THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JfONDAY. JANUARY 23. lftn . K
BtatUUoal Evidcuco of South Dakota' *
Growth and Greatness.
UNIQUE MEASURE FOR LIQUID REFORM
Mitnlclpiil SnlnotutHii n I'annrca for tlie Ills
orrrolilldlliiii Kxprrt Opinion on Idaho
r -llRcrnt Notnhlo
In tlio Northwest ,
The annual reports of the officers of South
Dakota furnish a mass of Information con
cerning ttic development of the state in all
lines of activity. During 18W there were
shipped out of the state 01,783 carloads of
products , of which 80,113 , were wheat , 1,2 1
corn , Jl.'iiS oats , B,8TO flax , 1,731 flour , 1.M1
liay , til butter nnd eggs , 3U7i ! of stonejilmost
entirely from Mlnnchaha county , 100 cement
from Ynnkton county , 7M3 of cattle. 4,003
of hogs , Ulfi of horses and mules"J'of sheep ,
nnil 175 of mixed stock. The valuation of
nonio of these shipments Is as follows ;
Cattle , tUO.-aX ) ; iiogs , SJ.li.VJ.HOOj horses
and mules , SJIiO.OuO ; sheep , tim.twOj wheat ,
* 10,8r > 0IVSO : corn , Xmiw ; oats , $ .V)100 ) ! ! ; flax ,
* 2.C88 , < KXI ; flour , $1.813,800 : hay , W1.SMO.
The total railway mileage in the state is
2.70S . mill's , of which the Chicago , Milwau
kee it , Kt. Paul has l.MM , the Chicago &
North western 741 , the Fremont , Klkhorn&
Missouri Valley 185 , nnd the H. St. M. Ml ,
with the rest divided between thirteen com
panies ,
The railroads paid during the fiscal vcar
ending .luno HO , IHlfJ , taxes in South Dakota
nmountlmr to f.MJO,7GO , nn amount not very
much less than that paid by the counties of
the stnto during the same time into the gen
eral fund. . . , ,
The total number of miles covered In this
state by passenger , mixed , switching and
construction trains during the year was
nearly B.MXi.OOO. The number of passengers
carried was 8,031,000 , and the total passenger
mlleago was equivalent to carrying ono
passenger 07,000,000 miles. The frelgh busl-
ness in the state during the year was equiv
alent to ttic carrying of ono tor. 521i07b'JJ
miles.
The number of railroad employes In the
stnto Is : il.ri. > .
During the year there were two passengers
Wiled nnd three injured , seven employes
killed nnd sixty Injured , and two other per
sons killed and sixty-nine injured.
The national gift to South Dakota for
educational purposes consisted of 3,531,400
acres of the public domain. Of this magnifi
cent endowment , H,823iKO acres belong to the
common schools. So far , 2,878 acres have
been sold and deeded , and IMIM3 are under
contract of sale , leaving the state still in
jKjssesslon of 2,721,401 acres. The sums real
ized from the sales amount to 1,337,331 , of
which KW7.0SO has been paid into the treas
ury , leaving the balance from purchasers ,
upon which they pay Interest. The number
of acres leased is W)8,10i ) : , and the receipts
from leases amount to $48.818. Average price
realized from sale of land is $14. 2 per acre.
During the year 18'J1 the income fund appor
tioned to the school districts of the several
counties of the state amounted to Mr > , OS2 , or
63 cents per child for the 80.070 school
children in the state , while in IS'.tt ' the total
income- fund apportioned was $78,103 , or WJ
cents per child for each of the UI.824 school
children. The increase in the number of
school children in the state from 8(1,070 ( in
1801 to 1)4,824 ) in 1802 is nearly 0 per cent.
IKH1US DIAMONDS.
Now York i-KxprrU rims Upon Itluho'H
GolllH ,
Now York papers report that Jewelers In
that city have received specimens of the al
leged diamonds from Owyhcoflelds of Idaho.
ITour samples wore submitted to Mr. J. C.
