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VOL. 29.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 9, 1871.
NO. 29.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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j OBI it I ST! G,
OF ALL KINDS,
r.peuied in the hishestMyle of the Art, and on the
must reasonable tnns.
17r. J.LANT Z,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
still has his office on Main Slrrrt, i:i the second
.,.,'( nr s. Walton's brick building, nearly oppo-
iie the rouiMnKS House, mid Ue Halters himself
that. M rrhMii venis constant practire and the most
lirnr.t and carefal attention to all matters pertaining
i- h s DroresMon,tlilliis fully able to perform all
.rations in the dental line in the most careful, taste
lil and skillf'il manner.
Serial attentwn guen to th Natural Teeth ;
,1, to the inM-rlioa of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
U1. Silver or Continuous Gums, and perlect fits la
ill cae insured. ,
M.'t persons know the grc;it folly and danger l en-tryoin-their
work to the inexperienced, or to ihose
li",ng"a a distance. April 13, ISTl.-ly
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces lint having just returned from
Dental Col legs, he is fully prepared to make
artificial teetli in the most beautiful and life
like manner, and to fill decayed teeth ac
cording to the most inproved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when de
fired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which is entirely humlcs. Repairing of
all kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Chiracs reasonable.
Office in J. (J. Keller's new Brick build
in;. Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
aur 31-tf
jjU. GEO. W. JACKSON
Physician, Surgeon & ccoucher.
Office, next to Smith's store, residence
Kresgey's Hotel.
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.
June 3, 1870. tf.
Dit. c. o. uorr.nw, m. i.
Would respectfully announce to the
jtihli- that he has removed his office from
Oakland to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa.
Trusting that many years of cmisutive
practice of Medicine and Surgery will be a
.sufficient guarantee for the public confidence.
February :!", ISTu. tf.
O HOLMES. Ju.
Attorney at I-aiv,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, on Main Street, 5 doors above ihe
Mtroudsburg House, and opposite fluster's
clothing store.
OrBu'sirMJjS of all kinds attended to with
promptness and fidelity.
May (i, 1SG9. tf.
PLASTER !
Tresh cround Nova Scotia PLASTER,
at Stokes' Mills. HEMLOCK BOARDS,
FENCING, SHINGLES, LATH, PA
LING, and POSTS, cheap.
FLOUR and FEED constantly on hand.
Wi I exchange Lumber and Plaster for
Grain or p-iy the highest market price.
BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
C. Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trade solicited.
N. S. WYCKOFF.
Jtoke' Mills, Pj., April 'JO, 1671.
110CKAFELL0W,
DEALER I ft
Ready-Made Clothing, Gents Fur
nishing Goods, Hats & Caps,
Boots & Shoes, &c.
LAST STROUDSBURG, PA.
(Near the Depot.)
The public are invited to call and exam
ine foods. Prices moderate.
Aliy G, 1 boy. tf.
A FULL ASSORTMENT
11 OF
HOME MADE CHAIRS
Always on hand at
SAMUEL S. LEE'S
New Cabinet Shop,
Franklin Street Stroudsburg, Penn'a
In rear of Stroudslurg Bank.
April 5,71. ly.
13 KV. HOWARD A. WILSON'S(of Wil-
V IimusUrgh, N. Y.) Reeipe for CON
XUMl'TION utt.4 ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEJVD'S DRUG STORE. ;.
0C? Je die hit $ f'rtih trnJ Pure.
o. zi, 1,07. y. HOLLINSIIKAD.
DO.VT ini know lltut J. II.
McCarty is the only Undertaker in
fclroudfburg who understands his business?
If not, uttend a Funeral managed by any
oilier Undertaker in town, and you will see
t'e proolof the fact. Sept. 1 6, 67.
DO.VT FOOL YOUR MONEY
way for worthless articles of Furni
ure, bat g0 lo McCarty', and you will pet
we!l pdid lor it. SeptC, '07.
THE TEUTON TRIBULATION.
Mine Cot! Mine Cot! vot language dat,
I cannot Englishc spraken,
For shust so shnre I speaks him right,
So sure I bees mistaken.
For ven I say I vants my beer,
I mean dat lager fixen ;
liter means dem tings folks rides upon
Yen dey go as dead as blixen.
Meat means dem tings dats coot to cat, -Meet
also means tings proper;
'Tie also niete to measure thins.
Ven steamboats met dey stopper.
Shust de same words mean every tings :
It makes no business whether
Yon spell him dis or tothcr way,
Yon sounds shoost like the tother.
