Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-05-23
HOW tn INDTICE SLEEP.


feet towards the camp fire. One cannot
have comfortable sleep with cold feet, and
it is good plan to spend few minutes
warming them before retiring. Hop-tea
is an excellent and harmless narcotic. A
hop pillow is often used. Two or three
small onions eaten are also valuable in in
ducing sleep. All opiates given for this
purpose will leave bad effects next morn
ing. A walk in the open air is an aid
that should not be neglected. Many ner-
vous persons fall asleep directly after ex-
Guiding all light from the room. l nave
often found this work magically with my
son, an exceedingly nervous boy. A soft
old blanket used instead of a sheet is also
conducive to rest. Gentle friction OF the
body, the spine and feet may be resorted
to. Washing the feet in cold water just
before retiring draws the blood from the
brain and head. On cold winter nights
after day of severe mental work, have
been unable to sleep, and suffered greatly
from a horrible sensation, as If nerves,
living and tingling, were in every part
of the body, causing wretched restiess-
ness. Springing from bed, and putting
on q warm dressing gown and cloak-for
I have no fire in my sleeping apartment
I stood erect, threw back the shoulders,
extended the arms and inhaled slowly and
steadily all the fresh air I could, letting it
out through the nostrils slowly again, for
about ten minutes. Of course my room
was ventilated. At the end Of the time
I got into bed in warm, healthful glow,
the restless feeling gone and droWsy one
in its stead. In my own case sleep is o.
ten brought on by eating some simple
thing in the night, fruit or cake. Yet
many persons sleep better with very
light supper, and once knew man who
for many years had had excellent health,
who had taken no supper at all. Certain
is it that few symptoms call for prompt
attention more than sleeplessness, as by
the loss of sleep one is deprived of all that
builds up and keeps the system in health.
One can do better without food for time
than sleep. No long continued sleepless-
ness should be neglected. Eight hours is
little enough rest for any man, especially
those in business or study, and woman
needs more. Nervous persons need more
sleep than others. 1t is said that in cases
of insanity it is usually found that the
patients before becoming disturbed men
tally, have suffered from insomni" or loss
of rest A well-ventitated sleeping room
has much to do with disposition to slum-
ber.-J B. M B.
AN ANCIENT HoME.-The primitive
man may be said to be unknown, and it
was not until after they had made consid-
erable progress toward civilization that
our prehistoric ancestors left works by
which we have learned something Of their
rude life. This picture of the miserable
home of the ancient European, who, for q
considerable period, dwelt in caves, or
even mere sheltered places among the
rocks, has been drawn by Prof. n. Jolly, of
Toulone. In this rocky retreat he took
his meals, and allowed the remains of his
food, uninvting to our fastidious palates,
to collect. The flesh of the mammoth, of
the great cave bear, of the amphibious
rhinocerous, of the horse, the aurochs, the
reindeer, the fox, and, doubtless, also wild
fruits and roots, formed his staple diet.
Usually the flesh of the animals was eaten
raw; but fire had long been known, and
even pottery had been invented, and was
used for culinary purposes. Hunting was
his principal occupation. Armed with
the stone-aXe, or mace, with the flint
headed lance, javelin, or arrow, he boldly
attacked the animals, often of colossal size,
which then peopled our lands and of which
many have long since disappeared. He
clothed himself in their skins, which he
had early learned to smooth with the scra-
per, to soften and prepare with tat or mar
row, and later by means of stove polish
er. During the reindeer age, fish were
procured with barbed harpoon, and the
Shooting of birds was no longer neglected.
The bones and teeth of the reindeer and
of contemporary animals were used in the
manufacture of weapons and tools, and
even articles of luxury and ornament.
The arts of designs were born; and the
reindeer hunters of Perigord and the bear
hunters of the Pyrenees employed their
leisure in carving their weapons and in
drawing or engraving on wood, bone and
ivory the figures of the animals, and even
their own images.
CHOOSING CoMPANIoNs.-Th story of
poor dog Tray has many illustrations
among higher beings. Though good
dog and having many friends, Tray loved
bad company; his evil companions led
him astray until he lost his friends, good
name and at last his life. Bad company
ruined him. Like Tray, many young
person led away by evil companions, until