Fox , a Maiden Lane lapidary. After a thor
ough examination Mr. Fox pronounced them
rock crystals. "This does not prove , " said
Mr. Fox , "that no diamonds can be found in
Idaho , but simply that these particular speci
mens lire not diamonds. "
A few weeks ago a corrcspontlrnt of
Tiffany & Co. in Idaho sent on some of the
liestspcclmcnfsound. They were examined
by George F. Kunz , Tiffany & Co's. expert
in precious stones. Ho pronounced them
crystals , nnd they wore' returned. Mr. Kunz
has been confounded with the agent from
Amsterdam. "I have not seen n diamond , "
lie said , "that I was absolutely certain came
from Idaho. I am quite satisfied , however ,
that n few small diamonds have been found
in the placer , diggings there of'about the
same quality and occurring under the same
conditions as those In California. In neither
Region have they boon mndo the object of
special search heretofore. Those found
were iilckod up by miners while washing the
pravol for gold. Fragments of diamonds
have been occasionally noticed in the tail
ings from the quartz mills , being the rem
nants of stones broken under thestump. "
TUItNKU UP ITS TOES.
Hard Times In Nevada Tell on the Ntnvs-
pnpcrs.
The Virginia City Territorial Enterprise
has ceased to bo. The chief financial pillai
of the paper , D. O. Mills of New York , tight
cued the strings of his purse a few days ago ,
'nnd the Enterprise bid farewell to things
mundane on Sunday last.
The Enterprise was the oldest newspaper
In Nevada. For the past twenty-five years
it was controlled by the bonanza millionaires
nnd the Hank of California. It wasthoorgan
of those people. This explains why It has
been a losing property for ten years back.
The Enterprise had the honor of serving as
n kindergarten for most of the noted Califor
nia writers. With the exception of Urot
Harte. nil ha\o served un this Nevada paper.
Mark Twain , Joaquin Miller nnd Dan Do
Qtilllo were reporters in the bonanza days ,
nnd some of Mark Twain's bent stories flrsl
saw the light In the Enterprise ,
Activity In the IIIIU.
This coming spring nnd summer promises
to bo the most active in mining matters thai
the Black Hills has over seen , not cxcopti
the palmy days of 1870. During the fall ant
twluter over $1,000,000 of property has beer
purchased by eastern capitalists , who vril
place their properties in shape for produc
tion. The majority of the purchases have
been made in the liald mountain and Hub }
Basin districts. These districts , with an
urea of fifteen square miles , nro covered by a
blanket formation of brown and blue ores ,
each susceptible to the chllorlnation process
A I.uiul Olllrii UilHliH'm.
During December the land office nt Abcr
dcen , S. D. , disposed of 0,501 acres of land ,
for which $3,127 was paid. Seventy-three
original homestead entries were made coverIng -
Ing ll,00 ; ! acres ; fifty-seven final homestead
proofs were mndo for l,01S ) acres , and 1,020
acres were secured by final timber culture
proof. The total number of acres disposed
of was iiO.OM ) . During the mouth of Novem
ber the cash sales wore fiil84. nnd the total
nverngo disjiosed of was 27.U77. _
Ni'linixku iiiul Nvlmmkuiig.
Anotherjcarload oMivo chickens has been
shipped fiinn Supt/rior to California.
Grand Island's German jiaper , Der Herohl ,
has been sold to Louis T. von Wasmer.
A special term of court is to bo held at
Buttu to decide the Uoyd county seat con
test.
test.Waketlold
Waketlold is to have a farmers institute ,
commencing January 24 and lasting for u
week.
Ked Willow county's educational associa
tion will hold its next meeting at Dartlev
February 25. ' '
The Farmers Institute of Nemalm county
will bo held nt Johnson , January 31 , and
February 1 , 2 nnd 3.
Madison Is to have a plow factory , nnd It
will bo In operation insldo of sixty days if
up thing happens to prevent.
The citizens of Alma have organized n
company to build a flouring mill. The capi
tal stock of the company Is placed at $10,000.
Merrlck county supervisors have called on
the county clerk to refund $ U)0 ) which ho has
pocketed as | iy for reixn-ttng the meetings
of the board.
, , Mr , , % Beaten , llvl"K ° 'K'lt ' ' mllc8 wcst ot Tn-
bio Hock , is slowly dying. Ho has boon sick
a lone time with what was thought to bo gout ,
lately borne nro inclined to the belief that it
is leprosy His feet have rotted off nnd the
llosh Is sloughing off toward his knees. His
death cannot long bo delayed. Ho lives iu
the cdgo of Johnson county , Is n widower ,
with two daughters , who are both old
maids. They nro quite wealthy.
