The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29
Casually to Be Found In . Misery
Indulgence In Natures
Sweet Restorsr."
SLEEP IS a FINE MEDICINE
kxhausting Strain Of City Life Can
Be Guarded Against BY Well
Regulated Dozea.

Leaned men and the casual ohserv.
ef have waved eloquent about the
awful strain Of city life. the wear and
taar Of its tremendous and incessant
activities upon the nerve force Of men
who have not Jet keyed up their re-
nisting power 70 Withstand the do.
mands Of the vast commercial and sci
entiic machine they have built up.
Fudge! They say that the noise and
rush and hustle. the excitement OF
being IN The midst OF the seething
thronG ezhausls one's vitality. More
fudge Man adapss himself 20 his en-.
Fironment 20 swiftly. 80 almost lnsian-
iAneousiy. that the denizen Of the deep.
esf forest or remotest mountain peak
can become thoroughly city broken ia
q fsu weeks. Why. then. do We ind
n the great cities 90 many eases Of
nervous breakdown. which Il IL the
petite and mercifui fashion 10 aacrihe
% Irritating environment and over.
work. chieny because Of lack OF
sleep says William Hemmingnay IN
harpeFs Weekly. II. besides robbing
himself Of sleep. q man eats 700 much.
drinks TOO much. and otherwise dissl.
gates bis energies. the breakdown viii
come al the sooner and BE- all The more
severe: but sleep robtery alone Is
enough 70 make a ueaklinE Of the
strongest man. Moreover. even the
disslpafed person who averages. say.
sixty hours o. sioep per week, VIII long
oqtast the sober ono who Averages
bot forty.
"a & possible 20 obtain eight or nine
hours sleep every night Ia the great
and noisy eifgf Surely 4 -. The man
Or uoman uho pFsfsnds that this q
impossilie - either . victim o. self
deception OF a very rare invalid Let
us consider = fea cases Ia New York
the biggest aud noisiesf city in Amer
Tea Thsre arr living 10 that city some
haifmiilion o. more Of men Who eork
a. day iAborers. and Who sleep as
soundiy IN tenements ~ The most cou.
gesfsd districts a. Ia the equally noisy
outskirts Of he city. Any cases OF
neurazlhenia o. insomnia among themg
Not 70 any great extent o. course
theiF hard manual labor gives them
me appetite. their means are small
and their diet therefore plain. and the
good. honesf fatigue resulting from a
dag o. physical toll sends them swiftly
inio sleep that restores 20 them abound
ing flgor neKf DAY.
Probably no historic fiction has erer
done more harm than The lsWend that
Napoleon required only four Or hys
hours % sleep Ia each tHenty four.
Ths truth Il that whils be uas In
good health and doing biz most won
deffai feata he habitualiy took eight
hours sleep ever night IN later life.
when his energies had been depleted
b. luxury and The long. nercs gamble
fof poser. his health save way and
his sleep vas brief and ntfui This.
howovar. was q symptom Of decay. not
an evidence Of great strength. and Il
led most logically 70 defeat. eclipse.
early death.
No man can b great or successful
o. even tolcrably decent unless be
alespa enough and with regularity /
During The hours of sleep the hcars
beats become about ten to the minute
slower a. well a. less forcsfui. and
that busy organ enjoys AZ least q par.
giai rest from lia inccsaanl labora:
that invisible bot useful agent IN the
blood that floats away the broken.
down tissue resulting from physical
and mental effort is constantly en-
gagged IN carrying down 81 the waste
products Of the preceding day to the
organs OF elimination which rid the
body Of them. In one word. the ashes
are disposed Of and the engine Il
cleaned and oiled for ~ next days
work.