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Show ' MAPS HELP A MAN 8LEEP. Mental Geography the Best 8oporlflc, According to a Drug Clerk. A hnggard looking man strolled Into n dni't store tho other day nnd asked tho drugslst for help Ho said he hnd troublo in get- ting to sleep whon ho retired No mnttcr how sleepy ho might bo during tho day 01 how mucb sleep ho might H have lost, the moment his bend touch- od tho pillow ho was wide nwako and I lay thus for soveinl hours. Onct asleep, lie wns hard to waken, but he hnd to be up nt n certain hour, g C nnd In consciuonco of his peculiar nf- diction ho was losing moro sleep than ho could stand Tho drug clerk ro-garded ro-garded him quizzically n few moments nnd then replied "My dear man, you don't need medicine What you want is something to change tho trend of your thoughts Do as a friend of mine did Ho was troubled tho samo way and found that tho old folks' plan of Imagining sheep passing n bar-, rler and counting them was out of date So ho began trying to nnmo all tho states in the union Ho soon got them so ho could classify them nlpha-botlcnll) nlpha-botlcnll) Tl.tn when they no longer Interested him li sUiitcd on tho counties of this stnto Ho now hns them at his tongue's end, classified up to tho fourth letter Now ho Is starting start-ing on Btnto cnpltnls and their locations; loca-tions; then ho will tnko up county seats A moment's glanco nt nn ntlaa during the day shows hhn when ho is wrong, and tho beauty of the plnn Is thnt ho rarely has to think along theso Hues longer than ten minutes before ho Is sound nslecp To mako It short, tho study of geography Is a good narcotic " |