Whllo on his way to Jnll , Sheldon I'nge es
caped from the sheriff at Superior nnd rn
Joyed twenty-four hours of liberty. Then ho
was recaptured nt Webber and now lies In
confinement nt Nelson.
r The survey of the north line of Nebraska
will settle many disputed jwlnts over land
claims alond Uoyd county's north line , nnd
open up more land for settlement. The con
tract for this will bo let this month ,
Twoshopmen at North I'lnttn were In-
lured the same day last wonk. Edgar Done-
luiwcr had his hand caught In a planing ma
chine nnd badly mangli-d , nnd John Dtvycr
had his cyo badly hurt by n piece of fljlng
steel.
After preparing to hang himself. Magnus
Tieiiivold , n young farmer , residing near
liuslivlllo , concluded that It was easier to
dlo by the poison route. So he took n dose
of strychnine nnd was found dead In bed
with a rope hanging over his head.
Says the Wakclleld Republican : Consid
erable excitement was stirred up In town of
Into on account of the rcixirtcd attempted
abduction of an estimable young lady of this
city by n certain dark complexioncd stranger ,
said to bo a Mexican , who hung around hero
nest of last week. The guardians of the
young lady , however , were on their guard
i ml foiled the attempt nt abduction and pro-
.ected their charge. Wo might enlarge upon
, his matter , but do not consider It cither in
the line of our business , or to the best inter
ests of all most Interested , to do so. I Us
enough to say that several doses of cold lead
are ready for the fellow should ho show up
again and repeat his dastardly attempt , and
Unit they will bo administered without super
fluous preliminaries.
NilRK < it * >
George II. Peterson of Evanston , Wyo. ,
has been left a fortune of $250,000.
The Spearllsh , S. D. , Electric Light com-
i'nny , capital $500,000 , has been incorporated.
The Northern Paeilio proposes to build n
liranch fl-om Mlssoulu , Mont. , into the Flnt-
licad country.
Willow Creek , five miles west of Idaho
City , is gradually corning to the front as a
"
gold'mlnliig district.
Three hundred thousand cords ofvooil and.
175,000 , tons of coal , all worth about ? :3 : , < XX,000. )
comprised the fuel pile consumed in Portland
last year.
The Woodruff company has sold 13,000
sheep nt Casncr , Wyo. , have shipped 13,000
to their feeding yards at Hooker and have
13,000 left. Lucky thirteen 1
A 100-foot sea serpent was observed slash
ing around in Gamble bay , Puget sound , a
few days ago. A gold euro establishment is
projected in the neighborhood.
Kilpatrick Bros. , the noted railroad con
tractors , have arrived in the Black Hills
with their forces and are preparing for ac
tive work on the Burlington extension to
Spearllsh.
An unusual number of vagabondfl , hobos ,
.vagrants , beggars and tramps now infest
Pugct sound cities , and this pnba' > ly ac
counts for the largo number of lu-'glaries -
and robberies now being committed.
. \ logging llrm In Tacoina , Wash. , has just
signed a contract to get ou 200,000.000 feet
of piiio lumber. The contract involves the
building of n railroad thirteen miles into the
heart of the lumber region. It will take at
least five years to fill the contract and the
freight wljl amount to ? Sr > 0XX ( ) .
A landlord at Great Falls , Mont. , Is suing
election clerks and Judges for the price of
meals furnished on election day. In his bill
the landlord avers that they lived on the fat
of his larder. Prime steaks and chickens of
tender ago wore devoured , also six varieties
of pie and cake and ice cream to match. Ho
wants JB a man , and ought to get it.
H. A. Kcenan of Sweetwatcr county , Wy
oming , is abroad as a candidate for Unito-1
States marshal. Accompanying a pictorial
sketch Is the assurance that ho is a man "of
splendid physical stature , " and that "nature
smiled when his facial contour was chiseled
to gladden nnd captivate his friends and the
fair sex. " Taking these attractive nualtics
into consideration , It Is not surprising to
hoar that the Ladles Democratic club of
Kock Springs feel "warranted in pressing
Mr. ICccnan's claims to a successful issuo. "
Salt Lake capitalists have put their shoul
ders to the projected railroad to Coalvillo.
