The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-04-10
aE(1fVED MS MIND
Sumner Shaw Tells o.. Hit Defeat
Of insomnia !; a


The schoolmaster, who with ottfrs
vas Willing away an hour In Squire
Mars ONCE. complained that he had
not been sleeping well lately. He dig
allied his trouble by calling 1t insom.
nia. A. might have been expected.
the squire had q specific. :
THE thixR 10 do" he said. us to
make your mind as near a blank as
possible. When mad that my mind
Il disposed to work overtime. resort
to the old nursery Jingle: The House
That Jack Built I repeat It rather
slowly from beginning to end. and go
over Il again and again. To me the
rhythm IL very soothing. and the pic
lures that the words call up are con-
stantly changing. Just as in dreams.
Presently / begin to get little tan
gled mp. 20 that perhaps 1t will be
the priest all shaven and shorn- that
milks the COW with the crumpled horn.
It II not long after that before l drop
into real slumber that lasts until am
awakened. may be. by the cock that
erows IL the MORN"
'Did on ever try reckoning interest
a. means Of inducing sleep?" asked
Sumner shaw. the carriage maker.
"As rule. I'm not much subject to
inacmnia," he went on. "But got an
linking Of what 1t II like when was
staying overnight at my nephew's in
the city, four years ago. or so. They
make long evenings. and 1t must have
been close on to ten before got OF
to bed.
Remember that you don't have to
get mp at some unseemly hour. Uncle
Summer says Susie. We don't have
breakfast until eight
swell. ] dropped right of to sleep.
same ~ usual: but when woke up
and turned on the electric light at
the head Of the. bed. I found It was
only three O'Clock.
Now. then.' says I to myself. TIL
Nave to get another nap
But that was easier said than done.
Tie harder ! tried the wider awake I
wax. guess II was insomnia, fast
enough. Finally got to thinking over
my past life. Well. probably I'd done
worse things in my life. but what
seemed to fasten on was q little busi-
ness transaction with the Widow Wig
I'm. I sold her 4 sleigh at my own
price: and the very next day I sold one
just like Il to Cap'n Gray. and he beat
~ down ilvs dollars, and made some
thing at that. In the circumstances I
felt - II II would Be no more than
fair to 90 to Mrs. Wisyin and make
her the same discount. But you are
apt to let such things 20. and pretty
eoou che took sick and died. She had
~ immediate family. and the property
went to distant connections out Of the
state. % Kind Of let the thing slide.
- being q no great Consequence. any
way.
"But II looned up big there In the
0ark. and at last I had to premise ny
sslf that II I lived to get home I'd ct
clear q that fvs dollars somehow. AZ
that tims q Belgian relief fund was BE-
Ing raised. aud I concluded that Il
would pleass Der ~ much % anything.
II abe could know Il. to put down .
subscription IN memory Of Mrs. Maria
Wiggin.
Having settled that. I felt easier.
bat not real sleepy. a. II still seemed
q long ways ahead to breakfast time.
Then Il occurred to me that about
eighteen years' interest ought to 90
with that nvs dollars. and fell to
eoasidssing bow much that would Be.
I am pretty good at figuring In ny
Asad. and ] could have worked out the
ampas interest easily: but compound
Interest u another matter. However.
I began casting II up. and I got %
saP - the eth year. Then the next
thlag I knew Susie was singing out :
Breakfast. Uncle Sumnerr
10 you see. reckoning Interest got
the better Of insomnia that time.
Asbbs, though. purginx my conscience
had something to DO with Il. You are
welcome to both Of these remedies.
Mr.. Jenkins" he added with q friendly
wink. in Case the squire's doesaAs
work."-Youth's Companioo.