The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-09-01
SLEEP LONG AND DEEP.


SLEEP LONG AND DEEP.
The Great valse or Bath Of Perfect Un-
/ a consciousness. H5smE Ga#
/ CArission st Work.
There ID 90 much din and drive and hurry
In our American life that people forget the
necessity VI sleeping long and we'll. Every
body Ia crying ont, "Wske up!" All 10
motion and activity. Every faculty 10 alert.
Tho nerves are s.rung to THAR. utinoat ten
sion. 1t would Be the height Of folly TO
preach sermon on the tsxt which sends the
sluggard to the ant; for there are no slug
CARDS len. The beautiful story Of the Seven
Slespsrs hes been made impossi,le for our
time by the scream of the locomotive and
the Jin Of the factory bells. Even the Fool,
ish Virgins would have had no chance to
get their sleep had they lived In these days.
Wakefulnsss b our craze. And there are
people lunatic enough 10 teach and preach
thst four houn Of sleep 10 enough for any
body. Yet Il b thought very strange that
al Of our iunasic asyluns are full, and
would b full we're their capacity doubled.
The truth d that the very rapidity Of our
life, tho wskefulness and wastsfuiness of
our times, the strain and drive Of oil pur-
suits, make longer periods Of sleep neces
cary for ~ than people living In more quiet
cauatriss and u . slower rate. We get
sir~1 >uorUl. - MA 49, -.n ~,a 10 - 40
not get tired enough to sleep All over and
clear through II II . sign of nervous dis
order. Sleeping 10 something more than
luxury for Americans, though the very
opposite would be inferred from our habits.
The bible says the Lord "siveth His beloved
Sleep; from which 1t would be concluded
that Americans were not included In the
nunber.
There 10 no way BY which the wear and
tear, the drain and strain OF American life
can b. nsutralized but by large feasts Of
sleep every now and then, and = generous
allowance every twenty -four hours. Four
hours' work Of man who is thoroughly
awake and vitalizsd, u the top Of bis facul-
ties, are worth more for oil practical busi-
ness or literary or social purposes than four
teen hours Of weary muscles or Jaded nerves
and naccia impulses. People are constantly
forgetting that II ID quality, not quantity;
that tells II ID life, not time, that makes the
scales kick the beam. The man at his best
Is worth one hundred per cent. more than
the man that IL fasigued, depressed and
demoralized. II he has no vital electricity
playing through him be 10 weariness
to others and . burden to his own soul, II be
10 conscious Of having one. And, to keep
at this top condition Of 6brs and faculty he
must bs . good sleeper aud sleep we'll.
When Mr.. Beecher was ask ed how he man
aged TO keep his congregation 20 wide awake
a. sscond service, he replied, ..By taking
big dose Of sleep In the afternoon. 1t 10 my
sleeping that keeps my congregation awake"
The time given TO sleep is not 10 much lost
Of life, but 20 much gained, aud at doubly
enhanced valuation. II 10 astonishing how
much nap Of . half hour at noon In the
summer time will do To neutraiize the effect
of the mornings heat, and prepare the
system for the aftArnoon's duties. There IL
s'msthing In that bath Of perfect uncon.
s'iousness which restores every loss and
rrfreshes the whole system, - that one
emerges - from sea Of oblivion to begin
life renewed and invigorated a from .
supernatural force. a4 "a &az atuasr
1t b easy 70 say, "Slsep much and well,"
but there arc many unfortunate people who
cannot sleep much, and ths littls sleep they
get 10 disturbed aud unrestful. Ho v to
sleep 10 question which, In some instances,
it taxes the skill 70 tha utmost to answer
Psrsons Afflicted with insomnia are often
great sufferers and their liyes are shortened
BY the disease. TlsYe arc persons who
require much lsss sleep than others, and II
Is useless Tor them 70 WOO soft slumb bers 70
their pillow, for they viii not come. "A
peculiarly Of constitution ID rot disease jaud
should not b doctored. With the dIsor der
known . insomnia We shall not venture To-
deal. But with the majority Of people
sleep 10 .rcgulased BY habit, concentrates;
whim. They make Il yield TO every other
considsration. People who would not omit
. meal on any account ~ill throw away half
their allowance Of sleep for the merest
tri6s. They do not feel the Importance Of
giving the systsn its full OF unconscious rs-
freshing and hire entsrtainsrs 10 clip OF two
or three hours from the headed restorative
In the evening, and set an alarm clock to
cut away m hour or two In the morning.
They seen 70 think that they can steal from
slsep with impunity, when 1t Is pretty much
the only thing that punishes every pilferer
VI Il . i goes along. Others destroy the
possibility Of sleep = well BY carrying their
cares and troubles and grisis and ambitions
TO bed with them, and one might IS well
sesk rest on u rack q with such bedfellows.
The ability to lay Oh cares and psrplsxi,ies
like ones clothes, and dismiss everything
that can excite the brain or diatuib the
emotions may. be gained BY continuous
efforts, even, whom Il = lost. i
The story i told Of guest 4 hotel who
had paced the uncsrpeted 1oor Of his room |
ill midnight, keeping his nsighbos from
sleeping. At last ono Of them went TO bis |
room to sse what was the matter. ~ havs
note % pay TO- morrow and do not know |
bow 70 gst the money" !" be replied, In ) tone
Of despair. "Wsll," said the visit. i, sAs
you have walked On n half the night, you
may - wsli lst tn eshsr man walk out the
rsut ofn, and get ssrs rsss Ior 70 norro~s
work." Ths tsoubDsd msn ianghsaa and
Does uasl sound asDssp. OF eoarss slsep
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