A map of the route shows a gradual up grade
from Salt Lake to Coalvillo. The latter
town Is about 1,300 feet higher than Salt
Lake. The dlfllcult.v heretofore with pro
jected lines to Coalvillo has been the enorm
ous grades. There will bo a gradual upgrade -
grade for empty cars and a down grade ha\il
to this city. The distance over the Salt
Lake & Hot Springs route will bo fifty-two
miles , which is considerably shorter than
any other proiwscd line to Coalvillo.
o
.S'y.lKi'4.
Colorado miners Strlkn n S Iran go Forma
tion Indeed.
CANON CITY , Col. , Jan. 22. Ono of the most
startling finds ever made In this section was
unearthed at Kockvalo , n small mining
camp nine miles northeast of here. The
Santa Fo Coal company was excavating In
the bottom of n gulch for the purpose of put
ting in n now tracit , when n peculiar forma
tion was run into. The workmen stopped to
examine it , and on digging around the spot
the strange thing was found to bo n per
fectly formed snake , twelve feet in length.
This llnd caused so much excitement that
the excavation was continued , nnd at a little
distance another reptile was uncovered , and
on being dug out was found to bo twenty-
four feet in length and as thick through as a
man's body , and perfectly petrified , and
there is no telling how many of the mon
sters will bo found. The thrco already taken
will make part of the Colorado exhibit at the
World's fair.
Cnrrli-d n ViiUmhlo Cargo.
NEW YOUK , Jan. 22. The most valuable
cargo that has left this port in many a day
went out yesterday by the steamer La Cham
pagne for Havre. Four million three hun
dred thousand dollars In gold is a largo
amount to ship on short notice , nnd officials ,
clerks and other employes were on the
Jump since early morning nt the sub-
treasury In Wall street , preparing kegs of
precious metal to this amount for shipment.
The La Clmmpange which should have
sailed nt 1 p. in. , was held until 2:30 : to no-
commodato this shipment.
ISMiVTltlV Sl'.lltKS.
There seems to be ground for belief that
electricity will come considerably into use as
un muustlietlc.
Not over a quarter of the houses in Paris
are lighted by gas , hut there nra over 175,000
incandescent electric lamps iu use there ,
A system of underground trolley wires for
electric cars has Just been patented in Wash
ington , D.C. , by three residents of St. Louis.
The experiment of lighting the omnibuses
of the Ijondon General Omnibus company
from storage batteries has proved eminently
successful.
A now electric switch has been designed
for use in connection with the lock of n door ,
so that when a key Is turned in the lock
lights Inside nro turned on.
A submarine electrical lamp recently tested
at a depth of thirty feet under water proved
n great attraction for fish. It caused the
water to bo Illuminated within a radius of
100 feet.
An electrical neidmetcr , or instrument for
measuring the amount of acid substance in
liquids , has recently been perfected , and is
expected to come Into extended use In refin
eries , breweries nnd similar places.
Electricity has been successfully applied
Iu agricultural operations at the Polytechnic
institute of Alabama , at which place a motor
has been at wont since last spring threshing
oats , wheat , rye nnd barley , cutting ensilage ,
grinding corn , nnd ginning nnd pressing cot
ton ,
The danger from shocks caused by current
from n live wlro traveling down the stream
of water to the fireman holding the nozzle of
a hosolias led to the devising of nn insulated
support for the nozzle , which grounds the
current and nt the same time is of treat help
in holding the stream steady ,
A now process of electrical dUlnfectlng
consists in passing a current of electricity
through sea water , or any solution contain
ing chlorides , and by this means developing
hypoehloridos , which are powerful disinfect
ing ngents. nnd can bo manufactured cheaply
In this \\tiy upon n largo scale ,
Doublo-aecked storage battery tramway
cars have been oiwrating in Pans for a
month , uud are said to be giving general sat
isfaction. They run much bettor than the
conduit system used In other parts of the
olty.und nro preferable to any of the lines
using overhead wlro construction.
USE AND ABUSE OF THE EYE
Information by an Authority on This Im
portant Subject.
