Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — How to Sleep Best. [ARTICLE]

How to Sleep Best.

The proper position of beds with regard to the point of the compass—that Is, whether we should life norQi’ahd south, parallel to the earth’s axis, or east and west, across it-Ms. the-puzzling problem propounded by’■ Sir Bfenjatwhi Richardson in ah' If the head Is turhed.'vvfest tfterfe' is a tendency, it Is said, to send the blood rushing to that organ. If the head Is east the feet are affected ina'slmilar way. Sir Benjamin thinks that *lf we should He In the line of the axis due north and south It would be most probable that the rotation of, the earth would produce no special effect on the blood in Its course to or from the head.” As for himself, he has tried all positions'’ and sleeps best when his head is turned towards the United States. The only objection he lias to it is that the sun wakes him up a little earlier than be likes.