Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-05


LINGTON-LONG sLEEFERS-SIoRT SLEEP1RS-
RELIGIOUS REFLECTIONS N AID To SLEEP
MoNOruNT \ sEDscIvE To NERVES AND BRAIN
RECOURSE TO OPTATES-CAIIGTLA SEEKING
REST AND FINDING MONUMENTAL. AND
PHYSICAL REMEDIES svGGESrED-GAKDNER'
CONCENTRATION OF THOUGHT AND yOLITiOS
CURE.
From the Brooklyn Fare.
have had sleepiess night; az least the night
is now far spent and the faint Eight of dawn
makes the students lamp which | have kept
burning seem paleT in its briancy. | an al
b'st bat . very poor sleeper. and should have
done very well a one Of the sacred geese of the
capitol at Rome. who. mere yigilant than the
pretorian guards. saved the city from an in
v1ding force. 1t is nothing new 20 me to pass
slecqless night. Any over excitement or dcpres-
sion 81 the nervous systeIH-fOr the two extremes
touch the same Ievcl-will keep me awake how
eyer physically tired may feel. Usually. how
ever. after lying awake until the I'VE sina'
hours Of the morning, | fail into "a sound.
though dreaJafGl sleep. and am like the law
heroes of the nursery, familiar to our child
hood:
Robin AMI Richard We're two pretty men,
They lay ahcl till the clock Stru x ten;
Then ~ jumaed Robin ana looked at the sky,
go. brother Rich1rl, tie suns very high
But ca this occasion have not slept at all and
now feel no desire IL sleep for the simple reason
that my thoughts have been introspecti,c. and
have been asking myself all night the dreary
question: why can't sIeey2" IL has often
seemed to me rs il this hnportunate aud Oft-rC-
reatcd question not really evolved out of
ones own sclG-coDSciOuSnCss. but were put by
sort of S0C!atic demon. an d'te' go. physician.
monitor soothsayer confidential adviser lord
chamberlain Of the bolster and major dOmO Of
the pillow. I myself seem only to have fecbIy
and family tried To answer the SOLICITORS in
QuiTy of Ely phantom self and Shadnwy cross cX-
ami1er with Il don't know" II can't tell Il
have turned from side to side in vain" 1T is not
Rate supper nor heavy food. lit is not vine or
strong tea or coffee. OT an extra Pipe don't
know what it isl give it Up-all know is that
for siX weary hours have lOn@ed for sleep. and
closed my eyes in vain. for sleep would not
come.
am not addicted to writing in the first per-
son. AMI when | put my hand to this sheet of
fOOlscap | W tie Insomnia for heading.
thinking to find relief myself. even if afforded
none to Others by q little essay for the .S,,,lGloy
Es5's, analytic and synthetic of what l know
about sicepicSrcsS. Then the thought occurred
mat 1t - not eTOflSm or c0rCcit to write auto
biologicaily for the good of others and to note
down feelings and experiences which some for
l0rE aIti >e1QlcSS brother or sister comparing
with their own brain life. may he helped and
COuiiOlted. will make no apology therefore
nor viii apostrophize my own reflections and
ask with the poet
o bless u sleep, 90 they belong to thee
These TwiaSli.|s Ot oblivion?