SOME OF THE CAUSES OF INJURED SIGHT
Jlnnjof Them Mny Ho Avoided With a
Little IlrTort A l'c\v Simple I'recnu-
tlntin fur the Onro of
the t'.yoi
The following extract Is mmlo from a lec
ture by Dr. U Webster Fox before tlio
Franklin Institute on "Eyesight In Mldillo
Llfo and Old ARC , with a Few Hints for Its
Care nnd Preservation" :
In this day ot telegraphy , shorthand nnd
specialism , mnn has much labor both men.
tally and physically to perform , and wo must
always remember that 'tis through the cyo
that the greater part of tills labor is iiccom-
pllshcd.
It is bound to excite astonishment nt the
wonderful latter-performing functions of an
eye when wo think of what can be done. If
boys bring with them up to the
entrance of manhood C habits which
nro pernicious , what n serious outlook for
the lasting qualities of that individual who
requires Immense expenditure of nervous
energy aud eyesight between manhood uud
old age , or between twenty tind sixty.
Tnlmrco , Alcohol and Drugs.
Tobacco and alcohol are the two most
prominent ' agents which not only pervert ,
but also destroyspecial senses , and of which
men : of this ago lee freely indulge , especially
in social life.
hw It is n well authenticated fact that boys
who have indulged in the use of tobacco are
not mentally and physically as strong as
those who abstain ; not only have medical
tnen recognized the tendency to a depression
of the vital force in boys and young men
who are constant users of tobacco , but ath
letic 1 < trainers will never select their boats'
crew : from such ranks.
These men know that tobacco weakens
the heart. It is the same with foot ball
teams or tug-of-war men ; they m\y : bo
giants of strength , but when the final test
conies , that subtle lluid Hying through their
nerves with lightningliko rapidity is sud
denly snapped ; collapse and defeat follow.
The excessive use of tobacco not only
weakens the muscles of the eye , hut also
produces a lowering of the acuity of vision
and a form of color blindness. I can recall
an Instance of this peculiar form of blind
ness.
ness.Prof. . Chisolm of Baltimore some years ago
had njmttent , n planter's wife from one of
the southern states , consult him fordefccttvo
vision and who was also blind to certain
colors. Prof. Chisolm , after making
an examination with the ophthalmo
scope , and who up to this stage of
the examination Una not asked her anything
as to personal habits , turned to her and
said : "If you were a man I should pro
nounce your case ono of tobacco ninblyopla ,
or color blindness , duo to excessive use of
tobacco. " The lady , completely surprised at
the keenness of the observation , confessed
that sha. was an excessive smoker ; she and
her husband lived alone in a retired part of
the country , aud in the evening after dinner
she would light her husband's pipe , at lirst
taking but one whiff ; as time went on she
would Increase the number of whiffs , until
she gradually became addicted to the use of
tobacco.
How often wo hear of the sudden deaths
of young men or individuals in the prime of
life 1 Could wo read between the lines , or ,
in other words , dissect that nervous system ,
wo might read there or find the evidence of
overindulgence in tobacco.
With smoking I class the chewing of
tobacco as a very grave evil. The filthy
habit which compels street car companies to
exhibit placards in their cars prohibiting
spitting speaks in words stronger than I
can uso. It Is a disgrace to American man
hood that such n recourse had to bo taken.
One thing to which attention has been re
cently called Is that the women of this gen
eration are proportionately larger than men.
If such is the fact , may it not bo duo to
women abstaining from the use of tobacco ?
Lax-go sums of money are voted and many
laws passed for all kinds of sanitary precau
tions ; medical colleges vie with each other
in selecting the ablest and. best instructors to
guide medical students toward becoming the
keen guardians of the public health , hut
what does it avail when these patent evils
remain unfctteredj Do not misunderstand
my imputations against the use of tobacco ; a
largo gulf lies between the use and abuse of
the fragrant weed. Men who have gone
through n certain amount of mental strain
nro the bettor for smoking ono , two or three
cigars daily ; they have a soothing effect
upon the overwrought nervous system , nnd
smoking brushes away the cobwebs and
makes man a more social creature. Any ex
cessive indulgence in smoking is sure to pro
duce ovll results , but the chewing of tobacco
must bo condemned at all times.
Another source of injury to vision is the
excessive use of alcohol In whatever form It
is taken into the system. The drinking of
beer orwlno acts in a deleterious manner
upon that part of the cyo culled the crystalline -
line lens.
