Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

. She aininig wel Scientific Press, 105. A TRIP TO MOUNT, DIABLO. A'ttip to Moobt Diahlo et'the! preséut time is nota very , purticnlarly pleasaut excursion. Having a little buainéss de that lirecticu, however, We stepped oe boaMthe trim little steamer Puul Pry, oo Tucsday of last’ week, and wero.goou lmdedat >i ¢. "CF. ANTIOCH.~ The next motuing, havitglA few momenta to spare, bofre startieg for. thé wines, we took a look*arcand town: ‘Business in Antioch. is ratber dul] at this time, on acconnt of the Impassable -eotditioo of thé roads, which ! cffect. ’ pally cits off all edmotuniedtion with the con} mines. With the return of fuir wenther, however, inIned ecommueication will be again: restored, the teamster will return to his aceudtoned avocation, and buslnessin~Anttoch wilt} ojfew’ tore’ resume itd—wontal distal Akugh. > speculation exists there, att] the (present. . time, with regardety tlie sffeot: whieh she railroad, is guing to'oxurt“upen the présperity of thd plice, It is well known that the railroad eompnny has aciected a poiut somo two miles below Antioch as its embarcadera, whitherat will take oll its freight, aud from whieh point it will transport yA supplies to the. mines. Tiis general intpression a “Antioch, is that* the ’ increase ws business at the mines, and tho difficulty of access to the upper termiuus of the railroad from many of ,the minsg,already -openod, ‘and others yet to be developed, will admit of the still onward progress of tbis thriving little town!” We don't doubt? it? 'Moredver! We look to developments at the mines whieh will . goon demand tho construction of still another roud for Uie ‘aécontmodation‘oftsaoh traisporfatian as cannot reseh the present onc, and which will have its lower terminus at Antioch, the valne and extent o of these mices is not yet . : fully understood. ‘We shall have more to say of thei next week. TUE. OOPPER: SMELTING’ WORKS,O? Ahout which so much has been said, dnd fra which go much was expeated, are locatedia: few rods op the’rivérfrom the town, lidving’ a: iaudiny of their own. These works are mow: idly. Ali thé ore which''was purchased’ hy thé company has been worked up, aud the matle shipped to the East. ‘The furoaces, wo believe, were well adapted to the.purpose.for. which they were constructed ; but the high price of transportation of fuel aod of: labor would oot admit of their being made a. _peeuniary success, on ‘the “low ite ‘of. ores, upoo, which they were tried; while the high price’ paid for the selected orea, for, shippieg, ,pre-,. ' cluded their purchase by the company at:rates at which they could be made r Temunerative for amelting ‘here. We arg. oot ‘informed as to the future disposition which is to he made of The furnaces are two in bumTeas the Property. ber, atid oF ‘reverberatory. duetruction.’ te oa THR QUICKSILVER MINES. Mort Most : of our retitdisy ate aware {hat preparations bave been some time in progress for the. erection of the necessary furoaces and niachinery,-for the!pnrpose’ 6? working the: ‘quicksilver mine located, on. the northeasterly, flank of the mountain? nearly opposite’ the fown of Autioch. Mr. R. HE. Oglesby, Inst spring, uiade an ari SN a lor putting up tho neccssty, Gxtuined apd: ahacllihery for) warking . he, othe aod extracting the, metal from the ore. This machinery is now completed and was started up while we' were'therd. ‘It consists of a votary crushing mill, drivco-ky a steain engine, for reducing thy ore and, Jime, to the fineness required for extracting. the quicksilver. , He has pot up two D retorts, “each ay 6 feet long, and capable of receitiug about GOO pounds of ore, each, to,.a eharge, Four, charges cao be, made in each twenty-four hours—or about two and a balftons per day. ‘This is merely designed for prospecting operations,.ito test the ore and mine thoronghly before fitting up extensive machinery and furnaces of large capacity, ‘The tést thas fat has ‘been, “pertctly . satistaclory, The quicksilver was, coming. from, the retorts quite freely when we lett» the mine last Sufarday'mitning, “Tit” uiiiic is Tooking quite well, ulthough it basas yet been ‘Opened to only a few fect in depth. ‘here are thousanda of tous of ase on aie surfade, eich, witb a yery little selection, it is thought will pay well by tho use of large furnaces for extracting the. metal, instead of the retorts now employed. We trast the, enterprise may ‘prove f success in every particolar. Parties interested in extension claims