Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH. [ARTICLE]

THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH.

Rise Eari.y. —The excellence of early rising and its inspiring influence on both body and mind have been themes for the poet’s song and the sage's sermon. Early rising promotes cheerfulness of temper; opens up new capacities of enjoyment and channels of delight to which the sluggard must lie insensible. It increases the sum of human existence bv stealing from indolence hours that would be utterly wasted, and, better still, unquestionably conduces to longevity. All long livers have been early risers. Now, the habit of retiring to bed at (ate hours will hardly admit of early rising, therefore the necessity of refraining from the one in order to secure the advantage of the other. From six to eight hours are generally held to be sufficient, and no doubt on the average are so. Our sleep is regulated much by the season. In winter people lie longer, on account, as they say,of its being too dark to get up early. There is some plausibility in the reason, but the system in cold and dark weather is more prone to sleep than in light and slmny times. Invalids need generally plenty of bed rest, but they should procure it by going early to bed. There is more health and strength to be found in the practice of seeing the sun rise than in looking at it in any other part of the day.