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The Eye.

The eye is a remarkable organize
markable for its powers Of endurance
for its toughness, since only a violent
blow, even with hammer, can crush
it, as any one may know by an expert.
ment on the eye of dead animal, as
an OK. Its Importance is indicated by
the manifest care in the protection Of
it, lying. as it does, on a soft bed of fat
in cavity, with so many bony projec-
tions around it that an injury from
an Ordinary blow, as from flat club,
would be very unusual. The brows
and the fringe of the lids do much to
prevent dust and perspiration from
reaching them, while supply of tears
from agland above the eye, about three
fourths of an inch long, with from
eight to twelve duets leading to the
ball, serve not only to moisten, and in
a certain sense to nourish that organ,
but to wash away whatever dust may,
by chance, get upon the ball. Then
tears flow in such a manner us to
reach the whole ball, and then flow
toward the inner angle, at which
point duct passes the whole down
into the cavity of the nose. The fire.
quent and imperceptible winking,
generally without any design on our
part, lubricating or moistening the
ball by the spreading of this eyewater,
the best in Use, this being the more
frequent as the occasion for it is mani
fest-a curative process. The nearest
approach to this tear wash is made
from the pith of the sassafras, dis
solved in rose-water, wetting the balls
often.
II one would preserve the sight of
the eye, keep the ball free from in
tlammation. 1t is needful not to rub
the eye harshly at any time; never to
subject it to dazzling or too bright
light; the gas being as bal as any, or
at twilight, particularly at night; not
to look too int Cntly or too continuous
ly on black cloth or the like, always to
discontinue labor or their use Just as
soon as pain warns, and as much
sooner as possible. We may see with
out effort, 'letting them see,' not COM
pelling them to see by effort, by strain
ing the sight, since little observation
will teach one that his compulsory
sight is specially taxing. Even weak
eyes, not reddened too much by theu
of carboniferous drinks or food, will
do much labor if often rested, avoid
ing pain, which is the warning to
StOn.
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Under the Hatband.

Gentlemen should never fail to in
vestigatc beneath the sweat bands of
their new hats. These bands are
stitched in by girls, and it has come to
be quite common thing for them to
either write their name and address on
the inside of the band, or 10 write it,
sometimes including little note, upon
a slip of paper stitched in. If gin
is of an aspiring nature she honors
only the most expensive hats with her
name; but oftentimes the name of a
don't-care girl may be found in the
plainest kind of a felt s'oucb. 1t is
authoratively stated that several good
matches have been cemented upon the
basis of n hatband Wd'fbtTI
Amsrtccn.
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Elenilant,S MILK.

The composition of elephants milk,
according to the analysis of DIR. Ques-
neville, in the No uteE Scienttfq,te.
is similar to that of cream, but its
consistency is different. Its odor and
taste are very agreeable, and the taste
is superior t. that of most other kinds
of milk. II is about equal to cows
milk in quality. In view of these
facts, La Nature, of Paris, does not
despair of seeing the day when an ad-
venturous speculator shall bring a
troop of elephants to be driven through
The streets of the city as goats are now
driven, to furnish each I, ner with
his cup of milk direct 'front.' teat.
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The Prevention Of Insanity.

DR.. Nathan Allen, of Lowell, Mass,
in a pamphlet on the subject, calls at
tention to the prevention of insanity
as a question which, although much
negle ted, is at least quite as important
as that of the cure of insanity. The
disease is very largely dependent on
physical and sanitary conditions, and
these should be studied out and brought
within such regulation as will prevent
its development. Since, according to
the late Sir James Coke, insanity
originates iE some form of disease or
in a deterioration of the body rather
than in an exclusive affection Of the
nervous system, its growth should be
checked by a general diffusion of the
knowledge of the laws of the human
organism and the use of all means
necessary for the preservation of good
health. So far Is insanity is heredi-
tary, its transmission should be pre-
vented by avoiding marriage with
persons predisposel to it. ltshould be
the aim of the medical profession TO
become so well acquainted with the
diseases of the nervous sy, tenn and the
brain that they coull dete' the first
symptoms of distur, ed or deranged
states of mind. so as to be able to treat
them understandngly, and, in al
probability, In many cases successfully.
Popular Scienc3 Monthly.
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There's Whera lie Had Her.

