. WE LIVE BENEATH OUR PRIVILEGES.— To merely eat and 
drink and sleep, and to revel in beastly lusts and passions is an inferior condition of 
human existence which all may rise above. And yet as swine, in the midst of a world 
of wealth and beauty, are pleased to grunt and Wallow in the vilest filth, so mankind 
in many cases Seem to chiefly delight in only the most vulgar things pertainingto a 
brute existence. Ihe fact is, we all live far beneath our privileges in this respect. 
We are surrounded by myriads of ingenious and artistic creations which are calcu¬ 
lated to awaken thought, to stimulate reason and to inspire the soul with an apprecia¬ 
tion of the good, the true and the beautiful. Yet these myriad creations all about 
us remain unseen and unheeded in ninety-nine cases in a hundred, because we have 
never acquired the habits of observation and attention. Having eyes we see not the 
objects within our vision; or if an object be seen at all. it is not hooded. It fails to 
awaken thought because the attention lacks cultivation. The neglect r f this most im¬ 
portant characteristic of an early education is the crying evil cf our school system 
POCKET MAGNIFIER .—As a means of cultivating habits of close 
observation and attention, there is nothing equal to such an instrument as our Pocket 
Magnifier, which stimulates curiosity 
and multiplies ou r capacity to see small 
things clearly. For instance, an insect 
which appears to be without form and no 
larger than a mite, when examined 
under our Magnifier, is seen to be as 
exquisitely formed and as delicately 
colored as any of its larger species. The 
skin upon a person’s face and hands ap¬ 
pears to be almost as rough as the hide 
of a rhinoceros, The different parts of 
flowers are so much enlarged as to ex¬ 
hibit varied attractions which only in¬ 
finite skill could have planned and exe¬ 
cuted. Hence the Magnifier should be 
reckoned as an indispensable pocket 
companion of every child, as well as of 
every grown person. The magnifying powers of this instrument range from three to 
ten diameters, or from nine to one hundred times the superficial surface. But a little 
experience will be needed in all cases to secure the best results in observation. 
HOW TO USE THE MAGNIFIER , — The inexperienced operator 
should begin with the larger lense, holding it close to the eye, and then bring the object 
to be examined within focus, or where it can be most distinctly seen. This will be about 
three inches from the glass. The light should strike the object from b hind the operator. 
Next, gradually remove the glass from the eye and keep the object in focus. It will be 
seen that the magnifying power increases as the distance of the glass from the eye 
increases. After thus experimenting with the larger glass, use the smaller one in the 
same way, and finally the two combined. The two lonses when thus used separately 
and in combination, give the powers which are most frequently useful. Of course the 
magnifier does not possess the exceedingly high powers of costly mounted instru¬ 
ments. But it should be remembered that while such expensive microscopes are 
rpecially useful only in the examination of very minute objects, the Pocket Magnifier 
is far more useful in the examination of all larger ones. Indeed, it can be advanta¬ 
geously used in ten cases where the other can be in one; and the actual usefulness of 
our Pocket Magnifier is far greater and more valuable than a $100 instrument would 
be in the hands of more than one person in a thous ind. Price only $1, post paid. 
SPECIAL OFFER FOR 30 DAYS! 
For One Dollar sent ns before the first 
day of September, 1883, we will send Two Copies of Seed-Time a\d Harvest 
one year to any address, and also mail one of the Pocket Magnifiers as a present 
to the person sending the dollar. Write all names and addresses very plain and 
address, SEED-TIME AND HARYEST, La Plume, Pa. 
stimu¬ 
late? 
curi¬ 
osity 
anti multiplies our capacity to see small 
tnings clearly. For instance, an insect winch 
appears to be without form and no larger than 
a mite, when examined under our Magnifier, 
is seen to be as exquisilely formed and as del¬ 
icately colored as any of its larger species. The 
upon a person s face and hands appears to 
almost as rough as the hide of a rhinoceros. 
The different parts of flowers are so much eu 
larged as to exhibit varied attractions which onl' 
infinite skill could have planned and executed 
Hence the Magnifier should be reckoned as an 
indispensable pocket companion of every child 
as well as of every grown person The inagni- 
, fying powers ot this instrument range from 
three to ten diameters, or from nine to one hundred times the superficial surface. 
