The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-02-22
For THE HERALD.
New York Letter.
AsroR HOUSE, NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 'ss.

DEAR HERALD:-Surely this is "a very
gay world for 10 live in, for 10 spend or to
lend or to give in" New York is 9. world in
itself, only on a small scale. To country
lad like myself. it is full of charms, "wlse
saws and modern instances" 1t is worth
any mans hard-earned money to see-for to
see is to believe-the sights. One catches 1t
anyway, if he should perchance call for
what his heart most yearns for. Take the
table d'hote for instance: the menu at a first
class stopping house, tenderloin steak, S1.25;
cup coffee, IS cents; boiled eggs, 25 cents,
etc. Would you think poor mans money
lasts long at that rate? Upon careful re-
view of The case by you, the negative OF the
question would lack for no support on your
part. Rooms from so cts. to $500 per diem!
That takes all man can make in week
down South It is worth enjoying, however,
once upon time, provided you sandwich 1t
with an occasional visit home, where our
shog and hominy" costs less, if it IS not so
good.
Your correspondent halted at this place
night before last in the "wee sma' hours
ayant the twal." 'All aboard" rcsounding
from The stentorian voice ofthe burly brakes
man al Baltimore means Passengers, chanse
cars" You are ut New Jersey Ferry after
brisk ride of few hours, during which speed
approximates sixty miles an hour. Cross
the ferry where polite hackmen are prepared
to conduct you to your hotel, if not beyond
eight or Ten blocks, for 81 so. Then comes
hustle, fuss and feathers, steam elevators, ana
the whole train of other things that are
always on the programme. Wentout yesier-
day 10 Brooklyn Tabernacle and heard ial.
mage. Cross Fulton Ferry, and by line OF
street cars you soon reach the "holy gaze.
En- route, there are here and there occur
renceS that absorb ones thoughts and attract
ones attention. People rush with an air OF
anxiety and impatience That Is enough 10
take your breath away-all but. There 10
no regard for The amenities that Southern
man so ScrnpulouSly observes. You can
tell men from the South as soon aS you meet
them. They are more modest in their per-
cgrinstion, and move with apparently less
disturbance. Ut is said in fact that they arc
getting SO fast in New York that the business
people dom, care to work over FIVE beurS daily
A heavy snow storm, Saturday, The l0th,
covers the ground with hoary covering, deep
enough TO give man burial position. On
all sides men are shoveling the snow and ice
from the paTements, and the snow brigadels
reinforced by the characteristic street gam
ins and newsboys of New York, who pelt the
passcrs-by with sno~-ballS. The people
move, however, despite the frigidness OF the
situation. The East river presents beautL
full appearance, the iugboais, the ferryooats.
the shipping vessels all alike have donned
a covering Of white. and the ship hands
busily apply themselves towards diSposing OF
it where Objectionable.
Now and then sleigh is seen, with oc.
cupants all clad witt: furs and muff and
arctics. They seem to enjoy the sport and
guess they do We'll, we reach the Taber-
nacle, where we are politely uShered TO the
gallery and given comfortable position,
from which 70 luke in the situation. AS we
enter hymn is given out, and the orchestra
tunes up, the congregation rise and all join
in who have books and voices. "Hold 'he
Fort" being popular mir, there is no lack
of accompaniment. Talmage soon after
rises and gives his text in squeaking voice
something like that of bov who approaches
maturity; 9Th Psalm of David, Part Of the
9th verse, ole that formed the eve, shall he
not see." The burden Of the effort was TO
show Gods majesty and power from the
creation of the eye, which he described as the
"Imperial organ of the human system. ="
The eve is mentioned 634 times the Bible.
For instance Divine care as the apple of the
eve. Pride as "Ohi how lofty are thine eyes. !"
Inattentiop, Fools eyes the end OF the
earth;" suddenness, "in the twinkling of an
eye the last trumpet shall sound" &c. DR..
Talmage said it has been a wonder to him
for the past thirty years that some optician
does not deliver a series of lectures through
the country. displaying upon large canvass
all the ingenious parts and mechanism of
that great organ, to show the wonderful
abilities of the eye. in common parlance re-
jecting all medical nomenclature. Gods
wisdom was so great that he iIlumined the
world before be created man and gave him
his eyesight. After the human eye is no
longer 10 be profited By their shining, the
chandeliers of heaven are to be turned out ="
God honorel the eyes bg making roof for
them-the eye brows which reach to The right
and left so that the sweat from toll would trick
le to the one or the other side, thus protecting
that organ which is of SO great value TO the
human being. There are eight hundred
contrivances 70 every eye, which opens and
closes daily so often. ItS ability to reject or
to receive. Within, the pupil dilating or
contracting at pleasure; its ability TO SEE by
day or night, showing its superiority. One
muscle 10 lift the eye. and one 10 lower. The
retiDa gamboing in The rays Of light. What
q delicate lensl What an exquisite screen!
What wonderful chemistry Of the human
eve! A contrivance so very wonderful that il
it can see the sun ninety.fve millions Of miles
away and vet the point ofa prn. The asronH-
mer moves his telescope nnti'itis prepared 10
do It's work, but the human eve Is al"ayS "r-
ranged to take in every situation. rs ny coup
d'oel. 1t is a wonderful chamera obScuEa. SO
delicate and YET a K2h. coming 93 millions OF
miles is obliged to halt al the gate OF the
eye, till the portculiis Is lifted. There IS also
a merciful arrangement Of the tear glands;
the tear not an augmentation of sorrow, but
breaking up of the frigid streams Of an
suish in the warm gull-sireams Of consola-
ton. Oh! the wonderful hydraulic apparatus
of the human eye! The tongne is clumsy
instrument compared with it. II can twinkle
in an instant with merriment and the next
fire with Indignation. If the eye says one
thing and the It's another, you believe the
eye. Geo. Whitfield attracts a vast gather
ing, though his eyes nre afflicted with sira-
bismus Martin Luther turned his eve upon
his would be murderer and the assassin quail
cd and fed. The Emperor Airan PIT oui
The eye of y servant though accident and as
expia:ion for the ipjurr, he proffered Vast
sums Of money, but the servant, refusing,
said, "Oh! Emperor, | want nothing but my
lost eve" Alas for those who have been
deprived Of their sight.
Ask the man who has not seen the light for
twenty years who wo-id like TO see once
moro the face of dearly loycd one. A.ka
Bar,imcuS who has MOI seen q Christ, or u
man who was born blind and is 10 die blind,
aud you will then be told lis value. Sir Cbas.
Bell, the British surgeon, was invited TO write
an article aS a contribution 10 the Bridge
water treatise aud he wrote OH The human
hand, an article that will last forever. and
vet how much more valuable the eye. Shall
Herschal not know as much as his telescope
or DR.. Hook IS his chron0mctcr?
'Hc that formed the eye shall he not sec %
Wonderful as is this part of the hnnan
organism, it is nothing compared with the
all.scalchng. overpowering eye OF God. All
the stars Of the heavens are aS;criskS. What
q stupcndous thing to live; what stnpen-
dous thing 10 die! an advocate took up two
lamps and pl.cirg it before the accused,
and placing him under its full glare said,
"May it please the Cnu,t and gentlemen of
the Jury, behold the murderer and rhe man
succumbed under the full light that biazed
upon him and confessed bis guilt. If You
can see the point Of needle, do you not
think that God possesses that power. Don't
Won think that God has as good an eycsight