The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-09-21

lection as to what shall he admitted.
saying to the dust, stay out" and
saying to the light, Come In" For
inside curtains, the iris, or pupil, OF the
eye, according as the light is greater
or less, contracting or dilating Inc
eye of the owl Is blind In the daytime,
the eyes of some creatures are blind at
night. but the human eye. so marvel
ously constructed, can see both by day
and by night Many OF the other
creatures of God can move the
eye only from side to side, but
the human eye is marvelously con-
structed has one muscle to lift the
eye. and another muscle to lower the
eye, and another muscle to roll 1t to
the right. and another muscle TO roll
it to the left, and another muscle pass
ing through pulley to turn 1T round
and round-an elaborate gearing OF
six muscles as perfect as God could
make them. There also is the retina,
gathering the rays of light and pass
ing the visual impression along the
optic nerve, about the thickness OF the
1ampwick--passing the visual impress
sion on to the sensorium, and on into
the soul. What a delicate lens, what
an exquisite screen, what soft cush-
ions, what wonderful chemistry OF
the human eye! The eye washed
by a slow stream of moisture,
whether we sleep or wake, roll
ing imperceptibly over the pebble
of the eye and complying into bone OF
the nostril. A continuance SO wonder
full that it can see the sun, ninety-hve
million miles away, and the point OF
pin. Telescope and microscope In
the same continuance. The astronomer
swings and moves this way and that,
and adjusts and readjusts the telescope
until he gets it to the right focus; the
microscopic moves this way and that.
and adjusts and readiusts the magni-
flying glass until it is prepared to do
its work; but the human eye, without
a torch, beholds the star and the
smallest insect. The traveller among
the Alps. with one glance taking In
Mont Blanc and the face of his watch
| to see whether he has time to climb 1t.
Oh! this wonderful camera obscura
which YOU and carry about with us,
so to-day we can take in our friends,
so from the top of Mount Washington
we can take in New England, so at
night we can sweep into our vision
the consultations from horizon to
horizon. So delicate, SO semi-infinite,
and yet the light coming ninety five
million miles at the rate OF two hun
dred thousand miles a second is obliged
to halt at the gate of the eye, wait
| ing for admission until the portcullis
be lifted. Something hurled ninety
five million miles and striking an IL
| strument which has not the agita-
ton of even winking under the
power of the stroke. There, also
Is the merciful arrangement Of
the tear gland, by which thu eye
is washed. and from which rolls the
tide which brings the relief that comes
in tears when some bereavement OF
great loss strikes us. The tear not al
augmentation of sorrow, but thu
breaking up of the arctic OF frozer
grief in the warm gulf stream OF con
ISOLATION. Incapacity to weep in mad
+ ness III.
/ glands, and that the crystal gates arr
SO easily opened Oh! the wonderful
hydraulic apparatus OF the human eye
Divinely constructed vision! Tw'
light houses at the harbor of the inn
mortal soul, under the shining o
which the world sails in and drops an
!, Choir. What an anthem of praise to Coz
is the human eye! The tongue /
speechless and clumsy instrument o
expression as compared with it. Hav
! YOU not seen it flash with Indignation
or kindle with enthusiasm, or expant
with devotion, or melt with sympathy
, or stare with fright, or leer with vii
|, liany, or droop with sadness, or pal
with envy, or fire with revenge, o
{ twinkle with mirth, or beam wit
, love? 1t is tragedy and comedy an
: pastoral and lyric in turn Have yo
| not seen its uplifted brow of surprise
, or its frown of wrath, or its contrae
{ ton of pain? If the eye say on
| thing and the lips say anothe
: thing, you believe the eye rather tina
. the lips. The eyes of Archibald Ale,
: ander and Charles G. Finney were tn
5 mightiest part of their sermon
: George Whitefeld enthralled great al
I semblages with his eyes, though the
t were crippled with strabismus. Man
/ a military chieftain has with loo
! hurled regiment to victory or
death. Martin Luther turned his gres
e eve on an assassin who came to TAX
$ his life, and the villain fed. Unde
}: the glance of the human eye, the tige
], with five times a mans strength
q snarls back into the African jul
!. gle. But those best appreciate I'll
}, value of the eye who have lost it. III
> Emperor Adrian by accident put o.
e the eye of his servant, and he said
IS his servant: what shall pay you i
@ money or in lands? Anything you a.
r. me; am so sorry put your eye out
NJ But the servant refused to put al
l. financial estimate on. the value OF Il
d eve, and when the emperor urged NJ
d urged again the matter, he said: "Ol
,e emperor, 1 want nothing but my 10
a eve." Alas for those for whom
,r thick and impenetrable vail is draw
,e across the face of the heave
rs and the face of ones ov
II kindred. That was q pathei
IN scene when q blind man light
E. a torch at night and was found passil
o. along the highway. and some one sal
a. "Why do you carry that torch web
,;.I YOU can't see?" ''Ahr' said he,
I,,,< carru fhis torch th