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Show RELICS OF DARKER TIMES. Ignorance In Many Forms Still Works Mischief. All England lias boon Indignant nt tho crime and at tho Insufficient punishment pun-ishment of a mothor who punished her daughter brutally for a "bad habit." Almost overy one can remember such an Illustration of punishing children for being III which occurred In his neighborhood or family during his childhood. Tho fact arouses the thought that tho old-tlmo punishments of tho Insane, of tho aged, otc, nro by no means past. To every oculist's ofllco aro frequently brought tho pltl-ablo pltl-ablo victims of stupid school teachers who aro still ofton punishing children for tho astigmatism, myopia or hyperopia hyper-opia which has prevented them from seeing figures on tho blackboard or from studying diligently, or from being as bright-minded as tho teacher wishes. Wo know of ono railway superintendent superintend-ent who punishes his men who aro growing presbyopic by discharging them if they wear glasses. Ono wonders won-ders If tho detcstablo superstition of tho evil eyo, and tho horriblo punishment punish-ment Inflicted on its supposed possessor, posses-sor, has not arlson because of strabismus. strabis-mus. Amoricau Modiclne. |