"Two hundred dollars for making
plain dress?" he yelled, as he saw the
bill-"I'll never pay itl'
"You have been very stingy with
me for the last year." she replied.
"You are extravagant p
mo more than you are"
"Pll never pay this billp
"You must"
"Never |"
"Then I'll pawn my diamonds and
pay it myselfs.
"Ha -
"Yes, ha !"
lie goe, out chuckling. He knows
her to lie woman of her word, and
he is wondering how she will feel as
the pawnbroker politely hands them
back, with the observation:
"We never advance money on the
paste article r. Wall Street NetOS.
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he never knew what he had done, and
l think it would be real mean to tell
him. He won't be at the slugging
match. That remark about taking up
a collection settled the deacon. |
must 90 down to the stable now and
help grease a hack, so you will have to
excuse me. If pa comes here looking
for me, tell him you heard Twas going
to drive picnic party out to Wau-
kesha, and may not be back in week.
BY that time pa will get over that
Bohemian serenade," and the boy filled
his pistol pocket with dried apples and
went out and hung a sign in front Of
the grocery, Strawberries two shillin
a smell, and one smell is enuff. &c.
W. Peck.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A plucky Undressing fowls.

A plucky Undressing fowls.
The gossip is like bicycle, in that
she is exceedingly liable to run person
down.
Now is the time to lend your skates
to your poor neighbor. 1t will show
your generosity.
The New Orleans Picayu,,e raises
the question whether a goat oan be
relied upon in court as an evidence in
rebuttal.
The most difficult arithmetic that
man has to face is when lie tries to re-
concile 500 salary with a $50 wife
Puck.
"Let every man add a good name to
his other capital quoted the forger
when he fixed up a ten thousand-dol!ar
check.-Dranmer.
Women do not marry for love, or
money, or dry goods. They marry in
hope that they may have spring house
cleaning to dc. do.-CourieT-J0uln1l.
Doctors are generous men. Who
ever knew of doctor rushing out to
chase away boys who were taking
fruit from his trees ?-Someroilh
Journal.
To throw stone at a neighbor's
chickens. and have it fly through plate
glass windows, entities man to the
credit of being crack shot, Waterlo9
OjSerrer.
We often hear the expression that
"the fire has gonA out" And it is
said that in some of our large places
you can actually see the fire escape
liberation Indfpendent.
"a little too much repose about the
mouth for it to be natural" was the
remark of a husband to a West End
photographer who had taken his wife's
photograph. -Bos'on Post.
A little boy tonished his compan
ions the other day by telling them
that he had "a spanking team at
his house." An excited crowd of boys
had walked nearly home with him,
when one of them asked: "What dye
call emp" "Pa and ma was the re-
ply.--Ha,ckeye
The hair of girl employed in an
Eastern cotton mill was caught in the
machinery, torn off her head and
ground into bits. But the girl didn't
mind it much. She kept right on at
her work, simply remarkiny that it
only cost her 81, anyhow. This is one
of the advantages of art over nature.
And now the small boy unravels the
ancient stocking to secure yarn with
which to make a baseball. And when
he has the ball made, he cuts the leg
off one of his fathers boots to make
cover of and when the parent dis
covers the liberty taken with his boot,
the small boy wishes he had used it as
lining for his trouserS.-PUck
A fashion" item says: II &C. :.
enge shape is the most fashionable
for pills, which should be coated with
silver, and look very inviting" This
appears to be new departure in fash
ion intelligence, and next it will be in
order to describe whether the new
shape in porous plasters is octagon or
oblong, and if they are trimmed with
gimp braid or guipure lace; and we
may be told that the most fashionable
tints in castor oil are terra Gotta and
fawn color; and that liver-pads are cut
in the form of heart, with scalloped
edges, and lined with ciel blue satin.-
NorriSto,cn Herald.
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RALEIGH, n c., THURSDAY, MAY II, 1888.
He stopped short, impelled by the

