Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-10-26
MR.. SPENCER TRYING TO SLEEP
The kcientist's BAG OF Hops APP
pnrently Not OF Much BENEFIT 10
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parently Not or Much Keneit 10
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Philadelphia Times.
The distinguished scientist, Herbert
Spencer whose writings have colored
much of current English thought and
literature is in the city at the Alcir.e
Hotel, where he expects to sperid few
days in quiet before going to New York
with the intention of -embarking as
soon as possible for Europe. His health
was precarious when he left the other
side on his ocean voyage which he
hoped would do him good but thus far
his condition has not improved He
thinks ne does not feel as well as when
he started, and he attributes this result
in part to the hustle and hurry so
characteristic of American life which
he has encountered in all the larger
cities.
Mr.. Spencer's trouble is insomnia.
He is in highly-wrought nervous con-
dition, is morbidly sensitive to every
kind of mental annoyance, especially
noises, and finds it utterly impossible
to sleep on the cars. He is accustomed
to carry around with him bag of
hops, which, when placed under his
head, sometimes has soporifc effect,
and, on Saturday, when he arrived ut
the Bellevue Hotel in cab, he had the
hop-bag inside with him, and carried
1t under his arm into the hotel. 1t is
related as an amusing circumstance
that a wellknown gentleman, who had
been spending the summer at New.
port, went to the depot to meet Mr..
Spencer, and, looking in vain for dis.
Notwithstanding gentleman, returned
to the hotel to find that the very plain
appearing man with the bag was the
great man whom he was trying to find.
Having an aversion to meeting strang-
ers, and being in such poor health be-
sides, Mr.. Spencer, when one of his
most ardent admirers came to him
with letter of introduction, met him
with an indifferent wave of the hand,
and the nonchalant remark. "Ah, that
is all rightr'
After going all over the Bellevue
Hotel, Mr.. Spencer picked out n whole
suite of rooms, at SIS day extra, and
chose the rear room rs his sleeping
apartment, thinking he would be able
to get few winks. His idea in having
suite to himself was that he might
be secluded and undisturbed. 1t
seems, however, that Mr.. Spencer
could not rest profoundly. On Sunday
he lett the hotel 10 visit George w.
Childs at Woot.on, and spend the day
there. 1t is one of Mr.. Spencer's fam
cies to change his location often, and
try different rooms and beds and
situations in the hope of wooing slum-
Der.
His preference is for rooms very high
up and very far back, and, having con-
cluded TO try new situation after be-
ing AT Mr.. Childs' day, he went to
the Aldine Hotel, where he WAS given
at his own request room 10 the ex-
IRENE rear of the house, rs far removed
from the street rs possible. He sub
sists almost entirely upon dry toast and
sardines. His health has been so bad,
and he has found the annoyances OF
travel so grsat, that he has abandoned
his projectad western trip, and will re-
turn to England as soon as he feels
well enough to undertake the voyage.
He is accompanied by Mr.. Lot, a gen.
tleman of about his own age and SINH
lar tastes, who does great deal for
his own comfort and saves him from
many annoyances