The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-01
WIsCoNs1N's sLEEPIEss MILLIONAIRE
Elaborate Daily Routine Fostered the NAL
ady of Insomnia for Fifteen Years.
From he Chicago tribune.

from INC tHtCuDO ITlouHe.
For fifteen years Edward Balm. the million
aire wagon manufacturer Of Kenosha. Wis.
who died on Sunday at Pasadena, Cal, never
occupied a bed or wooed sleep by assuming a
| reclining posture. Sitting bolt upright in a
high-backed chair. or lying back in a chair
which tilted at n slight angle. he let his head
fall upon his breast and dozed away for the
few minutes OF half slumber which it seemed
his body was generally content with having.
Sometimes he did not sleep more than thirty
minutes in the course of a night. dividing this
into snatches OF five. seven. or ten minutes. and
rising in the frequent intervals to take long
nights when he secured nearly the average
quota of sleep, possibly an hour at a time. ris-
ing at tho end Of that time for relaxation be-
fore returning, to the laborious endeavor to
Four times a millionaire. by the estimate of
his friends. he did not use his Golfers to help
him in the contest he waged against the hour
glass. He did not seek variety: instead he
routine, a schedule which he never broke. 1t
was this popularity Of method. the result OF. a
me Srs, ins seli,diSci nHs Sis that hSys h5IoTGhbt r On 2 II il
Ripley. the malady which was destined to be
his I If f%o Gr6 t tii Gi2mYB nstdpad tb by d msth9d' qIfi S, he
hard labor that he could not sleep: Previous
Then suddenly he found himself a man OF
leisure. The Balm Wagon compqny bfcame 10
Edward Balm. the, proprietor. there had been
ncyer-ending employment for, him as Edward
i Pain a pres sasqIon hr h @eet 9l9shi IN tho be Dc Bo Sq5 aft Of
Directors and draw his dividends.
Dr.; Ripley asserts that insomnia was not the
mechanism of tho mans brain appears simply
TO have undergone q subtle change that made
and seems to have reasoned that system might
n not care e'I to return urn to Work, but he set about
celebrating a daily time card. For siy, months
f IF the w yssr no the sii RIaiTi9d 81 pc the spent pr6s az Reness for
any cause whatever.
AWokipg from his nap With the appearance Of
attendant TO, a bath. then rubbed vigorously
and dressed in fresh garments. In matters Of
After u light breakfast he walked from the
house n short distance to n horse block, where
no 3 n 1d III ou %Msi irts Of KR;enosha Mr.. Balm owned
large tracts Of land; fenced into farms. and for
from one field to another were Of the !s9rta
man y a carriage or wagon eau open without
Sai TsIs rom i F2r NEARLY To- fsrm 1o inok hSgT at M sHery B ob,
Jet, hut never speaking TO. his tenants,
A. 10 0,'si9es every mmorEnhI92 Pins he was SET down
home and Sir, Balm and The attendant camec
the trains arrival at the Wells street station,
until 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. he was on
forty-1ye minutes in one direction. timing
himself. and then returned by the same route
10 the depot 70 step upon the train which bore
him back to kenoSha.
During his street car. rides Mr.. Balm sat al
ways on the right side Of the car. AT the half
way, point he secured his lunch. a glass Of some
mild beverage and n sandwich, When he
reached Kenosha at about 4;3O o'clock In the
afternoon the buggy was awaiting him at the
platform. He climbed into II and made the
same round OF the farms no had made in the
morning. He took dinner with his family In
the evening and after the meal came down
town. going either 70 the Grant House or to
one OF the saloons, He did not drink. but took