Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-13
The Hygiene Of the Ewes

The fol wing hygienic rules are compil d
ana condensed from eminent French an /.
English authorities: For the worker the
light should come as much as possible from
the LEFT side-that is to say, fro n the side to-
wards which one turns in working. Daylight
Is the best; but direct sunlight and that re-
hected from mirrors should be avoided. The
aspect should be northern, and the light
sh0T.d come . little from above. White
walls should be avoided; highly-varntshed
tables, and, in workshops, shining articles
like silk, should be protected from the suns
rays: Artificial light Is always bad, on &C.
bonic acid. The best is that OF lamps fed
with vegetable Oil (much used in France,
but seldom In this country and furnished
with glass shade. Gas is bad, because of
It's heat, brillisncy and mobility; the light of
mineral oils is too hot; that of candles Insult
hcient and fiickering. The eye o: the work
mar should avoid the light coming to him
ing Immediately after meals is objection
able; also uninterrupted use OF the eyes for
long periods Of time. One should write on
An AM inclined S plane, and not keep the head
sary Reading in bed is bad every way.
Some good authorities commend washing
the eyes with cold water, but the majority
use OF hot water for the less serious
affections of the eye. For tired eyes, we be.
lieve, from our own experience, tn At water
beneficial. If the eyes are fatigued
by bad artificial illumination, blue or
snghtly smoked glasses will be useful, and
In order to avoid the lateral rays they
should be large and round. Ii the irritation
of the eyes persists, all work must be aban-
dOned, and an examination made to see If
power Of accommodation or of the mobility
of the eyes. PTesbyopia, or so called FAR
slghtedness," superveneS earlier with those
who are constantly at work than with other
individuals, and as soon as IL does convex
glasses should be at once resOrted to, with
out which the muscle of accommodation
Won, would s De ,fhatlgued to no purpose. Al first
Ing, after the fatigue of the day; but long
sighted person should only use spectacles for
l&1o dx, at near objects, not at far ones.
development of myOpia, or "near-sightei-
ness" precisely In proportion as the conii-
lions of Examinations are bad. II the action
OF those causes continues, the myopia will
increase until vision is lost. A slight degree
OF myOpia may be favorable TO close work,
but, as general rule, work requiring close
application, by the arrangement of circula-
tion that II inevitably induces in the eye, is
much more Injurious to the myopic, and is
the great cause OF the development OF
myopfa and Its complications. Young peo-
pie should be examined, and If they are
myopic, hindered from undertaking tedious
studies and all professions demanding close
application OF the eye.-[Journal Of Chemistry.
iICARLYLE ON JoB.-I call the Book of Job,
grandest things ever written with q pen.
One feels, indeed, as If 1t were not Hebrew
such q noble universally, different from no
BILE patriotism or sectarianism, reigns In 1t.
noble book! All mems book! 1t ID our
nrst Oldest statement OF the never-ending
problem, mans destiny, and Gods ways
free, flowing outlines; grand in its sim plicity,
and Its epic elody, and rep,se Of reconcile
ment. There is the seeing eye, the mildly
understanding heart. SO ne every way;
rue eyesight, and vision for all things, ma
eTial things no less than spiritual; the
Ier?''-hs laughs at the shaking of the spear!
Such living likenesses were never since
drawn. Sublime sorrow, sublime recon
heart of mankind; 80 soft and great; as the
ummer night, as the world with its seas and
-tars, There Is nothing written, I think, in
he Bible or out OF IL Of equal literary merit
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