Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-02-23
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healthy 20 e. jna6 bSIE51e 1einr to bed
Il draws the propef distinction bs-
tween midniRhl dsbauenassand clat-
tony. and sAe tzine ~ healthy losa.
and aavk
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his prey. and when be has devonred
i he sleeps over it Until he needs
another meal. The horse will paw Ell
night in the stable and the pig will
squeal in the pen refusing all rest or
sleep until they are fed. The animals
which chew the cud have their own
provisions for a late meal Just before
dropping of to their nightly slambers.
Man can train himself to the habit
OF sleeping without a preceding meal.
but only after long years Of practice.
As he comes into the world nature is
too strong for him, and he must be
fed before he will sleep. A child's
stomach is small. and when perfectly
filed. If no sickness disturbs it. sleep
follows naturally and inevitably. As
digestion goes on the stomach begins
to empty. A single fold in it will
make the sleeper restless; two will
waken it; and If it is hushed again to
repose the nap Is short, and three folds
puts an end to the slumber. Parego-
ric or other narcotic may close It's eyes
again, but without either food or some
stupefying drug il will not sleep no
matter how healthy it may be. Not
even an angel who learned the art Of
minstrelsy in a celestial choir can singa
baby TO sleep on an empty stomach.
We use the oft quoted illustration
sleeping as sweetly as an infant, +"
because this slumber Of a child fol-
lows Immediately after its stomach il
completely filed with wholesome food.
The sleep which comes to adulls long
hours after the partaking of food, and
when the stomach il nearly or quite
empty, is not after the type of infau-
tine repose. There ia all the differ
ence in the world between the sleep Of
refreshment and the sleep Of exhaus-
ton. ee 5s
To sleep well the blood that swells
the veins in the head during the busy
hours mnst flow back, leaving great
ly diminished volume behind the brow
that lately throbbed with such vshs-
mence. To digest we'll this blood is
needed at the stomach and nearer the
fountains Of life. II Is fact estab-
lished beyond the possibility OF con-
tradictioh that sleep aids digestion,
and the process Of digestion is condu-
Give to refreshing sleep. Itneedsno ar
gument to convince us Of this mutu-
al relation. The dtowsiness which
always follows the well-ordered meal
is itself testimony Of nature to this
lnter-dspsndence. a
The waste Of human life by this
lesson is very great. The daily wear
and tear Of the body might Be reslor.
Ell more fully than il usually is If this
simple rule was not % systematically
violated. Sleep il wonderfully re-
euperative but it may be shorn Of half
its benefits by dnfavorable conditions.
Foul air in the chamber leaves the
sleeper almost exhausted in the morn
ing as- when weary with the days
labors he sank upon his bed. A gnaw-
ing stomach. empty Of food takes out
of the nightly sleep that refreshing
sense of comfort which properly be-
longs TO it. Il leaves the blood to
throb IN the heated brow, and hauuts
the slumber with an ever-present
source Of disquiet. IL 10 like the sleep
which the mother takes while her sick
child is under the care Of watchers in
another room. An easy stomach il
just like an aching heart in its Of
feet upon the nightly repose
A healthy person who goes 10 bed
on full stomach will always awake
in the morning with better appetite
for his breakfast. II dinner is eaten
in Che middle Of the day and = light
supper is served at six in the after
noon heavy lunch should be provid-
ed at ten in the evsniag, or Just be-
fore the hour Of retiring. The ruls
should be to eat AZ the last moment
before going TO bed whatever tho
hour may be.
And this latest meal shouid not Be
Of eight WANTS, as this phrase il
commonly understood. The Iess .
person eats at any time Of cake OF
pie. or the countless hummeries that
60 10 make up fancy tea-tabIs the
better: bat none Of there ahoald be
eaten at bedtime. Cold chicken. cold
roast beef cornsd beef or wholesome
meat Of any kind. with well baked
bread and butter fsauce and pickle
will do no harml will serve the sab
stantial requisites for this collation..
Mix il perhaps best Of alI where the
pure article can be obtained. .Bor-
det's Condensed'' will supply Il in
the best shape to Cur taste. and IL this
j. used should be naixed with warm or
hot water. instead Of cold, easen before
i coois. With bread and fruit baked
apples viii serve when berries and
peaches fall this makes wholesome
evening meal. k4s
All pefsoas should Be csnsions mhen
they reform their habits Ia this r..
spect. 4 nouthfal O. tsso each niehl
Fat hrst = al that should be attampi.
Cd. gradually increasing the qua1fsts
until the lunehson becomes pretfy