Excessive wine and beer drinkers nro very
prone to have cataracts before they have
passed the 45th lyilo post in their lives ,
while whisky drinkers arc subject to affec
tions of the retina and optio nerve.
There are also certain drugs which pro
duce n bad effect on vision. It is said that
Americans are fast becoming u quinine-eat
ing people.
1 am sure that certain intraocular affec
tions may be traced to the abuse of this
drug. I have in my possession the notes of
several cases where blindness was directly
traced to excessive doses taken at short in
tervals.
Other drugs which nro also injurious to
eyesight are chloral , opium nnd the bro
mides.
Cosmetics which nro placed in tho'eye to
heighten its luster should ho avoided , us
they are always dangerous ; eye balms of all
kinds should bo avoided , especially if the
ingredients are rich in the proportions of
lead.
lead.Tho
The same observations are applicable to
the dyeing of the hair and eyebrows.
There is a case on record where a diminu
tion of vision has been traced to the wearing
of an artificial wreath of ( lowers.
Another someo of failing vision may bo
traced to impeded circulation. The wearing
of tight neckwear , such as collars which are
too small or shlrtbands or neckties tightly
drawn , should bo avoided ; this prevents the
downward column of blood returning to the
heart ; the blood , being retarded , is dammed
up In the capillary blood vessels ; the heart ,
driving against this volume of blood , is sure
to cause dilation of them , and certain dis
eases develop. Wtr nro almost sure to have
fullness of the head or headache following.
To say the least , the equilibrium of the cir
culation is destroyed. The same rule holds
eood to constriction of other parts of the
body.
VITcrt of Tj-jowrltor .
A subject which is commanding some at
tention is , "Aro Typewriting Machines In
jurious to Vision ? " The individuals who
llnd the most trouble with their vision are
those who are students of this now calling.
Close attention and concentration of vision
is necessary to produce accurate copy.
After one becomes so thoroughly
proficient in manipulating the keys
that ho acts automatically , much relief
is given to the eyes , but until this is accom
plished n great many , especially young
girls , suffer from eye strain.
I have given this matter considerable at
tention for a long time , and I am constantly
consulted by individuals who earn a liveli
hood by working at such machines six to
eight hours dully and' ' in' Homo cases longer ,
nnd I find that the nrrmiKcment of keys lifts
much to do with tliosp nfjllctcd with ocutnr
disorders , for llos : > who wrote on machines
having ( . 'Uvular kcy-Upa Mmost always had
cyo trouble
Among the pMlcnts who have consulted
me , I quote from ono who has been using
various machines novr1 'oil ' the market ; his
language I * as follows :
"In considering the various type-writing
machines now In use , and the ofTect they
have on the eyesight of-thoso using them , I
will make use of but' three namely , the
Remington , CallgrajUi nnd Hammond , as
these nro the leading 'machines ' , and the
ones most In use , '
"The keyboard of thp KcmlngUm machine
contains thirty-eight keys , circular in form ,
with the hitters prlntefl bn white paper cbv-
ered with glass. On account of their ar
rangement , shape , size and color , they tire
very confusing , having n tendency to run to
gether.
"Tho Caligmph lias this same fault in a
much more aggravated form , from the fact
of its having a larger number of keys , thus
tending to add to the confusion or running
tendency which a multiplicity of keys pro
duces.
"Tho Hammond has its keyboard arranged
in the form of n semicircle , each key being
made of ebony wood nnd shaped somewhat
like a piano key , with the letter cut on them
nnd filled with white cnamU. The thirty
keys represent , collectively , ninety charac
ters , having fewer keys and more eiianu-ters
than any other machine , and yet the keys
nro mndo of such material , color and shape
that they do not tire the eyes in using
them. "
This patient has been using typewriting
machines almost constantly for the past live
years ; during the first two years ho used a
machine with round linger tips or keys , nnd
lie always experienced a burning sensation
in the eyes , as if small particles of sand
had lodged under the lids ; the smaller blood
vessels looked congested , and these symp
toms became so aggravated that ho con
sulted my assistant ( I being in Europe at
the time ) , to see if something could bo douo
to relieve him from his misery. He could not
read at night after working through the day.
Prior to using this machine he had had no
eye trouble of any kind. My assistant , who
made a careful examination , found that ho
had no visual defect , llo exchanged his
typewriting machine , and after three years
constant use ho has had no further trouble
with his eyes.
