Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-01
Mischievous Theories Against Satu

/ NisChieNOus Theories Against Nature.
Once and again we have heard some
rule of human living enforced by the hab-
/ its of lower animals, that are said to live
according 10 unerring instinct. How hap
/ pens it that 50 important a comparison as
| that embraced i'll the relations Of food to
sleep has not been made, or the deduc
| tiOns have not been insisted upon by the
/ reformers, For who ever saw horse, or
( OK, or dog lie down to sleep ON an empty
stomach, if food was 10 be had, 50 Of the
| fowls of the air and creeping things,
( whose invariable practice places them on
/ the same side of the question, without cN-
! ceptiOu. Go To the dogs-Or any other
/ beasts, tame or wild-thuu advocate of the
starvation system in climate and pUpu.
lation such as ours, The little minority
who prOsper-Or think they dO-Ou Il
strictly vegetable diet, and that employed
! sparingly; , O'Clock dinner and going to
/ bed supperless, rs If the community Of
brains WAS one big, bad boy To be pun
ished-are not proper example 10 the
great majority, any more than are the
class who live by getting better than All
equivalent in trade. The mischief accom-
plished by these theories against true nd-
ture will no. be crddIcdtcd from among Us
in generations
\ littetateur could here be named who
for years had been a martyr to insomnia,
although ~ making "A principle OF taking
no refreshment during the evening. So
serious did he suffer from this cause that
1t was barely possible TO resist the plead
ing of friends 10 resort TO mOrphla or
other anodyne. Dining out in every form
he persistently Stunned as he would a
wicked temptation. Finally it happened
that on two or three evening visits at
friends houses suCcessively, he was led
into the unwOnted indulgence Of u simple
repast; and. surprised that his nights
after these occasions were exceptionally
restful, he began using his commOn-sense
in place of the chronic notions absorbed
from some lobbyist A blisSful revOlu-
ton was in. Now, however hard he may
be wrought up 10 the wholesome hour OF
bedtime, on laying aside books and pen
he eats and drinks slUwly-say, sand
wich with cup OF steamlng chocolate,
and directly seeks the repoSe of the up
upright in heart, with the comfortable
confidence that he will rise in the morn
ing with recuperated nerves and an ever
delicious sense of paradise regained. An
ounce OF fact Is better than n pound OF
fancy. More than one has proved that
nourishment can be substituted for chlurl
as a sleep producing agent, with margin
ell the side Of nutrition every way.-Laura
; Goodwin in Good Housekeeper.
nacneIor Cowboys VINO nate MOrmOns-
The climate of Montana is not particu-
larly healthy for MOrmOns, principally, |
believe, because the soil contains So many
wideawake bachelor cowboys who are
badly in need of wives themselves The
royal cOwpunchers Of Montana hate
Mormon male AS they do a snake. Being
unable TO get single helpmeet them
selves, although being better able TO sup
port a dozen where a Mormon can not
support one, It rlles them To have some
long haired, rascally elder come along
with four, five and possibly six wives, and
settle down with the utmost gall and
cheek on a government claim There are
about 5000 more bachelors in Montana
than there are women altogether Nearly
all Of these 5000 have splendid ranches,
farms or claims of some kind, and need
only wife TO complete their cup Of hap
piness
1t Is no exaggerated picture | am draw
ing for the vast territory OF Montana con
taIns innumerable bachelor homes, and
these bachelors would make the best Of
husbands if given half Il chance. The lit
tie town Of Maiden, Il few miles north
of here contains not u single unmarried
lady The small village only ten miles
west of Us is simply community of bach
elUrs These thousand of young men,
middle-aged men and old men all have
comfortable bank accounts, and would
marry on the slightest prOvocatOn, 50 to