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Year: 1872

CARE OF THE EYES. .-Multtudes of men
and women have made their eyes weak for
life by the too free use of eyes ght, reading
small print and doing fine sewing In view
of those things, it is well to observe the fol-
lowing rules in the use of the eyes.


Avoid all sudden changes between light
and darkness.


Never read by twilight on very cloudy
day.


Never sleep so that on waking the eyes
shall open on the light of the window.


DO not use the eyesight by light so scant
that it requires an effort to discriminate.


Never read or sew directly in front of the
light of a window Or door.


1t is best to have light to fall from above,
obliquely over the left shoulder.


Too much light creates a glare and pain
and confuses the sight. The moment you
are sensible of an effort to distinguish, that
moment stop and talk, walk Or ride.


As the SIX is blue and the earth green, it
would seem that the ceiling should be blue
ish tinge, the carpet green and the walls Of
some mellow tint.


The moment you are instinctively prompt
ed to rub yonr eyes, that moment cease US
ing them.


If the eyelds are glued together on wax
ing, do not forcibly open them, but apply
the saliva with the finger, and then wash
your ewes and face with warm water.
Year: 1872

KEEPING FRUIT IN OUR Rooms.
should be chary of keeping ripe fruit in our
sitting rooms, and especially beware of lay
ing it about sick chamber for any length
of time. The complaint which some people
make faint sensation in the presence of
fruit is not fancitul-for two continental
chemists have shown that from the moment
of pucking apples cherries, currants, and
other fruits, they are subject to incessant
transformation. At first they absorb oxygen
thus robbing the surrounding air of its vital
element Then they evolve carbonic acid,
and this in far greater volume than the purer
gas is absorbed, SO that we have poison Civ
en- us in the place of pure air, with COM
pound interest Temperature affects the
rate of changes, warmth accelerating it
Good HealH
Year: 1872

The Duty OF PATRIOTISM M.-George III.
PendIeton, in speech at CINCINNATI recently
said: Is there any Democrat who halts and
doubts as to his course? Is there any who
fears for bis consistency or doubts the duty
of patriotism? love the Democratic party
know its courage; | know its purity; be-
leve in its principles; | revere its wisdom
when it speaks will obey" "All men are
wiser than one man." When its wisdom
and purity shall point out the course and
lead the way, what Democrat shall say he
cannot tread that path with honor and con-
sistency When its patriotism shall coun-
sci, what Democrat shall say he is too proud
to follow the example? do not expect Mr.
Greeley, if elected, to give us partisan
Administration. ] would not respect him il
he should do so; it would be contrary to the
spirit of this movement; but he has promised
that he will restore true fratenal affection
to all our people; that he will give us purity
and honesty in Administration, and it is folly
to refuse because we can obtain no more.
Year: 1872

A TOAD UNDREssING.-Aud relates
that he once saw a toad undress himself.
He commenced by pressing his elbows hard
against his sides, and rubbing downwards.
After few rubs his hide began to burst
open along h!s back. He kept rubbing until
he worked all the skin into folds on his sides
and hips; and then grasping one hind leg with
his hands he hauled off one leg of his pants
the same as anybody would; then stripped
off the other hind leg in the same way.
lie then took his cast off skin between his
fore legs into his mouth and swallowed it;
then, by raising and lowering his head, swal-
lowing as his head came down, he stripped
off his skin underneath, until it came to his
fore-legs, then, grasping one of those with
the opposite hand, by single motion of the
head, and while swallowing, be drew it from
the neck and swallowed the whole.
Year: 1872