Another patient , who has had a somewhat
similar experience , tells mo that while she
has never used the Ideal Hammond , the
black keys of the Callgraph are less hurtful
to her eyes than the white keys of other
machines.
IJefoic a writer becomes so proficient that
ho can perform his work automatically , his
cyo strain must bo enormous. If any visual
defect exists I prescribe the proper glasses ,
and if round linger tips or keys nro used I
ndviso a change to bo made to machines hav
ing rectangular keys , which I llnd are the
least hurtful to the eyes.
on the Cars.
Another source of eye strain is produced
by constant reading in railway carriages. I
have often been impressed by the avidity of
passengers seizing their morning paper
and devouring column after column to
and from their places of destina
tion. On account of the oscillating move
ments of the car the paper is held inside the
proper reading distance ; this is done to get
u larger imago of the reading matter , but in
doing so the muscles of accommodation , as
well as the converging muscles , nro kept on
a severe strain. ,
These same men pass M rapidly from the sta
tion to their places of business , neither look
ing o the right ntor left of them , hut with
thought intent and fixed gaze they still hold
these muscles with n strong grip ; all day at
business the same , and 'a1 ' repetition of the
morning's wont upon the train homeward
bound "at night , and so for ten or twelve
hours those patient eyes' Ure forced to work.
which keeps up the strUln , and on account of
the tension moro bloodis brought to the
parts , which in n short tlmo produces failing
sight and chronic congestion of the eyelids
and eyeballs. -i .
Itcstliifr the Eycg.
Wo must not forgot that a certain amount
of recreation is not pnly conducive to
good health , but is ahsolutcly "necessary
to preserve the same.1'Men who are con
stantly employed either nt reading , draw
ing , adding up columns of figures or near
work of any kind , should take short inter
vals of cyo rest , especially those working
upou white or glazed , paper , wood engravers
or etchers. Nothing gives such eyes greater.
relief than n green disk or square of sufllc-
ient size , suspended on a direct line of vision
nt or against u wall on which the eyes can
rest ; but best of all if that individual can
look upon n green grass plot or green trees.
School rooms , instead of having black
walls , would bi n source of great comfort to
the overtaxed eyes of children if they were
decorated with pastoral scenes , or any pic
ture representing long distances.
Ono of the most prominent and popular
professors , who speaks with nn experience
of twenty-live years , tells ino that ho 1ms
found the old-fashioned school maps , with
their glazed surfaces , not only injurious to
vision , but , on account of their highly reflec
tive surfaces , difllcult to see from certain po
sitions. This style of map should have been
banished from the school rooms years ago.
Pictures in which great distances are
shown are the best- for sitting rooms. The
drop curtains in theaters should have scenes
painted on them showing great perspective ;
it is a rest to the eyes , after the concen
trated effort made in trying to watch the
facial expressions or oycs of an actor ,
to look upon such a picture.
The success of Russell Smith's scenic
paintings on drop curtains was that no gave
great prospective to his drawings.
It is essential to preserve good sight by
such means as will not interfere with good
health , and the first step in that direction
is to have plenty of light nnd air ; not the
heated atmosphere of the average American
business place or homo. I am sure that this
high temperature helps to ruin people's oycs
more than wo like to admit ; too much light ,
especially if it bo reflected , is particularly
injurious ; it produces an overstimulation to
the retina.
Individuals who have to earn a livelihood
with the pen should write on paper tinted
green , blue or yellow. French authors use
green tinted paper , and say that they are
greatly relieved from cyo strain by doing so.
From what I have gathered from clinical
observation , I find that a lesser quantity of
light Is less injurious to an eye than un ex-
cesslvo bright light. For example , miners
have less visual defect than machinists who
work under electric lights.
The eye Is so delicately adjusted that If
ono were to heed its warnings very little in
jury would result to it , but" unfortunately
men and women iillko seem to think that
at all times and under all physical conditions
can this organ bo kept at high pressure ; they
never think that cencral diseases or such as
usually manifest themselves in other organs
may develop special eye diseases.
Word * of ( , 'Aiitlon.