Mine Cot ! Mine Cot I so shure I knoien,
I cannot Englishe spraken ;
For ven I knows I speaks him right,
Py tarn ! I gits mistaken.
A JAPANESE STORY.
How a man was Bewitched and had his
head Shaved by the Foxes.
15 Y A. B. MITFORD.
In the village of twahara, in the pro
vience of Shinshiu, there dwelt a family
which had acquired considerable wealth
in the wine trade. On some auspicious oc
casion it happened that a number of guests
were gathered together at their house,
feasting on wine and fish ; and as the
wine cup went rouud, the conversation
turned upon foxes. Among the guests
was a certain carpenter, Tokutaro by
name, a man about thirty years of age, cf
a stubborn and obstinate turn, who said
''Well, sirs, you've been taken for some
time of men being betwitched by foxes;
surely you must be under their influence
yourselves, to say Euch things. How on
earth can foxes have such power over
men i At any rate, men must be great
fools to be so deluded. Let's have no
more of this nonsense."
Upon this a man who was sitting by
him answered
"Tokutaro little knows what goes on in
the world, or he would not speak so.
How many myriads, of men are there who
have been bewitched by foxes? Why,
there have been at least twenty or thirty
men tricked by the brutes on the Maki
Moor alone. It's hard to disprove facts
that have happened before our eyes."
"You're no better than a pack of born
idiots !"said Tokutaro. "I will engage to
go out to the Maki Moor this very night
and prove if. There is not a fox in all
Japan that can make a fool of Tokutaro."
Thus he spoke in his pride ; but the
others were all angry with him for boast
ing, and said
"If you return without anything hav
ing happened, we will pay for five mcas
ures of wine and a thousand copper cash
worth of fish ; and if you are bewitched,
you shall do as much for us."
Tokutaro took the bet, and at nightfall
set forth for the Maki Moor by himself.
As he neared the Moor, he saw before
him a small bamboo grove, into which a
fox ran ; and it instantly occurred to him
that the foxes of the Moor would try to
bewitch him. As he was yet looking, he
suddenly saw the daughter of the head
man of the village of Upper Horikane,
who was married to the headman of the
village of. Maki.
"Pray, where are you going to, Master
Tokutaro ?" said she.
"I am going to the village hard by."
"Then, as you will have to pass my na
tive place, if you will allow me, I will ac
company you so far."
Tokutaro thought this very odd, and
made up his mind that it was a fox try
ing to make a fool ot him ; he according
ly determined to turn the tables on the
lux, and answered
"It is a long time since I have had the
pleasure of seeing you ; and as it seems
that your house is on my road, I shall be
glad to escort you so far."
With this he walked behind her think
ing he should certainly see the end of a
fox's tail peeping out ; but, look as he
might, there was nothing to be seen. At
last they came to the vijlage of Upper
Horikane ; and when they reached the
cottage of the girl's father, the family all
came out, surprised to see her.
"Oh dear ! oh dear ! here is our daugh
ter come : I hope there is nothing the
matter." -
And 60 they went on, for some time,
asking a string of questions.
In the meanwhile, Tokutaro went round
to the kitchen door, at the back of the
house, and beckoning out the master of
the house, said (
''The girl who has come with me is not
really, your daughter. As I: was going
to the Maki Moor, when I arrived at the
bamboo grove, a fox jumped up in front
of me, and when it had dashed into the
grove it immediately took the shape of
your daughter, and offered to accompany
me to the village ; so I pretended to be
taken in by the brute, and came with it
so far."
, On hearing this, the master of the
house put his head on one side, and mused
a while; then, calling his wife, he re
peated the story to her, in a whisper.
-. ' But she flew into a great rage with
Tokutaro, and said
' "This is a pretty way of insulting peo
ple's daughters. - The girl is our daugh
ter, and there's no mistake about it. How
dare you invent such lies I"
"Well," said Tokutaro, "you are quite
right to say so ; but still there is no doubt
that this is a case of with craft."
Seeing how obstinately he held to his
opinion, the old folks were sorely per
plexed, and said
"What do you think of doing ?"
"Pray leave the matter to me : I'll soon
trip the false skin off, and show the beast
to you in its true colors. Do you two go
into the store closet, and wait there."
With this he went into the kitchen,
and, seizing the girl by the back of the
neck, forced her down by the hearth.
"Oh ! Master Tokutaro, what means
this brutal violence ? father 1 help !"