An ANCIENT HUMoRIsT. who
lived in the sixth century, collected p jests
under the general title of Pedants, and in
this. fossil est-book we find jokes that have
been handed down through succeeding col
lections. and have become old and familiar
friends Among these ancient guests Is the
account of the man who, for fear OF drown
ing, determined not to enter the water until
he was master of the art Of swimming; of the
man who complained that lis horse died just
as he had taught il to live without food; of
the philosopher who carried a stone about
with him as a specimen of his house; of one
who stood beft re a glass with his eyes shut
to see how he looked when he was asleep;
of the man who bought a crow TO sec whether
it would live 200 years; and Of one who went
into boat on horseback because he was in
a hurry. Here we find the ever-new story
of man who meeting friend asked VIII 3ther
i1was he or bis brother, was buried; and the
blundering excuse of the person whonot hav-
ing attended to the request of a friend, said
when he met him, 'I'm sorry, | never re-
ceived the letter which you wrote to me about
the books" Rev. Mr.. Hartley Of Phil
adelsh;a, must, we imagine, have come fresh
from the perusal of IIierocles when he for
warded to NJ. Thiers last year one of the
original bricks of Independence Hall in that
city, "with the earnest prayer that the lesis-
lators of beautiful France may derive from it
such an inspiration as shall lead them to
erect a republic whose dignity, justice and
purity shall be the admiration of our age and
which shall prove model forother nations in
securing the rights and liberties of their
people. - British Rccicac.
Year: 1872

EDITING Two PAPERS, Both DAILY. An
antiquated writer in the Memphis appeal
hes dug up out of his memory the following
rich story The young lawyer referred to is
still hourishing in Memphis.


There was never greater local excitement
than that which grew out Of this internal
Navy Yard business. Half the people were
in favor of accepting the property, and h If
or more opposed to it, the latter thinking that
the Government might be induced even yet
to make liberal appropriations and perfect
the Navy Yard and build ships and steam
ers here There wer3 two newspapers pub
lished here-one morning publication, ed
tied by a gentleman of no ordinary ability
named Bankhead, who was traglcally and
mysteriously assassinated some six years
ago. There was another, an afternoon paper,
called the News Il believe that was its name)
edited by man named Yancey. These
editors opposed one another on the Navy
Yard question, and their discussion had be-
gotten a good deal of excitement. when both
went away for the Summer, and each with
out the others knowledge emplyed the same
man, this young lawyer, to conduct bis pa
per in his absence The young limb of the
law naturally enough took both sides of the
question. He made the controversy between
the two papers hotter and hotter on each M
successive day. Crowds gathered each at
ternoon about the NeaCs Office and every
body expected that the two furious editors
would shed blood The coming duel in Ar
kansas was confidently anticipated, and the
ferocity of the two papers was marvellous
Ponular excitement was intense when Bank
| head came huryng home from Virginia and
Yancey from Alabama, each thinking the
other was about to murder his own substi-
tute. Such was the fervor of popular feel


ing and evaporation, that the story was
necessarily kept quiet. If the mschlevous
fraud upon the public passion had been ex-
posed at the time, the con. amore editor
would have been hanged to a lamp-post.
Year: 1872

The VOICE OF THE SHELL-When shell


is held up to the ear there is peculiar VI
bratory noise. Philosophically investigated
this peculiar sound is a phenomenon that
very much perplexed learned gentlemen for
long while. The experiment is easily made
by simply pressing spiral shell, common in
collections, over the ceribium of either ear.


If large shell the sound is very much like
that of far off cataract. Now, what causes
it? Every muscle in the body is always in
state of tension. Some are more on the
stretch than others, particularly those of the
fingers. 1t is conceded that the vibration OF
the fbres of those in the fingers being com
municated to the shell, it propagates and in
tensifies it, as the hollow body Of a violin
does the vibration of its strings, and thus
the acoustic nerve receives the sonorous I'M
pressions Muscles of the leg below the knee
are said to vibrate in the same way, and il
conducted to the ear produce the same result.
Year: 1872

:


A HOMEMADE WIND MILL.-llere is
plan for making homemade wind mill,
which we find in an exchange, credited to
j. Corwin, n. j.


Farmers and others can, in many cases,
construct wind mill themselves, for a tithe
of the cost of the patented plans, that for GER
tain purposes, would spit them better, be-
cause easily kept in repair. Here is the
sugges ton of u plan of Which it may be said
that it can be constructed flor churning,
stock pumping, &C. J for five dollars, beside
the material which the farmer can find on
his farm and his own labor, excepting also
the sails which properly belong to the main-
tenance. OF course to obtain such result
the simplest possible plan must be devised
and all Improvements rigidly ruled out.


