The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

A Writer ON Sanitary Topics Say They
Do Not.

New York Independent.
No-and by this bold denial we mean 10
stand, when We take into consideration the
whole people CT the whole broad land.
Some years ago the man who cas- himself
''fae Bystander" in the Loadol Graphic.
wrote some papers on the drawbacks AMI adj
vantages OF going TO bed early ard getting up
early, and he enoed his preachment thus:
acomt the mater. Early TO bed and early 70
rise neither makes a man healthy nor wealtny
nor wise"
He wrote these words in his youth. and.
while time has perhaps modified some Of his
views, he thinks. Oh sober refect.on. that his
opinions were in the main right, ard that
he was really in advance OF his time. Tor the
most conservative OF medical periodicals &C
cas.onally echo his opinion that the pumaSo
or the early bird Is not 50 beautiful nor its
conduct so worthy OF imitation as we have
been accustomed 10 think. and ne again calls
attention in a late number 10 the opinion or
the American phys-ctan-Dr. Talcott-who
traces the prevalence OF insanity among
farmers and their families to perpetual early
rising. The English people seem TO be In ad-
vance Of us here: fer Ia London the business
Ills the voice of the ~sluggard. I heard
him complain,
Don't call me SO early. you'l make me in
sane:''
to-dafe, topsy-turvy edition of DR.. Watts
rhymed nomi.ieS.
That the increase in insanity will have
a thorough sitting there is no doubt; and
we are prepared TO see the want OF sufi-
cient sleep take rank as the first great
cause. The farmers, many OF them. DOM
mated by the Old saw. see in imagination
a vision OF the po0rn0use IL by chance out
ragged nature takes her legitimate revenge
and causes them to risk a hasf .hour later
on some morning succeeding a specially
wearisome day, and without knowing IL
they are robbing themselves OF the sleep
worth the most to IhemI. C.. that hour OF
brain-restoring slumber that comes when
all vigilance OF the nerves Is gone and
the man is thoroughly wrapped In obliv-
ion.' as the old novelisis used 20 say. so
habituated are many of them TO see disas-
that all the agricultural machines that
abolish half the toll might as well not have
been invented for them. Certainly a more
rational conduct of life ought to follow the
diffusion of the knowledge OF the structure
and needs of the brain.
Among the contributory causes we fancy
that the kerosene lamp plays an important
role-not that we would deprive one house.
hold Of that blessed bit OF liberated sun
shine. Who can blame the farmers wife
and family for INDUCING themselves In the
hours of peace and possibly OF enchanf-
ment they owe TO Ii when, the drudgery or
the day ended. they take the journal or
the book i'm hand. Their mistake is in let
ting it fascinate too long. IL they are in .
home subject to an iron rule Of needless
too-early rising. In the days OF tallow can
dies there was no such temptation: but
while enjoying the sweets they should not
make themselves liable 10 be treated TO the
bstters.
"It takes more strength OF mind and viii
to go to bed from among pleasant evening
surroundings than for any other act of daily
life." we once heard a very shrewd person
remark. The hygiene Of enough sleep needs
constant reiteratson.