So the girl cried and screamed ; but
Tokutaro only laughed, and said
"So you thought to bewitch me, did
yon ? From the moment you jumped in
to the wood, I was on the look-out for you
to play me some trick, I'll soon make you
show what you really are ;" and as he
said this, he twisted her two hands behind
her back, and trod upon her, and tortur
ed her ; but she only wept, and cried
"Oh ! it hurts, it hurts I"
"If this is not enough to make you
show your true form, I'll roast you to
death ;" and he piled firewood on the
hearth, and, tucking up her dress, scorch
ed her severely.
"Oh ! oh ! this a more than I can bear j"
and with this she expired.
The two old people then came running
in from the rear of the house, and, push
ing aside Tokutaro, folded their daughter
in their arms, and put their hands to her
mouth to feel whether she still breathed ;
but life was extinct, and not the sign of a
fox's tail was to be seen about her. Then
they seized Tokutaro by the collar, and
cried
"On prcteuce that our true daughter
was a fox, you have roasted her to death.
Murderer! Here, you there, bring ropes
and cords, and secure this Tokutaro !"
So the servants obeyed, and several of
them seized Tokutaro and bound him to
a pillar. Then the master of the house,
turning to Tokutaro, said
"You have murdered our daughter be
fore our -very eyes. I shall report the
matter to the lord ot the manor, and you
will assuredly pay for this with your
head. e prepared for the worst."
And as he said this, glaring fiercely at
Tokutaro, they carried the corpse of his
daughter into the store-closet. As they
were sending to make tho matter known
in the village of Maki, and taking other
measures, who should come up but the
priest of the temple called Anrakuji, in
the village of Iwahara, with an acolyte
and a servant, who called out in a loud
voice from the front door
"Is all well with the honorable master
of this house ? I have been to say pray
ers to day in a neighboring village, and
on my way back I could not pass the
door without at least inquiring alter your
welfare. If you are at home, I would
fain pay my respects to you."
As he spoke thus in a loud voice, he
was heard from the back of the house ;
and the master got up and went out, and
after the usual compliments on meeting
had been exchanged, said
"I ought to have the honor of inviting
you to step inside this evening ; but real
ly we are all in the greatest trouble, and
I must beg you to excuse my impolite
ness." "Indeed ! Pray, what may be the mat
ter ?" replied the priest. And when the
master of the house had told the whole
story,' from beginning to end, he was
thunderstruck, and said
"Truly, this must be a terrible distress
to you." Then the priest looked on one
side, and saw Tokutaro bound, and ex
claimed, "Is not that Tokutaro that I see
there ?"
"Oh, your reverence," replied Tokutaro,
piteously, "it was this, that, and the other;
and I took it into my head that the young
lady was a fox, and so I killed her. But
I pray your reverence to intercede for me,
and save my life ;" and as he spoke, the
tears started from his eyes.
"To be sure," said the priest, "you may
well bewail yourself; however, if I save
your life, will you consent to become my
disciple, and enter the priesthood ?" ,
"Only save my life, and I'll become
your disciple with all my heart."
When the priest heard this, he called
out the parents, and said to them
"It would seem that, though I am but
a foolUh old priest, my coming here to
day has been unusually well timed. I
have a request to make of you. Your
putting Tokutaro to death won't bring
your daughter to life . again. I have heard
hi story, and there certainly was no
malice prepense ou his part to kill your
daughter. What he did, he did thinking
to . do a service to' your family ; and it
would surely be better to hush the mat
ter up,; He wishes, moreover, to give
himself over to me, and to become my
disciple."
"It is as you say," replied the father
and mother, speaking together. "Itevenge
will not recall our daughter. Please dispel
our grief, by shaving his head nd mak
ing a priest of him ou the spot."
"I'll shave him at onco, before your
eyes," answered the priest, who immediate
ly caused the cords which bound Tokutaro
to be untied, and, putting on his priest'a
scarf, made him join his hands together
in a posture of prayer. Then the reverend
man stood up behind him, razor in hand,
and, intoning a hymn, gave two or three
6trokes of the razor, which he then hand
ed to his aeolyte, who made a clean shave
of Tokataro'e hair. When the latter had
finished his obeisance to the priest, and
the ceremony was over, there was a loud
burst cf laughter ; and at the same momeut
the day broke, and Tokutaro found him
self alone, in the middle of a large moor.
At first, in his surprise, he thought that
it was all a dream, aud was much annoy
ed at having been tricked by the foxes.
He then passed his hand over his head, and
found that he was shaved quite bald.
