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Are Blinkers Hurlful? Wien a horse is used for the saddle none thinks of meddling with his eyes, and wo allow the an inil t use them freoly, as nature has directed. But no sooner do we put the same animal into harness than we think ourselves bound to fasten a black leather llap over the eyes, so as to prevent him from seeing objects at his tides, and to limit his vow to those which are in his immediate front. This is and me wifh Ihe very best intentions, the object being to save him from being 'lightened by startling and unwonted sights, and only to leave a sufficiency @f vision wherewith to guide his tteps. Herein, as in feeding and stabling the horse, man judges the animal by himself, forgetting, or rather having failed to notico, that the eyes f the horse are exceedingly unlike our own. Our eyes are set in the front of our heads, so Ihst if blinkers were fast ened to our temples, our range of vision would be but slightly limit ed. But (be eyes of the horse are placed on the sides of the head and are rather prominent, so that the animal can net only sec on either side, but by rolling his eyes backwards, as we see in a vicious horse, can see objects almost in his immediate rear. The effect of the blinker is both physically and men tally injurious to the horse. In the first place, especially when large and brenght near the eyes, it lui the effect of healing them and hindering the free passage of air ever them. In the next place, it causes the eyes to be always di rected forward, nd thus produces a most injurious struia en the deli cate muscles. We kn >ir how pain ful a sensation is felt when w# are obliged to strain our eyes either backward or upward any length of time and 1 lia horse suffers no less inconvenience when it is forced to keep its eyes continually strained torward. The worst example of the blink ers that I have ever seen were in the United States, where the blin kers (er “blinders” as they are there named) are often brought so closely together in front by means of a strap and a buckle that a mere narrow strip barely half an inch in widih is left for vision. This again is done with the best intentions, the object being to save the am mal from being afflicted with snow blindness. Now the horses eyes are in many respects different fr*m our own, and are net affected, as is the case With ©urs, by the vastex pansesof dazzling which are ren dered even more dazzling by the dear atmosphere and brilliant sun shine of America. One ©fits safe guards lies in the remarkable iructure which is properly term ed the “haw,” and scieulifically the ‘•nictitating membrane.” This is a sort ct a third eyelid set beneath the true eyelids, and capable of be mg drawn at will over the eyeball, thus performing the double duty of shielding the oya from the direct glare ©f light and clearing the sur face frern lust and any other for eign substance. This membrane ig seVu in p' rfcc'ion in the birds of j prey, so thit', the proverbial state ment that, the eagle (rains iUlft gaze at the midday sun has some foundation ni fact. Dri v i ng i\* ennui see n ees, A talkative driver is almost in vtnVoly a bad on*. He may be all there over a diffieu't bit of a road, or determined enough with a restive hoist*, but in a long drive is almost certain to become careless, and the result is frequently broken knees. Accidents seem generally t happen in unlikely spots. .1 have been in a good many and never saw a horse fall 01 a stesp hill, and only once a collision, and that a slight one, eccurr at a dan girons corner. A gentle slope down which a horse tints with al most aalack rein, is generally the place where he falls. Horses are very clever at avoid ing collisions on dark nights, and their sight is, I fancy, much keener than man's. More than one a have I, when unexpectedly benighted, been indebted to my pony’s quick ness for my safe arrival. One day the train I had been to meet was very late; the evening was dull and heavy clouds were gathering in the westward, and we were still two miles from home when twilight had disappeared completely. There was one very bad piece overhung by trees, with a steep bank on ©ne side and a narrow, but rafher deep stream on the oilier. The dark ness was intense under the trees. Suddenly my cob, which was going very freely, swerved 1© one side, drew the cart close to the bank on the left, and stood still. I then heard the rattle of a wagon and shouted. A voice answered and an empty wagon with t wo horse ■ came past at full trot, se close that 1 thought we must have been mash ed.