aro! watching with mach Intcreat tho derclopments now beiug, made by Mr. Oglesby, with the’ view afthereupyn judging the value of their’ own ground. its THE BOOT AND SHOE BUSINESS IN SAN y FRANOISOO. : icv ft eee San Franciseo ‘capitalists ard: beginning to find that.there aro other sources of prolit for the, inyestwent of @pital, thaw mings, .and wicrs, chandise. ‘bree or four years, of experience in the various depnrtments of industrial coter-_ prise, have fully proven thut the inhabitants of the Pucific Coast can niake themselves one of: the most independent people in tho world, In‘ addition to the great inotallic basis of! commercial euterprise, for which the world looks chiefly: to this ‘const for its supply, we havo . . now fully proven that our ugricultural resourees;: both in variety and abnndance, are no where to be eqnalled ; wlile at the same time the’! iedustry and genius of our people’ are fully’), competent fo the task of rendering us quite as independent as any other community, in our lhome maou faetures. “. _ During ths past week we ‘have taken occa‘sion to” ‘inquire into that partieular department: jof mnnufactnro named io the heading of this article, and have beeo quito surprised to learn . ‘the extent to which it> is: even cow being . i carried on-in this city. Tlosuccess which has . . fins far attended enterprise tn‘ tliis dircetion, looks to the fullest assurance that a will soot becomé qnite independent. of either . ) thé EdStern States or Europe, for boots atd shoes for both ladies’ and gentlemen’s wear. There are already som “foni® or ‘five wholesale_ manufacti sries in'San Francisco’ alone. © "The pioneer establishment i in this, line/in San Franciseo,-is that. of a M Wicntwontl & Co. at 210 Pine street, which commencéd — ‘operations in the fall of 1864, The Statc icstitu-) tiow at*San Quentin, however,’ introduced the . ! manufacture aboot‘ two! years earlier,' c/I'be . ) class of goods manufactured by Messrs. Weutworth, & Co., arc ladies’, ehildren’s: aod misses’, ‘bootsiand shoes: The particular speciality of their maoufacture is that knownas chancel and copper nailed ; a class of work. now. G08] sidered superior to any other, witb the’ exceptioo of sewed wark, “which; we-believe, has never: been. introduced ag an exclusive. branch lof mianiifacturé on’ a‘large’ scale. Io’ ‘this kind" lof work the nails. are driven, io a, chancel, which is afterward covered, making a ceat and lefegaint foish.” ‘The vail sire clinched by ein driven upon an iroo last. “In order to haye [ this part of the work done. effectually, and io. a manner-to Hold, the nails’ are manufactured of the very best Swéde’s iron, and aye beaded. Work s0 pnt together stands tnuch better than pegs, ordipary, pailed work machine 8 witgs?. . and is excelled ooly. by«haod: ‘sewing, hi¢h is altogether tod expensive, far geneval' work, and the superiority of which hears no reasonable proportion to its increased cust. These gentlenied have” gouel ioto this busioess with,a detertoination: not ouly,to, make. ity) profitable, but also to convince the public t that’ they cao turn out a, quality, ‘of work equal, if, not’ better, i in both style! and* finish, ‘thae the . best imported from , etther .Bostoo, or ‘Paris. 1 An cXamination of thuir latest style of ladies’ aed misses” gaiters, is all that is needed to couvince even the most fastidious that’ ‘they . have ‘accomphshed this latter purpose. “'Phey are doing it, moreover, by the use of Californiamade leather; importing nothiug bnt their nails and. lasting—-whieh latter is; of the best Freoch, manufacture. _ Calilornia sole leather, it is worthy,of notice, ig. pronounged superior to any whigh,cao be imported; owing, it is baid, to, Some peeling quality i in the bark osedin this couat ry for tanning.” 7 _In order, to, Tender the udiness profitable, hey are introducin, nil the Intest and most iF machinery, for: expediting work and! aa ,aviog hand labor, Ari visit to their , establishment affords a pretty plain eae that boot ‘and shoe making, aa ivused to be called, may now well be termed manefacturing, the common mode of distinguishing hetween work doue Ly hand aud that accomplished by machinery. In following the proeess of the manufucture from its commenesment, step by step, to the perfect show nr baot, the attcutioe of the observer is first called to a little rolling macbine,»which takes tho place of the “lap‘Btouc,” “that was onee tho invariahle accomIpaninient of overy shocmaker’s “kit.” Here t ithe work of Hours Ils done in intnutes ; cext, a ‘properly shaped die, with n single blow from a malict, cuts out & heel-tap or sole, whieh was formerly a slow und tedious, operatiyn ,with a knife and pattern, whilo two or three sewing machines (live-of wlich are used at this establishmeut) do the’ Work of sewers, of binders aud closers. Noxt wo coino to one of the ‘tire range of shoe nlannfacture—ths ‘eyclet ‘ineuline.” All tho operator hus to do is to . . ‘drop a handful of eyelets in a kiud of revolving hopper, work i treadlo with oue of his fset, aod hold the “ upper ”' in its proper mieca'oh the machino, while the holes, previously ‘puuehed, are made to receive, automically, . ‘the eyelets as rapidly as stitches cao he taken by. a usedle-woman. This, we believe, is the ! only machine of the kind -in Califoreia, It is “quite .a _récent inveutioe, . aiey 3° patent’ head-blocks, aro kept in constant-eimploymeut, in “the room set apart for their espctial fuipose. = gy “Hose geutlemen % ars also" expecting, by the ‘next, steamer, additional machinery—two large . ‘splitting macbioes, a skciving machine, and a jlarge rolling machine, They arg determined 'to add to their. ‘nachinery. department every. . thing which cin facilitate and cheapen tbe va. ‘Tiong, processes , of their manufacture, without \militating against the quality of their work. : “. So great is ‘the .demand for their goods, that they fiud it almostimpossible to sopply the . orders which ate ‘constae‘ly coming in. The presentrsitate of tho Hastere markct; infloeoced . i by the sudden demand_for boots aod shoes at the South, which followed immediately upon ‘tho close of tho war, is operating greatly . to the advaotagé of Califoruia manufacturers. In order to encourage.our owo maeufacturers, . ) . pure asers shoold dis Timioate betweeo home _and Imported goods, giving preference to the former. Let those. who have ootihitherto tried ‘home tanufactured‘boots aud sboes, make the experiment, and our word for it, they will oot regret baving rdone sq; aud, will, moreover, ‘vender _substaotial aid in building np a0 im\portant’brinch of home iodustry. oA) . ’Gktde oF Wik Evrs—Iedigestioo’ is the principal source of weak eyes.’ “Reading in the ‘ears often scriousiy disturbs the visioo. A delicate and: wonderful ; apparatus within the eyes is; constantly busy in, adapting it to the ‘various foeal ‘distances. ‘The jerking motioo lof the cir eompels an exhaustive effort to maio. ituio” thé ‘required adaptation. Thousaods' of eyes aré spoiled by reading ,in cars and other vehicles. Receotly Twas consulted by a railway expressmao, who had become totally blind . by reading newspapers in the cars. Thousands ‘who huvesnever: ‘conscidusly sufféred any in‘conyeniencetrom the. habit, are obliged to wear . . glasges, prematurely, ito correct an unsleadiness of viston produced in this way. Reading with the ‘gislizht ‘before yon is afiother cvase of} iweuk eyes. ‘The light should always hang high cand behind you, and be allowed to,shine over the shoulder. If couvenicnt, it sbould be over thé'left shoulder,’ fusing kerosene, itis best to employ, the lamps" which hang onthe wall. ‘Neither should yoo read with your face towards ‘. the window. Reading by twilight is dangerous, Gradually: Accommodating itsclf to the receding light,;the eye is unconscionsly strained. . I have seen more than one ease of grave disease of the eye, produced by an undue effort to use the vision, toa long at twilight. White paiot is another nischiat to the eyes. White paint outside, Whi ite paint. ‘ioside, white paiut everywhere. During the brightcst#suoshine, the glare hurts’ the eyes. I wouder, if it is notin bad taste likowisc? I notice that artists have none of it about them. In our constaot reading, the eye-sight is much tried by the white . aper. I hope that the tinted paper, with a still deeper color, may become fashionable. ‘Avoid: rending, by artificial ligbt when you can. We read too much. We read as we eat—pellmelt, hote hity:poteh ; no mastiention, bo ditstion. It, as a pcople, we read less we might histe a —Dio Lewis. niost ingenious-aud useful machines in the enTen or twelve of . : 7 Subscribe Now! = ° 1866 JANUARY ist, 1866 Commencement of Twelfth Volume —OF THE— Mining and Scientific eit6e Published Every Etats ‘Tho titlo of our jonmal is a truthful expression . of its character. It affords a class of progressive information to tho. , Miners, Mechanics and Professional Men of the Pacific Coast, which cannot bo derived from bogks,; or other publications. 