1t consists Of an upright post supporting
an upright shaft, having hub on top carry
ing three horizontal arms, to each of which
are hinged light rectangular frames covered
with heavy muslin or light canvass, regula-
ted to swing ip one direction only, from hor-
izonta to perpendicular. The sails are car
ried will the wind, at right angles to it, and
return edgeways against the wind. The
post may lean two feet at the top, SO as to
shorten the connection of the upper box with
it. The lower bearing may be in post set
in even with the ground, under the upper
bearing. The pulley, four feet in diameter,
secured near the bottom of the shaft, may
have a smooth true groove for rope band
burnt into its circumference by stone bar,
its one end resting in hole in the post, the
other in the hand, the section in contact with
the wheel being red hot. a mill on this
plan can, at moderate cost, be constructed
for milling.
Year: 1872

The rivers of Maine have kept fuller this
year than ever before, and consequently nc
mills have suspended for want of water OF
material with which to work. The Kenne-
bee has been almost literally full of logs since
the opening of Spring.
Year: 1872

WITH Cop ALoNE.-Only in the
sacredness of inward silence does the
soul truly meet the secret, hiding God.
The strength of resolve, which after
ward shapes life and mixes itself with
action, is the fruit of those secret,
solitary moments. There is a divine
depth in silence. We meet God alone.
Have we ever felt how human pre-
sence, if frivolous, in such moments
tiivolizes the soul, and how impossible
it is to come in contact with any
thoughts which are sublime, or drink
one inspiration which is from heaven,
without degrading it, even though
surrounded by all that would naturally
suggest tender and awful feelings,
when such are by? 1t is not the num-
Der of books you read, nor the variety
of sermons which you hear, nor the
amount of religious conversations in
which you mix but it is the frequency
and the earpestness with which you
mediate on these things till the truth
which may be in them becomes your
own, and part of your own being,
that insures your spiritual growth
IF. w. Robertson.
Year: 1872

One isalmost sure to be disappointed
when he first enters the interior OF Je-
rusaem. However carefully he may
have prepared himself against surprise,
he will scarcely escape it in more dlrec-
tions than one. The filth of the city
will surprise and annoy him. One who
comes to Jerusalem from Egypt can
endure good deal in this direction;
but even he will have attained to high
degree of equanimity if he does not
occasionally lose his temper amidst the
superabounding filth Of the city. And
what is worse, it seems to gather most
about the most sacred places. You
cannot with any comfort approach
through the old bazaar of the cotton
merchants-what was doubtless the
Beautiful Gate" of the temple-with-
out holding your breath. The Moham


medans, while guarding with keenest
vigilance the sacred enclosure from the
pollution of infdel feet, seem quite re-
aardless of the intrusion Of filth. Yet
it must be confessed that the Jewish
quarter of the city is quite as unclean
as any part Of it; and 1t often gives
one relief, when traversing these dirty
streets, to think that the Jerusalem Of
the Bible lies half a hundred feet or
more beneath the present surtace.-Er.
Year: 1872

The BIBLE TOO MUCH FOR THE STAT
UrE.-One day week before last, a JUS
tice Of the peace in Lyndonville, bought
some lumber of minister of the gos-
pei, and on the occasion of the deliv-
cry at Folsoms crossing a dispute arose
over a single board, the justice claim
ing it belonged in the bill, and the min
lister denying the claim, As the Law
persisted the Gospel resisted. One
word brought on another, until it reach
ed the point Of "you lie" from the
mouth of the Statute. The spirit of
"Turn the other cheek" at once gave
way for the more ancient and practical
precept, San eye for an eye The
Scripture siezed the Statute by the col
lar, and the next moment the magni-
tude of the Court was measured upon
the ground. He arose and departed
in silence, and thus was separated the
Church and State, furnishing fresh
illustration that whenever human en-
actments conflict with the higher law
the latter will prevaiI.-Lyndon Union.
Year: 1872

