The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-10-25
Our Ewes.

Indigestion is the principal source of
weak eyes. Reading in the cars often
seriously dis.urbs the WHOM. y delicate
and wonderful apparatus within the eye
is constantly busy in adopting it to the
varying focal distances. The jerking
motion Of the cars compels an exhaustive
effort to maintain the required adaptation.
Thousands Of eyes are spoiled by read.
ing in cars and other vehicles. Recent.
ly, I was consulted BY 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-.
maturely, to correct al uusteadincss 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
apd allowed to shine over the shoulder.
If convenient, it should be over the left
shoulder. If using kerosene, it is best
to employ the lamps which hang on tho
wall. Neither should you read with
your face toward the window. Reading
BY twilight is dangerous. Gradually &C.
eommodsting itself to the receding light,
che ego is unconsciously strained. |
haye sscn more than one case Of grave
disease of the eye, produced by an undue
effort to use the vision too long ut twi.
light. White paint is another mischief
to the eyes. White paint outside, white
paint inside, white paint everywhere.
During the season Of brightest sunshine,
tho glare hurts the eye. l wonder if it
is not in bad taste, likcwiss2 ! notice
that artists have mono Of it about them.
In our constant reading, the eycsight is
Auch tried BY the white paper. l hope
that the tinted paper, with q still deeper
color, may become fashionable. Avoid
reading BY artificial light when you can.
We read too much. We read as We eat
-pell. hotchity.potch; no mastica.
ton, no digestion. If, as people. We
read less, VIC might know more. Few
indications are moro unpromising in
child than a remarkable passion for
books. l doubt if a good lady, who
called on me the other day with her son.
will over forgive me for what I said to
her. Her boy was Of the regular Boston
typo-grcat head aud eyes, With small
aud narrow chest. She said in a mourn.
fpl voice, but With evident pride, "Ah,
doctor, be has such passion for books.
As soon as be i, out Of bed, he is down
at some great book, and scarcely leaves
it but for bis meals. He never plays
like other children" told her, ON one
other things, that unless she could break
up that habit, her son would very likely
turn out dolt. She left very soon,
with the belief that did not understand
her sons case. should have as much
hope Of man who gave himself up to
childish sports, as | should Of child
who gave himself up to the habits and
life Of q man. The newspapers have
much to answer for in the way Of small
type and imperfect printing. I would
checrfully give two hundred dollars a
year to supper: newspaper which
would givo US, morning ana evening, a
half.colunn Of the really reliable news,
instead Of fifteen columns Of diluted
spcculations and tricky canards, the
reading Of which hurts our eyes and
wastes our precious time.-D" Lesct..