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. She aininig wel Scientific Press, 105. A TRIP TO MOUNT, DIABLO. A'ttip to Moobt Diahlo et'the! preséut time is nota very , purticnlarly pleasaut excursion. Having a little buainéss de that lirecticu, however, We stepped oe boaMthe trim little steamer Puul Pry, oo Tucsday of last’ week, and wero.goou lmdedat >i ¢. "CF. ANTIOCH.~ The next motuing, havitglA few momenta to spare, bofre startieg for. thé wines, we took a look*arcand town: ‘Business in Antioch. is ratber dul] at this time, on acconnt of the Impassable -eotditioo of thé roads, which ! cffect. ’ pally cits off all edmotuniedtion with the con} mines. With the return of fuir wenther, however, inIned ecommueication will be again: restored, the teamster will return to his aceudtoned avocation, and buslnessin~Anttoch wilt} ojfew’ tore’ resume itd—wontal distal Akugh. > speculation exists there, att] the (present. . time, with regardety tlie sffeot: whieh she railroad, is guing to'oxurt“upen the présperity of thd plice, It is well known that the railroad eompnny has aciected a poiut somo two miles below Antioch as its embarcadera, whitherat will take oll its freight, aud from whieh point it will transport yA supplies to the. mines. Tiis general intpression a “Antioch, is that* the ’ increase ws business at the mines, and tho difficulty of access to the upper termiuus of the railroad from many of ,the minsg,already -openod, ‘and others yet to be developed, will admit of the still onward progress of tbis thriving little town!” We don't doubt? it? 'Moredver! We look to developments at the mines whieh will . goon demand tho construction of still another roud for Uie ‘aécontmodation‘oftsaoh traisporfatian as cannot reseh the present onc, and which will have its lower terminus at Antioch, the valne and extent o of these mices is not yet . : fully understood. ‘We shall have more to say of thei next week. TUE. OOPPER: SMELTING’ WORKS,O? Ahout which so much has been said, dnd fra which go much was expeated, are locatedia: few rods op the’rivérfrom the town, lidving’ a: iaudiny of their own. These works are mow: idly. Ali thé ore which''was purchased’ hy thé company has been worked up, aud the matle shipped to the East. ‘The furoaces, wo believe, were well adapted to the.purpose.for. which they were constructed ; but the high price of transportation of fuel aod of: labor would oot admit of their being made a. _peeuniary success, on ‘the “low ite ‘of. ores, upoo, which they were tried; while the high price’ paid for the selected orea, for, shippieg, ,pre-,. ' cluded their purchase by the company at:rates at which they could be made r Temunerative for amelting ‘here. We arg. oot ‘informed as to the future disposition which is to he made of The furnaces are two in bumTeas the Property. ber, atid oF ‘reverberatory. duetruction.’ te oa THR QUICKSILVER MINES. Mort Most : of our retitdisy ate aware {hat preparations bave been some time in progress for the. erection of the necessary furoaces and niachinery,-for the!pnrpose’ 6? working the: ‘quicksilver mine located, on. the northeasterly, flank of the mountain? nearly opposite’ the fown of Autioch. Mr. R. HE. Oglesby, Inst spring, uiade an ari SN a lor putting up tho neccssty, Gxtuined apd: ahacllihery for) warking . he, othe aod extracting the, metal from the ore. This machinery is now completed and was started up while we' were'therd. ‘It consists of a votary crushing mill, drivco-ky a steain engine, for reducing thy ore and, Jime, to the fineness required for extracting. the quicksilver. , He has pot up two D retorts, “each ay 6 feet long, and capable of receitiug about GOO pounds of ore, each, to,.a eharge, Four, charges cao be, made in each twenty-four hours—or about two and a balftons per day. ‘This is merely designed for prospecting operations,.ito test the ore and mine thoronghly before fitting up extensive machinery and furnaces of large capacity, ‘The tést thas fat has ‘been, “pertctly . satistaclory, The quicksilver was, coming. from, the retorts quite freely when we lett» the mine last Sufarday'mitning, “Tit” uiiiic is Tooking quite well, ulthough it basas yet been ‘Opened to only a few fect in depth. ‘here are thousanda of tous of ase on aie surfade, eich, witb a yery little selection, it is thought will pay well by tho use of large furnaces for extracting the. metal, instead of the retorts now employed. We trast the, enterprise may ‘prove f success in every particolar. Parties interested in extension claims aro! watching with mach Intcreat