He stopped short. impelled by th
hurried gesture of the old man
hand.
Somebody's here p said he, peer
ing through the seml-darkness
"Well, why couldn't you say so ? VIII
is it? The old hag downstairs, or
ut is l, Mr.. Fitz Arragon," sait
Octavia quietly advancing" Octavi;
Glenn"
"Oh, 1 beg thousand pardons ?
said Mr.. Ferrigan Fitz Arragon, hur.
riedly assuming his company" man
ners. "If / could have imagined thai
such an honor as this was in store fol
me"
II don't know what you mean by
such honors," said Octavia, bluntly
II am working girl ; you are a book
binder. We have neither of us any
reason to be ashamed of our calling
yet l see no necessity for fine language
and stilted titles. Your poor old father
is very i'll, and seems to be in need Of
the commonest necessities of life
Suppose you sell your diamond ring
and help him?"
That was the end of Mr.. Fit7
Arragon's pretensiOns He never
came back to the country solitudes
again, to Fernando Glenn's bitter dis.
appointment.
But how could he face them all,
after it was discovered that his author.
ship" of "Stray Leaves" and Float
ing Fancies" was confined only to
putting the covers on the same, and
that the real author was stout, short,
old gentleman in spectacles, and that
even hi, name was fabrication of his
own ingenious brain?
Old Mr.. Ferrigan died. Perhaps, as
lie himself had hinted, it was the best
and wisest thing he could do.
But Octavia Glenn's kindness and
watchful care soothel his last hours,
and she had the satisfaction of getting
the price Of a decent funeral out Of
the ambitious son.
"A jay in borrowed plumage!" she
thought. II never despised any one
50 much in my life r
And when Fernando bewailed her
deluson, old Grandfather Glenn only
smiled and said:
Didn't ] tell you that he was only
electro. plated?'
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The Law Of Mistakes.

| Inc Inv vi MlStdkeSs
The source of almost every lawsuit
is to be found in mistakes. These ars
of two mistakes of fact an
mistakes of law. Experience hs
proved that the ablest men sometime:
make blunders, and the law has de
cided that a real mistake of fact in al
important part of a contract will ex
cuse the party mistaken from per.
forming his part of the agreement.
For instance: A man made con.
tract with one ice company and refused
to deal with another. When the bill
was presented he found that the latter
company had supplied his ice. He re-
fused to pay the bill and it was de-
cided that the mistake freed him from
liability.
A horse was sold by trader and
paid for on the spot. While the trade
was going on the horse died. The
buyer brought suit for the money paid,
and it was decided it should be paid
back, since both parties had made a
mistake of fact in supposing the
horse to be alive when the trade was
ended.
If farmer intending to sell hay
sells oats by mistake insteal, he may
refuse to deliver the oats on that
ground. 1t sometimes happens that a
bill is paid by mistake with counter
felt bank notes. In such a case the
payment is void and the receipt taken
is worthless.
A mistake in the quality of the
thing bargaincd for is no ground for
breaking an agreement. If man
buys cheap thing, with the idea
that it will serve his purpose as well
as a more expansive articl he cannot,
because he was mistaken, send it back
and recover the money paid.
A mistake of law l. no ground for
refusing to carry out contract. This
rule is founded on the old maxim, Ig-
norance of the law doth not excuse
And every man is supposed to know
the law of the land he lives in.
Suppose a debtor gives his note,
promising to pay sum of money with
lawful interest, thinking that the legal
rate is seven per cent. If ten per cent.
is the legal interest, his ignorance OF
the fact will not excuse him from pay
ing the ten per cent.
When well known legal words are
used in contract, with n mistaken
idea of their legal meaning, they are
in their legal sense, upon the
person using them.
If land is decided to a man and to
his heirs, he receives the estate abso-
lutely, although both parties intended
that he should only have the estate
during his own life.
Some mistakes of law put an end to
agreements on the ground that they
are rather mistakes of fact than OF
law. An executor of a will pays
money to a person whom he thinks is
an heir. IL the supposed heir be an
the money can be recov-
cred. If, under a complicated will, a
person buys rights which are his al
ready, he may get back what he paid
for them.
Mistakes of law in civil cases only
cost money; but mistakes of the Grim
nal law have more serious effects, in
,he loss of responsibility and reputa-
ion. Here the plea of Ignorance of
he law will not be accepted. A GRIM
nal must suffer the penalty of his
Iced, though he thought it lawful
when he committed it.
Formerly an outlaw might be slain
,y anybody; but if private person
should now kill an outlaw, with an
dea that he had right to do so, 1t
would be punishable as murder
Youths Companion.
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UNDER FALSE COLORS.