—[Chambers’ Journal. Browning’s Striking Personality. The society of London oilers no more striking or interesting figure than that of Robert Browning. It may safely be alleged that no one meeting him ter the first time, and unfurnished with a clew, would guess his vocation. He might be a diplomatist, a statesman, a dis coverer or a man of science. But whatever wers his callings, we must be essentially practical. Of the disordered appearance, the yn conventieual demeanor, the rapt aud mysfie air, which we assume to be characteristic o t the poet, he has absolutely none. And his csn versation corresponds to his appear ance. It abounds in vigor, in lire, in viva:ity. It is always genuine ly eloquent, Yet all the time it is entirely free frem mystery, vague ness or technical jargon. It is the crisp, emphatic and powerful dis course ©t man ©f the world, who is comparably better informed, than tine mass of his congeners, Mr. Browning is the readiest, the blightest and the mast forcible of talkers. Like the monsignore in “Lo thair,” be C*a “eparklo with anecdote and blaze with repartee,” and when he deals in criticism the edge of bis sword is mercilessly whetted against pretoa siou and vanity. The inflection of ♦he voice, the flash of the eye, the pose 1 All Travelers Whether liy laud or sea, who aro liable to he out of reach of drug stores ami doctors, would do well to have a supply of Ayer’s I’ilis at hand. For this jmrpo.se, the Pills are put up in bottles as well as boxes, and may he conveniently eavriod in one’s pocket. Six of the most, distinguished physicians of Syracuse, X. V., in giving their joint testimony as to the excellent medical continuation of Ayer's Pills, make this point: “ Their beautiful coating of gela tine and sugar is a great advantage, in that it protects them from change by time or climate, and renders them pleas ant and even agreeable to take.” “ Dining the twenty-five years I have lived on the frontier,” writes John IMeDowall, of Sweetwater. Col., “Ayer’s Pills have been my best friend. I have lived, mostly, where there was no doc tor within twenty miles, and have been bard sick several times. I always kept; Ayer’s medicines on hand, and with them, and the Almanac, have pulhal through. I have also doctored others, ami believe I have saved some valuable lives by the use of Ayer's Pills.” * Ayer’s Pa lls 9 Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer St Cos., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Dealers In Medicine. (->-ill' sai. Ge<rtfia, Bants County.—Will he sold on tli* l* f . TueMtay in December i"Xt, at the conn lioiifip in said eonn'y vithin the legal hour* ot sals, to the 'ngheet bilcfft lor cash, the following property to-wit: One tract of land Mi>jc in said county, on WoUb’s C e‘k adjoining land- of P F M Furr on he north, lands of pauper’s home oo 'he east, lands of Tims. He.jden on the sooth, lands of Wirnberlv McMillian u the wear, the pUoe whereon the (le cndaut now containing ]<>() seres, more or less; said land levied on an the preportv William Holland to satin y a fi fa isi>n;l from the superior court of said county iu favor of P. F. M Furr againet the said William Hol land. Written no'ine given William Holland in terms ot the law. Also at the sime time and plaGe, 1 bay mare mule, about ten years uid, known as the Pertv mule; two hales of hut cotton, good middling, put up in hugging and ties, cent lining 400 lbs. each, more or less, levied on as the property ot Julia A. Dunnahoo, to sat isfy a mortgage ti la, issued from the upeiior court of said county in faTor P. F. M Furr, against the said Julia A. Dunnahoo, property pointed out oy plaintiff in fi fa. Oct. 30th, 1880 W. A. Scoggins, Sheriff B. C. uit For Divorce! Polly Dodd vs- ) Libel foi Divorce in JLa Fayette Dodd) Banks Supeiior Court, Sept, Term 18S9. it appearing to Ihe court by the re t.urn of the sheriff io the above stated case that the defendant John not reside in said county, and it fnither appear ing that he dees not reside in this state, It is therefeie ordered by the court that ee r vice bo perinc'ed on the defendant by the publication of this order once a month for four months before the next term of this court in The Weekly Journal, a newspaper published iu the county of Banks. Granted; Fletcher Johnson, libel lant attorney. M.-L Hutchins, judge. A true extract from the minutes o f Banks Superior Court. This Oct. 21, 1889. L. N. Turk, 0. S. C. of the head, the action of the band, all lend their special emphasis to the con demaation. “I like religion to be treated seriously,” be exclaimed with reference to a recent novel of great re nown, “and I don’t want te know what this curate or that curate thinks about it. No, I don’t.’’ Surely the secret thoughts of many hearts found uttoraneo in that emphatio cry. When an unduly fervent admirer had button-holed him throughout a long eveniog, plying him throughout with questions al&ut what he meant by this line, or whom ho intended by that chareeter, tbero was exquisite giace a* well as just rebuke in tbs stress on the words, ‘ But I am monop olizing yon,” with which the master at last extricated himself frota the rasp of the disciple.—[New Review. ‘ f .j WOODWORK ATTACHMENTS foj r frf lffiO, 28 UNION SQUARE,NY. “NUfiS— CHM-P H.L. CAL."a?iscfl ST.LOUIS.UD. IdireaEVJHaßrra OALLAS.TtX. 6, P. jScona, Furniture Cos • Gaines ville. Georgia A Week'* Hs**ss*ii-€w I’ref! 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