tho derclopments now beiug, made by Mr. Oglesby, with the’ view afthereupyn judging the value of their’ own ground. its THE BOOT AND SHOE BUSINESS IN SAN y FRANOISOO. : icv ft eee San Franciseo ‘capitalists ard: beginning to find that.there aro other sources of prolit for the, inyestwent of @pital, thaw mings, .and wicrs, chandise. ‘bree or four years, of experience in the various depnrtments of industrial coter-_ prise, have fully proven thut the inhabitants of the Pucific Coast can niake themselves one of: the most independent people in tho world, In‘ addition to the great inotallic basis of! commercial euterprise, for which the world looks chiefly: to this ‘const for its supply, we havo . . now fully proven that our ugricultural resourees;: both in variety and abnndance, are no where to be eqnalled ; wlile at the same time the’! iedustry and genius of our people’ are fully’), competent fo the task of rendering us quite as independent as any other community, in our lhome maou faetures. “. _ During ths past week we ‘have taken occa‘sion to” ‘inquire into that partieular department: jof mnnufactnro named io the heading of this article, and have beeo quito surprised to learn . ‘the extent to which it> is: even cow being . i carried on-in this city. Tlosuccess which has . . fins far attended enterprise tn‘ tliis dircetion, looks to the fullest assurance that a will soot becomé qnite independent. of either . ) thé EdStern States or Europe, for boots atd shoes for both ladies’ and gentlemen’s wear. There are already som “foni® or ‘five wholesale_ manufacti sries in'San Francisco’ alone. © "The pioneer establishment i in this, line/in San Franciseo,-is that. of a M Wicntwontl & Co. at 210 Pine street, which commencéd — ‘operations in the fall of 1864, The Statc icstitu-) tiow at*San Quentin, however,’ introduced the . ! manufacture aboot‘ two! years earlier,' c/I'be . ) class of goods manufactured by Messrs. Weutworth, & Co., arc ladies’, ehildren’s: aod misses’, ‘bootsiand shoes: The particular speciality of their maoufacture is that knownas chancel and copper nailed ; a class of work. now. G08] sidered superior to any other, witb the’ exceptioo of sewed wark, “which; we-believe, has never: been. introduced ag an exclusive. branch lof mianiifacturé on’ a‘large’ scale. Io’ ‘this kind" lof work the nails. are driven, io a, chancel, which is afterward covered, making a ceat and lefegaint foish.” ‘The vail sire clinched by ein driven upon an iroo last. “In order to haye [ this part of the work done. effectually, and io. a manner-to Hold, the nails’ are manufactured of the very best Swéde’s iron, and aye beaded. Work s0 pnt together stands tnuch better than pegs, ordipary, pailed work machine 8 witgs?. . and is excelled ooly. by«haod: ‘sewing, hi¢h is altogether tod expensive, far geneval' work, and the superiority of which hears no reasonable proportion to its increased cust. These gentlenied have” gouel ioto this busioess with,a detertoination: not ouly,to, make. ity) profitable, but also to convince the public t that’ they cao turn out a, quality, ‘of work equal, if, not’ better, i in both style! and* finish, ‘thae the . best imported from , etther .Bostoo, or ‘Paris. 1 An cXamination of thuir latest style of ladies’ aed misses” gaiters, is all that is needed to couvince even the most fastidious that’ ‘they . have ‘accomphshed this latter purpose. “'Phey are doing it, moreover, by the use of Californiamade leather; importing nothiug bnt their nails and. lasting—-whieh latter is; of the best Freoch, manufacture. _ Calilornia sole leather, it is worthy,of notice, ig. pronounged superior to any whigh,cao be imported; owing, it is baid, to, Some peeling quality i in the bark osedin this couat ry for tanning.” 7 _In order, to, Tender the udiness profitable, hey are introducin, nil the Intest and most iF machinery, for: expediting work and! aa ,aviog hand labor, Ari visit to their , establishment affords a pretty plain eae that boot ‘and shoe making, aa ivused to be called, may now well be termed manefacturing, the common mode of distinguishing hetween work doue Ly hand aud that accomplished by machinery. In following the proeess of the manufucture from its commenesment, step by step, to the perfect show nr baot, the attcutioe of the observer is first called to a little rolling macbine,»which takes tho place of the “lap‘Btouc,” “that was onee tho invariahle accomIpaninient of overy shocmaker’s “kit.” Here t ithe work of Hours Ils done in intnutes ; cext, a ‘properly shaped die, with n single blow from a malict, cuts out & heel-tap or sole, whieh was formerly a slow und tedious, operatiyn ,with a knife and pattern, whilo two or three sewing machines (live-of wlich are used at this establishmeut) do the’ Work of sewers, of binders aud closers. Noxt wo coino to one of the

