Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1889 — Near-Sightedness. [ARTICLE]

Near-Sightedness.

Education may create discomforts h •ell as secure great advantages. The Stfaan nation is threatened with a pec Jfit trouble of the eyes, as a penalty for reading badly printed books and for unwise methods of study. A careful iovestifeetion of the schools by competent phynoians has revealed the unpleasant fact that near-sightedness is growing common, and may beoome universal In children of nveyears and under, it was rarely found; 4ne vision was quite K rfect. In the lower Bohools, from flfm to twenty per cent of the soholars were effected; in the higher schools, from forty to fifty per cent. In the theologioal department of the University, seventy per oent. of the students were troubled; and in the medical department the misfortune was almost universal, only five per cent, not being thus afflicted. The physicians ascribe the difficulty to the praotioe of holding the books too near the eyee, and the praotioe is due in s large measure to the poor print dt cheap becks. _ . .. To 8 to? a colt from pulling back os his halter in the stall, take a sufficiently long piece of half-inch rope. Put thf oenter of it under the tail like a crap per, cross the rope on the back, and tie the two ends together in front of the breast, snugly, so there is no s ack, Otherwise it would drop down on the tail. Put au ordinary halter on (a good one), and ruu the halter strap, or rope, through a ring iu the manger or front of the stall, and tie it fast in the rope on the front of the breast; then slap his face and let him fly back. He will not choke or need telling to stop pulling back. Let him wear this awhile, and twice or thrice daily scare him back as suddenly and forcibly as possible. After (me or two trials,he cannot be induced lojjuU back.— Chimgo Evening JottrCan* ohairs are more used than eve* They are now painted in colors to har» monize with the remainder of the fur* mture iu the room. The cane arm emirs have the backs and seats oushicmed either with plush or velvet, while the rockers are generally ornamented with bows and ends -of some bright colored satin ribbon. The shapes in odd ehairs are very old-fashioned, and grow more anoient every day. The latest is a daitfty-looking,though most uncomfortable, chair of Queen Elizabeth’s time. It is manufactured iu highly polished rosewood, and has cushions made of peacock blue plush- embroidered bs moss rone-brim.

in France the best forage is kept fo< the winter for sheep, and two pounds * of salt dissolved in water and sprinkled oyer the rations is given to forty sheep. In Alsace, during very wet weather, one and a half ounces of green vitriol dissolved in eight parts of water, is given with great advantage to sheep. This is especially excellent where sheep are house-fed as in Italy. Cavour relates that in the neighborhood of Turin sheep are principally reared for their milk, which is converted into cheese. In France, near Lyons, amall farmers keep sheep for the same end. The Dishleys yield 75 per cent., and the merinos 56, of their live weight in flesh. The quality of food needed by stock varies even among animals of the same age and breed, and it necessarily varies to a great extent among animals oi different breeds. Upon this subject a farmer in England says it is sufficiently correct to reckon a sheep consuming 28 pounds of green food, an ox or a cow 150 pounds, a calf 40 pounds, and a yearling 80 pounds, daily. At this rate an ox or a cow consumes as muoh as five sheep. The latter will require 10,220 pounds, or nepfliy five tons apiece, the former 54 j 750 pounds, or nearly twenty-five tons of green food, for its yearly maintenance.