because Whatever ''twiuklin0s" this early sum-
mers morn may bring ne before the world is
up. they come not from Oblivion but from mem
CRY. not from blessed sleep" but from the any
thiH-- hut blessed want OF it,
BROTHERS and sisters of Unrest respondent
children of Insomnia I will assume at start
in[ oE this jauBt of meditation that your sleep
ies-Ees-. iiNe mine. has its origin and center in
cuustitutionay
NERVOUS TEMPERAMENT
This is a disorder and condition which. like
toocGacha or seasicsuesS. meets with very little
sympathy and coincidence from the world The
sle"aIeSs man has many fellow sufferers. but no
Companions. no friends. Even the wife of ones
bosom for-Gkes Us in these hours of anguish
She turns away from rs or the other side: and
cur children snoTc around us. unconscious that
perhaps they are among the sparks Of our in
SCniata and have helped to tan into this MANY
C0i1scl fame the wItch-ires OF our brain. As
turleigHaoTs andaCI uantanceS they Go but mock
~ uS With the cold advice: "YGu want q good
nights rest. and why don't YOU give Yourself
more slecp:' 1t Is like telling 4 mOUrner not
20 Cr:tye. because it can do To good: whereas
that l. the very rais1a de,Te of grief Undoubt-
ediy. the will has something to do with sleep or
the Want Of il. aud 80 have exercise OF mind ard
body. diet. circumstances. and the like But il
y 4 mistake to imagine that only crowns or
crosses make the head lie uneasy. The man
Who Is going TO be hanged at daybreak often
the Prov and pleasure at the helm" of his life
boat \ clear conscience is not ALWAYS setlatiye
nor do the saints always rejoice in their beds
Some OF them have a terrible time at night
Counting the restless hours and thinking think
ing thinking from sheer necessity and without
aim or purpose. Better to burn the midnight
OIL IN study than waste the lamp of life in these
deso!afc night matches Our first piece OF ad-
vice, therefore. to every one who finds from
years OF suffering and after trying every rational
remedy for sleepeSSGCss that the Nemesis Of a
Too active brain. eternal vigilance. is for him
IMP .&Caai2 and unreienting is to take arms
against the lend Insomnia by not going 10 bed.
IL - reported that Prince Bismarck is one of
these afflicted victims. but that his indomitable
spirit fights the SpcCter of Unrest with NIGHTS
spent III song and cards and the wine CUP that
makes glad the heart Of man. Cicero. in that
noSt exquisite piece OF Latin. his diaIoef,n on
Old age. tells Us that CaiIs GalluS was So yfgi-
l1nt ana StudiOUs that night would often over
take him at the Intellectual task which ne had
commenced in the morning. or morning find him
still at the study be had begun over night.
some ma of whom We shall speak hereafter
NoTk best IT night. the mental eve with them is
ike the physical sight OF certain animals they
see best ~ the dark. But. for OurseIf we would
far rather work while it is day ere darkness
come upon Us and sleep when the sleeping world
j cUrfaiued 10y the canopy Of stars If We ccuId
only d" 20. Fcciin@ly and lougin.ly can We i,.-
peat tie ines Of James Mont EUmery, Gearto cur
memory ia boyhoOd:
-Nt-il - the tine Tor rest:
How sweet. when IdUJrS close
T. gather round an aching breast
The sUrt lin ~ rsp1Se,
Stretch IT,. tired limbs aud Law the hp71
tP0H our own deli ehtiUI beJ.
But sleep does not come for the longing nor
II II more frequent visitor to the bed Of down
Than ?" i'se pillow o. stone or earth Grand in
the erigrorGmatic force Of the Latin tongue rs
wei a. IL is analysis 81 great mans character
Is that chapter OF the Second Decade of Iivv i'm
W,IIt- be describes the hardness the vices the
virtues and the sel!-ContTOi Of Hannibal II is a
~AOle biography iii q few sentences and among
the physical characteristics of the glorious Car
tHagi nan warrior. IL is mentioned that With no
covering except his military cloak (aiEti,t sn- |
gs.o 0iarfHS) hc would lie down on the bare
ground anl sle1pia perfect tranquility. awakinr
al his Will and thecail Of duty. 1t is said of the
late ~Ir William CONAN, the oldest general i'm
The British army. who d.e not long ago that after
Ms first experience of a fierce and hard fought
battle. when he first enlisted. he slept upon the
ground. Unwoundcd bat tired out for 81 hours
Napoleon. IKE Hannibal whom he resemblcd i'm
other things beside crossing the Alps could fall
asleep AMI wake NJ anywhere at any hour. bv :
mere Foi;tl0n- His great antagonist the Duke Of
Nclhu-tOI. could 10 with very little sIppD Int