‘tire range of shoe nlannfacture—ths ‘eyclet ‘ineuline.” All tho operator hus to do is to . . ‘drop a handful of eyelets in a kiud of revolving hopper, work i treadlo with oue of his fset, aod hold the “ upper ”' in its proper mieca'oh the machino, while the holes, previously ‘puuehed, are made to receive, automically, . ‘the eyelets as rapidly as stitches cao he taken by. a usedle-woman. This, we believe, is the ! only machine of the kind -in Califoreia, It is “quite .a _récent inveutioe, . aiey 3° patent’ head-blocks, aro kept in constant-eimploymeut, in “the room set apart for their espctial fuipose. = gy “Hose geutlemen % ars also" expecting, by the ‘next, steamer, additional machinery—two large . ‘splitting macbioes, a skciving machine, and a jlarge rolling machine, They arg determined 'to add to their. ‘nachinery. department every. . thing which cin facilitate and cheapen tbe va. ‘Tiong, processes , of their manufacture, without \militating against the quality of their work. : “. So great is ‘the .demand for their goods, that they fiud it almostimpossible to sopply the . orders which ate ‘constae‘ly coming in. The presentrsitate of tho Hastere markct; infloeoced . i by the sudden demand_for boots aod shoes at the South, which followed immediately upon ‘tho close of tho war, is operating greatly . to the advaotagé of Califoruia manufacturers. In order to encourage.our owo maeufacturers, . ) . pure asers shoold dis Timioate betweeo home _and Imported goods, giving preference to the former.. Let those. who have ootihitherto tried ‘home tanufactured‘boots aud sboes, make the experiment, and our word for it, they will oot regret baving rdone sq; aud, will, moreover, ‘vender _substaotial aid in building np a0 im\portant’brinch of home iodustry. oA) . ’Gktde oF Wik Evrs—Iedigestioo’ is the principal source of weak eyes.’ “Reading in the ‘ears often scriousiy disturbs the visioo. A delicate and: wonderful ; apparatus within the eyes is; constantly busy in, adapting it to the ‘various foeal ‘distances. ‘The jerking motioo lof the cir eompels an exhaustive effort to maio. ituio” thé ‘required adaptation. Thousaods' of eyes aré spoiled by reading ,in cars and other vehicles. Receotly Twas consulted by a railway expressmao, who had become totally blind . by reading newspapers in the cars. Thousands ‘who huvesnever: ‘conscidusly sufféred any in‘conyeniencetrom the. habit, are obliged to wear . . glasges, prematurely, ito correct an unsleadiness of viston produced in this way. Reading with the ‘gislizht ‘before yon is afiother cvase of} iweuk eyes. ‘The light should always hang high cand behind you, and be allowed to,shine over the shoulder. If couvenicnt, it sbould be over thé'left shoulder,’ fusing kerosene, itis best to employ, the lamps" which hang onthe wall. ‘Neither should yoo read with your face towards ‘. the window. Reading by twilight is dangerous, Gradually: Accommodating itsclf to the receding light,;the eye is unconscionsly strained. . I have seen more than one ease of grave disease of the eye, produced by an undue effort to use the vision, toa long at twilight. White paiot is another nischiat to the eyes. White paint outside, Whi ite paint. ‘ioside, white paiut everywhere. During the brightcst#suoshine, the glare hurts’ the eyes. I wouder, if it is notin bad taste likowisc? I notice that artists have none of it about them. In our constaot reading, the eye-sight is much tried by the white . aper. I hope that the tinted paper, with a still deeper color, may become fashionable. ‘Avoid: rending, by artificial ligbt when you can. We read too much. We read as we eat—pellmelt, hote hity:poteh ; no mastiention, bo ditstion. It, as a pcople, we read less we might histe a —Dio Lewis. niost ingenious-aud useful machines in the enTen or twelve of . : 7 Subscribe Now! = ° 1866 JANUARY ist, 1866 Commencement of Twelfth Volume —OF THE— Mining and Scientific eit6e Published Every Etats ‘Tho titlo of our jonmal is a truthful expression . of its character. It affords a class of progressive information to tho. , Miners, Mechanics and Professional Men of the Pacific Coast, which cannot bo derived from bogks,; or other publications. 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