The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-12
BALMY SLEEP.
An Interesting Talk on Tired Nature's
Sweet Restorer,
.iftdnti Constitution.

oe "aheu, except OF course IN special
cas"s and where there is n necessity for
It. Nature knows her own business, and
that man who follows natures rules the
closest will receive most of her blessings.
man in his natural state is healthy and
sound. He contracts disease or else some
ono else contracts it for him. The all.
ments of the father and mother are Wis.
tied upon the children not because it is
q source of pleasure TO the Almighty,
but because II is natures law. One of
natures rules is that man shall have
sleep. II il had been intended that man
should work twenty four hours out of
twenty.four, nature would have made tho
sun shine without interruption all the
time. Lights are an innovation. Wild
beasts don't have lights. They arc re.
served for man with his superior intell.
gence and multiplicity of bodily ailments.
Night was made for sleep and the day for
work: The man who disregards the de-
! HIands OF HE mind aid body for the
amount of rest which nature claims suf-
ters sooner or later and pays dearly fer
having abused this prime rule cc health.
| nature 10 the best book keeper the world
ever raw. You may overdraw your ac.
count, but you always pay back the last
farthing and often give up the pound of
flesh; yes, often moro than the pound.
A man may think he can steal from ma.
tute, but he cannot. AS said, do not
think person should be walked at morn
ing, and for this reason: When a man
falls asleep he is In the shop for repairs,
| aB the railroad men say. His frame and
| all its intricate machinery is being over.
! hauled and made ready for the next davis
work. The wear of the previous day Is
being repaired. Nature Is doing that
herself. She knows what tho tired frame
needs just as she knows how to make the
heart throb and send the blood coursipg
through the veins. Then she takes that
tired frame, lays it down on bed, sur
rounds it with the refreshing air of night,
covers it with the soft darkness and let's
the man rest. Tired natures sweet re-.
storer, balmy sleep visits him, and 10
the hours wear by his energies are re-.
newed, his strength comes back, and
finally, when morning breaks md the
sunlight steals through tho lattice, he
opens his eyes and is himself again. Or
if be is early to bed he nwakes with the
cocks Growing. Now who shall 70 to
that mans side an hour before he opens
his eyes and say to nature, stand aside
and let him get up? He has had enough
Of rest? Well nature will say, you can
take him If you will, but | will charge
him with an hours loss of sleep and I'll
collect It out Of his bones and nerves and
his hairs and eyesight.' You can't cheat
me, III find property to levy on. The
old Masonic law used to be eight hours
for sleep, eight hours for the usual voca.
tion and eight hours for tho service of
God. Masonry was operative then and
that law was carried out. The day was
divided into three equal parts, and eoch
part was devoted to q specific purpose
and one was sleep and NO. one 5it too
| nllch."
"What would be the result if a man
were to lose sleep habitually for num-
ber of years?"
You are reporters"
"Yes."
"You work how many hours day %
"Fifteen. go to work ut twelve in
the day time and quit at three Mt night"
How old are you now?"
"Say twenty-three."
well, when you are thirty in years
you will be fifty.five in aches and all.
ments-older than I am. Go ask your
morning paper printers how they feel
Are their steps elastic-are their eyes
bright-are they tagged out-are they
dragging out their livesY Put them be.
side the men who do day work, and how
do they compare2"
doctor, what about school children ?"
"Oh, bother. They are treated shame.
fully sometimes. Now, let mo show you
how o man grows. A baby comes inio
this world awake; he stays awake for d
few hours or less time, then the little
eyes close and he sinks into slunber.
Why? Because he needs rest. But fur
ther i, taking that rest he must lay up q
reserve fund, because in the next few
waking hours he must grow some. When
that is exhausted he goes to sleep again
to get more refreshment-more rest and
strength. IF he did not have to grow he
would not have to have his reserve fund
and could do on less sleep. A little baby
sleeps considerably more than half its
time, man can do with one third of his
time spent In sleep. In two or three
years the little fellow is running around
the yard, never still moment until he
tires, then he falls down anywhere and
drops off to sleep. The restorer makes
him fresh again, he awakes and away he
him and he iy fretful, but let him sleep
until nature says awake, and he is cheer.
full, happy and bright. Let the child
grow up and start TO school. There the
head is crammed full of books, the child
must study day and night, and tho con.
sequence is the growth is etunted. A
child thirteen years old, growing rapidly,
should have ten hours sleep day or
mere, or anyhow enough to repair the
waste Of the system end give reserve
supply for the next days growth. In q
grown person the equilibrium of the
system must be maintained, aud in q
child 1t must not only be maintained
but an over supply for the growth Of the
body must be furnished. After maturity
eight hours will do for man ordinarily
and It Is said that student will do on
seven. My idea is to give a man all the
sleep he wants unless he is a sluggard In
his habits. IF man sleeps ten hours II
} merely shows that he has spent physical
or mental force enough to require ter
} hours to repair the damage. We doctor,
, grow gray prematureiy on account of the
irregular hours of our sleep. DR.. Eve
in Augusta, thirty years ago had such ar
enormous practice that he never go
enough sleep. He was going all the time
, and many time has gone to sleep in hi!
buggy while his driver was carrying him
from one patient to another. He ha.
been known to fall asleep at the bedside
Of patient. Nature simply took hin
i. by force" r2 49, = :
!, GLOW lung could man stay awake p
"Thst would depend altogether on cir
cumstances. A person might under OK;
element stay awake week."