The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-10-19

within the limits of Portage county, r -.
of the country, business men utterly
broken down in / health at, "a season
when they should be in their. prime.
Some of these udfortunates, it is true,
have accumulated money enough to
flive on the rest Eof their days, but
whatlis life worth after9all its juices
are dried up and all its sources of
| youth and vigor irretrievably sapped?
| The movement toward shortening the
working hours in the shop and the
| counting-room, the, multiplication of
! telegraph lines and the various agen-
| cies for the rapid communication of
intelligence and transaction of busi-
ness, have so intensified the strain of
business that the number who break
down under the pressure is constantly
increasing. 2 n OF only is this the case
i among men engaged3in business but
4 women. everywhere, and especially
farmers wives, arc groaningI under
the burden of household and family
cares, and where's they ai:eliotreleived
! are either dying from exhaustiops or
| losing their minds and becoming in
mates of asylums. - -
Tho remedy for these growing evils
! lis for us to consider what is fairly
days work for each ilaborer, aand9not
to attempt to perform more ourselves,
I or 46ireqdire more of othefs.s'iIt is
llimp0ssibles,t toe state defnitelgIshow
\ much each individual s;to perlorw in
4 the, " working hours q, the day, but it
atempt or Befeqtired 10 do mofeithan
! he can rest from in eight honfs' sheep,
I f< ,rso
| anoffier" tour Of labor. This may
'seeTfEa contracted limit to am bitiOus
| soulsd but it is aysafe, rule to follow
! By wise attention, to the needs of the
| body, and q constant effort to; strength
en- and develop it, its powers of work
may be greatly increased but stiii, II
itsIeep does not refresh usffOr renewed
exertion, we fail to heed the moniton
| Of nature al our peril.
r In 81 eaking on this subject; Henry
| Ward Bee cher, who is famous work
or; says 81 have thus always tried,
! by due, and faithful attention to both
| exercise and recreation, to Keep iupthe
balance between my ply steal and
mental fenergies. y L bhOldI that there
must be, a. carefpli p.opertiops Haain-
tanned between these two, or, the man,
! however great his strength may he,
| will soon break down." SO, too, when
weDexamiue The habits of life of Will
| liam Cullen Bryant. the, poet who,
after 1obOrions life, is, at seventy
six, as active and vigorous as many
men twenty years his junior, we find
exercise, simple food. no, sstimnlapts,
and plenty Of sleep, the secret Of his
longevity: The merchant who draws
more inoHey out of his business than
4 sA- 1loz
rupt, and the man who makes similar
drafts on his body, will sooner or later
come to a. disastfousHenth 5iAThay's.
work for each 9dayIis5 a. good Ipetto,
but we must take care to be honest in
the measurement, and, not reqnite of
Ourselves greater or less tasks than we
are fitted = to- pefform!I HektsH odnd
I Home. .oiGummooH H93AH sgsb yiTidS
ASTRONbMICAL PHENOMENA-COF-
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F.n. bs1From the Philadelphia star,litez
About half-past So'clock last Thurs
day. evening", there appeared in the
northern skies a singular and amazing
sight. It was Witnessed by the writer
relatives, and by others residing, in
Roxboro and in the city, PROPER, A
band or column OF light was seen ex-
tending fromJa pint Of tlie horizon
about N! N.iW.S and nearly pefpen-
,dicular to the, zenith This awns its
position as seen by the WRITER of this,
whose attention was directed .exclu-
sively to the phenomefa as 1t appeared
northernGskies.o aaok
II Others say thatlit extenden entirely
across the skies, from the northern to
the southern horizon. To the right or
east of this band of light, and hotf
from 1t, several other columns OF aight
were, seen. s. They waree of pnuspal
length varying apparently from, ,fif-
teen to twenty feet, with their lower
ends resting upon tie same base line,
at d point midway ibetween the shori-
Eon aud, zenith. the tops nof fseach,ex-
tending toward the zenith They,Yere
about equal distances from each other
atdhe base, and dslightIy rdiverging
from each otheEi At At the top sasT The base
ct ta Sfl each column was ecut off on
somew hat Irregular. 9iofStio 1SHSts
u Theashape Wof 5eachs slWasI byinsdme
persons O compared to r -imperfectly
lleves they were similar in shaEe to
those seen IN Germany d shOft time
previods to- the breaking pontaoftAhe
late war between Prussia and France,
md which were, described blythe. Ger
man. papers as Resembling swords,
and believed to Indicate the certainty
Of "a great war in Eufope.T Asflisnd
who saw the sight on Thursday night
describes the shart columns as resem-
bling the, fingers of a hand oHtstpetch-
ed pointing upward. The color was
HE same , While gazing tp0nl This
Singular and saAe1inspifing sight, the
faded and abocamei but
slightly visible. It then again became
bright Gas distinct as, the moon on
;lear mighty and this changing process
Hss Fepeated two or three times, and
o6nlafterlthe W hole became invisible.
It lasted about ten or fifteen dniARtes.
ls yfhMR1Sri s1 'ricnSeHs. MnSSs WONDERFUL r's eEsas
MIR .bR.o d. Mdnston, ain Old resilient
If Wiiliston, Vermont, has just COM
,teteda wonderful musical lcaiendar
lock, ,bwhioh 2has oattracte6iE6isitprs
rom far and near. 1t, is inr teFeHy,de-
all his, handiwork,r the old, farmer
iaylnS spent MS spare nOurS IN WORK
ng nP0ni It for the past eighf years.
lie has produced ami eighfedanqcibek,
whose dial marks the second, minpte,
louD day of /, the, week, day of the
month, month of the year; a ther-
1oineter rests against the pendulum,
living the state OF he'temperaeife
be ball softhe pendulum contains
time-piece, which aegiyes
ts motive mower solely from its Yihra-
iSSIs, I and Keeps accurate & Tine. TSere iiS
) ALSO cylender musical .attachment,
ehich may be set to play any one of
even tunes at the end Of7each hoar.
n this last feature it can so be adjust,
d-and snch W as the intanfinn of thc