Wichita eagle., 1889-01-10
9ATURE'S SWEET RESTORER.
). Johnson had to fight continually against

Dr.. johnson had to fight continually against
dTowsiness.
The elder DescrogiJes slept but two hours
in the twenty-four.
Jeremy Taylor slept but three hours dur
ing the twenty four.
Newton's mind was impaired by the priva-
ton of sleep III his old age
Thompson, the author of the Seasons"
passed an undue proportion of his time in
bed.
There is no better soporifc than plenty OF
outdoor exercise, carried even, in extreme
cases Of wakefulness, to sense of fatigue.
Sir Thomas Brown found it most effect
ual soporific to repeat some verses on which
the well known Evening Hymn" is founded.
Poor little factory children have fallen
asleep from sheer WEAKNESS, and yet contin-
ned TO move their hands and fingers as if at
work.
Rabelais tells us of some monks who, when
wakeful, resolutely set themselves to prayer,
and who, before they had concluded half a
dozen ayes or paternOsters, fell asleep.
Perhaps one reason why the most gifted
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that bodily exercise is too often neglected by
people devoted to intellectual pursuits.
Sir Walter Scott has told us how the North
American Indians, when at the stake of tor
ture, slept on the least interinission Of agony
until the fire was applied to waken them.
Any strong intellectual effort, such as an
exciting game of chess just before retiring to
rest, will keep the circulation in the brain at
such an unnatural tension that sleep is i'm
possible.
Soldiers have slept during march, as in
the case of those retreating with Sir John
Moore from Corunna; while others, again,
have slept sound with the roar of artillery
around them.
A cause of sleeplessness, which is, how
ever, too little recognized, is the taking of
stimulating drinks, and III this, an effort OF
the will to forsake the habit is all that ia
necessary in the way Of cure.
Horace, in his satires, recommended the
swimming Of the Tiber three times as q
means of procuring deep repose; and the
science Of the present day, with all its array
Of facts. has little better advice TO give.
Franklin took his air BATH Sir John Sin
clair counted; while Sir John Rennie, when
engaged on public works, never went TO sleep
without previously having his hair combed
at the back of his head with a fine tooth
comb and rubbed gently with the palm OF
the hand.
Lord Hailes, when composing his "Annals
Of Scotland" constantly resorted to wheel
chair be kept in his study, that he might be
driven rapidly about by servant, to dispel
his disposition to slunber. and in church
could only keep himself awake during tho
sermon by crunching sweetmeats
There are some people vino can sleep or
wake at will. Napoleon Bonaparte was an
example, as was also Quin, the actor; and
another occurred in Capt. Barclay, who
walked 1000 miles in eco consecutive hours,
doing regularly of to sleep when he had
completed his mile and waking in tune TO re-
new his walking
The sufferer who has wooed sleep in vain
Is, according TO a Mr.. Gardner, to lie or his
right side. with his head comfortably placed
on the pillow, having the neck straight SO
that respiration may not De Inpeded. The
hips are then to be closed slightly and rather
full inspiration taken, breathing through the
noStrils as much as possible. The full irsp.-
ration taken, the lungs are to be left TO their
own action. Attention must now be fixed
upoa the respiration The person mus i'm
agine that he sees the breath passing from
his nos1riis In q continuous stream, and az
.3le instant be brings his mind 20 conceive
this apart from oil other ideas, Consciousness
leaves him-oT. a. least, SO says tee recipe
ana he falls asleep.