"a literary man, eh?' said Octavi'
Glenn. "Author of STRAY Leaves
and Floating Fancies r Then why il
the name of all the muses. and graces
isn't he about his work."
Little Fernando drew herself W
with some excitement.
"He is having his spring vacation,
said she. "He is resting his over
wearied brain little, before the public
shall become clamorous for more
writings from his pen."
"Oh |" said Octavia.
YES" nodded her younger sister
"And, oh, Octavia, you can't think
how charming he is l have always
sighed to know an author. And heisn't
bit conceited ,r set upl"
"Isn't he?"
"Not particle. He has written
his autograph in my album, and given
me copy of Floating Fancies.' And
Mary Martinez is quite wild about
him. And, Octy-"
"Well?"
"Please don't say anything about
the store" coaxed Fernando. 81 have
given him to understand that You are
taking course of lessons in music and
thorough bass. Itisn't gentecl 70 be a
shop-girl, you know. and"
"Hoity toity |" said Octavia, with a
tess of her really handsome head
"This is a pretty state of things and
all about man who writes bolks.
Isn't it just genteel for me to sell
buttons and co'ogne and lace barbes
as 1t is for him to sell his writings?
And haven't l right to earn my own
living in any way that l choose?
Fernando, 1 didn't think you were such
goose"
He is very particular about such
things" said Fernando. He didn't
want an introduction to Melissa Plumb
after he heard that she worked in the
factory"
"More fool her said Octayia,
crisply.
"He is a gentleman, you know"
pleaded Fernando.
"Pshaw |" said Octavia.
"Octy's right 0cty's right, my
dear" said old Grandfather Glenn, who
had been sitting ostill in his armchair
near by that neither of the girls sup
posed that the subject of their dis
course was known to him. "a true
gentleman honors the woman as earns
her own bread. There's a deal of
electroplate in this world, and some of
1t is laid on SO skillful you can't dis
tiDguish it from roal silver. But the
silver's silver for all that, and the
others only humbugl"
Having uttered which oracular SEN
tences old Mr.. Glenn once more re-
lapsed into silence.
"Grandpa is so queer" said Fer
nanda, with an injured expression of
countenance. "But you'll promise me,
won't you, dearp"
But 0ctavia only laughed, and went
out into the kitchen to see if the bread
was light enough for the oven.
Mr.. Fitz Arragon was certainly
rather handsome He was dressed |
very elegantly, also; he wore what |
was either diamond or a very ex-
cellent imitation of one on his finger,
and his cravats were simply superb. |
He looked at 0ctavia Glenn with some
interest when they were introduced.
"You are fond of musicT he said,
in that soft, insinuating way which |
Fernando found so irresistible.
81 don't object to 1t, said 0ctayia,
bluntly.
"Its a divine gift" said Mr.. Fitz
Arragon. MAY l ask II you are TAX
ing lessons from Ferrani or Agra
Uonte?"
Neither one Of EN-" said 0ctayia.
And at that juncture Fernando
hurried the literary man away to look
at beautiful cluster of trailing ar
butus which some one had Just
brought in from the woods.
There's no telling what 0cty
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VOL. III.
THE MODEL AMERICAN GIRL,
A practical, plain young girl;
Not-afraid-of-the- rain young girl;

A practical, plain young girl;
Not-afraid-of-the-rain young girl;
Apoetical posy,
A ruddy and rosy,
A HELPER self young girl.
Athome-in-her-p place young girl;
A never-will-lac, young girl;
A toiler serene,
A life pure aud clean,
A princess -of-peace young girl;
A wear-her-own-hair young girl;
A free-from-a-stare young girl;
Improves every hour,
No sickly sunHower,
A wealth-of- rare-sense young girl.
Plenty-room-in-h her-shoes young girl;
No Undergraduates young girl;
Not bang on her brow,
To fraud not bow,
She's just-what- she-seems young girl.
Not reader-of trash young girl;
Nota cheap jewel-fash young girl;
Not slipper of rum,
Not chewer of gum,
A marvel -of-sense young girl.
An early-retiring young girl;
An active, aspiring young girl;
Amorning ariser,
A dandy despiser,
A progressive American girl.
A lover-o prose young girl;
Not turn-up -your-nose young girl;
Not given to splutter,
Not "utterly utter,"
But a matter-of- fact young girl.
A rightly ambitious young girl;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. young girl;
Asparkling clear eye,
That says, ~ will try"
A sure-to-succeed young girl.
An honestly -courting young girl;
A never-seen-hirting young girl;
A quite and pure,
A modest demure,
A fit-for-a-wife young girl
Asought-everywhere young girl;
A future-most-fair young girl;
An ever discreet,
We too seldom meet
This queen-among-queens young girl.
Virgil A. Pinkley, in Cincinnati Enquirer
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Statistics of the internal revenue de-
partment given for the year 1881: &c.
000,O 900 gallons Of beer drank in this
country and Great Britain and Ire
land, and the whole continent of Eu.
rope, 780,000,000.
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NO. IL.
A APERSIAN sERENADE-