There was nothing for it but to get up,
wrap a handkerchief round his head, and
go back to the place where his friends
were assembled.
"Hallo, Tokutaro ! fo you've come back.
Well, how about the foxes ?"
"Really, gentlemen," replied he bowing,
"I am quite ashamed to appear before
you."
Then he told tbem the whole story,
and when had finished pulled off the
kerchief, and showed his bald pate.
"What a capital joke!" shouted his
listeners, and, amid roars of laughter,
claimed the bet of fish and wine. It was
duly paid ; but Tokutaro never allowed
his hair to grow again, and renounced the
world, aud became a priest under the
name of Saioen.
There are a great many stories told of
men being shaved by the foxes ; but this
story came under the personal observation
of Mr. Shominsai.a teacher of the city of
Yedo, during a holiday trip which he took
to the country where the event occurred ;
and I have recorded it in the very self
same words in which he told it to me.
A Race for Life.
A party has arrived who traveled for
several days through and along the burn
ing district of Dacotah and Northwestern
Minnesota. For some days previous to
leaving Cheyenne River, in Dakotah, at a
point 75 miles west of the crossing of
the Northern Pacific Railroad at Red
River, a dense smoky atmosphere pre
vailed, which each day grew more deuse,
warning, them that immense "prairie
fires" were approaching rapidly, and
the party deemed it prudent to move
eastward as fast as possible. They made
immediate preparations, but found that
they were in the saddle none too soon.
The intense heat and weight of smoke
affected them very much, and soon after
starting they were forced to ride as
rapidly as possible. All through that
long day they toiled along, their eyes
nearly blinded, with parched throat and
cracked lips and intense thirst, till at
nightfall they came in fight of Red River,
having ridden 75 miles without rest or
halt but once. At points along the route
the wall of flames would be quite near.
Its roar could be heard many miles, and
its rapid motion was surprising. The
line of fire seemed to be a solid wall of
flame of about 20 or 30 feet in bight, and
moved as rapidly as a fleet horse could
run. Occasionally a portiou of the line
would break away in bodies of forty or
more feet square, and be carried with
almost electric rapidity a distance of fifty
or a hundred rods ahead, and then strike
the high dry grass, which would im
mediately igvite and add its destroying
force to the already gigantic conflagration.
After resting at Red River the party
reduced to three persons, moved on east
ward and southward passing over a dis
trict but lately burned. They could not
distinguish au object fifty yards away,
great heavy clouds of smoke hanging like
a pal! through all the distance of 250
miles they traveled before reaching the
Mississippi River, and even there the
smoke was very oppressive. They deviat
ed somewhat from a usual route traveled,
and found at different points the charred
remains of three humau beings, nothing
left but the bodies, and those burned to a
crisp. Nothing could be found that would
in any way identify the burned corpses.
A letter from Yankton reports that the
last down coach fouud the country pretty
well burned over to within a mile or two
of Yankton, and the fire is still burning
in various directions. The ruins of four
smoldering houses were seen, grain and
hay stacks were blazing on all sides, and
burning fences were swept across the
country in all directions. Another ter
rible fire raged the same day this side of
Yankton, and within a few miles of that
city. The flames swept toward Yankton,
and in their course devoured several
houses, besides numerous barns, sheds,
and stacks of grain. The coach due in
Yankton on Wednesday evening had an
excitiug time of it. It was discovered
that the fire was coming, and a race en
sued. The driver plied his whip, and
away the horses went on a gallop, Near
er and nearer came the fire. The red
glare filled the sky ; the forked tongue
shot out; the terrible hNsiugs of the
demon were in the ears of the affrighted
passengers. The driver gathered hU
lines, drew the loaders from the road, the
horses gathered, jumped, a rail-fence was
beneath tho wheels of the coach, the
coach was on a piece of plowed ground,
and the firo went by with a roar like a
cataract. . i
An Elmiria farmer wrote to Mr. Gree
ley for his advice a. to whether plaster
was good to put on potatoes. Horace
said he always used gravy or butter. on
potatoes, but supposed any one could get
accustomed to plaster if they made an ef
fort. A sensitive old bachelor says that pret
ty girls always affect him just as oina
mental confectionery doi 'they give him
1 the. heart-burn;' ' T - --'
SOLAR ECLIPSE.
The Approaching; Phenomenon-Preparations
of the Scientists.
The United States will not participate
with the Governments of Europe in mak
ing observations of the total eclipse of
the sun on the 12th of December next.
