Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-27

Sins Against Our Eyes,


The first offenSe against the eyes Is
reading with poor light. This re-
/ quires the ciliary muscle to do extra
work to sharpen sight 1t applies to
dim lights. twilight. sitting too far
! from the light. The second offense is
one of posture. STOPPING or lying down
congests the eye. besides requiring I'M
natural work Of the eye muscles. Read
ing on trains is the third offense. the
motion causing such frequent changes
Of focus and position as to tax the
muscles of fiXation. Reading without
needed glasses or with badly fitted
ones is the last. Eye strain is certain
| ly factor In producing disease of
every part Of the eye Old age is the
| time of retribution for those who have
sinned against their eyes.-Health.
An Icicle Factory.
In Austria lice sticks" are manufac-
| tured at n profit. \ series of poles is
arranged so that the water will fall
slowly over each one in the series
| or course the water in the winter time
freezes, forming large icicles. When
the icicles have attained the proper
| size. the employees of the ice plant"
come around with carts. break off the
great sticks Of ice and haul them away
to place where they are put in stor-
age OF course ii Is much easier to
handle a large quantity Of ice in this
way than it Is to cut 1t from some
stream and then pack it away. There
may. however. be q difference in quail
ity between stick ice and lake or river
ice.-Pathfinder
Greatest Greek Painter.
The most celebrated Of the Greek
painters was undoubtedly Apelles. 49,
B. c. Apelles was the court painter Of
Alexander the Great and is said to
have been the only artist whom the
great Macedonian would permit to
paint his portrait 1t is related Of
Apelles that, while Alexander was In
specting one Of his paintings Of horse,
horse. seeing the picture. neighed.
whereupon the artist exclaimed to the
king. THE horse knows more about
art than you do" Having once accept
ed correction from a shoemaker about
wrongly painted shoe in one of his
pictures. he declined further criticism
from him with the observation which
has become famous, Let the shoe
maker stick to his last"
His Head Above Water.
A curate. new to small seaside
town, in visiting a number Of cottages
found many complaints of hard times,
and one poor woman in particular was
very voluble on the subject. The rev.
erend gentleman kindly predicted bet
ter times in store.
And tell your husband" he said,
that he must be very thankful to be
able to keep his head above water"
That's just where you're wrong,
SIR" was the reply; my good man has
kept his head above water too long
already, worse luck"
The curate looked surprised until the
good lady explained:
You see. sir, my husband, he's a
diver."-LOndon Globe.
Preeoeity In Foreign Lands.
"One is put to shame by the average
child when travelling abroad" said the
returned tourist, who had visited many
countries Of Europe. Many times l
stopped in the street to make inquiries
Of children. My chief asset was my
English, and my one asset below par
was a very poor French. But nearly
all the youngsters | met seemed to
know one language other than their
own. In Germany. for instance. l met
numerous children who spoke what
seemed to me to be most excellent
French and occasionally one who spoke
three or four languages. 1t was some
what CALLING to have them try me in
two or three languages before they
found one | could understand"
York Globe.