Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1900-01-10

departs at the minute he wishes il TO
60. as Napoleon when he wrote: DIFF
ferent affairs are arranged in my head
as III drawers. When | wish TO inter
fupt one train Of thought. close the
crawer which contains that subject and
open that which contains another.
They DO not mix together or inoonveui-
ence me. have never been kept awake
10y an Involuntary preoccupation of
mind. When | wish for repose. / shut
up all the drawers. and am asleep. /
have always step, when wanted rest
and almost at will" But think in
most cases we feel shat sleep is not the
resul: of a resolution. buI direct gift
from God. You cannot purchase it, A
great French tinancier cried out: Alas !!
Why is there 10 sleep be solG?"
DO not take this CiviLe gift as mat
ter Of course. Your seven or eight
hours Of healthiul INCONSISTENCIES -
blessing worthy OF continuous aIc
emphatic recognition. Praise the Lore
for 800 restrictions in year! Arti-
fetal slumber can be made up by the
apothecar.es, but natural sleep is "a
balm, a pauuCea. cathoLcou that no
battles your eyes anC brain and merry {
aEC bone. 1t is soft robe woven IN
Heaven, with which He wraps your
body, mind and soul. The more scien-
lists explore this mystery of sleep the
more profound IL seems. God tells us
many things. but that is "A secret He
keeps to Himself. We philosophize and
guass about this phenomenon, but Will
never know just what sleep is until
we are told about il when we get
through the last sleep. Thank God
morning, noon and night for this
strange quietude, this refreshing els
missaI, this recuperating absence, this
reinforcement of energies, this mighty
beneGiction.
Consider among the worst crimes
the robbery of ourselves or others OF
the mercy OF slum Der. Much ruinous
doctrine has been inculcated on this
subject. Thomas Moore gave poor ac-
vice when he said: The best way TO
lengthen our days is 10 steal a few
hours from the night" We are tolG
that, though they did their work at
night, Copernicus lived TO be - years
of age anG Caller rs years and Herschel
81 years. Yes, but the reason was they
were all star hunters, and the only time
for hunting stars Is at night. Prob
ably they slept by day. The night was
made Tor slumber. The worst lamp a
student can have is the midnight
lamp" Lord Brougham never passed
more than four hours OF the night abeG,
and Justinian, after one hour of sleep.
Ia -. 4
neither Justinian nor LORD
Brougham. Let not the absurd apothe-
osis of early rising induce you 10 the alb
brevlation of sleep. Get up when you
are slept out, unless circumstances
compel otherwise. Have no alarm clock
making its nerve-tearing racket at four
O'Clock in the morning, unless special
reasons demand the forsaLing of your
pillow at that hour. Most OF the the
cries about early rising we inherited
from times when people retired at eight
or nine o'clock III the evening. Such
early retirement is impossible in our
own times for those who are taking
part III the great activities of life.
There is no virtue in the mere act Of
early rising. II all depends upon what
you DO after you get up. 1t would be
better for the world if some people
never Weakened at all.
But most Americans do not get sleep
enough. The sin of late retiring is one
most widespread and ruinous. What
is much needed is that il all our cities
those who are leaders in social life
turn back the hour of DRAWN groom
assemblage from ten and eleven 10
eight or half-past seven, so that the
guests at ten or half-past ten may meet
sleep at the right hour in their own
dormitories. Two or three social
heroines could Go that in all the towns
and cities. Thousands of men and wom-
en- are slain each year by late hours.
rive years is more than the average
of endurance. The vitality of men and
women is depleted, and they go into
chronic ailments, if they Go not die
OF dyspepsia or consumption or nervous
prostration, and the beauty goes out
of the cheek beyond all restoration of
cosmetics. Late retiring is the mother
Of premature wrinkles. Lack of sleep
assassinates social life. A reformation
IS needed, and if the customs of the
world could be changed il this matter
and the curtains OF social life could be
rung down at reasonable hour Of the
night 20 per cent. wouiC be added TO the
worlds longevity.
All those ought be comforted who
by overworh DO right directions have
come 10 insomnia. ~ all occupatious
and profes ~ious there are times when
special Graft is made upon the nervous
energy There are thousands Of men
aHc women who cannot sleep because
they were .ljurec hy otervori, iu some
time Of domestic or political or reHg-
i"us eNeency Mothers who, after TAX
Irs whole family Of children through
the disorders that are sure 10 strike
the -ursery Lave been left physical