The corps of observators at the Naval Ob
servatory would cheerfully have accepted
the invitation of the British astronomers,
but owing to their absence last year in
making observations of the eclipse in
Southern Europ?, the work of the obser
vators is very much behind, and they
alone could have been despatched un
der orders of the Navy .Department,
our government, failing to make
provision for an expedition to Asia. The
corps of professors who were in Southern
Europe last December Messrs. Simon
Newcomb, Asaph Hall, William. Hark
ness and John R. East mm have, in ad
dition to their regular duties since their
return, had the additional work of pre
paring reports of the observations made
on the occasion cf the last total eclipse.
Besides, if these additional duties had
not been imposed upon them, a greater
duty has been assigned two of-the prin
cipal professors, Messrs. Harkness and
Newcomb, now engaged in making ex
periments iu photography to determine
its value for astronomical purposes, this
being the first preparation for making ob
servations of the approaching transit of
Venus in the year 1S7L It will be visi
ble only iu Australia and along the coast
of Chiua and Japan, and as it is the in
tention of the United States to send a
very large scientific expedition to this por
tion of the globe for the purpose of mak
ing the most extended observations, the
Navy Department desires to take the lead
on that occasion, as it did on the occasion
of the total eclipse of the sun in August,
18GU, and December, 1870. Congress,
at its last session, designated .Admiral
Sauds aud Professors Newcomb an J Hark
ness, of the Naval Observatory, and Pro
fessor 15. F. Pierce, of the United States
Coast Survey, and Professor Joseph Hen
ry, of the Smithsonian Institute, a board
under whose direction all money appro
priated to defray the expenses of the pre
parations for this expedition, should be
expended. It has long been a dispute
among scientists whether photography is
of trustworthy service in making astron
omical observations, but that science may
have the benefit of their tests, the first
appropriation of $2000 will be used iu
the most careful experiments that can be
made.
The report of the observations of the
total eclipse in Southern Europe, last De
cember, made by the Naval Observatory
professors, will be the first published by
any of the corps of observers sent to the
Mediteranan by the leading nations of
the earth. The work is now complete in
the bauds of the government printer, and
the first copies are expected to be ready
for distribution on the 1st of November.
It will coutain an introductory article
from Admiral B. F. Sands, superintend
ent of the Observatory ; Professors simon
Newcomb, Asaph Hall, William Hark
ness aud John R.Eastman, of the Ob
servatory, and Captain G. T. Tupman, of
the English service. It will be a volume
of 130 quarto pages, well illustrated, and
will contain much valuable information.
The most important report in the forth
coming volume will be, as in the one on
the eclipse iu lSG'J, from the pen of Pro
fessor William Parkuess. He was station
ed on the Isle of Sicily, and his Hue of
observation was nearly the same as follow
ed at Dcs Moines on August 7, 18G0.
In this report the advances au original
opinion concerning the physical construc
tion of the corona of the sun. He says
that after a thorough discussion of all
known facts he has come to the couclu
siou that, when seen in a clear sky, the
corona is purely a solar phenomenon, pro
duced by a vast body of incandescent gas
which surrouuds the sun and is erupted
from it iu the same manner as the red
prominences. Of this Professor Hark
ncss was fully satisfied at the conclusion
of his last observation, and that opinion
has been confirmed by the careful ex
amination of the reports of the most
eminent observers who have directed their
attention to what has so long becu known
as the astronomer's puzzle.
The Wood Sawing Club;
The Lock port Journal contains the fol
lowing practical suggestion :
Now that tho croquet aud base ball
season will ere long be over, we would
suggest, iu order that the muscle devel
oping process may not stop, or that tho
amount developed by tho summer's exer
cise may not lie dormant during the long
winter months, that the base ball ath
letics turn their attention to sawing np
the wood piles of widows 'ami sick folks
duriug the winter. The exercise is fully
as healthful, is not so violent, dangerous
nor tiresome as base ball, aud we are sure
the results will gratify a curious public
fully as much, aud wo would prefer to
give the "score" of a woodsawing class to
that of a base ball club, in our columns.
What say you, gents? Physicians re
commend youug ladies to form walking
clubs., This is a matter iu which steps
should bo taken.
. " A little, girl of 13, in llliuois, has been
prcr-ented by her father with a tmall patch
of 7,000 acres, iu a corner of his back
yard, to play at gardening. -
Fashionable Woman's Prayer.
Strengthen mi husband, and may lui
faith and hiz money hold out to the last.
