The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-02
GM Star
DIfFEKENUES IN SEEING
POWER.
Longman's Magazine.

Longmar's Magazine.
II Is Possible that Sinh. d,Go.
ehces may exist ia the see,,r
els "l different nailons, due ~ Nv.
elletl OF ply steal conditions ,
the miiabIlahts OF mounIa '""s
districts and ol dry, elevalpGt'|uo
lands may have a better sinLl ' i%"'
dwelielS IN low, humid and la""i
regions, although Just The ,ersrsa
may De the case. Among Eurnn.
an nations The Germans ar,. .a,p
ally suppoS ed to have weak 4va.
"Wlng' some Imagine, 10 tbeIrev
cesslre indulgence in toLa.m,
while others attribute The Sunn"so5
decay to The form Of type used /"
heir books, which requires close
looking than ours in reading. TIA,
lhey Will deteriorale still fnrlher
in this direction, and from heinz
specialized people become a LIND
one, to The Joy Of their enemies Ia
not likely TO happen, ana probable
The decadence has been a great
deal exaggerated. ANIMALS LYING
III darkness become near.sirhleG
and then nearer-sIghltd sill. and
80 ON progressively until the van.
lshlhg point Is reached. In a com.
muhliy or nation IA similar decline
Il light begin from much reading nj
German books, or perpetual sIno.
KING OF pipes with big china bowls.
or nom some other, unknown
cause; bul The decay could moi
progress far, because there is moth.
ing IN mlan to take the place Of
sight AS there is IN the blind cave
rata.and fishes and insects. And if
We could survey man from Chi.
ma 10 Peru with all The scientific
appliances which arJ brought 10
bear on boarding school children
IN London, and on the nation zen.
orally, The differences in the DOW.
ers Of vision IN the various races.
nations and tribes wonld probably
appear very insignificant. The mis-.
take which eye specialists and wri.
tiers on The eye make is that they
think too much about The eve.
When they affirm that the condi.
tiUns of our civilization are highly
injurious to The sight, do they
mean all the million conditions or
sets OF conditions, embraced by
our system, with the infinite vari.
ETY. of occupations and modes of
living which men have, from The
lighlhouse-keeper 10 the worker
underground, whose day is the dim
glimmer Of IA miners lamp? IAN
organ exercised beyond IT'S wont
will grow. and thus meet increase
OF demand by increase OF supply
Herbert Spencer says; but, he
adds, thereI l. a limit SO0n REACHED,
beyond which il is impossible to go.
This increase OF demand with uSs
everywhere-nOw on tins organ
and now on that, according TO our
, work and way of life, and the eye
| is in no worse case than The other
organs. There are among US many
cases OF heart complaint; ciylllza'
ton, in such cases, has put too
great a strain on that organ, andlt
has reached The limit beyond which
1t cannot 90. And so with The eye
! The total number of The defective
among MS in no doubt very large,
for we know that our systemO l
lie retards-it cannot etleclnally
prevent-lhe healthy action Oh na'
Iurai selection. Nature pulls one
way and we pull the other, com
passionately trying 10 save the uo'
i'll from The consequences Of lhet
%unflncss. The human instinct
cOmpels us; but the cruel instinct
: of the savage, who hates The SICK
and the uu1t asthe inferior animals
do, is less painful 10 contemplate
than the mistakes or perver'ea
compassion winch seeks TO perpe',
uale uniitness, and III the inleTe''
of suffering individuals inllleiS
lasting injury on the race. llsd
beautiful and sacred thing TO hiln'
IS lister 10 the blind and 10 lead lhenl,
but a horrible thing 10 enconrasV
Re them TO marry and tranSml, Jus
:. miserable blind condition 10 lnel'
rs rs poslerily. Yet this is very CON-
mon.