The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-18

OUR EYEs.-Indigestio is the prin,
cipal source of weak eyes. Reading in
the cars often seriously disturbs tho
vision. A delicate and wonderful ap.
pHratus within the eye is constantly
busy in adapting 1t to the varying focal
distances. The Jerking motion of the
cars compels an exhaustive effort to
maintain the required adaptation
Thousands of eyes arc spoiled by read
ing in cars and other vehicles. Recent
1 ly,I was consulted bya railway express
man, who had become totally blind by
reading the newspapers in the cars.
Thousands, who have never consciously
suffered any Inconvenience from the
habit, are Obliged to wear glasses pre-
matulely, to correct an unsteadincss of
vision produced in this way. Reading
with the gas-light before you is another
cause of weak eyes. The light should
always hang quite high and behind you
and allowed to shine over the shoulder
II convenient, it should be over the left
! shoulder, Ii using kerosene, it is best
to employ the lamps which hang on the
wall. Neither should you read with
your face toward the window. Read
ing by twilight is dangerous. Gradu-
ally accommodating itself TO the rece-
ding light, the eye is uneonsciousIy
strained. 1 have seen more than one
case of grave disease of the eye, pro-
duced by an undue effort to use the
vision too long at twilight. White
paint is another mischief to the eyes.
! White paint outside, white paint inside,
White paint everywhere. During the
season of brightest sunshine, the glare
hurts the eye. wonder if it is not in
bad taste, likewise? / notice that ar
lists have none of it about them. In
our constant reading, the eyesight is
much tried by the white paper. I hope
thSt the tinted paper, with "A still deeper
color, may become fashionable. Avoid
reading by artificial light when YOU
can. We read too much. We read as
we eat-pell-mell, hotchity-potch no
mOstication, no digestion. Ii, as "A peo-
pie, we read less, we might know more.
Few indications are more unpromising
in n child than remarkable passion
for books. 1 doubt if n good lady. who
called on me the other day with her
son, Will ever forgive me for what /
said to her. Her boy was of the regular
Boston type-great head and ewes. with
small and narrow chest. She said III n
mournful voice, but with evident pride.
An, doctor, he has such passion for
books. As soon as he is out of bed, he
ly leaves it but for his meals. He ney-
er plays like other children." / told
her, among other things, that unless
she could break up that habit, her son
would very likely turn ont doIt. She
left very soon, with the belief that I did
not understand her sons case. IshouId
have as much hope of n man who gave
himself up to childish sports, MS 1
should of child who gave himself up
to the habits and life of n man. The
newspapers have much to answer for
in the way of small type and imperfect
printing. would checrfully give two
hundred dollars n year to support n
ing and evening, halE-column of the
really reliable news, instead of fifteen
columns of diluted speculations and
tricky canards, the reading of which
hurts our eyes and wastes our precious
timc.-DiO LclCis.