"A gentleman in Lynn, NJ ass
while passing around a pond in that
city few mornings since, witnessed a
curious scene, which he thus decribes:
Around the margin of the pond, in
the water, there was a large collection
OF common toads; close beside them
was an equally large gathering of bull
frogs; and battle between the two
was in progress The frogs, being the
most powerful, were busily engaged in
drowning the toads. One ormore frogs
would seize toad and hold his head
under the water until be was drowned.
Sometimes frog would find that he
was over,matched, and then he would
utter a peculiar sound, when one or
more of his comrades would come to
his aid, and the toad was sure to 60
under, never to rise again. The battle
continued for several minutes, until the
toads were completely 'cleaned out"
when the frogs Joined in one trumphal
croak, as though they had achieved
victory over mortal enemies.
Year: 1872

Sometimes witty men get "come up
with" At certain sanitarium in
which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was
spending the summer, Thursday even
ing was devoted to fun-making. There
were several clergymen staying at the
place, among them spruce and elder
ly little docter of divinity, whose dig
nifty and dress were absolutely unrufl-
ed. Nobody dreamed that it was
possible to take any liberties with him
until one Thursday evening, when Mr..
Beecher seized him and carried him
across the road as if he had been a
child, setting him down tenderly by
the fence. The little man smoothed
his ruffied dress, and cried out to the
laughing by-standers, "Another in
stance of the triumph of matter over
mind T.
Year: 1872

"Wilt thou take this brown-stone front,
These carriages--this diamond
To be tho husband of thy choice,


Fast locked in bonds of Hymen;
And wilt thou leave thy home and friend
TO be his loving wife,
And help to spend his large income
SO long as thou hast life p
II will !" the modest maid replies,
The loye-light beaming in her eyes.
"And wilt thou take this waterfall.
This ostentatious pridei
And all these unpaid milliners bills,
To be thy chosen bride i?
And wilt thou love and cherish her
While thou hast life and health
But die as soon as possible,


And leave her all thy wealth 2


II will" the fearless swain replies
And eager waits the nuptial-ties.
Then l pronounce you man and wife!
And whom I've joined forever,
The next best man may disunite,
And the first Divorce Court sever.
Year: 1872

Our experience in journalism, says
an exchange, teaches us that there is
nothing in this world that will so dis
gust and sicken the general reader as
to learn, after wading through the par
ticulars of an awful accident, that there
is a probability of the victims recoy-
cry.
Year: 1872

A Rochester girl made use of 500
given her by lover, to get married to
another fellow; morever hiding the
formers clothes while he was in bed
so that he could not come down stairs
aud forbid the banns.
Year: 1872

ing drafts for the full amount. Eight years have
elapsed since the transaction and it Was not until the
author OF put up before the peope creature
OF the Administration that they could see the justice Of
the claim.


We learn from the Washington Patriot that
the publication Of the Ku-k1uz report and testi-
mony, to fire the Northern Leart1 will cost the
Government $4,000. Thousands If copies have
been used as waste paper, the report having
failed to answer the Intended purpose. Two
cart~loads OF these documents we're carried some
daya ago from the Post Office to G shop on D
street, where they were put in bags go, aa to be
shipped to the paper-min.


Ulysses Mercur, just elected Supreme Judga
in Pennsylvania is in Washington On business
connected with his district. He does not intend
to resign his seat in Congress until after the
counting Of the Electoral vote. There are no
indications that the Presidential election will be
thrown into the House of Representatives; but,
in case of any such event, with Judge Mercur,s
seat vacant, the Pennsylvania delegation would
bo tie, and tho vote of the State would ba lost.
Year: 1872

thinks to describe the gradual process by which
the running brook has been transformed into
stagnant water, how the dairy has proved to be
q failure, aud how you must go back to town if
you desire to secure the choice cuts Of beef and
the early yegeta bles of tho season.