After the last epidemic of grip I was par
ticularly impressed withitho large mimborof
patients complaining of' the loss of power of
the converging muselesjOf the eye. Upon in
vestigation , I found that while these patients
were confined eitheu to bed or homo they
would read incessantly , '
The result of this overtaxation was weak
eye muscles , while so long as they remained
unsupported by prisms- the patient suffered
with pain over the eye rogiou , headaches and
other evidences of oya strain.
Individuals when suffering from any de
pressing disease should bo guarded as to the
length of time they ro.id o rcrforin near
work , as they should lib to pnysical exertion
of any kind.
It is not my purpose to go into a discussion
of the medical side of tlo | many injuries the
eye receives In an Indfirobt way , but persons
who have a predisposition to catarrhal ail
ments , n rhoumatlo ot 'strumous diathesis ,
must carefully avoid all sudden changes of
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tomircrnturo or sudden oxpoture of nn.v Itltul ,
ns the eye not Infrequently becomes the cul-
uilii\tliiff ! point of ( Ikeii'o.
1'eoplo prone to overeating with little erne
no exercise , frequently have this condition ns
well , which Is known to the profession ns
"Muson > Volltnntes.1 They nro not , n many
> eoplo think , the forerunners of cataracts or
iillndness in fact , so lout ; as they remain
minute specks they are harmless. Ono thliiR
they iKiint to , anil that , la , the e.vo should
Imvo rest nnd the body mailo to work ; an In
verse condition of affairs should he brought
about to that usually exlitliiR ; plenty of out
door c.xerciso and very little near work upon
white paper.
The state of the mind has much to do with
vision. Violent affections or preat passion ,
lotiK-contlnueil grief and care cause a dim
inution of the eyesight. It is recorded that
extreme terror has induced blindness ; violent
miner or rage lessens the acuity of vision tea
a marked decree. All thin acts like so many
corroding cares perpetually undermining the
stock of peed slpht nature has Riven us.
The archbishopof Seville , who died at the
O of 110 , when asked the secret of his !
longevity and Rood eyesipht , said , -lly bchiR i
old when I was young. I llnd myself young I
now I am old. " I
Ailments of ARC.
Ono of the ilrst concomitants of ape Is ac
quired far-si htednr > ss. This necessitates
wearing certain glasses for near work.
Whenever a man or woman about 45 years
IIRO llnds himself or herself readiiiR or
threading a needle at arm's leiiRth. their
action tells that the little muscle Rovernlng
the accommodation Is growing weak and
needs assistance. lly persisting in forcing
this muscle to work , much injury is done to
the eye . but by having it corrected many a
frown "would be saved to man and many
wrlnklo to woman.
Not only is it Important to Ret plasses , but
of more Importance still is it to see that you
get the kind suitable for each oye. It Is
comparatively rare to llnd two eyes exactly
alike , and the aid of an ophthalmic surgeon
who is not only competent theoretically but
practically should be sought.
As ago increases , excessive reading , writ
ing , or work upon very small objects must
not bo persisted in , especially if the eyes
grow tired. It must ho remembered Unit
the elasticity of the eyeball is lost , and any
persistent effort may produce hemorrhage in
the rutliri , or such n strain ns may lead to
other serious troubles.
Old people should ho careful not to read
with a strong artlliclal light falling on a
white glazed surface. It would be better for
such people If our monthly magazines were
printed on paper of a neutral tint.
To I'rrncrvo Krttllit. |
In conclusion , I venture to gts-e you a few
more hints on the care of your eyesight :
1. Avoid sudden changes from dark to
brilliant light.
U. Avoid the use of Stimulants and drugs
which affect the nervous system.
3. Avoid rcaillng when lying down or when
mentally and physically exhausted.
4-When the e.vcs feel tired , rest them by
looking at objects at a long distance.
5. Pay special attention to the hygiene
of the hotly , for that which tends to promote
the general health acts benellcially upon the
eyo.
0. Up to10 years of- ago bathe the oycs
twice dally with cold water.
7. Do not depend on your own Judgment
in selecting spectacles.
S. Old persons should avoid reading much
by artitlcial light , bo guarded as to diet and
avoid sitting up late at night.
U. After fil ) , bathe the eyes morning and
evening with water so hot you wonder how you
stand it ; follow this with cold water , that
will make them glow with warmth.
10. Do not give up in despair when you
are informed that a cataract is developing ;
remember that in these days of advanced
surgery it can bo removed with little or no
danger to vision.
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