Fark as the twilight pa,s
Tenderly glows,
fIark how the nightingale
Wakes from repose
Only when, sparkling high
Stars fill the darkling sky,
Unto the nightingale
Listens the rose.
Here whore the fountain tide
Murmuring flows,
Airs from the mountain side
Fan thy repose.
Eyes of thine glistening,
Look on me, listening;
/ am thy nightingale,
Thou art my rose.
Sweeter the strain he weaves,
Fainter it flows
Now, as her balmy leaves
Blushingly close.
Better than minstrelsy,
Lips that meet kissingly
Silence thy nightingale
Kiss me, my rose!
-Bayard Taylor (hitherto unpublished).
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There are 4ls,957 railroad employees
in the United States, and they earn
annually about Sl00GnnH H1
Iron County register., 1883-05-03
Matrimonial TribuIatiOns.

A good deal of matrimonial tribulation
was brought to light in the last census
returns. Several husbands returned
their wives as the heads of the families,
and one described himself as an idiot
for having marriedh his literal better half.
Married, and Pm heartily sorry for
it, was returned in two cases. and in
quite number of instances Temper"
was entered under the head of in firm:ties
opposite the name OF the wife. Confes-
sions of this sort, besides being, as we
have already limited, somewhat indis-
Greet, are often also decidedly super
erogatory, for coniugal dissensions.
like murder, will out, and that some
times in the most provoking and un-
timely manner. Take an illustration.
At a recent fashionable wedding. after
the departure OF, the happy pair, a dear
little girl, whose papa and mamma
wera among the guests, asked, with a
child innocent inquisitiveness: why
do they throw things at the pretty lady
in the earriage?' '.For luck, DEAR
replied one OF the bridesmaids. '.And
why again asked the child, doesn't
she throw them back?" oh said
the young lady, "'that would be rude
NO it wouldn' ts''N persisted the dear
little thing. to the delight of her dotIng
parents, who stood by, INA does. -
Chambers Journal.
Iron County register., 1883-05-03
Cataract Of the Eye.
l'G BE CONTINUED.

The front portion of the eve is filled
with transparent watery fluid Gale
the aqueous; the large back part of the
eye with transparent geiatinous fluid.
and is called the vitreouS. Between the
two is the crystalline lens, by which.
mainly, the rays OF light that enter the
eye are centred upon a thin membrane,
called the ret ma, there forming the mi
mute image of everything seen.
This crystalline lens ic liable to be-
come more or less cloudy. thus wholly.
or partially. preventing the passage of
light through it. This is cataract.
The opacity-or inability. to allow
light to pass through it-may be in the
nucleus, or central portion, or may, for
time at least. be in the outer portion.
called the corter. 1t is sometimes caused
by blows; sometimes by Inflammation
extending to it from other parts of the
eye: but in most cases it is impossible to
detect any exciting cause.
One form Of it tends to develop main
ly somewhat late in life. The opacity
may increase very slowly, or at a more
rapid rate, butstill gradually; or slowly
for long time. and then with great
rapiditv. ending within few days in
total blindness. q. A cataract in one eye
may be expected sooner or later to
manifest itself in the other.
Many persons allow themselves to be
blind for the rest of their lives, not
knowing that good, serviceable sight
might probably be theirs. BY the i'm
proved methods of the present day the
oculist succeeds in restoring the sight in
nine cases out of ten. the final success
depending on the patients general
health, favorable surroundings, and the
faithIulness with which instructions are
followed during subsequent treatment.
No matter how old the person is, pro-
vided his health and his eyes in o;her
respects are N good condition.
1t is important that the opacity be
brought to the oculist's attention early.
YOUTHS Companion.