Yet come Of these secrets OF country life must
have got abroad, for there is an evident reaction
in favor Of metropolitan life. DR.. Holmes, in
recent instalnlent Of "Tho Poet at the Break
fast Table, comes out boldly enough in defence
Of city life and concentrated communities.
After expressing the very sensible opinion
that tho pretticat and best specimens Of
womanlind are raised under glass, just
as the finest fruit is, he adds: Keep her in
wide street of well-built city eight months of
the year, with good, solid brick walls behind
her, good sheets Of plate glass, and the sun
shining warm through them in front Of her, and
you have put her in the condition of the pine
apple" Further on, he says that 'sPeople
don't know what q gain there is to health by
living in Cities" md that "a frst-rate city
house is q regular sanitdrium." 4 writer in
Appletoz's Journal, following DR.. Holmes, is Of
the opinion that the City Of the Future is to be
one of scientific compactness instead Of scion-
tifc diffusion, and recommends the build
ing Of tall houses, with steam elevators,
thorough ventilation, perfect drainage, each
floor household in itself, the roof set aside
for garden and promenade, and the whole
adapted to cooperative housekeeping. It is
claimed by the new set, thus undertaking to dis
pose Of the problem Of city life, that there are
fresher-looking women and heartier old men
in the largo towns than in the country districts;
that the city-bred lady has moro attractions for
outdoor exercise, and SO takes more Of it; TINT
city cooking is not 50 productive OF dyspepsia
as the fried grease and hot bread OF
the farmhouse; and that the ap-
pliances for carrying off the refuse matter OF
crowded communities 1eage more healthful
condition Of the atmosphere than the damp
fields and primitive customs Of country life
Every one will recall the general complaint Of
mosquitoes and ague-two scourges that might
have taken their places among the gisitations
put upon Pharaoh--tha. has come from the SUBJ
urban villages and rural districts during the past
summer, and agree. at least, that the partisans
Of country life hare not all the arguments on
their side.
Year: 1872

inal. Even granting that the article is worth
moro than the chance he took, this does not
alter the character Of the proceeding, and the
charitable nature Of the object does not
diyest it Of its illega1ity and impro-
priety. The Post Office, the Well of Rebecca,
and the conventional ca ze with the ring in it be-
long to the same class of petty swindling. In
all these cases, tho purchaser receives no equiv
alent for the money he pays out, and submits to
DO swindled in q mild way for the sake Of the
Cause which is an indefinite kind Of consolation
after all The pedler's icense it seems to us,
would apply in these cases, and might make
some amends for this charitable law-breaking,
Of which no magistrate will tako cognizance.
Year: 1872

The nomination OF Frank Warren for Alder
man in the Second Ward by the *Law and Or
der'' party is ono Of the most surprising devel-
opments Of the present agitation. We fancy
that Mr. Warren is perfectly thunderstruok to
find himself in that company.
Year: 1872

The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day of last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy, HERALD Building:-
Year: 1872




Last night Mozart's 'Nozze de Figaro" was re.
produced at the Academy to a numerous and
brilliant audience. The announcement of the re-
appearance OF Madame Lucca no doubt strongly
influenced the attendance, and when the charming
diva made her appearance she was greeted with
warm expressions of welcome. Her voice was In
excellent condition. and her acting and singing In
the role OF Cherubino adds another triumph to her
long list OF vocal and dramatic victories. Nothing
could be more na1pe and charming than
her representation of the lOve-sick boy.
The sweetness and tenderness which are
such striking characteristics of nature a
revealed in her voice found expression in the de-
lightful song. Che c0sa Q amor" which took the
mouse by storm, and was so relished by the audi
enoe that they insisted on an encore. Miss Kellogg
found in the role OF Susanna opportunities suitable
to her voice and style, and made a very favorable
impression. MOriami, as Figaro. sung well, and
acted with more abandon than might be looked for
from his heavier performances. Madame Lavelli
made u very satisfactory Countess. Taken to-
gether the representation was even and well given,
though some OF the minor parts might have been
better filled; but this is n tritc criticism, which
applies with more or less force to every per-
fOrmanCe.