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Sleep And Habit

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
January
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Bloop is much modifiod by habifc. Thus an old artillery man oftener onjoys tranquil reposo whilo tho cannon are thundering around him ; an cngineer has boen known to fall aslccp within a boiler, whilc liis follows wero beating it on the outside with their pondcrous hammera ; and tho reposo oí' a millor is nowise inoommoded by tho noise of his mili. Sound ceases to be a stimulus to such men, and what would have proved an inoxpressiblo annoyance to othors is by thom unhooded. It ia common for carriers to sloop on horsebaek, and coaohmen on their coaches. During tho battle of tho Nile, some boys wero so exhausted that thoy feil asloep on the deck amid tho deafoning thundor of that engagement. Nay, silenco itself may bocome a stimulus, whilo sound coases to be so. Thus, a niillor being very ill, his mili was stopped that he might not bo disturbod by its uoieo ; but this, so far from inducing sloop, provcnted it altogothor ; and it did not tako placo until tho mili was sut going again. For tho samo reason the manager of somo vast irbnworks, who slept clo6o to thom, amid tlie incessant din of' hammors, forges and furnaces, would wake if thore was any cessation of tho noiso during the night. To carry tho illustration still furthor, it has boon noticed that a person who Jalla aslcop noar a church, tho bell of W'iieh is ringing, may hoar tho sound during tho whole of his slumber, and bo nevortholoss arousod by it3 suddon cessation. Hero tho sleep must havo been imporfoot, otherwiso ho would havo boon insensible to tho sound. Tho noiso of tho boll was no stimulus ; it was tho cossation, ■which by breaking tho monotony became so, and causod tho sloepor to awako. Good words aro not ilways, ndiostions of a good henrt. Even tlie liones-;' first counsel to her cubs - "lot us prey."

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Old News
Michigan Argus