The Van Buren press., 1860-11-16
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Mass-rAxpH.-A ssilroad ear above aIl
otqers the place to witnssss-s scsnss. - -
Not long since, ct railroad staAiou mot
q hundred miles from our own place, We
were the innocent obssrver Of littls occur-
renee that impressed % deeply. r.
| As soon ~ the train had halted BY the
crowded platform. young lady Of really
progressing appearance and one who evil
eelonged to the upper circles" sprang
lightly aud sxpectantly up the sstsps and
giided into the car. Having cast her eyes
down the row. of dozing passengers. her
countenauce lighted up-s half-supprsasd
exclamation Of joy escaped her girlish
beside scat at the farther end Of the car,
occupied BY gentleman Of very ssspecta-
bls aud elegant apPPssraaes- The ssatls.
(s.sss srsass. ses hly ys.a6 ~
}scmsxl appstd ot his
dcompanion bespoke ths bride. I
No sooner had the young lady reached
the pair, throwing her white arms about
the young mans neck, she imprinted has
ty kiss on his bearded lips. and exclaimed /:
Why, Fred! How do you do ? And is
this the dear little wife you wrote to n
about ?''
| Right here we plainly discsrnsd blush
mantling the young mans face, mingled
with look of unparalleled surprise. and
the countenance Of his companion betoken.
ed juvenile thunderstorm. But the fem
inine discoverer, not to be discouraged by
any amount of GOODNESS. continued
" But why don't you get off the train ?
Don't you know you've got homer"
Young man hesitated- companion filg-
eted. Affairs were evidently approaching q
climacteric. Passengers tittered-report-
ers took out their notebooks. At last the
young lady. frightened At the attention she
had attracted, and panied BY the indiffer-
ence of those she had come to greet, burst
into tears. and placing her head on the
young mans shoulder, sobbed out
"Oh, Fred what does all this mean
Have you really forgotten me ?"
Young man trembled with emotion
companion began removing her glove-all
the time looking nenacingly at the curl
covered head of the faif intruder. Report
ers scribbled with commendable desperation
passengers ceased laughing and began to
sympathize. Just here the terrified young
man-almost smothered by the ringlets OF
the sobbiny girl, mustered courage to stam-
mer.
Really. Madam. you are mistaken in
the person. My name isn't Fred-and
live in Chicago.
The sensation produced by this an
nouncement can be imagined "--as the
novelists say. Young lady started like
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features of her "late relative" and after q
word of explanation and apology, bound
ed gaily to the platform, laughing heartily
.. her blundss and followed BY an explo-
sion from the fpassengers within. Young
man drew . long breath Of relief-com-
panion replaced her glove and smothered
the young thunder storm-reportcrs stuck
their pencils behind their ears with look
that said "Item. Item. and we individu
ally settled back in our seat Just ~ the
train started. inwardly wishing that we.
too. had resembled Fred
MoRAL.-When you expect brothers,
home from California Be careful not to en-
barrass young Chicago merchants Obsr-
lin Ne,os
How THE EYE Is SWEPT AND WASHED
For US to be able to see objects clearly and
distinctly. it was necessary that the eye
should be moist and clean. For this pur-
pose. it is furnished with . little gland.
from which flows watery fluid, (tears, }
which is spread over the eye by the lid and
is afterwards swept off by it. and runs
through hole in the bone to tho inner
surface of the nose, where the warm air,
passing over it while breathing. evaporates
it. 1t is remarkable that no such gland
can be found in the eyes Of fish, Is the ele-
ment in which they live answers the same
purpose. If the eye had not been furnish
ed with liquid to wash it, and . lid to
sweep it off. things would appear IS they
do when we look through dusty glass;
Along the edges of the eyelid there are /.
great number of little tules or glands from
which flows an oily substance. and thus
prevents the edges from becoming sore or
irritated. and it also helps keep the tears
within the lid.
There are also six little muscles attached
to the eye. which enables us to move it in
every direction; and when we consider the
different motions they are capable of giving
TO the eyes, we cannot but admire the good
ness Of him that formed them, and has
thus by this means saved Us the trouble of
turning our heads every time we wish tr
view an object. Although the eyes Of , ONE
animals are incapable Of motion, a. the flv
the beetle and several other insects, vet the
Creator has displayed His wisdom rnd
goodness in furnishing their ewes with
thousands of little globes, AMI by placing
their eyes in front o. their heads so that
these little insects con zee almost around
them without turning their heads. "A gen.
tlemsn who has Examined tho eyes Of fiy
says that the two eyes OF common one
are composed of 5000 little globes. through
every one of which it is capable Of forming
an object Having prepared the eye of the
fly for the purpose. and plsced it before his
microscope and then looked through both in
the manner Of the telescope. at steeple,
which was 299 feet high. and 750 feet dis.
tan.. and he says he could plainly 81
through every hemisphsfe. tho whole stss.
pie inverted or turned upsids down.
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