The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-09
USEFUL INFORMATION.

THE influence of arnsal respiration on
the ear is illustrated by Mr.. George
Catlin in his history of "The North
American Indians" Among 100000
Indians he found not one who was deaf
or breathed through the mouth, except
three or four deaf mutes: and, in the
memory Of the chiefs of $50 tribes, not
one case of deafness could be remem-
bered to have occurred. This is ex-
planned by the mother always closing
the mouth of the child whenever it
attempted to breathe through it.
IT is known That ozone, when properly
applied, is most effective and conven-
lent agent for restoring books or prints
which have become brown by age, or
been smeared or soiled with coloring
matter-only a short time being re-
CURED to render them perfectly white,
as if just from the press, and this with
out iniuring in the least the blackness
of the ink. An example given of the
results produced in this way is that of a
book of the sixteenth century, upon a
page of which several sentences had been
painted over by the monks of that day
with black, shining coloring matter, in
order to render them illegible, and of
which no trace of a line couldbe detected.
After thirty-six hours treatment with
ozone, the coloring matter was entirely
destroyed the most careful scrutiny of the
page failing to disclose the fact thatany
of the lines had once been painted over.
Writing ink may readily be discharged
by ozone, especially if the paper be
subsequently treated with very dilute
chlorhydric acid to remove the oxide
of iron.
THE CAUSE AND CURE ON SNoRING.--
A writer in the Scientific Monthly
.ells how the habit of snoring is ac-
CURED, and, better, how it may be
cured: And, first, the cause We all
know that the air reaches the lungs
through two channels, the nose and the
mouth. The two currents meet in the
throat below the soft palate, the end of
which hangs loose and swings backward
and forward, producing the snoring
If the air reaches the lungs as it should,
through the nose, no noise will be made,
If it reaches the same through the
mouth, the palate will make more noise,
since it is not the natural channel, but
when it rushes through both channels
then it is that the sound sleeper ban
ishes rest from the pillows OF his COM
panions by his hideous noise. The
remedy for snoring is to keep the mouth
closed and for this purpose DR.. Wyeth,
the writer of the article referred to. has
invented an article so cheap that any
one can make il, and no snorer should
be without il. 1t consists of simple Gao
fitting the head snugly, and piece of
soft material fitting the chin. These
are connected by elastic webbing, which
is connected with the head cap near the
ears. This continuance prevents the
jaw from dropping down, and thereby
renders snoring impossible. The great
trouble will be to get people to adopt
this invention, since the most honest
and upright people rarely, if ever, admit
that they snore, and will be very indig-
nant if accused of it. As further
inducement to this contrivance of DIR.
Wyeth, it may be added that breathing
through the mouth is very detrimental
to the health, and that many diseases
of the throat and lungs are contracted
or aggravated thereby.
SPLITTING PAPER.-It is one of the
most remarkable properties of that
wonderful product, paper, says Design
and Work, that it can be split into two
or even three parts, however thin the
sheet. We have seen leaf of the Has
trated NetcS thus divided into three
thin leaves. One consisted of the sur
face on which the engravings are print
ed another was the side containing the
letter press, and perfectly blank piece
on each side was the paper that lay be-
tween. Many people who have not seen
this done might think it impossible yet
it Is not only possible but extremely
easy, as we shah show. Get piece of
plate glass and place on it a sheet of
paper; then let the latter be thoroughly
soaked. With care and little dexterity
the sheet can be split by the top surface
being removed. But the best plan is to
paste piece of cloth or strong paper to
each side of the sheet to be split. When
dry, violently and without hesitation
pull the two pieces asunder, when part
of the sheet will be found to have adj
hered to one and part to the other.
Soften the paste in water and the pieces
can be easily removed from the cloth.
The process is generally demonstrated
as a matter of curiosity, yet it can be
utilized In various ways. II we want TO
paste in scrap book q newspaper art
icle printed on both sides of the paper,
and possess only one copy, it is very
convenient to know how to detach the
one side from the other. The paper
when split, as may be imagined, is more
transparent than it was before being
subjected to the operation, and the
printing ink is somewhat duller; other