The herald., 1912-04-18
Injurious to Siyht.

Injurious to Sight.
Looking into the fire. particularly
coal fire, is very injurious to the eyes
Looking at molten iron will soon de
stroy the sight Reading in the twi
light is injurious TO the eyes. as they
are obliged to make great exertiOn
Reading or sewing with a side light
Injuries both eyes. Both eyes should be
exposed to an equal degree of light
The reason is that the sympathy be
tween the eyes is so great that If the
partially In the shade the one that is
exposed cannot contract itself sufh-
/ GENTLY for protection.
When Cricket Playing Was a Crime.
Until century and half ago our
| great national pastime in fact figured
in the statute book as a crime. The
| game was declared illegal in the time
of Edward w.. owing to its having
become so popular as to interfere with
| archery. the then sport OF kings. The
| law against it was vigorously enforced.
and every person convicted of playing
| the game was fined fl0 or sent TO pris-
| on. 1t was not until the formation of
the famous Hambledon club in l749
that the statute was repealed Pail
Mall Gazette.
Feeding tho Brutes.
1t costs nearly $4,000 year to feed
the animals at the London zoo.
And how varied Is the menu is seen
when it is stated that 1t includes such
trifles as horses, goats. bananas.
grapes. oranges. apples. turnips. pota-
toes. bread. fowls heads. sugar. mice
and sparrows. In addition the deni-
zens of the zoo get through In year
l61 loads Of hay. POS loads of straw.
$1,000 bundles of tares, 36O bushels OF
maize. over a ton OF rice, $50 bushels
of canary seed. nearly 1000 pints OF
shrimps and about thirty tons OF fish.
The zoo Is one of London's most ia
vored institutions. Nearly 100000 peo-
pie visited 1t last year. - LondOD
Graphic.
Scientific Management.
The general manager of a great in
dustry in passing through one Of his
shops was suddenly struck with the
idea that a way might be found to
utilize the daily tons Of waste from
timber and steel, says the Woman's
World. Shortly afterward he employ
ed young chemist to enter the plant
1, s,
with these chips and scraps and shay
ings. Although at work less than one
year salvage tOtaling more than $780,
900 has resulted from the scientists in
veStigationS. A few years ago the
business men held the student in con-
tempt and ridiculed his theories" To
day they are largely depending upcn
him to earn their dividends.
Railroads and Life Insurance.
The extent to which life insurance
funds have backed up the transporta-
ton industry Is surely not a matter
for regret American railroads are the
backbone Of American industrial prog
ress. Had the stream of life insurance
investments been detected in another
direction. had the companies invested
more largely in mortgage loans. which
it might have been to their advantage
to do If they had been smaller and less
centralized institutions. our railroad
development would not have been what
it is today and the name Of the Great
American desert" would have been
still on the map. Railroads might al
most be described as the byproducts
of old line life insurance.-Thomas
Scanlon in Moody's Magazine
Investing Money.
Worlds Work Magazine sets forth
some of the absurdities that people for
the most part intelligent will commit
when they have money to invest II
a man is sick he goes to a doctor; II
In a row with his neighbors he goes
to a lawyer; if in spiritual trouble be
consults a minister or priest; If In bust
ness straits be calls upon the banker.
II, however. he has a problem of in
vestment on his hands he calls upon
merchants. lawyers. bankers. ministers
and miscellaneous people quite indis-
criminately and with about the same
practical results that he would get If
he followed the same method in sick.
ness. in legal trouble. in business trou-
BILE or in spiritual woe.
Fatal Finger Rings.
Count Zborowski when killed In
fearful motor accident at Nice in
1903 was wearing a fatal ring which
had belonged to his family for four
generations. in each of these genera
lions the head Of the family had worn
the ring and each had met with VIC
lent death.
Still more amazing Is story told by
the late head of the Paris morgue.
Five times within his experience dead
bodies brought to the morgue were
found to be wearing a certain ring
easily distinguishable by its strange
design. 1t bore in eastern characters
this legend: May whosoever wears
this ring die a miserable death" Nj.
Maca, late chief Of the Partisan police.
vouches for the truth Of this.
Mark Twain Missed the Boat.
The success achieved by Mark Twain
during his boating days on the Missis-