Draw the lamp's wool of unsuspicious
twilight over hiz eyes, that mi flirtations
may look to him like victorys, and that
mi bills may strengthen hiz pride in me.
Bless, O Fortune, mi krimps, rats and
frizzles, and let this glory shine on my
paint and powder.
When i walk out before the gaze of
vulgar men, regulate mi wiggle and add1
grace to mi gaiters.
When i bow miself in worship, grant
that i may do it with ravishing elegance,
and preserve unto the last the lily-white
of mi flesh and the taper of mi fingers.
Destroy mine enemies with the gaul or
jealousy, and eat thou up with the teeth
ov euvy all thoze who gaze at mi style.
Save me from wrinkles, aud foster mi
plumpness.
Fill mi both eyes, Oh Fortune ! with
the plaintive pizou of iufatuashon, that i
may lay out mi victims, the men, as
knump as images graven.
Let the lilly and the rose strive together
on mi check, and may mi neck swim like
a goose ou the buzzum of krystal waters.
Enable me, Oh, Fortune I to wear shoea
still a little smaller, and save me from alt
korns and bunyons.
Bless Fanny, mi lap dog, and rain down
bczoms of destrucshun upon those who
would hurt a hair of Hector, mi kilten.
Smile, oh Fortune ! most sweetly upon
Dick, mi kanary, and watch over, with
the fondness of a mother, mi two lily
white mice with red eyes
Enable the poor to shirk for themselves,
aud save me from all missionary beggars.
Shed the light of thi countenance on
mi kammel's hair shawl ; countenance on
mi point lace and mi neclace of diamonds,
and keep the moths out ov mi sable, i
beseech thee, Oh, Fortune !
.
Care of the Eyes.
Prescott, the historian, in cousequence
of a disorder of the nerve of the eye,
wrote every one of his historical without
pen or ink, as he could not see when the.
pen was out of ink, or from any other
cause, failed to make a mark. He used
agate stylus on carbonated paper, the
lites and edges of the paper being indica
ted by brass wires in a wooden frame.
Crawford, the sculpter, the habit of
whose life had been to read in a reclin
ing position, lost one eye and soon died?
from the formation of a malignant can
cerous tumor behind the ball, which push
ed it out on the cheek.
There are many affections of the eyes
which are radically incurable. Persons
of scrofulous constitutions, without any
special local manifestations of it, often de
termine the disease to the eye by some
erroneous habit or practice, and it re
mains there for life. It is useful, there
fore, to know some of the causes which,
by debilitating the eye, invite disease to
it, or render it incapable of resistiug ad
verse circumstances.
Avoid reading by candle or any other,
artificial light.
Reading by twilight ought nevea- to be
indulged in. A safe rule is, never read
after sundown or before sunrise.
Do not allow yourself to read a mo
ment in any reclining positiou, whether
in a bed or ou a sofa.
The practice of reading while on horse
back, or in any vehicle iu motion by
wheels is most penicious.
Reading on steam or sail vessels should
not be largely indulged in, because the
slightest motion of the page or your body
alters the focal point and requires a pain
ful straining effort to readjust it.
Never attempt to look at the sun while
shining, unless through a colored glass of
some kind ; even a very bright mootv
should not long be gazed at.
The glare of the sun on water h very,
injurious to the sight.
A sudden change between bright light
and darkness is always pernicious.
In looking at minute objects relieve
the eyes frequently by turning them to
something in the distance.
Every parent should peremptorily for
did all sewing by candle . or gaslight, es
pecially of dark material."
If the eyes are matted together after
sleeping, the mostiustastaneousand agree
able solvent in nature is the application,
of the saliva with the finger before open
ing the eye. Never pick it off with the
fingernail, but wash it off with the balk
of the lingers in quite warm water.
Never bathe or open the eyes in cold
water. It always i.s the safest, best'and
most agreeable to use warm water for that
purpose over seventy degrees.
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New-Fangled Notions.
Recently two- persons traveling on the
road to Gotham in a light wagon were
smoking cigars, from the fire of which
some straw at the bottom ignited. The
flames soou drove them from their seats,
and while busy extinguishing the fire a
countryman who had been for soino time
following them on horseback, alighted to
assist them.
"I have beck watching the smoke foe
some time," he said.
Why, then, did you not give us no
tice ?" asked tho travelers.
"Well responded the rnstic, "there
are so many new-fangled notions now
adays, 1 thought you were going by steam.'"
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Spriggins said heprevented a severo
caso of hydrophobia, by simply getting no.
a high luuce aud waiting there until tb$
dog left. -
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