Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-23
CurIosities Of Breathing.

The taller men are, other things Deng
equal, the more lungs they have, and the
greater number of cubic inches OF air they
can take in or deliver at single breath.
1t is generally thought that man 's1ungs
are sound and we'll developed, in proper
ton to his girth around his chest; yet OBJ
seryations show that slim men as rule
will run faster, and farther, with less ia
tigue, having "more wind than stout
men. T. two persons are taken, in all re.
spects aike, except that one measures
twelve inches more around the chest than
the other, the one having the excess viii
not deliver more air at one full breath,
by mathematical measurement, than the
other.
The more air man receives into his
lungs IN ordinary breathing the more
healthy he is likely to be; because an inn
portant object in breathing is to remove
Impurities from the blood. Each breath
is drawn pure into the lungs; ON its out
going, the next instant, it is so impure, so
perfectly destitute of nourishment, that If
re- -breathed without any admixture of a
purer atmosphere, the man would, die.
Hence, one of the conditions necessary to
secure high state of health is, that the
rooms in which we sleep should be con-
stantly receiving new supplies OF fresh
| air through open doors, windows, or fire.
places.
If persons lungs are not well de-
yeloped, the health will be imperfect, but
| the development may be increased several
inches in few months, by daily out
door runnings with the mouth closed, be-
+, ginning with twenty yards and back, at a
| time, increasing ten yards every week,
/ until hundred are gone over, thrice a
day. A substitute for ladies and persons
in cities, is running up stairs with the
mouth closed, which compeB very deep
inspirations, in natural way, at the end
of the journey.
AS consumptive people ave declining,
each week is witness to their inability to
deliver as much air at singe ut-breath-
ing as the week before hence Sthe best
way to keep the fell disease It bay is to
4 maintain lung development.
4 1t is known that in large towns, ten
thousand feet above the level Of the sea,
the deaths by eonsumption are ten times
4 less than In places nearly on level with
4 the sea. eTRenty- five pers1ns die of con-
sumption in the city of New York, where
only two die of that diseae in the city oi
Mexico. All know that consumption does
not greatly prevail on billy countries and
in high situations One reason of this is
i because there Is more ascending exercise
increasing deep breathins; besides, the
. air being more rarefed, lager quantities
are instinctively taken into the lungs tc
answer the requirements of the system
thus at every breath keeping up higf
. development. Hence the hill should bt
!. sought by consumptivee, and moi, low, fla
situations-HaH's Health Tracts
THE New Orleans TINES gives an &C
, count of " one. of the most remarkabl.
} events in the history of the telegraph,
} which recently occurred in the mail
: Office of the Western Union Company, il
that CITY, 1t has long been a nlooteC
l question among experts OF the telegraphit
} profession whether or notit were possible
, to transmit signals through circuit of {
r length exceeding 1000 miles, and using
more thsn two or three repeaters, will
any, degree of safety to the commercial
: business. But week OF two ago com
D bination circuit was formed, varying il
: -Elength from three to five thousand miles
: through which messages we're sent witt
8 great ease and rapidity. The first circui
5 formed was from New Orleans, ola New
8 York, to Plaster Cove, Nova Scotia, tn
i terminus of the Atlantic cable, distanc
!, of3,OOO miles. The operators, thus widel!
4 separated, chatted together with perfec
b ease, the signals coming rapidly and wit
great distinctness. Another circuit o
! still greater length was made up, whicl
u is regarded as the longest land circui
n through which intelligible signals wer
|. ever sent. Nine repeates were used
d The message was returned. to New
l. Orleans almost as clearly as it left tn
o office, having passed Though eightee.
/ States and over 4,S00 miles of wire.
A NEGRO of Wilmington, N. c., name
o John Cowan, was taken lick some tim
o since-he says he was "onjured "-an
II when he emerged from the sick room,
e few days ago, he had changed his colo
e his face having become almost perfect
y white, whereas previously it was of
t, very dark hue. The Transformation wa
l. so great that even his most intimat
t friends did not recognise him. His hal
s. had also changed from light TO q dsr
= color.