Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27
Marvels Of Man.

m&s vOAD VI HAIL.
While the gastric juice has . mild,
bland, sweetish taste, it possesses
the power of dissolving the hardest
food that can be swallowed: it has
no influence whatever ON the soft
and delicate fibers Of the living stom-
ach, nor upon the living hand, but
at the moment Of death it begins 10
eat them away with the power Of the
strongest acids. ''@f' '-
There is dust on sea, on land; in
the valley, and on the mountain.top; !;
there is dust always and everywhere; !;
the atmosphere is full Of it; it pene-
trates the noisome dungeon, and
visits the deepest, darkest caves Of the
earth, DO palace-door can shut it out
none so secret" as to escape it's
presence; every breath Of wind dashes
it upon the open eye, and yet that eye
is not blinded, because there is q
fountain of the blandsst fluid in ma
ture necessarily emptying itself under
the eyelid, which spreads il over the
surface of the hall at every winking
and washes every atom of dust away.
But this liquid, SO mild, and so wen
adapted to the eye itself, has some
acridity, which under certain circum-
stances, becomes 80 decided as to
be scalding to the skin, and would
rot away the eyelids were it not that
along the edges of them there are
little oil manufactures, which spread
over their surface a coating as imper-
vious to the liquids necessary for
keeping the eye-ball washed clean,
as the best varnish is impervious to
water. r . g. 'T 50.
The breath which leaves the lungs
has been so perfectly divested OF its
life-siving properties, that to re-
breath it. unmixed with other air, the
moment it escapes from the mouth,
would cause immediate death by
suffocation while if it hovered about
US more or less destructive influ-
ence over health and life would be
occasionsd; but it is made of nature
so much lighter than the common
air. that the instant it escapes the
lips and nostrils, it ascends to the
higher regions above the breathing
point there to be rectifed, renovated
and sent back sgain, replete with
purity and life.g How rapidly it
ascsnds, Is beautifully exhibited any
frosty morning. " ~" S'' -.
But foul and deadly as the expired
air is, Nature, wisely economical in
all her works and ways, turns it to
account in it's outward passage
through the organs of voice, and
makes of it the whisper of love, the
soft words Of affection, the tender
tones Of human sympathy, the sweet
est strains Of OF ravisbing music, the
persuasive eloquence of the finished
orator.
II a well-made man be extended
on the ground, bis arms at right
angles with the body, circle, max
ing the navel its centre, will just
take in the head, the fnger-ends
and teot. ... ..e.. ...3i
The distance from top to toe" is
precisely the same as thst between
the tips of the fingers when the arms
are extended. a.. -rf'
The length of the body is just six
times that OF the foot; while the dis
tance from from the edge Of the hair
on the forehead to the end of the
chin, is ons-tenth the length Of the
whole stature. ntjs-a'f t4
OF the sixty-two primary elements
known in nature, only eighteen are
found in the human body, and Of
these, seven are metallic. Iron is
found in the blood; posphorus in
the brain; limestone on the bile;'
lime in the bones, dust and ashes in
all.-Journal of Health. es