combined with squalling-nts and petu-
liant moYclncfits, Indicates acidlty IA The
stomach (oyerieeding, or too much
''soothng,sirup' - let the little kiokoF
exercise his MUSCLE on the floor; N ma
lgiiaut eases, skip a meal or two, or
give water instead OF milk. After
weatheriug aHattack OF Group, chlldrou
often lie motionless On their backs with
peculiar CLASSY stare OF their wide
omen q, os. Leave them alone instinct
teaches thom 10 assusge the distress OF
their lungs by slow and deep rcspira-
tions rest and hall-open wndow will
do them more good chan medicine.
Healtlffnl mimnts-i. e., under ra-
tioual management tho great plurality
--can soon be taught TO transact their
public business at seasonablo hotirs OF
atleast to stain from midni slit ser
epadcs. If mothers would mako it q
rule 10 do all their nursmg and ondlina
in the daytime their little reyivalis's
would soon learn tO assuciatc darknes
with tic idea OF silence aud shlmber
Habit will do wonders in such things.
Captain Barclay and several American
pedestrians learned TO take their halt
a hour maps aS q traveller snabohes q
hasty lunch, and many old soldiers de
yelop faculty oil going of TO sleep, a
itwero, at the word OF command thC
moment their shoulders touch the
guardhouse bunk The two drowsies
years OF my life passol at an old-styl'
boarding school. where teaeher5 anC
pupils We're limited 10 seven hours o
sleep after nine hours of study, beside
written eNercises and special 5recita
tions, ead where sixty or seventy OF u
had to sleep in large halls and | de
not believe that the list ilickering Q
our five minutes cymdle was ever wit
messed hy a pairof more than liaifore'
eyes
But that same faculty Of sleeping an'