The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-24

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Subject: "The Ear"
Text: Psalm xciv, 8. "He that planted
the ear shall he not hearp"
Architecture Is one Of the most fascina-
ting arts, and the study Of Egyptian, Gre
clan, EtTuscan, Roman, Byzantine Moor
tSh, renaissance and modern styles Of
building has been to many a sublime life
work. Lincoln and York Cathedrals, and
st. Paul's and st. Peters, and Arch Of tt
tus and Theban Temple, and ALEXANDRA
and Parthenon are monuments Of the
genius that created them; but more won
derful than any arch that ever sprung,
or any transept window that ever illum-
ined, or any COrinthian column that
ever crowned, or any gothic cloister
that ever elaborated is the human ear.
Although the most skillful and assidu-
Gus psychologists Of the ages have been
busy in the study of Its arches, its ro-
tOnda, its floors, its canals, its aque-
ducts, its vibrations, Its conVOlutions,
its intrieacies, its resonance, 1t will
take another thousand years for the
world to 6nd what God did when He
planned and executed the OVermaster-
ing and infinite architecture OF the hui
man ear. The most of 1t Is invisible to
the human eye, and microscope breaks
down In its attempt at exploration. The
cartilage which we call the ear is only
the stOrm-dOOr Of the temple, away down
hidden at the seat next door TO the inn
mortal soul. With all styles of ear
Bpeeula or magnifying glass or reflector,
scientists, such as Helmh0ltz and COrti
and DeBlainVtlle and Hensen and Ranks
and Buck, have tried to walk the Appian
way to the ear, bet only two feet have
ever traVersed the mysterious pathway
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fhree ears on each side head-external
ear, midle ear, internal ear-but all
connected by wonderful telegraphy.
The outside ear for all the ages adorned
by precious metals and precious stones,
30 that the ancient temple was partly
built by the contribution of earrings,
and Homer, In his niad, says Of Heta:
I'm three bright dOgs hsr Eii.t@na gems
suspended from her cara"
And many Of the ear Jewels of to-day
are only copies Of those found In Pom
peian museum OF Etrusean vase; but
the middle ear and the internal ear are
adorned only By the sktllful hand Of the
omni9e1ent. The stroke OF this organ
key before me Vibrates the air and the
outside ear gathers up the undulating
sound and passes 1t along the oasieles or
bOneI0ts Of the middle ear to the inter-
nal ear, and that Is fllled by LIQUID,
which Vibrates against the 1900 fbers
Of the brain which catch the vibrations
and pass them into the soul.
The hidden instruments Of the ear
have been called by physIol0Rists by
the names OF things which they resem-
BILE: like hammer made to strike; like
an anvil made to be struck; like the
stirrup Of the saddle by which we mount
Bteed; like q tamb0urine to be played
on; like drum to be sounded In the
march; like the strings Of harp TO be
swept by the hand; like q stairway to
ascend, curiOusly and exQuisitely eur
we'd like q snail shell after which q part
Of 1t Is named; like the tubes Of great
heating apparatus sending round and
round that which enters, like labyrinth
With winding passages in which your
thought may enter only to be lost In be-
wilderment. The air that fills the mid
lie ear Is a medium for the sound to
The Internal ear. Then there Is q mus
'le which by contracting defends the
var against too loud noise as the pupil
Il the eye contracts against too great
light. The outer ear Is defended By wax
which with Its bitterness discouraRes
hseetlle entrance. The inside ear Is
1nbedded In the hardest bone of the
human system, a very rock Of strength
R1d defiance The organ is capable OF
catching, according to one scientist, a
sound OF "a, 200 (seventy-three thousand
BeVen hundredl vibrations In q second.
Pie Outeide ear, wide open TO catch all
sounds, whether crash Of avalanche or
hum Of bee, but the door at the other
hide Of the ear shut against all intru-
sion. and heneeforth communication
must 60 In only by Divine machinery.
The sound admitted to the middle ear
finds the further door Of that second
apartment closed, and can only advance
by more Divine mechanism. Having
passed into the third ear, and swan the
liquid, 1t takes the fine rail-traek of
brain branches and passes on into sensa-
tion, and there the curtain drops and
the gates come shut, and the voice of
God seems 70 say to all human inspec-
ton: THUS far and no furtherP In
this Vestibule Of thefsoups palace, how
many kings Of medicine and physiology
have stood doing penance Of hard study
for a whole lifetime and nevor got fur
ther than the outward door Of the vesti-
oulei Mysterious home Of reYerbera-
zion and eehoI Grand central depot of
1oundl Headquarters of the soul, to
which comes, part OF the way, by eartil-
age and part Of the way by bone and
part of the way by air and part of the
way by wRter and part of the way by
nerve, the quickest dispatch; the slow
est message darting In at the rate Of
200 feet q secOndI Span musical in
strument on which Is played all the
music you ever hear. W neither an oratorio
y9f hundred pieces OF the orchestral
y randeurs Of an August thunderstorm,
= Ill performed on an aural instrument of
music quarter Of an inch In eircum-
ference and about 1,25Oth part of an
inch In thickness and even that thick
ness divided into three layers. Here
are the staves, linee, spaces, bar and rest
for all the sweet sounds that shall ever
be uttered. Mysterious bridge from out
side natural world 70 inside spiritual
Of the bridge but the fogs Of mystery
hides the abutment at the other end Of
the bridge.
Great whispering gallery OF the Inn
mortal soull The human voice is q eu-
loGy Of the wonderful organ Of the hu-
man ear. That voice, it 10 estimated can