The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-03
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r. 4 scarcely possible for the brain
worker, the delicate and nervous e Sep
too much. Indeed I do not know what
special harm could result TO these classes
| though the heavy, dull and naturally
struid might become more indolent ana
l inactive in consequences Of unnecessary
amount Of sleep. The former classes
work on nerve, or are constautly m
der the influence Of excitement, are run
ming the human machine on the rhlgn
pressure principle always ct great
disadvantage. But the @wear and tear
Of life, from whatever causes find an
alIeviaton in good and refreshing sleep.
Indeed, il is the mission of sleep t0s00the
the excited nerves, to aid in restoring the
faded body and to resuscitate in general.
It is during natural sleep that nature
performs her most benefieent work in
the removal Of disease, while it is as true
that the grand work of consolidation
then proceedsuntrammeled, qualification
Of the blood-made from our food and
intended for general repairs of the body
into the tissues.
1t is utterly impossible to determine
the precise time to be spent in sleep, the,
tcupctdulCAt; SEA, tHAp40s HlCuts AaAuhCA
or life and habits of diet being so var
ious. 1t is said that John Wesley was
able to perform an immense amount of
mental labor, living abstemiously, and
yet slept about four or five hours daily,
but it is probable that very few would
survive ten years of such labor with that
amount of sleep, if the usual style Of liV-
ing should be adopted.
Among the animals it is known that
a wide difference in the sleeping habits
exist. The herbiyorous, sleeping at night
and living on a bland food, sleep less
than the carniyorous. Though the her
biyora are more hardy, are longer-liyed,
stronger or more enduring, they demand
less sleep, are less exhausted by active
effort, demanding less recuperation than
the carnivora.
1t follows that those who stimulate,
either by food, by the exciting articles
Of the castor or by ardent spirits, i'm
plying a corresponding waste of vital
| energy, demand much sleep, as a means
of restoring the poise of the system or of
( regulating its actions. The fFail female
if nervous, those subject to unusual cares
and anxiety, acknowledgements etc,
so generally succeeded by depression,
with all real bE.in-workers as clergy
men lawyers and che like, demand and
unusual amount of rest and sleep I'M
der favorable circumstances. One i'm
portant condition is that it be secured at
night, and, as far as practicable, in the
early part of the night, when the birds
secure theirs, though it may not be
strictly true that zone hour before mid
night is worth two after" Another ia
that the sleep shall be undisturbed, i'm
plying quiet, darkness. and an empty
stomach, or the periodical suspension
0tali the functions Of external relation"
1t is state of rest, rest of the body, as a
whole, the stomach included, and of the
body, dreamless sleep. The half sleep
or doing in the morning or that distur-
bed by harrlssing dreams, either from
gluttOny or undue excitement, not only
can not refresh one really, but must
prove more rlessdepressing. To secure
real sleep it is well to take very light
and plain supper such as will digest be-
fore the hour of retiring, DIR. Hall says
that q single slice of bread and butter
and a cup of weak black tea are enough
for an ordinary person: | should reeom-
mend instead of even weak tea none:
a cup of cocoa, or still better the cocoa
shells, good neryine, are preferable.
If the tea aids one in keeping awake
while watching, it is evident that it does
so by irritation and that if we would Sc
cure the best sleep it may safely be omit
ted at least at night. And, instead of
the bread, light oatmeal mush, or that
made of "granulated coarse wheat" re-
sembling the crushed wheat" would be
an improvement while all pastry, diff
cult of digestion, should be discarded by
those at least, needing much sleep.-Dr.
Hannaford, in Golden Rule