Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-22
sLEEpfno WONDERS.
Feats Accomplished By Some Men Will
In the Arms of Morpheus

In the Arms of Morpheus
Sleep in most individuals lasts for the
space Of eight hours. Exceptions 70
this statement are numerous: Whether
these arise from duty or laziness we
shall not venture to examine. Sir Z. /
CodriDgton, the famous naval officer. |
when midshipman. could watch /
on deck for. nineteen hours; this |
left only five for sleep. which in his |
case was most profound--so profound !
that no noise was sufficiently strong to
waken him; yet if the word .'Signalr'
was whispered in his ear he awoke ana
was on deck instantly.
Reporters in the House Of Commons
require great exertioDs to keep them
'olves from sleeping. A few years ago
a distinguished member of the gentle
men in the gallery" took down speech
while asleep. His statement rests on
his oath. Calvin tells of friend of his
reading aloud to him while asleep.
The organ of vision was alone active.
Coleridge. the dreaming philosopher,
composed ..Kubla Khan Tone of his
| poems) while fast asleep. Next morn
| ing he was sure there had been Al ac-
| QUESTION to his literature. but was too
negligent to write the stanzas. A few
| days afterwards he attempted to recall
the verses, but they had for the mos,
part fled, and the poem as it now stands
is but fragment
| Every one knows that extreme fatigue
induces sleep. and this in spite of sur
I ra.1r,dfprr LOT which in ,rJt ina NY
| circumstances, would hinder any one
from resting Previous to the shorten
ing of the hours of work. factory chill
dren frequently fell asleep while work
ing at the machines, although well
aware that they would incur severe
punishment by doing so. The North
American Indian. at the stake Of tor
ture, has been known to go to sleep OH
the least remission of agony, and will
| slumber until the fire is applied to
awaken him.
Il 1t is on record that. during the heat
Of the battle of the Nile. some of the
, over-fatigued boys fell asleep upon the
! deck, and during the attack upon Ram
COON, in the Burmese war. the Captain
of one of the steam frigates most act
i lively engaged. worn out by the excess
of continued mental tension, fell asleep
and remained perfectly unconscious fol
! two hours. within yard Of his largest
guns. which were being worked ener
| getically the whole period
. Habit and time, place and circum
: stances predispose rs all to sleep. The
a celebrated pedestrian. Captain Barclay
| when accomplishing his extraordinary
? feat of walking one thousand miles il
? as many successive hours, obtained a
y last such a mastery over himself that IN
d fell asleep the instant he lay down The
g doctors wife never hears the door, bel
$ during the night. although the noise i
}. sufficient to rouse the wearied husband
but should a child in the nursery cry
then the mother, oblivious of all othe
sounds, hears at once the infant 5 voice
1t is related that the Able Faria. VIII
acquired notoriety through his power o
q inducing somnambulism. was accus
o toned merely to place his patient in q
/ armchair, after telling him to shut hi
: ewes and collect himself. and pre-
i nounced in a strong voice, 'Dormez!
: which was usually successful
n There seems to be no limit to til
A. wonders displayed by man in sleeping
a. Concerdet. the mathematician, solve
= one of his most difficult problems wifi
to ssleep-a problem. too, which puzzle
Of him daring his waking hours,
n professor of theology in the Universal
l. of Basic once wrote sermon viii
to asleep. He found it in his desk me-
N morning The preceding night he couI
y, not grapple with the subject as he d
e sired but the performance of his slee
le ing hours was quite satisfactory to hir
a Jenny Lind was one of the most eel
IL brated singers Of her time. No oil
ne could rival her powers but facto
by girl who sang sometimes better th'
lis the famous Jenny. The girl could II
- attempt any difficult piece when awak
r. but when sleeping she sang so eorreeti
* so like the renowned artistic, that it W
IS difficult to distinguish between the
as voices On one occasion Mad. Lii
he heard the girl. and even tested I
81. accuracy Of her powers by giving her
" long and elaborate chromatic exerciS
he This the sleeping girl performed, mu
az to the wonder of the famous Sweal
singer London Telegraph.