Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-02-24
NATURES SWEET REsroaea.


DR.. johnson had to fight continually against
drowsinesA
The elder Dcscrosillcs slept but two hours
In the twcaty four.
Jeremy Taylor slept but three hours dur
In: the tweuty-four.
Newton's mind wns impaired by tho priva-
tiou Of sleep In his old age.
Thompson, tho author OF tho Seasons"
passed III undue proportion OF his time in
bed
There Is no better so2or.ic than plenty Of
outdoor exercise. carried even. In eStrrmo
cases Of wakefulness, 10 a sense of fatigue.
Sir Thomas Brown fouad it II most eject
ual soporific to repeat some verses on which
tho well known Evening LYNN" is founded.
Poor little factory children have fallen
nslecl from sheer WEAKNESS, and yet contin-
ncd to move their LANDS and fingers as il mt
work
Isahclais tells US OF some monks who, when
wnseiul. reSolutcly set themselves to prayer,
md who, before they had concluded half q
doz:n ayes or pa~teruosteiS, fell asleep.
Perhaps ono reason why the most gifted
LiindJ have Lcen afflicted by wakclulnrSs Is
that bodily exercise Is too often neglected by
people devoted to intellectual pursuits.
Sir Walter Scott has toll! us how the North
American Indians, when ut the stake OF tor
turr, slept Oh the Least i~ntcrinisSiou OF agony
until the lire was applied to wniicn them.
Any strong intellectual effort. such cs an
exciting game OF chess just before retiring to
rG5L will keep the circulation in the brain ut
such an unnatural tension that sleep is i'm
possible
Soldiers have slept during a march, as in
flN ~ ~ fhnen SO ,a., lac, ,,.,Vl o. I.i.
Moore from Corunna; while others, again,
htvo slept sound with the roar of artillery
around them-
\ cause of sleeplcssncss, which is, how
ever, too little recognized, is the taking Of
stimulating drinks, and in this, nn effort Of
the will to forSake the habit is all that Is
necessary in tho way of n cure.
Horace, in his satircs, recommended the
swimming OF inc Tiber three times rs II
means Of procuring deep rcposc; and tho
science OF tho present day, with all its array
OF facts, has Little better advice to give.
FfBnslin took his mir bath: Sir John SIM
cldir cuun;szl; while Sir john ttennic, when
engaged OIL public works. never went To sleep
witlou; previously having his hair combcd
ut the hack Of hi, head with II line tooth
coI:!b AID rubbed gently with the palm Of
Tie land.
L"r'! l~lailcS, when composing his ANNALS
OF stOi.mId,' constantly rcsOricl to II wheel
chair lie sept inlis study. that he might 10
driven rapidly ahoat by Il servant, To dispel
his disposition To s~lmEiler. and in church
couIl on.y keep himself awake during tho
sermon by cruEchinS swcetmeats-
There are so,ne people vino can sleep or
wnle ut will. Napoleon D%onaparte was nu
example, Us was also Gum, tho actor; and
ano:hcr occurred in Capt. Barclay, who
walked LOO miles In 90 couscc dtive hours,
doing regularly or 10 sleep when he had
completed his mile, and waking in time to re-
new his walking.
Tho sufferer who has wooed sleep In vain
Is, according to n Mr.. Gardner, to lie OF his
right side, with bis hcsd comfortably placed
Oh the pillow, having the neck straight, so
TINT respiration rnny not he impctlcd. The
lips arc then to be closed slightly and n rather
full inspiration taken, breathing through tho
postrils Us much MS possible. Tho full inspi.
ration taken, the lungs uro to bo left to their
OWL action. Attention must now 10 fixed
upon the respiration. Tho person must i'm.
d5inc that hc secs the breath passing from
his nostrils in n continuous stream, and at
the instant Lo brings his mind to conceive
this apart from all other ideas, consciousness
leavCs hiin-or, AZ least, SO says the ecipc-
aud no falls asleep.