The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-20
MENTAL CONTROL Of SLEEp.


Ut,.D Versus Tonlos-Foily Of RsvlsyVIng
,,s nay Ia Bsd-Is InsomnlS . DlSsasoi
New TsStinant Advice.
Body and brain need exercise and re-
nose in ryhthmlc alienation; sleep ly
tbe natural restorative Of both. Medl-
cal doctors. according to their relative
consclentIousness. adminlster dozen
worthless substitutes for natural sleep
from the stlmulant. which they claim
viii MI the exhausted frame with new
vlgor and postpone the need for SUM
her to the fatal narcotic, used to be-
numb the excited nerves and induce
kind OF counterfeit repoSe. When that
tlred feeling" comes on. instead Of going
for a dose of kola, one should so to
bed. Taking something In the ma
ture of q drug. when what Is needed Is
sleep Is a crime. II the conditions OF
urban life make II impossible for men
mr. weDep TO rest when rest Is called
for. and they feel that they must con-
tInue TO work for several houTB after
belng tired out, those conditions are all
wrong and ought to be changed. The
fancied necessity Is one against which
I1ep instinctlvely rebel, and they would
gladly eliminate It from the problem OF
Existence II they could only trust one
another and act unanimously.
However, a greater amount Of work
can be accomplished in a given time,
and with less fatigue, when the hours
ever to sleep are really hours Of s,eep.
Many persons on retirln8s nomtnaly
Tor thS purpose OF resting. give them
selves Up to a process more wearisome
10 the brain than the active work OF the
day. Instead Of going 70 bed TO sleep
they 20 to bed to think. .Well-mean-'
inf moralistS taught our parents that
they ought not TO close an eye in SUM
before reviewing ali the transactions OF
che day and setting them oown as the
debts or credits in FranlCiinesQue sort
OF mental bookkeeping. They must
also impress upon their iWRaried minds
Al that time facts they desire to remem-
ber-texts OF Scripture. demonstra-
tons in Euclid, addresses OF acQualn-
tances, Latin declensiuns, French
verbs. Particularly must they charge
the mind with the time chosen for wax
ing IN the morning. II. after an hour,
lying on his back in strenuous cerebral
ton OF this sort. your father found that
he could not 60 TO sleep. he might think
jumping one by one over a hedge. and
coun; them as they jumped or he might
count his own heart-beats or the tick
ing OF the clock on the stairs. II stiii
unable to sleep, he might sit up and
read for an hour or two. until his eye
ids felt like sand-paper and his feet
were like ice. By this time the clock
would be striking one, and he would be-
gin to count the hours TIL time to get
up, ard then. after determining TO have
the satisfaction Of declaring in the
morning that he did not sleep u wink all
night, he probably fell into an uEcom-
Portable, dreams plagued slumber.
Now, that is not the way 10 sleep In
stead OF taking cares to bed, one should
dismiss them the moment one begins TO
urGress The bed should be sacred to
s.eyp. and ordinary waking thoughts
should not be permitted 20 invade II for
a moment II the usual worklngsday
proves too short for the business that
has 20 DE considered. letthe gas burn all
night for once, and sit up TO work 1t