The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1882-12-09


: and prisms, you may be able to re,
t through brick, or soc what is q,
ing on behind you in an oper
7 glass; tho head ola man may |
] transformed INTO that of cali
] lion, a tiger, a bear, or any 9th,
; animal tho figure and face Of
human being may be shortene,
essus"tod, fat;cacd, expanded, an
distorted and twisted Into the mo.
grotesqae and horrible shapes. TIL
magle.Iantern has been used I.
evoke phaatoms and spoelres, and
sometimes the performer has beer
charged with being IN oolIusior
with supernatural agents, as wa,
The case with a Mr. Robertson, who
once hltod ur an old chapel in a
iorsaken Caplehia convent, winch
he hung with black and feebIy ilIn.
minated by single dim, sepuIchrsl
amp The audience having assem-.
Died, this lamp was suddenly extin.
glIshed, when deep-toned hollis be.
gan to toll as ifthey were calling
Tho dead from thoir graves, and tho
winds whistIed and sighed and
groaned, and the wild dashing of
yam and the roll Of thunder over
lead, and then IN tho midst of the
talck darkness, a luminous point
appeared, growing larger and
assuming at last the form
81 hobespeplerre, or some other
iohspieuous actor in tho French
revolution who rushed upon the
pectators, until he almost seemed
o touch Thorn, and at that instant a
isht=bolt struck him and he vanish.
I'd.
l 'orn now to a more practical
art OF my subject. A great anal-
ute a large proportion OF men are
Of distinguishing certain
olors, moro particularly green and
cd. A Quaker gentleman by the
.ame of Dalton, the discoversr OF
What is known as "the atomic theo.
y" had his attention called to this
ubioct by finding that while he
himself to be walking
bout clothed in orthodox drab, he
vas actually decked out IN bril-
liant SUIT of scarlet. a Plymouth
allor, who was affected by color
without knowing it,
patched 2 black silk waistcoat with
d pioco Of crimson and another
man in bis profession, afflicted IN the
same way, put a red cloth collar on
a blue coat. An English naval Of
fcer chose a blue coat and waistcoat,
and rcd trousers, supposing that he
had adopted the regulation uniform
| lately heard physician say that
he found out his inability 10 dlstin'
guish certain colors in early life,
when he heard the boys speak OF
the red apple among the green
leaves, the apples and tho leaves
appearing to be of the same hue.
When this color-blindness exists
in ITS most extrome form every
thing assumes grayish tint, vary
ing, however, in intensity; but,
IN most cases, the main difficulty
consista in not being able to distin-
guish green and red. AS these are
the two oolors always used as sig
nails both of sea and on land, IT is o
( the utmost importance that ship OF
ficers and railway officials shouIl
have a perfectly accurate vision
and they arc now generally subject
cd to a series Of rigid tests in orde
to fnd out whether this is 80 or not
1T is currently believed that tn
vile de HARE was lost because c
the color-blindness Of the pilot, an
many other accidents are undoubI
edly to be attributed to tho sam
cause. In several foreign countrleI
and IN some Of our own States, tn
laws are very strict on this subJec
/ and no student can be admitted
. the public naval and mil'tar
Z schools whose vision - defective
. the matter Of color. 1t is hit
! remarkable that the proportion
d women subject TO color-bIIndnoss
O very small as compared with tt
. number Of men, and this 's base
C upon the examination OF millions
d persons in various quarters OF Il
ID world.
C So that seeing is not always
sufficient cause for believing, al
10 the old proverb, "Eyery ono mt
j. believe his own eyes" Ia not in
IF cases true. Some people imagi